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Studying culture began, for us, with a look at the "family" culture that we all come from. So, students brought in special items or stories or traditions or timelines from their families to share with the class. This gave us a sense of how our own "culture" has been passed on to each of us from parents and grandparents and great grandparents. In sharing, we came to appreciate the diversity of our community and to also understand some of the things that we share in common. We saw special quilts and baptismal gowns. We heard the histories of families descended from artists and kings and warriors. We got to listen to a taped interview with a grandparent and we saw wonderful old newspaper articles and photographs and cookbooks -- just to mention a few of the treasured gifts that were shared during this first month. We even learned about the Tucker Automobile and the radio made especially for it. A few of the moments that were shared in our classroom:
Characteristics for Mastigoteuthis:
Arms -- with expanded lateral membranes which form tentacular sheaths. Tentacles -- virtually cyclindrical; with suckers in many irregular series (30 or more in some species). Funnel -- locking-apparatus oval, usually with knobs affecting the shape of the depression in the funnel component in different species; specific shape varies with species. Fins -- large to very large, with terminal position. Tail -- Short tail present (often absent due to damage during capture). Photophores -- present on eyeball or eyelid