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Take It or Leave It
Colton W

July 21, 2009

Have you ever had one of those days where it seemed like every teacher hated you? Well, today was one of those days. I couldn’t wait to get home where there were people who loved me. Although when I get home there won’t be time for those people because I have a date with a 2000 word essay about why Wisconsin is famous for dairy products.
BRRRINNNGGG! The sweet sound of the dismissal bell. I was almost to the end of a very long day. I just had to live through the bus ride home. I was walking up the steps on the bus when a bee flew in front of my face. I jumped back out of fear and surprise. “Smack!” I missed the steps and landed flat on my back in the parking lot. Pain rippled up my spine and to make it worse every one saw it and was laughing at me. Somebody from the back of the bus shouted out “Smooth move”. It made her laugh, the girl with the brown hair and blue eyes that make you nervous every time you are around her. I had been trying to impress her all year long. All of that hard work taken away when she saw me fall.
I jumped up quickly and laughed like it was no big deal, but I felt my face getting red and I started to get choked up. I quickly scurried to the nearest seat where I could hide by the window.
Luckily, no one bothered me the whole bus ride. I was walking towards the front of the bus, staring at the ground, when I saw a flash of green from the corner of my eye. I took a step back and bent down to take a closer look. My eyes widened and my heart skipped a beat. Finally something good happened today.
“One hundred dollars!” I thought to myself. “ I could sure use this.” My conscience was having a war with itself inside my head. “Should I keep it and put it towards the phooze ball table, that I’m only a hundred dollars away from or give it back to the that mocked me?
The decision was made. Even though it would make me happy at the moment, I would feel terrible later on. I grabbed the bill and took it up to the bus driver.
“Wow”, thanks kid, I’ll make sure you get rewarded for this”, said the bus-driver.
As I stepped off the bus, the clouds parted and warm sunlight washed over me. A great feeling of happiness conquered all the anger and sadness inside me, and I knew that this wasn’t such a bad day after all. I had made the right choice.

Do some research and see if you can solve the mystery of Sonoluminescence!!!

Look under forum (left)  then click on science journals. 

So as all of you know I have a Great Pyrenees and a huge love for dogs. I found this blog site that I thought some of you might find interesting.  It is amazing what one person can do when they set their mind to it.

http://2dogs2000miles.blogspot.com/

http://www.2dogs2000miles.org/ 

This is a story our class created together using three photos.  Let us know what you think!

"Look at me, look at me...I can go in and out through the soil." said Fred while playing in the green grass.  The worm looked up into the sky and saw a black dot.  It came closer and closer and closer.  "What is that?" wondered Fred.  He squinted his beady eyes and suddenly realized what the object was.  "Oh my gosh, it's a bird!" shrieked the panicked Fred.

The crystal blue sky was the perfect backdrop for Woody's hunting adventure.  "What's that little tiny dot coming out of the ground?"  As Woody the bird got closer he saw it was a big fat juicy worm.  "Oh, that worm looks like a great lunch for me."  Woody closed in on the little, helpless worm.  Fred screamed, "Don't eat me!" but Woody grabbed a hold of him with his beak.  "My worm is stuck, my worm is stuck." grunted Woody, desperately trying to pull Fred out of the ground.  He pulled and pulled, but the little sucker wouldn't come out.  Finally after some sweat and tears, Fred popped out of the dirt like a jack in the box.

As he drifted through the cloudless sky, Fred struggled to get away.  He tried to scream but felt as if his breath had been taken away.  They neared a nest filled with hungry little birds.

"Daddy,feed me, please.  You haven't fed us in hours." cried Woody Jr. and his siblings.  As Woody landed in the nest, the unconscious worm jerked awake and cried out, "No, no, you can't eat me, I’m too young to die.”  “Feed us now, Daddy." squawked the hungry babies.

"No, get your own.” said Woody.  “I spent the last thirty minutes trying to get this worm for my lunch!”  "But Daddy, we’re dying!" said the starving babies.  The fuzzy chubby chicks grabbed the worm and tugged.  “It's mine!” “No, it's mine!”  As the chicks pulled on both ends of Fred, they heard a slimy tearing sound.  Fred's eyes bulged as he realized that he had been torn in half.  "Oh no, I hate it when this happens.  This is the fifth time this week I've had to regenerate new parts.”  With that, the two Freds fell out of the nest and landed on the ground with a soft thump and crawled away.

Check out new added questions and articles pertaining to the science forums we have been discussing.