For the 7th graders who are reading this message, feel free to post here for as long as you wish. If you forget your password, just see me at school and I’ll give you a new one. You were truly pioneers of this communications medium at our school. Don’t forget to stop by this year’s site and leave a friendly comment for one of the new 6th grade writers. They would really appreciate it.

Mr. H.

The notes on Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Adam Smith, Jean-Jacques Rousseau are short but serve as a nice summary of their important accomplishments. Many of their ideas formed the foundation for the philosophies of the founding fathers of the United States.
Thank you Paul Halsall Ph.D. History from Fordham University and the Internet History Sourcebooks Project.

Illustration: Two Treatises of Government written by John Locke in 1690.

Whether he is sitting in his celebrity chair or on a piece of paper, everyone know’s the cool cat with the name Garfield!

Thanks to Jim Davis’s funny imagination Garfield has became a kitty with fame! Not to mention, the producer’s of Garfield The Movie and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties also help boost him to become that cat we all know and love!

So remember, garfield is more then just a cat, okay?

Image from http://www.osobnosti.cz/images/filmy/4912.jpg

Red = Vanilla Ice Cream

Google has an interesting new site called Google Trends. It allows you to review search patterns from the Google search database. In the above example, I asked Google Trends to compare searches for Chocolate v. Vanilla Ice Cream (I like Vanilla.) The site also provides information on the countries where most of the searches come from and the language most often used. Try it out. You can compare anything; Yankee’s and Red Sox, Math and Science, Dogs and Cats etc. Share some of your findings in the comments section.

Nancy McKeand, who has commented on some of your posts, discovered this fun way to learn about active and passive sentences.

Here is a quick quiz. Which of the following sentences is active, and which is passive and WHYyyyyyy?
Derek Jeter drove the ball deep into the seats.

The ball was driven deep into the seats by Derrek Jeter.

Not sure, go to the above link and learn from the lego guy, Troy Sterling.

Specifications

Price- $140,675

Engine- 5.5L 36-valve Biturbo V-12 engine

Net Power- 510 hp @ 5,000 rpm

Net Torque- 612 lb-ft @ 1,800- 3,500 rpm

Specifications

Price- $118,400

Engine- 6.0 L V12

Net Power- 438 hp @ 6,000 rpm

Net Torque- 444 lb-ft @ 3,950 rpm

You look down and see an animal that is mostly clear. A small tail tucks in as the little creature squiggles around a bit. After minute’s of staring you finally recognize it as a shrimp. A ghost shrimp to be exact.

Ghost shrimps are peaceful creatures that are a good choice for aquariums. Although ghost shrimp are small so putting them in an aquarium with fish mean’s you’re taking a risky chance. You better put many hiding spots if you’re putting them with fish!

Ghost shrimps are clear making part’s in there body visible. If you look closely you might see the food they ate {Sorry for the grossness}. These shrimp also have ten pair’s of legs. The first four include tiny claws on the ends.

Ghost shrimp’s are amazing animal’s in many ways. You should go get one and observe it’s fine details. Good luck!