Three Favorite Subjects

Intro
     My school is a private school.  We are a very small.  We do not have many classrooms so we use the library instead.  We use  it for typing\language arts and history.  We used to have an art class.  Math, sciences, and block topics are taught in the older kid classroom.  My three favorite subjects in school are art, history, and math.

Art
    Art is a subject that we don't do any more, but I still like it. The person who taught us is called Kelly Coyle.  We would get taught in the library, every Tuesday.  We had it for about an hour  twice a week. The 8th graders would go up to the class, then the next week the 6th and the 4th graders would get art.  Art was fun and there were no right or wrong answers.  I enjoyed that there was no homework for that class.  It was special.  I learned how to draw fast. then erase and add all the details and corrections later.   I also learned to draw the same thing in different ways.   I also learned how hard it is to draw with my left hand.  I miss art class.

History
    We get taught on Mondays and Wednesdays  for History.   The person who teaches us history is called Gail Crosby. History is about an hour and 45 minutes long.  On Mondays, the 6th and 4th graders go first.  Then the 8th graders go up first on Wednesday. Gail has been teaching us about Rome lately.  But so far we’ve learned about ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece this year, too.  My favorite thing that I studied in history is Greece.  My favorite thing I learned about was a really old stone structure with no doors that they built in Mesopotamia.   I had fun building ancient structures out of legos.  I built a maze with a minotaur and the city of Olympia. I also like doing art with history.  Painting the Greek pottery for the Olympics that our class did was really fun.  I like knowing about history and learning about its puzzles.      

Math
    Math is my favorite subject.  Ben York, our main teacher, teaches us math. He teaches us math every day.  The main reason I like math is because it exercises my brain so much. It is a really important thing to learn that I know I will use a lot in the future.   Other people don’t like math, but I do.  I am the only kid in my class that likes math.

Conclusion

    At Salmon Creek School my favorite topics are art, history, and math.  Art is fun and easy.  I miss expressing myself in art class.  History is fascinating and good to know  Math is technical and interesting.  I enjoy all the classes at my school but these are the three that I like the mos.

Science Fair

     

I have speakers in my ipod, computer, headphones, telephone and our car.  They let us listen to music and other sounds.    The first speaker was made in1876 by Alexander Graham Bell.  He put it in his telephone that he invented.   They did not have much speaker quality in the past.  But now speakers are fantastic and have better quality sound.  Speaker quality is dependent on the size, shape, and materials they are built from.

SIZE:

Speakers come in many different sizes. Different sized speakers make different sounds.   A tweeter is a small speaker for high frequency sounds. A woofer loudspeaker is a large speaker for low frequency sounds. High sounds are very short sound waves, and low sounds are very long sound waves. If your speaker is too big, you can put a brick at the bottom to improve the sound quality.

SHAPE:

   
Speakers can come in many different shapes such as oval, square, rectangle, and flat panel.  The shape is important for the speaker quality, because the shape of the speaker can affect the sound.  An egg shaped box is the best speaker. Egg shaped boxes are hard to build.  Peaks and dips in sound are gotten rid of by rounding the cabinet.  Rounded walls make better speakers, because there is less distortion.  A square -shaped box is the worst speaker.  Sharp edges on the front of the speakers cause distortion.  A sealed box can give off more sounds than a flat panel.  If the wave length is longer than the flat panel, the panel speaker can not make that certain sound.  A rigid, air tight box makes a better speaker, because it can make any sound wave.  Thicker walls make better speakers, because there less distortion.

MATERIALS:


The materials for the speaker box and the inner stuffing are important for the speaker quality.  The
materials in the speaker that actually generate the sound do not change, but the speaker box and the stuffing materials can be changed.  The main parts of a speaker that generate sound are a copper wire, a paper cone, and a magnet.  They go together like this-- the magnet goes at the end of the cone, next put the copper wire at the wide part of the cone, then the  copper wire is pulled to the magnet.  This causes the cone to vibrate, and make sound.  The sound should only go in the direction where the cone is wide.  Like on a speaker you will see that the cone side is fabric and the others are enclosed in wood or plastic.   Good speakers are often made of wood because it vibrates less than plastic.  Plywood, and other composites are easier to make into speakers than making it out of boards because they can be shaped easier.   Speakers can be made out of metal, but it is expensive and heavy.  Concrete and stone would be good materials to build speaker boxes but its to hard to make the speakers.   


The materials inside the speaker are important for the speaker quality as well.  Damping is getting rid of an echo or distortion in a speaker. This is done by filling the speaker with stuffing, such as foam, wool, fabric, and more soft objects.  Get rid of echos and distortion makes good speaker quality.

