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Israel Arts And Science Academy
Israel Arts and Science Academy (IASA) () is an Israeli boarding school for gifted high school students. History The Israel Arts and Science Academy (''Beit Hasefer Ha'tichon Hayisraeli Lemada'im Vela'omanuyot'') was founded in September 1990 by Mary Jane and Robert H. Asher and Raphi Amram. The students are religious and secular Jews and Israeli Arabs (Muslim, Christian and Druze). They come from over 100 communities across Israel. The student body numbers approximately 300, including day students from Jerusalem, in addition to residential students. IASA students are accepted without regard for their financial ability; 70% receive scholarship assistance. Admission is based solely on merit. IASA's goals are excellence, leadership and community service. Pluralism and mutual respect are natural outcomes of living in the IASA community. Students may major in either natural sciences, music, visual arts, or humanities, though they study most subjects (those which are not related to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Arts And Science Academy
Israel Arts and Science Academy (IASA) () is an Israeli boarding school for gifted high school students. History The Israel Arts and Science Academy (''Beit Hasefer Ha'tichon Hayisraeli Lemada'im Vela'omanuyot'') was founded in September 1990 by Mary Jane and Robert H. Asher and Raphi Amram. The students are religious and secular Jews and Israeli Arabs (Muslim, Christian and Druze). They come from over 100 communities across Israel. The student body numbers approximately 300, including day students from Jerusalem, in addition to residential students. IASA students are accepted without regard for their financial ability; 70% receive scholarship assistance. Admission is based solely on merit. IASA's goals are excellence, leadership and community service. Pluralism and mutual respect are natural outcomes of living in the IASA community. Students may major in either natural sciences, music, visual arts, or humanities, though they study most subjects (those which are not related to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bat Sheva Rubinstein
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out digits covered with a thin membrane or patagium. The smallest bat, and arguably the smallest extant mammal, is Kitti's hog-nosed bat, which is in length, across the wings and in mass. The largest bats are the flying foxes, with the giant golden-crowned flying fox, ''Acerodon jubatus'', reaching a weight of and having a wingspan of . The second largest order of mammals after rodents, bats comprise about 20% of all classified mammal species worldwide, with over 1,400 species. These were traditionally divided into two suborders: the largely fruit-eating megabats, and the echolocating microbats. But more recent evidence has supported dividing the order into Yinpterochiroptera and Yangoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
