Here is the place for you to post your weekly science article reports for this week.
As always, you will post your report by Friday. Then, you will post your comments to other students’ reports by Tuesday (when we return from the day off).
I am loooking forward to reading your work.
72 responses so far ↓
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PizzaPlace8:00
// Jan 10, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Warmest Year on Record-Emily Sohn-Science News for Kids
Published Feb 8, 2006
When I read Warmest Year on Record by E. Sohn, my first thought was not that the article was amazing. It wasn’t terrible either.
The article was all about global warming and this year’s hot tempertures.
Although this article was not written amazingly well, it had good facts and probably would be a good resource for the sybject.
I read the article because I am acually pretty interested in this topic, so I do gice the author credit for picking a good subject.
I also liked the title. Although it was not creative, it got straight to the point and told you what the article was all about.
Warmest Year on Record was not the best article but it wasn’t the worst either.
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maximumpower4334
// Jan 11, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Polios last stand
By Cassandra Willyard
Found at http://www.firstscience.com/home/articles/humans/polio-s-last-stand_6466.html
Most people in 2006, who contracted polio, were poor kids, who play in roads, and dirt. In Nigeria, more than 1000 people got polio in 2006.
Cassandra begins the article by setting the scene, as described above. She then proceeds by talking about how polio is a virus, which enters the body through the mouth, most likely when eating. Also, most people don’t show signs of being sick.
Well, now the u.s.a is practacly free of polio, being eliminated from the U.S.A in the 70’s. Part of the problem is bioligical. Health workers try to immunize all children, giving special attention to communities where outbreaks occur. However, in nigeria, 28% of kids have not recived the vaccine.
Overall, this was a boring article, and very long. Cassandra did not have me interested, and she could have told me a little more.
B-
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JAM
// Jan 11, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Family found for giant stinking flower
(from the Eurek alert reports.)
This plant named raffesiaceae was found 200 years ago in the Sumatran rain forset weighing 15 pounds has found a home in the botanical tree life. The flower was named after the men who discovered it.The plants flower is blood red and stinks of rotting flesh. The plant lives in the rain forest in Southeast Asia.
Researchers worked for decades to find a place for this unusual plant. Using the DNA techniques the molecule makers and matched the plant to family named Euphorbiaceae. There is still more to know about rafflesiaceae. They want to know how it became a giant.
This is a good articial easy to read and understand. With alot of information.
BYE: Jam
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Monkeyspy
// Jan 11, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Gone for decades, Jaguars Steal Back to the Southwest 10-17-06
By Sandra Blakeslee
Article from The New York Times
After reading this article I learned how organizations are working to protect the Jaguar in one or both countries. Recently Jaguars have been spotted in ranges of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Experts don’t even know how long they have been sneaking back to their breeding grounds in Mexico. Their presence has set off confusions on both sides of the boarder. Conservationists are developing incentives to stop bounty hunters in Mexico from killing the big cats. Jaguars are the largest Native American cat.
I agree that environmentalist should declare parts of Arizona and New Mexico habitat for Jaguars. I believe that Jaguars should not be killed because I don’t think they really are a threat to society. I really enjoyed reading this article!
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jwhackdaddy
// Jan 11, 2007 at 6:08 pm
A Star’s Belt of Dust and Rocks
ScienceNewsForKids.com
This article is about an asteroid belt formed two AUs from our sun. An Au is the average distance between us and the earth. This belt was formed by two asteroids colliding. It is called the zeta leporis.
This article was not good. It had harly any info. and couldn’t keep me awake! I think there should be some more writters other than Emily Sohn for Science News For Kids.com
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Rocket Man
// Jan 11, 2007 at 7:42 pm
G-Tunes with a Message
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com
By E. Sohn
The article I read is about Gibbons (apes) that communicate with songs. These monkeys live in Southeast Asia calling to each other with songs from tree to tree. Research shows that these monkeys change the order of the notes to share certain messages with other apes. This is called syntax. Its the first evidence of apes using an early step to human like language.
I think this is a very good article because it is really interesting. This is an early human like communication. This is a great advancement for apes. I find it amazing that animal all have their way of communicating. I think that is extremely awesome. Maybe in the future we could be communicating with animals, who knows. I think that the author did a great job explaining all about the research and how they found out, but there is still not enough information on the communication. Over all it was a really good article and I recommend this article to anyone that reads my report.
Comment by Rocket Man — January 10, 2007 @ 9:08 pm
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laugh-Cackle-SHOP!
