Senior K Goss’ Sessions 2008

On Monday Holly snuck in with another goss!  This time she told us all about dust storms.  Holly was also the first Senior K member to interview some people for her goss.  Holly’s parents answered a question about their experience in an Australian dust storm!

Click on the link below to listen to Holly’s goss!

Holly’s Dust Storms

by alpoma

Last week Paige gave us a load of information about wolves.  There are more types of wolves than you think!

Click on the link below to hear Paige tell us all about them.

Paige’s wolves

By All Glory To The Hypnotoad’s

A week or so back Fraser told us all about the Roswell incident ( a topic he is really interested in!).

You can tell too!  Just click on the link below to have a listen.

fraser2_roswell

 By Rob Sheridan

Ticks are parasites that feed on animal and human blood. Ticks are not insects.  There are at least 15 different types of them. The main two are the American dog tick and the brown dog tick. The American dog tick is one of the worst because they are the ones that carry the dieses. When feeding, ticks make a small hole in the skin, attach themselves with a modification of one of the mouthparts which has teeth that curve backwards, and insert barbed piercing mouthparts to remove blood.       by purtycherty

Worms live in almost all parts of the world including marine, freshwater.

There is a worm called a flatworm they have a flat ribbon or leaf shaped body. Some other worms are thread worms, round worms and hook worms, thread worms may be microscopic such as the vinegar eel worm or more than 1 metre or 3 feet long. There are hundreds and thousands of varieties of worms that live in a wide variety of habitats . There are some worms that live in compost or soil that feed on scraps.

Click on the link below to hear Bianca tell us that worms are worthy!

bianca2_worms

The glasses date back to the Ancient Egyptians in the 1^st century AD. Emperor Nero watched gladiator fights through an Emerald to help him see better. In about 1284 in Italy an man named Salvino D’Amarte was credited for inventing the first wearable glasses. There are lots of other stories about the first glasses though.

The Chinese were the first to wear sunglasses and made them out of smoky quarts in the 12 century and Chinese judges wore these to conceal their expression while in court.

 Click on the link below to hear Tom do his second goss session for the year!  Well done Tom!

tommc2_glasses

Letterboxes are used to get mail from family,friends or even from your bank to get a bill (which isn’t the best mail to get.) In 1854 a person called James Perrot put a bottle in Dartmoor, England, along the banks of Cranmere Pool. He left a contact card of his number so other people could contact him. This is how letterboxes started but he never thought of anything like this to happen. In 1700’s private letterboxes were used in Paris and France but weren’t as common in Europe until the mid 1800’s. If you have ever seen a letterbox with a red tag in America and it was up that meant you would have mail. Letterboxes come in all different shapes, sizes, colours and patterns. A letterbox is called all different things like mailbox, letterbox and mail slots but they are all the same. If you don’t have a letterbox you would have a smallbox at the Post Office and your mail would be in there. It is estimated that each m,ailman would each lost 1.5 of there day waiting for the costumers to come to the door when delivering the parcels or letters in North America. I think it’s a great idea having letterboxes because you get mail from people and you don’t have to do it yourself.

I got my info from

en.wikipedia.org/wiki_letterbox

www.atlasquest.com/aboutlb/history

 This pic is from /nifmus/

 Click on the link below to hear Emma do her second goss session for the year!  Great job Emma!

emma2_letterboxes

In 1924, the brand of tissues Kleenex was first introduced. Kleenex made their tissues to take cold cream off, which is like make-up remover. Later in 1930 it was advertised as a disposable hanky. Now the word Kleenex is used to describe a soft disposable, facial hanky. In 1932, pocket packs of Kleenex tissues were invented, which was a good idea, but I think people could have just put them in their pocket or bag.

http://inventors.about.com/od/kstartinventions/a/Kleenex.htm         

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_tissue

Rubber bands are one of the handiest tools ever made. They come in all different shapes and sizes. Many of the ways we use Rubber bands are by bundling flowers, vegetables and keeping newspapers and letters together. The largest consumer of Rubber bands is the U.S post office. They use millions of pounds every year. The first ever rubber band was made in 1843 by Thomas Hancock he made them by slicing a rubber bottle. They were used to put in clothing. Some other names for rubber bands are binder, elastic band, lackey band and gum band.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_band\

www.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/rubberband

Click on the link below to hear Alex show us that rubber bands are not pointless!

alexh2_rubberbands

Breakfast is a word that we all commonly use, it comes from the two words break and fast, meaning, break the fast of not eating for the longest time (overnight).  Breakfast is the first and most important meal of the day. There are lots of different foods that can be eaten for breakfast eg: Cereal, toast, bacon, eggs, crumpets and muffins. In 1894, Cornflakes were invented by Will Keith Kellogg, who was trying to improve the diet of hospital patients. He was searching for a digestible bread substitute using the process of boiling wheat. Kellogg accidentally left a pot of boiled wheat to stand and the wheat became tempered (soften). When Kellogg rolled the tempered or softened wheat and let it dry, each grain of wheat emerged as a large thin flake. The flakes turned out to be a tasty cereal.

Click on the link below to hear Rowan disspell the myths of breakfast and tell us how important this meal really is!

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