Sustained Silent Reading 5

Today for sustained silent reading, I read "99 random facts about the world". The purpose of this text is to inform the reader and the target audience is for people of all ages. Here are some of the facts I read about.

The 'Mimic' octopus can not only change colour, but can also mimic the shape of other animals such as flounder, lion fish and sea snakes.

If you were to remove all the empty space from the atoms that make up every human on Earth, the world's entire population could fit in an apple.

In the 1960's, the CIA tried to spy on the Kremlin and Russian embassies by turning cats into listening devices. The program involved surgically implanting batteries, microphones and antennae inside of cats.

Dr Seuss wrote the book 'Green eggs and ham' to win a bet against his publisher who thought that he could not complete a book with only fifty words.

Sustained Silent Reading 4

Today in English for sustained silent reading, I was curious about World War II and decided to read about facts on a website called weird and rare facts about World War II. Here are some of the facts I read about.

1. Adolf Hitlers nephew, William Hitler, served US Navy during World War II

2. The siege of Stalingrad resulted in more Russian deaths (military and civilian) then the US and Britain sustained combined in all of World War II

3. They youngest serviceman in the US military was Calvin Graham aged 12, who lied about his age when he enlisted in the US Navy.

4. In 1941, more than 3 million cars were manufactured in the US. Only 139 cars were manufactured in the entirety of World War II

Sustained Silent Reading 3

Today for Sustained Silent Reading I read more random interesting facts on a website called all that's interesting. The authors purpose is to both entertain and to inform, and I think the target audience is people of all ages. Here are some of the facts I read about:

Abraham Lincoln is in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, having only lost one out of 300 matches.

The longest time between two twins being born was 87 days

Domestic cats kill between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds and between 6.9 and 20.7 billion mammals every year.

There is a single mega-colony of ants that spans three continents, covering much of Europe, the west coast of the U.S., and the west coast of Japan.

For more facts visit this website

Sustained Silent Reading 2

Today for sustained silent reading I read an article about '100 Random Fun Facts'. The authors purpose is to both inform and entertain the reader, and I think this article was written for people of all ages.

Here are some of the facts that I read

The French language has 17 different words for surrender
In Uganda, 50% of the population are under the age of 15
The 29th of May is officially "Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day"
Cherophobia is a fear of fun
The person who invented the Frisbee was cremated and made into a Frisbee when he died
Panphobia is a fear of everything
There is a company in Taiwan that makes dinnerware out of wheat
The average person walks the equivalent of walking around the world twice in their lifetime
The most venomous jellyfish species in the world is called Irukandji and is smaller then a human fingernail

                                                   For more facts visit this site

Sustained Silent Reading

Today in English for SSR (Sustained Silent Reading), I chose to read "It by Stephen King", which is now also a major motion picture. Like most of the other books Stephen King has written, it is a horror. The author's purpose is to entertain the reader, and the target audience is any from the age of 13+.

Diffusion

Today we did an experiment to observe how particles spread in water. 

We used a two halves of a petrie dish and poured water into each one (cold water into the lid, hot water in the bottom half). We then sat the two halves on a white sheet of paper to make it easier to see how it changes. Using forces, we put a small amount of potassium permanganate in each half.

Here are some before during and after shots of the experiment:

           

           

As you can see, the potassium permanaganate molecules spread much faster in the hot water then they do in the cold water.

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