The Science Fair Story ™ (:

            THE SCIENCE FAIR STORY™ (:
                                          



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Once upon a time, there lived an amazing young girl. The girl's name was Zeina lu.  But she wanted us to call her lu. Oh well. Anyway, Zeina was once eating some popcorn... And remembered, "Noooo! I have to do my science fair!". So then, she put the popcorn down, and got started. She found this interesting topic online, at this website, and found a project called "Effect of carbonated drinks on meat". She then thought, "YEAH. This will work :D". She then got started on it immediately. Once Zeina did her research, she found out there was something called a PH LEVEL that we have in our stomach, and that we have in Coca Cola. The Ph level in coca cola is about 2.8 while our stomach's ph level is about 2.0, which is lower, so since our stomach obviously needs to dissolve meat... Why can't Coca Cola? She thought. "...And isn't there a lot of acid in Cola? That should do it!" The three types of meat used were Steak, Salmon, and Chicken Breast...


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She put the three types of meat in 3 different bowls, poured 24 oz of Coca Cola in each of them, and set them in Room temperature for 5 days.. She waited.. The first few days, nothing really happened.. At the last two days of the experiment, the salmons' scales started falling off. The only type of meat that actually changed, or dissolved maybe just a little, was the Salmon! Zeina wondered why.. Now, don't get it mixed up. It didn't dissolve all the way. Just the scales started breaking off, and it was defiantly smaller then how it was in the beginning.. The chicken breast and the steak didn't really dissolve. Zeina was surprised with the results! She thought that all three of the meats would dissolve all the way! 


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That weekend, she knew she had to finish her board. She didn't think she could she could to do it alone.. SO she invited her friend over. That freind's name was Sydni Rigo. They finished some things, but they also had a nice time. That Sunday, she finally finished. She didn't like it that much, but she hoped that the judges do. 


                          




That was her board! What do you think of it? She hoped that the display and look was good. But she was very worried about her presentation. When it came to the time to present to the judges, she had goosebumps, a lot of them. They called, "Zeina, your turn!" And she took a deep and loud swallow, and walked to the table.. There, was a nice, red-headed, averaged-highted. She looked like she was in college.. But she was actually a science teacher at a different school. She did have some criticizm about Zeina's project, but she accepted it, and wish she could of done better.


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The judge stated that Zeina probably should of  "Labeled the graphs", and probably should of "Weighed the meat". Zeina was sad... She didn't think the judge liked her board. She knew she wouldn't win anything.. When she left the PAC building... She felt kinda relieved. She worked hard on that project.. And wasn't obsessed with winning 1st place, but if it happened.. She would be very happy.. Just knowing that she got an award for all her hard work! :D 




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The rest of that Tuesday, she was scared... and still nervous. She is still waiting for the results. To See the final results of her science fair, Check out the next book! The Science Fair Story 2™  We'll see what happens next!  








                     To Be Continued...

WHAT ARE WE?

                                    


Heyy (: Have you ever wondered... What we are? Ya know, we can't just have our own group. Humans need to be part of some type of group, like an animal group, right?. Well, did you know.. Huamans are in a group! An animal group actually. Well, we're not considered animals. This groups' name is...well it's called MAMMALS. Mammals are really interesting, actually. Considering.. Me and you are Mammals too! Here are SOME of the MANY animals that are today considered.. Mammals! 
                                   
                              


                So, anyway.... Let's get started! 

• I need to describe 5 characteristics of all mammals (: 

• What are the differences between plancental, monotremes, and marsupials mammals? (:

• Compare the difference between the groups' babies! (:

• Pick-A-Mammal-And-Teach-About-It-Thingy(:

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Well, believe it or not.. Since we are mammals, we need to share some characteristics of all the other animals in our group! And... Here they are!

• FIRST, you need to know.. They all have either hair or fur, or develop it sometime in their life! And it's hard to believe.. because whales and dolphins, well they need to have hair or fur sometime in their life! They're Marine Mammals, though. But still, that's something I would've never guessed!     --Always thought they were squeaky and clean. Hmm..

               

• Next, All... mammals are warm-blooded! That means, yes! We're warm-blooded too! This means that they're body temperature stay the same.. ALWAYS, no matter what the weather is like(: 

• All mammals give milk to their young too! Like us, humans... And most other mammals, when we are babies, our moms feed us milk, because they have something called "Mammary Glands". They're used to produce milk for the baby. They're located on the female's body only, though. Since they feed. Some mammals feed through their nipples, while some sweat it off. 

