Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Benjamin Franklin

1. He was born on January 17, 1706.
2. He has his face on a 100 $ bill.
3.He signed the: Declaration of Independence.
4. He has a wife named Deborah Franklin she was a common law wife and his kids named Sarah and William Franklin.
Ben Franklin

Ben
5.He discovered electricity is from lightning.





Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Thomas Edison

1.He invented  light bulbs and other things that would help people.
2.He tried his hardest to complete his inventions and never gave up.
3.The reason he started inventing things because this gave him independence and ways to travel.
4. Some people were helping him on his experiments.
Thomas Edison the inventor
5. He studied all about electricity and on light systems. 

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Spiny-bodied Animals

1. They use there tubular feet to use there mussel.
2.They can  move things, and they capture food.
3. There are 6,000 kinds of spiny bodied fish in the whole world.
4. Some can live by land.
sea urchin

star fish

brittle star

prickly sea cucumber
5. These animals have suction cups and mouths to help them breathe.





Monday, October 17, 2011

Arthropods

a headlice or mite  is an arachnid.

a cicada is an insect

a locus is an insect.

a crayfish is a crustacean.
1.Arthropods have have these cells  that form tissue and organ systems.
2.They can have different groups called arachnids, insects, crustacean, and myriapod.
3. These animals were the first land animals made in the world.
4. They have a exoskeleton that helps them from there organs.
5. Some have wings, legs, claws,and tails. 



Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Segmented Worms

1. Segmented worms have a have eyespots like flatworms and roundworms.
2. They can digest there foods.
3. Segmented worms have a system of blood.
4. 510 million years ago segmented worms were evolving with fish.
sandworm

leeches

earthworm
5. They live in water,dirt,or on the ground. 



Monday, October 10, 2011

Mollusks

1. Some mollusks don't have shells and some do.
2.  There are 100,000 species of mollusks that are around in different places.
3. Mollusks have have an open circulatory system.
4.  Mollusks are part of the endangered species.
clam on sand

squid in water
octopus in box
5.Mollusks have a muscular foot that helps them move.


Monday, October 3, 2011

Roundworms

1. Roundworms can live in animal,humans, and in the oceans too,but they can also be in food products.
2. They also can contain very serious diseases and other types of problems.
3. Roundworms are free-living species and scientists think they are only a small portion of all species of roundworms.
4. There very flexible because they have no backbone.
a roundworm
5. They are very nasty worms they can go inside you.





Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Flatworms

planarian
tapeworm upclose


fluke flatworm
  1. Flatworms are really weird animals because they are inside us and animals  they eat food that comes from our(and there) stomach also they aren't supposed to be inside you.
  2. They are more complex than sponges and sting- celled animals.
  3. They are also scavengers that means they things that are dead.
  4. They have form tissues that can sense things around.
  5. There organs digest by doing food,and other materials.   




Monday, September 26, 2011

Sting - Celled Organisms

sea jelly

hydra

anemones

a coral
  1. Stinging-celled organisms can regenerate there  bodies  but they can't regenerate there whole  body.   
  2. They have hollows inside there layers of cells and they can have a salt water or fresh water habitats.
  3. They can sting you and can hurt you like very bad.Or you could die from one.
  4. There are ways they can get there preys they can trap it by using it's tentacles.
  5. They are very easy to find in oceans.   

Friday, September 23, 2011

STAR WARS

Star wars 
Cinquain


Star Wars
big galaxy
cool glowing lightsaber
awesome characters and planets
Pong Krell a trader 
mandolorian woman
savage opress

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Sponges


A yellow sponge
1. Sponges can be any color.
2. They can regenerate there arms and legs. Regenerate means to bring something back.
3. These sponges can suck in water that has plankton,shrimp,krill,and other tiny sea creatures and oxygen.
4. The animals have no backbones which they can also be called invertebrates.
A cylinder sponge
5. Sponges can go into any shapes.        














Tuesday, September 20, 2011

My Favorite Book

My Favorite Book

 My favorite book so far is the Guardians of Ga'hoole. I've seen the movie and liked it. It's a fiction book and I enjoy fiction. I like owls as birds. The author has a good imagination. I'm looking forward to reading the other books.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

What I'm Looking Forward to in 4th Grade

I'm looking forward to in 4th Grade is... to finish the Narnia book. And to read good books for AR.I also want to have lots of fun these 2 years. And new things to learn about too. But I want good teachers also. And really really good grades. And me being a lot more focused than ever. 

Friday, September 2, 2011

Cinquain

Elephant

long tusks
peanut eater
showers from there big trunk
gigantic feet are round circles
huge thing