English - Factual Writing

I wrote an factual essay on "how to ride a bicycle today.

Factual writing is different to creative writing but it was ok. First I planned my essay and wrote down a wordbank. Then I wrote and introduction. I am starting to write easier and once I get going I write more than I need like 2 pages instead of one :)

I also found these youtubes on bicycles:

Science Festival: 1- 4 March 2011 - Moray

Who is going to the Science Festival?  http://www.moray.ac.uk/moray-college/about/science-festivals.php

Where is Moray? http://www.thisismoray.com/moray-road-travel-c55.html

What is on at the Moray Science Festival?

WORKSHOPS



All Creatures Great and Small (Tues & Wed)
Come and meet Monty the Python; Rosie the Tarantula and lots of other beasties.


Taste Bud Challenge ( Tues & Wed)
Do you know that you taste with your eyes and nose as well as your mouth? Take this challenge and see if you can guess the flavour with only your eyes and then your nose! Also come and find out about acids and see how they affect what you taste.


Build a Beast (Falconer Museum ) (Wed & Thurs)
Explore the adaptations of real animal specimens from the museum collection. Imagine climate change has raised sea levels and design adaptations to your animal to suit the new conditions.


Renewable Energy (Tues, Wed & Thurs)
What does the term renewable energy mean? Play lots of interactive games to find out the use of renewable energy resources.


Cosmic Dome (Thurs & Friday) 
Identify the stars you can see in the sky at night. Where is Orion’s belt – is it holding up his trousers?


K’NEX
Windmill challenge - use K’NEX to make the best wind power models.


Scotland Landscape
Discover the geology of Scotland, touch and feel and look through the magnifying glasses to find out how the rocks are formed.


Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Deserts and Mountains:
This is Scotland + Why do earthquakes happen? What is happening under your feet? Find out what is happening in the world e.g. eruptions, floods and earthquakes guaranteed!


Busy Bees 
Will you be the scout locating the honey or will you follow the crowd but only when you’ve done the waggle daggle dance to discover where the honey is will you be happy.


Beat the chill
Its cold out there what would happen if an Ice age occurred. Discover what the environmental effects might be. See your own Ice age before your very eyes!


The Life and death of Susie the Salmon
Discover how Susie Salmon changes as she gets older. Become a living part of her lifecycle and see how she adapts.


Hide n Seek
Look out for the camel, find out why animals live in different habitats? Can you be the fastest to put them in the correct Biome?


Baisse travels the world 
Follow the adventures of Baisse the raindrop as it goes through the water cycle and the changes he goes through around the world. Become the raindrop and act out the water cycle.


Flaming Fire 
- Could you put out a forest fire? Make your own forest and set it alight then discover how to put it out by making your own extinguisher.


Bacteria your own little world
-How clean are your hands? Come and see what lurks on them underneath a UV light. Finish by making your own special bacteria.


Asteroid Acne
Why do surfers like the Moon? Discover how the moon affects the tide and what causes the moons acne.

SCIENCE/MATHS: Proportion, gravity and complex formulas

 = is proportional to


This is a good site to explain proportion.

http://www.easymaths.com/getting_things_out_of_proportion.htm

HOW I GOT TO LOOKING AT PROPORTION
You see, I was busy with my science today and the topic was planets.  When I had finished the section and the questions at the end of the section, I decided to do a presentation on planets and learn a bit more than was in the study book.

One of the sites I looked at gave me this to think about:

"gravitational force is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them."

Ok so what does that mean to someone in P7?

....this lead us to look at formulas in general and how they are written and the symbols they use and then the complicated formula of gravity.

Some simple formulas - http://www.math.com/tables/geometry/areas.htm

Interesting....

A forceful recipe to measure gravity

2 measures of different masses
1 x cup of proportionality
1/2 cup of inverse proportionality
1 000 000 light years of distance
375 ml H2O (Water)
1 x pinch of salt

Mix ingrediants in a bowl and stir for 1 minute
Preheat solar system on medium and bake surface for 365 days.

Note your results.

SCIENCE: Distillation

Distillation is a process using heat and condensation to separate the substances in a liquid mixture. http://www.ljcreate.com/samples/science/HSDemoCAI/MANUALS/HTML/M2785301/C004/page001.htm

Hard and soft water
http://water.me.vccs.edu/courses/ENV115/lesson9.htm

Often water is distilled to create pure water for various uses i.e. car battery cells.

