The name of this book is Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. It is a fictional novel written by Roald Dahl. It is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This diorama shows the scene where Willy Wonka, Charlie and his Grandparents are hooking up the Great Glass Elevator to the Giant Space Hotel.

Willy Wonka, Charlie and his family were travelling in the Great Glass Elevator when they went too high and got stuck in outer space. They eventually came upon the world’s first space hotel that they had heard about back at home. They decided to go check it out. The glass elevator was approaching the Giant Space Hotel. There was a transport ship full of guests for the hotel too. When the people on the shuttle saw the glass elevator, they were shocked. They had never seen a flying glass elevator, so they thought Charlie and the family were aliens. The Captain of the shuttle called the President and said, “There are extraterrestrials in a glass space ship trying to dock on the Space Hotel.” The President told him, “Don’t let them get inside the Space Hotel. Do anything to try and stop them.” But, it was too late they were already docking.

I really enjoyed this book because it had a lot of twists and action in it, but it was still a friendly kid’s book. I would recommend it to everyone, even adults.

They just wanted  to move west, yeah

They just wanted to move west,

They just wanted to move west,

Yeah…

And follow the Goddess Columbia,

They thought it was their Manifest Destiny,

Yeah, they thought it was their Manifest Destiny.

They only used boats, covered wagons and trains, yeah,

Boats, covered wagons, and trains, yeah,

And it was really hard,

Cause they ran into Native Americans,

They ran into Native Americans, yeah,

It took them eight months to get there,

Eight months to get there,

Eventually they got there,

they got there,

they got there,

and they started mining for gold,

Mining for gold,

Yeah!

Dear family,

I finally arrived in California. I’m so tired after a long journey. It is so beautiful here. I’m glad to be out of that wagon. I travelled for eight months straight. I had to dodge Indians on my way here. I even had to go all the way off the trail, but luckily I made it back. I got so tired of eating beans and rice the whole time I travelled. I could tell there were a lot of people ahead of me. I passed lots of belongings on the side of the trail. I even found a giant grandfather clock.

Like I said California is beautiful. I have not found much gold, but I have found a little bit. Some people here have, but not a lot of people. I wish I was back home because there’s not much gold here. So I guess I got here a little bit too late.

All I’m saying is I really miss you guys and I wish you could’ve come with me. The winter is coming. I guess I should’ve brought some warm clothes. I still haven’t figured out a place to live yet, so I am staying in a make shift tent I made. So all I’m saying is, I wish I were back home with you guys. I miss you!

All the best,

Parker    🙂

This picture captures the essence of the Western Expansion. Everyone is facing and moving toward the West in this picture. It shows all the modes of transportation on land that was used during Manifest Destiny. The person floating in the air is the Goddess Columbia. I feel that she is leading the townspeople to go west. The covered wagons are what the settlers used on the Oregon Trail heading west. The horse was one of the animals that the settlers used to pull the covered wagons to go west. Trains were not the most popular transportation to go west because they go really slow. People picked them because they could be close to their families and they didn’t have to take care of animals. The stagecoach was used to go West mostly by well known rich people because they were really expensive. All of these people thought that they deserved a more promising future in life and they would find it in the West that is why they call it…

Manifest Destiny.

If I had to pick my favorite football player it would definitely be Colin Kaepernick.   He’s the quarterback for the 49ers. My mom was born in San Francisco, so I guess she converted me to a 49ers fan. The reason I like Colin Kaepernick is he has a really strong arm and I like his backstory. Colin Kaepernick was adopted as a kid. His older brother played football and he always wanted to play on the field. When he got older he finally got to play football too. He also played baseball, but his main focus was football. It was kind of cool that when he was a kid, he wrote in his journal that he thought he was going to be 6’ 1” and number seven on the 49ers as a starting quarterback. And that is what he is today. When he was in college, he won multiple championships. He was named MVP and won the state championship. Over all Collin Kaepernick is a really good player for the 49ers. You can also read all about him in the Power Passers book. That’s where I learned everything about him.

