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Welcome my fellow scientists to an extraordinary day in the class of Mrs. Moline. I’m **Abbie** and I will be your reporter for this wonderful March day. Today was a pure science day. Besides a bit of independent reading and our specialist of P.E. it was all for science. Also, nobody could forget the history-making event that has occurred today, which also somewhat included science coincidentally. I’d have to say, it was quite a day. At the start of the day we had a bit of silent reading. I am currently reading part 2 of the Lord of The Rings series called The Two Towers. If you like adventure books with magical fantasy mystical creatures and characters then you might like this book. Though first you would have to read The Hobbit and The Fellowship of The Ring. Anybody who doesn’t like long books or high level reading shouldn’t read this book. But enough with the books!!! I wouldn’t want to bore you to death, and I have plenty of science to talk about. In science today it was plenty hectic, with all the oral presentations being shared. Last night was the science fair where we displayed all our splendid posters that we worked so terrifically hard on. We had so much to do to prepare for the fair. It was so exciting and today we were finally able to share them with our class. There were 5 people in this class that earned a special ribbon in the fair, though I personally thought that everyone did marvelous. Those 5 were Daphne, Joe, Molly, Simon, and Abbie G. (me). There were quite a few people who shared their posters but I had a few of them that I particularly enjoyed. One of the people I thought put a lot of effort into their project was Suzie. She had a spectacular poster!!! If you saw her project you would definitely agree. Another person who had a particularly interesting project was Simon, who coincidentally got a ribbon. He had a very original and creative idea. Who would have thought of testing which material blocked Wireless Internet connection the most??? What an amazing project that is. I also thought that Molly did very well on her oral presentation and display board. She had a good idea and everything was well planned. No wonder she got a ribbon. For my project I was seeing how much baking soda affects the height of pumpkin muffins. Give a round of applause to every one of our magnificent scientists!!! Today we also had P.E. In P.E. we had a substitute teacher teaching us. First we had a game of Partner Pin Down. Partner Pin Down is a game were you have a group of 2-3 people and you have a pin you are trying to guard while you attempt to hit other people’s pin down with a ball. If your pin gets knocked down then you are out and you wait in line to go back in when someone else gets out. When we finished that game we did a few basketball drills since we are currently doing basketball in P.E. What a great day in P.E. Now I mustn’t forget to tell about our scientific history-making event. Today, in Japan, in the night (or during the day there) a horrible, massive earthquake occurred. It was an 8.9 earthquake and of all the earthquakes in Japan this one was the largest in recorded history. Then, after that terrible disaster an even worse one took place. An enormous, gigantic, humongous, unbelievably ginormous tsunami swept in destroying every single object in it’s path. It was devastating to the people of Japan. Everything near the coast (near Sendai) or in low elevation was wiped out completely. It was traveling at about 500 kilometers per hour at an incredibly large height. It also hit Hawaii, but not without warnings and time for everyone to get to safety for it occurred after Japan’s tsunami. Also it hit a few other places like the cost of California, but none, not even Hawaii’s were as bad as Japan’s, for there was warnings and by the time it hit the other places it had decreased in height and speed, and therefore it also decreased the danger. This was a tragic event, yet it was surely one to share. Have a wonderful day!!! Thank You!!!