One Giant Leap

Today we read a book called One Giant Leap by Robert Burleigh and Mike Wimmer.

It is story about the two spaceships who landed on the moon in July 20,1969, the astronauts look out at last, they stand

upright before two small windows, the moon is gray, it is brown, it is blue edged, the radio voice crackles from earth,
 there are forty feet thirty five thirty, the eagle has landed, There is no water no wind no sound, the hatch opens,
They frightening pause, at the final orbit across the moon, this earth is a beautiful home.

The Snow Princess

It is story about the snow princess who hold the light by the king, at the way of the top there's is the snow
castle, the polar bear heading from humans, the two kids making the snowman, the fire melts the snow,
the reindeers are running, that man who play the flute, katia ice storm freeze her heart she doesn't want
to die, katia doesn't to touch her face, the two flowers in the spring day.

Earthquakes

It is story about the earth is so small, there are looking the map of south africa, the earth of sun is hot
of 40 miles, in 1906 the city of the earthquake has burned down, in 1939 there is a big earthquake
they break houses, theres warm water and they break ships, his family having thanksgiving turkey
and green beans, the firetruck, the ambulance, and the police car, they got first aid kits,
they have a new house.

Elephants Of Africa

It is story about who head of animals, they sneak into the forests, the map is hot by the sand,
the snow is cold by the africa, the heat is hot by the sun, the elephants are looking for food,
they finding water and there is make loud trumpeting sounds, the elephants has big ears
the can hear, they get food, they can dig, they drink water, they defending their young
and they dig up roots for food, elephants likes mud from the skin of the sun, the eat plants.

Elephants Of Africa

It is story about who head of animals, they sneak into the forests, the map is hot by the sand,
the snow is cold by the africa, the heat is hot by the sun, the elephants are looking for food,
at the end of the story they finding water and there is make loud trumpeting sounds.

Mr.Karper Soap

Yesterday in Mr.Karper's class we did a big bubble soap, I put soap on the hands, Dante use a straw
and blew a big bubble and pop, we clean up the table with a paper towel and we washed his hands.

Mr.Karper Class Bubbles

Today in science we did bubbles with soap,we blew up some bubbles with Mr.Karper.

Jacques Cousteau

Today We read a book called Jacques Cousteau. It is a story about Jacques Cousteau who swims underwater. he saw the boat and ship, he's working the tools, he look underwater and grab the fish, he blew the bubbles, he look underwater and saw the seahorse, there's a alot of people in the ship. at the end of the story he go under the sea water and saw the fish.

Horton

Yesterday we saw the movie called Horton. this is a movie about a boy who smelled purple flowers.
He flew the sky and fell down in the ground. He made purple flower mountains. at the end of the movie.
He flew up in the air into the space.

Email From My Dad

Bryan loves loud noises, fire and flying objects.  Some of my favorite science memories include those elements.

Chemistry class with a chunk of pure sodium in water ignites making quite a large amount of flame and sputtering smoke.  One of the lab assistants later took a piece and flushed it down the toilet on the second floor.  There was enough oil on it to make a delayed reaction...toilets on the first and basement floors shot up like geysers, catching a few by surprise.

Chemistry class bunsen burners were always a source of entertainment by themselves (fire!).  In junior high some would take the rubber hoses and make water weenies out of them, tying one end with a knot, filling with water and holding the end to release the water.  One boy (a bully) decided to be really sneaky and had one that went down his sleeve and into his pant leg.  He then brought this onto the bus, ready to squirt helpless victims trapped on the bus.  Of course his accomplices couldn't keep from bragging what was going to happen so we were ready for him as he entered the bus.  He got just past the driver and a few of my friends in benches on each side of the bus slapped him really hard in the legs.  The hose burst, snapping him in a number of tender places as the rubber retreated, and immediately drenched him in water from head to toe while he screamed.  A wave of water gushed down the aisle of the bus.

We had at least two evacuations of the middle school building each year due to smoke and fire from chemistry experiments gone bad.  One included an explosion (mostly just a loud noise, no shrapnel) that was heard throughout the school and around the neighborhood.  Someone had decided to just mix a bunch of things together over the bunsen burner.  When it started to smoke he quickly ran it over to the hood and made it there just in time for the "big bang".

