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Imagining Our Stories

Imagining Our Stories. Albert Einstein. … was born in 1879 and died in 1955. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein. Albert Einstein. …lived in a different time and place, but went to school and studied, just like you. Albert Einstein. … received the Nobel Prize for physics

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Imagining Our Stories

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  1. Imagining Our Stories

  2. Albert Einstein … was born in 1879 and died in 1955. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

  3. Albert Einstein …lived in a different time and place, but went to school and studied, just like you.

  4. Albert Einstein … received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

  5. Margaret Mahy Her novels have been translated into twelve languages. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_mahy

  6. Margaret Mahy Some of her stories have been translated into fifteen different languages. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_mahy

  7. Margaret Mahy In 2006 she won the Hans Christian Andersen Award (the ‘Little Nobel Prize’) for children's literature. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_mahy

  8. Margaret Mahy ‘a meadow’ (a noun) 1 an area of grassland, especially one used for hay. 2 a piece of low ground near a river. www.askoxford.com

  9. Margaret Mahy ‘a matchbox’ or ‘a match box’ (anoun) a small box in which matches are sold. www.askoxford.com

  10. Margaret Mahy ‘a broom cupboard’ (a noun) 솔 찬장 http://babelfish.yahoo.com

  11. A Lion in the Meadow By Margaret Mahy I liked the part where ___ happened, because … I disliked the part where … I think this story might mean …

  12. Ernest Rutherford … was born in 1871 in New Zealand. His parents were from Scotland. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Rutherford “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Albert Einstein

  13. Ernest Rutherford … was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, … and like Einstein he was also interested in physics. He said: "In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting." www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Rutherford “Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein

  14. Richard Pearce … designed, built and flew the first motorised airplane in 1903, nine months before the Wright brothers in the USA. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pearse “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” Albert Einstein

  15. Richard Pearce … was the fourth of nine children. When he was not inventing things, he was farming. His father was from England and his mother was from Ireland. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pearse “Knowledge is limited.” Albert Einstein

  16. Anti-racism protests http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Springbok_Tour “Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.”Albert Einstein

  17. The Ribena drink scandal A fruit juice company said their black current juice drink had more vitamin C than four oranges. In 2004 two 14-year-old high-school girls did a school science experiment to test for vitamin C. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribena#Controversy “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” Albert Einstein

  18. The Ribena drink scandal They found the juice had little or NO vitamin C at all! In 2007 the company had to pay more than NZ$200,000 in fines. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribena#Controversy “Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.” Albert Einstein

  19. The Ribena drink scandal Jenny Suo and Anna Devathasan in 2007. Anna was head girl and won the ‘Dux’ prize for being the best student in the school. This year they are freshmen at university. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribena#Controversy “Love is a better teacher than duty.” Albert Einstein

  20. Baby Buggies – Strollers www.philandteds.com www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil&teds_(strollers) “Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” Albert Einstein

  21. Bungy Jumping In Vanuatu jumping from trees with vines around young men’s Legs was a test of courage. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungee_jumping “The important thing is not to stop questioning.” Albert Einstein

  22. Bungy Jumping Four men jumping at the same time was like a special religious prayer, for native Indians from Mexico. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungee_jumping “Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.” Albert Einstein

  23. Bungy Jumping In 1979 some people in the USA first did bungee jumping for fun. They were members of the group called The Dangerous Sports Club from Oxford University, in England. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungee_jumping “I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.” Albert Einstein

  24. Bungy Jumping In 1986 a New Zealander named A.J. Hackett jumped from the Eiffel Tower, and started the world’s first bungee jumping company. Now anyone can imagine - and prove - how brave they are! www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungee_jumping www.ajhackett.com “Information is not knowledge.” Albert Einstein

  25. Margaret Mahy The Great White Man-Eating Shark - A Cautionary Tale - “Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.” Albert Einstein

  26. The Great White Man-Eating SharkBy Margaret Mahy I liked the part where ___ happened, because … I disliked the part where … I think this story might mean …

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