CAA SCIENCE: October 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

julio 41

Solar System Julio:

The solar system is simply a long ring sideways that has planets lined up among it. The planets are made out of a star. A star is a twinkling thing that is very far away from earth. Stars are born and they also die; when they die it is called a Supernova. A Supernova is like a huge explosion. A Supernova is way brighter than the sun; it in fact could outshine an entire galaxy. Now there is a small chance that a Supernova can create a planet or just another star. It can also create a Black hole. Black holes are when gravity has become so; so; so extreme that not even light can escape it. It's shaped like a tornado but bigger and it is in space.

carlos : WHALEY HOUSE

Do you believe in ghouls and ghost? If you don’t visit the Whaley house and you will defiantly change your mind. This official haunted house was built on public gallows. In 1897 Thomas Whaley wife was shot on the 9th step of the stair case and her husband can be seen in all black at the foot of the stair case. If don’t think that’s creepy the first person was a 17 month old child little Thomas Whaley if you stand in his room long enough you might hear the babies faint cry. So go head, if you got guts, visit the Whaley house.

halloween

Halloween

Halloween is a day were the ghosts and spirits

Escape from the under world. It’s a day were kids go

Door to door getting candy and getting haunted by

Evil spirits. Halloween is also the day of the day of the

Dead. On Halloween they say trick or teat because

On Halloween a man named jack always played

Tricks on the other villagers and so the Grimm

Reaper cut of jacks head but let him live forever to

haunt Halloween nights.

Happy trick or treating

CAT

Cats are fuzzy, cute, fluffballs. They are almost every color. Some people think black cats are bad luck, but I don’t think so. I want a black kitten and name it Jinx. My mom say that cats don’t listen to you, but that’s what I like about them: their independent.

CAT

MUSIC

MUSIC IS AN INSTRUMENT that makes amazing sound and you

can make it sound like anything its really amazing

and if you put a whole bunch of music together it sounds awesome and you makes awesome guitar solos like one of those awesome bands

by johnny

ivan c 29 universe

The universe is made up of many different galaxies each galaxy has its own planets which are probably filled with alien life. Each galaxy has its own source of energy like us our source of energy is the sun. Our sun burns nova which would be hot enough to toast a marshmallow miles away the others suns burn at a supernova heat that is why they look like stars from miles away.

Laura 46

MySpace
MySpace is on the internet. It is a place where you can talk to your friends. You can put pictures of you and other people on your MySpace. You have your own page where it’s all about you. You can even listen to music. You have your own background, music, pictures, and you can put what ever you want on there. Its a lot of fun.

Rough -LEVI

ROUGH IS LIKE TAKING A SKATE BOARD THEN LAYING YOUR HAND AGAINST THE GRIP TAPE. THEN MOVING YOUR HAND AGAINST THE GRIP SLOWLY

-LEVI

john daniels

Brown is dirt. smoth is the bottom of a brand new skateboard. green is fresh grass .

eliza 16- tHoMas iS mY pArTnEr<3

Thomas is partner for the week. His favorite colors are black and blue. he loves pizza and spicy barbecue wings[lol]. His favorite sports are football and skateboarding. For some resound he doesn't have a favorite animal. And he has 2 older siblings that he annoys. And pretty soon i will find out more about him..

Bryan

BRYAN WAS BORN ON JULY 16,1995.bRYAN AND I BOTH LIKE TO PLAY WATER POLO. HE ALSO LIKES TO SKATE. HE PLAYS BASEBALL AS WELL. HIS FAVORITE BRAND IS ZOO YORK. HIS FAVORITE FOOD IS CHINESE FOOD. HE HAS ONE LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER WHICH IS WHY WE BECAME PARTNERS. HE ALSO LIKES TO SURF.

cambria is my partner and she likes video games like resident evil 4 and she likes the movie norbit she says its real funny and she really likes the band tokio hotel she says they rock and she likesd chocolate too she also likes to play stuff like barbie cuz she likes bratz

My partner for this week is Anzueth. Her favorite color is purple. She likes to play volleyball. Her favorite animal is cheetas. her favorite movie is baby mama. She is 12 years old. she has one pet bird. She likes to go on the computer. she likes to drink coke. Her favorite football team is the cowboys. She was born in cornado..

smooth ivan c

smooth is like grabbing a soda can moving your hand along the smooth surface withought felleng any bumps or spiky edges

Carlos...