SCIENCE: ISAAC NEWTON

I have compiled some info on Sir Isaac Newton whose theories on gravity are important.

Isaac Newton was born in England, on xmas day in 1642 (the year Galileo died).

During the time he was studying, the plague was spreading across Europe and the university closed.  Newton returned home and spent 2 years concentrating on mathematics and physics problems. 

He later wrote that during this time he first understood:

• the theory of gravitation,
• the theory of optics (he was the first to realize that white light is made up of the colors of the rainbow), and
• a lot of mathematics, i.e. integral / differential calculus and infinite series. 

On returning to Cambridge in 1667, he began to work on alchemy.

Newton’s first major public scientific achievement was the invention, design and construction of a reflecting telescope.  He ground the mirror, built the tube, and even made his own tools for the job.  This was a real advance in telescope technology, and ensured his election to membership in the Royal Society.

Gravitational Force 

The legend is that Newton saw an apple fall in his garden in Lincolnshire, thought of it in terms of an attractive gravitational force towards the earth, and realized the same force might extend as far as the moon.  He was familiar with Galileo’s work on projectiles, and suggested that the moon’s motion in orbit could be understood as a natural extension of that theory. 

Ref:  http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/lectures/newton.html
Ref:  http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/isaacnewton.html
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**Another interesting thing in the article I read is this:

Later in the 1670’s, Newton became very interested in theology.  He studied Hebrew scholarship and ancient and modern theologians at great length, and became convinced that Christianity had departed from the original teachings of Christ.  He felt unable to accept the current beliefs of the Church of England, which was unfortunate because he was required as a Fellow of Trinity College to take holy orders.  Happily, the Church of England was more flexible than Galileo had found the Catholic Church in these matters, and King Charles II issued a royal decree excusing Newton from the necessity of taking holy orders! Actually, to prevent this being a wide precedent, the decree specified that, in perpetuity, the Lucasian professor need not take holy orders.  (The current Lucasian professor is Stephen Hawking.)

SCIENCE: FORCE

Force is measured in Newtons.


Upthrust is the force that pushes an object upwards when it is in a fluid (a liquid or gas). It is the
result of the difference in pressure exerted by the fluid on the surface of the object.

The upthrust, or buoyancy, keeps ships afloat.



The upthrust, or buoyancy, keeps swimmers on top of the water.


When you are standing on the ground gravity keeps you down but upthrust stops you from falling into the earths core. In a way upthrust makes things hard!! Because if it didn't exist solids wouldn't be solid.An objects density effects how it floats.




Density
-------     = Mass
Volume




Upthrust is also called buoyancy. It is the upward force produced on an object in a fluid (such as air or water). The force is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.


If that weight is greater than the weight of the object, the object will float in the fluid. If it is equal, it will sit suspended. If it is less, it will sink, but the object will weigh less than it would in a vacuum. Hence, it is easier to pick up a heavy object in water than in air - the amount of displaced water weighs more than the equivalent volume of air, therefore water produces a greater upthrust.




References:
http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/upthrust.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Explain_what_is_upthrust_force
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_upthrust

MUSIC HISTORY - Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel are an American singer/songwriter duo consisting of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

They were close friends from childhood, and produced very many hit songs starting in the 1960's. They are well known for their close vocal harmonies.








Sometimes newer bands do versions of famous, old songs. Sometimes they are better, sometimes not.

This is an awesome version of one of Simon and Garfunkels songs

Scarborough Fair

MUSIC - Famous Musicians - The Beatles

Today we are looking at the Beatles.


The Beatles were an English band, from Liverpool in 1960/2.


They were very successful and famouse in the history of pop/rock music.


The group was made up of the fab four:  


John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr


Their first single was "Love Me Do".





Brian Epstein was their manager, and their producer was George Martin.

John Lennon was killed in 1980 outside his home in New York.

The Beatles had more No. 1 albums on the UK charts, and held the top spot longer, than any other musical act.

The Beatles were collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people.




I learnt lots of their songs from I was very little.

Another group I learnt about when I was young that I will look at soon on my blog is Simon and Garfunkle.

There are quite a lot, so this will be a series at looking at some musicians of a specific era.

