Sentences with phrase «than a pencil on»

In these two rainforests, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and countless volunteers have for years been recording every tree with a diameter wider than a pencil on a plot measuring between 25 and 50 hectares.

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So in that example, on that page you'd ask if they could link to your pencil sharpener category rather than your home page.

In your article around Baltimore's technology gap («Computer - based tests a challenge for low - income students, some Baltimore teachers say,» April 22), we read that students who took the PARCC scored lower when they took the test on a computer than when they used paper and pencil.

Although NASCAR gives the perception its rules are ever - changing, written in pencil rather than indelible ink, the rule that only six crew members can work on a damaged car has been in place since the start of the season.

(Skip pens and pencils until he's older — they're much sharper than crayons and could hurt your toddler if he fell on them or accidentally poked himself in the face.)

Rather than throwing out a pencil because the eraser is worn - down, just replace the old eraser with a new one and keep on writing and drawing!

Babysitters, nannies, preschool teachers provide many different services as well: counseling / behavioral therapies (think children fighting in a sand box who need to be directed to «use words» rather than hit one another), nutritional guidance (our son's teachers have given us great ideas and resources for healthy meals), arts training (music class, creative arts class), occupational therapist (correct hand hold for four year old grasping a pencil), physical therapist (Hop on one foot, kids!

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«I worked out how much scattering and straggling would occur, and realized that much of the ionization would be deposited in a volume at the end of a narrow beam not much larger than the eraser on a pencil — and with very little exposure of the skin at the point of entry,» Wilson recalled in a draft for a speech.

Pencils and paper have given way to the more amorphous cloud - based computing, kids are presenting more with Prezi than on poster boards, and work can be turned in online instead of in - hand.

Using high - intensity lasers at the University of Rochester's OMEGA EP Facility focused on targets smaller than a pencil's eraser, they conducted experiments to create colliding jets of plasma knotted by plasma filaments and self - generated magnetic fields.

Patches on the skin that look darker than your normal complexion, from pin - head - sized to larger than a pencil eraser, are all filed under dark spots, or the technical term, lentigines.

True art therapy is practiced under the guidance of an art therapist, and while it may involve colored pencils, markers, or clay, it goes deeper than coloring on your own.

Rather than pencils, these are more crayons in my opinion and you can use them all over the lids, smudged on the outer - corners, as an eyeliner and on the waterline — in short whichever way takes your fancy.

If you want to wow everyone around, then you are more than welcome to try on high - waisted pencil mini skirt in silver color and pair it with white T - shirt and complete the look by adding sexy sunglasses:

This pencil skirt is on sale for less than $ 30.

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The sweater is meant to be cropped, which would look great with a pair of high rise denim or a pencil skirt, on someone that is taller than me.

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It is a good idea to tuck the shirt in from the front part to keep all the attention on the pencil skirt rather than the trousers.

I have spent more than I usually would on one I had shortened to wear over pencil skirts and one longer one for over pants.

Plaid has never looked better than on Sofie Valkiers — just combine this bright shirt with a beige pencil skirt and white heels!

Sometimes I use the remnants on my eyeshadow brush (rather than an actual brow pencil) to fill in the blonder hairs on the outer edges of my eyebrows to better frame my face.

Now I alternate between two approaches on weekends — utilitarian - comfort - me (yes, I am one of those people who wears yoga pants and a wrap top to run some weekend errands since chances are, I am going to yoga at some point immediately before or after) or the weekend - real - me which is edgier / more downtown than the more uptown pencil - skirt work - week me.

There's no better feeling than taking off a pencil skirt and putting on stretchy yoga pants.

The Squared Pencil Skirt disappeared from the website last November without going on sale, and is now on sale online for more than I paid in - store in December.

The waist is maybe a little looser than you'd expect on a pencil but the hips are cut more narrow than I was prepared for.

I must admit they look far harder to walk in than the leather pencil skirt (I think I'd fall flat on my face wearing such a skinny heel as that!).

