Merry Christmas!

First I want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas. I hope everybody has has a great holiday like me so far. I am at my grandmother's house and so far I have seen all my family. My grandmother lives very far away, it is about a 5 hour drive. I just got in yesterday and I have had the best of fun.



My dad decided to give me my gift early. He got me the new Gateway laptop. It is amazing. So I want to give a shout out to my dad.


This is honestly the best computer you can ever have. So I am recomending this computer to you, You can find it in your local Walmart or even Best Buy. Go get one.

Okay well thats all I just wanted to say hey and wish ya'll a MERRY CHRISTMAS.

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I LOVE FLOWERS

                                 

Hey I just want to say this is probably going to be my last blog ever. So I want to make it special. I am going to talk about ...FLOWERS. You might  know about how pretty they are. They are not just known for there appearance they are also known for much more, but to find out you are going to have to read the rest of my blog. So lets go into the world of flowers.

• Compare life cycles of angiosperms and gymnosperms
• Diagram the parts of a flower and label their functions
• What is my  favorite flower and teach you some interesting facts about it.
• And last ,but not least  I will list 3 methods of seed dispersal.

Did you know that there is a male part and a female part to a flower. Well , the male part has 2 reproductive part to it. The reproductive part is called the stamen. A way my science teacher told me mow to remember it is in the name stamen. It has the word in it. You know STAMEN. Get it. Okay, good. The 2 parts of a stamen are called anther and the filament.   


1. The anther produces and holds pollen. It is at the top of the the stamen. 

2. Filament holds the anther.              





Next is the female reproductive part. Unlike the stamen which don't really do anything besides collect pollen. It is still a big part to creating a seed. The female has 4 parts to it's reproductive part which is called the pistil. The 4 parts are style, ovary,stigma,and the ovule.

1. Style helps support the stigma and is a tube in the flower that is on top of the ovary and beneath the sigma.

2. Ovary is a reproductive organ that holds the eggs. It is located at the bottom of the pistil.

3. Stigma is the top sticky portion of the pistil. It catches the pollen, so when the flower is ready to make it's seed the stigma collects the pollen.

4.Ovule is the the reproductive cell that produces the egg. It is located inside the ovary.



                              ANGIOSPERM

Angiosperms produce flowers, which makes the plant of angiosperms look so colorful. Angiosperms flowers is what attracts the insects to give pollen to the flowers. So without the color and the nectar of the flower. The flower would never get the pollen that it needs. Angiosperms are vascular plants that need oxygen live.



                             GYMNOSPERMS

Gymnosperms are not all that different to angiosperms. They do not have flowers or have a lot of color. They are pine cones. Not much to it,but still interesting. It produces and it grows, but you cant see the seeds on the pine cones and that is different from angiosperms.



My favorite plant is are DUN DUN DUNN... the Red and Yellow Tulips !  I like it because it comes in different colors and they look really nice. 

                               INTERESTING FACTS ON THESE TULIPS 

1. Tulips come in variety of colors.
2. Tulips belong to the same family as lilies.
3. Tulips came from Central Asia
4. There are about 3,000 species of tulips.
5. The most popular tulips are the red ones.

     
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           The 3 ways of seed dispersal!

1. It can be blown by the wind.
2. It can be eaten by an animal and you know popped out.
3.  It can be washed away in water.

Okay that's my blog hope you enjoyed it. I know I did, see you never again on my blog maybe. I don't want to say bye to the world of blogging, but I kinda have to so until next time, ... see ya.




                           

HEY. HEY, HEY, HEY, PLANTS

               




HEY all my viewers. Its Taylor here and I am going to talk about... are you sure you really want to know...WELL I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT... 

•  The characteristics of seed plants.
• The main characteristics of gymnosperms and angiosperms and their importance.
• Compare monocots and dicots.

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Before I  start off the facts, I just want  to take a minute and tell you how plants help us. I want to start off saying that you probably don't know how they help. They are living things that  give us oxygen to live and we give them carbon dioxide to live. So when you breathe you are helping a plant.  