CONCLUSION:
     The shape, size, and the materials all affect the speaker quality.  The best shape is a egg shaped
speaker.  The bigger the speaker the better.  And the best material to make your speaker from is plywood.  With these tips, you can get the best speaker ever.
        

Lost Lyrics

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Chorus:  The sea is blue.

The sea is green.

It's filled with treasures

Like you've never seen.

I'm the captain

Of the good ship Eagle.

She's carried me through adventures 

Legal and illegal. 

The waves are high.

The sails are full.

And we just entered 

The Bermuda Triangle.

Chorus

Now we are lost.

We don't know where

That mossy ship 

Came from over there.

The creaking sounds,

The rotten wood,

The torn sails, 

This don't look good.

Chorus

The wind is gone.

It's the end of May.

We've been here

Two months to the day.

The crew is mad

And they're starving.

They are very angry

At the captain.

Chorus

We are lost

And we might die.

We will never have 

Another slice of pie.

The biggest treasure

Is our homeland.

How we hope 

We get to see it again.

Mysterious Irish Seas

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by Jonathan

It was a nice day off the coast of Ireland. The first day of whale hunting had come. The Gazelle sailed the Irish waters.

“There's a whale ahead” shouted Captain Mell.

“Get to your stations, men,” shouted first mate Coult. Everyone ran to their stations. People were lowering long boats, grabbing harpoon after harpoon. When they were all ready, they got into the long boat and started after the pod of whales.

As they chased the whale pod, they spotted a wrecked ship. The crew saw a wooden chest on the wrecked ship. On top of the chest was a hand, a rotten white fleshy hand. The hand belonged to the protector of the chest who was under water.

“Oi! You two sailors, get down there and find out who is hanging on to the chest and take the treasure aboard,” called out Captain Mell.

The sailors answered, “ But sir, the water is cold.”

“That's an order!”  shouts the Captain.

“Aye, aye,” say the sailors. Two men leapt into the water and swam to the wrecked ship. When they reached the chest, they pulled up on the hand. They could not believe their eyes, for there was Captain Red Beard, the most dangerous pirate ever. And he was as dead as his peg leg.  They all gasped in horror, "If it has killed him, it might kill us." The two sailors grabbed the treasure and got ready to call for the long boat.  

Just then a slimy tentacle grabbed the sailor and plunged him into the sea. Bubbles were leaking to the surface. Two more tentacles came out of the sea. They ripped the guy in half and tried to steal the chest of gold. Just in time, the captain grabbed a harpoon. He shot it though the tentacle and stuck it to a board. Then the tentacle dropped the chest and writhed around. Out of the blue sea burst hundreds of tentacles. They attacked the ship and its crew. They grabbed people like crazy and dragged them into the sea.

The captain hung on to the steering wheel. The captain tried to steer the ship, but the kraken was too powerful.

Crew members were running around with harpoons. They were trying to take the tentacles down. Mar McKonk was hanging from the rigging. As he aimed his harpoon, a tentacle wrapped around his face and pulled him into the water. As he was getting dragged towards the terrifying mouth of the kraken, he dropped the harpoon. The kraken ate him and burped out his toupee.

The sea boiled with tentacles.

The kraken fell away and sailors cheered. Then the Flying Dutch Man burst out of the sea and started firing it's cannons at them. “Get us out of this graveyard,” grumbled the Captain. As the Gazelle sailed for their Irish lives, Davey Jones was making more plans for guests.

“They say that the Queen was lost in the Irish seas. Oi! we found the ship,” shouted Rambler in the crow's nest. The sea began to boil and and then out of the sea came many mysterious ships. They started to fire their canons at the Gazelle. More ships started to rise up out of the sea until they were surrounded. Smoke filled the air.

Out of fog came a ship with a broken mast and splinters of wood. Everyone's blood ran cold. When the ship got closer, dead bodies appeared.

“That's the Queen of England's ship,” shouted Hekter. “The Queen's ship hasn't been seen for over 20
years.”

When they turned around, the wrecked ships blocked their way. When they looked again, there was nothing. It was like the ships were never there.  "I wonder where the ships went,"  asked one of the sailors.  but they were right under them and so was Davey Jones.

"Fire the the triple barreled cannons," shouted Davey Jones to his crews and ships that were under water.  When the canons fired, the only thing that was left was shattered wood and broken bodies.  

   

Late to School

Ring! Ring! The alarm went off. It was morning. Jared woke up and looked at his clock. It said 7:30. He felt sleepy and tired. He was not ready to get up, so he turned off the alarm and went back to sleep. His bed felt soft, comfortable and warm.

A few minutes later, his mom shouted, " Come on! You can not stay in bed now, Jared."

