The design for my Antarctica flag was based on the designs of the many flags from different countries that have bases in Antarctica. The center of the flag was a mix of the different centers of flags. The sun was from Argentina, the wheel was from India and the big red dot and stars was from China. The Y shape was from South Africa, the cross was from England and Australia. I chose the colors based on the colors of the flags. These are the reasons why I made my Antarctica flag the way I made it.

In Language Arts we learned some Greek and Latin word parts. Then in flex class we made pictures to show the meanings of them. The word part that I drew a picture for was Nat which means born.

In Art class we made digital pictures using photoshop. We took pictures of ourselves in different positions and of different places where we might want to "hide". Then we chose our favorite hiding spot and uploaded it to photoshop. We then cut out ourselves and pasted them on the background. We used different techniques to make it look like we were actually in the picture. It was a very fun project.

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In Science class we are studying the different parts of the eye and what they do. Did you know that your eye is closed about a half an hour each day just from blinking!? And that the iris is named for the Greek goddess of the rainbow? This is a picture of my eye and some of the main parts of it that you can see.There are many more important parts like the lens and the retina  but you can't see them because they are in your eye.   

       Living in space is very different than living here on Earth. The biggest difference is that there is no gravity. Imagine living in a spacecraft for several days without gravity. You wouldn't be able to sleep normally, exercise normally, shower normally, or eat normally. I would personally love to go into space where there was no gravity. You would just be able to float around. It would be very fun

       There are a lot of different choices of things to eat. Things like brownies and fruit can be eaten in their natural form. Things like macaroni and cheese and spaghetti you have to add water to, so you can eat them. If you want to add salt and pepper to your meal you have to eat it in liquid form. The drinks that the astronauts can choose range from coffee, tea, orange juice, fruit punch, and lemonade. There are several different food choices for an astronaut such as nuts, fruit, chicken, beef, candy, seafood, and brownies etc.

        Astronauts wear different clothes for the different things that they do in space. What they wear depends on what will protect them and keep them comfortable. Astronauts change close less often than we do because there is no way for them to wash their clothes in space. But they don’t get as dirty in space as we do so there isn’t such a big need to change their clothes. They change their underwear and socks every other day and they change the shirt they wear under their work shirt every ten days. They get one pair of shorts and one shirt for every three days of exercising. Most of the dirty clothing burns up as the shuttle reenters the earth’s atmosphere.

        When it comes to sleeping astronauts can sleep in any orientation but they need to attach themselves to a wall, a bunk bed, or a seat so they don’t float around and bump into something. There are only four bunks so the fifth and or sixth astronauts have to sleep in a sleeping bag attached to the wall or a chair. On the space station there are only two crew cabins so the third crewmember can sleep anywhere he or she want if it is okay with the commander.

         That is what its like to eat, sleep, and what you wear in space. I would love to go into space! It would be so fun to weigh nothing and be able to float around. I would also like to be one of those people that go outside of the space shuttle or space station and work on something in space. That would be really amazing!

Recently we had Moon rocks in our Science class.

Winter Solstice: During the Winter Solstice the sun is directly above the Tropic of Capricorn. This is the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere.

Vernal Equinox: During the Vernal Equinox the sun is directly over the Equator. This is the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and fall in the Southern Hemisphere

Summer Solstice: During the Summer Solstice the sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer. This is the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

Autumnal Equinox: During the Autumnal Equinox the sun is directly above the equator. This is the beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere.