Old Faithful

09/21/2015E.Caba

We went to Old Faithful on the last day in Yellowstone. It was so fun! Old Faithful erupts about every 60-110 minutes. It erupts 140 feet in the air, but has been known to erupt 190 feet. Old Faithful was named in 1870. It was the first geyser to receive a name. The water temperature was 244 F°, proving that the geyser really lives up to it’s name.

How does it erupt? (no searching online)

Watching the geyser erupt

Old Faithful

The Arctic Tundra

05/26/201509/13/2015E.Caba

Interesting facts about the arctic tundra:

The word tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturia.
The arctic tundra has about 400 varieties of flowers but under 50 animals.
The tundra biome covers about 20% of the world.

Here are some features about the arctic tundra.

Extremely cold climate
Low biotic diversity
Simple vegetation structure
Limitation of drainage
Short season of growth and reproduction
Energy and nutrients in the form of dead organic material
Large population oscillations

Next, we have some animals from the tundra:

Arctic Fox
Arctic Wolf
Lemming
Vole
Ermine
Caribou
Reindeer
Polar Bear
Birds
Walruses
Narwhals
Bowhead Whales
Orca
Many Different Seals

Here are tundra plants:

Flowers
Arctic Poppy
Lichen
Reindeer Moss
Bearberry
Labrador Tea
Diamond Fruit Willow
Sedges

What do you know about the tundra?

Caribou in the tundra

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Africa Bridge

04/11/201504/13/2015E.Caba

This is the logo of Africa Bridge.

In the month of April, the second grade of Stafford Primary will help people from the village of Ntandabala, Tanzania by doing a Read To Feed/Read To Build Reading Challenge. We will read new series, bigger books, more minutes, and new genres. We will read to help the students in Africa, inspired by the book Beatrice’s Goat. It takes place in Kasinga, Uganda. In the book, Beatrice was lucky enough to receive the gift of a goat, Mugisa, who changed her life. Some of you may be thinking: How does a goat change someone’s life? Read the book to find out.

I translated to Swahili, the language of Tanzania, where I am reading to feed and reading to build. I translated using Google Translate.

Mimi kutafsiriwa kwa Kiswahili, lugha ya Tanzania, ambapo mimi kusoma kulisha na kusoma kujenga. Mimi kutafsirawa kutumia Google Translate.

Katika mwezi wa Aprili, daraja la pili ya Stafford Msingi itasaidia watu kutoka kijiji cha Ntandabala, Tanzania kwa kufanya Read Ili kulisha / Read Kujenga Reading Challenge. Sisi kusoma mfululizo mpya, vitabu kubwa, zaidi ya dakika, na muziki mpya. Sisi kusoma kuwasaidia wanafunzi katika Afrika, aliongoza kwa kitabu Beatrice ya mbuzi. Ni unafanyika katika Kasinga, Uganda. Katika kitabu hicho, B eatrice alikuwa na bahati ya kupokea ile zawadi ya mbuzi, Mugisha, ambaye iliyopita maisha yake. Baadhi ya unaweza kuwa na mawazo: Ni jinsi gani mbuzi kubadilisha maisha ya mtu? Kusoma kitabu kujua.