Author: Caspian

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We had a power cut last night so this post covers the last two days.
Yesterday, after my every day maths and English lessons, I learnt all bout teeth and my facts are as follows.

1. Some people say if you have large canines, you are carnivorous.

2. Most people have their wisdom teeth removed.

3. 35% of people don’t get their wisdom teeth.

4. Wisdom teeth produce stem cells.

5. In the 18th Century, the toothbrush was an actual stick with bristles attached to it.

6. Issac Newton’s tooth was sold for £35,000.00.

7. The enamel is harder than bone.

8. The way you chew depends on if you are a leftie or a rightie.

9. Women smile 62x a day.

10. Men only smile 8x times a day.

11. Issac Newton’s tooth was set on a ring.

12. In World War Two, Nazi’s removed gold teeth from the Jews.

13. Evolved from Prehistoric birds, crocodile birds get their meals from a crocodile’s leftovers. The birds are too quick to get snapped up by the crocodiles.

14. The best fact of all, snails have 25,000 teeth!!!!!!!

Today, I wrote a message for my clansfolk, using my Wolfox symbolic language.

Then we went on a walk to collect some natural finds so we could create some nature art. It was really good to get some fresh air and we waved at some of our friends who were in the next field.

To create my piece of natural art, I used ivy leaves, harebells, sticks, barley seeds, forget me not and a piece of diorite (a white/black stone, found in large or small numbers). My picture portrays the life around planet Earth. The core of the Earth is the diorite, the ivy forms the Earth’s crust, and all the offshoots form the natural landscape on a global scale.

That’s all folks!

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Yesterday, we visited the Neolithic (new stone tool age) standing stones in Holywood – The Twelve Apostles. They are on farmland but have never been moved as they were originally placed in the sacred wood. The ten stones (two are missing) are configured in a circle. They might be under a star constellation or in the shape of the god of the people who put them there. The people were probably very sophisticated as the stones were found, moved and arranged. There could be graves or good luck charms buried underneath the stones. One of the stones is carved underneath. This was originally a side until it fell. Carving shows the people cared about these stones. Erosion has removed and cracked the stones down. There is also quartz in the stones. They are home to a species of spider that camouflages itself to hide on the stones.  Mum made us some garlic cheesy bread to munch on while we looked at the stones.

Today I did some maths and found some interesting w words in the dictionary. I also researched foraging and thought about other uses of the supplies the Mesolithic (middle tool age) people found. For example:

Berries: paint and dye

Mushrooms: medicine

Leaves: bandage

Acorns: animal food (in Mesolithic Germany, pigs were domesticated.)

Bark: Plates and paint pallets

Moss: cushioning to sleep on or under a leaf bandage to help a graze heal.

That’s it for today!

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We were supposed to visit the Twelve Apostles today but the weather has been so wet and windy that the field is a quagmire. Mum says we will visit at the weekend instead.

So we stayed indoors and finished our clan language and emblem. We tried to think about things that would be relevant to the mesolithic people so I didn’t do a symbol for xbox! Mum did some work with us and she told us about how things were painted, where and why. She helped us think about the sorts of language used at the time. Then we watched a couple of documentaries about hunter-gatherers and cave painting.

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I have been looking at eyes today (get it!!)

1. The human eye can distinguish 2.7 million different colours.
2. You blink 12 times per minute and 10,000 times a day.
3. Eyes can process 36,000 pieces of information per hour.
4. The pupil expands 45% when you look at someone you love.
5. At birth your eyes are 70% of their adult size.
6. Eyes ‘see’ upside down but the brain corrects it for us.
7. Eye transplants are not possible (yet) because we can’t get the nerves quite right.
8. After the brain, the eyes are our most complex organ.
9. Eyes can heal scratches (to the eye) in 48 hours.
10. The average blink takes one tenth of a second.

WOW!!! Eyes are amazing, and that’s without Superman’s lazer eyes!

We are currently working on our Mesolithic clan language and standard. We are the WOLFOX clan.

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I forgot to do my blog yesterday sorry. I had a lesson about the melting point of solids to liquid, and reversible change.

Melting is when a solid is exposed to heat for a period of time and melts to form a liquid. The temperature required to cause the melt depends upon the solid material.

Butter melts at 38 degrees centigrade.

Ice melts at 0 degrees centigrade.

Wax melts at 75 degrees centigrade.

When an object melts, it is the same amount of matter and can return to its original state.

Mum melted some butter when she baked some oat royales so I watched to see the whole melting down process.

Today, I wrote a piece about all the nature I saw on our nature walk and also sketched some of the things. I think moss is really interesting as it is full of moisture and always grows facing north.

That’s all folks!

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We went for a family walk down to the river side on Saturday near where we live. We wanted to get some fresh air in a quiet area, skim some stones and also measure the splash from various sized stones and rocks which we threw in the water.  Our dog, Idris, did something she doesn’t normally do – she went digging for stones in the river and actually put her head under the water for a few seconds so she could get the rock she had chosen in her mouth. She looked hilarious because she became a ghost-like dog with her blonde fur fringe covering her eyes, that is until she had a big shake!

