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82 responses so far ↓
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GR1MR34P3R
// Oct 17, 2006 at 4:21 pm
hi
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Vote Jon
// Oct 17, 2006 at 7:58 pm
This article (Chocolate Rules by Emily Sohn) I found at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com.
This article is about how chocolate has progressed over the years. It talks about how it became a chocolate bar and how they make them. It also the different parts of chocolate flavoring. It talks about how scientists trying to find a way of making chocolate with nuts last longer.
I really liked this article because not only am I a huge chocolate fan but it was cool to see how much chocolate has changed since it was brought to Europe and how many different varieties there are. It was interesting to see how oil from nuts can make a difference in chocolate. And it also said that nut oil can change the texture and coloring in a chocolate bar and make it look like it doesn’t belong on a chocolate bar. Scientists say it dissolves in the cocoa butter that makes up chocolate. Some scientists compare it to a sponge. Some people try to avoid that by putting a candy coating around like a Snickers bar. I thought it was really cool how it says studies show that chocolate might help prevent heart attacks and help cure a bad cough and it also keeps you fro getting sick in general. In the article I liked how it told you how they generally make a chocolate bar. It said there is less than one percent of an artificial flavoring in a finished piece if chocolate. It’s actually real cocoa beans but just mashed up and turned into a bar.
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lizzardboy93
// Oct 18, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Vote jon,
your article sounds realy interesting! i too am a huge fan of chocolate. bark, white, milk, nut, you name it i’ll like it. grate article!
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Jamie
// Oct 18, 2006 at 3:50 pm
this article is interesting. I wish I had a chacolate bar right now. I like chocolate too
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wps93
// Oct 18, 2006 at 5:22 pm
your reflection was good, now i am going to tell my mom that chocolate could save my life. (the heart atack part)
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wps93
// Oct 18, 2006 at 5:24 pm
my comment was 4 “vote jon”
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wps93
// Oct 18, 2006 at 6:10 pm
Can TV viewing cause autism?
by Julia Layton
i fount this article a http://www.howstuffworks.com
Summary: This article by Julia Layton says that autism in the United States significantly increased when cable television was introduced to America.
It also says that autism occurs more often in rainier parts of the US.
Children showing signs of autistic disorders such as refusing eye contact or obsessively focusing on a single object may be the cause of too much television.
The article said “The researchers behind the study believe their findings indicate that watching a lot of television before the age of three can trigger the development of autism in children who are already at risk for the disorder, such as those who carry the supposed “autism threat” mutation on the MET gene.” No one know the exact reason for autism
Reflection: I can’t really tell if this article states the complete truth about T.V. and autism. I think this article had many interesting facts and lots of information. It is sort of hard to believe that people can trigger autism just by watching T.V. Overall I thought the article was good and informative.
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wps93
// Oct 18, 2006 at 6:11 pm
found*
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Silverwolf
// Oct 18, 2006 at 6:43 pm
ON THE SCENT
By Henry Fountain
Summary: This article was about a parasite called a cuscuta pentagona or dodder that is a common parasite that tends to inhabit wheat and tomato plants. Henry writes how the dodder grows towards the tomato plants using a kind of sense that will pick up certain chemicals that draft through the air. The dodder plants grow towards a common chemical that human noses can’t pick up. A dodder favors a tomato plant over a wheat plant because there is a kind of chemical that wheat plants produce that acts as a repellant on a dodder parasite. Scientists are thinking of taking this chemical and spraying other crops that dodders infest with it. They hope that the chemical we make the dodder think twice about infesting a high demand crop again.
Reflection: This article was very interesting. I never thought that small things like dodder parasites could grow to be such a threat to produce. I thought that the article needs no more changing and that it was short and simple enough to make it an interesting short read that wasn’t to dragged out and boring but long enough to keep me from thinking “wow that was good but Henry didn’t go into enough detail.” I thought that this article was great.
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Silverwolf
// Oct 18, 2006 at 6:47 pm
This is a comment about wps93’s summary.
