Class Response : Boom Blox

In our science class where learned that animals have to compete with one another in order to get what they need to survive. Sometimes, you have to think differently to get what you need! For this assignment, you had to throw a baseball or bowling ball to make boxes fall to the ground your goal was to throw the least amount of baseballs/bowling balls. At first, it seemed all easy, but the rounds that came after the first three levels were hard. For one of the levels, you had to throw a bowling ball precisely in the middle of a wall, so when the wall falls it creates a domino effect, making all the other walls with the boomblox fall! To make it even more trickier, you had to move the wii remote for the camera to go to a different spot, like a 360 dergree angle! Everyone in the class was having fun and learning something new every level. Towards the end all of us were very competitive and eager for our turn to come by.I understood then that this is how many animal feel almost every second of the day just so they could survive.

To read more about Boom Blox, go to : http://www.ea.com/boomblox/

Class Response

In class we are doing a project about symbiosis relationships. There are three types of symbiosis relationships, which can be characterized by mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. Mutualism is when an animal or insect and the host both benefit of the animal being on the host. For example, a horse and a human can be mutualistic because the horse provides transportation for the human in return for food and shelter. Commensalism is when one of the animal or insect and the host benefits and the other isn't harmed. A bird living in a tree is an example of commensalism because only the bird benefits because it has a good shelter, and the tree doesn't get harmed in any way. Parasitism is when one of the animal or insect and the host benefits and the other is harmed. A mosquito biting you is an example of parasitism because the mosquito may put dangerous diseases into you while it takes your blood for making eggs. For more information on the three symbiosis relationships, click here!

Current Event! scientists find solar system like ours!

I knew there was a solar system like ours! A few days ago astronomers think that they've found evidence of an alien solar system around a star close enough to Earth to be visible to the naked eye. They say that 3 planets are probably orbiting a sun called Epsilon Eridani! It is very "young"
because it is "only" 850 million years old. Our sun is a lot older, almost by 3.8 billion years! The good thing is we can see it with the naked eye. The bad thing is it's 63 million miles away from the Earth. There are many similarities between both of the solar systems. One of them is that Epsilon Eridani is 5 times as young as our sun. Another similarity is that their asteroid belt is 280 million miles away from it's sun, just like ours! There's also a third ring of icy objects extends billions of miles beyond Epsilon Eridani, resembling the so-called Kuiper Belt of mini-planets outside of Pluto! i wouldn't be surprised if there will be life there in a few billion years!
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Green Basilisk Lizard!

The Green Basilisk Lizard, or the Jesus Christ Lizard, live in Central America from Mexico to Panama. These are amazing animals, because they can run on water! Yes it's true! This is the only reptile that can actually run on water! When the mother of these lizards lays her eggs, she goes away. After the eggs hatch, the lizards are born with the ability to run on water and land, climb and swim! These animals are very smart; when they become alert that a predator is after them, they immediately jump for the water, because they know that whatever predator won't follow them into the water if they don't know how to swim. If the predator can swim, the lizard will then start swimming. These lizards are skillful swimmers as well! They can stay underground for 30 minutes! These animals are very interesting, if you want, you can read more about them here!

class response

kite! An extremely fun thing to do on a windy day. Kites are big and small, the biggest kite ever flown was a kite of a chinese dragon. Kites also orginated from China! Kites are able to fly because of winds, which are caused by the the uneven surface of the earth. Some kites go really high and fast, but other kites are just peacefully there. Sometimes your kite might not fly because your kite might not deflect the air from the ground. Sometime's, making your own kite is really fun! To learn more about kites, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kites#History!

Class response

In class we learned about the water cycle and how we affect it. Naturally, the water cycle runs with fresh water. When humans affect the water cycle, the water gets polluted. The three sections that our class divided the water cycle into was the clouds, bodies of water, and human uses of water. All of us were assigned task, to be clouds, or to evaporate water and to condense it into lakes, or other types of water. If we were assigned the task of being a cloud, we get a small cup and collect water from people who have spoons (evaporators). Once our cup is full, we need to pour the water into a body of water (rain). To learn more about the water cycle go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cycle

social studies HW

30 years ago, people didn't have cell phones like we do now. I'm very thankful that we do have cell phones now because now i can communicate my parents incase i have to stay after school. Another reason why i'm thankful that we have cell hpones now is if I get lost in a store, i can call my parents and find my way back to them. If I need to call someone other then my parents at somewhere there isn't a phone (ex. a playground), i can use my cell phone. Now that cell phones are easier to use, even my grandmother and grandfather have cell phones. If we didn't have cell phones, i don't know what we would do.

class podcasts

Last month, we got a project, which wasn't any normal project. it was something we never did before. It was to make podcast on a famous scientist with a partner. First, I chose the name of a scientist from a bucket of names. I got George Washington Carver. The person who made over 300 uses for peanuts! my partner and I did some research on this famous scientist, and when we finally finished our researching, we got to work on the script for actually recording the podcast. We couldn't use our real names in the podcast, so we used our blog names (anirudh1616 and metfan20). After we finished recording, we edited the podcast by adding a little music, sound effects and some comedy, and it turned out to be great. Then, we had to record it on Garage Band. Garage band is a computer program in which you could make your own songs or podcasts. Finally, we uploaded it on to a website with the help of our awesome teacher. In the end, we thought it was pretty cool and fun. If you want to listen to the podcast and more podcasts, go to the following site:

omegascience.podomatic.com

class podcasts

Current Event! UFO Sightings Reported in Texas!

UFOs sighted in Texas! Dozens report as they see a giant, mile and a half long silent hovering object over their houses and towns! One of the witnesses was a pilot, who would definately recongize a plane that was near the airport he worked in. 14% of the americans living in the U.S. have reported seeing a(n) UFO. Over 200 UFO sightings occur each month in California, Texas, and Colorado. The Air Force stopped investigating UFOs, maybe it was because of so many reportings happen each month!

To find out more about the UFO sightings that occured in Texas, go to: http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-01-15-ufo-sightings_N.htm?csp=34