...Denver Museum of Nature & Science Executive Summary Denver Museum of Nature and Science is a museum in Colorado that like so many others around the world that is fighting a decline in business. In this age of technology, people all over the world, especially in America, are looking for quicker on the go consumption and 24/7 connectivity. Physical experiences such as reading a newspaper, going to the movies, or going to the museum are struggling to stay relevant in society today. The Problem Denver Museum of Nature and Science faces is declining business due to social trends mainly the transition into a digital age. Denver Museum of Nature and Science must decide if they want to maintain the current physical experience of going to the museum for as long as they can, transition to a digital experience with online exhibits and shows, or a combination of both. We recommend that they go with the combination of the two. This would incorporate preserving the historic experience of a museum, while integrating today’s technology through an interactive map mobile application and a revamped web site. Problem Statement In the current technology era, museum visits continue to decline and many museums all around the world are struggling to make ends meet. The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is facing that same scenario and the management team must make a decision to reverse the declining museum business. Coughlin has brought the point to her organization that digital is the...
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...Both Frankenstein and Blade Runner deal with issues of science and nature, and their implications upon their respective societies. Through their contextual basis, we understand the relationship between the two, and the concerns that arise by its exploration. Their confrontation is didactic, through their warnings of things to come; the texts voice these issues as of universal concern. Singularly, both texts confront the origin of creation. This corruption of nature, of faith is possibly the greatest crime, as stated by Shelley in her introduction to the 1831 edition of Frankenstein; “those who endeavour to mock the mechanism of the creator” will suffer grave consequences. This concept is a main idea of the novel, and the graphic consequences of Victor’s hubris are evident. The monster he creates is eloquent and rational, but corrupted by his lack of compassion is ravages his friends and family. This shirking of responsibility is most evident in the creature’s biblical allusion, “I ought to be thy Adam but I am rather thy fallen angel.” By referencing Lucifer, the creature has isolated the source of his violence, the irresponsibility of his creator. This relationship between creator and creation is mirrored in Blade Runner during the meeting between Tyrell and Roy. The awkward detachment of Roy from his masterpiece is shown through formal, scientific language and biblical allusions are also used, “nothing the god of biomechanics wouldn’t let you into heaven for.” This statement...
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...CHAPTER 1: EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH: ITS NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS THE NATURE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Educational Research: 1. is empirical 2. takes a variety of forms 3. should be valid 4. should be reliable 5. should be systematic Empirical - knowledge derived from research is based on data collected by the researcher The Systematic Process of Research 1. Identify the problem (and relevant related knowledge) 2. Review the information (via literature search) 3. Collect data (in an organized and controlled manner) 4. Analyze data (in a manner appropriate to the problem) 5. Draw conclusions (make generalizations based on results of analysis) The Validity of Educational Research Quantitative Research: Internal Validity - the extent to which research results can be accurately interpreted. External Validity - the extent to which research results can be generalized to populations and conditions. Internal validity is generally prerequisite to external validity. Qualitative Research: Truth Value/ Credibility - accurate representation of information from the researcher’s perspective and substantiating evidence) Comparability - the extent to which the characteristics of the research are described so that other researchers may use the results to extend knowledge. Translatability - the extent to which adequate theoretical constructs and research procedures are used so that other researchers can understand the results. !...
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...Science is not extraordinary, nor is its contemporary indication the aftereffect of inexplicable conception. In the event that we remain in amazement of Science, we remain in stunning of ourselves. The historical backdrop of science is not just an argumentative improvement of a relationship of individuals with nature, additionally of researchers with their hypotheses, and researchers with society. We can summarize three interrelated qualities: 1. The relationship between metaphysics and science. Early science was supernatural and bound up with religious convictions about nature and the universe. 2. The social position of science. This involves various attributes. The main is the division of investigative movement and regular action. The second is the relationship in the middle of science and society, in which the character or force of one has been a developmental impact upon the other. The third trademark is the force of science can be used or force: tested from society. 3. The cognitive development of human beings. The learning limit and thinking capacity of researchers has created and expanded incrementally through the historical backdrop of science. The subjective capacities of researchers at every phase of science have been an essential trademark and at times constraining element. Science in the twentieth century It is ordinary these days for researchers and science journalists to grumble about the absence of general society comprehension of science. In any case...