Today i Got to meet Carlos Cruz III,he has 1 sibling.Hes favorite food is pizza.Hes favorite color is brown.When he gets older he would like to travel to paris.When he is older he wants to be a fire fighter! For college he plans on going to San Diego state University.Hes favorite movie is "dude wheres my car"! For CHRISTMAS he would like to get shirts.For Halloween he is going to be rocky balbao.Hes best subject is Math and hes worst subject is spelling. Hes favorite super hero is SUPER MAN!!!

-LEVI :]

julia likes the color red and she has the nintendo ds she has a scoter and she likes the cotton candy and she and she like the simpsons and that is her faborite tv show and her birth day is desimber the fierst and thad is all

Julio by John Daniels

Julio likes to play soccer. his favorite soccer player is Davis Beckham. Julio is Mexican. He's in eigth grade and is very smart. His favorite subject is P.E. He likes scary movies but he doesnt celibrate holloween. His favorite holiday is christmas. His favorite food is lobster. Julio is a really cool person to hang out with.

#38bryan josue

josue was bornon april 18 1995 like me josue like to play water polo he also likes to play soccer he likes to swim josue's favorite food is greek food he likes all kind of greek food josue's favorite brand is puma josue has 1 older brother josue also likes to draw and play with lego's

Sarina by: cassandra

Sarina's favorite color is red. For fun she likes to go swimming. She is on the USA level swim team. She has 2 dogs and a fish. Sarina has 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Her favorite animal is a turtle. Her favorite elective is scrapbooking. She doesn't like going to the dentist. Sarina caught her first fish when she was 5. Her best friend is Genesisi. Sarina has a nice personalitie

Ivonne is in 8th and her birthday is on Febuary her best friend is Monika. Ivonne is 13 and most people call her a myspace freak. She has a brother and a sister and when she goes to Hollister she loves the smell. She was a cool partner.

Tomas aka Tomas

HI my name is paul aka billy im going to talk about Tomas Gonzales aka Tomas Gonzalez he likes to eat spicy buffalo wings and his favorite color is black he likes the dark side he likes to play foot ball and skate board and he is 14 years old.me and Tomas like the same color black he likes foot ball and skate bording he likes myspace like me .

Monika

My partner this week is monika. She is 13 years old. Her birthday is Agust 24. Her favorite color is green, and her favorite brand of shoes is VANS. She has 2 older sisters, and 1 younger sister. She likes Dr. Peper and pizza. Her favorite letter is G. She was born in Chula Vista. Her favorite TV show is wizards of waverly place. She broke her finger when she was 11. She had to have a cast on for 3 weeks. Her favorite thing to do is shop with Ivonne and go to her house. Her favorite store is Hollister. She has a blak lab named pebbles. Her favorite sport is softball. Monika is my partner, and she's really cool. We have a lot in common and i think thats cool.

By Julia Tavares

Partner of the Week

My partner for this week is Dejiah . Her favorite color is orange and she loves the Mary Antionette movie . Her favorite snack is white chocolate covered preztles . She is very funny and makes everyone who meets her laugh . She loves to listen to pop music and her favorite show is Hannah Montana. Her favorite animal is a fish . She likes the character Spongebob, and in her free time she likes bugging her sister.She loves to go to the mall. Her favorite thing to do with her mom is go to Balmar Park. For Halloween she is going to be a kitty.Her favorite sport to play is soccer. That is all about Dejiah!

09 Anzueth.........new partner Trevor

The new person I met this morning( because my other partner came late) is Trevor Freeby. Trevor is 12 years old and his favorite colors are blue and yellow. His favorite sports are Hockey and football. His favorite football team is the Chargers and his favorite hockey team is the Toronto Maple Leaves. His favorite movie is Scream and he was born in Chula Vista. He has a lot of animals he has 6 fish, 3 lizards, 1 cat , and 1 dog. His favorite thigs to do are sleep, ride dirt bikes, and watch football and his favorite drink is pepsi.

Alexia 11 Helen

Helen is in sixthgrade. She is 11 years old, her birthday is in December. Her favorite colors are red and black. She has one cat and one dog. And has two brothers, and two step sisters. Helen likes to watch MTV. She also likes to go on the computer. Her favorite movie is Juno. She likes cats and vampires. And she use to be in gymnastics.

some one i met new this week

this week i met alexia. she is very nice and smart. alexia likes penguins, and the color blue. she also likes to draw. so do i so i guess that is one thing that we have in comman.
alexia has 2 sisters. she has a younger sister named gabby and a twin named casandra. alexia also has FOUR dogs. wow thats a big family. she does not have a favorite food and likes to play on the computer. she is cool.
helen pike

