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Nathan Cole and Denise Thompson have really thought about Key Stage 3. They have been forced to; they now teach it in only two years. The switch to a two-year Key Stage 3 has made them re-evaluate their entire programme of study, and their rationale for teaching history. The result is illuminating. They argue convincingly that social history should be taught first as a grounding for understanding political developments, and for building up a picture of the whole past through the use of "really" big questions. But make sure you read on--there is a twist in the tail which helps them to show that teaching history is teaching history--whatever key stage it is supposed to be.

We investigated nesting behavior and terrestrial activity in a captive population of Macrochelys temminckii (Alligator Snapping Turtle) housed outdoors in semi-natural environmental conditions in Oklahoma. The nesting season lasted from 12 May to 15 June 2012, and turtles were most active between the hours 2300–0300. Nesting duration averaged 182.5 min. Over 50% of nest construction time was spent excavating the cavity, whereas covering the eggs accounted for ∼28% of the total duration. Individual females averaged 25 non-nesting emergences before successfully depositing eggs. Terrestrial activity was positively correlated with increasing average nighttime temperature. We found thermal profiles generated by temperature data loggers affixed to females useful for studying terrestrial activity during nesting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For 57 encounters, we could see the turtles well enough to make general comments on their size and age: juvenile = 9 (including two very young turtles), large juvenile or small adult = 3, small adult = 9, adult (no other size information provided) = 59, large adult = 15. Keywords: behavior; chelonian; flow regime; seasons EN behavior chelonian flow regime seasons 1 5 5 01/04/23 20230101 NES 230101 Many riverine systems experience periodic flooding events as part of their natural flow regimes. Flooding triggers increased surface activity in a bottom-dwelling turtle Furthermore, the fact that multiple juveniles were observed suggests that mating alone likely was not driving the increase in surface activity, but precocial courtship displays have been observed in some turtle species (Kramer & Burghardt, [6]). [Extracted from the article]

Describe your title and responsibilities. I am the assistant commissioner/communications and external affairs for the Big Sky Conference. I lead the communications, marketing and branding efforts for the league and [...]

This paper is in two parts. An introductory section discusses the housing market in Australia in order to emphasise the fact that homelessness is not simply an individual experience. It is also a structural phenomenon driven by economic imperatives beyond the control of those most affected. The bulk of the paper is devoted to a discussion of the published figures on the level of homelessness in Australia, gathered by the national Census and by the data collection agency for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP), the nation's main program for combating homelessness. Some problems with those figures as they are reported by the SAAP data collection agency are discussed, in particular, the under-estimation of the level of unmet demand for accommodation. The paper concludes with a comparison between the Census and the SAAP figures, which indicates that policies for alleviating homelessness are far from achieving their aims. Keywords: homelessness, housing market, statistics, The housing market In response to the release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' figures on the wealth of Australian households, a regular columnist in the Sydney. Morning Herald wrote: [...]