// Jan 11, 2007 at 7:44 pm
January 11, 2007
A Star’s Belt of Dust and Rocks
Information
This article was written by Emily Sohn on January 10, 2007 and was found on the website address http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20070110/Note2.asp.
Summary
This article was about how researchers have found that a star called Zeta Leporis has a bunch of rocks and dust around. Possibly by one big or many collisions of asteroids.
Reflection
I thought this was a terrible article. I disliked every part of it. I was very happy when I reached the end. It was confusing both in text contents and vocabulary and it was dreadfully boring, I am truly surprised that suck a talented writer like Emily Sohn would write such a horrible article. Kids are will not be able to understand this one.
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Hotdawg911
// Jan 11, 2007 at 8:02 pm
HotDawg911 “G-Tunes with a Message”
This article is very cool and interesting (to me). It is so for a whole bunch of reasons. First of all, the topic it self is very intriguing, talking about how small apes called white-handed gibbons make music using a variety of notes. This process is called syntax and it puts apes a step closer to the human language. The gibbons use these songs in order to communicate and warn each other, and often perform in duets. It is not as complicated as the way humans use syntax. We arrange words in different ways to convey meaning
In conclusion this article was very informative and fun to read. It dragged on in a couple of places, but besides that, it is a nice and easy.
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Hotdawg911
// Jan 11, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Sorry,
^^Here’s the citation:^^
Emily Shon
“G-Tunes with a Message”
http://sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20070110/Note3.asp
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March
// Jan 11, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Museum Madness!
December 15, 2006
Times For Kids
This article is about a movie and Larry the character and he works in a museum and the comes to life. Larry is also trying to impress his son that he has a cool job but you’ll have to find out if his son thinks it is cool or not … .
I like this article a lot because now I wont to see it and I like to watch movies too. Another reason is that all of the animals come to life and the monkey is always taking Larry keys to lock up everything and it is really funny because he gets a little wet too (lol). Another reason is that it seams rely funny too.
(Mr. Ardeto this was short story)
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purplepower94
// Jan 11, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Website URL: http://sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060503/Feature1.asp
The article I read is called “Fingerprint Evidence” by Emily Sohn. Dated May 3, 2006. It is from Science News for Kids. (sciencenewsforkids.org)
This article is about how fingerprints are useful for solving crimes, but can also be misleading. It also tells about the different types of technologies that are used to identify fingerprints. At the beginning of this article, it says how a man was framed because his fingerprints appeared to match the ones at a crime scene. Fingerprints can be changed depending on the condition of them at the scene (wet, damaged etc.) and the way the person is fingerprinted, (How hard they press etc.) so it is not necessarily always accurate. Scientists are trying to create improved fingerprinting technology to prevent this from happening. The article also says how current programs are very difficult to write and use because of how you need to search to find fingerprint matches. At the end of the article, you find out about the many uses that fingerprints have aside from solving crimes, and why they are extremely helpful.
I thought this article was really well written. Like most of Emily Sohn’s articles, it was organized so it was easy enough to process and take in. The topic of the article was very interesting because it was had a lot to do with science but it was a different kind then what you sit in a classroom learning which makes it pretty cool. I also liked how the length of the article was balanced. There was not too much information jammed into each section and it wasn’t too short or too long. I thought that was good because when an article is too short usually it doesn’t have a lot of information or there aren’t many details and when an article is too long it usually can get boring. Another thing that I liked was how the article gave examples. Instead of telling about a topic and then moving on it gave real life examples, like at the end where all the ways that fingerprinting could be used elsewhere. It was much better than if it had just said, “Fingerprint scans aren’t just for solving crimes.” and left it at that. Overall, the writer did a very good job with this article.
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Pooky star
// Jan 11, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Plastic Meals for Seals
Report written by Pooky star
I got this article from http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com and it is written by E. Sohn.
This article explains that al the litter in the oceans: fishing nets, cans and bottles, and other pieces of plastic can get eaten or stuck on or in the seal. The seals don’t eat the plastic on purpose; the fish that they eat swallowed the plastic in the water. Discarded netting is not the only hazard that seals face. Bite-size pieces of plastic from ocean-battered containers such as milk jugs can end up in seal stomachs. This is a sentence from the article.
I liked this article because shows that humans are polluting other living creatures’ habitats, dropping stuff in the ocean not thinking about what happens to the living animals and plants when they interact. Things are happening, and they’re not that good either, those bad things will keep coming and will attack us we have to change things.
