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Welcome to DEIDRAS BLOG
We have three 6th grade Science classes and two 8th grade Science classes blogging here from the Pacific Northwest in Chimacum, WA! Sixth graders are learning a bit about Mt Saint Helens, environmental science through fresh water ecology, and physical science this year. Eighth graders are learning about life science this year. Please join us as we learn Science by exploring our world.
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Cockroaches!
Article posted June 11, 2012 at 07:26 PM GMT •
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While experimenting with Cockroaches I found out they like to hide from people. They went to the grass and eaqual amount of times as they went to the dirt. We had troubled seeing if they wanted to run from us or they really just want to go to one or the other areas.
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Article posted June 11, 2012 at 07:26 PM GMT •
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Cockroach
Article posted June 6, 2012 at 06:58 PM GMT •
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I have not really heard anything about cockroaches but I have heard they are nasty and mean. If I had one as a pet I would kill it. I want to know if they can really live through a nuclear explosion.
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Article posted June 6, 2012 at 06:58 PM GMT •
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Odyssey 2012
Article posted May 29, 2012 at 07:01 PM GMT •
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Odyssey at Camp David Jr. on Lake Cresent was a lot of fun! We got to spend time with friends and learn more about your class mates. My favorite part was probably the time on Thursday when we all got to jump in the lake and the sun finally came out. I was one of the kids who did not want to go and I thought I was going to have a terrible time, but it was a lot better then I expected. I got to have fun with my class and have fun with the counselors. All together Odyssey was not that bad!
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Article posted May 29, 2012 at 07:01 PM GMT •
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KW Snails
Article posted May 2, 2012 at 06:37 PM GMT •
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I know Snails...
Move slow, they die with salt, they are hermifrodites.
I want to know...
Why they die with salt and what food do they prefer?
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Article posted May 2, 2012 at 06:37 PM GMT •
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Bacteria Lab
Article posted February 6, 2012 at 08:02 PM GMT •
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The sink nob has the most bacteria on it. My evidence is it has the biggest mark in the triangle. Maybe we did not swab the flusher enough and that is why there is no bacteria. I would think that would be one of the dirtiest places in the school and it did not grow anything. We must have done something wrong there. There is white dots in some of the places. I don't want to touch too much stuff at school. I want to wash my hands so much! I really enjoyed this experiment because it taught me to be more carefull in the gross dirty areas.
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Article posted February 6, 2012 at 08:02 PM GMT •
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Amoeba!
Article posted December 7, 2011 at 08:27 PM GMT •
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Here is my movie about Amoeba on time-laps.(:
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Article posted December 7, 2011 at 08:27 PM GMT •
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Microscopes are fun!
Article posted December 1, 2011 at 08:01 PM GMT •
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Well if the you are using the microscope I can tell how much it's magnified by the lens objective. It says how much it is magnified on there. When I look for something under e microscope I put it under and I adjust the corse focus first, then once I have that looking pretty good then I adjust the fine focus. The fine focus takes the longest to adjust but it always turns out working out. A dry mount is when the object you are looking at is dry and a wet mount is when the object you are looking at is wet. The field of vision is what you see in the microscope. Some times the field of vision is bigger then other times depending on how much magnification you are using. Focal plane is when you focus on one pSart of an object. The two different microscopes we use have two different ways you move the microscope slides to see the object correctly. On the normal microscope you move left to go right, up to go down kind of thing and everything is upside down. If you are using the digital microscope everything is normal. Right to go right, up to go up. Microscopes are very fun to use! Do you enjoy them??
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Article posted December 1, 2011 at 08:01 PM GMT •
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Brine Shrimp
Article posted November 4, 2011 at 08:25 PM GMT •
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Since last time we experimented with brine shrimp we got some weird results so we decided to try a new experiment. We put brine shrimp in test tubes full of sugar water, sprite, clean water, salt water and lemon water and put the vials under a heat lamp. Brine shrimp can hatch in many different liquids but only in a few they can live we found out. The brine shrimp hatched in all the liquids but only lived over the whole period of time in salt water and sugar water. We were all so happy that they hatched in the salt water because we have been trying to do this for a while now. Our evidence is we put the little eggs under the microscope and looked to find life such as empty eggs and the shrimp swimming or just staying in one spot but out of the egg. We found is the second day in every liquid but the third day we only found them still swimming in two. Some of the error we had is that we could not get the exact same amount if eggs in each, we also could not get the exact same amount of liquid in each vial. I observed some if the live brine shrimp moving and swimming around. I got to see a few of the shrimp come out of the eggs. That helps me to know that there was living brine shrimp. I understand now that the shrimp need their own environment to live in. When we did the experiment with the brine shrimp and did not put it under the heat lamp we dud nit get any to hatch in anything but sugar water but once we put it under the lamp more hatched. I still don't understand why the eggs could hatch in different environments and how they only sometimes hatch in salt water. I think it's odd how they don't hatch in their natural environment.