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Okay know it's time to list the characteristics of the plants. Well, I could state the obvious (there green)or I the characteristic that you don't know like 

• ALL seed plants have 2 tissue called phloem and xylem.
• ALL plants need carbon dioxide to live.
•  ALL plants have vascular tissue.
• SEED PLANTS use seeds to reproduce.
• ALL annual plants grow, reproduce, and die in one year.
• ALL plants can adapt to different environments.

  







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Next, I am going to talk about the main characteristics of Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. Well, first you need to know what Gymnosperms and Angiosperms are.  


An Angiosperms -  a plant having its seeds enclosed in a small egg.



A Gymnosperm  - a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in a small egg.

Okay, know you know what they are lets go into the main characteristics they have in common. 

                                 Some of the characteristics are:

• They both give pollen for fertilization.
• The small egg of the angiosperms and the gymnosperms are created into seeds.
• They both reproduce by seeds.
• They both have vascular tissue.

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                                           MONOCOTS and DICOTS 

• Monocots have only a one seed leaf inside the seed coat , dicots have two         
• Leaves on a dicot comes in different shapes and sizes, monocots are long and narrow .
• A stem of a monocot are usually unbanchy and flesh, the stems on a dicots are tough. 

                      

monocot                         photo 5                                            dicot 

Well,I hope you enjoyed my blog, leave me comment and tell me what you think.

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YAY THAT'S RIGHT SCIENCE FAIR TIME

                                                 
Hey and you see that amazing hey sign up there CLICK HERE to go to the website.So at my school (Shreiner Academy)  we are having the science fair. My project is amazing.At least that's what I think. My science fair project was exposure if baby food and the degree if contamination. I just called it " Growth Spurt ". Well let's move on into science time. Here is what I am going to talk about.

•  What was my attitude going into the science fair? Was this my first science  fair or did I have experience going into this one?

• Why did I choose this topic?
         
• What was involved in putting my project together? What was easy? What was difficult?   I am going  write about the highs and lows in putting my project together and  some  things  that I learned. 

• In the end, did I feel proud of my  project and how I  presented it? Did my outlook on the science fair change from the attitude I had at the beginning? Looking back, what was something I was  proud of and something I would have done differently?

Well, I guess my attitude was really great doing the whole science fair. When  I went up there to present I felt confident in myself and that I can do it. I thought I could do anything.

Okay, now to the fun part about my blog. THE INFORMATION!Oh yeah, let me talk about it.Well my project always has to with getting the materials.
 


 
CLICK HERE 

• 9 petri dishes prepared with blood agar (Blood Agar- A nutrient culture medium that is enriched with whole blood and used for the growth of certain strains of bacteria.)
• 3 bottles of chicken and gravy baby food
• 3 bottles of sweet carrots baby food
• 3 bottles of applesauce  baby food
• A refrigerator
• 9 sterile cotton buds
• 1 permanent marker pen

Okay so after I was done getting my materials, I did my project. First, I left out one of each of the baby food out for 30 minutes.Then another for 1 hour and one more for  2 hours. After that, I put the pairs of baby food in the refrigerator for  24 hours. Then after 4 days the food contamination started to grow.

CLICK HERE  to see that bacteria picture. 




Okay,we all know that the science fair is amazing and that my science project is  about food contamination, but do you know what food contamination is well here is a website 
CLICK HERE. Food contamination happens when you leave out food for to long and it gets old and then your food can get contaminated.
      
Okay,I chose this topic because when I see something that has to do with mold, I got to do it.So  I went on this WEBSITE I had to see what this project was and I clicked on it. I saw that the effects on baby food are still effects on real food.CLICK HERE
This was not my first science fair.This is like my 4th science fair project. As always I think I did good overall.


CLICK HERE


Well, in the science fair I WON  honorable mention. I guess that good, but I was still happy anyway because I won something. So that made me happy.


     CLICK HERE




Okay, that's my blog see you later
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Mammals

                                      

Hey there it's Taylor. What I am going to talk about today is mammals! Like sometimes cute and sometime mean mammals.Well, lets go into adventure mode.                       


                                                 

                                                  http://firopik.blogspot.com/


What I am going to talk about... 

·  Describe five characteristics of all mammals and explain how they allow mammals to survive in different environments. In what ways are birds and mammals similar?

