Saturday, October 30, 2010

Tecumseh


I just read a short biography about Tecumseh.

He was an American Indian.

He was born in 1768. He lived in Ohio.

He was in a lot of wars against America.

His tribe was Shawnee, he was the leader.

For more information click here

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Mother Teresa


I just read a short biography about Mother Teresa.

When she was a kid, she lived in the town of Skopje.

She helped a lot of poor and sick and people. for more information.

She worked for the church.

She won the Nobel Peace Prize.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Fast Cake


Yesterday I made a 3 minute chocolate mug cake in the microwave.  Click here for the ingredients.

 It was yummy!                                         

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Pumpkins for Sale!

To make my pumpkin sale I had to :

  • make the signs
  • buy 15 pumpkins
  • price them
  • set up the stand
  • hang up the signs
    I sold 10 of them. 


    My first customer took 2 little ones for $4 each.  


    My second customer took 1 large pumpkin for $12.


    After the sale, our neighbors bought one, then Uncle Fred, and then Nana. And we kept 2 for ourselves.  Altogether we have $114 from all the pumpkins we sold, but we had to spend $90 to buy the pumpkins and make the signs.  We made $24. Next year I'm going to grow my own pumpkins!







    Thursday, October 21, 2010

    Rubbery Egg

    From this book:


    In the Chemistry section, I did Experiment 196 - Rubbery Egg.


    I put an egg in vinegar in a glass, and I waited several days.

    Today we went to see the egg.  We took it out and it felt rubbery.

    Here's the explanation:

    The vinegar reacts with the calcium in the eggshell, dissolving it. This makes the shell rubbery. This shows the importance of calcium to make the shell strong, just like the calcium in are bones.Keep drinking that milk!
    I don't know how but the vinegar must have done something to the calcium in the shell!

    Ooze And Slime


    2 days ago, in science class, I made Ooze and Slime.

    To make Ooze, You need 1/2 tablespoon Cornstarch, Green food coloring, water.

    To make Slime, click here.