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Article posted November 4, 2011 at 08:25 PM GMT •
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Environment!(:
Article posted October 21, 2011 at 08:08 PM GMT •
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We did an experiment in class where we had three different liquids, fresh water salt water and sugar water. We had the same five subtances in all three liquids, red sand, yeast, polyacrylate, radish and brine shrimp (sea monkeys.) In all the different enviroments something different happened in each one. The environment affects organisms because if an organisim is not in a right environment it won't survive. When we put sea monkeys in salt water and fresh water they didn't hatch but in the sugar water they hatched. The fresh water must have been too clean but it is still really weird that they didn't hatch in the salt water. The reason some things don't look living when you first get them but later they are is because sometimes it is too small. The sea monkeys just looked like sand but when we looked close we saw that the sea monkeys were hatching. The yeast looked like a regular powder but as we got farther in the experiment we found out that yeast was also living. In liquid one (salt water) 4things did not live and one did, in liquid two (sugar water) two things did not live and three did, in liquid three (fresh water) three did not live and two did. In all three the radish sproted. That is the only one that lived in all three. Different environments can change many things about an organism such as a seed. The seed is not growing unless it has water. The seed will sprout better if it has clean pure water. It will still grow in sugar and salt water just not as much. Some things don't appear living until it is in water or in a certain environment because it needs something for it to react to.
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Article posted October 21, 2011 at 08:08 PM GMT •
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What is living?
Article posted October 7, 2011 at 08:15 PM GMT •
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A living thing has to be many things. To determine if something is a living thing it has to be plant animal or human. It must eat, breathe, move, grow, die, reproduce or waste. When we do work in class I use these "rules" to consider if something is living or has lived. Some things that are living that most people don't know about is a cell is living, a mushroom and potato is living. Learning about what is living and what is not actually really interesting and I enjoy it very much.
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Article posted October 7, 2011 at 08:15 PM GMT •
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Global Warming
Article posted September 30, 2011 at 08:10 PM GMT •
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I think YES for sure we can do something to fix global warming. I think more people need to Recycle! Different lightbulbs would be good too. Not leaving a light on when you leave a room. All this can help us stop global warming! Yes we should do something about global warming NOW! If the temperature continues to rise the ice caps will melt as well as Antarctica. All the polar bears and penguins will all die and that would be very sad! So remember the three "R's" Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 08:10 PM GMT •
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7 Random Facts:)
Article posted September 29, 2011 at 08:04 PM GMT •
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1. I'm a Mormon
2. I am a big pageant girl but not glitz
3. I am 5ft tall on a good day
4. My favorite TV show is Teen Mom and Teen Mom 2!
5. My oldest brother use to drive a Baby Blue Chevy truck and a Dodge Neon but he blew up his truck and totalled his Dodge Neon.
6. I have gone to Chimacum my whole life.
7. I am big time Cheerleader(:
This is fun so here is a few more!
8. I want a Juicy Couture Track Suit so bad!
9. I am the youngest and only daughter in my family.
10. I love Starbucks Drinks:(
11. My brother Alex and I make fun of the oldest brother Justin.
12. I like to ride quads!
13. I like to drive cars with the boys
14. My favorite school shoes are either my TOMS or Georgia Boot Romeos.
15. I would love to own Miss America Shoes from DSW:)
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Article posted September 29, 2011 at 08:04 PM GMT •
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Coniferous Forest Movie!
Article posted September 28, 2011 at 08:13 PM GMT •
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This is our movie about the Coniferous Forest. The whole class learned about biomes but each team learned about different biomes. Hope you enjoy!(:
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Article posted September 28, 2011 at 08:13 PM GMT •
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Golf of Mexico Oil Spill
Article posted June 2, 2010 at 10:03 PM GMT •
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As you may know there is a HUGE oil spill in the Golf of Mexico. It happened because people where drilling for oil and they hit oil and it has been spilling ever since. Some people may say it is spilling at an epic rate. It has hit the American boarder. It has hit birds and mammals and has killed millions. They have some ideas for stopping the oil but none have been set in action at this time. It has been said that there is enough oil that if the oil spill is not stopped then it can and will KILL us!! I think this oil spill is up setting and needs to be STOPPED ASAP!!!
