Adventure Log

2006-07-26T18:03:00.000-11:00

THIS BLOG IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE POSTED ON!!!

SORRY... (AT LEAST, NOT UNTIL NEXT YEAR...)

~ALEAH

2006-05-09T10:10:00.000-11:00

Hi y'all!

Ok, we have a field trip on Thursday to do reef walk. Here is what I need for you to do. You should visit the website for the Coral Reel Advisory Group of American Samoa. Browse over the site, but pay attention to the section: Coral Reefs in American Samoa.

From your exloration, I want you to make a blog posting and discuss the three most interesting things you learned about coral reefs in American Samoa. For extra quality points, briefly explain what CRAG is. Who is part of it? What does it do? Why does it do what it does?

After you have done this, you know what projects you are working to complete. Get to work!

If you finished everything, everything, then you may have free time.

Have fun!!!

2006-05-04T09:02:00.000-11:00

I hope that you enjoyed two days in a row of PE. Now it's time to get back to the fun of using computers to explore and learn.

As I mentioned this morning, we have so much that we still want to accomplish before the end of the year. Whew! I'm exhausted just thinking about it. We have an hour and a half in the computer lab today, and I want us to use our time well. Here is a list of the things that we need to get done:

1. Update your blog. It does not need to be much, but I want everyone to post something. If you cannot think of anything to blog about, you can summarize the book you are reading now.

2. My Samoan Chief reading group, you still owe me book brochures. I want you to make the completion of the brochure a priority.

3. We are continuing our discussion of genetics. Today I want you to learn about karyotypes. Click on this link: Chromosome Hunt. Read the information, and answer the following questions:

What is a karyotype?

What do scientists use karyotypes for?

How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?

Both males and females have two sex chromosomes. Using the letters X and Y, describe the sex chromosomes of

Males:

Females:

What do you think would happen if a person was born missing a chromosome or with too many chromosomes?

Post your answers on your blog.

Ok, so this is a lot to get done in an hour and a half, but if you are a speed demon, I have one more assignment for you. We still want to make a movie this quarter. I need you to find material for our script. Go online, and try to find examples of the two myths that we discussed in class this morning.

Ok. I'm tired from typing all of this, and I'm excited to get to work. Let's get busy!!!

Have fun!

Mr. Hatcher

2006-05-01T08:58:00.000-11:00

I know that you would all rather be outside for PE, but we swapped days with the Explorers. You'll be outside tomorrow, and then you'll have two days of PE in a row.

We've been learning about genetics, DNA and base pairs. Remember that thymine pairs with adenine and guanine pairs with cytosine.

Today, we are going to review a little bit and learn a few new things. Visit the site "Tell Me About Genetics", read through all the and complete the worksheet. You will have today and Thurday to complete this assignment.

People in the My Samoan Chief reading group owe me a book brochure by Wednesday. Quinn, you still owe me a brochure for Julie of the Wolves. Try to finish it today.

You may also take 10 minutes to update your blog.

When you finish, there are some games that you can play.

Have fun and learn!

2006-04-28T14:11:00.000-11:00

Hello this Davalynn Betham with your logout report...

What were some of your favorite things you did this week?

Kimberley: Coloring in the coral
Meredith: International Fair
Kirstan: Math Tic tac toe
Davalynn: International Fair
Aleah: International Fair and Dance
Teresa: International Fair, Fun math, and Dance
Quinn: International Fair and Dance
Zack: Dance
Mori:Dancing and International Fair
Armand: Dancing and International Fair
Alex: International
Dylan: Dancing, International Fair,and Math

2006-04-27T14:13:00.000-11:00

Hi, it's Kim, and our logout question is:

"What did you learn about the main character in your book?"

Aleah: How to pronounce her main character's name
Teresa:How to prnounce her main character's name
Meredith: He has a llama named Misty
Kim: she had to walk to school every day
Davalynn: he loves to run
Dylan: her grandma sent her out to school to get a better education
Martin: Her grandma wanted her to get a better education
Armand: she fighted for what was right
Kirstan: he likes to draw
Quinn: he likes to run fast
Alex: helikes to run fast
Zack: they messed stuff around
Mori: He likes to wrestle

See ya

2006-04-27T10:04:00.000-11:00

Hi everyone!

You have a busy day ahead in the computer lab. The first thing that you need to is go to the following website: "Young Talk". This is a Ugandan publication for 11-14-year-old young people. This issue is about puberty, and since you are all at an age where you might begin to experience some of these changes, I think that this magazine will be interesting to you. I'm giving you a worksheet to complete as you read. There are three simple questions.

If you read Julie of the Wolves, then your book brochure is due to me today.

If you read My Samoan Chief, then your book report is due next Tuesday.

Some of you have already completed your brochures. Good job! You may update your blog or continue to read "Young Talk."

If you need any help or have any questions, "Ask 3 before you ask me." If they cannot help you, come see me.

Let's get to work!

2006-04-26T14:22:00.000-11:00

What did you learn about island formations?

Martin: Water pushes sand to make coral reefs.
Alex: How atolls are formed.
Dylan: How coral islands are formed.
Armand: coral forms on volcano and volcano sinks and forms an atoll
Mori: Water pushes sand to make coral reefs
Zack: Some plants can grow in sand
Quinn: coral forms on volcano and volcano sinks and forms an atoll
Teresa: How all islands ar formed
Aleah: How reef islands are formed
Kirstan: Octopus is a reef animal
Meredith: Coral acts like a filter and a captures sand
Kimberley: Coral survives in warm, shallow,clear water.
Davalynn: Fresh water stays above salt water.

2006-04-26T08:13:00.000-11:00

Last night was the International Fair. It was really fun, there was a lot of food, running around, and screamming.

What was your favorite thing about the International Fair?

