Mr. Ardito’s Classes

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• 1    january g man // Nov 27, 2006 at 3:48 pm

  This article is about how sound works. I like it because it tells you exactally how sound travels, and how it is made. Sound is a very interesting thing when you get to know it well. Here is an example of what sound is; a build up of pressure in a wave causing a domino effect, expanding outward.

• 2    ManiacLeprechaun // Nov 27, 2006 at 5:04 pm

  This is for january q man’s article.
  That is so cool. I did not know that waves were an example of sound. But could you please explain how waves are an example of sound? Also, how is sound made? I would like to know how a hand clapping produces noise. This is a very interesting topic, but I think you could have explained the article a little better.

• 3    ManiacLeprechaun // Nov 27, 2006 at 6:06 pm

  Weekly Science Article
  This article was found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_warfare
  Re-Tell: Chemical Weapons are the use of chemicals to injure, kill, or incapacitate an enemy. Chemical weapons are considered Weapons of Mass Destruction by the UN. (United Nations) Chemical weapons are considered to be separate from Nuclear and Conventional weapons because the use of Chemical weapons does not depend on explosions. The use of living organisms like Anthrax, are considered to be Biochemical Warfare. Using things such as Toxins, however, is considered to be Chemical Warfare. Some weapons cause serious burns, while others cause things such as temporary blindness, and some even cause the victim to become extremely confused and disabled.
  Response: Any form of Warfare is a bad thing, anything that was designed to kill another person is a bad thing. But Chemical Warfare, stands above the rest. You are attacked from the inside out, by means of something that is very hard for you to detect, and even harder for you to stop. You are burned, hurt in horrible ways. You suffer, just like all weapons were designed to do. But with Chemical Weapons, you are disabled, unable to see, or breath, or think in some cases. Chemical Warfare is a dangerous and horrible thing, which should not be done to anybody.

• 4    bill // Nov 28, 2006 at 11:17 am

  I think that you put a lot of information about the topic. I like your topic chemical weapons. I think you gave a very detailed description. I think you told everything that you can tell about your topic. You said something about anthrax and how bad it is if you get it. Anthrax can eat away your skin and kill you. I know that because I did a project on it last year. Good job

• 5    The coolest kid // Nov 28, 2006 at 11:26 am

  Hot Spider

  “Hot peppers, hot spiders.” It is by E. Sohn. It is about how hot peppers and hot spiders are alike. And how they are not alike.
  What I don’t like about the article is that it is very boring. It needs to be more fun. And it needs more pictures. It needs more description on the spider.
  What I like about the article is that it has a lot of facts. And its pictures are really good.

• 6    101kid.com // Nov 28, 2006 at 12:03 pm

  This article is from http://www.mysticalblaze.com/SpontaneousCombust.htm. this article is about spontaneous human combustion. There are looking to prove that it is possible. In the article they reenact that they believe to be Spontaneous Combustion by using a pig, because pig fat and human fat are almost identical. In the article they prove that it’s possible to burn in the same way. But they still can not find the cause of the fire.

  I think it’s a good article it’s so interesting. I didn’t know that fats were different.

• 7    White Ivy // Nov 28, 2006 at 5:39 pm

  This comment is for maniacleprechaun–wow that article was really interesting…I agree with you that chemical warfare is very dangerous and horrible–great job!!!

• 8    White Ivy // Nov 28, 2006 at 5:43 pm

  This comment is for 101kid.com–I think this article was kind of strange, but interesting all the same. Who knew that pig fat was almost the same as human fat? What makes them different from other fats? Your article opened up a lot of new questions for me–try and make it a litle longer next time though–good job

• 9    White Ivy // Nov 28, 2006 at 5:46 pm

  This is a comment for The Coolest Kid–Your article sounds like it would be fun to read, but you didin’t put a lot of detail in–What are some of the similarities of the spiders and peppers? Differences? You had a great opinion there though-I like how you told us what the article was missing.

