With my friends I have the greatest fun
With my friends I get the job done
When I am lonely they will always be there
A friend is something that is very rare
No matter what we do
There will always be a time when I need you
Whatever situation we are in
Both of us will win
Arguments may happen and we will fight
But we are friends as I write
Without you where would I be?
Together you and I are free
By Slinky
I made this poem last year to reflect on the times with my good friends. I think it says a lot for itself and I am proud of it. When I put it up here, I will never forget it. Hopefully this will pass for homework. :)
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
We Made The Solar Oven!
This is what it looks like. Myself, Movies and Dogs and Soccer made this today. It will not be exposed to sunlight without the full supervision of the most wonderful science teacher, Ms S. We took the photo with my webcam because the camera doesn't have a memory card. This is why it is sort of blurry.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Pee Wee AKA the Magpie Lark
The Pee wee is a black and white bird that looks a lot like a magpie but the name can be misleading. Pee wees have no link to magpies or larks. The most noticeable difference in the different species is the fact that the pee wee is smaller than the magpie. Whether their looks are similar, the peewee is a very interesting bird.
Description
As I have said before, the pee wee is a black and white bird. The adult male has a white eyebrow and a black face whereas the female has a white face and doesn't have a eyebrow. The young, no matter what gender, have a black forehead, a white eyebrow and a white throat.
Habitat
Pee wees can be found in Australia, New Guinea and Timor. They can be found in almost any habitat except rain forests and the driest deserts. The birds that don't breed and young birds make large wandering groups that move together depending on which season. These groups can sometimes consist of several thousands.
Food
The bird is a mostly ground dwelling animal and can be seen slowly searching the ground for a variety of insects and their larvae. They also like to eat worms and freshwater invertebrate.
From my perspective, this bird does not at all sound like the noisy magpies but yet, does not sound as sweet as the lark but I like to think that they are there, having a peaceful time as they fly, eat and enjoy life.
Description
As I have said before, the pee wee is a black and white bird. The adult male has a white eyebrow and a black face whereas the female has a white face and doesn't have a eyebrow. The young, no matter what gender, have a black forehead, a white eyebrow and a white throat.
Habitat
Pee wees can be found in Australia, New Guinea and Timor. They can be found in almost any habitat except rain forests and the driest deserts. The birds that don't breed and young birds make large wandering groups that move together depending on which season. These groups can sometimes consist of several thousands.
Food
The bird is a mostly ground dwelling animal and can be seen slowly searching the ground for a variety of insects and their larvae. They also like to eat worms and freshwater invertebrate.
From my perspective, this bird does not at all sound like the noisy magpies but yet, does not sound as sweet as the lark but I like to think that they are there, having a peaceful time as they fly, eat and enjoy life.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Wind Power
Using the wind as a source of energy has been around for a long time. You might of seen a windmill on a farm. When the blades turn, it rotates a turbine inside a small generator to produce energy. You can make one too by following these instructions.
Materials
the template on the right
scissors
a toothpick
a straw
sticky tape
Instructions
Materials
the template on the right
scissors
a toothpick
a straw
sticky tape
Instructions
- Cut out the template.
- Decorate it
- From the corners of the square cut until you reach the line
- At every dot, fold it into the middle
- Sticky tape them there
- Cut your toothpick in half
- Poke a hole big enough at the top of the straw to put your toothpick in
- Put your thumbtack or split pin in. Make sure that paper is not touching the straw
- There you have it! Now blow directly at the front
Note that this is something that I have tested out and I have made by mixing different instructions together. I anything goes wrong, I am to blame.
Solar Power
Solar is the Latin word for sun so the word suggests that is is sun power. The sun is a powerful source of energy and with it, it can be turned into energy. We use the sun in two different ways. It can be used as a heat source or as a energy source.
People have used the sun for thousands of years. Greek people used to build their houses towards the sun so that their house would be warmer. In the 1830's, a explorer named John Herschel used a solar oven to cook his food during his adventure in Africa. Here is the hyperlink on how to make it. Trust me. It is so simple.
To generate your home with solar power you have to use a lot of panels. Just look at this photo!
The whole roof is covered! I was really surprised.
A process known as photovoltaics, is what we do to make energy out of the sun. So if you have a solar powered watch or calculator, you are using photovoltaics.
In 1954, some scientists discovered that silicon made a electrical charge when it was put in the sunlight. A few years later, silicon chips were used to help power space satellites. Funnily enough, silicon is a substance found in sand!
