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Friday, 10 May 2013

A Strive Scientist : Thomas Alva Edison

Background information

Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11,1847.He was strive and clever because he invented a lot of things.
Quotes
1. I have not failed.I've just found 10000 ways that won't work.
2. Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn,' mean it's useless.
3. I never did anything by accident,nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
Major events
In 1859,Thomas was 12.He found that they were very poor so he did a part-time job.Do you know what he did?He sold newspapers on trains.

He got married in 1871 with Mary Stilvell. Thomas Edison and his wife--Mary had three children.

Thomas Edison had a big invention in 1877.He invented phonograph.What was it?Edison sang 'Mary has a little lamp'to test the phonograph was useful or not.

Edison invented electric light in 1879.

After Edison invented light, a sad thing happened.Mary died.Edison married the second wife, Mina Miller at 1886 and they had three children too.

Edison died in 1931.Everyone was very sad.

Feeling

We are glad to know these information about Thomas Alva Edison and write this blog.He is patient and smart so he could invent electric light.We learnt that we have to be patient. For example:A man go to learn cooking,but he didn't have patience.

Finally,the man might learn anything.

(Photos and videos shared by Gary.)

(Information shared by Vanness,Gary,Elizabeth,Patrick and Louise.)

Division of labour

Jobs	Name
Title, References, Photos (captions, source and shared by …), Video (source and shared by) Information shared by…	Gary
Background information	Patrick
Major events	Louise
Quotes	Vanness
Our feelings What have you learnt from him/ her? Use adjectives to describe him/her with supporting details.	Elizabeth
Monitor the progress Upload the division of labour Offer help Communicate with her group mates in the blog.	Louise

Actor of Kufu--Bruce Lee

Background information

Bruce Lee was born in 1940 in San Francisco. He was a famous Chinese actor of Kufu. He died in 1973.

(This is Bruce Lee)

(Photo shared by Benjamin)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBxqptNa6-8

(vidio shared by Benjamin)

Major Event

In 1941, he joined the movie"Golden Gate Girl".

In 1954., he learnt Wing Chun.

In 1962 ,he set up"Jan Fan Gung Martial Art Hall.

In 1963, he got married.

In1966, he signed "The Green Morpet".

In1971-1972, he joined "The Big Boss"and"Fist of Fury".

In1973, he died in the movie "Game of Death".

Quotes

1. If you love life ,don't waste time,for time is what life is made up of.

2.Take no though of who is right or wrong or who is better than .Be not for or against.

3. You just wait .I'm going to be the be the biggest Chinese Star in the world .

Feeling

1. I think he is strong as he practiced Kungfu every day.

Division of labour

Jobs	Name
Title, References, Photos (captions, source and shared by …), Video (source and shared by) Information shared by…	Benjamin
Background information	Dave
Major events	Ambrose
Quotes	Leo
Our feelings What have you learnt from him/ her? Use adjectives to describe him/her with supporting details.	Ken
Monitor the progress Upload the division of labour Offer help Communicate with her group mates in the blog.	Cassie

Lin Dan—A great badminton player

Background information

Lin Dan was born in China in 1983. He is Chinese. He is a great badminton player from China. He is the first men’s singles player to retain the Olympic gold medals.

He won the championship in Beijing in 2008

Source: http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/badminton/n214542544.shtml

Photo shared by Miss Leung

Major Events in his life

He has played the badminton since he was five. In 1996, he joined the sports troop. In 2004, it is the first time for time to earn the number one world ranking. In 2005, he suffered from setbacks and he took a rest for a few months. In 2010, he got married with Xie Xingfang. In 2011, he won his fourth World Championships title by beating Lee Chong Wei.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVzi9dojg4M

Video shared by Miss Leung

Quotes from Lin Dan

1. Even though I did not have my best performance today I kept a good fighting spirit.

2. I want to be the champion. I am confident I can do it.

3. Only victory could prove my world number one ranking. The final was tough, but I won.

Our feelings

I think he is confident. He believes that if he wants to be a champion, he can do it. He is persistent. Although he loses a match, he keeps a good fighting spirit.

Information shared by Miss Leung

References

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

Division of labour

Jobs	Name
Title, References, Photos (captions, source and shared by …), Video (source and shared by) Information shared by…	Miss Leung
Background information	Miss Leung
Major events	Miss Leung
Quotes	Miss Leung
Our feelings What have you learnt from him/ her? Use adjectives to describe him/her with supporting details.	Miss Leung
Monitor the progress Upload the division of labour Offer help Communicate with her group mates in the blog.	Miss Leung

Thursday, 25 April 2013

komodo dragon

The Dragon

Komodo Dragon live in Komodo Island,Linka island and Yonjaley island in Indonesian inland.They are the biggest lizard in the world.