Kimberley: Running around and looking at other peoples booths.
Meredith: My booth about France. I liked it because it had a lot of information that I didn't know.
Kirstan: The donuts from Benin, the chille from Europe, and the Pansit from the Philippines.
Davalynn: The coffee from South America, the chille from Europe, donuts from Benin, and the meat pie from Australia.
Zack: The Mate from South America because it tasted good and it helped me lose my hunger.
Armand: The donuts from Benin, the Sugar Cane from the Pacific Islands, and Mancala from Africa.
Mori: The chille from Mexice, and the meat pie from Australia.
Teresa: My booth because of the different clothes.
Quinn: The Italian section of the European booth because we had good coffee, and the South America because they also had good coffee.
Aleah: Looking at the other booths, drinking coffee, and just running around and playing.
Dylan: I enjoyed walking around looking at other peoples booths, learning about the different countries, and presenting my Korean booth.
Martin: The chille and the Kimbop.
Alex: I liked the Kimbop and the coffee from Brazil.

2006-04-20T14:15:00.000-11:00

What country are you doing for the international fair?

Meredith: France
Teresa: Taiwan
Aleah: Philippines
Davalynn: Samoa/Fiji
Kimberley: Australia
Dylan: Korea
Quinn: Italy
Zack: Peru
Alex: Australia
Mori: Samoa/Fiji
Kirstan: Samoa/Fiji
Armand: Samoa/Fiji

2006-04-05T14:08:00.000-11:00

Hi, it's Kim you might remember me from the last post I did or from www.phsadventurerkim.blogspot.com. Well annyway here i our logout question.

What is your favorite Wellness Wednesday snack so far during this quarter?

Kim: Kem and rice
Teresa: Kem and rice, potato salad, and Berry smoothie
Aleah: Berry smoothie
Meredith: Kem and rice and potato salad
Davalynn: Kem and rice and potato salad
Quinn: Berry smoothie, Kem and rice, and potato salad
Kirstan: Berry smoothie
Mori: Kem and rice and potato salad
Zack: Kem and rice
Dylan: Kem and rice and potato salad
Armand: Berry smoothie
Martin: Berry smoothie
Mr. Hatcher: Potato salad

Good bye from Dylan.

2006-04-04T14:23:00.000-11:00

The qeustion for today is: what did you like the about today.

Kim: Science game.
Teresa: Science game.
Dylan: Reading group science game.
Martin: Reading groups science game.
Davalynn: Earth science and ukulele report.
Meredith: Computer.
Mori: Reading group and game.
Zack: Review science
Armand: Game.
Kirstan: Game.
Quinn: Reading groups.

2006-04-03T14:01:00.000-11:00

Logout: What did you learn about the star mound?
Hey, its me Davalynn. Well heres our logout..

Teresa: It is more than 100 years old.
Aleah: That there are more than 150 star mounds in American Samoa.
Meredith: There is a type of sport played on the star mound.
Quinn: Only matais and chiefs are allowed to play the sport.
Kirstan: Only the matais and chiefs would be allowed to eat the pigeons.
Martin: They would play a type of sport on the star mound.
Zack: There is more than 1 star mound in American Samoa
Dylan: Most star mounds are 400 or more years old.
Armand: They would call it star mounds because of the rays beaming out of the sides.
Davalynn: The matais would sit in a little hut and catch the pigeons and they would keep them as a pet or eat them.

2006-03-30T14:37:00.000-11:00

Logout: What country would you pick for the Compass Rose festival?

Armand: New Zealand
Dylan: China
Zack: Argentina
Mori: Samoa
Martin: Japan
Kirstan: Samoa
Quinn: Samoa
Meredith: Wales
Aleah: Philippines
Teresa: Taiwan
Kimberley: Tahiti
Davalynn: Tahiti

2006-03-29T14:25:00.000-11:00

Hi,

This is Dylan in the class right now, and here is our logout.

Today our logout question is what is your favorite thing you did today?

Kim: Drawing
Teresa: Reading
Aleah: Reading groups
Meredith: Reading groups
Davalynn: Wellness Wednesday activites
Quinn: Reading groups
Kirstan: Wellness Wednesday activites
Martin: Wellness Wednesday activites
Mori: Wellness Wednesday activites
Zack: Reading
Armand: Wellness Wednesday activites
Dylan: Reading groups

2006-03-28T14:17:00.000-11:00

Logout:

What did you like most about your book so far?

Dylan: When Miyax is accepted into the wolf pack.
Martin: When the wife asks: "What's an umu?"
Kirstan: When the wife asks: "What's an umu?"
Quinn: When Miyax asks the wolf for food.
Mori: When the wife asks : "What's an umu?"
Zack: When Harry sneaks a snake onto a girl.
Armand: When Miyax thought she could speak to the wolves.
Meredith: When the wolf is growling at Miyax.
Davalynn: When Fay the author says that Samoans could be poor.
Kimberley: When the old guy goes to Pippi's house.
Teresa: When Pippi lifts up the horse.
Aleah: When the book is talking about Miyax's house.

2006-03-27T14:24:00.000-11:00

WELCOME BACK FROM SPRING BREAK!
Logout: What do you hope to learn this quarter?

Kimberley: Drama
Teresa: Drama
Meredith: Star Mound
Davalynn: Samoan myths and legends
Quinn: Rocks
Kirstan: Astroids
Martin: Technology
Mori: Star Mound
Zack: Star Mound
Dylan: Samoan and Korean culture

2006-03-17T07:45:00.001-11:00

Hi, my name is Kirstan I don't think you remember me from last time, but I'm on the blog today. Since blogger had a couple of problems yesterday, yesterday's logout was not posted. I am going to post them again today.

Yesterday's question was...

What did you like most about this quarter?