The Kaepernick juke.

It’s amazing how one-30 second spot in the Super Bowl costs $4.5 million. Car companies in total spent 135 million dollars for fifteen and a half minutes of advertisements at the Super Bowl. Toyota spent more than any other car company, with a total of six and a half minutes for $58.5 million dollars. Movie advertisements placed a close second to Car advertisements, with a total of 9 minutes for 81 million dollars. Out of beverage companies, Budweiser spent the most money at a total of 27 million dollars. A surprising category was the video game category, with a funny Clash of Clans video lasting one minute, a Game of War video for 30 seconds and Heroes Charge for 15 seconds. It’s interesting that they spent 81 million dollars advertising junk food, like Carls’ Jr, Doritos, Pizza Hut, McDonalds and candy, and only 4.5 million dollars on fresh Mexican Avocadoes.

My favorite commercial was the Doritos “Middle Seat” commercial because it was really funny. My least favorite commercial was the Carl’s Jr. commercial because it was over exposing. It was made for a mature audience and inappropriate. The Budweiser puppy commercial was probably the most touching, because people love puppies. The second most touching commercial is probably the Dodge Chrysler one with one hundred year old people telling us their advice.

There were a total of eighty-four commercials during the Super Bowl this year. NBC, the Super Bowl network, sold fifty-four minutes of commercials, at $4.5 million dollars per thirty-second spot, which comes to $488,250,000. That is a lot of money.

An interesting fact, 100 million people watched the Super Bowl this year. So, in the long run, paying all that money for advertising is worth it, because a lot of people are noticing your product. I know you might be reading this with your jaw wide open, but it really does cost this much to advertise in the Super Bowl.

Materials Needed:

1. Aluminum Foil
2. Aluminum Foil Tape
3. Bamboo Skewers
4. Wood Matches in a box
5. Tea Light Candle
6. Bbq lighter
7. Scissors
8. Pliers
9. Adult Supervision!!

I recommend going on YouTube to watch a video on how to make them.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFyKgmnCF-8

These are the type of matches you need

Cutting off the matchstick heads

Template for Rocket Body

Using Bamboo Skewer to make rocket body. Don’t forget the match head.

Rocket Fins made with Peal Off Tinfoil Tape.

Crimping end to keep matchstick head inside.

Finished Rocket

Insert Skewer into box lid to hold rocket for launching. Adjust the angle for launch. Place candle under rocket tip.

I recommend storing all of your supplies in your matchbox.  It takes about 10 minutes to make a few of them.  Thank you for looking at this project.

I planted carrot seeds, onion seeds and radish seeds in a Deluxe Root Viewer.  I watered it every day and placed it in a south facing window.  The plants grew a little bit every day.  The radish was the first to sprout, followed by the carrot and then the onion.  They were growing slowly, so I moved them to an East facing window.  The plants liked that better.  You can look through the Deluxe Root Viewer to see the roots.  It is really cool.  They go all the way to the bottom of the container.  Pretty soon they will be ready to eat.

I drew a chart to see the growth and chart the height of each plant and how many days they took to grow.  I took pictures along the way.  I made a poster board showing the growth chart and the pictures.  This project was long, but it is worth it.  I can’t wait to eat them.  Here are the pictures:

Radish, Onion and Carrot Seeds

Planting the seeds

Growing in the sunlight

Radishes growing

Growing Big

Roots

Measuring Carrots for Chart

Measuring radishes for Chart

Radish not yet ready

My name is Pablo and I am a sailor.   My ship has been out to sea for fifty-two days. We have almost no food and no fresh water. I think I am getting a disease. My stomach is cramping and I have barely enough energy to do anything. My friend sleeps next to me, but he is dead. The smell is horrific. There are 40-50’ swells off our port side. It feels like we are going to tip over. A group of us are thinking of a mutiny. We have been away from home for about a year. We are totally discouraged. I miss my family, my bed, my cat “Bob”, and eating shepherd’s pie.