In class response for Artic Tale

Artic Tale, a very inspirational and information tape was veiwed today in class. As the movie started the importance was unclear to me , but as the video proceded I realized many things.Polar bears and Walrusses were a big focus along with theri needs for their survival and their surroundings, which was in the Artic. The Artic is a very cold area where its mainly snow and ice also winds blow fiercly, making the degrees drop to far below zero.BRRR! There were many shocking details about both types of animals that introduced throughout the tape. One being that Walrusses canot stay in water for long periods of tiem or else they will die, due to the temperature of teh water. In addition I learned that Mother polar bears abondon their children a two years of age becuase the child is thougtht to be an adult at that time! Life was definatley not easy for either type of mammal. They are a little like us humans,where the adults make sacrifices for the young, inorder to keep them away from danger! This movie was touching and left me with important information!

-http://www.impawards.com/2007/posters/arctic_tale.jpg

-http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/arctic/Aintro.html


^^ Above are two url's that will help you to understand teh paragraph above and
to get a sense of what life is like for animals and wild life in the Artic.In addition i reccomend you watch the movie ! (:

Kite Fun [ In class response ]

Today in Science class we went outside to fly our hand-mad kites.As soon as I got outside i could feel the heat and there was no breeze. The lack of local winds and a sea breeze, made it hard for the diamond-shaped kites, to even begin to fly. However, us students still pranced around trying to catch any bit of wind that we could. The reason my kite didnt fly was becuase there was no wind. In addition if my kite had been able to fly it would ahve been due to Local winds which are short distance winds. From this experience I learned s lot. Such as why kits fly, What local and global winds are. Also that the coriolis effect has a big impact on weither or not your kite will be able to fly. With this in mind, i also learned taht kites fly better in the summer.

-http://www.windpower.org/en/tour/wres/localwin.htm

-http://www.windpower.org/en/tour/wres/coriolis.htm

The two URL's above provide additional information about local winds,Sea Breeze,Land breeze and the Coriolis Effect. The websites can help you to better understand why my kite didnt end up flying. Also maybe why a kite does fly. In addition, They further explain each vocabulary word higlighted in the paragraph above.