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...Man and Nature Have you ever stopped to think about the relationship between yourself and Mother Nature? For most people chances are slim to none, in fact many may not even consider the fact that there might even be any kind of relationship between nature and themselves. As far as anyone might be concerned in today’s society, nature could just mean their backyard, or neighborhood park. In reality there is much more to you and I and this wilderness we refer to as nature. In this paper I argue that there exists a higher connection between man and nature that serves to unify all living things. Today, man and nature are commonly referred to in opposition of one another. Man destroys nature in order to expand and urbanize while nature destroys all man creates over time. People tend to see nature as some uncontrollable wild factor full of danger and chaos. Many think like Thomas Hobbes who would say that the very state of nature is chaotic; that if man were without society he would be inherently evil selfish with only self interest in mind and life would be lonely, difficult and short. However, if taken from a Rousseauian stand point, nature and man share an interest for self-preservation giving them a natural sense of compassion and the state of nature is calm and peaceful. I would have to say that the Rousseauian perspective makes more sense and ties into reality better than Hobbes’s state of nature. The main reason being that all nature moves towards a state of homeostasis...
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...natural environment through the exercise of self-discipline (Nash, 1989). Herein the essay will give examples of anthropocentrism and non-anthropocentrism as forms of environmental ethics, criticizing anthropocentrism in contrast with a defence of non- anthropocentrism precedents. Anthropocentrism also referred to as human-centeredness, is an individualistic approach, a concept stating that humans are more valuable, and the environment is only useful for sustaining the lives of human beings (MacKinnon, 2007). The practise of human-centeredness is associated with egocentrism (Goodpaster, 1979), by contrast non-anthropocentrism is a holistic approach divided into 3 sub-approaches which are biocentrism, ecocentrism and deep ecology, it is a nature-centred ethical system that recognises the worth of all living things besides being of instrumental value to humans (MacKinnon, 2007). The anthropocentric perspective fails to recognise that all organisms are valuable, because each organism is plays a role in the functioning of the ecosystem (Taylor, 1986). Ideas that oppose the anthropocentric ethical systems were formed by environmental ideologists and activists movements in the 1970’s (Uggla, 2010). Anthropocentrism is criticised based on two ways; these are the ontological and ethical senses. According to the ontological criticism, anthropocentrism is the mistake were human beings are placed at the centre of the world without realising that the Earth is a dynamic system and does take...
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...Throughout American history, humans have never had a positive and unified way to name and interact with nature. Many prominent thinkers disagree on a definition for nature, different interpretations often lead to destruction masked as “progress” (Marx 14). But not all definitions of nature are so damaging. Ursula Goodenough, a biology professor at Washington University in St. Louis, wrote The Sacred Depths of Nature to create a new religion based in nature. Goodenough’s treatment of “nature” illustrates her unique interpretation of the word. Goodenough understands the word nature to mean life, and life means biology. She uses this appeal to scientific reasoning to inspire humans to care for the world we live in. And while she recognizes that...