I also know a lot about and like classical music and have my own personal taste in music but its interesting to study famous musicians of other era's.

ART: Painting - watercolours

I was working on my watercolour skills and painted 2 pictures.  For inspiration I looked at a really good artist called Susan Faye.  Here is a link   to her  http://www.etsy.com/shop/susanfaye.  She also has a fan page of facebook http://www.facebook.com/#!/SusanFayeArt  and you can see more of her work here

CAFEPRESS: t-shirts, mugs, tote bags, note cards, aprons, magnets, mouse pads, blank books, calendars, and more! Http://www.cafepress.com/SusanFaye  and here Http://www.cafepress.com/SusanFayeNature

We also did a project art on "My favourite Things".  Its a multimedia collage with a self portrait in the middle and surrounded by either words or drawings/paintings.  We did the words "My Favourite THings" out of magazine letters all cut up and mixed about.  It was fun and I am just busy finishing off some of it.

Will post later.

ENGLISH - creative writing

I wrote a short story about talking a puppy for walk.  I will post it later.....






here it is


Selia’s Eventful Walk by Ginny


Selia had recently been given a puppy for her birthday by her parents. He was a copper spaniel and she had called him Jasper after the gemstone of the same colour.


She had been begging for a puppy for 2 years already and had only just got him. Jasper was adorable but the only problem was that he needed lots of walks or else he would chew the house and everything in it, to pieces.


Last time Selia had taken Jasper for a walk he had even eaten a slug! He chewed absolutely everything!


This morning, Selia had been sneaky reading “How to Levitate by Phoebe Halliwell” when she heard was supposed to be getting ready.


“Let’s go for the walk already, Selia” yelled her mum up the stairs.


Selia got such a fright, she jumped up in a hurry, half jammed her new hiking boots on, thumped down the stairs, grabbed the leash and ran out the door to catch up with her mum.


Her mum was already opening the low, rusty gate when Selia realised that she had forgotten Jasper inside.


She sped back inside to get him. Selia was in such a muddle that when she put Jasper down, she accidentally stood on his front paw because she had not tied her laces up yet.


Jasper yelped and held up his front paw. He could not walk. Selia felt so bad.


“He will be ok in a minute, just carry him for a while,” said her mum after checking his paw.


Selia carried Japer down the shady lane, which was very shady. At the end of the lane Selia put Japer down and clipped on his green leash. His paw was fine again.


As they strolled along, with Jasper sniffing at everything and doing his business they heard a loud MEOWING behind them. Following them were their two cats, Amber and Onyx. The cats jumped on and off the fence as they ran towards their owners.


Selia and her mom ignored them, knowing that if they paid them attention the cats would soon learn to follow them everywhere and would get into trouble, far from home. They might even get lost.


It was such a nice, lovely day for a walk. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and it was beautiful.


As they passed a friends house, Selia heard frantic meowing coming from behind them. Knowing that her cat was in trouble, she threw Jaspers leash to her mum and galloped back towards the sound to see what was wrong. When she got there, she saw that Amber was stuck in some sort of children’s toy. Selia helped Amber to escape from the tangles.


As they were walking home past the Mad Dog’s home, the mad dog rushed toward its gate and started to growl and bark at Jasper. Jasper was terrified and cowered behind Selia’s leg, yelping and trying to get away. He almost got his head out of his collar. Selia’s just managed to pick Jasper up in time for them to race home pursued by a huge dog without either a leash or an owner.


They slammed the garden gate shut and raced inside to grab a cup of tea and calm their nerves.


547 words!

Maths!

I finished my maths text book yesterday and I only started it in August!   I am super happy.  

I have 2 new ones to move onto :)  Maths is cool!  I have ccaught up everything that I missed when I was ill at the beginning of the year! 

SCIENCE: Liquids, Gases and Solids

Here is a website to look at: Liquids, Gases and Solids also online heating experiments.

You might enjoy Science Kids or Science Zone

Can you draw a sea related character for book cover?

Heinemann Active Maths for the Curriculum for Excellence – Enter our Competition!

Test your brain with mentalrobics

Try over over 20,000 brain teasers, riddles, logic problems, quizzes and mind puzzles.


VISIT:  http://www.braingle.com/




Its quite fun!

