Math is...

Math is very important now that i have learned another years worth of skills and powers. Knowing all these newly learn skills, I can now use them in everyday life. For example, knowing how to use percents, I can now figure out discounts and savings without using a calculator. Once you think about it, things are easier to do when you know how to do it well. It is a big help, now that I know how to do all of these tricks. Last year was like nothing that happened this year. It was different. I am a better student now, and I'm more careful because of the "No extra papers" rule. Reflecting on yourself isn't easy. So, with that being said, math is now making sense to me.

EXTRA CREDIT

The poem I read and researched i called "Rain Rain" by James Horner. It is a pretty lengthy poem thast describes rain and how rain has different stages. Rain goes through many stages. First, it could rain. Next, maybe you could have a thunderstorm. After everythings all over, maybe a rainbow can appear.
This p[oem enhanced my knowlage about rain because before, I didn't know that rain goes through different stages. This poem would not be the same without weather, because the focus of this poem is rain! And if this poem were never written, I probably wouldn't be writing about it! Anyways, you need to check this poem out because it describes rain and the stages of rain.

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems17.html

In Class today...

In class today, Ms. Niske, a student at Rutgers university, came in and did an activity about oil and how and where to find it. Well, to tell you the truth, it isn't easy. The oil graphers give you three graphs. When you put all three graphs together, it makes a grid. When you look at the grid of the map, you can tell where the oil is. When all three graphs touch, that means that there is oil under the surface of that part of the Earth. Another thing I learned was that it costs about a million dollars to replace a broken drill, which drills up the oil. People who work for oil companies make a lot of money. Well, thats all for now.

KITES! KITES! KITES!

Recently in science class... WE MADE KITES AND WENT OUTSIDE TO TEST THEM OUT! First, it was alot of fun creating the kites. Second, even though they didn't fly, its still pretty fun to skip class one day and go outside to get some fresh air. Thirdly, we learned a lot from it. I learned that you need wind for a kite to fly. We also learned some weather symbols, such as an astric symbolizes snow.

What? A six legged octopus?

On Tuesday, March 4Th, a new discovery was made. English marine experts have discovered the first six-legged octopus! They called it Henry the hexopus. That means it has six legs. Usually, octopi have eight arms. But, on the other hand, this one only has six! His missing limbs are from a birth defect. In addition, octopi can grow back missing limbs, but this one can't because these arms are more spread apart than regular. "If you look closer between the legs, there's webbing that attaches each of the arms together," John Filmer of the Sea Life Centre told CNN Tuesday. They named him Henry because it alliterated well with hexapus.


http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/octopus.uk/index.html

Oh my goodness! Its my first class response!

Recently, in class, we have been learning how to podcast. Podcasting is so much fun! We are currently podcasting about famous scientists. My group is researching Ms. Fraiser. She is a very interesting person. Also, when you podcast, you can add so many different noises that makes the podcast entertaining. Many people in my class have people that are alive so they can talk to them and ask questions about them. The bad thing about podcasting is when you mess up, if you don't save, you have to start all over again! Well, thats all for now!

NASA Probe to Fly Past Mercury

On Thursday January 10th, NASA announced that they will be launching a probe to fly past Mercury next week. It will be a break through because this launch will be the first spacecraft to make it past Mercury in thirty-three years. The spacecraft will be a car sized probe that is scheduled to fly about 124 miles above the rocky surface of the closest planet to the sun on Monday. This is part of a mission designed to place the craft into orbit around Mercury in 2011. The probe will be known as "MESSENGER". MESSENGER is expected to get the first spacecraft measurements of the mineral and chemical makeup of Mercury's surface. It will also get key data about the planet's internal structure including its core. MESSENGER's tools will get more than 1000 images and make other observations during this initial fly-by. It will be the first up close measurements since the Mariner 10 spacecraft's third and final fly-by in 1975.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080110/sc_nm/space_mercury_dc;_ylt=Aiz8LX3KdccnPVsOZWvQQQ2HgsgF