Mr. Ardito’s Classes

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• 1    smellymelly // Nov 19, 2006 at 7:58 pm

  Out In The Cold
  by Emily Sohn
  This article Out in the Cold, is about penguins. It describes some scenes form the movie March of the Penguins, and it describes the penguins personality, the way they live, and how their habitat is in danger from global warming. Penguin are similar to humans because they pout, play contact sports, and they strut. In a scene from the movie a mother penguin stands over her dead chick and wails to the sky. An animal researcher thinks that these animal movies are a great way to teach people about nature and animals. Penguins have a hard lives. They live in the brutal cold on ice. They have to travel really far to get their food and go for long periods of time without food. Their habitats are shrinking because of global warming. Oil slicks and other types of pollution are making them sick. These animals cannot fly they slide on their tummies and every year meat at the same place to breed. They are in a huge groups when they bread.
  I really liked this article. I now want to watch this movie, March of the Penguins. Penguins are really cute. This article had a lot of good information. I liked the part when it describes the penguins personality and how funny they are too watch. The article had good information and good illustration. I am definitely going to watch this movie.

• 2    openthis99 // Nov 20, 2006 at 9:08 am

  The name of my article is called Copycat Monkeys and it is by E. Sohn. I got the article on http://www.sciencenew.com
  The article is about chimpanzee infants that copy what ever the humans do. They did a study with 21 baby macaques they tested them the first 30 days of there lives. Some of them copyed the humans and some did not.
  I liked this article a litle because i like reading articles about space so it was okay but shon did a good job

• 3    openthis99 // Nov 20, 2006 at 9:09 am

  smellymelly good job i liked it a lot

• 4    Maximumpower4334 // Nov 20, 2006 at 3:37 pm

  To smellymelly

  This is a very interesting article about penguins, and you really helped me to understand more. You have a real knack for this sortoff stuff. Nice Job!

• 5    Maximumpower4334 // Nov 20, 2006 at 4:32 pm

  Virtual you
  By JPL/Caltech
  Found at http://www.firstscience.com/SITE/ARTICLES/virtual.asp

  In this article, the JPL, talks about how a digital human animation system is being made. It will feature a photo realistic human, who lip sinks to your voice. The cool thing about it, since it lip sinks, is that you could email to someone a video of you talking. Caltech is calling this new phenomenon a video phone. Imagine, sending your friend a video message, but instead of you, there’s maybe Pamela Anderson, or Bob Dole talking in your own words to your friend.

  This is a very nicely done article. The author makes this a very fun to read article.
  A-

• 6    Coolcat12 // Nov 26, 2006 at 1:55 pm

  I am going to tell you some of the dinosaurs names that they had back then. Here are some actually all the names of the dinosaurs
  A
  Acanthopholis
  Acrocanthosaurus
  Aegyptosaurus
  Aetonyx
  Afrovenator
  Alamosaurus
  Albertosaurus
  Alectrosaurus
  Aliwalia
  Allosaurus
  Alvarezsaurus
  Alxasaurus
  Amargasaurus
  Ammosaurus
  Amphilocoelias
  Amphisaurus
  Anatotitan
  Anchiceratops
  Anchisaurus
  Ankylosaurus
  Anodontosaurus
  Antarctosaurus
  Antrodemus
  Apatosaurus
  Archaeornithomimus
  Argyrosaurus
  Aristosaurus
  Aublysodon
  Avimimus

  B
  Bactrosaurus
  Bagaceratops
  Bahariasaurus
  Barapasaurus
  Barosaurus
  Baryonyx
  Bothriospondylus
  Brachiosaurus
  Brachyceratops
  Brachyrhopus
  Brontosaurus

  C
  Caenagnathus
  Camarasaurus
  Camelotia
  Camptosaurus
  Carnotaurus
  Caulodon
  Centrosaurus
  Ceratosaurus
  Cetiosaurus
  Chasmosaurus
  Chialingosaurus
  Chirostenotes
  Chubutisaurus
  Chungkingosaurus
  Claosaurus
  Coelophysis
  Coelurus
  Compsognathus
  Corythosaurus
  Creosaurus
  Cumnoria

