Lit. Poems

"Mama and Papa"

Papa
Courageous, dependable
Loving, understanding, caring
Painter, father, laundry cleaner, mother
Cooking, cursing, caring
Pudgy, grumpy
Mama


"Grey"

Red are the stolen apples,
Clear are the tears that Liesel cries;
Grey is the color
Of Papa's bold eyes.

White is the snowman,
Yellow is the star on the door;
Grey is Max's face
Before finding a cure.

Black is the basement
Brown is the teddy-bear;
Grey is the dust from the bomb
That lingered in the air.


By:
Mooslover1892

Class Response: Aquarium

Recently, I went on a field trip to the aquarium. On that trip, we were not able to see much, but some of what we saw included penguins, hippos, seals, and sharks. The habitat of the penguins included a small, solid stone shore, water to swim in, and a cooling shower. The cooling shower is vital to the penguins' environment because they are used to a cold environment and they were in warm weather so they used the shower to cool themselves down. In their section, there were around ten penguins because they were quite small. The hippos' environment included a piece of land and a tub of water. There were not many hippos in the location and there seemed to only be two because of the large size of the hippos. In the environment, there was also tall trees that were homes to birds. The seals' environment included a small shore and a big tub of water. There were around five seals and they each had quite a bit of swimming room. The sharks' environment was not deeply examined but what was noticed was that the sharks lived in a tank of water with quite a bit of sharks per tank. Overall, though not much was seen, the trip to the aquarium was successful.

Class Response: Frog Dissection

Recently in science class, we dissected frogs. I went into this completely disgusted by the idea and when I saw how big the frogs were, that didn't help. To make it even better, my table mate chose the largest frog with the most eggs. As the skin of the frog was opened up and the eggs were removed, my opinion on the dissection changed. The organs were so clear and it was so easy to tell what they were. I then realized why dissecting is so educational and why it is necessary; because the frog's systems are much more like a humans and by dissecting a frog, I received a better education on how frogs work and even how my body works as a human. I was really surprised by how much my take on the dissection changed. I would even recommend the dissection of frogs in future years but one thing I would change about the dissection is I would have less frogs used per class because it is sad that so many frogs are being killed. The one other problem with the dissection though was something that could not have really been changed and that was the smell of the frogs. All in all, the dissection was successful and a lot was learned from it.

Snowacane

Recently the northeast has experienced a "snowacane". The storm was called a "snowacane" because is was similar to a hurricane but was with snow. Both hurricanes and this snow storm started because of the low pressure system in the atmosphere. The storm was formed around Texas on Tuesday and began with light snow flurries. As it progressed, is became much more violent, and intense winds became part of the storm. A hurricane begins lightly and as it progresses it becomes much more violent and ferocious winds are added, just as they did to the "snowacane". The "snowacane" also included huge waves and flooding just as a hurricane does. The damaging flooding is the outcome of the snow melting and the torrential rains that were added to the storm. Flooding and rain is also a part of a hurricane. Just as after a hurricane is over, the "snowacane" left some places severely damaged. Some of these damages included flooding, dangerous ice, and damages on buildings and such, from winds. Some believe the cause of the storm was global climate change just as some blame global change for the higher number of hurricanes. Will the snow ever stop coming?

http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/02/24/news/doc4b8556d1e0a63495739464.txt

Global Warming and Math

When most think of global warming, they think of science but, global warming relates to math too. With global warming comes many statistics which include ratio, time, percentage, graphs, amounts, and probability. Some examples are graphs (such as the one above) that show the impact of global warming and how it is becoming greater throughout the years. Also, there were many percentages such as those saying how much of an increase of decrease there was in elements such as water and ice. Ratio is involved to provide a comparison between the amounts of certain elements in time and time was involved to show how over time, the effects of global warming have become greater. Probability was used to give an idea of how bad global warming can become if not stopped. Lastly, amounts were used to represent how much of certain elements are being effected by global warming and how much may be left in time. To conclude, math is a very big part of global warming.

Global Warming

In school, we were assigned a research task and we had the choice of our topic. For my paper, I chose Global Warming. The reason I chose this category was because I am very interested in the environment and I knew that there was a lot about Global Warming I do not yet know. I was really only aware of how Global Warming was effecting the arctic and I wanted to know how it effects other places. Something very interesting I learned was that Global Warming is actually beneficial to some. It is beneficial to some reindeer because the moisture in the air, from the heat, is making plants grow more rapidly which makes finding food easier for these reindeer. During this process, I have learned how Global Warming is changing places other than the arctic. I have learned how it impacts places such as bodies of water (and the marine life in them), tropical rain forests and normal forests, and more on the arctic . I have learned a lot from my research and really enjoyed learning about my environment and how I can help.

Food Science

This is a podcast of a radio show interview with a food scientist.

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