Davalynn: Black history portfolio, field trip
Meredith: Science fair
Aleah: Spelling bee
Martin: Science fair, field trip
Zack: Current events
Teresa: Black history, current events
Kimberly: Science fair, current events
Quinn: Reading Get On Board
Dylan: Science fair, black history
Kirstan: Science fair, black history

(Martin reporting the news during our field trip to KVZK)

2006-03-15T14:03:00.000-11:00

(Teresa's got mad skillz!)

Hello you people out there, this is Kim from the sixth grade. I know I haven't been writing the blog very much but here is our logout:

What is an activity you would like to do next quarter?

Armand: Charades
Zackary: Drama and Charades
Mori: Drama
Martin: Drama
Aleah: Drama
Meredith: Drama
Kirstan: Making a Canoe
Davalynn: Drama and Charades
Quinn: Samoan Dancing
Dylan: swimming
Kimberley: Drama and swimming
Teresa: Plays in Dama

2006-03-14T14:20:00.000-11:00

HI!!!This is Kimberley, Teresa, and Dylan(called Daddy by some)

Today's logout question is: What are you most proud of in your portfolio?

Aleah: Black History portfolio
Dylan: The powerpoint.
Davalynn: NOT Here
Meredith: ABSENT!
Kirstan:Math Test
Kim:Galileo report
Teresa:the book on Matthew Henson
Mori: country wheel
Quinn: Black history Portfolio
Martin: Black History portfolio
Armand:Math Test
Zackary:Math Test

BYE BYE!!!

2006-03-13T14:20:00.000-11:00

Logout:
Who is your favorite black history maker that you put as one of your top five? and Why?

Kimberley: Bessie Coleman, she showed woman that they could also become pilots.
Dylan: Satchel Paige, he was the greatest baseball player.
Teresa: Matthew Henson because he found the North Pole.
Quinn: Joe Louis he was a boxer.
Kirstan: Rosa Parks because she refused to give a white person a seat.
Aleah: Satchel Paige because he was a great baseball player for an old guy...
Armand: Satchel Paige because he was a baseball player.
Martin: Joe Louis he was a famous boxer.
Mori: Joe Louis because he was a famous boxer.
Zack: Satchel Paige because I made a great diarama about him.
Davalynn: Mary Mcloed Bethune because she would make her school supplies out of scraps.
Meredith: Bessie Coleman because she proved woman can be whatever they may want to be.

2006-03-08T14:25:00.000-11:00

Hey this is Dylan updating the blog so check it out.
This is the logout for today. Enjoy!

The question for today is, "What is your favorite thing you've done this week?"

Aleah: Culture discussion
Teresa: Culture discussion
Davalynn: Culture discussion
Meredith: Culture discussion
Armand: Working independently
Zack: Making his diorama
Mori: Doing math
Quinn: Math
Kirstan: Work on portfolios
Martin: Portfolios
Dylan: Science fair

2006-03-06T14:27:00.000-11:00

By Jacob Lawrence

Hey! It's Davalynn!

Logout: What was your favorite fact about Jacob Lawrence?

Armand: Painter
Meredith: Drop out of High school at age 16.
Mori: When little also known as Jake.
Dylan: 1st black person to do a art show at a well known art institution
Kirstan: Most of his art focused on black history
Martin: He painted Fredrick Douglass's life
Aleah: He painted Fredrick Douglass's life
Quinn: Dropped out of high school at age 16
Teresa: Drop out of high school at age 16
Davalynn: Died June 9th 2000 in Seattle, Washington
Zack: Was an artist

2006-03-02T14:21:00.000-11:00

Logout: What was your faovrite thing you did today?

Armand: Current Event
Zack: Technology Talk
Martin:Technology Talk
Mori: Current Event
Aleah: Technology Talk
Meredith: Essay Writing Competition
Kirstan: Current Event
Quinn: Technology Talk
Teresa: Islandhood
Dylan: Current Event/Technology Talk
Davalynn: Essay Writing Competition

2006-03-01T14:37:00.000-11:00

Hello, people! It's me, Teresa, back here again.
Our logout for today is, "What was the most intersting thing you learned today?"

Meredith: Gwenddyn Brooks loved poetry as a child.
Mori: Gwenddyn Brooks loved poetry as a child.
Teresa: Gwenddyn Brooks loved poetry as a child.
Kirstan: Conductors helped slaves to freedom.
Quinn: Conductors helped slaves to freedom.
Martin: Conductors helped slaves to freedom.
Zack:Conductors helped slaves to freedom.
Aleah: Langston Hughes told Brooks to keep writing because she'd one day write a book.
Armand: Some math problems are hard.
Dylan: Dawn Treader attacked by a sea monster.

2006-02-28T14:15:00.000-11:00

Hello! everyone it's me Teresa back with you again sence I'm the only sixth grader so I'm doing it.

Our log out question is: What is the thing that you would want to change in the world?

Kirstan: fewer desease
Armand: no fighting
Zack: no more polution
Mori: family and friends to grow up
Aleah: more technology
Quinn:more technology
Meredith: wants to live in Calforina
Dylan: friends and family to grow up
Teresa: protect the animals of the world
Martin: fewer desease

BYE!!!

2006-02-28T10:26:00.000-11:00

This is one of the Island Hood we have submited to the newspaper. This one is on our visit to the art museum on Saturday February 18th, 2006.

An Adventure in the World of Art
Written by Kirstan and Teresa Lin
Photographs taken by Kirstan and Teresa Lin

Last week Kirstan Lin and I, Teresa Lin, students in the 5th and 6th grade class at Pacific Horizons School, went to the Jean P. Haydon Museum in Pago Pago to see the exhibition of student artwork. We did not want to miss this opportunity to observe and appreciate the creativity and talent of our peers. Schools from all over American Samoa contributed their best student-produced art that included sketches, paintings, handicrafts and other forms of art. Kirstan and I took photographs of the ones we thought were the best. After taking pictures, we also added some of their thoughts about the art we admired.