Jared replied with tiredness in his voice, "Do I have to get up now?”

“Yes, you do need to get up, so get up!” commanded his mom.

“Okay, okay, I am getting out of bed,” called Jared.

“And don't forget to take a shower,” added his mom.

Jared slowly rolled over in bed and stretched. He got up. And with his eyes barely open, he reached for his towel. When he got his towel, he started to the shower. He walked slowly and finally made it to the shower. He pulled back the shower curtain and stepped in. Jared turned on the water with a flick of his wrist. He felt the coolness down his back, followed with the wet warm water. He washed and enjoyed the smell of cinnamon soap. He has just washed his hair, when he heard his mother's voice.

     “Jared, are you almost done with your shower yet?” said his mom

     “What, mom?,” said Jared.

     “Jared, are you almost done with your shower yet?,” she said again.

      “Okay” said Jared. He turned off the water with gentle turn of the nob and dried off his body. When he got to his room, he got dressed. He put on his camo boxers. Next he put on a red and orange-striped sweatshirt. Then he put on his faded blue jeans with a hole in the knee. Last he put on fluffy warm socks. Next was his chores.

     When Jared tried to feed the dogs, they kept jumping and fighting over the food. He almost got knocked over . They were two very stinky dogs, but very good guard dogs. When he tried to feed his cat, there were no food left for the cat.

      “Mom, we are out of cat food,” said Jared through the open doorway.

       “Remind me to put that on the shopping list, Jared darling,” said his mother.

         The next chore was feeding the fish. When he dropped the flakes in the water, the fish started eating. It sort of looked like a feeding frenzy.

           Jared smelled eggs and toast, and got very excited. His stomach growled. His mom called him to breakfast. On his plate were two scrambled egg and toast.


        “ Thanks, Mom.”  The first bite of bread crunched in his mouth. He finished his breakfast and went back to the bathroom. He put toothpaste on his toothbrush and brushed his teeth.

      "We need to go, now!"said his mom.


       "Bye, Dad, see you after school."  shouted Jared as he ran out the door. Then they ran to the car and drove up Broke Hill.  They drove like a cheetah down that road.

       "We are probably going to make it one minute late," warned his mother.  


       "Okay, I am ready to jump out,"  said Jared.


         They got to the school and parked.  Jared raced to class.  Right as the teacher grabbed the bell,  Jared slipped right into the teacher.  Then he apologized and went to class.             

What Happened To Me?

      "Where is the man I knew and my friends?" asked the man.

     For he found himself on a beach and did not remember what had happened to him that night.  He had a couple of bruises and scratches on his back.  " If only I knew what happened last night," he asked himself.  So he lay there in pain on the beach not knowing who he was nor why was he there.

     

      Just then, a huge wave swept him in the ocean.  He was so weak that he couldn't swim and drowned.  

Earth Survival

It is some time in the year 2026. Earth is dying and so are the people.

The Earth is a desert covered with towers, trailers, and billboards. Trash is everywhere. Sand storms happen once every week. There is very little food. The rich people have left earth to live on a space ship and travel the galaxy's tourist attractions.

The poor were left here on Earth. These poor include four orphans that live together. The four kids are three cousins named Lucky, Joe and Heana, and their friend Ela. They must fight to survive. Their parents were killed in a sand storm. Lucky is lucky most of the time. Lucky has brown hair and blue eyes. Lucky is 16. He is so lucky that he can always find his favorite food. Lucky is a techie freak. Joe is the oldest of the cousins. Joe is 19. He likes to work out. He lifts weights 5 hours every day. He is very strong. He always wears short sleeves so you can see his muscles. Heana is the smartest. Heana is 17. Heana is always correcting every little detail of everything that she hears everyone say. She loves to read so she gets lots of information. She also likes to correct books. Ela is the innocent young one. Ela is not a cousin, but they found her and took her in. Ela is 3 years old. Ella is curious and funny.

The kids live in a trailer. They have technology that we do not have today. The trailer has a machine that makes their food, if they have ingredients to put in it. They have an earth detection machine that tells you what is happening to the earth. The earth detection machine is square and has a meter that shows how well the world is functioning.

Nearby, a short person with a barracuda head sits in his laboratory. His name is Hazzmat. He is blue with big eyes and has a fish bowl on his head. Hazzmat is a Sintiscet from Jupiter that wants to destroy our world. He plans to do it by using Mouzz. Mouzz is liquid metallic hydrogen from Jupiter's core. This liquid makes Jupiter's magnetic field 40 times that on Earth. The liquid also gives off powerful radio emissions. Hazzmat is trying to destroy Earth because he wants to take over as President of the Galaxy. Right now he is just a crazy maniac scientist. He plans to put Mouzz into the Earth's core. He also builds evil robots to help with his evil plans.