English: Personification

Personification is a description of an object as existing as a living being (Person or animal) such as
 Mother Nature, Father Time, Death (Grim Reaper) or referring to objects as he or she.

SCIENCE: Variation and Classification - Reptiles

There are 5 groups of vertebrates (Animals with backbones).  In alphabetical order they are:



Amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, reptiles.



I decided to concentrate on reptiles first and we added in an english activity on reptiles.

Sssssh, I have come to tell you my hissstory.  An interesting sssstory - all about me.

Sssince the dawn of time, when I was cursed to crawl on the ground with humans crussshing my head and me ssstriking their heeelsss, I have dissspaired of slisssslithering in the dussst of creation.

You may call me Medusssa but I have many namesss.

I ssslither and ssslide but beware, I am ssssly and with the vemon in my fangssss, I can kill you in one BITE!  

My reptile family is large and sssome are now extinct.  The magnificent dinosaursssss did not sssssurvive the agesssss of time.  

My cousssssinssss, Lizard, Crocodile, Alligator, Turtle and I are cold blooded beastsssss.  We lie in the sssun and our temperature changesss.  

We breathe through our lungsss and lay eggsss on land.  I have dry, ssscaly ssskin, that make no ssssound as I hunt for my ssssupper.

POEM:  SNAKE
Slither and slyly slide
surviving the ages of time
sleeping in the sun
smooth, scaly skin
soundlessly, seeeking supper
ssss

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DID YOU KNOW.... only 1 in every 1,000 baby sea turtles survives the trip from a sandy beach to its ocean home? There are many obstacles in its way, including human interference, debris on the beach, predators, and pollutants that weaken the turtles.

Ref:  

http://animalexploration.tripod.com/reptiles.html

http://bogglesworldesl.com/reptile_worksheets.htm

http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/snakes/activities-riddles.htm
http://www.free-animations.co.uk/reptiles/reptile_9.html

SCIENCE: Revision - the human body

Today I was revising the human body.  We decided to do acrostic poems to help remember important facts.

Skeleton
Support, movement and protection
Keeps the body in good shape
Every part is essential
Ligaments hold the bones together at the joints
Even muscles work in pairs, contracting and relaxing
Tendons hold the muscles to the bones
Organs are safe inside
Never break your bones - keep them inside not out!

Blood Vessels


Blood in capillaries
Lets food and gasses move in and out
Organ that pumps blood around the body is the HEART
Oxygen is taken from the lungs by the blood
Deviously CO2 is given back
Veins, arteries and capillaries work together
Every heart beat creates a pulse
Seventy beats per minute when resting
Sets the pace for the adult heart
Essential for
Living
So look after it and be careful who you give it to


Teeth

Try to brush all 32 of them 2 x every day to keep Mr Plaque away
Enamel on the outside, dentine on the inside, rooted in the gum
Eat the right foods to prevent tooth decay
Tearing canines, cutting incisors, and grinding molars
Have to work together to get the job of chewing done!

SMILE a lot to show them off!


Exercise

Exercise strengthens the muscles
'Xhilerating', 'xtremely' invigorating
Everyday you should do some.
Really develops the lungs
Co-ordination building
Incentive to use up food
Sleep tight
Every night


Health Risks

Healthy living is vital for a long and prosperous life
Every drug is addictive and damages your brain
Alcohol harms your
Liver
Tobacco contains addictive nicotine
Heart attacks are a
Risk
Ingesting alcohol can slow your reactions
Smoking causes lung cancer
Kids should be careful not to do these things
Stay healthy, keep clear of dangerous habits!

Remember why things are good or bad for you.

ART: Using Gimp

Gimp is a really cool programme that I use quite a lot.

You can download it free here

Here is some info on how to download more brushes onto Gimp.

Gimp is free to download & really useful for manipulating images and doing art. I also have a Wacom tablet but mostly draw with ink and then scan in.



Here is a link to download loads of brushes to gimp
http://www.noupe.com/gimp/1000-free-high-resolution-gimp-brushes.html

The Netherlands

The Netherlands

ENGLISH GRAMMER: Past Tense

Here is a link to a past tense quizz

Check your knowledge.

