Methamphetamine

What does methamphetamine do to your body? It increases your heart rate and blood pressure by at least 40%. It can cause liver or kidney damage and damages blood vessels in your brain which can cause  strokes or worst case scenario death! Meth can also cause people to lose trust in close ones.

Steve Williams was driving his daughter to school, she was in the back seat and he got mad at her because she forgot something for school. He reached over to the backseat and continuously punched her a number of times. She ended up with a broken jaw and was unconscious. He drove off and puller over onto a gravel road near Lake Onoke. He then carried her to a bush and laid her down assuming she was dead she made a small groan so Steve grabbed a branch and bashed her head fracturing her skull and killing her.

Restaurant Bans Ketchup

P= I predict that this article will be about a restaurant that has banned ketchup because i might have been poisoned.

C= N/A

Q= Where is the restaurant? Florida, Can they bring there own Ketchup? No

S= This article is about a restaurant in Florida that has banned ketchup because the chef is tired of people asking for it.

Candy That Doesn't Cause Cavities

1. What causes cavities?

Bacteria the feeds off the remainder of sugar.

2. What was the genius idea the scientists at OrganoBalance came up with to try combat cavities?

OrganoBalance turned to Lactobacillus paracasei. The bacteria is found in a type of a milk product.

3. What was the experiment they conducted to test their thesis? Was it successful?

This one simply displaces them to areas where they can cause no damage.

Giant Panda Celebrates First Birthday

1. Every animal turns one so why was Bao Bao's first birthday so special?
 Because he is the most popular and and favourite panda in America.

2. How did the zookeepers celebrate it?
They made that was full of Apple Juice and decorated it and he got some special chocolate and a vanilla cake and lots of other treats.

3. What are some of the things Bao Bao has learnt during his first year? What are some of the things in store for her before she turns two?
She has learnt to sit on scales and climb trees .

Dangerous Decibels

Today we learnt about dangerous decibels, decibels are little tiny hairs in your ears that can be permanently damaged and can cause hearing loss. We did two tests, banging a tuning fork on the ground and listening to the vibration and tapping the forks on a ping pong ball. I learnt that 85 decibels (DB) is the safe limit that the sound should be and that headphones are more safer than earphones while listening to music and watching videos.

Maori Myth

Homework Task P5

I have completed another season of rugby playing for The Mount Marlins. We didn't play as good as last year as this year we just missed out on the play-offs.