• 10    White Ivy // Nov 28, 2006 at 6:08 pm

  Mercury Contaminates Eastern Songbirds
  By:Jennifer Uscher
  Source:Nature Conservancy magazine
  This article is all about how methylmercury is being located in songbirds and surrounding species. Scientists are doing research on it, and have found that mercury mainly affects aquatic life, but is also spreading to land. “‘The more we look, the worse it gets,’” said biologist Tim Tear. To continue researching, the Global Conservation Approach Team and other researchers tie up nets to catch birds such as hermit thrushes and common yellowthroats. The researchers then take feather and blood samples only to find that the mercury is indeed within their bodies. Most scientists agree that the main cause of this is coming from coal-fired power plants in the Midwest. The chemical is carried on winds to the Northeast states where it mixes in with the water and land. The mercury settles in leaves and such, which is eaten by insects. And guess what eats those insects? Our dear little birds who now have the awful mercury inside them. It’s almost like a derranged food chain. Power plants, to wind, to land, to insects, and finally to the birds. Some of the birds with the highest mercury levels are the wood thrush and Louisiana waterthrush. These two species are having the biggest population declines. The declines might also be coming from acid rain, which is affecting the ecosystem in a not-so-nice way.
  I don’t even know where to begin on my response. I always had a thing for birds, and this really upsets me. And about the power plants…don’t you think people would have learned by now? I’m glad that scientists are on the case, and I’m glad that I read this article.

• 11    ManiacLeprechaun // Nov 28, 2006 at 6:31 pm

  This is for White Ivy’s Article. You did a great job. You really described the article extremely well, and didn’t miss a detail. That is amazing, the poor birds… Anyway, very well done!

• 12    ManiacLeprechaun // Nov 28, 2006 at 6:34 pm

  This is for 101kid.com’s article. That is kind of scary. How can human combustion be possible? It seems very unlikely that it can happen. But, I also don’t understand the connection between fat and combustion. Is it like, if you are to fat, your skin cannot hold it in, and it explodes? Very interesting topic. (Why does it say “abschicken” where it used to say “say it”? Is that a glitch or something?)

• 13    H!Gh ScH00l never 3nds // Nov 28, 2006 at 8:48 pm

  Hot Pepper, Hot Spider

  This article is about hot peppers that have the same effect as a spider’s venom that cause pain sensors of some cells. This is from a burning felling that triggers these cells to have that pain. The neurons are special cells that trigger this pain to the brain and body to make you have these painful fallings. These molecules giving the peppers such a spicy kick of flavor.

  I found this article interesting because who would have thought two totally different things have the same chemical to make a painful felling on the human cells. I also chose this article because I like to eat spicy stuff and I love hot peppers!

  http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061115/Note2.asp

• 14    moi171 // Nov 29, 2006 at 11:39 am

  i think that maniclepricons article was over rated

• 15    volleyball chick 4 lifee // Nov 29, 2006 at 7:29 pm

  “Putting the Squeeze on Toothpaste”
  By Emily Sohn

  The article is about how toothpaste is improved and how much money goes into making toothpastes that taste better and clean your teeth better. Sohn also talks about the different tests that have to be done to the toothpaste to make it do the things the tube says it does.

  I liked this article for informational purposes, for example if I was researching toothpaste, I would look for some information in this article. But for an article to read for fun and then write a short report on, I thought it was boring. I think it was well written, and full of good information, but it was very dull to read. It also left me with some questions such as how does the buyer know which toothpaste is the best without scientifically testing it? Do scientists know which toothpaste cleans your teeth the best?
  Toothpaste isn’t usually the thought in my head, but this article made me think about it more. I honestly don’t care if the toothpaste I’m using is the best toothpaste out there. All I care about is that it cleans my teeth.

• 16    White Ivy // Nov 29, 2006 at 7:35 pm

  this comment is for volleyball chick 4 lifee–you had an interesting topic there. I had no idea that toothpaste could be so complicated! I agree with you though-I don’t care what kind of toothpaste it is–as long as it cleans my teeth! great job!

