Sentences with phrase «on animal activities»

Games, crafts and hands - on animal activities help...

Games, crafts and hands - on animal activities help children develop respect and a positive attitude toward all living beings.

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«Nobody's shown up and said, «Look at this animal running and look at the electrical activity going on.»

In his famous book, «The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money,» Keynes writes, «a large proportion of our positive activities depend on spontaneous optimism rather than on a mathematical expectation, whether moral or hedonistic or economic... if the animal spirits are dimmed and the spontaneous optimism falters, leaving us to depend on nothing but a mathematical expectation, enterprise will fade and die; though fears of loss may have a basis no more reasonable than hopes of profit had before.»

The entire economy of the city of Jerusalem was built on temple activities, bathing before the offerings for a fee, dressing for going to the temple, for a fee, buying the offerings, for a fee, paying the priests, temple entrance fees, food prep fees, growing and feeding the animals for the sacrifices, being paid for them, in the thousands and thousands at festival times, ALL in Jewish currency only, which was required for their rituals, and most people used Roman currency for their civil affairs.

Recently there has been great agitation in Pakistan about the enormous wastage involved in animal sacrifice and suggestions have been made that the money spent on slaughtering animals should be spent on social and philanthropic activities, but the conservative groups remain unconvinced.

Recombinant DNA research has been done primarily on bacteria, one - celled organisms smaller than animal or plant cells and simpler in structure, yet capable of very complex chemical activity.

We need not take a stand here on the problem whether some rudiments of mind, or self - awareness, or conscious mental activity, are present in animals other than man.

In the case of the higher animals, this service requires a considerable activity on its part, both conscious and unconscious.

In the animal realm, as a simple biological fact, the sexual drive, desire, and equipment are directed toward the reproduction of the race, with a high degree of excitation to promote this — and perhaps also with some trace of affection on the part of those who engage in sexual activity.

Given a system or composite of individuals, all on a comparable level, for instance molecular or cellular, then in some cases, given integration of activities (thus molecules in a cell, or cells in a vertebrate animal), there may be what Leibniz called a «dominant monad» or what Whitehead calls a «society of presiding occasions.»

Our research focuses on biologically - based mechanisms to reduce pest issues, soil erosion, fossil fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions; increase nutrient and water use efficiencies; improve pollinator activity and food security; and apply a systems approach to soil, crop, animal, human and planetary health.

The «Flexitarian» Effect: The rise of part - time vegetarians, who have reduced their meat consumption because of health, sustainability and animal welfare concerns, is having a major impact on new product activity.

In 1994 land use and income derivation was primarily focused on animal production and collecting activities (e.g. firewood and fruits).

Adam Johnson has been sentenced to six years in prison for engaging in sexual activity with an underage girl, but it has now been revealed that he was also arrested last year on suspicion of possessing animal pornography, as reported by the Mirror.

Visit with the animals and participate in hands - on outdoor activities at Family Explorations (Lincoln)

Activities and toys included are a light - up piano, a frog to teethe, clicker caterpillar to slide, clacker rings to spin and slide, Woodland Friends animal spinners to bat on the overhead toy bar and more.

Busy activities and toys include a colorful light - up piano to press and play, a wiggly - jiggly frog to teethe, clicker caterpillar to slide, clacker rings to spin and slide, Woodland Friends animal spinners to bat on the overhead toy bar and more.

The book focuses on a tree and how it changes — in the summer it is surrounded by animals, in the winter a lack of activity is the focus.

The animals and activities and colors on the jumperoo are engaging and not boring like other models on the net.

Early fall is a popular time to visit Old Sturbridge Village because the weather is still warm, the gardens are lovely, and the Village offers lots of interactive activities — daily stagecoach and boat rides, hands - on crafts, meeting the farm animals.

Farm Camp: Offered during April school break and the summer, Farm Camp gives children, ages 4 through 15 hears, a fun learning opportunity to work hands - on with farm animals and to participate in a variety of agricultural craft activities.