                                        

• Also.. all mammals have lunges! Why? Because we need lunges to survive.. Ya know, breathing air and all. Unless you have gills, or something. Which means you can breathe in the water! So this means all mammals breathe air! 

All mammals share two parents, obviously. Because mammals need 2 parents to have a kid. They reproduce sexually. Like us, we need to parents. At least, to start out with. Because you need to people to have a kid!(:

                                     

Now, introducing... Marsupials, Monotremes, and Placental Mammals! 


What are they?



                   Example of Monotremes!



             Example of Marsupials!

             Example of Placental!




These are the three different groups of Mammals! 




First, let's talk about the interesting-weird group, monotremes. These guys.. don't really fit in. Aside from the fact they're the smallest mammal group, They're the only type of mammals that lay eggs! Weirdos! And also, the females don't have nipples, which means for them to feed their baby milk.. They kinda just need to.. like, sweat it off! They have it the easy way, huh? An example of a monotreme is a platypus. 
                               
               
                           


Unlike the odd Monotremes, this group DOES have nipples, and DOES NOT lay eggs. But the babies in this group is born very undeveloped.. They're sooo tiny, that they have to crawl in the mothers pouch. Since you heard "pouch".. Did you guess its a kangaroo? Your guess is correct! That's an example!


                             




Now on to placental mammals! Hmmm, I think this is my favorite(: This group is the biggest group of all of them! Why? BECAUSE HUMANS ARE IN THIS GROUP! If you think of it, Humans basically took over the world. Placental give birth to really developed children. Like the opposite of Monotremes. Examples of Placental mammals are Dogs, Cats, whales, dolphins, monkeys, horses, cows, giraffes. Most of the "popular" animals. 


 
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Now.... Differences between Monotremes and Marsupial babies. 


MONOTREMES BABY: The monotremes baby is born in a shell. The only group to be born in a shell, actually... And the monotremes baby mostly grows inside the mothers body before being hatched.
                       
                                   


MARSUPIAL BABY: Marsupials' babies are born very undeveloped. They're so small, they have to be stuck inside the mom's pouch for a while, so they can be developed, and the world is safe for it!


                                           


PLACENTAL BABIES: Placental babies are born mostly developed. Some Placental babies are born SOO developed, once born!


                                                 


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Now..... The animal I'm picking is......... A BAT! 


              


Ewwwwwwwwwwww. No! Wrong Picture! 


                     


Ahhhh. There we go!


Now, many people think of bats as vampires, that come and suck your blood. Supposedly on your neck. I don't know why! But I'm gonna teach you a little more about them then that they turn into men and woman that suck your blood, and you turn into one.... NO. These are the only mammals that can fly.. Why can they fly?! Because they have light, and hollow, but strong bones. JUST like birds! Are birds Mammals?! No. Depending on the type of bat.. IT can be as small as one inch.. Or as big as 16 inches! 
                                 
                                     


FUN FACT: Most bats are gray, but there are some that are colorful.. Found in some places like Indonesia and CHINA. Anyway, beside from SUCKING BLOOD, they eat fruits, and insects. Bats live in caves, attics, abandoned buildings, trees, and other places. Most bats or at least some, carry RABIES. So I dont suggest you petting one. Or sticking your finger inside of it's mouth. Is that enough information? HOPE SO! It's time to end this awesome.. But long, blog o' mine!


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Yup! It's come down to the end! I hope you learned tons! Come back for other blogs. :D Bye! 


                       

Now, Zeina's Social Studies Spectacular!

                              

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A nice greeting, right? But this blog, well isn't the nicest. Obviously, like everyone else, we are doing a topic on the Civil Rights Movement. According to my topic, I'm doing the fight for equal education. What's "equal education"? Well we all hopefully know that back then, black people we're treated differently from whites. Why? Who knows!

We get that now, but back then, it's hard to believe how bad they treated them! You name it, probably the worst way to treat anybody, they topped that! Just on black people! Did they start a fire? Did they kill people? Were they thieves? Of course not. They judged them on their skin color. Not on personality, or something. Well, at least a bunch of brave people came about, and now we treat people equaly. 