  D
  Dacentrurus
  Daspletosaurus
  Deinocheirus
  Deinonychus
  Denversaurus
  Diceratops
  Dicraeosaurus
  Dilophosaurus
  Dimodosaurus
  Dinacodon
  Dinodocus
  Dinosaurus
  Diplodocus
  Diracodon
  Doryphorosaurus
  Dromaeosaurus
  Dromiceiomimus
  Dromicosaurus
  Dryosaurus
  Dryptosaurus
  Dynamosaurus
  Dyoplosaurus
  Dysalotosaurus

  E
  Echinodon
  Edmontonia
  Edmontosaurus
  Elaphrosaurus
  Elosaurus
  Emausaurus
  Eoceratops
  Epanterias
  Erectopus
  Eucentrosaurus
  Eucercosaurus
  Euhelopus
  Euoplocephalus
  Euskelosaurus
  Eustreptospondylus
  F
  Frenguellosaurus
  Fulgoretherium

  G
  Gallimimus
  Gasosaurus
  Gilmoreosaurus
  Gongbusaurus
  Goyocephale
  Gravitholus
  Gresslyosaurus
  Gryponyx
  Gyposaurus

  H
  Hadrosaurus
  Haplocanthosaurus
  Herrerasaurus
  Heterodontosaurus
  Heterosaurus
  Homalocephale
  Hoplitosaurus
  Huyangosaurus
  Hylaeosaurus
  Hypacrosaurus
  Hypselosaurus
  Hypsilophodon
  I
  Iguanodon
  Iguanosaurus
  Indosaurus
  Indosuchus
  Ingenia
  Ischisaurus
  Ischyrosaurus

  J
  Janenschia

  K
  Kentrosaurus
  Kentrurosaurus
  Kotasaurus
  Kritosaurus

  L
  Labocania
  Labrosaurus
  Lambeosaurus
  Laplatosaurus
  Leaellynosaura
  Leptoceratops
  Lesothosaurus
  Lexovisaurus
  Liliensternus
  Lophorhothon
  Lufengosaurus

  M
  Maiasaura
  Majungatholus
  Mamenchisaurus
  Marshosaurus
  Massospondylus
  Megadactylus
  Megalosaurus
  Melanorosaurus
  Metriacanthosaurus
  Microceratops
  Microcoelus
  Microvenator
  Mochlodon
  Monkonosaurus
  Monoclonius
  Morosaurus
  Montanoceratops
  Muttaburrasaurus

  N
  Nanotyrannus
  Nodosaurus

  O
  Omeisaurus
  Omosaurus
  Opisthocoelicaudia
  Ornatotholus
  Ornitholestes
  Ornithomimus
  Ornithopsis
  Orodromeus
  Othnielia
  Ouranosaurus
  Oviraptor

  P
  Pachycephalosaurus
  Pachyrhinosaurus
  Pachysauriscus
  Pachysaurops
  Pachysaurus
  Panoplosaurus
  Parasaurolophus
  Parksosaurus
  Patagosaurus
  Pectinodon
  Pelorosaurus
  Pentaceratops
  Piatnitzkysaurus
  Pinacosaurus
  Pisanosaurus
  Plateosauravus
  Plateosaurus
  Pleurocoelus
  Podokesaurus
  Polacanthoides
  Polacanthus
  Polyodontosaurus
  Pronocephale
  Prosaurolophus
  Protiguanodon
  Protoceratops
  Protorosaurus
  Psittacosaurus

  R
  Rebbachisaurus
  Rhabdodon
  Riojasaurus

  S
  Saichania
  Saltasaurus
  Sarcosaurus
  Saurolophus
  Sauropelta
  Saurophagus
  Saurornithoides
  Saurornitholestes
  Scelidosaurus
  Scolosaurus
  Scutellosaurus
  Segisaurus
  Segnosaurus
  Seismosaurus
  Sellosaurus
  Shanshanosaurus
  Shunosaurus
  Silvisaurus
  Spinosaurus
  Staurikosaurus
  Stegoceras
  Stegosaurus
  Stenonychosaurus
  Stenotholus
  Stereocephalus
  Sterrholophus
  Stokesosaurus
  Strenusaurus
  Struthiomimus
  Stygimoloch
  Styracosaurus
  Symphyrophus
  Syngonosaurus
  Syntarsus
  Syrmosaurus
  Szechuanosaurus