This one deposits more color on my brows than my twist - up brow pencils.

To get a natural brow that doesn't look too drawn - on, switch out your brow pencil for a pressed powder eyeshadow that's one shade lighter than your brow color.

On the other hand, the advantages of wearing a pencil skirt are: it's impossible to be blown up by the wind, the ventilation by being so tight make them warmer in the cooler periods of time and they show off the female shape which makes them sexier than the boring straight office skirts.

Where it's most effective is when it plays the up to the heroism of everyday citizens, driven less by altruism than hatred for the enemy, and in the telling little touches strewn through the film, like the carefully sharpened pencils lined up like soldiers on the desk of a Gestapo officer, or the crates of beer from the collaborator's brewery stacked up at Gestapo HQ.

A common pattern is that much more is spent on teacher salaries than on materials like textbooks, paper, and pencils.

An informal survey of students about Oregon's online testing system shows they find computer - based testing faster and more enjoyable than the paper - and - pencil variety, and they report feeling that they perform better on computerized assessments than on traditional tests.

When the 2012 technology scan showed that most districts had the requisite technology platform, few realized that the minimum specs had been dumbed - down or that this meant the new tests would sacrifice most of the hoped - for features — turning them into little more than traditional paper - and - pencil tests taken on a computer.

Computer - using test takers also performed considerably better on the open - ended components of the test than did their paper - and - pencil counterparts.

In a foundational and influential study, [i] Duckworth reported that West Point cadets who scored higher on a paper - and - pencil grit scale were more likely to complete the challenging Beast Barracks program in their first two weeks than those who scored lower.

There are few places other than a middle school where unsharpened pencils, paper clips on the floor, a stray line on a white board, or a misspoken word, even if it's obviously inadvertent, would warrant the scrutiny of an archaeological dig or the interrogation of a grand jury.

I like writing on the computer better than writing with a pencil.»

First, students take a computer adaptive assessment, which bases follow - up questions on a student's answers in real time and gives a more accurate picture of a student's progress than the paper and pencil test.

As for basing teacher performance on test scores, don't we want kids to be able to do more than color little circles with # 2 pencils?

Aligned to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts, aReading is more precise than paper - and - pencil assessments and based on over ten years of rigorous research that is built upon the recommendations of the National Reading Panel (2000).

But I'd be hard - pressed to tell you when I've had more than two days in a row where I haven't had to stop a lesson because of one or two students who are bent on disrupting the entire class, where I've been able to start a class on time because every student was ready with book, paper, and pencil, or where I didn't have to stop my lesson repeatedly to tell different students throughout the period to please get their heads up and that it's hard to read along when their eyes are closed.

About two - thirds of Maryland students who will be taking the state test, called the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career, are expected to do so on a computer rather than with paper and pencil this spring.

Recent research in Maryland, Illinois, and at the National Center for Education Statistics, has shown that standardized tests create a significant technology gap for students in high - poverty schools — students receive lower scores on computer - based tests than they would using pencil and paper.

On the 2012 PISA paper - and - pencil reading exam, American students performed comparably to the OECD average, but fell behind their peers from other developed nations like Canada and Japan who scored higher than the OECD average.

These encounters included demeaning phrases like, «Let's see if we can sharpen our pencil a little more on that price,» complete with slight - of - hand, shifting - sand financial figures, and high pressure sales tactics that made me feel like I was nothing more than the next potential sale instead of like I was a real customer who deserved respect.

This is a much more comfortable feeling than writing with the Apple Pencil on an iPad's glass screen.

Emitting up to 555 nits, it's one of the brightest screens we've ever seen on a tabler or even a lapotp, and its new ProMotion technology enables smoother scrolling and less Pencil input latency (down to 20 milliseconds) than any tablet on the market.

This super slim device, no thicker than a pencil has minimal buttons on its sides, making operations easier.