One of my favorite memories was making hot-air balloons out of plastic bags and tin plates as a Cub Scout.  A candle didn't seem to get enough lift, so our Den Chief (age 14) brought his aftershave lotion.  A small cup full made a great flame and the balloon rose quickly and much higher than all the rest.  As it kept rising we realized we had no way to control it or get it down.  We ran along fields and roads trying to keep it in sight until it passed over the highway and river out of sight.  The next day we heard of a big field fire that started the night before and were afraid it was caused by our balloon.  A week later they determined the cause to be something else, but it was a long week for us.

Model rockets were one of my favorite too.  Fun to learn about things that make noise, smoke and fly.  All the essential elements for a good time.  My friend Steve Kroon and I build a two-stage rocket with a camera in the nose.  It had a motor and trigger that would start taking pictures as the nose turned upside-down.  We launched it on July 4 after a neighborhood celebration in a field behind the homes.  The entire neighborhood turned out to see the launch.  There were so many engines in it we had to drive a car up to the launch area for the extra battery power.  Great launch!  The launch was a bit rough and triggered the camera early so we mostly got pictures of the sky and one or two of the horizon just as it started to tip over.

My high school physics teacher, Mr Vernier (he'd say, "like the caliper") would hold annual science events a couple of times a year to demonstrate science.  One was the bridge building contest where we built balsa wood bridges then had a competition to see how much weight each would hold, of course by loading them down with weight until they broke.  Some of the good ones would hold a LOT of weight then have spectacular failures, throwing pieces around the room.  The "monkey gun" was a favorite, where shooting a steel ball out a tube would trip an electric switch that dropped a tin can held by a magnet on the other side of the room.  The ball would hit the can before it hit the floor.  The biggest event though was Mr Vernier having one of the football players break a cement block with a sledge hammer that was sitting on a bed of nails on Mr Vernier's chest.  That one always packed the house!

Good times.  Science is one of my favorite classes once you get past the boring stuff and find out what you can really do with it.

Wes

Mr.Karper Science

Yesterday In Mr.Karper class we did science. we pass the papers called the water drops on the penny.
we did a flat surface with pipette we did height of 1 inch of soap. and Mr.Karper did 5 drops of water.

Bryan Science

My Dad Likes science cause he had a good times the toilets shot up like geysers.

They Take on the bus with rubber hoses and got all wet.

They Smoke and Fire from chemistry is gone bad.

The make hot-air balloons of plastic bags as a Cub Scout.

They heard of a big field fire the night by our balloon it was so long for week for us.

They make noise smoke and fly with a camera in the nose.

Mr.Karper Class

Chemicals Number 1 is Green, Number 2 is Yellow, Number 3 is Blue, Number 4 is Red, Number 5 is Light and Question is Light Blue. They Mixed by Blue Metal, Plastic, Paper, and Stick.

Slience

The Chemicals Mellted The Plastic. Mr. Karper Tech Slience. Everybody Mix The Chemicals Were Red And Blue. They Have Metal, Plastic, And Paper.

Pirates

This Summer I Was The Pirate. We Sail The Ship. We went to the island To Find the Treasure Chest.
We Went Back to the ship and saw the captain with the Parrot. and saw the Telescope. at the end of the story we went to the cave and saw gold.

Subway

In the morning my mom got subway at lunch I got 2 chicken breast and chips and I'm Happy.

One More Sheep

This is story about a sheep who went to bed. at the night the wolf cry.
There counting One Two Three Four. at the night the sheep knocked the door really loud and
The sheeps woke up. at the end of the story the sheeps went back to sleep.

PE And Choir

Today in Mr. Vans Class We did running on the track.
Today in Mrs. Herinckx Class We sing songs of Kyrie-by Andrea Klouse, Shoshone Love Song,
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel, and American Folk Rhapsody.

Hurricane

Bryan
9-14-10
Today we read a book about Hurricanes. I learned lots of things.
It is story about how hurricanes from. It comes the flood of the street.
and there was a storm and rain. There's a wind in the streets.
they break on the tree. you should never come outside cause there would be flood.
at the end of the story The wind The water, The storm and they turn cars and breaks sidewalks
there is category number 4.