Four-Leaf Clover

So how rare is a four-leaf clover? It has been estimated that there are approximately 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every four-leaf clover! According to legend, each leaflet represents something: the first is for hope, the second is for faith, the third is for love, and the fourth is for luck. Clovers can have more than four leaflets; the most ever recorded is twenty-one!! Next time you are out in a clover field, start looking around...GOOD LUCK!!

Everest Base Camp

In the novel "Peak", we talk a lot about base camp and advanced base camp (ABC). Climbers go between the two to get acclimatized to the altitude, to prevent altitude sickness. I thought it would be neat to see an actual base camp on Mt. Everest. You can see the summit of Mt. Everest in the background at 29,028 ft.!

Mount Washington

Mount Washington, located in New Hampshire is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States, at 6,288 feet. It is famous for its dangerously wild weather, holding the record for the highest wind gust directly measured at the Earth's surface, at 231 mph!! on the afternoon of April 12, 1934. Check out more Mt. Washington information from the observatory at the top, at this cool website...http://www.mountwashington.org/

Nacreous Clouds

Nacreous clouds are located in the stratosphere between 9 and 16 miles high. Their "mother of pearl" colors come from sunlight striking tiny ice crystals inside the clouds. Very low temperatures near -85o C are required to form the crystals, which is why nacreous clouds are seen mainly during winter over places like Alaska, Iceland and Scandinavia. This photo was taken in Trondheim, Norway (12/17/08), by Ivar Marthinusen. For more information click on http://www.spaceweather.com/

Graphic Source and Wind Chill

Here is a graphic source that helps us tell what the wind chill is. What is wind chill? Wind chill is the apparent temperature felt on exposed skin, which is a function of the air temperature and wind speed. The wind chill temperature (often popularly called the wind chill factor) is always lower than the air temperature.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

The Turkey and Ham

by: David Clouser

On Thanksgiving Day

I had turkey and ham

sitting beside my friends

Colton and Cam

How to Cook a Thanksgiving Turkey...

by: Austin Hutchinson

My wife said she wanted a turkey for Thanksgiving.

So I got the the old 22 and the old dog, and we set off.

When I got home my wife said, "where's the turkey?"

"Here it is" I said, "Are you satisfied?"

I then asked her to cook it up, I was starving!

Now, I'll tell you how to cook it.

Step 1: Fry it

Step 2: Wait 30 minutes

Step 3: Eat Up

Happy Thanksgiving!

How to Cook a Thanksgiving Turkey..

by Raven Wirrick

First, you thaw out the turkey and preheat the oven to 400 deg. F.

Second, you put 1 pinch of salt, 1 pinch of sugar, and 1 dash of every seasoning that you can think of on the turkey. Third, you add whatever you think needs to be added. Fourth, you wait for the oven to "ding."

Fifth, put the turkey in the oven. Then, you put the timer on for 30 minutes. When the bell rings, check the bird. If it isn't brown, put in back in for 20 more minutes.

Gettysburg Address

145 years ago Abraham Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in American history. Lincoln gave his address on the afternoon of November 19, 1863. This short 2 minute speech came four and a half months after the battle of Gettysburg.

Halloween Fun

Hope everyone had a blast at the Halloween festivities. I enjoyed seeing everyone's costume! Thank you Home & School for all your hard work and dedication for making this years Halloween parade a success! Enjoy the pics...

It appears the Halloween candy has gotten to Colton!

Fall Fest

Fall Fest 2008

Presented By Lack Tuscarora Elementary School

Where: East Waterford Carnival Ground

When: October 18, 2008

Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Games, Good Eats, Fashion Show, Singing Entertainment by Students, Flea Market, BBQ Chicken, Ice Cream, and Lots Lots More!

