This story is about Aretha Franklin and her special times in life. Did you ever wonder why Aretha Franklin was called “Queen of Soul?” Do you think Aretha’s weigh was a problem to her singing? Why did she want to connect to the civil rights movement? Well guess what?
Read MoreMy experience on the trip to the ChesapeakeBay was good. I learned about the oysters' habitat called abenthic community, that lives on the bottom of the water. There are little species that are so tiny that you are not able to see one unless you are looking under a microscope. It becomes a...
Read MoreI did not go on the Chesapeake Bay trip because it was raining and I was scared that I was going to fall out the canoe. Since I didn't go I just had a regular day, just like I usually do, just no homework with it. I also didn't have as much fun because my favorite teacher Ms. Wesley wasn't...
Read MoreYesterday I went on the field trip to the Chesapeake Bay, and it was a good experience for me. I had fun canoeing, catching fish, learning about crabs and learning about the water. But I was kind of bummed that my shoes & pants got wet & dirty...
Read MoreIn the crabbing station we learned how to catch the crabs. In order to catch the crabs we had to use chicken. We had to put the chicken on a rope and drop it in the water. We also learned about the blue crab. Blue crabs are the most...
Read MoreThis is crazy, I thought I signed up for an adventure, a fun trip. Nope not this girl, there isn't a way in the world you'll get me to go on another canoe ride!
Read MoreMy class trip to the S.E.R.C. (Smithsonian EnvironmentalResearch Center) was fun. The part that I like the most was the canoeing. We went canoeing and we learned how to paddle the right way.
Read MoreSomething so small turned out to be so big. When I went to the plankton station during the trip to the Chesapeake Bay I thought that I would be bored, but once we started talking about plankton I became very interested in what was being said....
Read MoreThis was best trip I have ever been on. We got on the bus at 8:45 a.m. for an hour long drive. It was one of the best bus rides I have ever been on. I say that because I got to talk, yell, listen to music and make new friends that go to my...
Read MoreWhen we went on the trip to the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center it was interesting, yet scary. First my group went canoeing. We were there to a canoe. My canoe group was Andrea and Ahkilah. I sat in the middle, Ahkilah...
Read MoreOn Tuesday September 20, 2011, Our seventh and eighth grade classes went on a field trip to the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on the Chesapeake Bay. It was fun. I loved it and it was very educational. It was fun because I went fishing...
Read MoreMy trip to The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on the Chesapeake Bay was okay. I learned that crabs snap at you if they feel like they are in danger. I learned if they break a leg, it will grow back. I would like to know how long it takes their leg to grow back....
Read MoreBefore the trip, we talked about what we had to do. Then we had to put our gear on. We had to wear life jackets and ponchos. It was difficult getting into the canoes.
Read MoreOn Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, my step-dad and I decided to go to the Frederick Douglass House and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. I learned a lot about Frederick Douglass that I hadn't known— like that fact he learned how to read all by himself. It's amazing how someone can do that...
Read MoreWhen I visited the awesome Grand Canyon with my family, I saw a good sight from above it. It was so wonderful that I really wanted to dive into it. It has wide space in it. The Grand Canyon covers 1,218,375.54 miles and is 6,000 feet deep at its deepest point. On the day I went, I saw rocks with...
Read MoreI’m a senior at Friendship Collegiate Academy. The Global Kids summer program had a life changing impact on me. Thanks to the program, I applied for and secured my first ever passport for a trip to Brazil. Having a passport and taking off on my first international flight from Dulles...
Read MoreI was on the bus feeling very eager and nervous to get the chance to meet and interview a Friendship Collegiate football star. I thought to myself, “OMG, I really can’t believe I will interview a star!’ The first person I met was Director of Admissions Coach Kenny. In my head I said “I hope he...
Read MoreWashington D.C. People want to give up using oil and natural gas. I read about this on TeenBiz3000. But they say it is not so easy. Things made from oil and natural gas or petrochemicals are all over this world. Petrochemicals are used in tires and plastics. They are used in cars and computers....
Read MoreDarker Than Black is a great show that you should watch if you like fighting and people with super powers. There are good and bad characters in the show. Imagine contractors (super human killers) all over Japan fighting anywhere without regard to the police—no rules, no help, no limits to the...
Read MoreI was once a part of an exercise program called Joey and the Butterflies. It’s basically for childhood obesity. My mom told me that she got a call from the school saying that I was selected to participate in a field trip about Weight Watchers. The school was going to get $10,000 and it was going to be...
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