  T
  Talarurus
  Tanius
  Tarascosaurus
  Tarbosaurus
  Tenontosaurus
  Thecodontosaurus
  Thescelosaurus
  Tienshanosaurus
  Titanosaurus
  Tornieria
  Triceratops
  Troodon
  Tsintaosaurus
  Tuojiangosaurus
  Tylosteus
  Tyrannosaurus

  U
  Uintasaurus
  Ultrasaurus

  V
  Valdosaurus
  Velociraptor
  Vulcanodon
  W
  Walkeria
  Werhosaurus

  X
  Xenotarsosaurus
  Xuanhanosaurus
  Y
  Yaleosaurus
  Yandusaurus
  Yangchuanosaurus
  Yunnanosaurus
  Z
  Zygongosaurus

• 7    March // Nov 27, 2006 at 7:12 pm

  5 Brain Food Tips for Baby Boomers
  By Jean Carper
  The Journal News
  October, 2006

  This article is about food and how it can make a big difference in how your brain performs especially as you get older. There are lots of different types of food in this article that help you not get Alzheimer’s, like fish, fruits, vegetables, green tea and curry. (Curry is a spice and it helps to improve brain memory. It is very popular in India foods.)

  This article was ok. What I did not like was that it had some big words in it and I did not understand some of the words and they did not put sub tittles at the bottom of the page. Another thing that I did not like was how boring the article was, it was a plane article because it had no catchy words in it. But what I did like was that above the paragraph there was a subtitle and it told what was in the paragraph below it. Another thing is that it has a picture of Tuna’s omega-3 and it is suppose to be very good for you.

• 8    Nickigrad // Nov 28, 2006 at 9:20 am

  Cactus Goo for Clean Water
  By E.sohn

  People need water to survive, and the water has to be clean. If the water is not clean they will get very sick. Clean water,however,can be hardto come come by. Now,scientists are exploring a clever way to make dirty water clean for small communites in Mexico. The secret is the goo from an edible caxtus found all over that country. Long ago, people in latin America used prickly pear cactuses to filter their water, says Norma Alcantar. She`s a chemical engineer at the university of South Florida in Tampa. First, they would boil the plant, which they could eat. They then dumped the boiled water into their drinking water. Gritty particles settled to the bottom, and the water on top was good to drink.

• 9    bigfoot // Nov 28, 2006 at 1:15 pm

  To: openthis99
  I like your report, i red that artical!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 10    cek // Nov 28, 2006 at 1:25 pm

  great job your relly good at writing article

• 11    Monkeyspy // Nov 28, 2006 at 3:26 pm

  Great Job Coolcat12

• 12    Maximumpower4334 // Nov 29, 2006 at 12:27 pm

  This is for Nickigrad

  Nice article dude! You really made some nice points, and really had me thinking. Nice Job!

• 13    maximumpower4334 // Nov 29, 2006 at 1:18 pm

  Robots of the Future
  By Dr. Dylan Evans
  Found at http://www.firstscience.com/site/articles/robot.asp

  In this article, Dr. Evans talks about how the dream of creating a robot might not be to far off. The most impressive robot on the market today, is a dog named aido. Aido has special software in it that alows it to develope its personality when interacting with its owner. They say the key to creating a good robot, is to have one that recognises emotions.

  This is a very nice article. Dr. Evans uses some nice photos, and I like how he uses Aido as an example of a robot on the market.

• 14    mokey girl // Nov 29, 2006 at 9:25 pm

  Nonstop Robot ,Emily Sohn, http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061129/Note2.asp

  This article is about a non-stop robot. It can teach itself to walk even if it is hurt.
  Until now, even the most advanced robot almost always broke down when it was damaged, but not this little guy.

