Flip flops, sandals , sunscreen, bug spray!

Summer is approaching quickly and I have started making my list of things that I will need for a perfect summer vacation.  So far, my summer-need list includes: a trampoline, a treat that’s cold (a.k.a. ice cream or Popsicle) a parent that’s willing to drive me to the water park and buy me slushies, a backyard swimming pool (but a public swimming pool may have to do), flip flops, sandals or crocs and lots of friends. That’s what I’ll need for a perfect summer, what’s on your list?

-Flipster

You ate what?

This week I ate 11 Bar BQ flavoured mealworms as a dare. On the radio a few weeks ago I heard a person ate a cigarette butt for $50. We made a video of me eating the mealworms and might put it on youtube. So tell me, what is the grossest thing you’ve eaten or heard of someone eat? Here is the link to my video:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=plcp&v=WFjm711BneA

Would you like a superpower?

If you could choose to have any kind of superpowers what would it be and why it would be cool? If I had superpowers I would like to have the power of invisibility or flying. It would be interesting because I could scare people by holding up objects and it would be totally unique to fly through the sky!

-Evil Cheesecake

Recycling

Recycling affects every living organism on the planet.There are good things and bad things that recycling does. In the next few paragraphs the pros and cons will be listed.

A disadvantage would be that it takes more time to reproduce a recycled product than to make a new one. Another disadvantage would be that in some places not recycling is illegal therefore people living in these places cannot reuse a lot of things.

An advantage would be that it reduces the use of non-renewable resources which reduces air pollution and clear-cutting. Another advantage would be that it would save space in landfills.

Now, is recycling good or bad; what do you think?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTPnyCjF6gA

Summer vacation

I like summer vacation cause you don't have to go to  school and because you get to stay longer outside. When it`s summer vacation I go camping,this year we have  planned to go to British Columbia. I also enjoy bike riding in the summer  with my neighbours  so we head to the park and ride our bikes there. Also in summer vacation I like  to go swimming .What do you like to do in summer vacation? Do you have something planned for this summer vacation?

-Evil bunny

My Biggest Journey

Hi everyone, When I came to Canada  I was only 4 years old . It was a big adventure and my first time on an airplane. The entire journey from my hometown in Germany to Calgary and then to Edmonton took  around 24 hours. By the end of the trip we were all exhausted. It was hard to find new friends but of course I found some that always have my back. The hardest of all was to fit in and learn the culture because I didn’t speak a word of English at that age. Now after almost 6 years everything is fine and I can speak English. So  if you ever had to move  to a different country where would you go and what would you not like about it?

-captain

Daylight Savings Time

What do you think about DST? Is it worth doing the DST in our world today? Why or why not? 

Should kids spend less time in front of screens?

The average kid sponges in 2.5 hours of music each day, almost five hours of TV and movies, three hours of Internet and video games, and just 38 minutes of old-fashioned reading, according to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation (abcnews.go.com).

Frankly you really shouldn't be subjected to television before the age of two. But the prime amount to spend in front of screens is nil that is practically impossible these days (unless you’re in a prison or something) because laptops are required in class in higher grades like grades 12, 11 and 10. I’m in grade 5 and yet we’re using a form of laptop called the Chromebook to do LA, German (I’m in a German bilingual school), Math, etc. Sometimes we even spend a whole computer class playing Little Alchemy and Conveyor (video games).

What I would like to know very much is how much time you spend time in front of screens?
How much time in front of screens do you think would be the best (counting by hours)?

At what age did you start watching screens?

-Mr. edible stuff

Your vacation!

I enjoy traveling to different places and seeing new things. Where is your favourite vacation spot? Is it  a place you've been before or a place you are dying to go? I enjoyed my cruise to Alaska best and I think others would like it too.I think I liked it so much because I went with all my family and because it was on a huge ship. The next  place I am dying to go is on a  Hawaiian cruise. Tell me about your vacation and how much fun you had.

Super cool Inventions. By...you!

Here is a cool idea...this milk carton changes colour as the milk expires.

Hologram keyboard?

Have you ever had a super cool idea and wished you could share it or make it come true? Usually your idea is hard to create and you end up turning it into another creation  at the back of your mind. I have done this so now I try and write it down then save it. So what encourages you to think up cool ideas and explore the fantasies of your mind? 

I hope you will share your ideas and inventions with everyone here!




-EAGLE HOOD

Martial Artist- Bruce Lee

Have you ever heard of martial arts expert Bruce Lee?  Originally Bruce Lee was actually named Lee Yuen Kam, because his father believed that a phantom samurai in dark black armor would haunt his son until he was dead.  Later on in Hong Kong Bruce Lee had to leave because of a fight over a group of British sailors harassing a young Chinese woman.  His father suggested that he go to the United States as he  actually had been born in San Francisco; but he asked one more thing of him- to become a martial arts expert. He does.Bruce Lee has a story that inspires the whole world.  Even me, I do a martial art called Taekwondo.  I started it last year (2012) and just graduated to a higher stripe.  I enjoy Taekwondo because of all the kicking and discipline. The one question I have is who or what inspires you?

-Miss Pineapple