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If you’re looking for a challenging jump variation to include in your home workout routine, try tuck jumps. Tuck Jumps Perform this plyometric exercise by beginning in a standing position with your feet hip-width apart. While keeping your upper body tall, bend your knees, hips, and calves until your lower body is in a quarter squat position. Push into the ground and jump with an explosive movement. While in mid-air, raise your knees toward your chest. Land softly, returning to a quarter-squat position. Benefits? Tuck jumps activate muscle groups across your entire body, including your glutes, hamstrings, hip flexors, quadriceps, obliques, calves, and lower back muscles.…

Diesel Engine Germany 1892 Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer who is famous for having invented the diesel engine, which burns diesel fuel; both are named after him. The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-called compression-ignition engine (CI engine). The world’s largest diesel engines put in service are 14-cylinder, two-stroke marine diesel engines; they produce a peak power of almost 100 MW each.…

Henry Ford is famous for making cars easier for most people to buy. He did this by producing the cars using an assembly line. Henry Ford was born in 1863 in Michigan. He had 4 siblings, and his family owned a farm. He worked on the farm when he was young, but he soon discovered that he loved taking things apart to see how they worked, and then putting them back together again. He worked on watches a lot and ended up helping many people fix their watches. In 1879, when he was 16 years old, he moved to Detroit to start working with machines, though he did come home and work on the farm a little, too. Ford got married to Clara Bryant in 1888 and worked in a…

DID YOU KNOW? Sight and the Eye • The image at the retina is actually upside down from the actual image. Our brain figures this out for us and switches it around, or we would get really confused! • The cornea is a clear layer at the front of the eye that helps protect it. • We have a blind spot where the optical nerve connects to the retina. • Tears help keep the eye clean, but scientists don’t really understand why we cry when we are sad or upset. • The average person blinks 15 times per minute. • Around eight per cent of men are colour blind, but less than one per cent of women.…

Dissolving Sugar at Different Heats Learn about solutions as you add more and more sugar cubes to different temperature water. This easy experiment shows that you can only dissolve a certain amount and that this changes as the water gets hotter. What you’ll need: • Sugar cubes • Cold water in a clear glass • Hot water in clear glass (be careful with the hot water) • Spoon for stirring INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Make sure the glasses have an equal amount of water. 2. Put a sugar cube into the cold water and stir with the spoon until the sugar disappears. Repeat this process (remembering to count the number of sugar cubes you put into the water) until the sugar stops dissolving, you are at this point when sugar starts to…

The Earth Earth is the largest of the four terrestrial planets, the other terrestrial planets being Mercury, Venus, and Mars. By terrestrial planet, we mean that Earth has a hard rocky surface. Not only does the earth contain life, but it supports millions of different forms of life. Geography of Earth The earth has seven large land masses called continents. The continents include Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Oceania, and Antarctica. It also has 5 major bodies of water called oceans including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, and Arctic oceans. The highest point above sea level on Earth is Mount Everest and the lowest point is the Mariana Trench. Earth is Different The Earth is mostly covered with water. Around 71% of the Earth is covered with salt…

Confidence What Is Confidence? Confidence means feeling sure of yourself and your abilities — not in an arrogant way, but in a realistic, secure way. Confidence isn’t about feeling superior to others. It’s a quiet inner knowledge that you’re capable. Confident people: • feel secure rather than insecure • know they can rely on their skills and strengths to handle whatever comes up • feel ready for everyday challenges like tests, performances, and competitions • think “I can” instead of “I can’t” Why Confidence Matters? Confidence helps us feel ready for life’s experiences. When we’re confident, we’re more likely to move forward with people and opportunities — not back away from them. And if things don’t work out at first, confidence helps us try again. How to Be More Confident…

Orange Shirt Day was created as an opportunity to discuss the effects of residential schools and their legacy. It honours the experiences of Indigenous Peoples, celebrates resilience and affirms a commitment that every child matters. The day aims to raise awareness of the residential school system in Canada Orange Shirt Day references a real orange shirt taken from a residential school survivor. Every year on September 30, people across Canada wear orange and participate in Orange Shirt Day events to recognize and raise awareness about the history and legacies of the residential school system in Canada.…