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Science Blog:Current Event!!

Chickenpox in your childhood can lead to oral health problems later in life. Chickenpox is caused by the varicella zoster virus which caused 4 million people to have the infection before the vaccine was given out in 1995. If you have had chickenpox, the varicella zoster virus can still be present in yuor body and can lead to horrible oral health problems. Lesions, herpes zoster and bone damage are examples of these problems. 1 million americans are affected my herpes zoster and 50% of the cases happenen over the age of 60. I think that this an important study because it helps prepare dentists and doctors for this occurance. Also, the doctors will help people who have this problem.

Here is where I found this information! 

Social Studies Blog:State News

Barack Obama is in New Jersey! A high school in Plainfield, NJ has been renamed the Barack Obama Acedemy for Academic and Civil Development. At first, the school was named the Plainfield Acedemy for Academic and Civil Development. This high school was made for students who couldn't handle the regular hgh school programs. A student started a petition for the changing the name of the school and most people signed it. The schools goal is to try and become roll models for others. The school believes it get students to believe in change and believe in themselves.

Class Response:Rollercoasters

For the past two days, the science classes have been working on rollercoasters! These rides are made of toilet paper tubes, tape, cardboard, and a marble to test it out with. We are currently learning about forces, Newton's laws, and energy. These elements help us greatly with the task at hand. To make the task even harder, we only have a few class periods to complete our coasters. For our marble to go up hills and do loops we used the acceleration of a slope. This represents the first law which is that a object at rest will remain at rest until acted upon by an unbalanced force. The unbalanced force in this case is gravity. To find out even more information, I went to this link.

It says that if you went at the same speed you would only feel the force of gravity. If you were to accelerate you would feel inertia pushing you forward or back. When you are going down a hill with the forces balanced you would feel weightlessness which I think is very fun. I think this project will help have a better understanding of forces and what we are currently learning through a fun and exciting way.

International Blog:

In Afghanistan, there are many unfortunate events going on. War, terror and desolation is everywhere. Sadly, many children live here. About 1 in 5 people are school age children. To help the children cope with these events Oliver Percovich is determined to open the first Afghan skating school, Skateistan! Most children have never played a sport in their lives and waste no time learning to skateboard. Lots and lots of children are finding this as their first sport. Percovich has raised the money to build Skateistan, but is still waiting for permission. The Afghan children say they have found their strength with skating. For Afghan girls the opportunity for skating is short because when they reach puberty they cannot come in contact with men outside her family. Many people are poor and use skatingboarding to improve their lives. I think this is a very great thing Oliver has done because it is improving the lives of many people and making people happier. Also, I think it is letting people make money and its a new way of travel. Tons of opportunities are formed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/sports/othersports/26skate.html?_r=1&ref=asia