``mariah♥.. by barbara

she is 11 and her birthday is on august 27. her favorite color is red and her favotite type of food is spciy food. her favorite movie are the narnia movies and she likes to listen to christian music. she had to older brothers and she alwasy annoys them ,thats how we got to be partners. she doesnt read much but her favorite class is media and math., she likes scrapbooking and her favorite holiday is christmas. she likes to watch spongebob and well she is really cool. she has a club pengiun so she does go on the computer much and he also likes watching tv. she doesnt have any pets bbut she really loves dogs, but not cats. her favorite animal is a dog. at her old school she use to work with the red cross. she doesnt really like sprots that much but she does like playing teatherball, once on her birthday when she was playing the ball actedentually struch her in her stomach, another time, the ball hit her in her face. ow! but she was ok:] and once she sprained her wrist from falling and landing on her hand the wrong way. her best freind is juliana and this is her first year hear at eagles but her brother jesses was here two years ago. i think that she is really cool and it was really cool tlaking to her:]:]:]:]:]:]:]:]:]:]:]:]:]:]:]:}:}:]:]:]:}:}:}:}:}:]:]:]:]:

Rebekah- 36 Desiree

Rebekah is a really cool person. Her favorite color is red. Her favorite song is when the sun goes down. She like sthe movie freedom writers and she loves art. Shes 11 years old, she was born March 31st. Her favorite music group is super chick and she loves all kinds of music. She is funyy and helpful She is very tiny but very tough. She likes the mall, her favorite store is Claires. She is a BIG charger fan. She loves aeting at Hometown Buffet. She doesnt have a favorite sport but she is good at some sports. She has 1 brother and 4 sisters and she loves putting her hair in ponytails. Drawing is her favorite past time and her best friends are Helen and Serena.

Charly

CHARLY

CHARLY IS IN 8TH GRADE AND HE IS 13 YEARS OLD. HIS FAVORIT FOOD IS PIZZA. HE LIKES TO PLAY SOCCER, FOOTBALL, AND PLAY VIDIO GAMES. HIS FAVORIT SUBJECT IN SCHOOL IS READING. HIS FAVORIT CANDY IS CHOCALET, WHITE CHOCALET, AND SOUR CANDY. HIS B-DAY IS SEP. 2, 1995. HE LIKES RAP, ROCK, AND HIP HOP MUSIC. HIS FAVORIT TEACHER IS MR. SMITH. HE DOSEN'T CELLABRATE HOLLOWEEN. CHARLY IS CHRISTIAN.

BY,
SHANDI

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

HOW SMART I AM

how smart i am
i am very smart in spelling and reading because i am a really good speller and my dad says that is my best subject and i think that i am good at reading also beacause i do have a high score

Sarina Scott number 6

how smart i am
i am very smart i am smart in english science and well i could use some help in math but that too and i am just plane smart for anyone or anything. i am smart because i am not dumb and no one at eagles peike is stupid i am also smart because i am a good person that knows the diiference between right or wrong. i am smart

helen pike 5

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Relative Size Project

Make a Excel Spreadsheet...and find out how far each planet is from the sun...here is a graphic explaining the order of the planets...Pluto doesn't count any more...but lets find out the distance anyway!

...and after you build your spreadsheet....ask Mr. Smith about Mr. Calder...