The following pictures have been selected by Kirstan.

Artist: Meredith DeWees
Level: 5
School: Pacific Horizons School
I thought this fantastic picture looked so fancy because the sun was shining out of the sky. I liked the way the sun was shining out of the sky because it blended in with the sky.

Artist: Daniel Saufo’i
School: SPICC
Level: 6
I thought this picture was very neat because this person put so much detail into his work, it was neat because he outlined it in black so that it’s easy to see.

Artist: Lela Nomura
Level: 7
School: Pacific Horizons School
I thought this picture was very amazing because it looked so old fashioned but in the good way; it looked old fashioned because it was all done in black and white.

The next few picure selections were selected by Teresa.

Name: Jordan Miliao
Grade: Five
School: Pavai'ia'i Elementary
I like the painting because it's nice and enjoyable because of its many attractive colors, and the design looks like it has flowers and fire around it.

Name: Josephine Leota/Mome Pulemagafa/Tai
Grade: Six
School: Olomoana Elementary
I like the painting because it is interesting. The artist used a lot of colors and it looks like the stained-glass windows of a church.

Name: Petelo Sio
Grade: Five
School: Pavai'ia'i Elementary
Why I like the drawing: I like it because it's very attractive, and it looks very real because there are a lot of colors in the sky like there are at sunset.

That concludes what we are showing in this entry I hope you enjoyed it, and remember that this is only some of the amazing artwork at the museum. Go and see for your self if you want. It's awesome.

2006-02-27T14:25:00.000-11:00

The question for t'day is:

What is the one thing in your life that you hope never changes?

Kirstan: freedom
Meredith: family
Quinn: this school
Kimberley: parents
Davalynn: family and friends
Teresa: family
Dylan: family and friends
Martin: family
Mori: family and friends
Zackary: family and friends
Armand: family

Aleah: my personality

AWESOME PICTURES!

Click to enlarge.

2006-02-23T14:20:00.000-11:00

Hello! everyone I'm Teresa Lin long time no see hope you still remeber me our log out question is: What was your favorite thing you did today???

Zack: Math
Mori: Black History
Meredith: Black History
Aleah: Black History
Dylan: Current Events
Teresa: Black History
Kimberley: Current Events
Armand: Computer and Math
Davalynn: Current Event
Martin: Math
Kirstan: Black History

and thats all for today folks! BYE

2006-02-22T14:24:00.000-11:00

Hi, this is Kim. Our logout question is:

What was your favorite word you spelled today in the spelling bee?

Armand: virus
Aleah: sandstorm
Meredith: Acid
Mori: crossover
Zack: shift
Dylan: courage
Kirstan: stadium
Teresa: lobby
Kim: Browbeat
Davalynn: aligator

2006-02-21T14:27:00.000-11:00

Kim here, our logout question is:

What was your favorite poem and who was it by?

Davalynn: Son to Mother by Maya Angelou and, Mother to Son by Langston Hughes.
Dylan: I, Too by Langston Hughes.
Aleah: Phenomenal Women by Maya Angelou.
Kirstan: Touched By An Angel by Maya Angelou.
Mori: Son to Mother by Langston Hughes.
Martin: I, Too by Langston Hughes.

Quinn: As I Grew Older by Langston Hughes.
Zack: Daybreak in Alabama by Langston Hughes.
Armand:I, Too by Langston Hughes.
Meredith:Phenomenal women.
Kim: I, Too by Maya Angelou.

2006-02-17T14:22:00.000-11:00

Aleah here... the logout today...

What was your favorite subject through out the whole week?

Mori: social studies
Dylan: social studies and mathematics
Kirstan: social studies
Zack: social studies
Martin: mathematics
Davalynn: social studies
Lauren: black history and social studies
Kimberley: social studies
Teresa: social studies

Quinn: social studies
Meredith: mathematics

Aleah: social studies and mathematics

Note: We had a class spelling bee today and I (Aleah) won all three rounds. Isn't that great?

Also: There's a reason why I put Meredith and Quinn up there away from the other peeps... mwahahaha

2006-02-16T14:02:00.000-11:00

Today's logout is... What did you learn that you thought was the most interesting thing today.

Zack- That babies know math
Martin- Storm by Saturn
Davalynn-Current events
Mori-Babies know math
Kirstian-current events
Teresa- Babies know math, black history
Dylan-Currents events
Kim- Current events, black history
Armond- Currents events
Aleah- Everyones penguins " they rock!"
Meredith- Everyones penguins
Lauren- Current Events
Quinn-Current events
Mr. Hatcher- The blue penguins being so small "25cm.tall"

2006-02-15T14:17:00.000-11:00

Hi, this is Kimberley this is our logout for today.

Question: Which song by Paul Robeson do you like most?

Aleah: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Meredith: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Dylan: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Teresa: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Kim: Joshua Fit De battle of Jerico
Davalynn: Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Go Down Moses
Lauren: Joshua Fit De Battle of Jerico
Kirstan: Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Go down Moses
Mori: Go down Moses
Quinn: Go down Moses
Zack: Go Down Moses
Armand: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Martin: Joshua Fit De Battle of Jerico

2006-02-14T14:19:00.000-11:00

Today's logout is the most intersting thing that happend today.
Moir- reading
Zack- dressing up dylan
Davalynn-reseaching on cupid
Quinn-math
Lauren-reseaching on the history
Teresa-math
Meredith-black history
Martin-current events
Kim-black history
Armond-math
Kirstian-math
Dylan-dressing up like cupid,math
Aleah- reseaching on valentines

2006-02-14T10:17:00.000-11:00

Hi, it's the Adventurers' class. Last week was the Science Fair and today we are going to post pictures of ourselves with our Science Projects. We will type down what our project was about, why we did that project, what we liked most about our project, and what our favorite part of the Science Fair was.