While we were there, I made a discovery! I found a shard of pottery and Mum suggested I did some research on it for one of today’s lessons.  If the weather hadn’t been so clear, I may not have seen the shard, as is the case with many artefacts, the weather conditions can determine if it goes unnoticed or not. It was lying amongst the river side pebbles.  It is 2.4cm by 2.8cm by 3cm (triangular in shape). The pottery is probably Victorian because of the nature of the glaze – I’m lucky Mum is an archaeologist so could help me find pointers for the age of production. Over the years, the shard has been covered in algae, the edges of the break rounded off through water and weather erosion, and I suspect the colour has faded away. It has decoration, both painted and embossed so it was not just a functional piece and so not the cheapest type of pottery in production at the time. I think the Victorian family came to the river side for a picnic, broke one of the saucers and did not pick up all the shards. Or, it could have been broken somewhere else and travelled downstream then been washed up on the bank. Eighty percent of all archaeological finds are made of pottery so not really of any value usually. This is because pottery has been in abundance for a very long time, and it also survives well throughout the years. I believe my shard is from a saucer due to it’s size and I think I have an obvious edge which makes it much easier to calculate the piece when complete. If I am right and it is Victorian, it is at least 119 years old!!

I also did some Maths and vocabulary work today. We are beginning to work on Mesolithic Scotland this week, starting with The Twelve Apostles and hunter-gathering.

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Today I have been researching the… Bermuda Triangle… triangle… triangle (it is a peculiar phenomenon so thought I’d some drama!)

The triangle is a shape of mystery. Some people who travel there, never return.  Many believe that there are sea monsters and alien holiday parks, that basically means they think the missing have been eaten by sea dinosaurs or abducted by aliens. The most famous disappearances are of the USS Cyclops (a USA naval ship), and Flight 19; a time when twenty-seven men lost their lives to the triangle.

Its shape is an isosceles triangle made up of Florida, USA, Puerto Rico and Bermuda. On average, sixty ships and five planes go missing every year. But fifty years ago, the triangle that many in just one day.

There are many theories, such as, a weather phenomenon like a water spout, tornado or hurricane, water bubbles,  a pull down in the earth’s magnetic field, alien abduction, sea monsters, vehicle failure, and many more. Will we ever know?!

This has been the most mysterious thing I have ever researched to date.  I would rather teleport than travel through the Bermuda Triangle.

And to calm your nerves from reading this, I can also tell you, Mum made currant buns for our break.

Bye, see you tomorrow!

 

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I have been learning about codes (not computer) and ciphers today. There are many different types of code, Morse and Ceasar are two examples. Code is used to write secret messages, usually in times of war, or in games.

Lord Robert Baden Powell, founder of the Scout movement, frequently travelled disguised as a butterfly collector and created visual code. He made drawings of nature, such as a butterfly and a leaf, but incorporated plans of enemy buildings. He knew the enemy was looking through his papers so disguised the information in plain view.

A simple code is like A=01, B=02, C=03 and so on.

I created some secret messages using my own code and got Mum to work them out.

Bye for now!

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Great blog posts Orla. I think mum wants to buy some masks from you for us.

I researched Pluto today. Enjoy my facts!

Pluto was named by an 11 year old girl.

Pluto has not completed an orbit since it was discovered.

Pluto and Neptune swap places for 20 years every 287 years.

Pluto’s full name is 134340 Pluto.

It is the largest dwarf planet (small).

Pluto is smaller than the moon.

Pluto orbits diagonally.

Pluto has only been visited by the Horizon satellite.

With current technology, it would take over 80 years to reach Pluto.

Pluto has 5 moons:- Hydra, Styx, Charon, Kerberos and Nix. These are all characters from Greek mythology. Charon is the ferryman to the underworld. Nix is the goddess of the night. Kerberos (Cerberos) is the three headed guardian of the underworld. Styx is the river which takes you to, you guessed it, the underworld. The hydra is a beast that grows 2 more heads if it loses one.

I also helped Tanith with her jelly fish research and found out a few interesting things myself.

Some jelly fish eat their relatives. Mmmm!!!

Hungry jelly fish join in chains to eat.

Portuguese men of war only float and can not change direction.

Some jelly fish can mate with themselves.

Box jellys are also known as sea wasps.

A species of jelly fish became trapped in a lake due to a volcanic eruption. Because they can mate with themselves, they reproduced their species.

We held the Holywood Water Games in the afternoon followed by chocolate buns that Mum made us.

That’s it for today, so bye!!

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Today I have been taking diving lessons to find out 10 deep sea facts. (not really since I am shielding)

1. Cameras (not tech) are also known as ghost sharks.
2. Blobfish have no muscles.
3. Colossal squid are the base for sea monster stories.
4. Wolf eels are like skinny blobfish.
5. Pelican eels can inflate its mouth.
6. Dolphins are the most intelligent animals on earth.
7. Dolphins can kill you.
8. Leopard seals are NOT huggable.
9. Orcas are a species of  apex predator dolphins.
10. Pufferfish are not huggable either.

See ya tomorrow!!