Obama's Inauguration (social studies)

The two articles below are about Barack Obama's inauguration on January 1, 2009. In the first article it tells you about the role of religion under President Obama. In the second article it tells you about the inauguration and infortmation about it.
In "The role of religion under Obama." The sermon that was delivered at the inauguration was fund by National Prayer Service. A woman was delivering the sermon for the first time. Religious groups broadly advertised the Obama transition team. Rick Warren and Gene Robinson represented the large constituencies. In the article it says, "To move from a consuming, polluting, poverty-creating economy to one that conserves, is a good steward of the environment, and focuses on bringing people out of poverty, that's more than a structural crisis, it's a spiritual one," said by Mr. Wallis.
In the second article it says that Obama is the 44th president. The theme of this years inauguration is "A New Birth of Freedom," because Obama wants to change America and make it better for everybody. The federal security office says that about 1.8 million people attended the inauguration. Many events were held in Washington, from 18 to the 21st, 2009.
I believe that Barack Obama will be a wonderful president if he fulfills the promises he has made to this nation. He is a nice man with dreams that will help U.S.A.


http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0122/p01s02-usgn.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_2009_presidential_inauguration

slinggy activity

In my science class we are learning about waves and how they move. One activity we did which helped us learn about transverse waves and longitudinal waves was when my science teacher gave each group a long sling. My partner and I stood in the hall way of our school and one student held one side and I help the other side. We stood far apart from each other and while one of us was holding our side firmly so we wouldn't move, the other person moved their arm up and down. This caused a transverse wave. When the wave begun it moved from one side to the other and it did this three times until it stopped in the middle, on it's way back to my partner.
I think this activity is very fun, it taught me about how waves travel to and from each side.

Way to cool huge trucks, eco-friendly way.

In the article below, they talk about a brand new way to cool large trucks in a way that helps the environment. When truckers are inside of their trucks, the smell of diesel, the taste of the exhaust fumes, and feeling of the truck vibrating. The people who drive the trucks let their trucks idle during the humid days, while they rest to keep the air conditioning going. The new way that scientist thought of is when the truckers turn their truck off, they pull a handle which gets the coolant around the ice and lets cool air blow from the unit into the extra area in the truck. This doesn't use any fuel.

I think that this process is very efficient because if the gas prices go up any time soon, this will be an easier way to save money. Also, since truckers drive for hundreds and thousands of miles, their trucks use many gallons of gas, so this will save them a load of money.







http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/06/trucks.idling.bluecool/index.html