Wazzup? My name is Aleah Cunningham. My project was about how an egg will drop into a bottle due to the change is air pressure. I did this project because I didn't know what to do for a science project because I had never done one before. The thing I liked most about my project was that I got to eat part of my project when I was finished with it. My favorite part of the Science Fair was... I don't have a favorite, the Science Fair was scary...

Hi, my name is Armand Haxton. I chose this for my science far project because I wanted to find out what melts ice faster half a cup of water or half a cup of salt. My favorite thing about the science fair was geting judged because I wanted to know how I did and my favorite thing about My project was finding out what melts ice faster.

Yo, my name is Davalynn Betham. I thought the Science Fair was SO scary, I was sweating the whole time. But it was fun doing the projects. My favorite part of project was doing the experiment. The reason I did the project that I did, was to see if the girls in our class had better hearing than the boys. My favorite part of the Science Fair was just looking at all of the projects.

HI!!! I'm the shorty, and my name is Dylan Willis. I did my project on how far a toy car can go at different angles. The reason I did this project is because my brother did this project and I wanted to learn more about it. My favorite part of my project was messuring how far the car went. What I liked most about the Science Fair was learning that I am going to the Territorial Science Fair.

My name is Kirstan Lin. I did my project on how an egg would shrink if the egg shell was off. I did this project because I was curious on how the egg would shrink. My favorite part was doing the expirement. My favorite part of the Science Fair was presenting it to the judges.

Hi, my name is Kimberley. My project is about the affects of blood pressure when listening to music. The reason I did this project, was because I thought it was very interesting. My favorite part of my project was testing people. My favorite part of the Science Fair was winning even though I can't go to the Territorial Science Fair...

Hi, my name is Lauren Folau. I did my project on "Potato Power" to see if potatoes really have enough electricity to light up a LED light bulb. My favorite part was just putting the whole project together. My favorite part of the Science Fair was presenting my project to the judges.

My name is Martin Folau. My project is on earthquakes. My favorite part of my project was timing it, because I broke the watch. My favorite part of the Science Fair was presenting it to the judges.

Yo, my name is Meredtih DeWees. I did my project on Hydrogen. The reason I did this because everybody should know about Hydrogen because it's the Fuel of the Future. The thing I enjoyed about my project was when the Hydrogen Gas Bubbles started comming through the tube. My favorite part of the Science Fair was looking at everybody else's project.

Hello, my name is Mori Aiono. I did my project on... MOLD BREAD. The thing I liked most about my project was the mold. My favorite part of the Science Fair was presenting my project to the judges.

My name is Quinn Sivaivai I did my project on... *whispers* a Naked Egg... The reason I did this project was because I thought it was interesting... The thing I liked most about my project was that the egg started taking off it's shell in 3 days. My favorite part of the Science Fair was looking at everybody else's project.

Hi, my name is Teresa Lin, I did my project on Volume and Buoyancy. The reason I did this project is because I didn't know what to do for the Science Fair. The thing I liked most about my project was that I got to use Playdough in my project. My favorite part of the Science Fair was... I didn't like the Science Fair.

My name is Zackary Mayer. I did my project on finger prints. The reason I did this project is because Mr Hatcher told me to do that project... I didn't like anything about my project. My favorite part of the Science Fair was presenting it to the judges.

2006-02-13T14:29:00.000-11:00

Hi, this is Kimberley Ayre from the sixth grade. Well anyway this is our class logout question

What was the best thing we did today?

Teresa: Drawing the Underground railroad.
Dadvalynn: Learning about Black History.
Lauren: Learning about Black History 102 worksheet and Math.
Quinn: Math
Kirstan: Math
Mori: Reading the underground Railroad.
Martin: Math
Armand: Math
Meredith: Learning about Black History.
Aleah: Black History.
Dylan: Silent reading and Black History.
Kimberley: Drawing the Underground Railroad.

Bye, See ya next time (maybe)

2006-02-10T10:13:00.000-11:00

WE LOVE MUSIC!
By Davalynn Betham, Lauren Folau, Aleah Cunningham and the Adventurers’ Class

The award season is upon us, and it’s time to pull out the big guns: The Grammys and the Academy Awards. Members of the Adventurers’ class at Pacific Horizons School took this opportunity to find out more about the Grammy Awards and the artists who are nominated for awards this year. We also put our math skills to work and found out which song students at our school thought should win Record of the Year.

The Grammys were awarded on 8th February, 2006.

Grammy Fun Facts

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Inc. was created in 1957.
There are over 20,000 members of the Academy today.
The first Annual Grammy Awards began in 1959.
The awards are named for the trophy which the winner receives - a small gilded statuette of a gramophone.
The eligibility period for the Grammys begins October 1 each year and ends September 30 of the following year.
Soul and R&B legend Aretha Franklin has won 11 awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
The most Grammys won in a single night is eight -- a record shared by Michael Jackson (1984), and Carlos Santana (2000).

The BIG Nominees

Mariah Carey, Kanye West, and newcomer John Legend each received eight Grammy nominations this year. Let’s get to know each artist a little better.

Biography of John Legend

John Legend (born as John Stephens) was born on December 28, 1978 in Springfield, Ohio. He grew up in Springfield, Ohio and started playing classical piano his grandmother taught him at the very young age of four. Legend attended Springfield North High School, graduating as Salutatorian at sixteen. Legend left Ohio at sixteen to go to college at the University of Pennsylvania, and it was there that he first found a larger audience.

Not yet out of his teens, Legend was tapped to play piano on Lauryn Hill’s “Everything Is Everything” in 1998. After completing college, he moved to New York where he began to build a loyal following playing in nightclubs and releasing CDs that he would sell at shows.