307300 Features: - With thirteen loops and five hanging animals toys. - ABC written tummy - time pillow. - Soft arches. - Mat the surface is thick for softness. - Playful patterns and linen details. - Multiple materials and activities on the mat: soft elephant with crinkle ear, equid with a tactile mane, crinkle tree flap and bird wings, removable apple mirror, and high - pitched monkey. - For age zero and up. - Safety - tested to fulfill or exceed ASTM, CPSIA, EN71 and applicable safety standards.

Little kids just adore feeding baby animals, helping to make cookies on the farm and participate in other activities.

Through a variety of fun, age appropriate, educational hands - on activities, stories, live animal encounters, and adventures on Zoo grounds, Toddler Totes takes you and your child on an investigative exploration of the Zoo's animal collection examining animal body parts and adaptations, such as noses on koalas or tails on tigers.

The event will include family - friendly activities; a live animal demonstration from Drumlin Farm's Audubon Ark; a short natural history talk on what you can see out on the trails; and guided walks of various lengths led by Mass Audubon naturalists on newly upgraded trails.

To build on his interest, I created a simple farm animals activity that we both can do together!

Family activities and maple syrup fun outdoors, including all - day pancake breakfast, wood - carving demos, exotic animals on display, and wagon rides.

In this spring session, we'll discover similarities and differences between types of animals with fun hands - on activities including stories, crafts, and live animal interactions.

This sorting animals Venn diagram activity is a hands - on way to learn about animals habitats while developing math skills!

Shake off winter with crafts, hands - on and inquiry driven activities, encounters with wild animal ambassadors, and guided Zoo tours.

If your kids aren't going to hold on to every single activity on the calendar, then they don't need to hold on to every single stuffed animal they've ever received either.

There has long been opposition to hunting on animal welfare grounds, and during the 1970s and 1980s the activities of «hunt saboteurs» - who sought to disrupt hunts - increasingly came to prominence with occasional violent clashes with huntsmen.

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

I challenged David Cameron to stop the badger cull not only due to rising costs, animal welfare concerns and public anger, but also because of widespread criminal activity, which threatens the future of a species which is protected by law and has lived on this land for 300,000 years.

The cleric called on the governor - elect of Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu and other state governors in the country to take the issue of activities of herdsmen with all seriousness by emulating the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose by making law on grazing in order to control reckless grazing of animals in the state.

«We cook what we eat: this is the exclusively human activity,» Herculano - Houzel writes, «one that allowed us to jump over the energetic wall that still curbs the evolution of all other species and put us on a different evolutionary path from all other animals.»

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A team of researchers led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and Leipzig University carried out an experiment to simulate the warming of the soil in the forest and found out surprisingly: The warmer temperatures have no influence on the feeding activity of the soil animals.

«With training, animals stopped producing overt behavior and started relying on brain activity.»

Polar bears, the poster - child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year - to - year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding.

After all, these animals are poikilotherms whose body temperature and activity depend on the environment.

But in an animal study published in Nature in 2012, Shenoy and his colleagues reported finding that much more is going on: Motor cortical neurons work as part of an interconnected circuit — a so - called dynamical system — to create rhythmic patterns of neural activity.

For decades, sensors will gather data on water chemistry, currents, photosynthesis, animal activity, and seafloor eruptions and earthquakes.

Many of the major migrations on Earth, especially on land, have already been lost, he explains, and few landscapes are left on Earth where the migratory animals do not have to share land resources with agriculture and other human activities.

In particular, Panksepp's work has focused on «the possibility that our most commonly used animal subjects, laboratory rodents, may have social - joy type experiences during their playful activities and that an important communicative - affective component of that process, which invigorates social engagement, is a primordial form of laughter.»

Visit Boston's Museum of Science to get your heart pumping in hands - on activities, including an interactive video game where the player learns how fear helps animals survive in nature.

Professor Heath said: «Wildlife everywhere capitalizes on waste from human activity, and discarded fish are food for a wide range of seabirds, marine mammals, seabed animals and other fish.

A partial connection could generate the activity seen in the mice's pupils, but true vision improvement depends on the animals» ability to react to color and other visual cues.

«On top of this, if indeed some animals have to «keep fit» then the activity involved could burn important energy reserves, which feeds into fundamental ideas of optimality, where animals are expected to expend time and energy in ways that maximise their short - or long - term success.»