Yesterday, on May 1st, we went to Sea World, Orlando! I woke up at 4 AM, got ready, and arrived at school at around 4:50. At 5:15, we left for the buses. My group and our chaprones are on the #4 white Astro bus. It took about 4 hours to get to Sea World. It was around 10:00 when we got to the parking lot in Sea World, Orlando. We checked in at the turnstiles, and went inside to EXPLORE...
Everyone except for one chaprone and I went on the KRAKEN, the rollercoaster. We had waited ONE HOUR in line for this 2 minute and 2 second long ride.
We (meaning everyone, including me!!) then went on the Journey to Atlantis ride sometime later. It was scary, and wet, but fun. We boarded the boat on the ride after 45 minutes of waiting. At first, the ride was smooth, and mermaids showed us the way to Atlantis. But, then, the mermaids let out an evil laugh, red eyes peeked from the sides in the dark, the color was draining from the tunnel. The boat was moving toward a VERY STEEP hill, emarald eyes flashed, and then, we DROPPED down and made a huge splash at the bottom. Then, the boat moved toward the back, and went up another steep hill. I thought it was over. WRONG! The boat climbed up the steep hill, then made ANOTHER DROP down!! NOW, it's over. I felt like I was going to fly right out of the boat during the drops. Everyone was pressed down against the backseat during those very fast and steep drops. After the ride, we were soaking wet because of the splashing water at the bottom, and because the people in the sidelines squirted us! If you insert in quarters into the geyser machine, and press the red button, you get to geyser the people who just finished their drop down.
We also went to "Shark Encounter". We walked through a glass dome that was about this thick:------------. The sharks were swimming beside and overhead of the glass tunnel. It was amazing; live sharks swimming around and over us. We also went to Penguin Encounter. I saw LIVE PENGUINS!! I loved it! It was snowing inside the glass! They were waddling and swimming all around the mimic habitat.
We went to Stingray Lagoon. The stingrays there are about the size of huge dinner plates. They also let you feed them too! I didn't feed the rays because they were selling the stingray food, and I have to save my money for MY food.
The trip was exciting and fun!! I loved yesterday, walking around Sea World for 8 hours (except for that part). It was tiring, but when we got back to the bus at 6, we relaxed and watched movies until we got back to school at 10:30 PM, our parents waiting at the school to pick us up. That trip was so much FUN!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Field Day!!
Ok... I know I haven't updated my blog since January...
But, Field Day was today! It was SOOOOOO much fun!!! Killearn Lakes hosted a Pirate Day, Field Day event! There were games like, Fire the cannon, Octopus Tag, Pirate Hockey, and Survival Island. In
Fire the cannon: you just send the volleyballs over the net to the other side. The side with the least volleyballs win.
Octopus Tag: You avoid being tagged by the "It" (octopus). Four "It"s will have a stuffed octopus in their hand. All the others are fish. The fish will run toward the other side, to the white line. Don't get tagged by the running octopi or you will become a tentacle, you then have to help the octipi by waving your arms around trying to tag the other fish running nearby. A tentacle cannot move from its spot, only the octopi and the fish can run.
Pirate Hockey: Choose if you want to be a Pirate, or a Matey. A Matey will get their own nugget of treasure gold (a yellow ball). They will then try to protect and keep their own treasures to themselves by guarding the treasure with their swords (hockey sticks). Pirates will start off with no treasure, but they can steal from a Matey using their own swords.
Survival Island: This one was really fun! It was on our favorite playground! Their were extra step boxes on the mulch. You have to jump from box to box and get on every equipment on the playground without touching the shark infested water (mulch). But, a lot of people dropped out, and went on the spinny thing (a piece of equipment where you push yourself off and spin really fast!) instead. :) Even Mr. Mazur, our teacher, went on the spinny thing! He was spinning REALLY fast!
There is also a game where you get paired up with a partner and both of you get straps tied to your hand, opposite colors and connected by velcro. The playing field is FILLED with small foam balls. The object of this game is for you and your partner to work together and slap (no kicking, no throwing) the balls toward others. If a ball touches you, unconnect yourselves from your partner, exit out between the two cones with the sign EXIT, find a new partner with opposite color strap, and get back in the game between the two cones with a sign ENTRANCE. You don't HAVE to be hit by a ball to get out. Another way to get out is if you and your partner went in opposite directions, and the velcro unconnected on its own, you are out and are to find a new partner.
Oh, wait... Did I mention there were two moonwalks (bounce house)?
Field Day was REALLY fun!! After all that, we just went back to the classroom, and Mr. Mazur's class and watched a movie, but some played chess silently.
But, Field Day was today! It was SOOOOOO much fun!!! Killearn Lakes hosted a Pirate Day, Field Day event! There were games like, Fire the cannon, Octopus Tag, Pirate Hockey, and Survival Island. In
Fire the cannon: you just send the volleyballs over the net to the other side. The side with the least volleyballs win.
Octopus Tag: You avoid being tagged by the "It" (octopus). Four "It"s will have a stuffed octopus in their hand. All the others are fish. The fish will run toward the other side, to the white line. Don't get tagged by the running octopi or you will become a tentacle, you then have to help the octipi by waving your arms around trying to tag the other fish running nearby. A tentacle cannot move from its spot, only the octopi and the fish can run.
Pirate Hockey: Choose if you want to be a Pirate, or a Matey. A Matey will get their own nugget of treasure gold (a yellow ball). They will then try to protect and keep their own treasures to themselves by guarding the treasure with their swords (hockey sticks). Pirates will start off with no treasure, but they can steal from a Matey using their own swords.
Survival Island: This one was really fun! It was on our favorite playground! Their were extra step boxes on the mulch. You have to jump from box to box and get on every equipment on the playground without touching the shark infested water (mulch). But, a lot of people dropped out, and went on the spinny thing (a piece of equipment where you push yourself off and spin really fast!) instead. :) Even Mr. Mazur, our teacher, went on the spinny thing! He was spinning REALLY fast!
There is also a game where you get paired up with a partner and both of you get straps tied to your hand, opposite colors and connected by velcro. The playing field is FILLED with small foam balls. The object of this game is for you and your partner to work together and slap (no kicking, no throwing) the balls toward others. If a ball touches you, unconnect yourselves from your partner, exit out between the two cones with the sign EXIT, find a new partner with opposite color strap, and get back in the game between the two cones with a sign ENTRANCE. You don't HAVE to be hit by a ball to get out. Another way to get out is if you and your partner went in opposite directions, and the velcro unconnected on its own, you are out and are to find a new partner.
Oh, wait... Did I mention there were two moonwalks (bounce house)?
Field Day was REALLY fun!! After all that, we just went back to the classroom, and Mr. Mazur's class and watched a movie, but some played chess silently.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Inauguration Day!
Today is Inauguration Day, the day the new president, Barack Obama, gives his speech at 12:00 PM. We ate lunch in our classroom to watch it on our screen. Today, Barack Obama begins work in the office. See what changes he will make!
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