It's Loch-ed Up! Is Nessie Real?

                                                 

  Have you ever heard of the Loch Ness Monster (or Nessie as some people call her)? Well of course you have, and at one point you may have believed. I don't believe as of NOW! (November 30th, 2011). But maybe after I write this blog post I will, who knows? According to Urban Dictionary Loch Ness Lake is:

The popular huge loch located in scotland, with memorable sites still standing believed to be the home to scotland's beloved nessie, the world famous Loch Ness Monster.

 Okay, so here are some basic facts about Nessie.

• The first "sight" was in 1933, and the newspapers blew up with articles on her.
• The fist photo of Nessie was taken by George Spicer in 1934. There's a big story about this photo, known as "The Surgeon's Photograph", I'll explain it below. 

The First Photo

• One of the most famous sightings was on May 24th, 1960. The same guy again saw her 3 days later, on the 27th (also known as my birthday).... creepy.
• Nessie is known to live in Loch Ness (thus her name) in The Scottish Higlands, in Scotland, obviously. 
• The earliest report of a monster associated with the name of Loch Ness appears in the Life of St. Columba by Adomnán, written in the 7th century, so stories of Nessie have been around for a while now. 
• In 1938, a man named William Fraser wrote a letter saying that there was no doubt that Nessie was real. He said that a hunting party was needed, and that they should catch her dead or alive. The note was not released until about a year ago.

  Okay, so The Surgeon's Photograph. This photograph was taken in 1934 by George Spicer, as I said above. He was fishing and saw her, and took five photographs (two of them were clear, and they used the first one). It was first published in the newspaper, "The Inverness Courier". In 1975 the photo was proved fake, and it tuned out the photo was made by Robert Kenneth Wilson, and George Spicer wanted nothing to do with it, so he asked the newspaper to put it as "The Surgeon's Photograph".


  It turned out that the photograph was actually a toy submarine with a sea-serpent head attached to it, which makes it fake.

They cropped this photo into the one you see above because they wanted Nessie to look bigger.

  Okay, so there are many explanations as to why the Loch Ness Monster is there, if she even is (I honestly doubt it). The most common one is that it's just another animals, such as an eel, or a seal. In 2001, two eels were found on the coast of Loch Ness (The lake not the monster). They were conger eels, which are only found in salt water and are the longest eels in the world. Some think they were placed in the water to look like "Mini-Nessie's". But who knows?

  Many other objects such as trees, or even optical effects such as wind that add to it (yeah right). But most people just say it's a long amphibian, like a newt. Anyways, hopefully you have learned some cool sutff, and maybe you believe, maybe you don't. I sure don't.... SuperSaraSuperBye!!!

Top Nessie Website
Skeptic's Dictionary
Informative Nessie Site
Oh Meeba's Blog (Fatima)
Kiwi's (Or preferably LaTisha's) Blog
Logan's Blog

 

Now it just would not be a blog without Caroloke. Yes I finally named him. Or her? Hmmm....

  

  

Leaf It to Me! (Get it??) Bahahahahaha....

HEY GUYS!!! Happy 11-11-11!!! The leaves are falling on this beautiful Autumn day! Well,  actually, it's really cold today, and tonight it's finally gonna reach freezing. Ah Southern winters... So anyways, today were going to be talking about leaves, and I promise to stop talking like a weather girl now.

This is the one time I will use picnik!!!

  So, have you guys ever wondered why the leaves are green in the spring and summer, but then once September hits they start turning red/orange/yellow? This is because of Chlorophyll, a substance that helps plants make energy, or food. It makes the plant green!



   Well, once summer ends and the days get shorter (because there is less sun in the fall), the chlorophyll does not get the amount of food required to survive, and it dies. So the green goes away, and the leaves natural colors begin to appear, the red/brown/yellow. The leaves also have to steal nutrients from the tree to survive, and once the tree doesn't have enough to share, the leaves slowly begin to die. Their stems get weak, and rain or wind make them fall to the ground. The leaves eventually rot into the ground.

  Now for the next topic... SEASONS!!!

  Okay so know how we have seasons? Well yeah, of course you do, but do you know why we have them? So let me tell you a story...

Once upon a time there were two best friends named Earth and Sun. Earth and Sun have been best friends for millions of years and get to spend everyday with each other. This is because the earth revolves around the sun and spins itself around at the same time. (Fun Fact: globes are titled to represent the tilt of the earth's axis, about 23.5 degrees)

  So, the Sun and the Earth are moving together, and again, the earth is spinning above, while it spinning around the sun. This rotation takes about 365 days, or a year! Here's an animation.

  So, since the earth is tilted, the sun can't hit ALL things at once. So, if the earth is hitting the northern hemisphere, the days are long and hot. But at the same time: what about the southern hemisphere?(In case your wondering, the north hemp is the top half of the equator, and the southern is the bottom half) It's getting almost no sun at all. In fact, there are days in the summer and the winter where it is 24 hrs light.darkness. Wow! 

  So it could be Winter here and Summer in Australia! It's weird to think about sometimes, I know! SuperSaraSuperBye! Click on the links below! 

Teeb's Blog

Kiwi's Blog

Logan's Blog (gotta find a nickname)

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More Extra Information!

REALLY Detailed Illustration

HE'S BAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!

USE THE FORCE!

  Hey guys... SuperSara here listening to Pandora in science class doing work. But... am I doing "work"? Everyone who is reading this probably is thinking "Um.. yes?". Well, work in the scientific world means something totally different. Let's say that Fatima made me so mad I wanted to push down a wall (which has happened before). Could I push down a wall? No no no no, seriously (no bellatrixly, haha) you look up weak in a thesaurus and my name is there. Let's also say that I was pushing a book across the table. Which is more work?

  If you answered the wall... you're wrong! That's because work is when you use force and distance. So, I might use more force to push down the wall, but is it going anywhere? No, it's not, so it's not work. When I'm using force to push the notebook, but at least i twas going somewhere.

  Another thing you should know is that work is measured in these things called Joules. Work also has math related to it. The formula for work is W=FD or work is force multiplied by distance. So let's say I was pushing a bag of chips across the table to someone, and I was using 2 newtons of force, and I was pushing the chips 6 inches away. 2 x 6 = 12. So, I would be using 12 joules of work. Easy as pie!

  So now let's talk about positive and negative work! This is just like with buoyancy; It's super easy. Let's say Katie was tossing me the same bag of chips, and I caught it. She was doing work by throwing them to me. right? Well, work involves force and distance, so yes, she was doing work. When I caught them, was I doing work? Trick question... I was negative work. Another example would be me pushing the wall again... it's not going anywhere, so it's not work. Let me explain it a little bit better...

  Well... That's really it! Hope you guys enjoyed! Check out the extra links below, and as always, SuperSaraSuperBye!!!!

Teeba Tub's Blog

Kiwi's Blog

FINALLY!! Logan's Blog :)

Sparknotes: GREAT WEBSITE!

As always, the big smiley!