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Which is the strongest and biggest bone in the human body?
femur bone The femur bone is the longest and strongest bone in the body. Located in the thigh, it spans the hip and knee joints and helps maintain upright posture by supporting the skeleton.
7 Questions With Lauren Corcoran
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? Hello, my name is Lauren Corcoran and I'm at North Ridgeville Academic Center. I teach fifth-grade science and math. I'm a teacher here and have been here for gosh, 18 years. Why did you start a career in education? I believe. I...
Seeing My Students by: Laura McDonell
Listen Looking and seeing are two different things. (John Paul Caponigro) Allowing someone the opportunity to be seen and noticed is a gift. When I think about how many times I have quickly glanced around the classroom to “see” that my students are present and what they are working on,...
Mississippi Fun Facts For Teachers
In 1963 the University of Mississippi Medical Center accomplished the world’s first human lung transplant and, on January 23, 1964, Dr. James D. Hardy performed the world’s first heart transplant surgery. Borden’s Condensed Milk was first canned in Liberty. In 1902 while on a hunting expedition in Sharkey County, President...
Minnesota Fun Facts For Teachers
Minnesotan baseball commentator Halsey Hal was the first to say ‘Holy Cow’ during a baseball broadcast. The Mall of America in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields — 9.5 million square feet. Minnesota Inventions: Masking and Scotch tape, Wheaties cereal, Bisquick, HMOs, the bundt pan, Aveda beauty products,...
Michigan Fun Facts For Teachers
Detroit is known as the car capital of the world. Alpena is the home of the world’s largest cement plant. Rogers City boasts the world’s largest limestone quarry. Elsie is the home of the world’s largest registered Holstein dairy herd. Michigan is first in the United States production of peat...
Massachusetts Fun Facts For Teachers
552 original documents pertaining to the Salem witch trials of 1692 have been preserved and are still stored by the Peabody Essex Museum. Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897. Although over 30 communities in the colonies eventually renamed themselves to honor Benjamin Franklin. The...
Which American Civil War battle had the largest number of casualties?
the Battle of Gettysburg Of the ten bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg in early July, 1863, was by far the most devastating battle of the war, claiming over 51 thousand casualties, of which 7 thousand were battle deaths.
7 Questions With Marie Arndt
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? Hi, my name is Marie Arndt. I work at North Ridgeville Academic Center. I am an intervention specialist. The school is in Northbridge, Ridgeville OHIO, and I've been here for two years. Why did you start a career in education? I...
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