大拇指Review

我学到的知识：

• 在八月九日二零零九年晚上八点二十二分要说信约。
• 在地铁上不能吃东西或喝水。
• 有个小女孩对狗朗读提高了识字能力。
• 有两位很丑的狗在‘世界最丑的狗’拿了冠军。

The Zoe Zone-Book Review

Title: The Zoe Zone(Geek Chic)

Author: Margie Palatini

Main Characters: Zoe Zinevich

Summary:
Zoe Zinevich was a 11 year old girl who was going to be 12. She has absolutely no sense of fashion and are detested by 'The Bashleys'(Brittany and Ashley) who were fashionistas. One day a magazine from New York came to take photographs of the school. The magazine was called 'U Grl'. Who were they photographing? 'The Bashleys'! When one of the crew member asked for some stuff from their lockers that they could include, Zoe immediately volunteered. Her locker was full of geeky stuff. Including owl pellets. The crew took pictures of all her weird stuff and her weird outfit(a fedora and a shirt that was her great-grandfather's). When the magazine came out, she became a laughing stock. A few days later, U Grl called Zoe to meet up. Her younger sister thinks that they will give her a total make-over. But when she arrived, she was shocked to see everybody wearing exactly what she was wearing the day the other day...

大拇指Review

我学到的知识：

• 我们不因该在农历七月鬼节随地烧东西，因为会把环境弄得很肮脏。
• 我们应该爱我们的父母。

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我学到的知识：

• 鱼尾狮曾经被雷电打过浮尔顿1号有避雷针但避雷针的保护范围只有15.5公尺远，所以鱼尾狮没得到保护。
• 芭比娃娃庆祝50岁到欧洲去。庆祝会上有一位非常漂亮的芭比，她2.1米高，原来是用巧克力蛋糕制成的。

Let's Talk Scent

Facts:

• Male ring-tailed lemurs engage in 'stink fights' to establish territory. They have swear glands above armpits and on the insides of the forearms. They place the insides of their forearms on their armpit to mix the secretions on their armpit. They then smear the mixed secretion on their tails. Now they wave these stinky tails at each other to mark their territory
• Rhinoceros sprays urine on the bushes to tell other that this is his home ( yuck)
• Some animals use urine of faeces or both for scent marking

Lizards

Facts:

• Is a reptile
• Chameleons changes colour to match surrounding to keep enemies away
• Horned lizards squirt blood from their eyes to warn enemies that they are dangerous
• Frill-necked lizards spreads frill to look bigger and brighter
• Blue tounge skinks flaunt their blue tounges and hiss
• Drop tail to distract enemies (tails grow back after they lose it)
• Tail continue to wriggle after it is detached from the body because of special muscles

Artical Review-Wildlife Wonders(Enter the Dragon)

Title:Enter the Dragon



Facts:

• The Komodo dragon is related to dinosaurs


• Its ancestors is believed to to have roamed the earth more that 300 million years ago


• It can grow to a record length of 3.1m and weigh up to116kg


• Largest species of all living lizards


• Can eat up to 80% of its body weight in one meal


• The teeth, throat and jaw muscles are adapted to swallow huge chunks of meat quickly


• It replaces four to five sets of teeth within its lifespan over 50 years


• They eat their young


• Its is difficult to tell a Komodo dragon's gender and you have to take blood samples to find out
• Its saliva contains at least 200 different types of bacteria
• It flicks its tounge out constantly to 'smell' the air

Book Review - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Author: Jules Verne

Summary:
Mr Aronmax is a scientist and is on a quest to find a wierd creature that many had spotted in the night as an oval of light in the sea. On the journey, they hit the creature and Mr Aronmax fell into the sea together with his shipmate, Ned the harpooner, and his loyal servant Conseil, who jumped in after him. They then discovered that the strange creature was actually a wonderful submarin who was build by a man who was tired of the world, Captain Nemo. Together they go through lots of adventures. Will Mr Aronmax ever return to land ever again? Find out by reading the book!

Book Review - Noddy has an Adventure

Title: Noddy has an Adventure

Author: Enid Blyton

Summary:
Noddy has been blame for theft. Strange things have been happening around Toyland! Mr Big-Bear's flowers were stolen, Big-Ears' washing was taken away and so were Mr Golly's plums.
And in every case they all hear a "parp parp" sound that sounded much like Noddy's beloved car! Read the book and find out find out how Tessie bear helps Noddy prove his innocence while Noddy and Big-Ears dress up as post-boxes to try and catch the thief!

Book Review-黑眼星

书名：黑眼星

作者：“陈老师”

主要人物：小胡

其他人物：老胡，林老板，小林和奇教授

故事：
小胡，小林和其他的小朋友正要搭“星系青年号”到黑眼星去，他们的父母都在场。有些正在抱孩子，有些正在吻别孩子，还有些满脸热泪的，场面实在太感动了。林老板呢？他正在把一袋钻石交给小林，要他在黑眼星卖。他真可恶呀！老胡就很舍不得儿子，把一袋花岗岩交给他，当作纪念，因为他是个修路工人，而花岗岩是修路的主要材料。
到了黑眼星，小林把那袋钻石拿出来，想把它卖掉，但外星人一点都没兴趣。小林仔细一看，哇！原来那里地面啊，墙壁啊，全都是用钻石七成的。他不小心把那袋钻石掉在地上，有人还叫他不要乱丢垃圾呢！
小胡不知道的是，他们把花岗岩当成是宝，他们的首饰都是用花岗岩做成的……想知道更多吗？读这本书吧！

Hmm...