I never knew that watching T.V. could make autistic people more common. I liked how you labled the parts of your reflection and summary. I used that to structure my article and found it alot easier to write it than before. Thanks.
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Silverwolf
// Oct 18, 2006 at 7:06 pm
~I got my article out of the New York Times on Tuesday October 3rd 2006
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clark
// Oct 18, 2006 at 8:13 pm
Weekly Science Article Report #5
I found the article “Copycat Monkeys” (by Emily Sohn on September 13, 2006) at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com.
Weekly Science Article Report #5
I found the article “Copycat Monkeys” (by Emily Sohn on September 13, 2006) at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com.
This interesting article is about an experiment scientists took about baby monkeys. Babies tend to imitate what they see to learn how to interact and speak. In the experiment, experimenters made faces at baby monkeys, then waited for a response, and the monkeys would usually imitate the face of the experimenter.
I liked the article because I have a younger brother and i know ALL about imitation (and rivalry, but thats off subject). I knew that babies started imitating at a younge age, but not that younge. The baby monkeys were only 3 days old on the first experiment (monkey see, monkey do)! The article also explained how as the baby monkeys grew, their imitating slowed down, and by the time they were 14 days, they didn’t imitate anymore! The article was great, but I think it should have been a little bit more descriprtive. It also should have been a bit longer. I rate the article 7 out of 10.
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clark
// Oct 18, 2006 at 8:15 pm
oops, by the way it wasn’t intended for the title to pop up like 3 times, my computer is kind of messed up.
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clark
// Oct 18, 2006 at 8:23 pm
Vote Jon,
That was an awsome report! I have to read the article because i love chocolate. yum…. chocolate…. mmmm….. now i know alot more about chocolate and i am more convinced about my heart rate when i bite into that twix bar. Thanks!
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clark
// Oct 18, 2006 at 8:28 pm
wps93…
Although your reflection was great, i think now i am not going to watch tv for a while. By the way, I never would have guessed that cable could cause such a thing as autism.
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clark
// Oct 18, 2006 at 8:36 pm
This is a comment for Silverwolf,
Your description of the article was great. I felt about the article pretty much the same way you did from your description, it is amazing that such a small thing can effect so much. Great report!
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green
// Oct 18, 2006 at 8:48 pm
Fossils of Dwarf Buffalo Found
by John Noble Wilford
link to article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/science/17buff.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=science&pagewanted=print
This article is about how scientists found fossils of dwarf buffalos that would weigh around 250 and would be 2 and a half feet high at the shoulders in the past, there has also been discoveries of dwarf elephants and little people. All of these fossils have been found on small islands and scientists say that is because since there is less food and water on small islands, the organisms there have evolved to be smaller so they wouldn’t have to eat and drink so much.
I have heard of the dwarf elephants and the little people and now dwarf buffalos. I never knew why they were so small or in the same location until this article told me that it was because of evolution. This really gets me thinking on what an amazing process evolution is. We will never know what it has in store for us humans and other animals and plants on this planet. Mabye someday we will all be dwarfs only 2 feet high.
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clark
// Oct 18, 2006 at 8:53 pm
i know i only have to comment 3 and i already did, but i have a comment about your article.
The subject of pigmy organisms is fascinating, so i liked your report. Did you know that also some animals like rats grow? Also, some sea creatures at the lower depths of the sea grow! OK, i will stop showing off now. Good Work!
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clark
// Oct 18, 2006 at 8:56 pm
ONE LAST THING!!!! when i said they grow (its not that amazing if something grows), i meant they grow above the standards of that species when under the conditions that other organisms would shrink. Now i am done, sorry!
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green
// Oct 18, 2006 at 8:58 pm
clark,
I thought your article was very interesting. I never knew the fact that young babies or monkeys will imitate what you do. I wonder if that would work with cats or dogs. Apparently, you can’t train a dog once they are not puppies anymore so I guess it does somewhat apply to dogs.
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clark
// Oct 18, 2006 at 8:58 pm
ONE LAST THING! when i said they grow (its not that amazing if something grows), i meant they grow above the standards of that species when under the conditions that other organisms would shrink. Now i am done, sorry!