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...has ever done the business. However the business has always fascinated me because of the nature of work. You have to roam around and meet new people whereas in service you have to just sit and do the same work day and day out. i never wanted to make my life monotonous. So Here I was thinking to become a enterpenure. I was in 10th Class the point from where every one have to decide what to be in life by choosing the subject in the next Class i.e. 11th. i had already made my mind to be the first business man of our family and change the trend. you never know God Plans for you. then the day came out Our principal announced about the Science Conclave 2011 Mahrishi Dayanand university in Rohtak. 12 students had to be selected from our School. on the Academic basis i was among those 12 lucky student who will get a chance to meet Mr. Abdul Kalam, our Ex - President. I was very much excited to the great personalty of India. However we had to create anything on green energy and present it before Mr, Kalam. I really didn’t know what to do and what to create because i didn’t have any interest in Science. But i wanted to impress Mr. Kalam. So i decide to create something with the help my friends and we came up with a idea of creating a plan to convert the mechanical energy to Electrical (Green) Energy. As we reach in Conference i was eager to meet Mr. Missile though i had no interest in Science. when we meet him it was the special moment of my life. he is such a great and humble person...
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...the utilization of non-renewable resources as sustainable energy. With that same note, many humans have also looked to nature and the natural world for inspiration for the very same problems. Inventors like Leonardo da Vinci studied the use of natural design in the development of human flight by closely observed the anatomy of birds to conceive is rendering for his proposed “flying machines”. His ideals led the way for the other innovators who also were influenced by nature. Like the wright Brothers, who observed pigeons and in combination with Da Vinci’s plans successfully created human flight. This use of natural design as a precedent for design is categorized as Biomimicry. The Biomimicry Institute describes biomimicry “ as an approach to innovation that seeks sustainable solutions to human challenges by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies.” The idea being that solutions to many of our sustainability issues are all around us – nature has already solve many of them. As our world population expands and urban areas continue to grow to suite their needs, the implementation of a sustainable means to feed and house the increased numbers become dyer. Biomimicry encourages learning and imitating natural structure, processes, as well as ecosystems to construct more sustainable technologies and designs. Biomimicry proposes that we look at nature as "model, measure, and mentor." In 1997, when Janine Benyus, a biologist, published her book, Biomimicry:...
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...edition of Nature with a passage from the Neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus. The 1849 second edition included instead a poem by Emerson himself. Both present themes that are developed in the essay. The passage from Plotinus suggests the primacy of spirit and of human understanding over nature. Emerson's poem emphasizes the unity of all manifestations of nature, nature's symbolism, and the perpetual development of all of nature's forms toward the highest expression as embodied in man. Nature is divided into an introduction and eight chapters. In the Introduction, Emerson laments the current tendency to accept the knowledge and traditions of the past instead of experiencing God and nature directly, in the present. He asserts that all our questions about the order of the universe — about the relationships between God, man, and nature — may be answered by our experience of life and by the world around us. Each individual is a manifestation of creation and as such holds the key to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. Nature, too, is both an expression of the divine and a means of understanding it. The goal of science is to provide a theory of nature, but man has not yet attained a truth nbroad enough to comprehend all of nature's forms and phenomena. Emerson identifies nature and spirit as the components of the universe. He defines nature (the "NOT ME") as everything separate from the inner individual — nature, art, other men, our own bodies. In common usage, nature refers to...
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...A research paper Presented to: Mrs. Judy A. Apan St.Anthony Center of Science and Technology In Partial Fullfilment Of the requirements for English IV by: Mike Luis A. BOte March, 2014 Approval Sheet: The research paper attached here to, entitled “Modern Technology” Prepared and Submitted by: Mike Luis A. Bote In partial Fulfillment Of the requirements in English IV Is accepted by: ___________________ Mrs. Judy A. Apan English Teacher ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: The researcher wants to express his gratitude to his relatives, classmate, and friends for the continuous support they give to him. And because of that support he makes his research paper successful. And for his parents, he also wants to thank them for the patience, when the reasearcher loses hope while doing his research paper. To his class adviser Mrs. Judy A. Apan who gave him a chance to experience on how to do this kind of research paper And most of all to our God Almighty who give him enough knowledge and continuous giving him faith. Table of Contents Title Page Approval Sheet Chapter I *The Problem and its backround* Introduction Statement of the problem Score and Delimination Importance and Study Definition of terms Chapter II Review of related literature Chapter III Presentation Chapter IV Summary, Conclusion and recommendation Chapter V Bibliography Chapter I *The problem and its backround* ...
