Ice Sculptures

Ice Chair

Do You Recognize this Sculpture?

YUM

I love fresh seafood and the best place to have it is in Alaska!

King Crab and Halibut are my favorites! Do you like seafood?

We've Been Studying This...

Picture from the Anchorage Daily News

A volcano called the Cleveland Volcano erupted yesterday and sent ash up into the air about 15,000 feet. Cleveland Volcano's last major eruption was in 2001. It has had bursts of activity nearly every year since then and the ash cloud Thursday was not abnormal. Cleveland Mountain is a 5,675-foot foot peak on uninhabited Chuginadak Island about 940 miles southwest of Anchorage. The nearest village is Nikolski on another island about 50 miles east.

Graphic and Information from the Anchorage Daily News

Scientists in July noted increased activity in the crater at the summit of the volcano. Satellite images showed lava building and forming a dome-shaped accumulation. Scientist believed that the eruption was significant enough to raise the alert level from yellow, representing elevated unrest, to orange, representing an increased potential of eruption, or an eruption under way with minor ash emissions or no emissions.

There isn't any ash flying around Anchorage because the volcano is quite a distance away from where I am, but I'll keep you posted if there are any more volcanic eruptions!

Road Trip

  

Yesterday, I went to Wasilla, Alaska. It's a smaller town outside of Anchorage. We went early in the morning and ran into some ice fog.

It was a short trip because of the weather. On the way back into town we stopped at my old elementary school, so that you could see where I went to school.

Baxter Elementary School

Home of the Bobcats

Downtown

Downtown Anchorage

In the winter, this area has ice sculptures (pictures to come) snow mounds, and an ice skating area.

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

Lots of White Snow Here!

Travel Day

Today I begin the 12 hour trek home. I am flying from Columbus to Minneapolis, Minnesota then to Salt Lake City, Utah and finally Anchorage, Alaska. I am packed and ready to go! Many of you may be starting your holiday celebrations today. Have a wonderful day!

View from the airplane-flying over Minneapolis, Minnesota

Flying over the Rocky Mountains

Salt Lake City

Science

 

Earthquakes

   We have been studying earthquakes and volcanoes in science. Earthquakes are made when two plates meet and touch. By the pacific plate there are so many volcanoes and earthquakes it is called the ring of fire.

     The earthquake in Alaska, 1964 was bad. It had more energy than the San Francisco earthquake. It split a school into two. They were lucky they were out of school that day or there would have been a lot of kids that died. More than 100 people died. It was so violent, the top of a tree came off. Some aftershocks were as far as California.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever

      I just finished reading a new book called Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever. In the book was a kid named Greg who has to spend his summer with his family. First Greg got scared by the song: he sees you when you’re sleeping he knows when you’re awake. Greg wears sweat pants, so Santa can’t see him in his underwear. Greg’s school had a fundraiser and he gave all of his canned food to the food for the hungry. So now they are stuck in their house with a little bit of food.

      I would recommend this book to my sister Hannah because she has read the other Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. She really wants to read this one. I love how the author put the picture on the cover to show what’s going to happen in the story. I LOVE TO READ!                                                                                                                                                           

Social Studies

 

   We had an archeologist come in and to teach us about prehistoric people.  The Mound Builders like the Adena and Hopewell were some of the Mound Builders. He found some artifacts and showed us them.

   We’ve been studying historic Indians. These are the tribes like Wyandot, Miami, Mingo, Ottawa, Shawnee, and the Delaware.  The Wyandot were the first tribe and also called the grand fathers. The Delaware was the last tribe to arrive in Ohio. The Miami tribe was the second tribe and covered in tattoos. The Mingo the third tribe was a collection of tribes, Ottawa the fourth lived in teepees and the Shawnee tribe loved silver.  The Delaware tribe was tired of fighting.