Lifestyle 4

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

Winston Churchill

How many times do you feel forced to do
something you don’t want to do at school?

Would you like to become a responsible
student and then a successful adult?

In every great story there are great leaders and heroes. Have you
ever wondered what they have in common? Yes, they are responsible
people. Being responsible brings a lot of advantages in our everyday
life. For example, responsible people are more confident, can solve
problems easily, have better relationships, become a role model,
are good at making choices. Would you like to have the power of
improving your life? Keep reading!

Activity 1. Write ten activities that are obligations in your everyday life. .
.
1. I have to .
2. I have to .
3. I have to .
4. I have to .
5. I have to .
6. I have to .
7. I have to .
8. I have to
9. I have to .
10. I have to
.
Activity 2. Write a future benefit for every activity previously written. .
.
1. If I accomplish this I will .
2. If I accomplish this I will .
3. If I accomplish this I will .
4. If I accomplish this I will .
5. If I accomplish this I will .
6. If I accomplish this I will .
7. If I accomplish this I will .
8. If I accomplish this I will
9. If I accomplish this I will
10. If I accomplish this I will

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Activity 3. Rewiring your obligations. From now on, reset your brain! You don’t have
obligations: you decide, you choose and you want to achieve power. The power of
completing and getting things done. Rewrite your obligation without using I have
or I must. Then underline what you get after completing your things.

1. I decide to, I choose to, I want to in order to become
c) have better relationships
a) more confident b) solve problems easily
in order to become
d) become a role model e) good at making choices. c) have better relationships

2. I decide to, I choose to, I want to in order to become
c) have better relationships
a) more confident b) solve problems easily
in order to become
d) become a role model e) good at making choices. c) have better relationships

3. I decide to, I choose to, I want to in order to become
c) have better relationships
a) more confident b) solve problems easily
in order to become
d) become a role model e) good at making choices. c) have better relationships

4. I decide to, I choose to, I want to in order to become
c) have better relationships
a) more confident b) solve problems easily
in order to become
d) become a role model e) good at making choices. c) have better relationships

5. I decide to, I choose to, I want to in order to become
c) have better relationships
a) more confident b) solve problems easily
in order to become
d) become a role model e) good at making choices. c) have better relationships

6. I decide to, I choose to, I want to

a) more confident b) solve problems easily

d) become a role model e) good at making choices.

7. I decide to, I choose to, I want to

a) more confident b) solve problems easily

d) become a role model e) good at making choices.

8. I decide to, I choose to, I want to

a) more confident b) solve problems easily

d) become a role model e) good at making choices.

9. I decide to, I choose to, I want to

a) more confident b) solve problems easily

d) become a role model e) good at making choices.

10. I decide to, I choose to, I want to

a) more confident b) solve problems easily

d) become a role model e) good at making choices.

From now on you are responsible!

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UNIT 1

SUBJECT: ECOLOGY

I love green
Life as we know is beautiful but it could change. However, we must help. Today is all about
understanding we all are connected. No matter how distant we feel, we are connected. I
am linked with a lion; you are linked with a giraffe. Sometimes we feel we can’t do anything
for nature. Do you know how? I will tell you.

FIRST

In your own words, define the next words.

Ecosystem:

Community:

Balance:

SECOND

Now, mix the previous concepts and explain how they are connected with you. Follow
my example.

Why our ecosystems are important? They are like our house, so how must we treat our
house? First, we should see each other as a community: your neighbor, your dog: we all
are a community. As members of a community, we must understand where we are.

THIRD

Now, research on the internet the variety of ecosystems in Mexico. Find out in which
ecosystem you inhabit. Then, discover what the main ecological problems in your town
are. In teams, write a plan where you can help your ecosystem. You have to consider the
three main concepts of today: ecosystem, community and balance.

UNIT 2

SUBJECT: PHYSICS

An experiment with light
The results of this experiment are pretty surprising. People always wonder how the arrow
changes its direction.
Supplies Needed

- Piece of paper
- Marker
- Glass
- Water

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Experiment Instructions

FIRST

Get a piece of paper, and draw two arrows on it. One arrow near the top and one arrow
near the bottom. Make the arrows point in the same direction.

SECOND

Fill a glass with water.

THIRD

Slowly lower the piece of paper behind the glass of water.

FOURTH

Look through the glass of water and watch what happens.
What happens?
The scientific concept that is at work in this experiment is called refraction, which means
the bending of light. Refraction occurs when light travels from one medium into another.

During the experiment, the light traveled from the image through the air, then through the
glass cup into the water, and finally out of the glass cup and into the air once more before
it reached our eyes.
This means that the light bends once when it traveled through the glass cup into the water,
and then it bends again when it traveled out of the glass cup and into the air. As a result,
the light paths cross and the image appears to be flipped horizontally (left/right).

UNIT 3

SUBJECT: CALCULUS

There's a variety of things you can do with these flashcards. You can study, play a memory
game. In addition, you can find its equivalent terminology in Spanish and they can help
you study for your future Mathematics exams. Good Luck! Don't fail!

In case you don't understand certain terms, ask your mathematics teacher. Because
Mathematics is a universal language.

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VERB LIST

VERB SIMPLE PAST VERB SIMPLE PAST
PAST PARTICIPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE

allow allowed allowes hate grew grown
bake baked baked hear heard heard
become became become hold held held
begin began begun hope hoped hoped
believe believed believed hurt hurt hurt
belong belonged belonged improve improved improved
boil boiled boiled know knew known
break broke broken lend lent lent
buy bought bought let
catch caught caught lose let let
come came come make lost lost
discuss discussed discussed meet made made
draw drew drawn mind met met
drive drove driven move minded minded
earn earned earned pay moved moved
eat eaten pull paid paid
enjoy ate enjoyed push pulled pulled
feel enjoyed receive pushed pushed
felt repair received received
fill felt filled serve repaired repaire
forget filled forgotten share served served
forgot gotten shut shared shared
get got given shut shut
give gave gone sit sat sat
go went grown skate skated skated
grow grew

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Function A rule that assigns each element x in a set
D exactly one element, called f(x), in a set E

Domain the set of values for wich the function or
relation is defined

Range the set of all possible values of f (x) as x
varies throughout the domain.

Difference quotient f(a+h) - f(a) /h
(formula)
Difference quotient Represents the average rate of change
(What does it do?) of f (x) between x=a a and x=a +h

Odd functions if a function f satisfies f(-x)=-f(x) for every
number x in its domain

Rational functions a ratio of two polynomials

Algebraic functions Any function f that can be constructed
using algebraic operations starting with
polynomials

Exponential functions Functions of the form f (x) =a X, Where base
a is a positive constant

Transcendental functions that are not algebraic
functions 

Limit of a function  limx a f(x) =L

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Left-hand limit limx a-f(x)=L

Right-hand limit limx a+f (x)=L

Infinite limit limx a f(x) = ∞+_

Piece wise function a function made up of an infinite number of
continuous pieces

Fundamental theorem if differentiable then continuous. If not
of calculus  continuous, not differentiable.

Continuity (at a point – f (c) is defined

Limx c f(x) exists

MAIN definition) Value of limit = value of function

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