The komodo dragon is weight upto 300 piounds (160kg) and a length of 10 feet(3 meters) it is the largest documented lizard in the world.

Komodo Dragon can use bacteria to kill the animal.

Komodo Dragon tongue is forked, much like a snakes and it tastge use and scent detecting abilities to scent the aire. The amazing tongue of the Komodo Dragon is what helps it stalk its prey, detect eventual dangers and find its way on the island it inhabitys.

You can go to here to know more informtion:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon

Komodo Dragon Video

video

Komodo dragon on Komodo Island uses its tongue to sample the air

pangolin

Interesting animals--Pangolin

Our group is going to tell about pangolin.

Appearances
Firstly, they are mammals. They are in brown and they look like hedgehogs. They have small eyes too.

Accommodation
Moreover they are living in Aisa. If they can't find a large rock to build a home, they will dig a hole instead.

Food

Thirdly, they use their tongues to eat ants. But some pangolin can eat insects like flies.

Habits

Lastly, pangolins love climbing trees. They can also roll like a big ball.

Picture:

Picture 1: the pangolin is eating ants by its tongue.

Picture 2: black pangolin

Picture 3: Pangolin crawling on the grass
Video:

Ground Pangolin found in Baringo, Kenya

References:

1. http://hk.video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A8tUwXIcdHpRqX0A72neygt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBrc3VyamVwBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQD?p=%E7%A9%BF%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B2&vid=45baf487e16119e2c2c0974078bd779a&l=1%3A40&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DV.4736636968829066%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fxiyou.cntv.cn%2Fv-f7ee312e-1257-11e0-8a15-001e0bbb2454.html&tit=%E7%8B%AE%E5%AD%90%E6%8D%95%E8%8E%B7%E7%A9%BF%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B2%E6%97%A0%E5%A5%88%E5%9D%9A%E7%A1%AC%E5%A4%96%E5%A3%B3%E6%97%A0%E6%B3%95%E5%85%A5%E5%8F%A3&c=27&sigr=120jfjlkj&age=0&fr=FP-tab-web-t&tt=b

2.
http://www.pangolin.com/PangolinPic.html

3.
http://www.mediahex.com/Pangolin

The Strange Snake TWO HEADED SNAKE

Habitat

This writing is going to talk about Two-Headed Snake.Two -Headed Snake is the special one of all the snake.They are very rare and strange. People can only find them in South America & North America.They will fight when they find the same prey,and who is the winner will eat another head (because their IQ is lower than other snake)and the prey.And mostly they will eat eggs,insects,meat...

Appearance

They have diffrent kind of colours.For example:green,orange,brown.As the name implies,they have two heads.Some of them have venom.They use venom to catch preys and repel their enemies.

Why are they amazing?

They have two heads and their tongue can work.They may eat or attack themself because they like to compete.They are deformity and their IQ are lower.

Calamaria septentrionalis

This is a five-headed snake.

RESOURSES.:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnGxNKm6dwQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=KMMsVT-tvwI&NR=1

Photo and video shared by Eric Yeung

Information shared by Louise Lu, Chan Shinichi,and Eric Yeung

The most amazing dog--Siberian husky

Appearance
The husky looks like a wolf.It has gray,brown,black,bronze or white fur.The male dog's weight is between 45-60 pounds,the female dog is between 35-50 pounds.And the male dog's height is between 21-23.5 inches ,female dog's height is between 20-22 inches.The Siberian husky needs to eat meat and vegetableto give the nutients to them.(Except the food have bovine bone and pig bones,is started moldy,have onion and garlic ect.Don't give the Siberian husky to eat{have the colour one} .)The tail is thick and full of wooly,tail like sweeping brush.
Why are they amazing?
The Siberian husky is very amazing.Some husky's eyes can be more than one colour , such as one eye is bronze,one eye is dark blue!
Because the husky has lots of fur, they can stay in cold and windy weathers for a long time .So that they can help people to work.
The animal is friendly and helpful,they can help people to carry things from one place to another place.Besides friendly and helpful,they are gentle,outgoing,smart,easy to teach and lively too!
That is why the Siberian husky is the most amazing and special dog!