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green
// Oct 18, 2006 at 9:06 pm
vote jon,
your report was immediatly attractive because it was about chocolate. I mean who doesn’t like chocolate? I never knew that chocolate was actualy good for you and will help to prevent you from being sick. thats a great excuse to eat more chocolate. I also heard that when you eat chocolate it alerts the same chemicals in your body that you get when your in love. well i certainly love chocolate!
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chattychicka
// Oct 18, 2006 at 9:40 pm
Ultrasonic Frogs Raise the Pitch
By Emily Sohn
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060322/Note2.asp
Published March 22, 2006
This article describes the Concave-Eared Torrent frogs located in China and their amazing ability to speak to each other through ultrasonic communication. Ultrasonic communication is a high pitch screech resembling a bat’s screech. The special thing about this particular screech though is that humans cannot hear it. However, the article states that scientists have proven though a series of tests that these sounds really do occur. Discovered at China’s Huangshan Hot Springs, these frogs live near a very loud spring, so they must have needed to communicate in such ways so that they could hear over the noise. The end of the article also discussed how the brain of these frogs were tested and that they can hear frequencies as high as 30 kilhertz (which is higher then the average frog).
I think this article was well written and very informative. It shows different tests done on the frogs and the results and also explains why they would need ultrasonic communications more than the average frog. I think the article was a good length and that everything stated was important and stated in an efficient manner. I would have liked to hear the highest sound frequency that we could hear so that we, as readers, could compare.
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chattychicka
// Oct 18, 2006 at 9:42 pm
comment for wps93: That was a really interesting topic you chose! I think that you are right, that the information does seem a tad bit unrealistic, but either way, I really do think that excessive amounts of TV watching could harm your brain in some way. This thesis could probaby work with the computer as well.
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chattychicka
// Oct 18, 2006 at 9:47 pm
comment for jon: That sounds like an awesome article! I really like chocolate too. But despite the fact that it prevents some sickness and various other harmful things, I think that the advantages of eating chocolate do not override the disadvantages: high in calories and sugar. Come on, as much as we all do love chocolate, we must face the facts! Imagine if we all used chocolate as medicine: no one (unless you are allergic to chocolate or something…) would object to that!
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GR1MR34P3R
// Oct 18, 2006 at 11:32 pm
period- 8 10/17/06
Pythons Hearts Pump Up
Author: Emily Sohn
Founded: Science news for kids.com
Date founded: March 9,2005
Summary
To get a workout usually people have to take a jog or play some sports or something like that, but when Burmese pythons want to get a workout all they have to do is eat. These pythons are sort of like me (couch potatoes) except the pythons don’t eat those little snacks, what they do is, usually sit around in one spot for weeks and sometime months until a big meal comes by then they attack it. The bigger pythons usually eat pigs or something the size of a full grown python! A python’s overall body chemistry, or metabolism, can get going up to 40 times as fast as normal after it stuffs its face. The metabolism of these pythons stays active for 14 days, that’s like running a two week marathon. Researchers discovered that a python’s heart and organs expand right after the creature devours its food and later go back to their normal size. First, they measured snake hearts before and after the animals ate. After comparing dried out and natural fluid parts of the heart they found out that, the ratio between the two preparations stayed the same. That means that a digesting python’s heart gets bigger by adding muscle, not by filling with fluid. The scientists also found that the hearts of digesting snakes contain large amounts of a chemical compound that cells use to make muscle fibers. Human hearts don’t show the drastic changes in size that snake hearts do. Scientists predict that studying the python will help them understand how all hearts grow.
Reflection
I think these pythons are so fascinating and the article had so many interesting facts like, the Burmese pythons can go months without eating like what animal can do that, that was incredible and also how they can eat a whole pig or something as big as a full grown python that’s like fourteen feet or bigger and that’s alot of food. I also think I would hate to be the person who has to study these snakes. Why? Well that’s a simple question. One, because I am terrified of snakes and two, that python can eat me!!! AndIi do not know anyone who’s that crazy enough to do that, like woah!