• 17    lola // Nov 29, 2006 at 7:42 pm

  This comment is for White Ivy. Your article was really interesting but made me feel really sad. I know to most people birds aren’t exactly the most cute and cuddly of animals, but reading this makes me see how sad it is that some speices of bird might become extinct. Your reflection at the end showed how you really felt about the article. You used really good detail. Next time try making your reflection a little longer. Over all, great job!

• 18    lola // Nov 29, 2006 at 7:48 pm

  This comment is for the coolest kid. Your article is so cool! Just to think that spider venom and hot peppers cause the same pain sensors in cells is an amazing fact. I never did like hot peppers and now I know why! Next time, try to make your article a little longer. And maybe explain more on what you thought of the article so the reader can get your perspective on it.

• 19    lola // Nov 29, 2006 at 8:24 pm

  Found in - National Geographic
  By - John L. Eliot

  The article I chose was called “Power Beak.” It is about how the structure of a toucans beak could help save lives in the future. A very large species of toucan called the toco toucan has an orange - yellow beak that is about six to nine inches long. The beautifully colored beak is designed so that it is both strong and powerful, but light. Marc Andre Meyers a materials scientist at the University of California, San Diego has a very good idea that I think (if used) will save lives in the future. Meyers thinks that the two - part construction of the bill, can be used to offer protection in cars and other motorized vehicles. The surface of the toucans beak is made of keratin. (Keratin is the same material that is in our hair and finger nails.) But the outer layer is a solid structure. Like shingles on a roof, tiny hexagon shapes over lap each other to form the outer structure of the beak. The inside is much different then the shell. The interior is made up of bone. It consists of light weight foam made up of little cells and membranes. This is what makes the beak so light as well as a couple small hollow spaces in the interior.
  I think this article could be really helpful in the future. If the structure of a toco toucans beak can be used as an idea for cars in the near future, what else do you think we could do? This makes me wonder about how many other things that there could be waiting for us to discover. I think saving lives is a good thing but sometimes too much of a good thing could be bad. Like the prices of cars could go up, including gas prices.
  I think the article was written really well and the pictures of the toucans beaks were amazingly colorful that it almost seems unreal. I think that John L. Eliot put in too much about what Marc Andre Meyers thinks and says. There are a lot of not useful facts about him that the reader has no need to know at all.

• 20    lola // Nov 29, 2006 at 8:29 pm

  This comment is for volleyball chick 4 lifee. Your reflection is really good because you can see your opinion on it. Obviously you thought it was kind of boring but that was a good thing. (It’s probably just what Mr. Ardito wants = to see your perspective on the article you chose. Great job!

• 21    Alphabetsoup // Nov 30, 2006 at 3:45 pm

  Chicken Talk

  According to new reasearch chickens make noises relating to the things around them. Male chickens make certain noises when they find food, and females hear the noises the go over and eat some to. Sometimes chickens make alarm noises when they are scared by a intruder. The call is different depending if the inturder comes near or leaves them be. Other chickens react by looking at the ground or in the air. The scientists did a expariment by putting 3 corn kernals on the ground to alert them when their is food around. The female chickens started looking 7.5 seconds after the male started calling.

  -sciencenewsforkids.org

• 22    PinkButterfly 397 // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:08 pm

  The article I read was called “Putting the Squeeze on Toothpaste”, by Emily Sohn. The article was written on Nov. 29, 2006. The article was about the new kinds of toothpaste coming out and how toothpaste is made. In the article it says toothpaste is made up of finely blended mixture of liquids and small, sandy particles. Called abrasives, they scrub the grime off your teeth and make them white. In the article it said that the sand particles are heavier then the other ingredients but they don’t sink to the bottom because molecules in the mixture hold everything in place. Companies are changing their toothpastes to make them better but by adding new ingredients to the toothpaste, it may make the paste fall apart though. To keep the toothpaste together scientist use special tools to measure the strength of the particles. But the toothpaste is very stable and it takes a long time for the toothpaste to separate into different layers.

  This article was very well written. I find it insane though that people are spending millions of dollars to find new toothpaste. I think that we should spend millions of dollars on things we actually need to deal with instead. Not on green tea, and blue–green algae toothpaste. I know our teeth are very important and that you should brush them twice a day to take care of them but we don’t need all of these different kinds of toothpaste. But I find interesting that there is sandy particles in our toothpaste. Toothpaste is smooth; you cannot fell the sand in the toothpaste.