        Anyway..

       Let's go on to the subject:)

So Imagine your a Black kid. Well, your already a kid, so imagine your black, you lived back in the "old days", and you had to walk about 10 miles a day, just to go to your 1 room school-house. WHEN you finally are done with your 10 mile trip, you notice that the steps are crooked and damaged. It's hard to get up the steps because they're so wiggley and cracked, and when you make it up there, the door falls down before you get the chance to open it, and you realize there is a big hole in the roof. The roof of that tiny building-room that also has no windows, cracked and crushed  floors that you hear make uncomfortable sounds as you walk on them! 
                         
                                  
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There are at least about 100 black kids in your class, and guess how many teachers you have?  Only 1. Did I mention? The school is freezing! No heaters, no warm toasty fire place, nope, nothing! The kids had to physically go to the woods to collect some woods, chop it up, and throw it into the 


rusty-old stove. 
                     
                                 
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Luckily... Some brave, brave people fighted to stop that. Here's 2. 

• Mary McLeod Bethune (:

• Ruby Bridges (:

                                      
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                       Now.... 

    I'm gonna be talking a little bit about each of them. 

Enough for you to know that, they defiantly played a good part in the fight for equal education! (:





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Marry McLeod Bethune-

This Lady was very inspiring. She made more and more black schools, like in Florida, there were barely any, and she tried to make more. She defiantly changed the lives of a lot of African Americans. She took it soo far, she talked to Congress. She helped the lives of African Americans and helped them graduate through high school and college, and helped them have the right to vote! She was amazing, am I wrong? What a brave person. She was known for making black schools, and helping African American's lives in equal education.





That's Mary McLeod Bethune. 
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Ruby Bridges-


This lady had a very inspiring story.


Ruby was one of the first black kids ever to go to a all-white school(: She got in because she passed this tough test. Her dad didn't want her to be in an all white school, just because he didn't want her to be involved in the whole mixing white and blacks idea. While her mom on the other side wanted her to  go 100%. Why? 



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Her mom had a tough life learning and getting good education her whole life. All because she went to an all-black school. And remember how bad those are? They didn't teach half the education white schools had. All her mom wanted was her to get a good job and have a good life unlike her. At first, she had to sit in a different level, and a different room as the other white kids. But, soon enough, she graduated. She was S-M-A-R-T-. She had a great life, and later she got her own show due to her interesting yet inspiring life.



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     We're Done! Right? .... Wrong!

..... Nope! We have 2 small questions to go over about the field trip that we went to on Monday.

We went the Atlanta History Center, and we learned about Black History Month! Let's go over them!



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Of course.. Why else would I be talking about this? ANYWAY, These are the two questions:



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Q: What Did You Learn On The Field-trip?

A: Well, I learned a bunch. First, we watched a skit on this little white girl back where they still had slaves, And then went to a large room to learn about the Northern And Sothern Parts Splitting Up. 



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Which I didn't know anything about that before. After that, we had a "war", between The Union Solders (North) and The Confederates(South). I defiantly learned a bunch about the split they had and the war, and how the soldiers lived their everyday life. It was really.. interesting!



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Q: What Did You Like About The Museum?


A: Soo, About that white little girl, That was probably my favorite part of the whole field trip! It was a cool skit, It actually looked like it was happening back when there was actually slavery! Anyway, The skit is about that girl, she is the wife of a plantation owner. And if your wondering, a plantation is a place where slaves used to work...
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She liked one of her slaves, and, she found some paper with writing from that slave, and it was a law if a slave knew how to write, they would suffer terrible consequences! The white girl didn't want that to happen to her, and it was a very interesting skit. I also liked when we got papers, that had a solider, and information on them, and we had morale points, and health points. We went through different things and courses that the actual soldiers in the Confederate And Union Armies went through everyday. We got points deducted, and points added, due to what just happened. It was actually very interesting....


EXCEPT....  for the fact that my soldier ended up dying by getting bi-headed by a cannon ball! What a lovely way of dying(:


Well. That was my blog! This was Zeina's Social Studies Spectacular..:D



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WHAT'S THAT IN THE SKY?