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progress report
// Oct 19, 2006 at 12:50 am
This comment is for Vote Jon:
I am also going to tell my parents about how chocolate can be healthy for you! they’re going to be so bumbfunded! hahaha…
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progress report
// Oct 19, 2006 at 12:55 am
This comment is for wps93:
totally agree, it’s kind of guessing around the edges. It might be this– or not. But otherwise, I think it was a really interesting article, because it brought up some points that can be taken into consideration for further studies.
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progress report
// Oct 19, 2006 at 1:01 am
This comment is for green:
they seem to find more and more things that have evolved over thousands, millions of years. I wonder what they’ll find next. I remember reading an article in the dwarfed people, and I didn’t know why either. The scientist brings up a good point.
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progress report
// Oct 19, 2006 at 1:04 am
#5 Weekly Science Article Report: Mother-of-Pear on Ice
Lab E, Ardito pd.8 10/16/06
Citation:
Where Found: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060201/Note3.asp
Author: Emily Sohn
Date Published: 1 Feb. 2006
Name of Article: Mother-of-Pearl on Ice
Summary:
Scientists have found a way to develop a mother-of-pearl-like material. They mixed water with a ceramic powder and some glue-like molecules, called polymer binders, put the substance into a chamber and then froze it. The mimicked mother-of-pearl (called nacre) is supposedly 10 times stronger then the actual thing. The new material will be affordable, easy to manufacture and environmentally-friendly. It can be used to make parts for machinery and even, replace weak or broken bones.
Reflection:
It’s amazing to me that we have learned to mimic something like pearls. I believe this achievement will lead to other future achievements that will also help us with global problems we face. I think it’s very interesting that the freezing of it actually makes it stronger. You’d think that the freezing of the components would make the chemical bonds weaker. I think the author of the article, Emily Sohn, did a good job telling of the discovery, but I would have liked her to write more about current and future availability to everyday people.
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the coolest kid
// Oct 19, 2006 at 11:48 am
Weekly science article
Astronomers Scope The Weather On Extrasolar Planet by Joseph Harrington.
It is about NASA doing an experiment. It is on weather in space.
What I don’t like about the article is that it is too long. It is very boring. It needs to be more excited. It needs fun stuff for kids like an experiment.
What I like about the article is that it has alot of facts. It is very interesting. And it has interesting things about space. The weather is different in space then earth.
What I don’t like about the article is that it doesn’t have much stuff of the main topic. It talks about the people who are working on the project not about the project it’s self.
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lizzardboy93
// Oct 19, 2006 at 11:57 am
WOW!! I can’t bleave that waching tv could cause autism. It is so unexspected. Mabe i should watch less tv!!!
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lizzardboy93
// Oct 19, 2006 at 12:03 pm
This is a comment for silverwolf.
Your article was compelling and a knowledgeable read. I never knew that a parasite could cause so much damage.
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lizardboy93
// Oct 19, 2006 at 5:03 pm
Article by: E. Sohn Article published: March, 9, 2005
Summary
This article is about arctic algae that are adding to global warming. The study of this warming is on the high altitudes of Canada and Russia. With the temperature changing, it will give the arctic water life a longer time to live befor the water freezes. Scientists from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, wanted to learn more about how aquatic life has changed over the years in these remote places, So they took 55 samples of sediment from the bottoms of dozens of lakes. In the samples, they counted remains of tiny creatures including water fleas, insect larvae, algae called diatoms, and more. They calculated the numbers and found that the deeper it was the older it got. They also found out that the ecosystems started to change about 150 years ago, and since then the pollution started to increase. So of we keep polluting, the arctic algae will start invading.
Reflection
This article was very interesting. I liked that they said where the scientists went and what was going to happen if this didn’t stop. I think that the algae will be less effective to the environment and its surroundings if we pollute less. This article was a good read and it made me think about global warming from a driftnet point of view.
