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Kelsie's WEX Frictional Narrative Podcast

4/29/2013

This lesson inspired me to use garage-band more because now i know how to fade out and make my voice sound cooler than it already is.
This lesson was kind-of hard because I had to be more creative and make somethings funny up (which I do a lot). For example, I made up the problem and the mundane situation which was weird

Bodies of Water

4/26/2013

Body of Water

ocean

creek

delta

stream

bay

river

lake

Example on U.S. Map

Pacific Ocean

none

Mississippi Delta

Horseshoe Falls

Mobile Bay

Walker River

Lake Eerie

Example on City Map

none

Weller Creek

none

none

Shannen Bay

Arlington River

Lake Michigan

Horseshoe falls

Arbor Day

4/25/2013

Arbor day is about loving trees. Arbor day was made by J. Sterling Morton (Julius Sterling Morton). On the first Arbor day there was actually an estimated of 1 million trees!!!! J. got into the the Nebraska Hall of Fame because of making Arbor day.

J. Sterling Morton is awesome and cares a lot ab

Earth Day

4/24/2013

    Earth Day is about loving the Earth.
        The humans of the Earth are cutting down lots of trees. Animals are losing their homes. Especially the monkeys, apes, and the rare orange orangutans. We also need the trees to get oxygen. And forests are fun to camp in.
        Some people need to care about the Earth. I mean, this is where we live. We will probably live here for the rest of our lives.

Raindrops on Different Surfaces

4/19/2013

This is a picture I drew. The blue drops are rain.

Surface

Sand

Water

Concrete

Prediction

I think that when the water hits the sand, then the water will make a dent and the sand will absorb the water.

I think when water hits water then the water will ripple out to the sides.

When the water hits the concrete, I think the water will just splash back up.

Actual

When the water hits the sand at a close distance, the sands just absorbs the water. When the water hits the sand at a little farther, the sand gets a dent from the water.

The water didn't ripple out. The water just splashed.

When the water hit the concrete, the water didn't splash up. The water just spread out by itself.

Reflection

I was just messing with the sand when it was close I didn't now it wouldn't get a dent.

I was surprised that the water didn't ripple out like I thought.

I thought that it would splashed back up. I was surprise that it didn't.

Organism Water Use

4/16/2013

Coral Reef

                                Coral Reef~
    The Coral Reef uses water to drink, eat, keeping clean, playing, and others. I am going to try to list at least one example in each category.
    Category 1: Drinking and eating- Corals also eat by catching tiny floating animals called zoo-plankton. At night, coral polyps come out of their skeletons to feed, stretching their long, stinging tentacles to capture critters that are floating by.
Category 2: Keeping Clean- They don't clean themselves.
      Category 3: Swimming- They swim freely in the open ocean amidst other plankton. Only later do they find a suitable place to settle down and get on with the adult business of reef construction.
      Category 4: Hunting or Playing- Coral don't hunt. They just eat. Coral play by swaying in the water.
      Category 5: Going to the Bathroom- I think the coral just go to the bathroom no matter where they are.

Ways Living Things Use Water

4/16/2013

Dogs like to play in the water
Tigers clean themselves with their tongue
Dishwashers
Washing human items
Washing hands or keeping clean

What Were the British Colonies like in the 1770?

4/12/2013

The British colonies in the 1770's were brutal and harsh. There was commotion everywhere...

Limits on Power - We The People

4/12/2013

Today we did a Limit Court. A Limit Court is court, but you are discussing only about limits and you get to hear what the Naval Review Board (Judge) are saying when they judge. We did

Natural Resources

4/10/2013

Natural Resources

Water

Dirt

Flowers

Cotton

Rocks

Mango

Man-made Resources

Motorcycle

Paper

Leather Jacket

Car

iPod Touch

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