  I think that it is very cool that scientsts have found a way to make a nearly indestructable robot. I say nearly
  because I assume that if you smashed it to smithereens that it would no longer be able to work.
  This robot can sense and recover from damage to its own body.
  Scientists may some day use this technology to make artificial limbs for people.
  -monkey girl

• 15    openthis99 // Nov 30, 2006 at 9:19 am

  very good article march and i did not know food can make difference in how your brain performs even when you get older.

• 16    openthis99 // Nov 30, 2006 at 9:20 am

  good job maximumpower4334

• 17    hotdawg911 // Nov 30, 2006 at 3:51 pm

  Hotdawg911 “Nonstop Robot”

  This article is really, really, really, cool (it is to me)! What makes this article cool? Well for one thing, it talks about how even the most advanced robot was almost certain to break down when damaged. But that this new robot has an internal computer that knows what to do, and what angle to change, when damaged. The robot (which looks like a spider) has eight motors and two sensors that read how the machine is tilting. The motors and sensors all provide electrical signals to the machine’s software. The robot can then choose what shape it took after the damage, from a 100,000 possible situations. After that, the robot, on it’s own, decides what to do next, so that it can stay up for the longest amount of time. This article also has great picture and is written so that anybody can understand it. Now isn’t that cool!

  CHECK IT OUT!
  http://sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20061129/Note2.asp

  “Nonstop Robot”

  E. Sohn

• 18    JAM // Nov 30, 2006 at 4:34 pm

  SICK OF THE FLU

  http://www.nytimes.com

  By: C.Clairborne Ray

  This article starts off with the question

  If the flu shot was meant to keep you from getting sick make you sick are they worth it?

  The question assumes that the Flu shot may be the cause of sickness but, according to the Center for Disease Control the inactivated virus influenza (Flu Shot) can not cause the flu.
  The risk of the shot causing serious harm or death is small. It did state that anyone who had a egg allergy
  Should not have the shot. An interesting thing was coincidentally some people developed a respiratory infection and it led the patient to assume it was from the shot.
  This was a good article because we hear so much about the shot. I myself have asthma and had my shot last month and I just had a sore arm for a few days.

• 19    Pooky star // Nov 30, 2006 at 5:30 pm

  A New Basketball Gets Slick

  Report written by Pooky star

  I got this article at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com and it is written by E. Sohn.

  This article is about how a company named Spalding made a new kind of basketball that they say is better than a regular basketball and wants NBA basketball players to use it. But some scientists in Texas said that the plastic ball didn’t bounce as well than the original leather balls and that with sweat/moisture the new ball wouldn’t be able to grip as well. The scientists say that they are still making more tests and that they don’t want the NBA basketball players to use the new basketballs yet and to keep using the original basketball for the moment.

  I thought that this article was interesting because:

  • The new basketball was made out of plastic.

  • The Spalding Company thought that a plastic basketball would be better than a leather basketball.

  • That the scientists used a wind tunnel to test the aerodynamics of the new basketball.

• 20    Pooky star // Nov 30, 2006 at 5:45 pm

  to monkey girl, thats cool!

• 21    Pooky star // Nov 30, 2006 at 5:47 pm

  to nickigrad, thats a cool way to filter water.

• 22    Striking Ferret // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:09 pm

  Striking Ferret 11/30/06
  I found this article at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/aricles/20061129/Feature1.asp
  The articles name is Putting the Squeeze on Toothpaste by Emily Sohn
  On November 29, 2006

  This article was about how scientific making toothpaste is. It was also about how toothpaste is a solid and the ingredients in toothpaste and how you make it. It is a sandy material with a fluid added onto it. It was also about how toothpaste is always improving and new choices are always popping up.

  I thought she did a very good job in explaining her main points. I think she did this when she was talking about how toothpaste stays together well, and she said that if you bought a brand of toothpaste and it had all sand on the bottom and all fluid on the top then you probably would not want to buy that brand of toothpaste again. Also when she was talking about how making toothpaste was very scientific, she said that scientists needed to work with microscopes and make sure the molecules stayed together in the toothpaste, and she also explained how toothpaste worked.