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wise-weasel
// Oct 19, 2006 at 5:21 pm
“New images may give clues to universe’s origin” by Sarah McGregor from http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/sc_nm/science_safrica_galaxy_dc_1 on Wednesday, October 18, 2006.
Inferred images of the Andromeda galaxy (the closest spiral galaxy to our own—only 2.5 million light years away) were recently captured and are offering fresh insight into the nature of galaxies and their origins along with the origins of the universe itself. The images show expanding rings of fire sparked by a collision between two galaxies two-hundred ten million years ago when a large galaxy was hit by a lesser one in its midpoint. The fiery rings continue to expand at approximately fifty kilometers per second. Inferred images may possibly look deeper into the universe to help us understand the makeup of planets, stars, and galaxies along with showing us how they were formed.
The article was cleverly written and displayed much information in an efficiently condensed fashion. I found myself satisfied with what I had learned and thoroughly intrigued by the matter. The author did, however, spare us of a great deal of particulars involving how the images could assist scientists in discovering the origin of the universe. I assume that the reasons behind this lack of detail are a result of the author’s need to allow readers less educated in the subject to comprehend the article, or to prevent the piece from being beyond a reasonable length. I also have the question of how such a large quantity of fire could find so much matter and oxygen to burn so rapidly.
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wise-weasel
// Oct 19, 2006 at 5:30 pm
*Continuation of reflection by wise-weasel: There is a possibility that the fiery rings are composed of hydrogen or another flamable substance, or that they are constantly in the process of doing nuclear fusion.
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wise-weasel
// Oct 19, 2006 at 5:34 pm
Comment to Silverwolf:
I have been intrigued by your article to quite an extent! I knew of the possibility that autism is the result of vaccinations containing mercury, but the alternative cause involving television is new to me and very compelling.
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wise-weasel
// Oct 19, 2006 at 5:37 pm
Comment to ‘vote john’:
I never realized the topic of chocolate was such a scientific matter! I myself am quite a chocolate fanatic and it is amazing how many possibilities their seem to be.
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wise-weasel
// Oct 19, 2006 at 5:41 pm
Comment to ‘progress report’:
This new pearl-like material could really impact the jewelery bussines along with the medical world.
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Tracker
// Oct 19, 2006 at 6:32 pm
Bugs with Gas
Julie Rehmeyer
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061004/Note2.asp
From Science News for Kids Oct. 4, 2006.
Copyright (c) 2006 Science Service. All rights reserved.
Bugs with Gas, by Julie Rehmeyer, is about microbes that live under the ocean floor and seem to produce propane and ethane. Propane and ethane were thought only to be produced by high heat applied to ancient material. Scientists are currently doing more research into these microbes.
The article Bugs with Gas was a little on the short side, although it was interesting. I did not know how propane or ethane was manufactured. Hopefully scientists can figure out a way to use the microbes to help manufacture propane and ethane. Julie Rehmeyer did a good job on this article.
Track
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FuNkYy MoNkEy
// Oct 19, 2006 at 6:32 pm
http://sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20030813/Note2.asp
The name of this article is Like Mother, Like Daughter by Emily Sohn. I found this article from sciencenewsforkids.com.
This article was about how scientists in Italy found a way to clone horses to be identical to their mothers. The article explained to you the process that was done to clone the horse. The article also talked about how the scientists are excited because there was a theory that mothers immune systems could not do this but now that theory is argued.
I really liked this article. I thought that it was interesting how scientists actually figured this out. Cloning seems soooo complicated. If I was the author I wouldn’t have talked so much about the exact process that the scientists did because it became boring after a while. The author also used a lot of scientific terms which made the article more difficult to read and understand. Overall though I really liked this article because i thoght that it was really interesting learning about cloning.
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Tracker
// Oct 19, 2006 at 6:36 pm
This comment is for Vote Jon
Your article was good. My mom’s cousin owns a small chocolate store.
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Track
// Oct 19, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Notice
Tracker and Track are the same person.
Thank you,
Have a nice day!
