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Technology
This was the first form of communication mentioned in the Connections article. Tell your neighbor how you would get messages
to someone using the telegraph. Write a sentence about it.
This was the second form of communication mentioned in the Connections article. Tell your neighbor how you would get messages to someone using the telephone. Write a sentence about it.
This is the newest form of communication mentioned in the Connections article. Tell your neighbor all the ways you would get
messages to someone using a cell phone. Write a sentence about it.
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Cultural Connections:
Modern Dance
Research various types of dance using books, computers and/or smartboards or
videos. Compare what is the same and what is different about these dances. Tell
your classmate and/or write your answer below.
Ballet
Modern Dance
Hip Hop
Ballroom
Folk
SAME
DIFFERENT
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Technology and Animals
Draw or write how the following techonologies are used to help animals.
GPS (Global Positioning Systems) -
Texting -
Hubble telescope -
Prosthetics -
Desalination plants -
Microchips -
Fish hooks -
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Where in the World Is Sri Lanka?
List facts about Sri Lanka.
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Technology Answer Key
This was the first form of communication mentioned in the Connections article. Tell your neighbor how you would get messages
to someone using the telegraph. Write a sentence about it.
*People would tap out letters and/or words for messages.
This was the second form of communication mentioned in the Connections article. Tell your neighbor how you would get messages to someone using the telephone. Write a sentence about it.
*People would talk through the receiver.
This is the newest form of communication mentioned in the Connections article. Tell your neighbor all the ways you would get
messages to someone using a cell phone. Write a sentence about it:
*People can text, call, email or FaceTime, or Skype.
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Cultural Connections Answer Key
Research various types of dance through books, computers, and/or smartboards or videos. Compare what is the
same and what is different with these dances. Tell your classmate and/or write your answer below.
Ballet
SAME
DIFFERENT
Modern Dance
ANSWERS WILL VARY
Hip Hop
Ballroom
Folk
ANSWERS WILL VARY
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Technology and Animals
Answer Key
Draw or write how the following techonologies are used to help animals.
GPS (Global Positioning Systems) - By sending signals between 27 satellites, GPS can determine where things are and even how
fast they are moving.
Texting - To protect the people and the elephants, the animals are fitted with collars that have a SIMS card just like the one in cell
phones. When the animal gets close to a village, GPS picks it up and warns the people through texts.
Hubble telescope - Now scientists are using that software to identify the markings on whale sharks. In this way, they can tag the
animals without ever touching them.
Prosthetics - Instead of living their lives without a limb, replacements can be made and the animal can go on to live a normal life.
Desalination plants - These plants in Abu Dhabi use solar power to remove salt from water to make it drinkable.
Microchips - These chips are implanted under the skin of pets, and if they are lost and picked up by a shelter, they will be scanned.
Fish hooks - Many sharks are accidentally killed when they are caught on hooks meant for other animals. There are new hooks
called SMART hooks that are coated with a special metal that reacts with seawater and produces electricity. Sharks are sensitive to
this and won’t bite them.
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Where in the World Is Sri Lanka?
Answer Key
List or draw facts about Sri Lanka.
• The capital city is Colombo.
• 647,100 people live in Colombo.
• The population of Sri Lanka is 21,675,648.
• The currency is the Sri Lankan rupee.
• There are three languages: English, Sinhala and Tamil.
• The island used to be called Ceylon. The name was changed in 1972.
• Shaking your head from side to side means yes in Sri Lanka.
• Much of the electricity is produced by waterfalls.
• Cinnamon originated in Sri Lanka.
• The national sport is volleyball.
• The meaning of Sri Lanka in Sanskrit is “venerable island.”
• Most people in the country are Buddhist.
• The national flower is the water lily.
• Sri Lanka is about half the size of Alabama.
• The long version of the name is the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
• The highest mountain on the island is Pidurutalagal (8,291 ft).
• The Veddas, an aboriginal group native to the island, still live in the Jungles near Maduru Oya National Park.
• Buddhists consider some places on the island to be sacred.