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Pooky star
// Jan 11, 2007 at 9:44 pm
to PizzaPlace8:00 i liked how you expressed your feelings
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Pooky star
// Jan 11, 2007 at 9:46 pm
to HotDawg911 wow, thats like their own langauge!
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Pooky star
// Jan 11, 2007 at 9:50 pm
to March good report, i saw that movie and I liked it.
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smellymelly
// Jan 12, 2007 at 9:00 am
Jan. 10 2007
G-Tunes With a Message
by
E. Sohn
The article is about gibbons, which are small apes, and how they communicate with one another by singing. Researchers from the Unitverstiy of St. Andrews in Scotland studied 13 groups of gibbons. Gibbons are known for their loud sounds. Their sounds can be heard throughtout the rainforest. Males and females mate for life. the males and females perform duets. As they perform together their tunes sometimes change over time.
When the gibbons sees predators they begin to sing. They have a sound for almost everything in different notes. The gibbons react to each song when they hear it. When they hear the predator song they wait for at least two minutes before calling back. Gibbons uses syntax by putting notes into different patterns and gives their songs meaning. Humans use syntax to help us arrange words into sentences.
I like this article because I love animals. The article is easy to understand and gives good details. It is really interesting how these animals communicate through song. We sing just to sing but when gibbons sing it means something. It is a very interesting article.
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Nickigrad
// Jan 12, 2007 at 9:26 am
Stalking plants By Sent
By Carolyn Gramling
dodder is a wiry,Orange vine that steals water and nutriensfrom other plants. vines choese their victoms by smell, growing its shoots in the direction of a plant’s natural perfume. A seedling of a vine known as dodder attaches to a tomato plant. Did you know whene a Dodder sprouts, it doesent grow root to seek its own food. Instead, it grows a shoot that reaches out to other plants. A Dodder tangle steals food from a glasswort plant. A tendril of a young dodder plant stretches out to entwine a tomato seedling. I lioked this artical because it has a lot of information and I learned a lot about that plant.
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Nickigrad
// Jan 12, 2007 at 9:30 am
To monkeyspy
I dident know that jaguars were spoted in so many placese. It is very interesting and good to know about this.
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bill
// Jan 12, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Dogs and how they change over time
The movie was about genetics and evolution a wolves like became dogs and how they have the same genes it is like they are the same thing but they are not because dog have so many more types and breeds of dog I there is not breeds wolves dog are like the same thing but we do not know how that we got some many kinds of them
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Hotdawg911
// Jan 12, 2007 at 3:33 pm
To PurplePower- As always, you did a great job and expressed your feelings clearly.
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Hotdawg911
// Jan 12, 2007 at 3:36 pm
To PizzaPlace8:00- You did a great job on reflecting, and told me exactly what the artical was about. Good job!
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Hotdawg911
// Jan 12, 2007 at 3:39 pm
To smellymelly- Good job on your report. It was clear and easy to read. I did the same artical, and liked it as well. Nice job. ^-^
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Striking Ferret
// Jan 12, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Striking Ferret 12/22/06
Smiles Turn Away Colds by Emily Sohn
I found this article at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20061220/Note2.asp
This article was about how people that are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to get colds. It was also about how studies show that when you are happy your body has the energy to fight off the cold.
I think Emily Sohn did a good job in describing some of her main points. I think she did this when she talked about how scientists are studying about scientists performing studies on people, although she did not include much detail.
Overall I did not like this article. I don’t think that she explained things very well and I think she could have explained most things much better. She did not really say that much about the procedure that scientists are doing to prove/disprove the theory that being happy is good for you. I think she could have said a lot more about how how being happy keeps you healthy.
I did not like this article and I would not recommend it. I would give it a C.
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Striking Ferret
// Jan 12, 2007 at 4:03 pm
To hotdawg911:
Great article! I really liked how you expressed your thoughts.
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Striking Ferret
// Jan 12, 2007 at 4:07 pm
To maximumpower4334:
Great article! I thought it was very well written and I liked how you were very clear in what you were saying
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Striking Ferret
// Jan 12, 2007 at 4:10 pm
To bill:
I really liked how you said alot obout the article and I also liked how you were very clear in what you were saying
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dramaqueen
// Jan 12, 2007 at 6:25 pm
to bill: I liked how you explained about dog’s genes. It could’ve been a little longer, but good job.
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dramaqueen
// Jan 12, 2007 at 6:28 pm
to Striking Ferret:
I didn’t know that when I am relaxed I am les likely to get colds. I liked how you explained the advantages and disadvantages of this article. Great job!