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FuNkYy MoNkEy
// Oct 19, 2006 at 6:41 pm
comment for chattychicka: I thought that your article seemed really interesting about the frog’s noises. I thought that it was cool how the noises can’t be heard by normal people. I wonder how scientists can figure out that the noise is there?
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Track
// Oct 19, 2006 at 6:44 pm
this commen is for FuNkYy MoNkEy
I agree about the scientific language getting boring. The only question I have is how come they didn’t clone a father hourse?
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FuNkYy MoNkEy
// Oct 19, 2006 at 6:45 pm
Comment for wps93: Wow, I thought your article was really really cool. Autism occurs in rainier parts of the U.S.? That is weird. Finding out that autism might be cause by to much t.v. is really interesting because I would never think that. I hope that I don’t get autism if I watch to much t.v. I wonder if that is actually true?
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Track
// Oct 19, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Comment*
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FuNkYy MoNkEy
// Oct 19, 2006 at 6:49 pm
This comment is for Track: Is that really possible that bugs can produce gas that in some cases could be deadly? That seems a little odd to me. But if it is true that is really interesting. Do those bugs that produce the gas ever come above the ground? If so do they produce the gas then?
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Track
// Oct 19, 2006 at 6:49 pm
This comment is for GR1MR34P3R
Pythons are really cool, and it is interesting how long they can go w/o eating.
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Buddy
// Oct 19, 2006 at 6:59 pm
Stalking Plants by Scent
By: C. Gramling
From: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061004/Note3.asp
This article is about a wiry plant that relies on others. It is called a Dodder. This plant steels all its food from other plants and finds its victims by smell. The Dodder is listed one of the top ten worst weeds in the United States. They can cost farmers millions of dollars because they can destroy their crops. This article also tells how some scientists did an experiment using these plants.
When I saw this article it really interested me. It was interesting to find out about the dodder plant and how it needed to attack other plants in order to survive. It chooses its victims by smell and grows its shoots in the direction of the plants natural perfume. I thought the way the scientists did the experiment was very clever. They put some dodder plants around some or their main targets which included moist soil, young tomato plants, small jars of colored water, and a cup of perfume made from chemicals that tomato plants give off. The seedlings began to grow toward the tomato plant and reached out to the cup of tomato perfume. They did not grow to the soil or the colored water. These plants are pretty smart. I think the author explained everything very well and I enjoyed reading this article.
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I've been caught LEFT handed!
// Oct 19, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Weekly Science Report
Title: MySpace And The Dumbing Down Of Friendship
Author: Rusty Rockets
Found:http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/social_networking.shtml
Summery :
The Author of the story Rusty Rockets explains in the article how technology (myspace and Facebook ect.) is taking over people’s lives, and making people forget about family and friends.
Reflection:
Based on this article and knowing allot about people my age, I agree with Rusty Rockets’ myspace aka technology is addicting . But not just myspace there is also aim, Facebook, itunes, ipods, TV, ect. that most people in my grade use and abuse. Over using these items is an obsession, and if you’re obsessed it might mean you’re not spending enough quality time with your family or even your friends.
My thoughts on technology aren’t entirely negative though. If we didn’t have computer technology we couldn’t run our cars, we couldn’t easily publish books, some home appliances wouldn’t work, ect. ect. ect.
A good idea though was posting our weekly science reports on this web site so we don’t waste paper. I think I’m confusing you right now. You’re probably asking yourself is he/she pro technology or con technology, well I can’t decide. You shouldn’t let the web take over your life but you should also realize computers are helpful when used properly.
-I’ve Been Caught Left Handed
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I've been caught LEFT handed!
// Oct 19, 2006 at 8:25 pm
this is a coment for FuNkYy MoNkEy !
Cloning does sound interesting I know what you mean about the scientific terms and the author talking to much about one particular thing. That happened in my article too!
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GR1MR34P3R
// Oct 19, 2006 at 8:28 pm
this is a comment 4 chattychicka, that is intresting how they can do that i really wish i could but thats really weird that scientists found that out i wonder how they hear the frogs.