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...boar for the Klondike. He underwent great hardships and even risked his life in the journey, yet he enjoyed his time there. The harvest was what he had experienced, heard and read during the journey. He experienced difficulties, risks and scurvy. He heard legendary stories about other prospectors and he read Spencer and Milton. The 19th century witnesses the transformation of the American society from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy. The industrialization is spreading over the west Europe and America. Many people regarded the industrialization as an enormous leap in human civilization and it certainly brought many positive effects. Such as promoted productivity, reduced costs, lowed the prices of products, advanced science and technology. In this period Jack London was reading Darwin’s theory of evolution--Origin of the species(introduced the foundation of the evolution theory to Jack London and paved the way for him), Spenserian evolutionist, Marxist-socialist, and Nietzsche’s theory of aesthetics which had brought London the term “Superman”and “Will to power”. The Darwinist...
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...loneliness and the need for escapism,'insecurity has seeped in to the fabric of our lives.' (Insecure Times: Living with Insecurity in Modern Society, Author unknown, edited by Michael Hill, John Vail, Jane Wheelock) Exploring the ideas and themes portrayed in RS Thomas' Collected Poems, Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilych and supported evidence from Wit by Margaret Edson each author uses a main character as a symbol for the death of the natural world and the destruction of modernity. The more densely populated cities become the more suppressed individual are passions, emotions and the spiritual existence of one is distracted by the consumer satisfaction, the constant want for more, to know more and living an unaware life. Romanticism and nature are two linking themes romanticism glorifies the beauty and power held by the natural world. The rejection of the modernity, materialism , the belief that...
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...Naturalism was a philosophical movement during the late 1800s to mid 1900s, that marked a movement toward greater emphasis on nature, rather than materialistic society, and the natural world. The philosophy of naturalism teaches that nothing exists beyond the natural, that which can be discerned through science and natural observation. All humans are the product of certain circumstances; we are a caused species, not a self-causing. Naturalists [different word…claim] that there is no supernatural world, no God nor gods that affect our lives or give us Purpose. Instead, humans are made from the circumstances created by the universe, which is governed by natural laws. We have the free will to affect our circumstances in a way that would lead to a more beneficial conclusion for ourselves. Naturalism leads to the search for the cause of a problem, instead of the solution. Naturalism, like all philosophies, entered the literature of its time. This literature was marked less by what naturalism could offer society than by the power of nature. Literary naturalism was characterized by the power of nature over society, the fight of an individual to remain attached to civilization, and by the attempt to portray situations as clearly and as scientifically as possible. This blended with realism to stark descriptions, depictions of racism, pessimism, and some of the worst aspects of society. Zora Neale Hurston wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God in 1937, at the end of the movement. Their Eyes...
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...between people and nature. Interpretation can be seen as a process of narrowing this divide by building “bridges”, across unfamiliar territory, to places of deeper care and understanding. The definition of interpretation is: A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something. The interpreter is one who develops the meaning of a place and the living things, its processes and human interactions. Interpretation happens in many ways, from guided tours to brochures, signboards, slideshows, live performances and many others. Without hands-on experience, it is impossible for someone to acquire a deeper understanding of the natural world. Interpretation delivers multiple perspectives in a culturally compassionate way. The main function of an interpretation center is to promote a creative learning atmosphere, seeking to reveal to the visitors the significance of cultural or historical heritage of the surrounding environment. The main objective is nature education. This is achieved by hosting tours of the land/sea-scape, informative classes and hands on interaction with the environment, in an effort to create awareness and promote biodiversity, conservation and ecotourism. Usually located within a protected open space, these “nature” centers often have trails through their property. Some centers are located within a state or city park, and some contain facilities where various plants are cultivated for exhibition. Their properties can be characterized as nature preserves and...
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