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Literature Poems
“Black”
Bombs are red,
White is Death’s first look;
Black is the color
Of Liesel’s first book.
Yellow is lemons,
The river of stealing is blue;
The Black sky holds burnt stars
Death has a queue.
Green is pea soup,
Cigarette smoke is grey;
Black is painted on windows
To keep strangers from coming during the day.
“The Word Shaker”
Liesel Meminger
Cunning, Hopeful, and Lively
Who loves simple words that calm
Who feels a desperate need for a dream at night
Who needs her best friend with hair the color of lemons
Who fears separation of family once again
Who’s like to see books and people be united as one
Who dreams of words curing the impossible
Who ends up confused of the past and yearning for the future
Bombs are red,
White is Death’s first look;
Black is the color
Of Liesel’s first book.
Yellow is lemons,
The river of stealing is blue;
The Black sky holds burnt stars
Death has a queue.
Green is pea soup,
Cigarette smoke is grey;
Black is painted on windows
To keep strangers from coming during the day.
“The Word Shaker”
Liesel Meminger
Cunning, Hopeful, and Lively
Who loves simple words that calm
Who feels a desperate need for a dream at night
Who needs her best friend with hair the color of lemons
Who fears separation of family once again
Who’s like to see books and people be united as one
Who dreams of words curing the impossible
Who ends up confused of the past and yearning for the future
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Adventure Aquarium
Recently, my class and I went on a field trip to Camden Adventure Aquarium. After a long bus ride, my group and I went to several exhibits. The purpose of our trip was to expand our knowledge of aquatic and marine animals after learning about them for three months. Educational and fun, this place is definitely worth the trip. I felt that the most entertaining and interesting exhibits were the African penguins, and sea creatures we got to touch.
First were the African Black-Footed Penguins, found in an exhibit called Penguin Island. Personally, I love penguins and find them very fascinating. These penguins are not like the stereotypical penguins that need cold weather to survive. Their normal habitat is located on the coast of South Africa. They enjoy cold weather, but prefer the weather normally found in Central, New Jersey. Their habitat here in captivity includes a lake for swimming, land for walking, and something like a shower that sprays over the land. This is one of the only places located outside. Though they are surrounded with all this water, I have learned that they get water into their bodies from their food. The diet they have includes squid and small fish and crustaceans. In fact, they eat 20 percent on their body weight in just one sitting!
The next exhibit that caught my attention was called the Interactive Inlet. This is where we got to go hands-on with the chosen sea creatures. There were shrimp, pulsing moon jellyfish, freshwater stingrays, lobsters and much more. In my opinion, I thought the jellyfish and the stingrays were the most interesting. In my experiences at aquariums and sea creature exhibits, not once have visitors been allowed to touch jellyfish! And this new experience turned out for the best. The jellyfish were soft, squishy, and very pleasant to touch. My other favorite were the stingrays. I always thought that stingrays were soft because when I had gone to other places they were soft. But when my group and I got to the stingray tank the first thing I noticed was the three or four different kinds of stingray. And when I touched them, all had a different texture. Some were bumpy and some were hard but not one soft! It suddenly occurred to me that there are obviously more than one species of stingrays in the world! Overall, I was glad that I got to experience this and it was very interesting.
All in all, the trip to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden was exceedingly enjoyable. It was enlightening and we learned so much! Not to mention a lot of fun! This is definitely on my recommendation for field trips for schools to go on. It is pleasurable and interactive and with a great group like mine you have an amazing time. From penguins to jellyfish and stingrays you never know what to expect next. I had an amazing time and I hope you did or will too! :)
First were the African Black-Footed Penguins, found in an exhibit called Penguin Island. Personally, I love penguins and find them very fascinating. These penguins are not like the stereotypical penguins that need cold weather to survive. Their normal habitat is located on the coast of South Africa. They enjoy cold weather, but prefer the weather normally found in Central, New Jersey. Their habitat here in captivity includes a lake for swimming, land for walking, and something like a shower that sprays over the land. This is one of the only places located outside. Though they are surrounded with all this water, I have learned that they get water into their bodies from their food. The diet they have includes squid and small fish and crustaceans. In fact, they eat 20 percent on their body weight in just one sitting!