  I thought she could have explained how toothpaste works a little more.

• 23    Striking Ferret // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:12 pm

  To maximumpower4334:
  I really liked your report on the robots. I thought it was very well written and I liked it alot. I liked the amount of detail you used in your report and I thought it was very interesting.

• 24    Striking Ferret // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:37 pm

  To pookystar:
  Great report!
  I really liked how you expressed your feelings and how you listed why you liked the article

• 25    Striking Ferret // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:40 pm

  To JAM:
  I really liked your article and thought it was very well written
  I am allergic to eggs so I am not able to get a flu shot!

• 26    hotdawg911 // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:46 pm

  To Striking Ferret- Nice job on the report! I was going to this artical, but it sounding kind of boring. But, I’m glad you did.

• 27    hotdawg911 // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:47 pm

  To Pookystar- good job on the report. You made the artical so interesting, I might even read it!

• 28    hotdawg911 // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:50 pm

  To JAM- Great job! I got my flu shot a couple of weeks ago. But nothing serious happened to me

• 29    Stinky Chesse // Nov 30, 2006 at 7:13 pm

  Internet Generation
  Emily Sohn
  Science New for Kids

  The article talks about how the internet affects our everyday life. It talks about whether they are good or bad effects and how we can stop the bad ones.

  I didn’t like this article very much. It asked whether the internet was a good or bad thing but it never answered that question. It just said how it was good and bad. The article also said how to prevent the bad things. The article said it was good because it helped kids interact and feel like part of a community. The bad thing was that strangers can contact you through the internet. The article said that we need to do more to protect kids from the internet. I think that the internet is fine the way it is. A stranger has never instant massaged me. I think the article could have done a better job of saying what people can do to protect kids from the internet. It also was mostly focus about the negative things about the internet. It didn’t really talk that much about the positive things.

• 30    Maximumpower4334 // Nov 30, 2006 at 7:38 pm

  To striking feret

  Nice job! You are really descriptive, and have a knack for making good observation about the article. To fat thumbs way up!

• 31    Striking Ferret // Nov 30, 2006 at 7:45 pm

  To hotdawg911:
  Great article!
  I thought you were very descriptive

• 32    Rocket Man // Nov 30, 2006 at 7:48 pm

  Nonstop Robot
  By E. Sohn
  http://www.sciencenewsforfids.com

  This article is about a robot with four legs, spider looking, and can take a hit without going down. In this article it talks about a robot take can get hit by something and not be destroyed. When it gets deformed it can find a way to walk with it’s body still out of shape. This robot has sensors at the bottom of their feet to tell where it is going.
  I think this was a very amazing because I found out that there is a robot that can that only dies after a very long time. This article was well written and very interesting. This article shows me that some things really are possible. I think the author got strait to the point and explained what it is and what it can do. I hope anyone that reads my report will read the article.

• 33    jwhackdaddy // Nov 30, 2006 at 7:58 pm

  “Non-stop Robot”

  by Emily Sohn

  http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20061129/Note2.asp

  This article was about how some researchers at Cornell University and Vermont University designed a “quad walking” robot that can sensor damage done to itself, and then start to operate (or move) as quickly as possible, responding to the damage. It can sense one-hundred-thousand arrangements of parts, and work with it. Scientists think it is a new way of technology. Like the terminator, all science fiction robots refuse to die. This robot has now proved science fiction.

  This article was pretty amusing, but it didn’t have close to enough information. Maybe she should have got more stuff on how the robot works. Because it was an interesting topic.

• 34    jwhackdaddy // Nov 30, 2006 at 8:04 pm

  To stinky cheese-Your response was a pretty “lengthy” but it explained a lot. Good job on it. It said alot about the article.

• 35    jwhackdaddy // Nov 30, 2006 at 8:08 pm

  To striking ferret- I never actually thought how toothpaste was working in my mouth. I just hoped my teeth would come out clean!

