The Columbian Exchange brings good things, AND bad things. The positive effects are that it helps both sides with food, defenses, transportation, etcetera. However, there are also negative effects, which are most likely diseases. 

In the Columbian Exchange, the Old World (Europe) brought the New World (America) many animals, like horses, chickens, cows, pigs, oxen, sheep, and many more, They also brought food, like potatoes and corn. This helped a lot to the New World, and in return, the New World introduced new foods to them, like pineapples, or tomatoes. However, the negative effect was that the Old World unknowingly gave them diseases, which were caused by unknown plants or unknown animals. 

In conclusion, the positive effect was that the Columbian Exchange gave them the solutions to their needs, however, the negative effect was that it also gave the worlds new diseases. 

At the zoo, there 25 stations. We needed to finish all the stations we could. My favorite station was the blubber and the fur gloves. I liked that station because I got to feel like how an animal would feel, and that it was a hands-on project. The station was at the Sea Lion Cove, and we had to decide which glove was warmer in icy water. The blubber glove felt squishy in a weird way, while the fur glove was soft. In the end, my group said the blubber glove was warmer. I think it was warmer because the blubber was stuck together, which kept the heat in, while the fur glove could let air travel through. 

Even though this station was my favorite, there were other stations that I liked too, like the bone station or the tiger station, however, that is a different story. If you went to the zoo field trip, then feel free to comment below about which zoo station you liked best. 

Did you ever realize how similar the Incas' and the Aztecs' falls were? I mean seriously, both were conquered by the Spanish conquistadors, and were also weakened by a disease that the Spanish gave to them. Also, the Spanish had guns and horses which helped them defeat both of the civilizations.  I also noticed that Spanish also wanted to conquer both of the cultures, and that they also tried to convert the Incas and the Aztecs to Christianity. I bet if they Incas and the Aztecs met, they would both work along well. 

It really amazes me of how both of the cultures ended in the same way. Now that I think about, so did the other empires too. They started small, but gradually grew bigger, however, the ending had to be tragic. Empires and civilizations end in different ways, but some of them we don't even know yet. Maybe one day in the future, advanced archaeologists will try and fill in the gap between the past and the present. 

This year, my favorite book is called 13 Treasures. It is a fiction book, and is about a girl who could see fairies. These weren't the type of Tinkerbell fairies however, because in this book, fairies are the first ones on her list of things she hates. The fairies would mess with her, and sometimes torture her. Her mother was getting worried, and fed up with her daughter, so she decided to send her to her grandmother's mansion. There was something at her grandmother's mansion that she didn't know. If she thought that she got rid of fairies, then she was wrong. Her grandmother's mansion was swarmed with twisted, fantasy beings. Gnomes, fairies, and others that she hasn't even heard about. 


I like this book because it tells a lot of how things aren't what they seem. It also interests me, and keeps me wanting to turn the next page. I hope that I can purchase this book again, since I only read it from the library. Hopefully there will be other books I like in the future. 

Martin Luther was a very strong protester back in the Reformation. He wrote a whole book on 95 theses about what the church was doing wrong. He inspired many people, so I've decided to make 5 theses of what we need to change in Computech.

• 1: We should have more Free-Dress days other than dances. 
As we all know, Computech has a strict dress code that requires specific items of clothing, and the only time we can dress freely is when it's the day of a dance. Many kids do like to attend dances, however a lot of kids just want to dress freely. They want to show their independence, and would like to dress how they want to. We understand that Computech has a dress-code for special reasons, but is it possible that we can a Free-Dress day at least once a month?

• 2: Lunch Money
Lunch money is something that we worry about nowadays. Some students can not afford to pay for the lunch money, which starts turning into a big bill at the end of the school year. I'm not sure if this is for helping the school raise money, but there are other ways of making money other than lunch right?

There are many different theories of why the Maya Civilization ended. Some of the theories were warfare, over-population, rebellion, and climate change. I think the one that caused it all was warfare.

The reason why I choose warfare is because of how intense the Maya could be. They used wooden spears, stone arrows, and other hand crafted tools. Maya battles were always bloody. In fact, they even made a simple ball game called pok-ta-pok into a survival field! They even pierce their skin to give blood to the gods for sacrifice. Cities also battled against each other, sometimes even for no reason at all! 

So you see, the main reason I choose warfare is because of how the Maya battled a lot. They made it really bloody, and so they could've possible battled so much that they possibly killed every single Mayan.

I was pacing back and forth in an empty plain where no one could see me, since we didn't built any houses yet. I was given two choices, should we leave or should we go? My people found this luscious land that gave us everything we could possibly need. Food, water, shelter...what more could we ask for? It has all our necessities, and we are pretty tired after traveling from place to place. 

This was the hardest decision ever. Not only because of the people, but because of the land itself. It may seem good now, but what about in the future? What would it be like in spring, summer, autumn, or winter? Right now, we're near spring, so you can check off spring on the list. As I looked around, I noticed that most of the people were already rejoicing. I smiled, looking at them thoughtfully. Maybe this is the place where we could stay together, and not have to move place to place. Maybe this could be our permanent home. After all that thinking, I finally made my choice. I slowly walked over to my people, stood on a sturdy rock, and said my words. They cheered even more, and I smiled, knowing that I made the right choice.

The Science Revolution is an important time in world history. "Why," you ask? Because all the scientists back then were the reason why we know so much today. 

Copernicus was a scientist who came up with the heliocentric theory. The heliocentric theory was a theory about the sun being in the middle, with the Earth and other planets circling around it. Kepler, another scientist, proved that the planets did not circle around the sun, but went around it in an elliptical, or oval, shaped way. Sir Isaac Newton made theories (also known as laws) about motion. He discovered gravity, and also predicted a force that held the Solar System together. Galileo Galilei made the heliocentric theory true in 1992, when Pope John Paul II accepted Galileo's theory, and admitted that he should never have been taken of heresy.

On spring break, I am just going to stay home and relax. Mostly because I am sick of all the work we've been getting. It's really annoying when you do some SUPER HARD problems on homework, and then the teacher says that you keep it. I'm just sitting there and thinking, "What the heck? I did all that work for nothing?" It's also annoying when they don't put it on your grades. There's a reason why we do that work you know, and it's called BRINGING UP MY GRADES.

So basically, I'm just going to stay home and relax. Possibly do some other stuff to, but that's my goal. After all, the ACS test took most of my academic energy, not to mention the homework. Every time when I come home, I just plop myself on the bed, and then take a nap without even noticing. Then I wake up at like 8:00 pm, and then I frantically go around and work on my homework, which ends up making me stay up until 11:00 pm, and then oversleeping the next day. Yeah, I really need to work on that. To conclude this whole thing, on spring break, I just want to rest, stay at home, sleep, and relax the whole week. No more essays, no more Cornell notes, NOTHING!

My favorite topic was the Black Death. The reason is because it was mostly the main thing that caused people to die, and there were many books about it. Even Mr. Kimbley said that he read a scientific book about what would happen if the Black Death never existed.
 
I find the Black Death interesting, because most people blamed the Black Death on things they could see. They all blamed it on rats, when truthfully, it was the fleas who were spreading it. However, people back then didn't rely on logic. Also, they also didn't notice or seem to care that it was them who were spreading it even more, especially in cities. Since cities made people live closer, it made the Black Death spread faster. If it was me, I probably would've caught it too, since I liked to live where I don't feel lonely. In conclusion, I like the Black Death because it was the main problem, and it helped us learn more about what happened in the Middle Ages.