Business Case Study Automotive Detailing Franchise Company

How do automotive detailing companies start? What makes them work and how do they grow? How do they choose which services they will offer? This is an interesting case study about a test market of a franchise company in the cleaning business and how they went about setting up Auto Detailing Shops. Read more [...]

Global Warming – Failing Planet Or Failing Human Race?

Oh no! I'm not trying to deny global warming, its here for sure, my modest attempt is just to elucidate that nature is so perfect that there is no chance of this planet failing at all. In fact things such as climate change, Raising sea levels, glacier retreat, ARCTIC shrinkage all that we know as Read more [...]

Stay-At-Home Moms – Copy-Editing, Edit Zeros From Your Bank Balance

Stay at home moms can find a variety of work at home opportunities by doing a simple search of the Internet. The challenge comes in trying to find legitimate jobs, since stay at home moms are the target of more work at home scams than any other population. If you are looking for options to earn extra Read more [...]

Top Film Schools

For those of you who are ready to become the next Scorsese, Spielberg, or Tarantino, you may want to consider attending one of the nation's top film schools. These institutions will allow you to hone your craft in a supportive environment, and never underestimate the power of all the contacts you'll Read more [...]

Aroma ‘Therapy’ and the Black Death

From Mediaeval times until the mid-1800s, it was generally believed that diseases were caused and spread through a corruption of the air or 'miasma'. This belief probably arose because of the foul smells associated with illness and the lack of hygiene common at that time. When it came to preventing Read more [...]

Learning Logs to Use in Workshops For Mathematics and Science Teachers

If you are conducting a workshop or series of workshops for mathematics and science teachers, particularly if it's related to content area literacy, consider using one or more of the following learning logs as a way of learning more about your participants and what they are thinking and learning in Read more [...]

Magnifying Glass – A Short History

The magnifying glass is one of the oldest devices used to improve sight. Historians seem to agree that the Romans were the first to discover glass in the first century AD. The Egyptians had discovered an almost clear crystal, called obsidian that was used to view small objectsThe Romans were probably Read more [...]

How Can We Encourage More Girls to Love Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM)?

Although improvements are being made with the increased involvement of women in science-related careers, there is still a significant under-representation of women, especially among minority women. There are a number of factors that contribute to this lack of women in science in our society, but most Read more [...]

Self-Directed Learning – The Secret Of How To Help Your Child Become A Self-Directed Learner

The main goal for every successful education is that of teaching an individual how to master the learning tools so as to learn by himself.Once a child has come to the point of being able to design and acquire his education by himself, nothing will ever stop him from learning again. The sky is the Read more [...]

Frustrated With Everyday Mathematics/UCSMP? Why Is It So Different?

Recently while researching UCSMP, University of Chicago School Mathematics Project, for a completely different article, I came across articles about the elementary school version of this program, Everyday Mathematics. I found many, many articles written mostly by mothers. These articles quite literally Read more [...]