A lot of people use solar energy as part of their electricity. From just one ton of sand we could produce enough energy to burn 500,00 tons of coal.
Some of you might be wondering why we all don't use solar panels and solar energy. With the energy from the sun, it makes a different energy than the one from a power station. Due to this, you need different wiring done and that isn't the cheapest thing...
Although it costs a lot, I think that it is a good way to save the environment and I think that the actual solar energy isn't as expensive as normal energy!
People have used the sun for thousands of years. Greek people used to build their houses towards the sun so that their house would be warmer. In the 1830's, a explorer named John Herschel used a solar oven to cook his food during his adventure in Africa. Here is the hyperlink on how to make it. Trust me. It is so simple.
To generate your home with solar power you have to use a lot of panels. Just look at this photo!
The whole roof is covered! I was really surprised.
A process known as photovoltaics, is what we do to make energy out of the sun. So if you have a solar powered watch or calculator, you are using photovoltaics.
In 1954, some scientists discovered that silicon made a electrical charge when it was put in the sunlight. A few years later, silicon chips were used to help power space satellites. Funnily enough, silicon is a substance found in sand!
A lot of people use solar energy as part of their electricity. From just one ton of sand we could produce enough energy to burn 500,00 tons of coal.
Some of you might be wondering why we all don't use solar panels and solar energy. With the energy from the sun, it makes a different energy than the one from a power station. Due to this, you need different wiring done and that isn't the cheapest thing...
Although it costs a lot, I think that it is a good way to save the environment and I think that the actual solar energy isn't as expensive as normal energy!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Poem - Two Drops of Rain
These are my two drops of rain
Waiting on the window-pane.
I am waiting here to see
Which the winning one will be.
Both of them have different names.
One is John and one is James.
All the best and all the worst
Comes from which of them is first.
James has just begun to ooze.
He's the one I want to lose.
John is waiting to begin.
He's the one I want to win.
James is going slowly on.
Something sort of sticks to John.
John is moving off at last.
James is going pretty fast.
John is rushing down the pane.
James is going slow again.
James has met a sort of smear.
John is getting very near.
Is he going fast enough?
(James has found a piece of fluff.)
John has quickly hurried by.
(James was talking to a fly.)
John is there, and John has won!
Look! I told you!
Here's the sun!
By A.A. Milne
By the looks of things, this is a child who is bored by the rain and is looking at two raindrops on their window. One is James and one in John. The child is giving these characters personification by making them sound as if they are running. A the end of the poem John has won but they totally forget about it and realise they can go out and play.
I found this poem very enjoyable to read because of the simple English and the funny topic.
Waiting on the window-pane.
I am waiting here to see
Which the winning one will be.
Both of them have different names.
One is John and one is James.
All the best and all the worst
Comes from which of them is first.
James has just begun to ooze.
He's the one I want to lose.
John is waiting to begin.
He's the one I want to win.
James is going slowly on.
Something sort of sticks to John.
John is moving off at last.
James is going pretty fast.
John is rushing down the pane.
James is going slow again.
James has met a sort of smear.
John is getting very near.
Is he going fast enough?
(James has found a piece of fluff.)
John has quickly hurried by.
(James was talking to a fly.)
John is there, and John has won!
Look! I told you!
Here's the sun!
By A.A. Milne
By the looks of things, this is a child who is bored by the rain and is looking at two raindrops on their window. One is James and one in John. The child is giving these characters personification by making them sound as if they are running. A the end of the poem John has won but they totally forget about it and realise they can go out and play.
I found this poem very enjoyable to read because of the simple English and the funny topic.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer was a German painter born on the 21st of May, 1471. He is a renowned painter and printmaker but died on the 6th of April, 1528 at the age of 56. Dürer became famous when he was in his mid-twenties and because of this, his life has been well documented by several sources.
After a few years at school, Dürer started learn a bit about goldsmithing and a bit of drawing from his father. He showed such a talent for drawing that although is father wanted him to continue goldsmithing, he let him become a apprentice to Michael Wolgemut at the age of fifteen. Wolgemut was a leading artist at that time in Nuremberg and owned a large workshop that produced many different types of art. The one in particular was woodcuts for books.
The great artist of the Renaissance looked as if he painted in watercolours and oils but engraving was the thing he was most famous for. A particular favourite of some is a watercolour painting called A Young Hare. Although the idea of a hare bores some people Dürer has added great detail to this work to make it a boring hare look like a piece of artwork.