Monday, October 20, 2008

be envirementally good to the animals

In any ecosystem, there are innumerable feeding pathways or food chains through which energy flows. Bonds that had joined the atoms together in food molecules are broken and energy is released. The energy is used to power the many activities that enable the animal to grow and survive. Organisms at any one trophic level are dependent on the organisms at the level below them for their energy needs. In nature, many food chains are interlinked in complicated systems called food webs. Therefore, the damage to any one species by pollution theoretically could impact our own survival.
1) Air Pollution can cause respiratory problems in animals other than humans. Smaller animals, as are small children, are more susceptible to distress from higher levels of sulfur dioxide and ozone in the air. The greenhouse effect and global warming may be changing our climate faster than animal populations can adapt. Air conditioners and aerosol sprays that contain chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's) are contributing to a hole in the protective ozone layer. Do you think skin cancer can only occur in humans? Acid rain has caused fish kills in Canada, Scandinavia and the Adirondacks. Salmon are no longer found in many Nova Scotia rivers.
2) Water Pollution is particularly harmful to marine ecosystems. As previously mentioned, sewage and other waste consume dissolved oxygen, decreasing the concentration available to fish. When we treat our sewage with chlorine to kill bacteria, we also kill marine ecosystems with the chlorine itself, or with carcinogenic chlorinated hydrocarbon byproducts. Mercury bioaccumulates in the food chains and for this reason it can be dangerous to eat large quantities of big ocean fish such as tuna and swordfish. In humans, mercury causes neurological symptoms (felt hat manufacturers developed the "Mad Hatter" disorder) and birth defects. Toxic substances are released by industries and also by accidents. Who can forget the images of the 1989 oil spill by the Exxon Valdez?
More than 1000 miles of Alaskan shoreline were contaminated with 11 million gallons of oil coating tens of thousands of sea birds and killing at least 1000 sea otters. Since oil is nonpolar and insoluble in water, it is very difficult to clean. The area has been analyzed ten years after the event at A National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Website.
3) Soil Pollution includes the abuse of pesticides like DDT. This nearly caused the extinction of several large birds like the brown pelican, but they have made a dramatic recovery since DDT use in the US was banned nearly thirty years ago. Did you know, however, that DDT is still produced in this country for export to other developing nations whose needs outweigh the problems caused? This toxic substance and others from solid waste are taken up by the plants and animals we ingest. Some people believe in only purchasing food from organic stores which is more expensive since the crop is smaller by not using pesticides. An argument that poorer people have higher cancer rates since they cannot afford to shop organic can be made. Does you family purchase organic food?
4) Aquatic Ecosystems are in peril due water pollutants such as acid rain and mercury contamination. Another problem for local fish is polychlorinated byphenyls (PCB's) from elecrical transformers. This impairs reproduction in aquatic species and has been detected in the flesh of striped bass. Have you heard about the recent lobster die-off on Long Island? It may be linked to the runoff of the pesticide malathion used to eradicate the West Nile virus-carrying mosquitos since crustaceans are closely related to insects. Other toxic chemicals like lead and cadmium cause brain and liver damage respectively and accumulate in the body over a lifetime of exposure. Finally, seemingly harmless thermal pollution both lowers dissolved oxygen and increases respiration rates, killing fish in a positive feedback cycle (ever increasingly). A summary of pollution effects on aquatic populations is available at A Marine Pollution Website.
5) Land Ecosystems are also affected by pollution. Bird populations have been changed by pesticides and oil spills. Bears that rely on fish diets can become contaminated. Mysterious mutations in frogs have been detected in the US. Habitat destruction is the primary reason for extinctions of animal populations. To learn more about what species are endangered, click on The US Fish and Wildlife Service Homepage.
What can be done to save animal populations?
There are many environmental organizations that deserve your support: The National Audubon Society, The Sierra Club, The World Wildlife Fund, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, to name a few. One organization that has preserved local sites for wildlife and takes an active role in saving the endangered piping plover on Long Island is The Nature Conservancy. You can volunteer your services and/or become a contributing member. Think about it.
Conclusions: 1. What is bioaccumulation? 2. How could the extinction of a species in South America affect a human living in New York City? 3. Why don't we use mercury thermometers in chemistry lab anymore?

peta kills animals its so sad

October 20, 2008-->Exclusive: PETA Killed More than 90% of the Animals in its Care in 2007
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a group that complains bitterly when animals die accidentally in horse races or intentionally in slaughterhouses, killed more than 90 percent of the adoptable animals in its care during 2007.
Last year, PETA wrangled with the Virginia government for nine months before its 2006 records were finally made public. In a cynical bid to hide the outrageous percentage of animals that wind up in their giant walk-in freezer, PETA's leaders tried to lump the pets they spayed or neutered in with those they took in for more than an hour. That squabbling continues, but this year we decided not to wait for the dust to settle.
Instead, with the help of Virginia's public records law, we did a little digging. Responding to our formal legal request, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has released PETA's 2007 "Animal Record" report. Although VDACS itself has still not relased this report, we're making it available to the general public.
PETA claims to be dedicated to protecting animals and treating them "ethically"—it’s right there in the group’s name. But killing animals that could otherwise be placed in adoptive homes isn’t terribly ethical, especially for a group whose $30 million annual income is more than enough to do the right thing instead.
In comparison, the Virginia Beach SPCA, right down the road from PETA’s Norfolk headquarters, managed to adopt out almost 70% of the animals in its care last year. And it did it on a relative shoestring budget.
Adding PETA's 2007 numbers to the mix, we can now document that the group has put down over 19,200 dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens. While it's possible that some of these animals were too broken or sick to be rehabilitated, humane societies in Virginia managed to save an average of nearly 65 percent of their animals in 2007. PETA found adoptive homes for less than 1 percent.