  I found this article at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/

• 23    PinkButterfly 397 // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:14 pm

  volleyball ckick for life- I totally agree with you the article was kind of boring. Good response to the article. You did it perfectly!!!

• 24    PinkButterfly 397 // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:17 pm

  The coolest kid-I think that you should add more to what the article was about. Like give some examples because I didn’t get the full picture.

• 25    PinkButterfly 397 // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:25 pm

  Alphabet soup- Your retell of the article is very good but I do not see you Opinions on the article.

• 26    volleyball chick 4 lifee // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:47 pm

  This comment is for The coolest kid.

  I think your article was good, but I think it was not long enough. You should add a little more about what was in the article. You also have a lot of and’s in it. You should try and blend together some of the sentences because there are too many and’s it sounds like you’re running out of breath

• 27    DARLiNGPiNK! // Nov 30, 2006 at 6:59 pm

  Weekly Science Report

  Article Name: AIDS to be 1 of top 3 Causes of Death
  Author: The Associated Press
  Where it can be found: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15922956/

  This article is about how two people, Dr. Colin Mathers and Dejan Loncar, estimated the death toll from different diseases. Currently the top four diseases are heart disease, stroke, respiratory infections and AIDS. The researchers predict that in 30 years that the causes of death in the world will be similar, but the numbers will be much higher. Currently AIDS accounts for about 2.8 million deaths worldwide, but by 2030, it is expected to account for about 120 million deaths worldwide, which is a massive jump. The only way that not so many people will die from AIDS is if new HIV infections are controlled and there is more access to antiretrovirals which help prolong infected people’s lives. If that is done only about 89 million people will die from it, even though that is still a significant jump in numbers. Mathers and Loncar looked and analyzed date from more than 100 countries to figure this out and looked at U.N. estimates for AIDS infection rates.
  This article was really interesting to me because I am incredibly interested in HIV and AIDS. Besides the fact that I’m interested in AIDS, I also chose it because World AIDS Day is tomorrow (Friday) and HIV and AIDS have significantly impacted the world over the past years. This article gave two different views on estimated death tolls: the pessimistic view and the optimistic view. I think that that was really good because you have to be optimistic about AIDS because who knows, someone might find a cure in the next fifteen years. It’s also good to be pessimistic about this because you cannot give anybody false hope. As far as we know, AIDS will become the leading cause of death.
  This article was also well written, but I think they should have made it more clear who was researching this. The author also threw in a lot of different names, and organizations. Overall it was a really good article and very informative.

• 28    DARLiNGPiNK! // Nov 30, 2006 at 7:03 pm

  This comment is for volley ball chick 4 lifee.

  You did a really good job on your weekly science report. I really liked how you said that the article was good for informational purposes , but it was boring for reading. You’re a really good critiquer because you can find the good and the bad. Toothpaste really isn’t that interesting and I can’t imagine someone would want to invent toothpaste for a living, but hey, they like it.
  Overall great job on the article and good critiquing!!

• 29    DARLiNGPiNK! // Nov 30, 2006 at 7:06 pm

  This comment is for ManiacLeprechaun.

  You always seem to be the first one to put your article on the blog!! I also see a pattern here, warfare. Anyways, I really liked your article on Chemical Warfare. You didn’t give too much information on it, but you told us why it is so horrible. It really is horrible. You’re right, warfare is bad in general, but to me chemical warfare sounds the worst.
  As usual you did a great job!!

• 30    DARLiNGPiNK! // Nov 30, 2006 at 7:09 pm

  This comment is for Alphabetsoup.

  Your retell of the the article was really good, but I think you should have added a response to the article. Do you like chickens? Why did you pick the article. I’d be really interested to hear why you picked the article because chickens don’t seem very interesting, but I guess they appeal to you.
  You did a really good job, but next time don’t forget to add a response!!

