Aerospace Case Study:

Aerospace is a complex discipline which embraces the human efforts in engineering and science aimed at the conquering of the Earth’s atmosphere and space. The humanity has always dreamt about flights and finally its dream has come true. Since the beginning of the 20th century people have been studying the issues and laws of aerodynamics, physics, etc in order to master the flight of the aircraft. People invented such means of transport as planes, helicopter, aeroplanes, airships, rockets, etc. in order to commit flights in the planet’s atmosphere and in the open space. Of course, the conquering of the atmosphere was a great step into the development of the humanity, because it broadened the human opportunities in various spheres. It can be called the initial step into the process of globalization, because the development of aircraft with the purpose of travelling, trade, military purposes, business, politics, etc, united the humanity and made the world around smaller. Continue reading →

Science and Technology Case Study:

Science and technology is the study about the interrelation between social studies, technology and sciences and their impact on one another. It is natural that technologies and sciences have always influenced the human society in different ways. Every innovation and scientific discovery was associated with the definite social changes, because the order and the organization of the human society depend on technologies. The brightest example of the influence of technologies on the human society was the invention of printing by Gutenberg in the 15th century. Due to his invention the humanity received the access towards books, which became small, affordable and accessible. It influenced the society seriously, especially the level of education and the level of thought of that time. After the invention of printing the development of sciences and technologies became very rapid and intensive. Unfortunately, not all scientific discoveries influence the human society positively. Continue reading →

Gifted Children Case Study:

Gifted children are the children who have a high level of aptitude or talent and mean that the person has a high level of the intellectual development. Gifted children are divided into two categories: the children with the general aptitude and special aptitude.

General aptitude is the indicator of the general intellectual abilities of the child who is good at different disciplines and activities at the same time. For example, one is able to be good at maths, history, biology and languages and such a person is called a genius. The special aptitude is the child’s ability to be good at the selected spheres, discipline or activity, like languages, sciences, humanities, etc. Gifted children have talents in such fields as technology, sciences, music, poetry, art, etc. Continue reading →

Gmail Case Study:

Gmail is the free service of electronic mail provided by the American company Google. Gmail provides clients with the access towards their accounts through the web interface. In 2012 Gmail became the leader winning the first place in the competition with such giants as Hotmail and Microsoft. The total number of Gmail clients is more than 420 million people. The clients who want to get access to the service of Gmail have to create an account in domain gmail.com which would provide them with the accounts of the type username@gmail.com. The service provides the user with 10 GB of space for personal messages and this space is increased all the time. In 2005 the space was equal to 1 GB and then increased gradually to 2, 5, 7.5 and 10 GB. The history of the creation of Gmail was very interesting, because in 2004 it became the most developed and quality email service which offered more space than such services as Yahoo or Hotmail. Continue reading →

Jaguar Case Study:

Jaguar is the British automobile company which is specialized on the production of the automobiles of luxury class, sport cars, etc. From 1989 to 2008 it belonged to the list of the premium trademarks, which was owned by Ford Motor Company. In 2008 Jaguar was sold to the Indian company Tata Motors. It is widely known that Jaguar is a reliable British car but it does not belong to the oldest marks, because the start of the company was given in 1922 by William Lyons and William Walmsley, who established the firm Swallow Sidecars which focused on the production of the motorcycle sidecars. The real success came to the company when it started manufacturing sport cars in 1931 and since that time the company has become well-known and attracted the richest customers. The name “Jaguar” appeared after World War 2 and remained till modern time. Continue reading →

Radioactive Leakage in Japan Case Study:

Radioactive leakage in Japan is understood as the leakage of radiation which occurred during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

In 2011 Japan experienced the strongest in its history earthquake and the tsunami which followed the earthquake destroyed vast territories of the country and caused serious harm to the nuclear power plants, especially to Fukushima plant. T?hoku earthquake and tsunami damaged the systems of cooling at the power plant and the disaster occurred. The next day after the earthquake and tsunami the government decided to evacuate the population which lived in the 3 km zone around Fukushima. At first there was a chance to avoid the catastrophe, because the inner side of the reactor was not damaged. Unfortunately, because of the damaged system of cooling several explosions happened in the following days and the government lost its control over the situation. Continue reading →

School Culture Case Study:

School culture is the issue which embraces all the important components of the existence of a school and the rules of its organization and functioning. It is natural that the basic elements of school culture are the relations between teachers, students and parents. The school climate and culture is supposed to maintain students with the healthy atmosphere for studying, the appropriate level of support, understanding, facilitation of the educational process, psychological support, racial and ethnic and religious tolerance at a school and supply with the required equipment and devices useful in the process of studying and the maintenance of the hygienic norms in the public school places in order to save the students’ health and life.

The major duties of every school are the maintenance of the student’s learning, emotional well-being and social protection. The basic task of every teacher is to teach his students something. Continue reading →

Climate Change Adaptation Case Study:

Climate change adaptation is the adaptation of natural environment and anthropogenic systems towards the change of the climatic patterns. It is obvious that climate is the main factor which influences the human life on the planet and if the climate is not favorable for life, people have to look for the more useful territories. Naturally, nowadays the humanity faces the problem of the climate change, because the annual average temperature increase gradually and it causes serious troubles to the environment, ecosystems and human life. Climate change is caused by the careless human activity: pollution, deforestation, overpopulation, etc.

Such problems as greenhouse effect is the factor of the increase of the average temperature on the planet and this slow but constant temperature rise causes such problems as the increase of the sea level, the character of precipitation, the increase of the number an frequency of the extreme natural disasters, the alterations in the growing season of plants, the spreading of the tropical diseases behind the boarders of the tropical belt, etc. Continue reading →

Chemical Industry Case Study:

Chemical industry is the branch of heavy industry which embraces the production of mineral fertilizers, plastic, artificial and synthetic textile, organic and nonorganic chemicals, herbicides, chemical for the preservation of the products of food industry, artificial rubber and enormous number of consumer products used at home and for cleaning. The major branches of chemical industry are petroleum (oil) industry, coke industry and plants which produce other chemicals (sulphur, iodine, bromine). Pharmaceutical and microbiological industries are also considered to be the branches of chemical industry. The products of chemical industry are used in every sphere of the human life: at home, in the workplace, in transport, in the street, etc. It is obvious that without the development of chemical industry the quality of the human life would reduce seriously, because it the chemical industry which maintains tidiness, appropriate hygienic condition of the environment, defeat of the dangerous diseases and their spreading. Continue reading →

Cirque du Soleil Case Study:

Cirque du Soleil is translated as “Circus of the Sun” is the bright representative of the successful modern art of circus. Cirque du Soleil was founded in Montreal, Canada in 1984 by Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier, the folk musicians, who wanted to restore the previous popularity of street performance art and circus. Cirque du Soleil embraces more than 4000 people and it enables numerous troupes perform in different parts of the world and entertain people. It is quite obvious that the success and popularity of Cirque du Soleil depends on the professional approach and scrupulous selection of the most talented and well-trained actors who are able to perform the astonishing and beautiful tricks which can capture the attention of the most sophisticated spectacular. The troupes of the company are known to possess the best preparation and the richest experience and it has made Cirque du Soleil known all over the world. This type of the contemporary circus entertains people during such important events like the official ceremonies of Oscar, Eurovision, Grammy, etc. Continue reading →