When do you use the following?

do, did, were
gone, went, goed
saw, sees, seen

Irregular and Regular verbs list

Here are some examples of irregular verbs:

eat ate eaten eating eats
knelt kneel
froze frozen freeze
shrank shrunk shrink
begin began begun
swim swam sum
sing sang sung

BUSY WEDNESDAYS

Wednesdays are busy days with fiddle and dancing lessons.  Days are getting much shorter and darker.

LITERATURE: Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks

Here is a pdf of the book:  Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks

A list of the fairy tales are:

1. THE ENTANGLED MERMAID
2. THE BOY WHO WANTED MORE CHEESE
3. THE PRINCESS WITH TWENTY PETTICOATS
4. THE CAT AND THE CRADLE
5. PRINCE SPIN HEAD AND MISS SNOW WHITE
6. THE BOAR WITH THE GOLDEN BRISTLES
7. THE ICE KING AND HIS WONDERFUL GRANDCHILD
8. THE ELVES AND THEIR ANTICS
9. THE KABOUTERS AND THE BELLS
10. THE WOMAN WITH THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX CHILDREN
11. THE ONI ON HIS TRAVELS
12. THE LEGEND OF THE WOODEN SHOE
13. THE CURLY-TAILED LION
14. BRABO AND THE GIANT
15. THE FARM THAT RAN AWAY AND CAME BACK
16. SANTA KLAAS AND BLACK PETE
17. THE GOBLINS TURNED TO STONE
18. THE MOULDY PENNY
19. THE GOLDEN HELMET
20. WHEN WHEAT WORKED WOE
21. WHY THE STORK LOVES HOLLAND

This goes with well my Geography project on the Netherlands.

KS3 Geography: Project on a Foreign Country

I am working through my KS3 Geography text book and I need to do a project on a foreign country.

I was thinking about doing either Mexico or The Netherlands.

I decided to do my project differently this time and am working with some books I got from the library and making notes i.e. not on the computer for a change.

When I am finished I will do a presentation but I am doing most of the work manually this time.

Did you know: The World's Smallest Countries

There are 17 small countries of less than 200 square miles in area

They are:

1.Vatican City
2.Monaco
3.Nauru
4.Tuvalu
5.San Marino
6.Liechtenstein
7.Marshall Islands
8.Saint Kitts and Nevis
9.Seychelles
10.Maldives
11.Malta
12.Grenada
13.Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
14.Barbados
15.Antigua and Barbuda
16.Andorra
17.Palau


Read all about it here

Some of our Samhain photos

Our traditionally carved neeps / turnips

(They won 3rd prize)

Lit up at night

Our celtic pumpkin which won 1st prize

at the local Samhain fayre.

Here are some links for next year:
Flying witch carousel
More celtic knot pumpkins

English - Creative Writing

Today we decided to do some creative writing. 

I am busy reading a really cool book and my assignment today was to create a sideplot to the story.  A sideplot is something that did not really happen in the book but uses the same characters and creates a new short story. 


Its quite nice to do as you already ahve the whole story in your imagination and jsut have to add on to it.


The first thing was to plan the sideplot.


I needed an introduction, then a begenning, middle and ending.  It needed to be about 200 words long and thats about a page or two depending on how big you write.


I did my bit and then we changed the names and a couple of things and worked together to make it more interesting.  We decided that we quite liked my little side plot and its getting quite long already.  Who knows what will happen next.

This is what I came up with:

Introduction: …, … friend that was his next door neighbour was sleeping over and since it was hailing outside they decided to explore … attic. They had met quite by accident 2 weeks ago when … moved into town. … could levitate and … could hear peoples thoughts if they were in photos. It was great having someone to talk to that was also magically talented. Before … had moved into town … had felt so alone.


When … got home that night he and … found an old photo of his dad and a man that looked familiar. Suddenly he found himself drawn into the photo.


Stop it! Said the familiar man in the photo.

Never said his father.

Anyway have you hid the … said the familiar man.

Yes I hid it in the wall behind my sons bed.


Just then … heard … call him. As soon as he managed to pull him self out he told .. we have to go somewhere.

… ran to tell his uncle.

And I think that is what those intruders were looking for finished ...

Well no time to waste. Lets go look said …

When they arrived at ... old house they rushed up to … old room. … found a huge hammer and started to make a hole in the wall.

Soon they found an ancient looking box.

Oh and where is the key groaned …

I might have it said … as he produced a key form his picket.