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dramaqueen
// Jan 12, 2007 at 6:30 pm
to Nickigrad:
I liked how you explained about “dodder”, and why you liked the article. Great job!
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maximumpower4334
// Jan 12, 2007 at 8:48 pm
strikingferet
Nice job!
I really think you were spot on with your comments, and you have a gift for reviewing.
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purplepower94
// Jan 14, 2007 at 3:25 pm
To Striking Ferret:
You did a very good job on your report, especially your reflection. I think it was good that you were honest and you gave really good reasons as to why you didn’t like the article. I didn’t know that being happy can prevent colds and that’s really interesting.
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purplepower94
// Jan 14, 2007 at 3:37 pm
To PizzaPlace8:00
Your report is very well written. I liked the way you described the article and also the way you described the pros and cons of the article. It’s good the way you gave good, solid reasons for what you liked and didn’t like.
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purplepower94
// Jan 14, 2007 at 3:42 pm
To Pooky star:
I really liked your report. Your summary was very thoroughly written, and your reflection was well written as well. I agree with what you said in your reflection about how bad things are happening from the pollution.
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PizzaPlace8:00
// Jan 14, 2007 at 7:16 pm
March,
I really like your report becuase you told what the article made you think and feel. I saw that movie. It’s real funny.
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PizzaPlace8:00
// Jan 14, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Striking Ferret,
I like that you were real honest and did not just say that you liked the article to make things simple. You wrote what you really thought.
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PizzaPlace8:00
// Jan 14, 2007 at 7:19 pm
PurplePower,
Great report! You had so much detail and you seemed to really understand the article. Great job!
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Rocket Man
// Jan 14, 2007 at 8:00 pm
To:March
I didn’t know there were articles on movies, but any way good job
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Rocket Man
// Jan 14, 2007 at 8:08 pm
To:jwhackdaddy
I thought you did a great job expresing your feelings about the article
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Rocket Man
// Jan 14, 2007 at 8:17 pm
To laugh-crakle-SHOP:
I thought you did a great job expresing yourself about the article
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maximumpower4334
// Jan 15, 2007 at 11:49 am
Pizaaplace8:00
Nice job! Your articles have real depth, and a lot of quality. Good job!
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bigfoot
// Jan 15, 2007 at 3:57 pm
to: bill
I never knew that. I thout we had to read an artical.
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bigfoot
// Jan 15, 2007 at 4:01 pm
to :strkinferit
That is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never knew that. good report.
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bigfoot
// Jan 15, 2007 at 4:05 pm
to: hotdawg911
that is so cool. i loved your artical.
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bigfoot
// Jan 15, 2007 at 4:08 pm
to:hotdawg911
i loved your artical. that is so cool.
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laugh-Cackle-SHOP!
// Jan 15, 2007 at 5:33 pm
-smellymelly
Great job! Gibbons really sound cool. They should form up a band! The article was pretty clear, though I am not so sure what syntax means.
p.s. In one sentence you forgot to start it with a capitial.
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JAM
// Jan 15, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Great story I hope somthing can be done to protect them.
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laugh-Cackle-SHOP!
// Jan 15, 2007 at 5:56 pm
-Pooky star
Wow, that was an awesome report! Though I did find your grammar was a little off. It still great though. We are ruining the envioment for other animals. SHAME ON US!
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maximumpower4334
// Jan 15, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Good job it sounds like this article was really interesting! You discribed it in such a way that It makes me want to go look for the article and read it… maybe I will, keep up the good work!=]
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laugh-Cackle-SHOP!
// Jan 15, 2007 at 6:05 pm
-JAM
That was a very interesting article, though you may want to exoand the summary. I also couldn’t find who wrote it and where you found it. There were also punctuating and wording problems. Sorry for being so critical. It was very good!
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PizzaPlace8:00
// Jan 15, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Great discripton of the article, it sounds like it had a lot of detail, You discribed it so well I could picture it in my head!=]
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JAM
// Jan 15, 2007 at 6:07 pm
To: PizzaPlace8:00
Interesting article my brother and I got new sleds for x-mas I wonder if we will use them this year.
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JAM
// Jan 15, 2007 at 6:20 pm
TO: Bill
It is true there are so many kinds of dogs and so few kinds of wolves I think there is only one kind of coyote too?
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HotDawg911
// Jan 15, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Good reflection on your article, I could see what you were discribing in my head! Great, keep up the good work!=]
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mokey girl
// Jan 15, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Did NASA accidentally kill life on Mars?