• 36    Pooky star // Nov 30, 2006 at 8:11 pm

  to smellymelly, i saw that movie and there are some sad parts, but there are also some good parts. i really liked your artical. p.s. I hate global warming.

• 37    jwhackdaddy // Nov 30, 2006 at 8:15 pm

  To JAM- I liked your response. It’s pretty random how you shouldn’t take the flu shot if you’re allergic to eggs. I’m allergic to pumpkins! Wierd, right? I hope I don’t have a vaccination that I shouldn’t take!

• 38    purplepower94 // Nov 30, 2006 at 8:51 pm

  The article I read this week is called, “Wired for Math” by Emily Sohn. It is from Science News for Kids (sciencenewsforkids.org) dated December 7, 2005.

  This article is about math, and how people can develop and sense for large numbers, even when they are very young. A psychologist at Harvard wanted to figure out how much math ability kids had when they started school for the very first time. She thought it would better help teachers teach their students, because they would be able to use the knowledge they already had. The article then explains about flash math, which is basically how people have to understand how numbers are symbols that can be used in all different contexts, in order to be able to do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Supposedly, what divides human beings from other animals is how the human brain can figure out exact answers to math problems, but they don’t need to use other tools, such as coins, to count out the numbers. It then tells about an experiment they conducted using five year olds, which showed how little kids can easily figure out which section has more in it, without being able to count whatever is in the each section. At the end, the article says that if children learn to look outside of the symbolism in math, they can really understand a lot.

  I thought this article was very interesting. Since math language can be pretty challenging to understand, it also made to article somewhat difficult to get your brain around, but that generally is about the math subject, not the article. One thing I especially liked was when they described the experiment they did on the five year olds. The writer put in plenty of details about the process, the two separate experiments, and clearly stated the conclusion. I thought that it was very impressive the way that was done, rather than just plain saying “An experiment about math was done and they found out that etc.” It makes the experiment much easier to think of, when you have so many of the details about it. The writer also included pictures. The pictures were not only the cartoons, but there were also shots of the types of things the kids looked at, while they were being part of the experiment. That also was good, because it made it easier to envision. Another thing I liked was the way the article was put together. For example, the experiment was the dominant part, but it was also surrounds with smaller sections, that gave more details on the different pieces of the question they were trying to answer. Since it was pieced together like that, you could read about one portion without being to busy thinking about a completely different thing, which would happen if everything was just squashed together into one section. This article was very well written and interesting. Many people might think it would be boring because it is about math, but it really wasn’t so boring to read.

• 39    March // Dec 2, 2006 at 4:03 pm

  to oppenthis99

  I like your article because it was about monkeys and how some of them copped the humens and some did not

• 40    March // Dec 2, 2006 at 4:18 pm

  to Nickigad

  water does not taste that good but you need to drink it and it needs to be clean

• 41    March // Dec 2, 2006 at 4:24 pm

  to Coolcat

  i like how you listed all of the names of the dinasors

• 42    Bigfoot // Dec 3, 2006 at 11:42 am

  SAMURAI
  From top to bottom

  Did you know that black teeth were beautiful? They were long, long ago in Japan during the time of the samurai. This article talked about where people were in Japan’s social ladder. The emperor was the top man. The emperor was a religious leader with no political power. Then there were the shoguns. They were the highest ranking member of the warrior class and military. Then there was the daimyo who owed loyalty to the shogun. They owned large amounts of land. Then there were the samurai. They were the warriors. They were respected and feared. The only people who could be a samurai were the sons of a samurai. They were the only people who rode horses, could carry two swords and could use last names.

  I liked reading this article a lot. I thought it was cool reading about samurais. I never knew anything about the rules or the status of people. In the end of the article I thought it was probably the best article I read.

• 43    Bigfoot // Dec 3, 2006 at 11:49 am

  TO: maximumpower4334

  good report i liked reading you artical.
  i like robots.

• 44    Bigfoot // Dec 3, 2006 at 11:52 am

  to: strikingferrit

  I liked you report, I never thout about tooth past.
  good report.