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

  Found in - National Geographic
  Article written by - Michael Klesius

  The article I chose is called “The Persistent Poppy.” It is about the plant called poppy, which in it has the primary ingredient in heroine. In Afghanistan, the country has remained hooked on the poppy. The dried gum that can be extracted from the plant seed pods is what is in heroine. A recent survey by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime states that the people in Afghanistan have planted 59 percent over what they have in 2005. One reason for this is the addiction. Addiction to heroine has been effecting 1.4 percent of Afghans ages 15 to 64. That is more than twice the U.S rate. This has a horrible outcome on many families. Families being addicted to the drug can result in major economic problems. Afghanistan is a place where most women don’t have as many right as you and I do. Families have been pulled apart and have gone poorer then ever, when the husbands of many wives have become addicted to heroine. In 2005 the government did very little to try and reduce the addiction. What is even worse is that poor families and other families aren’t planting a field of corn or a field of wheat. This is happening because a field of poppies can generate about nine times the income that another type of crop could.
  I think it is so horrible that this is happening to Afghanistan. I think that they have it bad enough already with their “war-shattered economy“. The way the article was written really gave me the sense that the poppy seed pods and the need to plant them is taking over the people of Afghanistan. Almost as if they couldn’t stop and this is basically all that they live for. This article really intrigued me. To me it was really interesting to read. One of the reasons I think this is because it wasn’t written confusingly. And also, it really brought out the meaning of the article.

  EXTRA CREDIT REPORT

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

  This comment is for Alphabet Soup. I think your report was really well written. It’s easy to understand and really interesting. When I was reading it, I wasn’t bored at all. I think the article you picked was really good and fun. And so awesome! Great Job!!!

• 33    lola // Nov 30, 2006 at 7:51 pm

  My last comment was for Pink Butterfly not alphabet soup. Sorry!

• 34    lola // Nov 30, 2006 at 7:56 pm

  THIS comment is for ahphabet soup. Your report on what sounds chickes is really cool. You did a really good job summerizing the aricle but I don’t think there was a reflection. Next time try to make your report longer. *Give a nice good long reflection* and maybe *Use more detail when you summerize the article.*

• 35    lola // Nov 30, 2006 at 8:02 pm

  This comment is for 101kid.com. You need to make your report much longer. Especially your reflection at the end. You do share your opinion but add some more detail on what you think about it.I think that will boost up your grade and maybe make it more interesting for other people to read.

• 36    green // Nov 30, 2006 at 8:08 pm

  Scientists Say Concrete Was Used In Pyramids.
  John Noble Wilford
  article found: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/science/30cnd-pyramid.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin

  This article is about how scientists have been finding concrete in eygptian pyramids. Until now, they thought that the eygtians used only limestone carvings. They say that this is the first known concrete technology.

  I never really knew where concrete came from and I think its cool that it was used so long ago. I don’t even know how concrete works.

• 37    flyinggecko101 // Dec 1, 2006 at 9:22 am

  Nonstop Robot
  Nov. 29, 2006
  Emily Sohn
  http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061129/Note2.asp

  This article interests me a lot because this four-legged spider robot is known to be indestructible. This robot adapts to its environment and can keep moving even though it’s injured. This robot can be modified to many different figures other than a spider. This robot is sophisticated because it has 6 motors (one for each leg) and 2 sensors to tell it’s self it’s tilting.
  This was a very interesting article because this robot reminds me of a cockroach because it is indestructible. I liked this because I always wanted to build a robot as sophisticated as this one. This robot is amazing because with the simplest structure it can do a lot of things.

• 38    The coolest kid // Dec 1, 2006 at 9:25 am

  This is for 101kid I didn’t know that fat humons and fat pigs are identicle.

• 39    The coolest kid // Dec 1, 2006 at 9:27 am

  This is for flyonggecko101 I didn’t know that for-legged spiders is known as indistrotible.

• 40    The coolest kid // Dec 1, 2006 at 9:29 am

  This is for lola I didn’t know that afganistan was hooked on poppy.