He also became an in-demand session musician, playing and occasionally writing for a wide array of artists, including Alicia Keys, Twista, Janet Jackson, and Kanye West.

Legend was recently nominated for eight Grammy Awards, including best new artist. The awards will be held February 8, 2006.

Biography of Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1970 in Huntington, New York. She was the third child of Patricia Hickey and Alfred Roy Carey. Mariah attended and graduated from Oldfield Middle School and Harborsfield High School in Greenland, New York. After moving to New York City, she became a backup singer for Brenda K.Starr. In 1988, Mariah Carey became a singer because of her friend Brenda. Brenda loved Mariah’s voice and thought that it was beautiful. So she gave Tommy Mottola (an executive of Columbia Records) at a party. Tommy listened to her tape and was impressed with what he heard. He returned to the party to search for Mariah, but she had already left. Tommy tracked her down and got her to sign a Record Contract. She has since become an R&B singer and an actress.

Biography of Kanye West

Kanye West was born into a privileged family with a mother who was a doctor on June 8 in the year of 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Columbia College and Chicago State University, but he never graduated. He dropped out and started his music career. He became a co-worker with the artist Jay-Z. Jay-Z had West helped him make the album “The Blueprint”. On the album, 6 of the songs were produced by Kanye West. Kanye went on to work with other big hit artists such as Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, John Legend and many more. After assisting other artists he wanted to work on his own album. His 1st big hit album was called College Dropout. He went on to his 2nd album. Days, weeks, months went by and Late Registration came out in 2005. This was also a big hit for him. Over 904,000 copies were sold in the 1st week of it even being out. This year Kanye West received 10 Grammy Nominations. He is planning for 2 more albums to come out. One will be called “Graduation” and the other will be called “A Good Ass Job.” They will be coming out sooner or later.

Record of the Year

Our class made a list of the Record of the Year nominees, and we asked 36 students between the ages of ten and seventeen who they thought should win. Here is what we found out:

We Belong Together – Mariah Carey
8.3% voted for Mariah.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams- Green Day
33.3% voted for Green Day.

Hollaback Girl- Gwen Steffani
11.1% voted for Gwen.

Gold Digger- Kanye West
19.4% voted for Kanye.

Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
27.3% voted for the Gorillaz.

2006-02-09T14:03:00.000-11:00

Log out:
Today's Question
What was your funniest thing youo did today?
WHATS UP DOC?

Zack: Science Fair
Armand: Science Fair
Kimberley: Science Fair, And Wheel
Lauren: Current Events and Wheel
Dylan: Science Fair, Wheel, and Current Events
Aleah: Current events
Quinn: Current Events
Kirstan: Wheel and Current Events
Martin: Science Fair and Current Event
Meredith: Matthew Henson and Math
Mori: Wheel, Science, Current event
Teresa: Wheels, and Current Events
Davalynn: Science Fair

WE'll, thats all folks!!

2006-02-08T14:40:00.000-11:00

Today we all broght are science fair projects to school.

What is the most intresting thing you learned today?

Dylan: Aleah's current event, and talking about science fair project
Aleah: Mori's mold
Teresa: Aleah's current event
Quinn: Aleah's current event
Lauren: Aleah's current evet
Martin: Mori's mold
Zack: Math viarable
Armand:Aleah's current event
Kirstan: Science fair projects
Davalynn: Aleah's current event
Kimberley: Coretta Scott King's funeral
Mori: Aleah's current event
Meredith: All the science fair projects

2006-02-07T14:24:00.000-11:00

Our log out for today:
One fact you've learned you learned today.

Mori: Dr Carter G. Woodson's parents were slaves
Aleah: Dr. Woodson entered High school at the age of 20
Lauren: Dr. Woodson graduated High school in 2 years
Armand: Dr. Woodson lived for 74 years 8 months and 6 days
Zack: Most penguins live on the coast of the Southern Argentina
Martin: Dr. Woodson earned his phd at Harver
Dylan: Dr. Woodson's parent's slaves
Meredith: In 1909 he went to Washington DC to teach french and Spanish
Kimberley: Dr. Carter's parents were slaves
Teresa: He finished high school in two years
Quinn: Dr. Carter died in 1950
Kirstan: Dr. Carter started High school at age of 20.
Davalynn: How to change a uncommon denominator.

2006-02-03T15:02:00.000-11:00

Hola, Aleah is back... AGAIN.

The logout question for today was:

What was the best thing we did this week?

Teresa: Current Events
Lauren: Current Events
Dylan: science fair project, math
Meredith: Mr Popper's Penguins poster
Kirstan: Current Event
Armand: book report, Current Events, movie, math
Quinn: math
Kimberley: Mr Popper's Penguins poster, Current Events
Zack: Mr Popper's Penguins poster
Martin: Mr Popper's Penguins poster
Davalynn: art
Mori: Mr Popper's Penguins poster
Aleah: Mr Popper's Penguins poster, science fair project, Current Events

... You guys are probably getting tired of me posting, right?

Aleah

2006-02-01T10:43:00.000-11:00

Aleah, here... again... Mr. Hatcher said I could update the blog for fun if I was bored, I think that's what he said... oh well, if he didn't say that I can just delete this post.

Here's what happened today...

We got out of school early because the storm nearly took our class roof off and it was all flooded. Lots of people went home early and I was the last one inside the classroom. Staying all by myself with Mr. Hatcher's laptop, emailing Davalynn and listening to Quinn's music was pretty fun... I guess...

QUINN WAS STEALLING MY MUSIC!!!!!

No. Not really but he copied all of the songs on my MP3 player, at least, I think he copied all of them.

I forgot to bring my math homework home... and right now I'm trying to find a bottle for my Science Fair Project... I have not had any luck at all... And one of my hard boiled eggs exploded... and right now I'm listening to my mom talk on the phone... but that doesn't really matter.