• 45    JAM // Dec 3, 2006 at 5:53 pm

  To: hotdawg911
  I liked reading your story about the robot,
  I saw a show on the military channel about hi-tech
  robots.
  JAM

• 46    JAM // Dec 3, 2006 at 6:06 pm

  To: Pooky Star
  Good story about plastic basket balls
  I dont think they will change because of tradition
  but I bet the cows hope they do.

• 47    JAM // Dec 3, 2006 at 6:18 pm

  To:Maximumpower4334
  I liked your story this will make e-mailing
  xtra fun to do.

• 48    laugh-Cackle-SHOP! // Dec 3, 2006 at 6:32 pm

  December 3, 2006
  Secrets of An Ancient Computer

  Information

  This article was written on December 6, 2006 by Emily Sohn and was found on the website address: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061206/Note3.asp.

  Summary

  This article talked about how 100 years ago people discovered a computer that was about 2,000 years old. Further research shows that the computer was used for astrology. It showed the placements of the planets and future eclipses.

  Reflection

  I thought this article was very good. It gave me many facts about the computer and at the same time used a vocabulary was good.
  The only parts I had some trouble with were that I found it a little short and I didn’t understand the pictures. Other then that I thought that it was a great article. I recommend it to anyone looking for something just to read and learn!

• 49    laugh-Cackle-SHOP! // Dec 3, 2006 at 6:36 pm

  Pooky Star
  I wonder how they tested it with wind tunnel? Great article!

• 50    laugh-Cackle-SHOP! // Dec 3, 2006 at 6:39 pm

  -Monkey Girl

  Artificial Limbs for humans. That’s a great idea! I hope they do it too!

• 51    laugh-Cackle-SHOP! // Dec 3, 2006 at 6:42 pm

  -Stinky Cheese

  If you an article is bad you should say it! Well Done!

• 52    Stinky Chesse // Dec 3, 2006 at 6:48 pm

  to smellymelly
  I liked your reflection alot. I want a pet peguin.

• 53    Stinky Chesse // Dec 3, 2006 at 6:56 pm

  to pooky star
  I really liked your reflection. Do you think they should use the new balls?

• 54    Stinky Chesse // Dec 3, 2006 at 7:03 pm

  To Bigfoot
  Good job. I don’t know anything about the social classes in Japn.

• 55    purplepower94 // Dec 3, 2006 at 7:17 pm

  To Pooky star:

  Your report was really good. In your summary you gave lots of details about the new basketball. It was also very good how you specifically said what you liked and why about the article.

• 56    purplepower94 // Dec 3, 2006 at 7:21 pm

  To smellymelly:

  Very nice job. Your reflection was very well written and detailed. You also did a great job explaining the article, and making connections. I think that penguins are really cute too.

• 57    Hotdawg911 // Dec 3, 2006 at 7:24 pm

  I really like the way you discribed this article, I also liked that you said “most advanced robot was almost certain to break down when damaged.” Keep up the good work!!!

• 58    purplepower94 // Dec 3, 2006 at 7:24 pm

  To Rocket Man:

  I liked your reflection. It was very well written and you told what you liked very well. The article sounds pretty interesting. Good job.

• 59    Rocket Man // Dec 3, 2006 at 10:04 pm

  To Openthis99:
  I think that is very funny.

• 60    Rocket Man // Dec 3, 2006 at 10:12 pm

  TO Monkeygirl:
  I did the same article and thought it was cool too.

• 61    Rocket Man // Dec 3, 2006 at 10:16 pm

  To laugh-Crakle-SHOP:
  I think that is report is awsome

• 62    Hotdawg911 // Dec 4, 2006 at 7:39 am

  I really like your article, you are very discripedive! Keep up the good work

• 63    SAMURAI // Dec 4, 2006 at 7:42 am

  GREAT ARTICLE!!! You explained this article really good it makes alot of scence to me now!!! Great job!!!

• 64    dramaqueen // Dec 4, 2006 at 7:57 am

  to:Maximumpower4334
  I loved your article!! It was so cool how a robot can lip-sync!!