• 41    spygirl93 // Dec 1, 2006 at 4:49 pm

  This article is about toothpaste. Not just toothpast how it is made and Anew type of toothpast that is coming out. The author is Emily Sohn and came from http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com . There are many different things in toothpast like some solids and liquids. There are small powdery particles called abrazives. This is what makes toothpaste considered a solid. In order to keep the toothpaste in good condition, scientists use scensitive microscopes. These are used for determining how strong the bond is that keeps the toothpaste together as a solid.
  I think this article was very interesting i never knew that toothpaste was actually a solid and had to do with science. I never knew toothpaste had so many things in it like abrazives (small powdery substance). Now I know that when a toothpaste company says that their toothpaste does something incredible, like whiten i can trust it. Or I will know that they tried to make it as best as they could to do the things they said they would do.
  =) =0 =( =) =0 =(

• 42    spygirl93 // Dec 1, 2006 at 4:56 pm

  this is a comment for lola

  that is really cool that they could use the material that is in tocan beaks (or the equivalent to it) to make things like cars safer. it is a really good thought.

• 43    spygirl93 // Dec 1, 2006 at 4:58 pm

  to Pinkbutterfly
  you and i did the same artice and it was really good. Your response was a good description of the article. GOOd job = )

• 44    spygirl93 // Dec 1, 2006 at 5:00 pm

  to alphabetsoup

  it’s really cool that chickens make different noises for different things. kind of like when babies want something they make diferent cries.

• 45    Gia Beth // Dec 2, 2006 at 3:38 pm

  The article I read was called “Chicken Talk” written by emily sohn. I found it at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/2006//29/note3.asp

  the article Chicken talk was about the way chickens seem to understand what the others are “clucking” about.

  I think the author did a good job explaining why they think chickens can understand what the others are telling them. She did a good job because she talked about an experiment researchers did to prove that different sounds had different meanings. The experiment used two groups of hens and a recording of a male food call. They gave the first group of hens a little food (three corn kernals) before playing the recording. Then they played the recording to the hens that hadn’t been given any food. “Hens that already knew food was available looked at the ground for just 3 seconds. Food-deprived hens, on the other hand, searched for an average of 7.5 seconds . . . the birds seem to know what the call means.” I think it’s amazing that chickens, who aren’t thought of as being very smart, are able to communicate in a way similar to how we do.

• 46    Gia Beth // Dec 2, 2006 at 3:41 pm

  Comment for Alphabetsoup - I found that article to be very interesting and a little different that you described. But good job.

• 47    Gia Beth // Dec 2, 2006 at 3:47 pm

  ManiacLeprechaun - I loved your response. It’s completely and positively true.

• 48    Gia Beth // Dec 2, 2006 at 3:59 pm

  DARLiNGPiNK! - Your report was really super great. It’s sad that the number of deaths from AIDS might go up so much in that amount of time. But I just have one question: what does pessimistic mean?

• 49    rorofosho // Dec 2, 2006 at 5:25 pm

  Weekly Article

  The article I read was called “Phobias: Causes & Treatments,” by Erin Girsley. I found this article searching for the causes of phobias through google.com. The article was about what causes phobias, and how to treat them, it also lists phobias such ascathisophobia, the fear of sitting down. All phobias fall under three categories, agoraphobia & social phobia. Agoraphobia is the most disabling class of phobias, due to all of the symptoms it causes. Phobias usually don’t go away without treatment and may be caused by a bad experience. One way to treat symptoms of a phobia is “behavior therapy,” where the person faces the object that they are afraid of. This is the most successful treatment.

  I enjoyed this article very much, especially because I have a phobia of yogurt. The article was written well, and cited all its information. The way it was organized was good to, it used a numbering and indenting, which made it easier to read. It gave good advice on how to treat your symptoms, even though I’ll never want to look at yogurt. What I didn’t like was that all information that was cited, showed where it was cited from right after the sentence, which got in the way of your reading.

