Animal Dissections

Many schools use dissections. We have dissected a worm and frog during science. I think that schools use the dissections to help students get better visual aids. Its much better than making them copy stuff from a textbook. Animals also have many of the same organs that humans have. This helps the students understand where body parts are, and what their function is. Also, it is a fun activity that can let the students relax and have some fun.

Spring Semester Project

In our science semester project, we melted 5 different types of chocolate, wondering which would melt the fastest. In our studies, we learned that cookies and cream chocolate melt faster than milk, dark, special dark, and air delight chocolates. I liked that me and Clay were able to eat all of the extra chocolate. I wish I knew that the pan was going to catch on fire.

The Future of the Palo Duro Canyon

The Palo Duro Canyon is the second deepest canyon in the United States, and located around Amarillo, TX. Its average depth is 304 meters (997 ft), with an average width of 10.3 miles. It was formed by water erosion from the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River. The water deepened the canyon by moving sediment downstream, while wind and water erosion gradually widened the canyon. Based on the history of the canyon, I think that the canyon will continue to deepen and widen, but not a very significant amount because the river that used to flow through the canyon is now just a small stream that only flows through various parts of the canyon.

How Was the Universe Created?

There are many different theories about how the Universe was created. Some people think that everything was bunched up togeter, and then it exploded and expanded. Others think that new matter is always created while the universe keeps expanding. I believe that God made the universe exactly how it is now. It says nothing about Him making a huge explosion during the seven days he created the Earth. That is my theory on how the universe was created.

What Really Happens In A Chemical Reaction?

Most people think that a chemical reaction is when something bubbles, explodes, changes color, odor, or temprature, but this in not true. The things listed above are signs of a chemical reaction, not what really happens. A chemical reaction is a process in which one or more substances are changed into one or more new substances. This happens when an electron joins an empty slot on the atom’s valence ring, or leaves an atom to join an empty slot on another atom’s valence ring.

Here is an example of a chemical reaction. This video shows what happens when you put a sucrose in potassium cholride.

Lab Safety

Lab safety is very important. Most people just go in science labs and mess around. They don’t take safety precautions, and most of they time, someone ends up getting hurt.

The first part about lab safety is paying attention when the teacher talks about the instructions and uses for all of the tools. If you don’t hear the rules, then you won’t be able to follow them. Secondly, you don’t smell, touch, or taste any chemicals you don’t know about. You also need to use all science equipment in the correct way. If you use a beaker as a drinking cup, old chemicals that were in the beaker can be still in there and they could poison you. The last reason you should be safe in science labs is because they’re are lots of breakable things. If you throw things or run around in a lab, then something could get broken and put the people in the room in danger.

These are some of the reasons you should always practice lab safety.

I Love Food

The first thing I do every morning is eat breakfast. I eat lunch every day. And every Friday, my family and I go to one of my favorite restaurants. I eat a lot and I love my sense of taste.

My treasured sense is taste. This sense helps us enjoy eating. If we did not have the sense of taste, nobody would want to eat, and that would make everybody very unhealthy. If nobody would eat, life itself might come to an end.

My life would be a lot different if I lost my sense of taste. I would not really care to eat. If I couldn’t taste my favorite food, what would be the difference between eating steak or worms? Taste is a gift from God. Most people think that they will always be able to taste their food, so they take that gift for granted. I am very thankful for the gift taste.

A Topicless Poem

I sit at my desk,
My brain being stressed,
As I think of a topic to write.

I write a few lines,
I say “That doesn’t rhyme”
I crumple it up and throw it away.

The due dates next week,
I think and I think,
But all I can think of is nothing.

The white paper’s glare,
It stares and it stares,
At my face while I think of a poem.

I sit a my desk,
My brain being stressed,
I pick up my pen and begin to write.

I start to write,
What has happened tonight,
A Topicless Poem I wrote.

-Jeremy Patak

The German Gazette- The Holocaust is Over

In 1934, the Nazi’s invaded many countries. This war went on for 11 years causing 17 million total deaths, 6 million of them Jews, 4.25 million children. Three-Fifths of these deaths were at concentration camps that the Germans controlled. At these camps, Nazi soldiers would go down the line of people and shoot the prisoners who would refuse to give information to them. If the prisoners were not shot, they would either die of starvation or be put in gas chambers. Once dead, they would be put in a huge crematoria, which would burn and dispose of the bodies. There were 156 of these camps. About 11 million deaths were caused by these camps.
Jews were Aldolf Hitler’s main target. Even though half of the deaths were Jews, almost 7 million Jews escaped to free countries like Sweden. Fisherman would hide Jews in their boats. When the Germans would have their dogs sniff their boat, fisherman would pull out a hankerchief that had chemicals on it. These chemicals would prevent the dogs from smelling. We caught up with Aldolf Hitler and asked him a couple questions. “We felt so stupid, to let 7 million Jews escape” He said. He later committed suicide on April, 30 1945. The Germans later surrendered on May, 8 1945.