The Water Treatment Plant

It took an hour to get there. It was very hot when we got there. We passed a river running through the water treatment plant. There was a nice lady that came to us and gave us a tour around the water treatment plant.

The first place we went to was this big gate that run along the river. It took out all of the big pieces of trash in the river. It was a gate with big holes in it. I had a question in my head about the gate, "How much trash does the gate gather each day?"

After that we went to a place where they add Minerals to to the water. They did that to clean the water. A question I had was, " How many minerals do they add to the water?"

In the next place we went to they were adding chlorine to the water. This step was called coagulation. They did this to get flocks of dirt that was in the water. A question I had in my head was, " How big can a flock get?"

Then we went to a place where they took out the particles of the flock out of the water and put it in the waste tower. This step was called sedimentation.

After that we went to a place where they killed all of the bacteria. This step was called filtration and disinfection.

Then we went to the control room where you could see what was happening in the whole water treatment plant. It was really cool and there were so many buttons in that room.

After that we went to the lab there and looked at the river water before it was cleaned and the river water after it was cleaned. There was such a big difference! The water was so much cleaner after it was cleaned!

They were very kind to us and they gave us some water to drink. Then we watched a movie that was a cartoon and it talked about all of the thing that the water has to go through to get clean. It wasn't a boring movie, some parts were kind of funny. They gave us some souvenirs for the school. It was a long, and tiring ride back to school!

The Water Cycle

The picture above shows that evaporation is the process where water changes from a liquid into a gas and turns into water vapour.

The picture on the right shows that condensation is the opposite of evaporation. It happens when water vapour changes from a gas into a liquid.







The picture on the left shows that precipitation is the condensation in the atmosphere that falls as rain, hail, snow or dew.









The picture on the right shows that infiltration is when water goes into the soil.

The Mysterious Box

The Mysterious Box

“What’s his name?” my little sister, Noelle said.

“I don’t know,” I said. It was a really hot day. We were in the shade then. Not knowing what to name our dog.

“Maybe it should be Fluffy,” Noelle said.

“NO!” I said angrily.

It was in the middle of summer and we were in the Philippines. Noelle, my big sister, Rachel, my uncle and I were waiting for our mom because we were hungry and it was still 11:30. Then we heard a taxi coming. We saw the taxi go through the gate and I thought it was my mom. Suddenly the taxi stopped in front of our house. The door opened and my mom and grandmother came out. My grandmother was carrying all of the shopping bags but my mom, was only carrying a box and her bag.

What’s inside?” I thought. There was something sticking out of the box and it was moving.

“What’s that?” Noelle asked.

“You’ll see,” My mom said. She was putting the box down very carefully while she was talking. Suddenly a dog came out! It was long, thin and black. He was so energetic.

“Aww it’s so cute,” my sisters and I said.

Then we all started playing with him. When my little sister said, “What’s his name?”

All of us just realized that we hadn’t named the dog yet until Noelle asked that question. We were all thinking about what to name the dog when I asked if the dog was a boy or girl. My mom said it was a boy. There were suggestions like Mark and Mike and things like that. Then Rachel said she would think of names from books she has read. Then she thought about the name Max. From a book called Maximum Ride. We all thought about that name for the dog except it just didn’t sound right. We wanted to change his name but still have Max in it. We all thought of names like Max Millionaire but they just didn’t sound right. A name just popped into head. Maxie! I just shouted that name out loud and everybody heard me. We all agreed on the name Maxie. At last we got name for him! Now we can shout to our dog and say Maxie.

Vocabulary Words

Vocab Words:

1. Seizure- When muscles contract or expand and doesn't release. It is also uncontrollable.

2. Swarming- A group of living things moving around in a contained place.

3. Venture- a) Beginning a new thing. b) A journey

4. Dignity- A way of acting like being responsible or fair.

5. Knead- a) An action with your hands. b) Messaging c) Rolling some thing in your hands.

6. Illuminating- a) to light something up b) Getting an idea like in cartoons.

7. Virility- An attracted male.

8. Jittering- Moving in an unpatterned motion.

9. Hispanic- a) People from Mexico or South America. b) People who speak Spanish.

10. Trepidation- A feeling that something bad will happen, usually a felling with guilt.

The Vocabulary Words Sentences

The 10 Vocab Sentences:

1. The young ventriloquist is very talented.

2. That boy is very malicious to his little brother.

3. "Stop that bellowing" yelled the angry teacher.

4. People are mortal but, gods are immortal.

5. That amount of work is to overwhelming for me.

6. I made a blunder on my English homework.

7. I stood there idly watching the men work.

8. That homework is very perplexing for me.

9. The water was very rampant in the typhoon morakot.

10. My dad owns vast rice fields in my home town.

My Sister's Nightmare, Gretel Killen, ***

This book is the sequel to "My Sister's a Full Stop" and I also read that book. This book is about Zeke and Eppie getting stuck in their mom's nightmare. They find ghosts, draculas, haunted houses and disgusting meals. they even get turned into shoes. Are they going to escape from that nightmare or are they going to stay in their mother's thoughts forever?

I think the best part in this book is when Eppie almost marries someone named Frankenslime for $7.50.Zeke finds out that Frankenslime is the bad guy in the nightmare. I like this series but sometimes it's a little confusing.

Nancy Drew The Chocolate Covered Contest, Carolyn Keen, ****

This book is about Nancy, her friends and a group of kids called the Super Sleuths. Nancy and her friends were chaperoning. They were visiting an amusement park owned by the world-famous Royal Chocolates Company. One of her friends Bess opens a million-dollar candy wrapper in a contest. When Nancy and Bess go to the Royal Chocolates Company to collect their money and claim the prize they are told that someone else has won the contest. Then thy are accused of Cheating in the contest. Nancy and her friends finally find the truth after a near-death experience in the park's animal safari.

This book is the 151st of the series. I think the best part of this book was when Nancy, her friends and the super sleuths were in a near-death experience. They were in the safari and they were run off the road by a car going really fast. This is a really good mystery book to get your minds moving. In the beginning of the book you think you know who the bad guy is but in the end you will see who really is the bad one.