BBQ Chicken Tickets:$5.00 a meal$3.50 a half

$3.00 a Quart for Ice Cream- Chocolate, Vanilla, and Black Rasberry

Raffle Basket Tickets:$2.00 each or $5.00 for 3

5th Grade- "Bird Watching" Basket

4th Grade- "Camping Out" Basket

3rd Grade- "Penn State" Basket

2nd Grade- "Baker's" Basket

1st Grade- "Chocolate Lover's" Basket

K- "Primary Colors" Basket

More Information call Heidi Love 734-3308

There's an OWL in the SHOWER

Here is the first chapter book the students and I are reading through. Below is a summary of the book.

Borden's father, Leon, was a logger in the old-growth forests of California. That is, until the spotted-owl lovers interfered. One day, frustrated by his father's unemployment, Borden sets out on a mission of revenge against the spotted owl but returns home with a half-starved owlet instead. The family soon discovers that the owlet, whom Borden names Bardy, loves to take showers and watch late-night TV. Only after the whole family has fallen in love with Bardy do they realize that the conflict between nature and human industry is not so easily resolved.

My House & Back To School

You guys have been with me through my entire house building process and here it is...

The view out the window...

I'm really starting to get into back-to-school-mode and anticipating another aweseome year at Lack Tuscarora! We have some exciting projects planned, and I hope you are ready to work super hard! I ran into Josie today at the O.I.P., which was a great surprise! I miss everyone and hope you are having a fun summer! If the weather is good and I can get my out-of-shape body on my bike, I might ride up to East Waterford sometime this weekend and see who I can find.

take care,

Mr. Sanderson

TROUT in the CLASSROOM

The 2008-2009 school year at Lack Tuscarora Elementary will certainly be an exciting one! This year we will be rasing trout eggs to fingerlings (small trout) in the lobby! In May, Mr. Hart's 5th grade will release these fingerlings into Laurel Run, near the school. However, all students will be directly involved with this unique learning experience! Check it out...troutintheclassroom

2008 Tour de France

Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) won the 95th Tour de France on Sunday. "I've dreamt of this since I was a child," said an emotional Sastre, who was surrounded by his wife and two children, Claudia and Yeday. "I'm beyond words — to be here with my family is really special."

Final overall 1. Carlos Sastre (Sp), CSC-Saxo Bank, 87:52:52 2. Cadel Evans (Aus), Silence-Lotto. at 0:58 3. Bernhard Kohl (A), Gerolsteiner, at 1:13 4. Denis Menchov (Rus), Rabobank, at 2:10 5. Christian Vande Velde (USA), Garmin-Chipotle, at 3:05 6. Frank Schleck (Lux), CSC-Saxo Bank, at 4:28 7. Samuel Sanchez (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 6:25 8. Kim Kirchen (Lux), Team Columbia, at 6:55 9. Alejandro Valverde (Sp), Caisse d’Epargne, at 7:12 10. Tadej Valjavec (Slo), Ag2r-La Mondiale, at 9:05

More From Alaska

Hey class! Erv and Sandra (my aunt) sent us some more cool stuff from Homer Alaska. They loved the cards you sent them, and I know they were impressed by your awesome artwork! More importantly they respect and admire your appreciation for birds. Use that gift to teach others how to respect them as well. Erv and Sandra used the picture we sent them and put it into the eagle's wing...way cool! Also, check out birdsofpreynorthwest.org for the story of the bald eagle who got a new beak!

Hope you are having a great summer,

Mr. Sanderson

National Aquarium In Baltimore

Hey Class!! June 14th I headed down to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. I kept thinking how cool it would have been to have you guys along with me. If you get a chance it's definitely worth checking out! The sharks in the pictures are sand tiger, sawnose, nurse, and bull sharks.

They even had a Death Adder from Australia...Crikey!!

2007-2008 3rd Grade Photostory

Thanks for the memories...

Memorial Day

"It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Abraham Lincoln The Gettysburg Address: November 19, 1863.

Why Ride A Bike?

Albert Einstein discovered the theory of relativity while bicycling.

Why I ride...

I ride for health and well-being. My bike and I are the perfect combination of man and machine. It takes the pressures and stresses right through the bike and leaves them on the road or trail.

AND...

I ride because it hurts

I ride because it scares me

I ride because it is pure fun

I ride because it keeps me alive

MyPyramid.gov

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