Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Chris Brown - Rachel

Read this article and answer the following questions.
1. Who are some of his musical influences?
2. What is his perfect date?
3. When does his CD come out?
4. At what age did he make up his mind that he wanted to be a singer?
5. Did he have doubts about his career? Explain your answer.

Mariah Carey - Peri


Read this article and answer the following questions.
1. what age did she want to start singing?
2.what was the soulful single she create in 1990?
3.what award did she win on the anual world music awards?
4.Name three of her songs that were number one hits?
5. carey is called a ''diva'' . what is the definition of a diva and what charistics make her a diva?

Mustang - Julian



Read the following article and answer the following questions.

1. What year is the Ford Shelby Mustang?

2. What kind of engine does the Ford Shelby have?

3. How many inches are the tires on the Ford Shelby?

4. Discribe SYNC (hint: wide suit of standard features on the 2010 Shelby gt500).

5. Have the tires on the shelby mustang changed from the other Mustangs?

Lamborghini - Christian





Read this Article and answer the following questions.


1. Which is faster a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 or Gallargo?


2. Who invented the Lamborghini?


3. When did he start working on the Lamborghini?


4. When Ferruccio wanted to build a super sports car to compete with the Ferrari, people thought that he was what?


5. Do you think it's worth buying a Lamborghini? Why or Why not?

Archaeopteryx lithographica - Janee

Read this article and answer the following questions.
1. What was this prehistoric animals name?
2. Why were scientists puzzling over this discovery?
3. What does Archaeopteryx Lithographica mean?
4. Describe what this dinosaur looked like.
5.Why did scientists name this feathered dinosaur Lithographica? Where was it first found?

BMW - Luis


Read this article and answer the following questions.
1. In what year was the first BMW motorcycle built?
2. How many miles per hours did the first BMW motorcycle run?
3. In what year did the BMW enter the record book?
4. Did the BMW outsell the Mercedes Benz?
5. What would you rather have: a BMW motorcycle or a BMW car? Explain.

Tornado Alley - Donteh


Read this article and answer the following questions.
1. How do tornados form?
2.Which state was struck with the most tornadoes?
3.What scale is used to measure f0-f5 tornados & how does it work?(see subvision scale)
4. What states have the most tornados?
5.What types of air causes tornadoes?

Powerhouse Museum - Samantha


Read this article and answer the following questions.
1.Where is the Powerhouse Museum located?
2.If you get 2 adult tickets 1 child ticket and 3 senior tickets how much would it be?
3.What level is the "living in a sensory world" exhibition on?
4.What do touch trolleys do?
5.When does the Powerhouse Museum open and close?

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Przewalski Horses - Lizbet

Read This Article And Answer The Following Questions.


1.How much does the Przewalski Horse weigh?


2.How tall is the Przewalski Horse?


3.What year were they last seen?


4.What country were they seen?


5.What's the name of the man who studied them?

RC Cars - George



Read this Article and anwser the following questions.

1. How fast does a gas/oil car go?

2. How much does a 2 channel pistol cost?

3.What is the advantage of building ur own car.Why or why not.

4.What do You like better battery powered cars or gas/oil cars? Explain

5.What does RC mean?

Can Animals Be Nice? Mr. T.

Read this article on animals and answer the following questions.
1. Why do you think the African savanna elephant helped the forest elephant even though they weren't related?
2.The male fox bowed down and rolled over to show he wanted to play nice. Do you think we show body language to show people how we feel?
3.The timid (shy) ape gave Teleki some fruit because he saw that Teleki was struggling to get himself some fruit. Why didn't Sniff just walk away?
4.Do you think wild animals can be nice?
5.Usually if we do something nice for somebody else they'll be nice to us. The same thing happened with the Siamese cat and the springer spaniel. Why do you think the cat gave the food to the dog?

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Man on the Moon



Forty years ago, the U.S. Apollo program put the first human on the moon. Now, NASA is gearing up to go back. Read this article about the new mission and answer the following questions.

1. What would it be like to go to the moon? Would you like to go? Explain.
2. Space exploration is expensive. Is it worth the high cost? Should the U.S. government spend our money this way?
3. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” What does he mean?
4. Your weight on the moon is 1/6 (one sixth) of your weight on Earth. How much would you weigh on the moon?
5. On what date did man first set foot on the moon?
6. Name the three astronauts who manned the Apollo 11 mission.
7. The astronauts left a plaque on the moon. What does the plaque say?