Hazzmat's laboratory is in a trailer near where the kids live. His laboratory is messy and smells like Jupiter gas. Hazzmat has lived in the trailer park for 16 years. Hazzmat's lab is a mess, from piles on the tables to the stuff hanging from hooks on the ceiling. Hazzmat's trailer is 30 feet long and 21 feet wide. Along the walls of his bedroom, his evil robots are charging. In the middle of the bedroom floor is a giant hole. Everywhere else is covered in dust and piles of dirt. In order to get to the earth's core, Hazzmat is using a jackdrill which is a jack hammer but instead of a hammer it is a drill. With this tool he drills to the earth's core and all of this is happening in his trailer.

As Hazzmat works, he makes noises like blink going dong bonk. Zzzzzzzzzeek. Suddenly Hazzmat says,” Ooooh. This will be great!”

Down in the hole Hazzmat is digging deeper and deeper. He is almost to the core.

Hazzmat laughs insanely. He orders an evil robot to bring him the Mouzz. The robots are snoring loudly and do not hear Hazzmat.

Hazzmat screams, “Daizsle get up!”

One of the evil robots wakes up suddenly and says, “Yes, Master. Of course master. Is it time for your evil plan, Master? Where are you, Master? ”

“I'm down here, you little scrap heap,” yells Hazzmat from the whole. “Now bring me my fluid!”

“Which fluid out of your 830,000 fluids do you want?” asks the confused robot.

“The Mouzz! THE MOUZZ! You stupid machine.” screams Hazzmat angrily.

“Oh. The Mouzz,” mutters Daizsle shakily, “Hazzmat is doing his evil plan.” Daizsel leaves the bedroom and goes into the laboratory. He looks through the shelves of fluid, saying, “ Coconut Juice, Lemonade, Muddy Water, Battery Acid, Saturn Malevolence, Coca Cola, Squid ink, Mouzz. Ah, here it is!” Daizsle walks to the dirty bedroom carrying the Mouzz.

Daizsle pours the Mouzz into a pump machine. He puts the tube from the pump into the hole where Hazzmat is still laughing insanely. Daizsle turns on the pump and starts pumping Mouzz into the Earth's core.

“You stupid junk heap. I'm still down here,” screams Hazzmat as he climbs quickly up the hole.

Hazzmat goes outside to see his results and Daizsle follows him.

Soon the planet earth is coming apart. The Earth's core is getting smaller and shriveling from all of the Mouzz. The tectonic plates are cracking apart. No one knows what to do. Some people fall into the cracks in the Earth's mantle.

Back at the kids' trailer, the earth detection machine starts wailing insanely to tell them that right now the earth is dying. The kids also have a geiger counter and it begins clicking loudly. Everyone on Earth starts running around screaming, “Help! Help us!” and praying. Only the four kids are brave.

The four kids follow the geiger counter to Hazzmat's laboratory. Joe, Heana, Lucky, and Ela sneak in to Hazzmat's trailer . Lucky hacks into Hazzmat's computer. Lucky erases Hazzmats's plans and shuts down the evil robots. Heana is correcting Hazzmat's files and changing all of his formulas. Joe is keeping watch and Ela is playing with tools and materials.

Ela looks at the wrong end of the microscope and laughs. Ella says, “This looks weird.” Then she looks through a tube in the scientist's lab. She sees the big hole through the doorway to the bedroom. She walks to the bedroom and Joe follows her.

In the bedroom, Ela heads straight for the hole. Joe catches her just in time. He sees the pump with all of the Mouzz. Lucky comes in with the geiger counter. The gieger counter's glass explodes. Lucky realizes that the Mouz is what is destroying the world. So Joe reverses the pump and sucks all of the Mouzz out of the center of the Earth. Then Joe throws the pump into the hole and covers it up with Hazzmat's bed. The kids take the Mouzz and try to go back to their trailer.

When the kids get through the laboratory and to the door to leave, Hazzmat bursts in. Hazzmat grins like an evil fish showing all of his teeth. He says, “Where do you think you are going kiddies?”

Joe asked curiously, “This is your laboratory?”

“Yeah! Why?” said Hazzmat.

“Because it really needs some cleaning up,” replied Joe.

Heana adds, “You had some mistakes in your equations.”

“Oh? Sorry! I'll get right on it,” said Hazzmat.

The kids watch as Hazzmat rushes around his trailer and starts cleaning up. Then the kids leave the trailer. Joe slams the door hard and he locks Hazzmat in.

The kids save the planet from coming apart and captured Hazzmat.