• 65    dramaqueen // Dec 4, 2006 at 8:01 am

  to: Maximumpower4334
  I liked that there was a robot dog that could have its own personality. I want Aido!! Keep up the good work!

• 66    dramaqueen // Dec 4, 2006 at 8:03 am

  to: laugh-Cackle-SHOP
  That was so cool that they had computers back then. I liked how you explained your likes and dislikes of the article. Good job!!!!!!

• 67    cek // Dec 4, 2006 at 1:18 pm

  to striking feret nice article I really liked it

• 68    pizzaplace8:00 // Dec 4, 2006 at 3:56 pm

  Chicken Talk By E. Sohn 11/29/06

  When I read the articel Chicken Talk, I didn’t think much of it. It was a cool article because it was about how chickens can “talk” about the things around them.
  The article was okay, but not amazing. I don’t think it was because of how Sohn wrote it. It had an okay beginning and had interesting facts. I really just didn’t care, so I didn’t enjoy it.
  I think it’s importent for an author to make their readers care. Thats a big part of writing. But sometimes, like today, a reader just really couldn’t care less and therefore dislikes the writing.

• 69    pizzaplace8:00 // Dec 4, 2006 at 3:57 pm

  Purple Power94,
  Iread that article too. Large numbers just confuze me. I had to stop reading.

• 70    pizzaplace8:00 // Dec 4, 2006 at 3:58 pm

  Nikigrad,
  You had a good refelction and nice details.

• 71    pizzaplace8:00 // Dec 4, 2006 at 4:00 pm

  Stinky Cheese,
  I did my report on that article a few weeks ago. It was weird. I didn’t like it nor hate it.

• 72    dramaqueen // Dec 5, 2006 at 7:18 am

  http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org
  Emily Sohn
  “Grades Slipping? Check for Snoring”
  This article is about if kids snore, they are four times more likely to get bad grades. German scientists asked 1,129 parents of third graders if their children: never snored, occasionally snored, frequently snored, or always snored (the scientists also found out how the 1,129 students were doing in school). The third graders who always snored or snored most of the time did poorly in math, spelling and science compared to the third graders who never or almost never snored.

  People who snore may have a disorder called “intermittent hypoxia”. This disorder causes people to lack sufficient oxegyn in the blood.

  I liked this article because it was interesting that snoring at night can affect your grades. I liked how Emily Sohn explained about the experiment that scientists did to prove their hypothesis. I would have liked it if the article went more into detail about the sleeping disoder.This article was very interesting!

• 73    mrardito // Dec 14, 2006 at 9:20 pm

  7th Grade Week 9

  I saw a good deal of improvement in your articles after you included the changes you saw to make.
  Some of you still need to work on your spelling, but I saw a good deal of improvement.
  Good work!

  This assignment is worth a total of 15 points, 10 for the report and 5 for your comments.

  Comment by smellymelly 10 (no comments this week)
  Comment openthis99 12 (2 comments)
  Comment by Maximumpower4334 15 (very good work)
  Comment by Coolcat12 8 (no comments)
  Comment by March — November 27, 2006 @ 7:12 pm
  Comment by Nickigrad 10 (good article, no comments) —
  Comment by bigfoot 12 (good article, 2 comments) —
  Comment by cek 5 (good comments, no article)
  Comment by Monkeyspy 2 (1 comment, no article)
  Comment by mokey girl (15 — good job) —
  Comment by hotdawg911 (15 — good job)
  Comment by JAM — (15 good job)
  Comment by Pooky star (15 good job)
  Comment by Striking Ferret — (15 good job)
  Comment by Stinky Chesse — (10 good article, no comments)
  Comment by Rocket Man — (15 good job)
  Comment by jwhackdaddy — (15 good job
  Comment by purplepower94 — (16 excellent work)
  Comment by Bigfoot — (12 — good article, 2 comments)
  Comment by laugh-Cackle-SHOP! — (15 good job)
  Comment by pizzaplace8:00 — (15 good job)
  Comment by dramaqueen — (15 good job)

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