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Article posted June 2, 2010 at 10:03 PM GMT •
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Oceans close to death! :(
Article posted June 2, 2010 at 09:50 PM GMT •
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The world oceans are in great danger because of the global temperatures increasing by a third just in the last two years and the lack of oxygen in the water. Dead zones are the leading cause of our wildlife dying in the world. A "dead zone" is a body of water that has an over amount of nutrients from sewage and run-off in the water. The number of dead zones has sky-rocketed from 44 in the year 1995 to over 400! Some of those bodies of water exceeding over 22,000 sqkm!!! The areas of these dead zones include several places such as the Gulf of Mexico, South China Sea, Gulf of Finland, the Black Sea, Adriatic Sea and areas of the Caribbean. This is affecting animals that live in the ocean in a variety of ways.
I think this is very sad that are beautiful oceans in this great world are in danger because of little things that have a BIG in pact.
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Article posted June 2, 2010 at 09:50 PM GMT •
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What Deidra learned about Elastic Force!
Article posted May 5, 2010 at 10:07 PM GMT •
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What did I learn about elastic force that is hard to narrow it down. I could just right the three or four pages in my note book but I don't think you want to read all that. So here is the most important information! Elastic force is measured in Newtons. The more you stretch something the more elastic force it uses. It will take less elastic force to stretch a stretchy rubber band 20cm then it would to stretch a not so stretchy rubber band 20cm. A month ago or even three weeks ago I would have wrote I don't know on a test or what ever the right answer is if someone asked me what is elastic force, but since I took Mr. Gonzalez wonderful science class I can answer the question such as I just did!;)
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Article posted May 5, 2010 at 10:07 PM GMT •
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ROCKIN SOCKIN BATTERYS
Article posted April 26, 2010 at 10:16 PM GMT •
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A battery changes its form of energy many times throughout the process of charging it. It comes out of the wall as electrical energy and then goes into the battery and changes into stored chemical energy. The stored chemical energy in a battery turns into electrical energy. Then Light and heat energy if you hook it up to a light bulb. If you hook it up to a motor it becomes mechanical energy. That is how enrgey transfers and transforms.
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Article posted April 26, 2010 at 10:16 PM GMT •
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ROCKIN SOCKIN BATTERYS
Article posted April 26, 2010 at 09:44 PM GMT •
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How energy in a battery transfers from one form to another you are asking? Here's your answer to that question. The energy changes while charging a battery by having the electrical energy from the circuit in your classroom or house flowing into the battery which is in the battery charger. It then changes into stored chemical energy inside of the battery. Which then when the battery is connected to a light bulb it turns into light/heat energy. Or a motor turns it into mechanical energy. So it flows out the negative side (Flat) and into the variable you are using the battery for. And sometimes it can flow back into the battery if you use a wire to connect it. Which then turns into a cycle.
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Article posted April 26, 2010 at 09:44 PM GMT •
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PLEASE
Article posted March 17, 2010 at 09:56 PM GMT •
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Hey guys I have not bloged in a while. But I am doing fine. I can not wait for you to read more of my blogs. We found out we are going to start doing Glogs too!!!!
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Article posted March 17, 2010 at 09:56 PM GMT •
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funtastic weed pulling
Article posted January 5, 2010 at 10:34 PM GMT •
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We went weed pulling to save the trees that last years 6th graders planted. It was fun because my whole class did it together and we got to make jokes and talk about what we were doing. While we were weed pulling a few at a time got to look at the creek and see some fish! It wasent that cold that made it even better ! My friends and I did a little on both sides of the lot we pulled weeds on. In the end we had a BLAST!! We took a picture to call it a day! On the way back to the school we all felt a sense of pride and we knew we did somthing good with our day!
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Article posted January 5, 2010 at 10:34 PM GMT •
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Cool amazing facts about Volcanoes and Lava
Article posted November 4, 2009 at 04:29 AM GMT •
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Three types of volcanoes are:
1. Composite volcanoes which are, ten thousand ore more feet high. They are considered a Hollywood type of volcano, they are also the large size of ten miles across.
2. A Cinder Cone volcano, they are pretty small volcanoes. The amount of lava is close to none, this volcano also has very grainy cinders.
3. A Shield volcano, they are mostly found in different parts of Hawaii. It is a very wide volcano and is also thousands of feet high. The kind of the Shield volcano has the biggest volcano in the world.
Three kinds of lava are:
1. The Low Water/Low Silica lava is mostly a pretty runny lava type, so technically it has a lot of viscosity. It is not runny like water but more realistically like hot honey or hot wax.
2. The High water/High silica because of its dissolved gasses and its high velocity is deadly. As the lava ooze's to the surface, the gasses quickly become bubbles.
3. High water/low silica lava shows behavior's that are similar to our analogies of blowing bubbles in water or a milk shake. If an erupting volcano has low velocity (like water) it flows out of the central surface.
Hope you enjoyed!!
