Happy Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Camp 2011
I’ve been wanting to blog about a lot of things since I returned home from camp. So, I was thinking I would start by blogging about how camp went. I returned home on Saturday afternoon and was exhausted. At camp, everyone gets up at 7:00 and is supposed to be in bed at 11:00 but it was normally 11:30 for my cabin. I was so busy with games, hikes, sermons and etc. that when I return home I was super tired and very sore. But even thought I ached from head-to-toe and felt like I would fall over from being so tired, I had a blast. Sadly, I didn't take too many pictures while I was there, but I will try to get the ones I took posted soon. There were a total of nine girls in my cabin counting myself. Our cabin was named “Cream of Wheat”. I have to say I think we had one of the coolest cabin cheers in camp. All the girls in my cabin were very nice and great to be around. I am glad God placed us all together. I also was blessed with one of the nicest counselors. God used her in my life in so many ways. She was very easy to talk to, fun to be around and was very understanding. I think all of the girls were able to open up to her by the end of the week.
After breakfast and dinner, we have church. For our morning service, we have two or three different speakers and they all speak on somewhat of the same subject. After morning service, we have God and I time. This is a devotional time which corresponds with the morning sermon. This year one of the things I learned is that if I can spend 30 minutes at camp with God in the morning, then why can’t I do the same at home? Since I have got home, I have been waking up earlier and reading my bible more; I have also notice I have more time to do other things as well. During our chapel (evening service), the speaker was evangelist Dave Young. He was very moving and an inspirational speaker. We also have Christian Life seminars. Theses are mid-day seminars that last thirty minutes to an hour and can be very eye-opening. This week, we had three seminars. One was on alcohol, another on purity and the other was on dating. All three were eye-opening and I learned something from each one.
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Sorry for not posting lately. I have been supper busy with school & such. Anyways I will try and post something soon.
Sierra.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Quick Update
Been super busy the past 3 weeks! Sorry for no post lately. I'll try and post some later but for now I have writers block on a biology report :( Wish me luck back to work I go!!
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
Dissection of an Orthoptera (Grasshopper) 11/4/10
Method-Two different kinds of female Orthoptera (Grasshopper) were examined. Both Orthopteras were measured head to abdomen with a ruler in centimeters. Each Orthoptera was 4-5 centimeters long. It’s abdomen was placed under the microscope to be examined. The forewing was broke off and examined. Next the hind wing was broke off and examined. The hind wing was bigger, more delicate and laid closer near the abdomen than the forewing. A microscope was used to examined a wing, veins in the wing were seen in a crossing pattern. The orthoptera was turned over and 3 pairs of legs were examined. The Jumping leg was broke off and measured in centimeters with a ruler. One Orthoptera’s jumping leg was 4 centimeters long, the other Orthoptera’s jumping leg was 5 centimeters long. Part of the leg was a yellow-orange color. The leg was examined with a microscope. Lab students located simple eyes by using a Magnifying glass. The Orthopteras was laid on a dissecting pan and pinned down through the head with a dissecting pin. The lab students scraped away the dorsal wall from posterior end of the Orthoptera using a disposable scalpel. White eggs were discovered inside one of the Orthoptera and yellow eggs discovered inside other orthoptera. The head was removed by using disposable scalpel. A cut was made within the cephalic range. Ganglia was found which was brown in color.
Discussion- During the lab I learned, that the simple eyes are located directly above the compound eyes and to see them you have to use a magnifying glass. It took us about 10min and a lot of guessing to find both eyes. It was cool having two different kinds of Grasshoppers because we got different results with both of them. One of the grasshoppers had a yellow toned and the other was a green-grayish color. The yellow grasshopper had longer jumping legs than the gray one. Also after we scraped away the dorsal wall, the inside of the gray grasshopper had white eggs and the yellow grasshopper had yellow eggs. Over all the Lab was very fun and very informative.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Wordy Wednesday!!
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