The next exhibit that caught my attention was called the Interactive Inlet. This is where we got to go hands-on with the chosen sea creatures. There were shrimp, pulsing moon jellyfish, freshwater stingrays, lobsters and much more. In my opinion, I thought the jellyfish and the stingrays were the most interesting. In my experiences at aquariums and sea creature exhibits, not once have visitors been allowed to touch jellyfish! And this new experience turned out for the best. The jellyfish were soft, squishy, and very pleasant to touch. My other favorite were the stingrays. I always thought that stingrays were soft because when I had gone to other places they were soft. But when my group and I got to the stingray tank the first thing I noticed was the three or four different kinds of stingray. And when I touched them, all had a different texture. Some were bumpy and some were hard but not one soft! It suddenly occurred to me that there are obviously more than one species of stingrays in the world! Overall, I was glad that I got to experience this and it was very interesting.
All in all, the trip to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden was exceedingly enjoyable. It was enlightening and we learned so much! Not to mention a lot of fun! This is definitely on my recommendation for field trips for schools to go on. It is pleasurable and interactive and with a great group like mine you have an amazing time. From penguins to jellyfish and stingrays you never know what to expect next. I had an amazing time and I hope you did or will too! :)
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
What Happens When Air is Heated?
When we put the aluminum spiral over the hot plate, it spun. I think this is because when air is heated, it rises. So when the hot air rose and touched the top of the aluminum spiral, it came back down it. This is because aluminum is a conductor of heat. So when the heat touched the top of the spiral it had a domino effect and the heat came down the spiral. Simultaneously, another heat wave is coming up to the top of the spiral while heat is going down it. Because there is constant heat going in the same direction, the spiral was spinning. If the heat stopped, it would stop spinning. It is all because heat rises.
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Can Collapsing Lab
The water in the can boiled because of the increase in heat. The aluminum can also heat up along with the water inside it, because aluminum is a conductor of heat. During the experiment the water took a while to boil. This is because the atoms took some time to start moving faster. Once the water vapor was coming out of the can we could tell it was boiling. So, when we put the can with the water inside it into ice water, the can collapsed. This is because the bouncing atoms hit instant cool. When the hot can suddenly hit ice cold water it collapsed. This is also because of air pressure. When the water was heated, the air pressure in the can was less than the air pressure outside the can, causing it to be unbalanced. The air pressure on the outside was pushing on the can. So when the molecules hit cold water they escaped from the can into the water. The air pressure outside the can pushed with a sudden force causing the can to collapse.
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Why does Popcorn Pop?
The radiation from the microwave helps the popcorn kernels pop because it gives off heat. Inside a kernel there is a little drop of water surrounded by starch and on the outside there is a hard shell. When put in the microwave or any source of heat warming it, the little drop of water turns into water vapor within the kernel. When the water vapor cannot stand to be in the confined space anymore and there is too much pressure, the kernel explodes, making popcorn. The water vapor escapes and that is why there is steam coming out of the bag when you open it.
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Article connects to Science
Recently, a marine’s wife gave birth to a premature child. This marine was overseas during the birth and wished to go home on emergency leave to see his sick daughter. Unfortunately, he was denied this privilege and his wife was devastated. The doctor taking care of their daughter insisted that his unit commander give this marine an emergency leave to come see his daughter, because she was extremely sick. But soon enough due to modern science, the marine was told that his child was doing better. The marine must now get special permission to go on a leave, and I personally, I hope he can.
This story along with every other story has some relation to science. In this case, a connection to science is that since the daughter of the marine was born prematurely, she was put into intensive care. This is when the doctors have individual care for the patients and give them special medicines as well as equipment to care for their personal needs while they mature. These medicines and the equipment to care for these babies are science for the reason that people use facts and principles, the basis of science, to create them.
This story along with every other story has some relation to science. In this case, a connection to science is that since the daughter of the marine was born prematurely, she was put into intensive care. This is when the doctors have individual care for the patients and give them special medicines as well as equipment to care for their personal needs while they mature. These medicines and the equipment to care for these babies are science for the reason that people use facts and principles, the basis of science, to create them.
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