I tried to put a picture on here but it takes too long on my computer... stinky computer...

And that's pretty much all I have to say...

See ya later,

Aleah

2006-01-31T16:41:00.000-11:00

Hello, it's Aleah (again, I know!). Our logout question for today is the same as yesterday's.

What did you enjoy most about today?

Teresa: working on Popper's Penguins poster
Meredith: working on Popper's Penguins poster
Dylan: working on Popper's Penguins poster
Lauren: working on Popper's Penguins poster and math
Kimberley: working on science experiment
Zack: working on Popper's Penguins poster
Armand: working on Popper's Penguins poster
Davalynn: working on Popper's Penguins poster
Martin: working on Popper's Penguins poster
Kirstan: assisting Kim with science project
Quinn: working on Popper's Penguins poster
Mori: working on Popper's Penguins poster
Aleah: assisting Kim with science project

Adios Amigos

2006-01-30T15:17:00.000-11:00

Hi, it's Aleah our logout question for today is:

What did you enjoy most about today?

Kirstan: working on science fair project
Quinn: working on science fair project
Davalynn: working on science fair project
Mori: working on science fair project
Lauren: math
Martin: working on science fair project
Armand: oil painting, science fair project, math
Zack: working on science fair project
Dylan: working on science fair project, oil painting
Meredith: math
Teresa: oil painting
Kimberley: oil painting
Aleah: math

And don't forget to do your homework!!!

~Aleah

2006-01-26T15:29:00.000-11:00

2006-01-26T14:32:00.000-11:00

What did you like about Australia?

Teresa: Views of Australia, and songs
Lauren: Flags
Kim: Making Flags
Davalynn: eating Australian Food
Kirstan: eating Australian Food and Flag
Mori: Eating Australian Food and Flag
Martin: Kims Presentation
Dylan: Kims Presentation, flag, and food
Aleah:Kims prsentation , flag, and food
Meredith: Presentation, and Songs
Zack: Presentation and Flag
Armand: Songs, Food, and FLag

2006-01-25T14:37:00.000-11:00

Hello! everyone it's us Teresa Lin and
Kimberley Ayre from the adventurers class.
The Austrlia Day is comeing up tommow, and we are making flag's of Austrlia.

Our blog question is ''What did you find intresting about today?"

Kim: Science
Mori: Flag
Davalynn: Flag
Dylan: That there are 3 different Australian flags
Martin: Math
Kirstan:flag
Lauren flag
Teresa Science and flag
Quinn: flag
Aleah: Science and flag
Meredith: Science and flag
Armand: Science and flag
Zack: flag

2006-01-24T14:38:00.000-11:00

Hi!

It is Kimberley. Welcome back to our class blog. Today is our Compass Rose Meeting which is when our parents come to our school and see all of the work we have done, and tonight the Adventurers class is going to present our speeches on what our dream is. It is based on Martin Luther Kng, Jr's speech.

Well, this is our logout for today

Mr. Hatcher: getting a new computer
Armand: Math
Zack: Computer
Dylan: Making Martin Luther King, Jr book and preparing for Compass Rose Meeting
Aleah: Making Martin Luther King, Jr book and computer
Meredith: Math test
Mori: Math test and computer
Martin: Martin Luther King, Jr book
Teresa: Searching penguins
Kim: Making Maartin Luther King, Jr book and prcticing speech
Quinn: Martin Luther King, Jr book
Lauren: Computer lab and making Martin Luther King, jr book
Davalynn: Making Marrtin Luther King, Jr book and practicing speech

2006-01-24T07:31:00.000-11:00

Hi!

It's Teresa, here's our class logout. Our logout question for today was:

What did you enjoy most today?

Armand: science experiment.
Aleah: science experiment, math and fixing Dylan's hair.
Meredith: science experiment.
Zack: working on speech and movie review.
Dylan: science experiment and reading.
Mori: science experiment.
Davalynn: math (for the first time) and science experiment
Teresa: math, science experiment and fixing Dylan's hair
Kim: timeline and fixing Dylan's hair
Lauren: science experiment and math
Kirstan; science experiment and math
Martin: math
Quinn: science experiment

Mr. Hatcher: TEACHING US!!!

Adios

2006-01-23T15:34:00.000-11:00

Hi All!!!

Don't forget your vocabulary words tonight!

famished
riveting
sanctuary
controversial
vertebrate
liver
bile
emulsion
gait
feeble

You need to write them in ABC order and find their definitions.

Don't even think about coming to class tomorrow without your MLK timelines completed. We need them first thing in the morning so if you are working on them, please finish them, and don't forget them at home!

I was very happy to hear many of you say that you enjoyed your math assignment most today. Please complete your assignment if you have not done so already. 5th grade: Don't forget you have math assessment 9A tomorrow.

Kirstan, Kimberley and Teresa have current events due tomorrow. Remember, you get bonus points if it is relevant to our thematic unit.

Whew!!! You've got a lot to do so get busy! I'll stop bugging you.

Have a fantastic afternoon!!!

Mr. H

2006-01-22T17:15:00.000-11:00

MLK CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across
4. City of birth for King and Coca Cola.
6. King was admitted to this college at the age of 15.
8. Tennessee city where King was assassinated in 1968.
10. Said, "I do," to King in 1953.
11. He won this award at the age of 35.

Down
1. ..."they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their __________..."
2. In 1959, King traveled to India to study this man's philosophy of nonviolence.
3. Woman who did not give up her seat on the bus.
5. Magazine that named King "Man of the Year" in 1964.
7. Memorial where "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered.
9. Rock band U2 recorded this song in the eighties in honor of King.

2006-01-18T19:22:00.000-11:00

Hi, it's me, Davalynn the Jokester! =p

Okay, here's today's class logout!