  You can find this article at
  http://allpsych.com/journal/phobias.html

• 50    ManiacLeprechaun // Dec 3, 2006 at 4:22 pm

  moi171 could you please explain to me how my article was overated? Are you even in our class? I would very much like to know what you find to be wrong with my article, instead of an eight word response that seems to have been thrown together in five seconds. Please tell me what you find to be wrong with the article I choose, so I may improve? (By the way, it’s ManiacLeprechaun)

• 51    White Ivy // Dec 3, 2006 at 5:30 pm

  LITTER BUGS:by Mary Knight
  This article is all about a kind of assasin bug (a bug that eats other bugs) and how it prevents being eaten, while getting it’s own food. The bug is very good at blending in with it’s surroundings, and this is why it is almost never eaten.To blend in, they kick up their environment onto their backs using miniscule brushes on their hind legs. Some examples of the environment would be soil, sand, plant material, or even corpses or molted shells of other bugs. Once the bug has the debris on it’s back, little hair-like structures on their backs oozes out a gluey substance which sticks the debris onto it. The assasin bug is then free to roam without hardly ever being seen. This is how it obtains it’s food. It might lay quietly until a small lizard or another assasin bug happens to wander by, not being able to see throught the bug’s disquise. But the bug will grow, as bugs often do. If they are still growing in a juvenile stage, their glue and leg brushes will grow with them-they will just need to get more camoflouge. But once the assasin bug molts to its adult stage, it is more vulnerable because the glue and brushes both dissapear. The bug is then on it’s own in the wild, and may be possibly eaten by a younger assasin bug.
  This article was kind of weird. I find it interesting how different animals have different ways of camoflouge. I picked the article, because well, I don’t know. I guess I liked the title, and ended up reading it. The article was short, and I think Mary Knight could have put much more detail into it. She also uses the word ‘juvenile’ too much. The article doesn’t have a picture, and I think it should because now I’m wondering what it looks like with and without the camo. Anyways, the article was still interesting to read.

• 52    White Ivy // Dec 3, 2006 at 5:32 pm

  (That was my second report for #9. I mainly just did it for fun, and maybe a few extra points!)

• 53    volleyball chick 4 lifee // Dec 3, 2006 at 9:05 pm

  This comment is for rorofosho.

  I loved your article. I think it was really well written, and I liked you reflection at the end because it stated your likes and dislikes. I also love how you included your own phobia; it seems you really related to the article. Overall, great job!

• 54    volleyball chick 4 lifee // Dec 3, 2006 at 9:10 pm

  This comment is for green.

  I liked your article, but I think you could have put a little more of your own opinion into it. You didn’t say too much about what you liked or disliked about the article, and I think that if you did, it would polish off your article quite nicely. Good job!

• 55    Earthchild // Dec 5, 2006 at 11:58 pm

  Article: E. coli at Taco Bell
  Author: Angela Delli Santi, AP
  Found: Aol.com

  Tainted Taco Bell food has been found and is infecting Americans in the New York metropolitan area (New Jersey and Long Island). The E. coli outbreak infected roughly 36 people and it was traced to 11 establishments.
  E. coli is a form of bacteria that lives in the human body. One strain can cause severe illness. The symptoms of E. coli include abdominal cramps, bloody diarrhea, kidney failure in young or elderly people and people with weak immune systems.
  The treatment for E. coli is not to take antibiotics. The infection goes away after 5 to 10 days. To prevent the infection from spreading, it would be a wise choice to wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly, to cook all meat, and to drink only pasteurized juice and milk.
  This bacterium is found in the feces of humans and livestock and is also transmitted through unwashed hands after someone has gone to the bathroom.
  In New York and New Jersey, nine people still remain hospitalized.

  Reflection:

  I thought this article was interesting. Every single day, people realize something gross and disgusting about fast food restaurants. As a result, more tainted food is being found and more people are getting sick. I was very surprised to hear that E. coli kills 61 Americans a year, and 73,000 get infected. The author wrote the article in a way so that I wouldn’t get overwhelmed by the length. This article, just like Super Size Me has opened the public’s eyes to the dangers of fast food restaurants. Does this have something to do with the spinach incident from earlier this year? Why do people eat in fast food restaurants today, if we now know more than we did before about the food quality?

