Barsaam

Well done. 90% Sara is a TM teacher and Gardener.
 * Homework assignment - Client (Jim & Sara) meeting - I Asked the other guys about the rest of the meeting (I left class the last 15 mins) **
 * 1) They need a small home for 2 people.
 * 2) They want to spend $120,000 on this project.
 * 3) Maharishi sthapatya veda is their desired architecture style
 * 4) It should be 900 sqft size
 * 5) 1 story house.
 * 6) Energy efficient, sustainable, (cost effectiveness should be considered) off the grid - for example no cement should be used.
 * 7) R-value (insulation factor) around 42 for walls and ceiling. House should have thick walls.
 * 8) They need a nice view.
 * 9) Their choice for the location of the house is north-east end.
 * 10) House should have narrow porches around it.
 * 11) They are going to use neighbor’s drive.
 * 12) The house entrance preferably is on the east side.
 * 13) They like to nurture 1 or maybe 2 cows ( probably west side of the house) so that they could have the possibility of milking them.
 * 14) They plan to build a gazebo with lake-view with a suitable pathway to the lake.
 * 15) The house's energy source could be from In flow water tubes, solar cell storage system and sustainable generally.
 * 16) At the south part of the farm they will have a garden (60X60)
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">They even have a productive look toward their project ! They are thinking of producing vegetables and selling them :)
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">If possible, they try to build a green house inside the building.

Grade - Excellent - 93%
 * Homework assignment Tuesday Aug 23nd Leopold field trip notes**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The nature describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. As I was looking at the variety of animals in the Leopold Animal Museum, I had this feeling that every living being in the world has a role in the environment and affects human life directly or indirectly.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Every element in the nature has a story behind it to be created and to continue its life. Rivers flow from high parts of mountains and finally find a way to settle down like valleys. Even how a tree gets shaped, has a reason. Wind, insects, soil height of the ground and so many things have effects on how a tree grows.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Human is the only being which is trying to destroy the earth, and all is the result of unconscious decisions they make. Bridges over rivers and through jungle are from those things that I saw today and reminded me of human's selfishness.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Pattern:**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Layered rocks within trees, ending to a valley, was the most pattern I observed today. I felt the spirit of the History in shaping those nature and I really had this fear of destroying it easily !

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Homework assignment Monday Aug 22nd Leopold Reading** Grade - Very good - 90%

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **1.** Read Aldo Leopold Sand County Almanac ‘Marsh Elegy’ pp 99 – 101. List on your wiki journal 3 points why you think Aldo Leopold is a good writer and be ready to discuss them in class.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">First of all he has looked to the nature from all aspects : living beings around it, lakes, rivers and ... . //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Second he has given a very strong characters to the things in nature, so that one can depict the scene very well //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">And at the end he uses a very strong literature (not usual words) for writing, it shows that he is very knowledgeable and well-educated. //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **2.** Read Aldo Leopold Sand County Almanac ‘Think Like a Mountain’ pp 133. Summarize in one main point (20 to 50 words) in your wiki journal what you understand Leopold to mean by “Think like a mountain” and be ready to discuss it in class.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> //Perhaps he means that Mountain is the only part of the land that has longer life, and can not be destroyed easily. My understanding is that mountain looks down on everything on the earth around it from a high point and has 360 degree view of everything.//

Alborz mountains, North of Tehran, Iran: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">