~Deidra Morris~
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Article posted November 4, 2009 at 04:29 AM GMT •
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Fresh Water Pollution Project!!! :)
Article posted November 3, 2009 at 10:18 PM GMT •
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Hello welcome to this pamphlet. It is about Fresh Water Pollution. Shane S. Henry L. and Deidra M. from Mr. G’s science class produced this. Fresh water Pollution is when oil, gas or any other chemical or object that is dangerous to the water and the species in it gets into the water.
What is water Pollution?
Water Pollution occurs when waste products or other substance change the physical, thermal (heat), chemical or biological chrematistics of the water, adversity affecting species and reducing the waters beneficial uses.
What are some of the sources of water pollution?
The potential to pollute water in many ways run off from streets carries oil, rubbers heavy metals and other containments from automobiles. Untreated or poorly treated sewage can be low dissolved oxygen and high in pollutants. Such as fecal coli form bacteria it rates phosphors, chemicals, and other bacteria.
What are nitrates and how do they get into our water supply?
Natural Compound presents in all ecosystems. It is one of the chemicals essential to plant life. Much can be problem for plants and animals. It is also a composite of chemical and manure based fertilizers.
Properly recycle or dispose of pollutions before they contaminate soil water and air
The EPA has established a maximum contamination level of nitrates to be 10mg/L. That is not that high. And it is important that we only drink this much because we could get very sick and die!
What is considered to be the safe level for nitrates in drinking water?
The EPA has established a maximum contamination level of nitrates to be 10mg/L. That is not that high. And it is important that we only drink this much because we could get very sick and die!
What are some of the consequences of water pollution?
It affects and moderate temperatures and dramatically influence global climate. The oceans recycle and clean the air we breathe every day!
What is considered to be the safe level for nitrates in drinking water?
The EPA has established a maximum contamination level of nitrates to be 10mg/L. That is not that high. And it is important that we only drink this much because we could get very sick and die!
What should a person do if there are high nitrate levels in their water supply?
You should contact their heath recourses. You should only drink bottled water if you have heard that any one around you that has high nitrate level in their water supply.
What can be done to improve the quality of water after it has become polluted?
Solutions involve finding sustainable ways for the urban area to reduce both its independence on pollutions and the amounts of pollutions it produces. We need to do a lot of things including. Properly recycle or dispose of pollutions before they contaminate soil water and air.
What can be done to improve the quality of water after it has become polluted?
Solutions involve finishing sustainable ways for the urban area to reduce both its independence and pollution. The amounts of pollutants before they contaminate soil water and oil.
What are some actions that can be taken to help prevent water from becoming polluted?
Get a big can or box and put it in the ocean then suck up all the pollution from the water. It will be like a filter in the ocean. We can also just not drive as much and the gas from the car will help to not pollute the water.
What can be done to improve the quality of water after it has become polluted?
Solutions involve finding sustainable ways for the urban area to reduce both its independence on pollutions and the amounts of pollutions it produces. We need to do a lot of things including. Properly recycle or dispose of pollutions before they contaminate soil water and air.
What are point and non-point sources and how are they different?
Point and non-point sources of pollution are the following. A point source is oblivious pollution like a pipe gushing sudsy water into a river. A non-point source is like a point source you cannot point at or see.
What are nitrates and how do they get into our water supply?
Natural Compound presents in all ecosystems. It is one of the chemicals essential to plant life. Much can be problem for plants and animals. It is also a composite of chemical and manure based fertilizers.
What are some of the consequences of water pollution?
It affects and moderate temperatures and dramatically influence global climate. The oceans recycle and clean the air we breathe every day!
What is considered to be the safe level for nitrates in drinking water?
The EPA has established a maximum contamination level of nitrates to be 10mg/L. That is not that high. And it is important that we only drink this much because we could get very sick and die!:)
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Article posted November 3, 2009 at 10:18 PM GMT •
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7 FUNKY FACTS ABOUT D
Article posted October 1, 2009 at 03:05 AM GMT •
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1.I am queen Bee
2.I like sparkles
3.I like NEON PINK
4.I like NEON GREEN
5.I like to babysit
6.I like to shop
7.I LOVE to CHEER
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Article posted October 1, 2009 at 03:05 AM GMT •
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! The reasons I liked Archery were I got to learn a new skill I hit the target and I did not hurt after it was over. The reasons I liked the Challange course were I got off ground and Mr. Meacham tought it to u my group. My favorite food we ate was turkey and mashed potatos and ham with cheesy potatos. I loved doing the skits also. Our skit was called 7 up I was a mom. I am glade my school is able to vist places like cispus and be able to see what nature is like. We had limited shower time and getting ready time so we couldnt be divas for a week but I was a huge one we I got home!! I can not wait till I am old enough to be a high school cispus counsler!!