One year has passed, now its almost the December holidays.

My auntie is back from England and we are going 'Go Carting' today.

I don't know what to make for her to bring back to England.

I love holidays, especially December.

I hope we are going somewhere for a holiday!

Immunization Day

Today, I had my immunization and health check-up.

It was fantastic.

Firstly, I could miss lessons.

Secondly, I could SEE who would cry and who wouldn't at the injection station!

My September One Week Holidays

My September one week holidays were great!

I got to stay in a fabulous condominium with a great swimming pool.

We brought lots of stuff as we were not staying in a hotel.

It was so cool!

I even brought my piano there too practice!

We swam every day.

I am so sad holidays past so quickly.

One school day is like a million years while a week of holidays are like only 1 hour!

I am looking forward to my December holidays but then I'll have to take my Abacus exam.

Last year I went to Hong Kong and missed the exam...

It cost $20 and NO refund...

A Memorial Trip to Singapore's NDP Preveiw

On Saturday, 11th July 2009, we were to arrive at school at 2:00pm for an excursion to watch Singapore's National Day Parade Preview.

I brought along a Hello Kitty Bag with these things inside it: a water bottle, some bread, sweets, a poncho, a cap and most importantly, a thermometer.

Why is the thermometer so important?

Its the H1N1 period!

If we take our temperatures and realize we have a fever, we are not allowed to enter the stadium.

I was sooo excited!

On that day, I reached the school, took our temperature and waited for a long, long time.

Finally, our class set off.

In the bus, my friend played with a hand phone.

Oh yes! I brought also brought along a Sony hand phone which my mother borrowed from her colleague with lots of phones which she doesn't need.

It was very cool having a phone for my own as I do not have one.

We alighted at the Esplanade ( a Singapore tourist attraction), and started walking all the way to the Marina Floating Stadium.

It was a long, long way (by foot).

Along the way, we saw dark and heavy clouds coming our way.

We predicted it would rain, because we were so hot, but it did not.

When we reached the stadium, it then started to rain.

Our seats were wet and we were forced to seat on them.

I did not expect it to rain, but I didn't know more was coming our way!

We were told to put on our ponchos and we did.

About two minutes later, the drizzle stopped.

We took out our ponchos.

We again waited until 5:00pm for the show to start.

Meanwhile, we received out fun pack.

It was packed with some fun stuff that we use in the show like the drum with a drumstick in the shape of a cute bean and a heart that could light up in either red or white.

If everybody turns on their 'hearts', believe me, look around and its really, really beautiful.

Too bad I can't capture it on the camera from my phone.

Everything was far too small.

The fun pack was also filled with lots of sweets, a magazine, tattoos, a rubbish bag, an extra poncho, packet drinks and of course, Singapore's National Flag,

The show started.

We saw the Red Line, a parachuting team which parachuted from a very high distance.

We saw the dances, formations, the marching , the acting and of course the constant fireworks that appeared at every ending of a 'chapter'.

Mark Lee and Michelle Chong was there!

Once in a while it drizzled and as usual only for a few minutes, so I decided that during the next drizzle, I would not put on my poncho.

Who knows? The next drizzle was didn't stop and instead became a downpour!

I was drenched from my head to my sloppy toes and so were my friends.

The weird thing is that the downpour came exactly at the final fireworks!

It was the first heavy downpour for Singapore since the hot seasons of May and June.

I was struggling to put on my poncho and look at the beautiful fireworks and cover my ears at the same time.

Too bad I couldn't cover my ears.

It was the first time I did not cover my ears and I enjoyed it very much.

It was a great experience being showered with heavy rain and confetti under the light and sound of the fireworks.

When it was over, we had to wait in the rain for all the people to disperse and then we could go.

We kept complaining and groaning about being so cold and 'I didn't expect this!', but underneath I knew this was the experience of my life and was extremely fun.

We walked to where we alighted before and boarded the bus.

We were delayed and my parents were already waiting for me in school.

I fetched my friend home as the rain was too heavy for her parents to fetch her.

Oh yes, and my fun pack was totally wet, especially the magazine, torn and soggy.

It was really a good experience and I am really very lucky to be a Singaporean Primary 5 this year to get to watch the show and experience the DOWNPOUR!

Awww...

About almost half of the school holidays are over.

Time passes so quickly when we are enjoying.