                                           

   Look up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO! It's super m.... Oh, wait, that is a bird! You see them flying, you feed them bread, You might think they're cute, But.. The truth is, you most probably don't know anything about them. Right? Right(: Well, it's a good thing your here! Because in this blog post, we're gonna talk about BIRDS! 

R-E-P TO THE I-L-E-S- :D REPTILES!

                  
          

Hey :D If you noticed, some of my other classmates posted this type of blog a long time ago... BUT, I have an explanation. It would not post! BUT, THIS TIME I WILL NOT FAIL TO COMPLETE AND PUBLISH THIS POST! Oh yeah, I forgot. (: We're gonna be talking about a really interesting topic! It's a group of animals called reptiles! :D Oh yeah, how rude of me! I'm keeping you waiting. Well let me just point out one of my favorite parts about this blog, is that dinosaurs used to be reptiles! RAWR :D 

                                        

      Haha :) Enough about dinosaurs for now.. 

       Let's see what were gonna learn today!...

• What characteristics do all reptiles have in common? :)
• How are reptiles different from amphibians? :)
• Naming the different groups of reptiles! :)
• Describing each group's characteristics. :)
• Naming an example from each group! :) 
• Weird Fact :)

              
                                      


                                                             FACTS :)

Well first let me say some things about reptiles. Well there are over 8,240 species of reptiles in the world! Wow there's a lot... They've been around for more than 300,000,000 years! Oh and are found in every place in the world, except Antarctica! Hmmmm.. They have scales that cover their body, and you usually find them chillin in the sun, why? Because they're cold-blooded, which we all know means they depend on their environment to regulate their body temperature. They usually eat insects, other reptiles, and small animals.

                       


               THINGS THEY HAVE IN COMMON :)

Of course, reptiles are all different in some ways.. But at the same                        time have the same features! Just like humans. We're all different. But have   same features :) Aside from the fact that we aren't animals. But still. To make it easier to read and stuff, I'll bullet-inize it! 

• Scaley skin of course! All reptiles' skin is covered with scaley skin, which are basically small plates that help provide protection!

• They're all cold-blooded! Since they are, usually to get warm, they chill in the sun to be toasty, and when warm, they simply sit in the shade to cool off. 

• They all have lungs! They need lungs to breath! Even if they live in the water.

• All reptiles are tetrapods. Which means they are vertebrates with 4 legs, or leg-like ones. Amphibians, Reptiles, Dinodsaurs, Birds, Mammals, etc. are all tetrapods.

• And last, but not least... They all reproduce the same way. Almost all reptiles lay eggs with hard shells.

             How are reptiles different from amphibians??

                           A lot of reasons! Here's some. Again, I'll bullet-enize it. 

                                             SIMILARITIES.... :)

• Both of them are found on every continent except Antarctica. No one loves being freezed :)
• They're Cold-bloodedness definitely! :)

• They both prefer warmer regions, obviously! :)

• They're also both vertebrates, and breathe air :)

• Both reproduce by laying eggs :)

• They both have scales, but they don't feel the same:)

• Both shed skin :)

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                                 DIFFERENCES.... :)

• Their skin is different! For example, Reptiles have rough, dry scales all over their bodies, when Amphibians have soft, moist skin instead. :) 

• All reptiles breathe through lunges! And we all know that when a little amphibian is born, it's born in the water. To live in the water, you have to have gills, exactly why humans don't. And through out time, amphibians grow lunges and then live on land! :)

• Reptiles are generally bigger than amphibians. :)

• Also, their eggs of course! Reptiles' eggs are thick, and hard, While amphibians are basically the opposite! Not having a hard- covering shell, and are laid in water. :)

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           Now, here are the different groups of reptiles!

                 There are 4 different groups of reptiles! 

• First is Crocodiles And Alligators(:

                     

• Turtles and Tortoises(:

                           

• Lizards(:

                        

• Snakes(:

                   

Enough pictures, what are they? what's up with them? Well I'm about to explain, question no more (: 

I'll start with Crocodilians :D There are 23-26 species of crocodilians ALIVE:) They are a group big group of reptiles that include... crocodiles (:O) alligators, caimans, etc. All of the species of Crocodilians' bodies are very similar though! Long snouts, powerful jaws, muscular tails, protective scales, streamlined bodies.... Well, you get the big picture(: Crocodilians are carnivores. Do you know what those are? Didn't think so, carnivores are simply flesh-eating animals. So ANYWAY, back to the topic. 