·  Differentiate among placental mammals, monotremes, and marsupials.

·  Compare the baby animals of  placental mammals with that of monotremes and marsupials. 

·  Choose an mammal that you would like to learn more about and teach us some interesting facts about that mammal.

This is a marsupial.
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/marsupial-pictures.htm


Did you know that mammals teeth come in different shapes and sizes.Mammals have there teeth specialized by what they eat. Many mammals are carnivores so they will need some big sharp claws the  to rip it's prey to pieces. Like horses they have teeth sorta like ours.Some horses are very happy eating grass, hay,and shrubs.What we need to remember is that us mammals have different types of teeth.   















http://www.zooplanets.com/mammals/integumentary-form-and-function.php






Okay,know I am going to talk about there mammary glands. Mammary Glands help feed their young milk produced by the mammary glands. Mammary glands are really important to mammals because it is the only way they can feed there young.











http://www.holtanatomical.com/action.lasso?-db=hP2.fp3&-lay=products&op=bw&category=genital&-maxrecords=10&pic=yes&-format=results2.html&-search




Next, I am going to tell you about endothermic.Endothermic means when your body tempter stays the same. If you are in a 50 degree weather your body tempter will still be normal or what it is suppose to be.   



http://www.shop.montessoriprintshop.com/Endothermic-or-Ectothermic-Animals-SCF-59.htm






Another characteristic is that ALL MAMMALS I MEAN  ALL  mammals have hair of fur. So,if you don't have hair or fur don't even bother about asking if you can be in the mammals group.All mammals have hair or fur to keep them warm just like birds have down feathers to keep them warm. Did you know that people have fur coats that are made of actual animal fur.Cool and not so cool at the same time.







http://theholyislam.blogspot.com/2009/10/know-islam-rights-of-animals-in-islam.html


Last, but not least, of my characteristics of course. Okay this exiting moment has come down to this.I am going to talk about is THAT THEY ALL ARE VERTEBRATES! Know let me explain a little.See a vertebrate is a animal with a backbone. so remember the one thing that mammals will always have is a backbone.   

 http://the-right-solutions.blogspot.com/2010/08/missing-backbone.html

Know I can talk about the differences between birds and mammals. Well, what I think is a major obvious is that birds have feathers and mammals have hair or fur and major difference that some birds can fly and mammals cannot fly at all.Not even a little sad,but okay because mammals still rule.Anyways mammals have teeth birds don't. Birds have beaks or bills mammals don't.I could go on and on , but there is more to tell.




   VS    


Feather-http://www.pionusparrot.com/Feathers.htm


Fur-http://www.sfdm.scad.edu/faculty/mkesson/vsfx419/wip/spring11/shannon_dingle/fur.html




Not all of the mammals are in on group they have three types of them PLACENTAL,MARSUPIALS,AND MONOTREMES.I am going to tell you the difference between them.Placentals are humans like me and you.Marsupials are koalas and kangaroos. Monotremes are freaky they are the platypus and echidna.     



Placental mammals- They make up the biggest group of mammals. Many placental babies are born fully developed and some can even just get up and run.




Marsupials mammals- they crawl into their mothers pouch and feed off their mothers milk to complete their development/




Monotremes mammals-these mammals make up the smallest group of mammals and they are the only that don't have nipples and they are the only mammals that lay eggs.







http://www.zmescience.com/research/studies/mammals-half-way-extinct/




Well, placental babies are born fully developed.Marsupial babies go into their mothers pouch then, it drinks its mothers milk from inside of the pouch. Monotremes are born in a egg and they all very different in there own ways.




http://www.lunch.com/bbbabies






http://mordanaglaya.livejournal.com/179191.html






  
http://www.nhc.ed.ac.uk/index.php?page=493.167


Last ,but not least my favorite mammal is kolas I love them. They     can grow up to 27-36 in and weigh up to 9-20 pounds.They mostly live in Australia,South Australia by the way. 



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala

Well,this is the end of my blog.So this means that it is time to say my bye-bye.Hope you enjoyed my blog and don't forget to leave some comments. Bye!