Time passes slowly when we are not enjoying.*___*

Heredity

• Heredity is the passing on of characteristics to their offspring
• Some characteristics are widow's peak hairline, eye colour, earlobes
• Heredity can be in human, animals and plants
• A sunflowere seed will grow up to have large yellow flowers and huge green leaves like its parents

Heart Rate Calculator Resting Heart Rate

• The heart is a muscle


• Its located in at the middle-lift of your body


• Its about the size of a fist


• The heart provides your body with the oxygen and nutrients it needs


• It collects waste, such as carbon dioxide


• The right side of a heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs


• The left side of your heart receives blood from the lungs and pumps it out to the body


• The heart is made of four chambers, two on each side of the heart


• The two chambers at the top are called atria (ay-tree-uh)


• The two chambers at the bottom are called ventricles


• There is a thick wall of muscle called the septum running down the middle of the heart to seperate the left and right side of the heart


• Arteries carry blood away from the heart


• Veins carry blood back to the blood the heart

Heat

In physics, heat is the process of energy transfer from one body or system to another due to a difference in temperature.
A related term is thermal energy, loosely defined as the energy of a body that increases with its temperature. Heat is also loosely referred to as thermal energy, although many definitions require this thermal energy to actually be in the process of movement between one body and another to be technically called heat (otherwise, many sources prefer to continue to refer to the static quantity as "thermal energy"). Heat is also known as "Energy".
Energy transfer by heat can occur between objects by radiation, conduction and convection. Temperature is used as a measure of the internal energy or enthalpy, that is the level of elementary motion giving rise to heat transfer. Energy can only be transferred by heat between objects - or areas within an object - with different temperatures (as given by the zeroth law of thermodynamics). This transfer happens spontaneously only in the direction of the colder body (as per the second law of thermodynamics). The transfer of energy by heat from one object to another object with an equal or higher temperature can happen only with the aid of a heat pump, which does work.

Cells in the Human Body for Kids

Everybody in the world is made up of cells.

Cells are basically the building blocks of life!

Human cells contain three main parts: Cytoplasm, Nucleus and the cell membrane.

Cell membrane: controls the stuff that goes in and out of the cell(carbon dioxide, oxygen...etc)

Nucleus: Controls the activities of the cell

Cytoplasm: A jelly-like substance which contains the other parts of the cell with other functions

The biggest cell in the human body is the egg cell.

There are about three hundred to five hundred trillions of cells in our body!

An average cell is about three-hundredth of a millimeter wide!

A plant cell however, has a cell membrane, a nucleus, cytoplasm and a cell wall and chloropolasts.

Cell wall: Protects the cell and gives it a regular shape

Chloroplast: Contains chlorophyll and helps the plant to photosynthesise

Cells undergo cell division, also known as mitosis.

When cells undergo this process, it copies its nucleus and splits into two identical cells with the same DNA.

As they multiply, you would grow bigger.

Many cells form a tissue.

Many tissues form an organ.

Several organs form an organ system.

Famous FIve on the Case-The Case of the Plot to Pull the Plug/The Case of the Thief who Drinks Form the Toilet( Book Review)

Title: Famous Five on the Case- The case of the Thief Who Drinks From the Toilet/ The case of the Plot to Pull the Plug

Author: Enid Blyton

Characters: Allie, Tim, Max, Timmy the dog, Dylan, Jo, Constable Stubblefield.

Summery:
In The Case of the Thief Who Drinks From the Toilet( I have no idea why this is the title!), evil Dr Prudelock installs mini cameras in adorable animals. His motive is to observe when their owners(victims) go out. He then goes to their house and steal. I find this story very captivating as I do not know what is going to happen next. In the other story, The Case of the Plot to Pull the Plug, ex-criminal Danny and his assistant Rufus tries to blackout the whole contry on Christmas eve's night!! Find out how Constable Stubblefield and the Five catch the evil Danny!

Sprite and Coca Cola

Yesterday, I had the most unforgettable weekend.

After my abacus class, which lasted for about two and a half hours, my father gave my sister and I a mysterious surprise.

Guess what? We were going to the Fort Canning Park to pick Sago seeds!

This was what happened:

We were listening to a CD about Chinese poems in the car and they happened to talk about Sago seeds that are in the shape of a heart and could be given to someone to show that you miss them.

When we reached there, we climbed up a steep hill and picked a whole container of Sago seeds.

After that, we went to Funan Centre to eat dinner at Food Junction.

After the delicious food, we went to Challenger to take a look.

On that day, we had Sprite and Cola.

I had a happy weekend. :)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

I had a wonderful new year!

How about you?

I received a lot of red packets and visited thousands of relatives and friends.

It is one of the festivals I enjoy most because I don't need to go to school...

My P5 Adventure Camp

On 19th, 20th and 21st of January, I went for a P5 adventure camp!


The whole P5 was to go, compulsory, unless of medical reasons.

I went with two big bags and came back with more because I don't know how to squeeze everything in like my mother did.

I went for rock climbing, dragon boating and sea rafting!

It was so fun!

It was the first time I went into the deep blue sea where my feet can't even feel the seabed.

Of course, I was wearing a life jacket because I don't know how to swim.

I discovered that I love the feel (and the taste) of the seawater.

The rock climbing was pretty scary so I didn't climb to the top.

We slept in dormitories in the second level.

Almost the whole place was sandy and had the smell of the seawater.

When we were leaving the place, we still had to clean the dustbins that we used, and pick up rubbish that were left behind by others.

It was really disgusting.

Even though, it still left good memories for me.