Whether, Whether, Whether you like it or not, weather, weather, weather is colder than hot!!

This week we learned about weather! I did so many cool things you won't believe it!

We watched this one really cool eyewitness movie about natural disasters! It had really cool facts on avalanches, hurricanes, landslides, well, you get the idea. I also read this book on hurricanes. It also had some really cool facts on hurricanes. I bet you didn't know that the eye of a hurricane was the calmest part of the hurricane. Before I thought that the eye was the roughest part of the hurricane. We also learned that hot air rises and cold air has to rush over and take its place.

This creates wind. We did an experiment for it where we took some paper, cut it into a circle, and then we made cuts and folded triangles in the circle. We also hooked up a paper clip to the circle. Oh, and we hooked up a hanger to the top. We hooked it on Mommy's finger, put it under the light and waited, and waited. Then it suddenly started spinning. We had created wind!

We also learned about how the earth rotated around the sun. That is why we have seasons. The beginning days of the seasons are Winter solstice, spring equinox, Summer solstice, and fall equinox. Solstice means "sun standing still." The winter solstice is when we have Christmas. In the fall and spring equinox the day and night have the same amount of time. The Egyptians celebrated the spring equinox in parties [and they did this because their plants sprouted]. The Christians celebrated Easter. Now I don’t think THAT'S weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAIT folks it's not over! We also learned how clouds formed. First the sun comes and makes all the water evaporate. Then it goes up in the air and then it hits the troposphere. It start's getting cold. All the water stays up there it's so cold!

Now I am done.

Gone Winter Wild!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This week we learned about how insects, mammals, and plants have adapted to winter in ways to suit their habitat.

The insects are wicked awesome. Some insects freeze solid to protect themselves.
Some actually produce their own antifreeze! The antifreeze spreads around the insect's body making something like a snow proof shield. The antifreeze that insects make is not poisonous but the kind that is in cars is poisonous. Antifreeze is also a very good poison because it is very sweet. The antifreeze goes into a car to keep the car's engine from freezing. Unfortunately, it leaks from cars and dogs and cats come to lick it all up. Many dogs and cats die from the antifreeze.

Mammals have many other ways of protecting themselves from the cold. Some animals have very thick fur. For example, a buffalo has thick fur to protect it from the cold. The thick fur traps warm air inside and keeps the cold air out. This technique is used in varieties of different mammals.

We went to the zoo on Friday to see some real live animals out and to see their winter adaptions.We saw penguins and polar bears outside. Inside the tropical rain forest we saw tropical birds and fish. It was amazing, absolutely amazing!

Did you know that plants have ways to protect themselves too? Trees are very cool. They store up on food for the winter. Then it is finally wintertime. They tell all the leaves to shut down and stop giving the tree food. The tree forms a cork like substance that stops the food at the end of each leaf. The leaves all fall since they have no more use. In the winter, the tree eats its stored up food. All these adaptions are amazing!

PLANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First, we wrote hypotheses about the experiment that we were doing. The experiment was
for trying to see which plant would grow better In different types of light. My hypotheses
was that the one with the most light would grow the best. The experiment was that we had
three plants. We also Had Three boxes. One of the boxes had holes in it. Another one had
been all closed up. We put two snap dragons in each of the boxes. they were labeled with
secret code names .We put them in the boxes wait a while an water em' feed em' and, WALA!*
that experiment was for me to find out what the scientific method was.we also learned about this guy who put some raw meat in a jar with a top on and another piece of meat in another jar
with the top off. the one with the top on got less maggots than the one with the top off.
this was true because the flies couldn't have gone through the top to lay eggs but the flies cold get through open area to lay eggs.
yeah! Okay, hey why am I still in this font? BOOM!!! ok, thats better,
as I was saying, Oh wait, that parts done. now it is getting to the more exciting part.
well, all right if you really want to hear it that bad, the exciting part is that I have been reading books late at night in my bed with a flash light. pretty exciting huh? Well, alright I'll go back to what i was talking about. I started doing this cool assignment about endangerd* plants what I
read a book about endangerd* plants. I chose three plants to write about there range, why endangred, and a way to help it .

What a DAY!

this paragraph is about what math we have learned about this week.
we have learned multiplication. multiplication is the math for grouping.
we have learned the simple ones first [ 101 ]. for example, 0x5oo =0.
this is simple because there are 0 groups of 500. next we did ones. ones are easy.
for example, 1000x1=1000. this is easy because there are 1000 groups of one.


this paragraph is about our calender's history .
it all started out thousands of years ago, when the Egyptian people ruled.
they had to know when there crops would grow but they had nothing to tell days or months with!
so,they started with telling days with the moon or the season. they eventually evolved[we are still with the Egyptians] months. but only one problem. there were five extra days!!! i bet you can't guess what these were used for ;) they were used for parties [that was not a joke]
they were parties for the gods! meanwhile across the ocean the romans where planning their
calender. their calender was the closest related to ours. these are their months: 1.Martius
2. Aprilis 3. Maia 4. Junius 5. Quintilus 6. Sexitilus 7. September 8.October 9. November
10. December 11.Januarus 12.Februarius. NOTE: please remember that these are ROMAN months. So... 1. god of war. 2. god of love. 3.god of flowers. 4. goddess of woman. 5. quint means
5. 6. sex means 6. 7. sept means 7. 8.oct means 8. 9. nove means 9. 10. dece means 10. 11. janus means god of the doorway. we also learned the days of the week.


we learned plant anatomy and types of plants in our gardening room in the basement. we repotted a snake tongue and a dying zucchini. we searched around the house for leaves of my favorite houseplants, like the snake tongue. we got a leaf off it, planted it, and we wanted to see if it grew. we also learned plant anatomy of a tree, like the sapwood and the cambium.


today (february 8), we went on a field trip to olbrich gardens and we saw the plants that would probably grow in a rainforest sprouting fruits and flowers. we also saw venus flytraps and pitcher plants. we had to push parker around and run after ria. then, when parker started to get whiny, we started to go to the gift shop and look around. after that, we got our coats and drove home and here i am writing in this blog.