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Linda Brown Thompson

Hey, have you guys ever heard of the Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education case? Well,since my mom is a lawyer she taught me a little bit more about this topic. Ms.Brown was one of the first black kids to go to a white school. COOL RIGHT!If you don't know her full name it's Linda Brown Thompson. Well, I am not going to keep you waiting, let's go! 

 

WHAT I am going to talk about!

1.  Ms.Brown's Childhood
2.  Linda Brown Thompson
3. My day at the Atlanta History Center
4. FUN FACT!
5. What I liked at the Atlanta History Center.

        

Now, first I am going to talk about her childhood.She was born in Topeka,Kansas in 1942.Pretend you were seven and you always had to walk a mile to school.Life was not easy for her, but she did it she got blacks and whites to the same school.She was picked on and not respected just because of her race.Oliver Brown(Her dad) said "This is crazy blacks and whites need to be equally treated." So that's what he did he went to a near by White school and asked "Can I see the person in charge"they said "NO!" and they need to leave quickly.












Linda Brown was one of the first black kids tho go to a white school. I know it was a BIG DEAL to go to a white school.Did you know that they gave less money to the black schools and more money to the white schools. SO UNFAIR! 
 




Hey, you know the Atlanta History Center I learned a little bit of what happened in the Civil Rights Movement. I went there with my class it was so much fun. First we went and learned a bit and then we went into war. Not like real war ,but I hope you know what I mean. If not then let me tell you about it. The guider first gave us a clip board, then we had a soldiers name and some points( heath and morale points) I had SO much FUN on that field trip.






                    FUN FACT !

Wilbur had his own book called Hard Marching Every Day: The Civil War Letters of Private Wilbur Fisk.








Well, sadly I only have one more thing to talk about and that is...what I liked about it. HMMMM.... maybe my favorite part was when we went into war. I already told you that it was not real war. So don't freak out.Nobody got killed.So yay.Why you are probably asking well because I got to do it with my friends and that's what made the field trip fun.So there you got my answer.



Adios... Hope to see you on my next blog and by the way if you did not notice this is my science blog. I am doing Social Studies.HAHAHHA!OH YAYAYAYAY almost forgot here are the links to where I got my pictures.

• library.thinkquest.org
• findagrave.com
• google.com
• policyalamanc.org
• pppst.com
• commentsyard.com
• dogeatdogma.blogspot.com

THANK YOU!

BIRDS!

                                             

       Wassup its Taylor here and if you did not know I am going to talk about a thing that can fly. If you said Birds then you shall be correct.Well I am not going to keep you waiting for the amazing blog.Anyway lets get started.


Birds!Nobody really thinks about one til they see it,but they probably say " Hey look that is pretty bird". They never ask "Hey how do they fly?" Well the anwser to that is so simple.They have hallow bones and when you have hallow that allows you to have light weight when you fly.We could fly ,but we have hard and heavy bones. Birds have not not so heavy or hard bones.Here is a picture.

    
          




Next!Why are birds endothermic?I bet if your reading this you never really thought aboout it? Well me to intil I did this blog. See they have to be endothermic because there are just built that way nobody really knows why.




OKAY!Know I want to get to something that we all notice on a bird or the bird of prey(eagle)there beak or bill. Well the bird of prey has a beak for catching and riping there food to shreads.Reagular birds have a bill because they are small and the beak would be to heavy for them to carry around. 





                                       FUN FACTS!

•   Did you know that female birds have a dark dule look to there featers to protect there babies and males have such a bright colorful look to there feathers.

• They have to types of feathers contor feather and a down feather cool right. A contour feather gives the bird the stream line shape. The down feather keeps them warm.

As we all know our national bird is the BALD EAGLE well I am going to tell you a few things about BALD EAGLES first they are one of the  best hunters. Thats probably why they are also known as the bird of prey.Cool right I would want to have a nickname like that.They are called the bald eagle because a long time ago people thought white is bald and then thats how it go hes name.






Last ,but not least my favorite bird is the LESSER GREEN BOARDBILL BIRD. Its latin name is Calyptomena viridis. Did you  know that they all love to live in like a cool tropical range. So I bet you will never see one in Atlanta. 








Thank you so much for reading my blog and I hope to see some good comments!BYE