We know why dogs are sloppy drinkers

dog-drinking-0eb3ffbd.jpg.885x491_q90_box-0,68,3408,1960_crop_detailThe way dogs and cats drink may be very efficient compared to other animals. Many scientists wanted to know how animals drink. They drink by sticking their tongues into water and making a spoon shape, then they lift the water to their mouths. Dogs drink water faster than cats because they like water more.

My classmate Xavier said,”there is no point to this article.” I agree with him. The author had no opinion.

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History Summary unit 1

Great Britain became a powerful empire by getting resources from their colonies. Their most valuable colony was India because of their spices. Ireland  was fighting for their independence against Great Britain and  so was India. India got their Independence with help from Ghandi. Around the same time, China has become communist under Mao’s rule.

Passenger Pigeons Have Died Out, But Scientists May Try to Make New Ones

In September 1914 at the Cincinnati zoo the last Passenger pigeon, Martha died and all Passenger pigeons went extinct. Scientists are deciding whether they should bring them back or not. The scientists almost have all the answers to the DNA situation. To bring back the pigeon they have to get DNA from the bird and give another close species the DNA and hope the baby is a Passenger pigeon. The reason they want to do this is because they want to bring back a nice bird.

passenger-pigeons-42b021ca.jpg.885x491_q90_box-0,0,2469,1370_crop_detail“There used to be more than 3 billion Passenger pigeons in the world”

I think the scientist should do this because it would not do any harm and it would be cool.The author has no opinion about this article. My dad thinks it is good that they are trying to brig back an extinct bird

 

Current Event 1 The mystery of the moving rocks of Death valley.

For many years scientist have ben trying to find out about moving rocks in death valley. scientist James Norris and Richard Norris found out the mystery of the moving rocks. They think the rocks move because of ice and water  in the desert wind blows the ice and the ice pushes the rocks against the shallow slippery water making it move. They couldn’t  prove this theory until the had proof. James and Richard set up some tools to see is it rained, if it was windy, and if there was ice. there tools did show that there was wind, ice, and rain.

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The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance all started from the Great Migration. The Great Migration was when all the African Americans moved North in search for jobs. The time period of Harlem Renaissance was from the 1920s to the 1930s. It brought us African American culture, including music, art, and writing. It also changed the image of African Americans.

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Dust Bowl

The Great Plains were like a trap. The advertisements lured people in. When people plowed too much. Heavy winds blew all the plowed dirt and it became the Dust Bowl. All the Dust Bowl was, were Huge dust storms. Before the dust storms there were Suitcase Farmers. Suitcase Farmers were people who planted seeds and had people take care of the seeds. When the seeds were ready to be harvested they soled them for money. Black sunday was the biggest of all dust storms. There was an over population of rabbits. After these Dust Storms people are taking better precautions. Now we will take better precautions we will not plow fields as much. This did kill people and it definitely scared U.S.A.

WWI Flu Epidemic

Did you know the flu of 1918 comes from pigs? The flu was an H1N1 influenza virus. Many people didn’t worry about the flu, although it killed many, roughly 100 million.

Although the Spanish called it the “French Flu” and the Germans called it “blizkatarrh”, the flu actually started in Haskell County, Kansas, 1918. It was a pandemic which stands for “all people.” The flu infected people all over the world including India, China, and Russia. It also killed more people in cities than people living in the country side. The reason it killed more people in cities was that cities were much more crowded.

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RUSSIA

Did you know that Russia is the largest country in the world? It  occupies one tenth of the globe  (NG).  The large landscape allows it to grow the most potatoes on the planet. It all started in 300 BC when the Eastern Slavs migrated to where Russia stands today. Russia’s government is different from others; it is a federation. Russia’s many cultures make it what it is today.

Russia’s large landscape provides a unique environment. Russia spans ten time zones across Europe and Asia. It is twice as big as Canada and the U.S.  The Landscape is made up of deserts, frozen cost lines, marshes, and big plains. Most of Russia is treeless plains called “steppes”. It has many lakes; one of Russia’s lakes is called, Lake Baikoi.  It contains more water than any other lake in the world!   (NG). Half of the year Russia is covered in snow.  The temperatures in Russia are 27*F to 82*F and very humid. In the summer it is warm weather for them.

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Angel Island and Ellis Island

Angel Island is located in the harbor of San Francisco, California.  Three thousand years ago, Angel Island was a fishing and hunting place for Miwok indians.  From 1910 to 1940, the  island was used to process hundreds of immigrants. Most of the immigrants came from China. It was later a hang out for Spanish explore, Juan Manuel de Ayala.  It was also a cattle ranch, and then it became a U.S. Army post during the Civil war. During world war 2, Japanese, and German prisoners of war were kept on the island.  In 1954 the California State Park Commission got 37 acres of land around Hospital Cove, and made it a state park. In the 1950s and 1960s, the island was used as a Nike missile base for the U.S. Army.  In 1962 the Nike missiles were taken away, and the army left the island. The island was then turned over to the State of California for use as a park.

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