                          

                             That was the most un-viscous one i could find :P

So, what do they eat? They feed on such as birds, fish (as you see in that picture) , and mostly small animals. BUT, they also eat zebras! I KNOW! ZEBRAS! I love zebras <3 <3 So, yes, techincally they eat big animals too, but "big" such as CHEETAHS, well rewind... they eat crocodiles. GO CHEETAHS!

                         

And that's right, I probably shouldn't of said that. Why? Because as you and a lot of other people think, crocodiles, snakes, lizards, sharks, you name it.. Well.. you... you think they pretty much suck. Why is that? NO, not because they eat us, (which is true) but mostly because, well, they're ugly. Which I'm not saying they should enter a pageant show either, but just saying.. that we should cut them some slack. (Including me.)

                                     

kk, let's move on. Next is my favorite! And probably a lot of other people's favorites.. Turtles :D 

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                                       Ahhh. there we go(: 

So yeah, were going to talk about turtles and tortoises. 

So yeah, obviously, they're BOTH reptiles, And there are over 40 species of these type of reptiles!And they're actually different animals, if you were thinking "tortoises" was a weird way of saying "turtles". But not, I'm sure you didn't. So turtles and tortoises really look like each other. They have some tiny differences. But one main reason they look alike is because they both have shells! Some turtles live in sea, and some live in fresh water. And the turtle that DOESN'T live in water, is a .. tortoise (: 

                   
            Remember, the turtles live in water, tortoises on land:D

Turtles and tortoises are the only reptiles that have shells. Can they remove their shells like taking a cap off a pen? No. they can't. Why? They're backbone, breastbone, and ribs are attached to it.. So no way of taking it out like that. BUT, what they do do with their shells, (hehe, do do:D) is they hide in them for protection. They pull their legs, arms, head, neck into it whenever they want to. Cool, right? It's like a shield. Most turtles and torsoises eat meat and plants. Mostly they eat plants, but some eat small animals. What I think is adorable, is turtles and tortoises eating strawberries! It's so adorable! Let's move on though. 

                                     

                                         OMG! How is that NOT amazingly adorable?!


Next group is Lizards! Yay! Lizards are... also interesting, I guess:D




                                 


Wow, how colorful! Yeah, yeah, well let's get on to the facts (: But hey, that is a fact! Lizards come in different colors, sizes, and designs! They're found in different places in the world. There are over 5,000 species of lizards in the world, and lizards actually are more common then snakes, crocodiles, and turtles. Basically all lizards are harmless to humans. That's right, I said "basically". The only lizard that is harmful, is the komodo dragon, that happens to be the biggest species. Most lizards are kept as pets, Which isn't bad, but I wouldn't want an animal that is supposed to live in the wild in my house. 


                           


One of the lizards attacking style is kinda... Weird/Cool I guess (: Ya see, when a lizard is being grabbed, it, well it kinda releases it's tail, like it's pants or something. But, don't worry. It won't be gone forever. It grows back, obviously. It doesn't bleed internally, it just simply un-attacthes. WHAT'S the point of this you ask? Well let's just say you we were playing tag. Just before you tagged me, My legs fell off. And I started crawling away. WELL, im pretty sure you would stand in shock then. Ya know, stating the fact that my legs were. ON THE FLOOR, spazzing. So that's there escape method! Cool, right? I wish humans could do that!......... Kind of. They eat insects, like bugs and spiders. Some species of lizards even eat other lizards. 


          And did I mention that lizards can be really BIG...  


                            


                        And extremely tiny.....................


                         


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          WEIRD FUN FACT- REPTILES!

• A Weird fact is, people use reptile skin WAY more than you think!

• You name it! Bags, purses, ties, dresses, clothing, scarves, hats, belts, jewelry, etc. 

• Which if you think about it, is terrible! Reptiles don't deserve to die just because designers think animal fur is "in". Who made this up? 

• Actually, It's pretty gross. Sometimes when you see "furry outfits" in the mall, you never know... it might be reptiles' fur! 

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Well, that's my blog. Sorry it's so late D: BUT I FINISHED IT! YAY! :D It was long, though. (: So I'm gonna end this blog with a weird smiley face, and a BYE! to go along with it:D Bye!