To Grandpa from Finn

Thank you for the pictures ^_^ you saw a Packard???? :O
How is the car doing????? I bet you when the car is done, take it to an auto show.
Are you almost done with it?? I want to take it to Publix and get some food and then ride around the neighborhood.


Make sure to send me pictures about it! I would love that. The reason to go to the store is to get food, and show your glorious car to the world. Respond in Gmail always. Send me pictures of your car, and your friend's car.

iceland

       Iceland is a small country between the North Pacific and Arctic Ocean which was inhabited by Vikings. The Vikings also found Greenland. Houses there were small with grass on the roof acting as an ancient air conditioner. Around 1402-1404 the Black Death swept through Iceland. This was a horrible disease that killed over 200 Million! Iceland lost 60% of its population. Iceland wasn't the best place to live because of its temperatures and lack of trees. The grass wasn't that good for sheep. Iceland is the worlds 18th largest island. Iceland is 3 times the size of the US state South Carolina. The island has many volcanoes and many geysers. It holds the record for country with oldest Geyser! The Arctic fox is the only indigenous land mammal in Iceland and was the only land mammal prior to the arrival of humans. It was ruled by Norway and Denmark. They have Nordic customs I think. You can sometimes find polar bears who swam on an iceberg to get there! Iceland has a population of 332,529 and an area of 103,000 km. That's not too much.
-Jack

Greenland

Greenland is a cold, snowy desolate place which has record highest place in the world. The highest part, the Peary Lands, is covered in a grayish, brown rock with little snow on it. There is barely anything there but 2 million years ago, it was full of ancient predators and trees. Southern Greenland was discovered by the Vikings and full of whales, seals, fish, etc. It is green and cold there. Everyone has these small beautiful huts for the summer. Barely anyone is there in winter. Its pretty beautiful here in the South part of Greenland. It has 56,000 people total. All season icebergs are on the water. It would be really cool to see this place. Maybe Puffins could be found there. It seems like a nice tourist spot for people who would want to leave Egypt's heat or something.
-Jack

Cool plant facts

There are lots of cool plants that all have cool features like the Wolffia is the smallest seed/plant in the world! Its seeds are microscopic and it lives in water. The Coco De Mer is the biggest seed in the world from the Seychelles Islands! It is bigger than your head and looks like 2 oval shape coconuts were merged. They grow from the palm trees. They are bigger than squirrels .-.   The next one is found on the Himalayans and is called the Highest Growing plant! It is a moss. The Hyperion tree is a HUGE tree found in the West of US. It can grow up to over 300 ft! That is one big tree! Bigger than any skyscraper! Its also called a Coast Redwood. It would be cool to see one! The next one is the biggest fruit in the world! The Pumpkin. They can grow up to 800+ kg! That's like 600 lbs! There is a tree in North America that is over 10,000 years old! It is old looking and I think its called a bristlecone? They are the oldest plants in the world! They are under government protection.
There are more splendid plants out there! Just keep looking!
-Jack

Botany Lapbook By Finn

We were making a Botany lapbook full of facts and pop-ups. Here are some facts:

The oldest tree is the Bristlecone Pine, that is over 6,000 years old. Also, the world's tallest tree is the Hyperion also know as the California Redwood Tree.


The Largest seed is the Coco de Mer, also known as a "double coconut"
and the smallest seeds are from the orchid family which are as long as a hair wide.


The fastest growing plant is bamboo. It grows 30 cm a day. The smallest angiosperm is a water plant called "Wolffia" and one of them can fit in the eye of a needle. The most poisonous plant is the castor bean, where it is 6,000 times more poisonous than cyanide.


FACT OF THE DAY: CASTOR BEANS





Just be sure not to eat the beans from which the oil came. If castor beans are chewed and swallowed, they can release ricin, one of the most toxic poisons known to man. Eating just one or two castor beans can easily cause the demise of the eater.




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The largest fruit/veggie is of course, the pumpkin which is 1818 kg.
The largest plant is the Amazon Water lily. I heard they can lift over 80 pounds!

The last one is a species of moss that grows on top of Mount Everest! That is really high.

Those are all my facts. Plants! :D

Marine Iguanas

Marine Iguanas are the only underwater lizard other than crocs. They are found off the coast of the Galapagos. They have extremely sharp claws and teeth for eating the algae on rocks. They are classified as vulnerable because their eggs are being eaten by Pigs, Dogs, Cats, etc. They are about    2 1/2 ft long and are herbivores. Good thing they don't eat meat or they'd probably would have been shot off! The Ecuadorian government protects them from being harmed and they estimate over 50,000 live on that island! Scientists know that they got on the Galapagos from rafting. They evolved around 8 MYA. It spends only a little in the cold water and then goes to the shore to warm up. A nasal gland filters its blood for excess salt ingested while eating, which is expelled through the nostrils, often leaving white patches of salt on its face. It is really cool. Fighting happens in the breeding season, they may fight but they are harmless to humans.
-Jack

Boats

    There are all kinds of boats with some used for over 5000 years! Like the canoe. The canoe is a long, fast, thin boat used by people of today and over 5000 years ago! The Indians of America used them. They built them from tall trees. They were fast transport but you could carry about 2-3 people and little supplies. These are one of the oldest boats in History. Ancient Egyptians also used them. The Barge is a large supply boat used for carrying people and exporting items. Egyptian Pharaoh's used them to travel along the Nile. The Phoenicians were the first people to make a Navy. They were known for that and for making Purple Dye from Murex. Murex is a sea snail that was mainly used back in the day for making purple items. It took 10,000 to make 1 cloak! Only kings and very rich people could afford it. Glass also cost a lot back in the day. Viking Longships were used to conquer lands like England, Germany, Denmark, etc. They were long, wide ships with a serpent's wood carving on the bow. They were fast, and held lots of supplies. They conquered England easily.
Cruises are HUGE ships bigger than any Historic boat back then. It could hold over 10,000 people without sinking! (Not like it could occupy that much). It can hold elephants! Pools! Slides! Mini-Golf etc! They are luxurious with nice little cabins. They have huge funnels to let the exhaust out.
-Jack