Logout
Kim-Fagatele bay, Vocab words
Zack-Fagatele bay, kidnapping in Iraq
Armand-Standard form, Expanding Numbers
Lauren-Fagatele Bay, Doing Pi
Davaylnn- Fagatele bay, Doing pi
Martin-expanding numbers, Fagatele bay
Aleah- expanding numbers, Fagatele bay
Meredith-expanding numbers, popper penguins
Quinn- expanding numbers, kidnappin in Iraq
Teresa-Kidnapping in Iraq, Fagatele bay
Kirstan-expanding numbers, Fagatele bay
Mori-expanding numbers,kidnappin in Iraq
Dylan-expanding numbers, Fagatele bay

See, doesn't everyone love Fagatele Bay!

Well, at least, almost everyone...

2006-01-17T13:12:00.000-11:00

Hola, Aloha, Talofa, Hello my name is Davalynn the jokester...hehehe...just joking.Well I just turned 12 and I'm in six grade.
Ya, whatever she said. My name is Lauren Folau and just moved here from the states. I am 12 years old and in the 6th grade.

Davalynn:
Today was fun cause we got to hear everybody's " I have a dream." speech. We watched a movie that I made for our assignment and everybody said it was sad. Then we went to computer and did our last draft. Well gotta go and comment us if any of you bloggers can ....ADIOS, MAHALO,FA SOI FU, BYE BYE....hehehehe

2006-01-14T07:10:00.000-11:00

I hope you all are having a great weekend after a great week in school. I am very excited for this term; I think that we shall do many exciting activities and projects. I want to thank each of you, all the adventurers, for participating so well in class last week. Your attitudes and respectful behaviour made class very fun, and we were able to get a lot done because of your cooperation.

As you are all very aware, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday is this weekend, and there is no school on Monday. I don't want any of you sitting around bored over the long weekend so I assigned you a few tasks to complete before Tuesday:

1. Complete you "I have a dream..." dioramas. Use the "I Have a Dream" speech as your inspiration, but be creative.

2. Write you own "I have a dream..." speech to accompany your diorama. I distributed a speech template in class to guide you with two prompts: "I have a dream that someday..." and "This is what I will do to make this dream a reality:"

If you'd like to enhance your speech, you could make a picture or a poster to illustrate some of your ideas. If you have access to a computer, you could make a brief PowerPoint presentation to accompany your speech.

3. I also assigned that you write your thoughts on the exert from Dr. King's speech: “…they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character…” This should be one page.

Remember that we are contributing to Thursday's "Islandhood". If you would like to do something extra for our Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. theme, you could create a fun word puzzle at http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com. Create your own list of vocabulary words associated with Dr. King, his ideas and philosophies, and create a word hunt or crossword puzzle.

I have also posted this information on our class webpage at Scholastic.com. On that page, I've uploaded the handouts I gave in class. If you need one, go to that site to print a new one.

Have fun!!!

I'll see you all on Tuesday!

Mr. Hatcher

2006-01-12T15:16:00.000-11:00

Hi it's Kim. Today we started doing a Martin Luther King, Jr. timeline and we are not going to show you our class log out. We are going to tell you about Journalists/reporters because today in class a visitor came to class. She is a journalist from Samoa News. Journalists/reporters write articles for newspapers evry time there is news or breaking news. Journalists work many hours a day (how tiring).

We also listened to the tape of Martin Luther King, Jr. most famous speech "I have a Dream". It was very sad and happy at the same time and interesting.

2006-01-11T14:48:00.000-11:00

Welcome back to Adventure Log. This Teresa and Kim,today we were learning Science with raisans and played Math tick tack toe.

This is our Log out question for today:
What was the most important thing we learnt or thoought was useful today?

Aleah: Science with raisans.
Meredith: Math tick tack toe.
Armand: (left early)
Zack: Math tick tack toe.
Mori: Science with raisans.
Kim: Science with raisans.
Teresa: Science with raisans.
Dylan:n math tick tack toe and science with raisans.
Quinn: Math tick tack toe.
Kirstan: Math tick tack toe.
Martin: Math tick tack toe
Davalynn: Math tick tack toe.
Lauren: Math tick tack toe.

2006-01-10T14:41:00.000-11:00

We have been learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. and we enjoyed learning about him.

What we learnt about Martin Luther King, Jr:

Aleah: Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15th, 1929.
Meredith: Martin Luther King, Jr. died at the age of 39.
Armand: Martin Luther King, Jr. was married on July 18th, 1953.
Zack: Martin Luther King, Jr. started work in the ministry at the age of 19.
Mori: Martin Luther King, Jr. got married to Coretta Scott.
Kimberley: Martin Luther King, Jr. won the Noble Peace award.
Teresa: Martin Luther King, Jr. died on April 4th, 1968.
Dylan: Martin Luther King, Jr. had a son named after him.
Quinn: Martin Luther King, Jr. was stabbed in the chest.
Martin: Martin Luther King, Jr. got stabbed.
Kirstan: Martin luther King, Jr. had four Childen
Davalynn: Martin Luther king, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia
Lauren: Martin Luther King, Jr. had four children.

2006-01-09T14:33:00.000-11:00

Hello, my name is Kimberley. I am in 6th grade, and 11 years old.
Hello, my name is Teresa. I'm in 6th grade ,and I'm 11 years old.
We live in American Samoa and we are making a class blog.

This is our Log Out for today January 9th,06.

What did you enjoy most today?

Aleah: Reading.
Meredith: Reading .
Armand: The blanket game.
Zack:The blanket game.
Kimberley:Reading.
Teresa: Reading.
Dylan: The blanket game,and Reading.
Quinn: The blanket game.
Martin: Calling out Names.
Kirstan: The blanket game.
Davalynn: The blanket game.
Lauren: Reading.