With a lot of his works in great detail, he did not get to finish some. When he died he left a career that many would have loved to have. Although the person is gone, his spirit still lives in some of his paintings.
A Young Hare
After a few years at school, Dürer started learn a bit about goldsmithing and a bit of drawing from his father. He showed such a talent for drawing that although is father wanted him to continue goldsmithing, he let him become a apprentice to Michael Wolgemut at the age of fifteen. Wolgemut was a leading artist at that time in Nuremberg and owned a large workshop that produced many different types of art. The one in particular was woodcuts for books.
The great artist of the Renaissance looked as if he painted in watercolours and oils but engraving was the thing he was most famous for. A particular favourite of some is a watercolour painting called A Young Hare. Although the idea of a hare bores some people Dürer has added great detail to this work to make it a boring hare look like a piece of artwork.
With a lot of his works in great detail, he did not get to finish some. When he died he left a career that many would have loved to have. Although the person is gone, his spirit still lives in some of his paintings.
A Young Hare
Friday, November 7, 2008
Auroras
Auroras is the natural display of lights in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. These are usually seen at night and some scientists call them 'polar auroras'.
These lights are can be seen in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It gives off a an illuminating glow over the horizon. Mostly you can see a glowing green but sometimes you can see a radiating red.
In the Southern Hemisphere the lights are called the aurora australis. These are visible in Antarctica, South America and Australasia. Australis is the Latin word for 'of the South'.
In the Northern Hemisphere the lights are called aurora borealis. These can be seen in the arctic islands of northern Canada. The name comes from the Roman goddess of dawn named Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas. These lights occur most often during September to October and from March to April.
These lights are can be seen in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It gives off a an illuminating glow over the horizon. Mostly you can see a glowing green but sometimes you can see a radiating red.
In the Southern Hemisphere the lights are called the aurora australis. These are visible in Antarctica, South America and Australasia. Australis is the Latin word for 'of the South'.
In the Northern Hemisphere the lights are called aurora borealis. These can be seen in the arctic islands of northern Canada. The name comes from the Roman goddess of dawn named Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas. These lights occur most often during September to October and from March to April.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
How to Make Musical Instruments
Click on this link to go to the site where you can find out how to make fun musical instruments!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
My List of Dairy Products
I've named 14. How many can you name?
- milk
- cheese
- yoghurt
- ice-cream
- gelato
- butter
- cream
- chocolate
- coffee
- white tea
- cappuccino
- curd
- margarine
- Yakult
- buttermilk
From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.
These are the famous lines from the poem. I did not really understand this until I read the Wikipedia article about it. For once it explains the poem in plain simple English that I can understand and after reading it, I thought it was a very good poem to describe a horrific story.
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.
These are the famous lines from the poem. I did not really understand this until I read the Wikipedia article about it. For once it explains the poem in plain simple English that I can understand and after reading it, I thought it was a very good poem to describe a horrific story.
Edgar Degas
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar de Gas was a French born artist and famous for painting, sculpturing, printmaking and drawing. Born on the 19 July ,1834, he lived for 83 years and died on the 27 September ,1917,. If he was alive today then he would be 174 years of age but althoug his age changed I don't think that his love for art would have ever changed.
I am really infuriated by the fact that wherever I go to find something on the Web that it always turns out to be in complicated English. This is what I find a lot on Wikipedia and since this is the only site I can find details on his life, I have to stop here. Wait a minute! One last thing. I am personally very attracted to the painting called The Dance Class. With the detail and beatuy of the picture, it gives you a wonderful feeling to go and dance with them.
The Dance Class
He was born into a family of three boys and two girls and Degas was the eldest of them all. He changed his last name to Degas some time later when painting his works of art.
At the age of 18, Degas had turned one of his rooms into an art studio but although his love for art showed, his father wanted him to go to law school. His studies for law at the University of Paris were vain as he took little interest. In July 1856, Degas travelled to Italy which was the place where he would stay for another 3 years. There he drew and painted copies of pictures done by Michelangelo, Raphael and other famous artists. During this period he succeeded in the technique of classical art.
Degas used a couple of artistic materials. From what I can find he used oils, pastels and he had to use something to make sculptures!I am really infuriated by the fact that wherever I go to find something on the Web that it always turns out to be in complicated English. This is what I find a lot on Wikipedia and since this is the only site I can find details on his life, I have to stop here. Wait a minute! One last thing. I am personally very attracted to the painting called The Dance Class. With the detail and beatuy of the picture, it gives you a wonderful feeling to go and dance with them.
The Dance Class
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