• 56    Earthchild // Dec 6, 2006 at 12:02 am

  for rorofosho the idea you have about phobias and stuff like that is good and the article you summarized sounded interesting. I don’t believe I have any phobias but what do you mean by a social phobia??

• 57    Earthchild // Dec 6, 2006 at 12:09 am

  for lola,
  I read your article. I think that the poppy shouldn’t be the only thing keeping afghanistan’s economy alive.
  I think that our country’s occupationin the country is slowing down its posible alternetive. Did you know that the juice a poppy produces is an ingredient in mophene and opium aswell?

• 58    Earthchild // Dec 6, 2006 at 12:13 am

  for white ivy,
  You’re article is very cool.
  The bug that you’re describing sounds like a guerilla warfare bug only the bug just attacks everything. When you hear about animals like this you always wonder about what adaptations they had to make or how they eveolved to become like that.

• 59    Earthchild // Dec 6, 2006 at 12:17 am

  to maniac leprachaun,
  In your reflection on chemical warfare I think you could’ve said less about how horrible it was and more about the effects it has on people… you could’ve been more specific

• 60    Earthchild // Dec 6, 2006 at 12:20 am

  for spy girl 93, your article on toothpaste was interesting, and I always questioned what matter toothpaste was. You could’ve used more detail and checked your spelling.

• 61    moi171 // Dec 15, 2006 at 11:29 am

  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061211092709.htm

  When the census of marine life for 2006 was released there was some surprising new data. There were microbes that could live in 407 degree water plumes, there was a school of fish that is the size of Manhattan Island, and 4 pound lobsters. There were many categories, and here are some of them.
  Hottest: there were clams, mussels, and algae were found in vents that send out pulses of 407 degree water that is laden with all sorts of heavy metals. Deepest: when scientists trawled the Sargasso at a depth of 3 miles they found zooplankton and small fish that eat the debris that constantly rains down. Oldest: a shrimp that is thought to have died off 50 million years ago was found alive on a coral reef. The significance of the shrimp is said to be matched to the coelacanths. Most in a cubic liter: a few hundred miles off the coast of Oregon scientists found that in a cubic liter of seawater there were 20,000 new and rare species probably not found any where else in the world. They were found in a volcanic fissure at a depth of 1,500 feet. They also gained new insights and video into the behavior of protists, small bacteri that are not in any classification. Largest: a rock lobster found off the coast of Madagascar has a carapace that spans up to one and a half feet wide. Farthest: the sooty shearwater, a small bird that eats fish, is found to have made a figure eight from new Zealand to Polynesia to Alaska California, and Japan that spanned up to 24,000 miles each loop. The tagged bird went up to 130 miles a day, making the bird the animal with the largest migratory pattern the world that has been tracked.
  That is some new information that scientists have found, but they found more than that, they found a lot more new species. Here are some of them. A macro microbe found in drop of water was found at a depth of 12, 900 feet had a shell made up of crystal and mineral deposits that measured half an inch in diameter. The organism is from a new branch of xenophyophore. These are some of the interesting things that scientists have discovered, and I think that they did a great job in explaining this story, and I want to here more from the authors

• 62    Hilary Duff // Jan 26, 2007 at 10:01 am

  Living in the Desert
  Jennifer Cutraro
  http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20061101/Feature1.asp

  This article was about how certain animals live survive one of the hottest, driest place in the earth: The Desert. Animals like kangaroo rats and gazelles has different ways to get, use, and store water. Gazelles shrink their liver 30% to its original size so they can save water. Kangaroo rats get water only from the seeds it eats. The sand grouse flies 50 to 60 kilometers from the nest to a river, soaks itself in the river, flies back and gives the water to the nestlings so they can “suck” out the water from the feathers. Other animals shortens the chemical reactions inside the body, stops some mitochondria actions that is occurring in their cells. Each living thing has a certain way of surviving the desert.

  I thought this article was very interesting. I always wonder how a certain animal would survive an environment that barely has any water in it. The author did a good job writing this article. It was long enough to explain all the details. The author could have added more examples by adding more animals and explaining how those different animals survived the desert. I think this article is useful and it stated the main ideas too

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