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GR1MR34P3R
// Oct 19, 2006 at 8:32 pm
this comment is 4 ive been caught left handed, i agree that technology is taking over peoples lives becauseit could be unhealthy bcuz if all you dois sit infront of the computer or tv or somethin like that then you get no exercise which is very unhealthy. so yea
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I've been caught LEFT handed!
// Oct 19, 2006 at 8:34 pm
This coment is for lizardboy93!
Your article sounds soooooo interesting I want to read it just thinking about it. That is so weird that an algae is adding to global warming I wish we could stop polluting also, but it’s so hard when we have places like china where you can hardly breath there.
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GR1MR34P3R
// Oct 19, 2006 at 8:34 pm
this comment is 4 vote jon,- that was a good article to choose bcuz i expecailly love chocolate =) and also bcuz i always wondered how it was made
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airsoft slinger
// Oct 19, 2006 at 8:35 pm
By Airsoft slinger
Title of article: switch able lenses improve vision
Article by: Emily Sohn
Date of article: April 26, 2006
Internet article: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060426/Note3.asp
Imagine having a pare of glasses that focuses for you. There is going to be. It is electrical and has two black boxes on it. University researches are working with a company called pixel optics, in Roanoke, VA. , To help make this happen. Now when they say glasses make you look smarter they will also be smarter.
I think the idea for the electric glasses is good and can help are community. It is made with two layer lenses with each layer made up of two sheets of glass, with a thin layer of fluid sandwiched between the sheets. The fluid contains a transparent material called liquid crystal. It is made of molecules that are shaped like rods. I think it is cool how it automatically senses what you are looking at and focuses your eye site on it to give you a nice crisp image. They had made lenses like these before but they could not focus well enough to be used for glasses. I love that pixel optics are even trying to make glasses that give you extra sharp images to give you better then 20/20 vision.
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I've been caught LEFT handed!
// Oct 19, 2006 at 8:40 pm
This coment is for Wise Weasel!
Oh my gosh this is a really well written weekly science report . I know it sounds corny but Great Job! It sounds like a college student wrote it!
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airsoft slinger
// Oct 19, 2006 at 8:42 pm
this comment is for funky monkey
i thought you had a good report i think you chose a good article. the thing about cloning the horses cought my atention alot. nice job
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Vote Jon
// Oct 20, 2006 at 3:29 pm
green-
I really liked your article and how they found dwarf buffalo. I have also heard of the dwarf elephants and they sound really cool.
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Vote Jon
// Oct 20, 2006 at 3:31 pm
funky monkey-
I really liked your article because I love horses! That is so cool that scientists can clone a horse to be exactly like their mom.
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Vote Jon
// Oct 20, 2006 at 3:35 pm
wps93-
I really liked your article and I never knew that tv can cause autism! I agree with you about how some facts sound unrealistic.
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Silverwolf
// Oct 20, 2006 at 10:16 pm
Please read my article!
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Buddy
// Oct 22, 2006 at 2:35 pm
Vote Jon,
your article was really interesting. I love milk choclate.
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airsoft slinger
// Oct 22, 2006 at 6:07 pm
this comment is for vote jon
i thought that you chose a cool artical that is about how chocolate has changed over time. the only thing is i found a few spelling erors
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airsoft slinger
// Oct 22, 2006 at 6:10 pm
this comment is for silver wolf
i like tomatos, do you get the paracite from eating them? i liked your report it was very interesting and tought me alot.
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Buddy
// Oct 22, 2006 at 6:52 pm
this comment is for chattychica,
Thats really cool that frogs communicate with a high pitch screech. I enjoyed reading your article. It was cool.
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Buddy
// Oct 22, 2006 at 6:58 pm
this comment is for clark,
That is so cool that monkeys imitate at such a young age. I understand what that is like too! Nice Article
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The music man...woman
// Oct 22, 2006 at 7:53 pm
This commetn is for Vote Jon. I looove chocolate…. but isnt that kind of healthy stuff only in dark chocolate? becuase that is really the mashed up cocoa beans into a bar… w/e anyway… i liked your article…cool thing to write about!
