Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Blizzard Website

This is our website on Blizzards, a weather storm.
http://pianoplayer97andsoftballgirl96.webs.com/
Hope you enjoy it!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

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

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! :)


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