I think one of the most important cell parts is the vacuole. The vacuole stores food and energy, for both animal and plant cells. The cell needs a lot of energy and food to keep the body healthy, and if it doesn't have any food or energy, then what would happen? You would get sick or something more crucial, depending on how many cells. 

     I learned that baby rats take time to grow. They don't just pop out of an egg all ready to go. They take time, and develop slowly, like other living things. 
     Measuring a newborn baby rat is not that easy at all. First, you have to take care of them very delicately. Remember, they're NOT toys! One of the things you should do is clean out the birth cage. Be careful where you put the baby rats, and make sure you don't get bitten by the mother rat, since she's being protective of her young. Place them in a secure place, and then get a wet paper towel and clean all the dirt and other things that have dirtied the cage. Place the pups (name for baby rats) gently in the cage, and observe them. Notice that their ears are sealed and closed? Notice that they don't have fur? Just a bit of whiskers? Newborn baby rats take time for their traits to grow, just like us. Their hair will grow in few weeks time, and develop slowly. The babies will get more active as the first week passes. By the second week, you'll see that they're starting to develop by seeing some fuzzy fur growing. Did you know that you can distinguish rats by looking at their whiskers? Some whiskers are curly, and some are straight.
     Taking care of baby rats can be hard as taking care of a real baby. As long as you care for them daily, they will be healthy and strong, and who knows? Maybe one day, they will do something that you never even thought was possible!

           My favorite activity was using the balance scale to measure the wooden block, bouncy ball, golf ball, tennis ball, and  the others that I don't remember. We had to use a balance scale, the balls, and plastic chips that weigh 1 gram, 5 gram, and 10 gram. I learned how to do the average, how heavy grams are, and how to use the balance scale.
            It was a group assignment, which means everyone from your table. Melissa, Robert, Julia, and I each had a turn measuring with the variety of balls and gram chips. First we had to estimate. To do that, we had to put a ball in one hand, and put some grams in another hand. We estimated the weight between the chips and the balls, and we wrote it down on our worksheet. Next we got to use the balance scale, but first we had to measure it to zero. After that, we put the balls on the right side, and the amount of the weight needed with the plastic chips on the other side. We did that until we finally had the right amount for each ball, and we all calculated the average and got the same answer.

            I know my cells are working because nothing in particular has happened to me yet. My lungs are still breathing, my mouth is still talking, and my nose is still smelling. I can still use my tastebuds to taste things, and I can still play and learn. I haven't gotten sick yet, and I can still use my legs for P.E..
             If my cells aren't working, then I wouldn't function properly. Something probably would've happened to my nose, muscles, or something else in the body. Cells are the smallest unit of living things, and they help control your body. There are many different kinds of cells, for example: nerve cells. Nerve cells control nerves (hence the name) and muscle cells control your muscles. If anything ever happened to any of these cells, then your nerves or other things won't function right and will not help maintain your body.

        Today's blog is about traits or similiarities. Yesterday Mr. Kimbley told us to see how similiar we look to our parents. First of all, my hair is almost similiar. Since my mom's hair is curly and wavy, my hair is curly and wavy too, but I always wondered why my hair is always poofy. Question solved. It was because of my dad. I found this out because my dad came out from the shower yesterday and when his hair was dried, it looked like an afro from 60s. I was trying to hide my laughing and giggles when I saw him. People say I look like my mom, and my attitude is like my dad's. My dad's attitude is short tempered, but manages to lose some steam without people noticing. Most people say I look like my mom because of her head shape. Her head shape is round and so is mine, but her chin is slightly more pointed while mine is just a stub. 
         I think the reason for these similairities is because of my DNA. A DNA holds instructions for traits, and since my DNA is copied off of my parents DNA, then that's probably why I look the similiar. I learned why and where I got my looks from, and how my traits were similiar to my parents.

What's today's science solution? Getting the volume of an irregular object, step by step! Volume is one of the subjects in math that we need in science. It tells us how big the object is, and shows the length, width, and height. It shows how much mass it can take up, and how big the object is. Things you will need is a pencil, paper, ruler, and if you want, a calculator. 
    We're not going to learn how to find the volume of a regular shape (square, rectangle, etc). We're going to find the volume of an irregular shape. First of all, you need to measure the sizes. Measure the length, width, and height. Now if the length is 8 inches, and the width is 10 inches, you should multiply them together. Then you multiply it with the height. Let's say the height is 9.2 inches, so then you multiply it all together and the volume is 736 inches.

    In science, we are currently learning about matter, length, and making hypothesis. To be honest, the least interesting subject is matter. I was watching the BrainPOP video we were assigned, but I guess I wasn't paying much attention, so I got 1 out of 10 questions correct. The thing I tried to help myself more, was forcing myself to look up questions about what matter was, and it really helped a lot.
    The most interesting subject was length. We got to make origami frogs. One was made out of card-stock, and another made out of paper. We had to follow directions on how to make them. The assignment was to make a hypothesis of which origami frog would go the farthest, and it turned out that most of the students chose card-stock frog. The results were correct for most of us, because only 2 students in the class got the paper frog to jump the farthest. We discussed about why or how the paper frogs jumped the farthest. It was very fun to do.
    Today we are having a substitute teacher. Since Mrs. Poole is going to Washington D.C., she has to leave for 5 school days: Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Atleast that's what I think. I hope she comes back soon, and I hope that the substitute teacher will be very nice. Mrs. Poole said that he was a former teacher here at Computech, so he should be able to know what to do. Well I hope everything goes well with the new substitute!