I found this article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/01/07/mars.life.ap/index.html?eref=rss_space
This artacal was about how it is possible that nasa accidentally killed life on Mars? There is no solid proof but it is possible that NASA killed the life when they poured water on them and heated them up.
I liked this article because it discussed the possibility of life on mars.
It fascinates me that groups of people whould give their whole lives to go up in a space ship and look at tiny bugs that might not even be there.
-monkey girl
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JAM
// Jan 15, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Good job you really went into details about your article, very good explanation. Keep up the good work!=]
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JAM
// Jan 15, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Thanks laugh-Cackle-SHOP
http://www.eurekalert.org/
written by:UNKNOWN
I must be more carful in my grammer and SPELLING. Better luck next week to myself! JAM
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jwhackdaddy
// Jan 16, 2007 at 10:50 am
monkey girl- That article was probably realy interesting! I hope didn’t wipe out all of the aliens.
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jwhackdaddy
// Jan 16, 2007 at 10:50 am
monkey girl- That article was probably realy interesting! I hope we didn’t wipe out all of the aliens.
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jwhackdaddy
// Jan 16, 2007 at 10:52 am
To bill- i liked the way you kept your response short and sweet. A bunch of breeds are also starting to mix to make new breeds.
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jwhackdaddy
// Jan 16, 2007 at 10:57 am
to nickigrad- I’ve never heard dodder before. that was an interesting response. It really showed me what was good and bad about the article.
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jwhackdaddy
// Jan 16, 2007 at 10:57 am
to nickigrad- I’ve never heard dodder before. that was an interesting response. It really showed me what was good and bad about the article.
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dramaqueen
// Jan 16, 2007 at 3:47 pm
to: monkey girl
I liked how you explained why you liked the article and what it was about.
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Stinky Chesse
// Jan 23, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Bush Must Fight Climate Change
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6289367.stm
(I can’t find the author’s name)
This article is about climate change and how President Bush is dealing with it. It talked about the state of the union address he is going to make and what he intends to do.
I liked this article a lot, it was very well written. The article had a lot of facts and it had some interviews. That’s what makes it better than anything from Science News for Kids. The author actually interviewed people and researched the topic. The article had a lot of interesting facts like, the U.S.C.A.P. (US Climate Action Partnership) plans to cut greenhouse gasses by 2050 by 60%. That will only happen if the President approves it. The article also interviewed people like the executives of U.S.C.A.P. and the white house press secretary Tony Snow. I found it interesting that President Bush has rejected mandatory controls on greenhouse gasses in the past.
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Stinky Chesse
// Jan 23, 2007 at 3:49 pm
To Monkey Girl: I liked your article alot. I find life on Mars interesting too. When did NASA kill the life on Mars.
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Stinky Chesse
// Jan 23, 2007 at 3:51 pm
To Striking Ferret: Great job! I get aolt of colds, but I smile alot.
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Stinky Chesse
// Jan 23, 2007 at 3:51 pm
To Striking Ferret: Great job! I get aolt of colds, but I smile alot and I am happy.
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Stinky Chesse
// Jan 23, 2007 at 3:54 pm
To smellymelly: I liked your article alot. I didn’t know that other animals could sing.
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march
// Jan 23, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Dear smellymelly
I realy liked your article becaus you had a lot of information in your article
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cek
// Jan 25, 2007 at 1:24 pm
This artical is about tazmanian devils and deseses they get from biting echother wile fighting over mates because of this they have became endanger. Sevils fight over food and mates. I liked this articale.
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jwhackdaddy
// Jan 29, 2007 at 6:40 pm
sciencenewsforkids.com
by- M. Price
Odor-chasing penguins
This article is about how african penguins can smell foods from really far away and still locate them exactly. They only do this in the evening when it’s time to feed their young.
I found this article to be slightly entertaining. But it had some pretty dull info.
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jwhackdaddy
// Jan 29, 2007 at 6:42 pm
cek- you had a good, short, and sweet way of describing your article.
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dramaqueen
// Apr 8, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Copycat Monkeys
By Emily Sohn
This article is about how baby macaques (a kind of monkey) try to copycat what humans do. Scientists tested twenty-one baby macaques five times for the first thirty days of their lives. The experimenter held the baby macaques up, and made different facial expressions, to see if the monkey would imitate them. Some monkeys copied the expressions, but some didn’t do that well.
I liked this article because it explained about the behavior of the monkeys, and how they reacted toward the experiment. I think the article should have showed a graph or diagram showing the results of the experiment.
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