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Super Volcanoes with Richard Chapman

10/28/2014

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There are over 1500 active volcanoes in the world
A volcano in Japan erupted not long ago
Geothermal is mixing 2 things together
Iceland and New Zealand uses geothermal the most
Hawaii has a volcano called Pu'u Oo has the longest lava flow
Yellowstone National Park was a volcano
A volcano is a Rupture in the Earth's Crust.
Escaping gases is geothermal
Mt. St.Helen's is in Washington
The Upper part of the Mantle is called Asthenosphere
The crust is the outer layer of the earth surface
There are 7 major Tectonic plates
When the plates collide it can form a mountain
When the North American and pacific collide the pacific plate goes under the North American plate goes over the Pacific plate
The Lava comes out the top of the Volcano
The magma is getting pushed up to the top
Pompeii is in Italy
Rhyolite is what was in Yellowstone Volcano
Old Faithful geyser reaches up to 180 to 200 feet up

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Art Appreciation-Andy Warhol

10/21/2014

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This has been copied from a website:
When he graduated from college with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1949, Warhol moved to New York City to pursue a career as a commercial artist. It was also at this time that he dropped the "a" at the end of his last name to become Andy Warhol.He landed a job with Glamour magazine in September, and went on to become one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950s. He won frequent awards for his uniquely whimsical style, using his own blotted line technique and rubber stamps to create his drawings.In the late 1950s, Warhol began devoting more attention to painting, and in 1961, he debuted the concept of "pop art"—paintings that focused on mass-produced commercial goods. In 1962, he exhibited the now-iconic paintings of Campbell's soup cans. These small canvas works of everyday consumer products created a major stir in the art world, bringing both Warhol and pop art into the national spotlight for the first time. British artist Richard Hamilton described pop art as "popular, transient, expendable, low cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, big business." As Warhol himself put it, "Once you 'got' pop, you could never see a sign the same way again. And once you thought pop, you could never see America the same way again." Warhol's other famous pop paintings depicted Coca-cola bottles, vacuum cleaners and hamburgers. He also painted celebrity portraits in vivid and garish colors; his most famous subjects include Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger and Mao Zedong. As these portraits gained fame and notoriety, Warhol began to receive hundreds of commissions for portraits from socialites and celebrities. His portrait " Eight Elvises" eventually resold for $100 million in 2008, making it one of the most valuable paintings in world history.
In 1964, Warhol opened his own art studio, a large silver-painted warehouse known simply as "The Factory." The Factory quickly became one of New York City's premier cultural hotspots, a scene of lavish parties attended by the city's wealthiest socialites and celebrities, including musician Lou Reed, who paid tribute to the hustlers and transvestites he'd met at The Factory with his hit song "Walk on the Wild Side"—the verses of which contain descriptions of individuals who were fixtures at the legendary studio/warehouse in the '60s, including Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, "Little Joe" Dallesandro, "Sugar Plum Fairy" Joe Campbell and Jackie Curtis. (Warhol was a friend of Reed's and managed Reed's band, the Velvet Underground.)

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Why do leaves change colors?

10/20/2014

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Historical Reenactment

10/9/2014

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Site 1: Joesph O'Fallon

Trapper
Irish Man
Gets lots of fur
Wore 2 Knifes, a sash to keep something tight,wool shirt and moccasins

Site 2: Leon Dubois and Catherine

Housement and Merchant
3 children that survived
2 children passed
12 children total but not all survived
Wanted a straight back
Patriots

Didn't like taxation

Site 3:Janette Lundahl

Fiber producer
Adopted
Patriot
7 before adopted
It was hard to make yarn
Had a farm to keep the sheep
Small house

Site 4: Christine Maclean

wooden shoes
believes a little more in the Patriots
From Philadelphia
Tavern was were the men gathered

Required to report if something is illegal

Site 5: Peter Smith

Hires other scouts
Patriot

Site 6: Captain John Ira Parke

Measured land
Tally pens were markers
socking around ankles were embarrassing
Spain was a ally of France

Site 7: Charles Walker

Land Agent
Road a Horse

Site 8: Molly Brandt

Believes a turtle holds up the earth
Makes beads
Wears warm cloths all the time
Women owned everthing
Spys on both Patriots and Loyalists

Site 9: Zebadiah

Carpenter
Patriot

Site 10: Angus McClain

Loyalist
Captain
A master carpenter and wood worker
Different purposes for knives
Use fat wood to help start fire
Apple cider was very common drink

I think every one should participate in this because it is very fun and you learn facts.

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Historical Reenactment Preparation

10/9/2014

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I look forward to meeting him because I want to see what he does.I also want to see him so I can ask him about why and how they use those tools and what they wore during their job.

I look forward to seeing him because he traps and kills animals. I also look forward to seeing him because I want to know how much fur they would use and what they would catch.

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Super Volcanoes with Richard Chapman

Art Appreciation-Andy Warhol

Why do leaves change colors?

Historical Reenactment

Historical Reenactment Preparation

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