… fitted it into the lock and it….worked. Well!



Next I will post the story as it is at the moment.  We put in names and filled in the gaps and made a couple of changes.



Jake Crow

2KL 4SKL

I found these themed Homeschool Tshirts £7.99 - £9.99

They read:  " KL 4SKL i.e. TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL

ENGLISH GRAMMER: When do you use apostrophe's or apostrophes'?

I was busy with creative writing this morning and the subject of ownership came up.

We looked the use of apostrophes on google and this is a really useful site:

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/using-apostrophes-to-show-possession.html



If you read the article you will soon be an expert, like me! :)

Busy reading some brilliant books

IN THE NEWS: Gale force winds and driving rain have been battering large parts of Scotland

Read about it on BBC News here

Last night the wind gusts were approx. 65 miles per hour which is 105 kilometers per hour.  It was Gale Force 10/11 - on the western coasts and isles.

The Beaufort Wind Force Scale is a standardised measure for describing wind speed.

It is calculated by observing sea conditions.

It consists of a scale of thirteen increments (0 - 12) related to wind conditions that initially affected the sails of the 'Man-of-war' - the main British navy ship, at the time (1800's).

Over time it changed to accomodate storm effects on steam powered ships and land.

Today severe weather warnings given to the public are nearly the same as the Beaufort scale.
The scale is also used in the Shipping Forecasts broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.

The Beaufort Scale measures wind speed, wave height, sea / land conditions and has a marker number and a description.  You can view it here




Here are a couple of images relating to this post:

Man-of-war - An armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails.

Image source:  http://www.saveon-kit-models.com/kit-model-ships.htm

Just for interest - Portuguese 'Man of War' Jelly Fish

It looks similar to the sails of the Portuguese fighting ship (Man of war)

Caravela redonda (an armed 4-sail caravel), of the 14th and 15th centuries

Image source:  http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/portuguese-man-o-war-photo-05

References: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale

Reading: What we learn from fiction books

I'm reading a story book at the moment and it has a visiting fox in it. 

I wanted to learn more about foxes so I had a look on the internet. 

There are no foxes where we live on the islands and I have not yet seen a real fox.  When we were in Glasgow last year there was a fox that ran past our car at night but I did not see it.  I really want to see a fox.  They are really adorable.

Here is a link to Wildlife Online and their article on Red Foxes (Vulpus vulpus)

It has a very interesting Q & A section on foxes Questions and Answers

Here is a link to drawing foxes

I think I might do a presentation on foxes if I have time.

Here is a cute Youtube of foxes:



and so little ones

ART: Photography

Here is a link to a photo webpage on the National Geographic website and it has this tip:

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Photo Tip:

Don't put the most important part of a photo right in the center.

Try the 'Rule of Thirds' and compose your photo's

so that there is a balance

 between the main subject and open areas.

This will create a eye-catching photo.

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There's always something new to learn though and I really enjoy photography.

I do a lot of digital photography and have even won a photo competition.  It's exciting to learn new things.

GEOGRAPHY: Volcanic craters

Today we read about a volcano that is thought to be about to erupt in Iceland.  Read about it here

I decided that I wanted to learn about volcanic craters and there are some awesome photos.

Then we looked at atolls.  If you have google earth you can search for atolls on there and its really awesome.  Try looking at Rakahanga Atoll, Cook Islands.

Click on the links for the websites we looked at and the photos.

Photo source:  http://www.global-travel.co.uk/tour9.htm

Is there really such a thing as a VAMPIRE BAT?

The answer is YES!  Scarily enough...... and you can read all about them here

They mostly drink blood from animals but do occassionally drink from HUMANS!  Yikes.

They need to drink at least half their body weight in blood every second day or they will die.  They can live for 20 years.


and here is my presentation on Halloween.

Halloween Origins and Similar Festivals of the Dead

Halloween Stuff for kids

This is a cool quizz and here is a more difficult halloween quizz for adults


See how much you know about world harvest celebrations !

Here is a good place to write your own halloween story by filling in the blanks

JOKE
Q.  Why didn't the skeleton dance at the halloween party?
A.  because he had no body to dance with

Hint - if you are smart you will guess the answer
but
if you are very smart you will figure out how to find the answer in this post (Try highlighting the spaces after A.)