Over the holidays, I visited my grandfather in Miaoli and asked him what he remembered from the 228 incident of 1947. He was only a boy back then but he told the story of a widowed cigarette vendor who was beaten by a group for not giving up her shop [...]
Pyramids of Giza Built: Completed around 2560 BC (took approximately 20 years to build) Location: The Giza Necropolis (Present Day Cairo, Egypt) Built for who: Pharoah Khufu Significance / Function: Tomb of Pharaoh Khufu Height: 139 meters What: These were 3 pyramids in Egypt. The Great Pyramid was the largest. [...]
Learning with Art Learning with Art Some students love words and others simply hate them. Learning with art is a way of using pictures to remember important information. You can train yourself to associate images with facts by using this technique. Drawing a picture of an object [...]
Welcome to the fourth issue of Evocation, a magazine dedicated to bettering education of young English students in Taiwan. We have worked hard over the past few months produce a well-rounded set of topics that cover, what we feel can appeal, to the widest audience of English learners. I am [...]
#1 Wingspan First, there is the humongous wingspan. A pigeon, at most, has a 72 cm wingspan. The albatross is totally out of the pigeon’s league, with a wingspan of 3.5 meters- 350 cm. That’s larger than the length of a small car! Of course, this means that the wings [...]
#1 Scales Ants are the horned lizard’s main source of food. However, if you eat one ant, you’re declaring war on a whole colony. Ants start biting you and swarm all over you. So, the horned lizard has developed a special defense against these ants- a wall. It’s skin is [...]
People believe that the theory of evolution was sparked by the trip on the Beagle. And it partially was. When Charles Darwin was 22, he set off on a chartering ship- the Beagle. He came from a religious family where his father wanted him to be a preacher but he [...]
Often, when we talk about history, we discuss things like war, countries and politics. But, history doesn’t need to be that complicated... Everything around you has a history from your house, your parents, your school and yourself. Let’s take a journey through Alexander Academy’s! In 2008, Principle Sophie grew [...]