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The music man...woman
// Oct 22, 2006 at 7:58 pm
This comment is for I’ve been caught LEFT handed… nice article..i thought it’s cool that there are now finally people writing about how MySpace and stuff like that takes up everybodys lives!!! cool article!
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The music man...woman
// Oct 22, 2006 at 8:00 pm
This is a comment for clark…. hey i wrote on that article too! no for this but still! awsome! anyway.. nice article, its cool how monkeys can do that isnt it? ok well nice article!
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Silverwolf
// Oct 22, 2006 at 8:14 pm
This is a comment to wise-weasle,
I thoought you had a great response to the article you read. I was thoroughly intrigued by the depth of your desription and since I have always been fascinated by space and the objects within it I was pleased to hear that someone else feels similar about the worlds that we dont know. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
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Silverwolf
// Oct 22, 2006 at 8:19 pm
This is a comment for airsoft slinger,
I thought that your summary was very detailed and I enjoyed learning about the new kinds of things people are coming up with these days. I thought that making a pair of glasses that could see for you was a cool idea. Thanks.
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GuMmi PiGzZ
// Oct 22, 2006 at 8:38 pm
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060913/Note2.asp
Tittle: Copycat Monkeys 101/22/06
Science News For Kids
By: Emily Sohn
This Article is about copycat monkeys. Before Monkeys turn 14 days old, many of them copy what a human does. The study included 21 baby monkeys. They were tested five times before they turned a month old. Before the monkeys turn 14 days most monkeys will copy what the human does such as sticking out your tongue, opening your mouth, smacking your lips…etc. After 14 days old none of the monkeys showed signs of copying the human.
I liked this article because a got to read about monkeys. I really like monkeys so it was interesting for me. I thought the author supported his idea well. He gave the days and how many monkeys copied the humans.
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GuMmi PiGzZ
// Oct 22, 2006 at 8:42 pm
This comment is for FUNKY MONKEY
I think thats really cool. Cloning must be really hard. I wonder why they wouldn’t clone a father horse. I agree about the scientifc terms!
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GuMmi PiGzZ
// Oct 22, 2006 at 8:47 pm
This Comment is for PROGRESS REPORT
What is mother-of-pearl? our country has been able to make more fake things like diamonds and sutff soI think thats really cool that we are able to figure how to make soemthign like that. I hope we can achieve more stuff too.
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GuMmi PiGzZ
// Oct 22, 2006 at 8:51 pm
This comment is for IV’E BEEN CAUGHT LEFT HANDED.
First nice code name I like it. I totally agree with you and your article. I will even admit that I use aim alot and the computer. But its good that we have all of those achievement because even though it is making alot of people lazy it helps kids looking stuff up for school and projects.
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wps93
// Oct 23, 2006 at 11:43 am
comment 4 clark: the reflection was cool and the pic of the monkey is funny
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color_coated
// Nov 1, 2006 at 12:16 pm
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061101/Feature1.asp
in the article , “living in the desert”, by Jennifer Cutaro, the article talks about how animals adapt to their envroments by changing their water consumption.
I think that it is very interesting how the gazels can reduce the sixe of their livers to save on water comsumption. I also never knew that every time you exhale you lose water according to Williams. I also never knew that kangaroo rat gets all of its water from the seeds it eats. I also think that it is very strange as to how the sand grouse bird gets it’s water. The sand grouse’s chest feathers are like sponges and soak up the water. And then when it flys back to its nest it lets it young “suckle” on its feathers.
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color_coated
// Nov 1, 2006 at 12:43 pm
this is for chatty chica
i think you wrote your report very well. i thought that the artical that you chose was very interesting
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color_coated
// Nov 1, 2006 at 12:46 pm
this is for green
i never knew that there were dawf bufflo. but i do know that now a days there are darfs that are only 2 feet tall
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color_coated
// Nov 1, 2006 at 12:48 pm
vote john,
i love chocolate!
this sounds like a really intersteing artical
i never knew that chcolate evolved that much