exploratorium!

Today I went to a museum with my mother, my brother, and my friend Johnson. Johnson and I separated from my mother and my brother and decided to meet at the bench at 4:00. I saw many exhibits and my favorite one was about electricity. It told me electricity travels through certain material and disappears through others. I also went to a station which you walk on gravel and see how softly you can walk. My high score was 0.6 and my lowest score was 511.9. It was cool!

Alex Marquez(A.M.)

Yesterday I went to a recital and listened to music. It was a dissonant kind of music which I don't like. It hurt my ears and made my head vibrate. Only some of the songs were good. His basic was good though like curve and freely. It was a mix of good sound and bad sounds!

Ocean+Beach cleanup

Today I went to the beach and picked up litter. I thought there was no field trip today since it was raining and I did not bring my lunch since there was school lunch. Ms.Fong (the principal) said we were doing community service so we had to go. I took the school's breakfast as my lunch. It was pouring but calmed down as it neared noon. After lunch we made a picture of an Albatross (sea bird) out of people lined in particular spots. The good thing was we had no homework because Ms.Frye said we did a wonderful job!

Botanical Garden

Today I went on a field trip (the botanical garden). There the docent's name was Lisa and our tour today was about native plants. We went to that section and the Ohlone (native American tribe) native to S.F. used the plants to survive. The first question was for food survival (they did not have Safeways or Luckys). Their staple food was acorn (China's staple food is rice) and they had many others. Did you know the California Poppy's roots taste bad but soothe toothaches and Buckeyes (a nut) paralyze fish to catch them? The tribes somehow knew and used those resources. They mostly used Tule that was a strong plant to build stuff (the bad thing is that you can get splinters and I got one in my skin and I had to use a needle to get it out). Did you know they even used shampoo? The men used it to get the human smell off them so the animals won't smell them when they hunt. The shampoo is made by flower (we used some and it was good). That was mostly the end of our tour!

Computer

Today we had a substitute for the afternoon because Ms.Frye is at a meeting. When it was reading time the substitute did not know how to power the computer so it can read the story to us. I was the only one who has been on the computer excluding Ms.Frye in our classroom. I knew how to do it so Ms.Frye told me to do it. Many people were jealous of me. Yeah!

OWT A NOHTARAM (BACKWARDS)

Yesterday was the last day of musicianship! I got an A on my midterm exam and a B on my final exam. Out of the subject, I constructed an airplane that can move its engine. The lego set did not tell you how to do it but I moved a few pieces then it could move. It was not a very interesting day.

Comunity Service!

Today I went to the Golden Gate Park. We did community service like shoveling mulch(dead trees grinded into small pieces) onto the paths. The trees there are redwoods. It is good to walk on and helps trees grow. I rode on a small bus not with the others because Shoko a girl from our class is disabled in the leg and I sit in her table so I get to ride in the small bus. Jason, Neli, and Ailin are also in my table so they got to ride in the small bus too. There I got real dirty at the park. After, we got to do something lighter, we raked leaves in the rose garden. We worked for hours and Ms.Frye with other adults worked too. Finally, we had lunch. We were wiped out. During that time Annison found a whole colony of pilbugs. We scared the girls(sssssshhhhhh! don't tell the girls about my opinion, they are scaredy-cats). I learned a lot while having fun!

Fun day!

Last Friday I had fun day which means we get to play fun games all day. I played many games such as aiming games which you get bean bags or balls and throw it at a target(sometimes the target is something you have to knock down or just getting it inside the target). There were games which require perfect concentration like trying to get a ball inside a hole etc(I am really good at that game). There were crafts that you could make also. This year there was no popcorn but there was salad. It was really good, better than the ones bought at markets(we planted those and they are organic). It is indeed a a fun day!

Mothers' day

Today is mothers' day. I honored my mom by cooking her breakfast instead of cooking me breakfast. I made scrambled eggs for my mom. Next year I am serving a breakfast to my mom when she is in bed and add losts more of food.

Science

Today I had science class. I learned about gravity and my science teacher took out two balls(one big one small) and asked which one will land first on the ground. Everyone said the bigger one will fall quicker but I said the balls will land together and I was right. I also learned about gas. My teacher bought two two liter sodas. He put mentos inside the soda and then the chemical reaction began. The bottle over flowed. It was carbon gas coming out. I also tried vinegar with baking soda. It did the same. I memorized the abbreviation of baking soda. It is NAHCO3. I love doing science.

Aaaaaaacademy of Sciences!

Yesterday I went to the Academy of Sciences. I went to the planetarium first and watched a movie called "The Journey To The Stars." It was about how the universe formed and how stars play a part in it. I learned that 5 billion years later the sun will turn into a red giant then blow up. After it blows up it will release elements that is required to make new life and turn into a white dwarf. Here is something that is so amazing. Did you know that the hydrogen fusion inside the sun smash together to make helium and heat? But my favorite part is when I went to the "Extreme Mammals Exhibition" and it was about the most extreme mammals ever known on Earth. We also went to the aquarium where we learned about ocean dwellers.