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                  All About the Sun

       Do you know everything there is to know about the Sun? Well, the Sun is considered a star that is at the center of the solar system. The Sun is responsible for Earths climate.  It is 4.6 billion years old and has a temperature of 5500F. The mass of the Sun is 1,989,100,000,000,000,000,000 billion kg. that is 333,060 times Earth. Also, Earth is 3 planets away from the Sun which is why we have neutral weather conditions.
       This is important to the readers because without sunlight we would be living in the dark. Also, without the sun we will not be alive because it'll be to cold to do a lot of things. This is very important because not a lot of people like the sun since it harms your skin but it gives you vitamin D. You couldn't even go outside to exercise because of the below freezing temperatures. This shows that it is very important to acknowledge the wonderful things that sun does for you and your body.


               Now I challenge you to find out more facts about the Sun. The sun has a lot of interesting facts being the largest and the hottest star in outer space. A lot of interesting facts!!! This is some information about the Sun.
        

             

           Why Does it Snow?

       We all love when it snows. We like to build a snowman, have snowball fights, make snow angels, and etc..but do you know why and how it snows? We'll there are a lot of theories that show why and how it snows. There is one specific reason that I think is true. It snows in 98% of the states in the U.S.A. Can you guess what state it doesn't snow in? It doesn't snow in Florida. 

       Snow occurs when cold temperatures transform the water vapor in the atmosphere into a solid state of ice directly. This means that it doesn't first go through the liquid stage. When the temperature rises up again the snow melts back into liquid water. Also snow forms when water vapor condenses and freezes into ice crystals. Also, as the ice crystals fall from clouds, they melt and then refreeze. This creates larger ice crystals which produce fluffy snow.

                                 What is Snow?

        Well snow is frozen precipitation formed from ice crystals within clouds. In cold climates, snow can compact and refreeze into ice, forming massive glaciers like as in Antarctica. Normally, snow falls in Winter. It might be produced in large quantities from moist air that is rapidly pushed to higher altitude, or from very moist air over large bodies of water.

            What To Do In The Snow

      Snow is usually annoying to adults because they have to shovel it and drive through it. Snow is fun to kids and winter Olympians. Snow is fun to kids because they can build snowmans, make snow angels, have snowball fights with friends, drink hot cocoa after playing in the freezing snow, etc. Snow is fun to winter olympians and other people who like to skiing, sledding, snowboarding, and snowmobiles. Snow is fun to a lot of people accept to adults who hate shovling and driving in the snow.

     So now you know why, how, and what to do in the snow. I challenge you to find out why it doesn't snow in Florida and why it snows so much in the other states of the U.S.A. This is why it snows!   

Riya's biography about Walt Disney

Riya Patel

                             Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney.    http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Walt_Disney/Gallery

     
Early Life

      Did you ever visit Disneyland? Do you just love Mickey Mouse? Well, the man that started it all is Walt Disney. Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Hermosa, Chicago, IL. His full name is Walter Elias Disney. His mothers name was Flora and his fathers name was Elias. He had 4 other siblings. 4 boys and 1 girls so a total of 5 children including Walt Disney. Walt lived most of his childhood in Marceline, Missouri where he began drawing and painting and selling his drawings to neighbors and family friends to make money. In 1911 his family moved to Kansas City where Walt developed the love for trains. At 16 years old Walt dropped out of school to join the Army, but was then rejected since he was underage. His first job was the newspaper boy. Also, his first business was called Laugh-O-Gram  From birth order their names are Herbert, Raymond, Boy, Walt, and Ruth. Walt was the youngest out of the 4 boys. Ruth was the youngest overall. Walt married Lilian and had 2 daughters-one biologically, the other adopted. Their full names are Diane Disney Miller and Sharon Mae Disney. Sharon is adopted. Walt Disney won several of awards. Walt and his staff earned more than 950 honors and citations from every nation in the world-includes 7 Emmy, 48 Academy awards. He also built the famous Disneyland in California. Lastly, he produced 81 movies along with his staff in his lifetime. 

                         Quotes    

          Walt Disney has a lot of quotes to guide through life. One of Walt Disney's quotes are "Why worry? If you've done the very best you can, worrying won't make it any better." This quote is very motivating and courage's the readers that as long as they know that they tried their  best and that's all that matters. Another quote that Walt Disney said is "I don't make pictures just to make money. I make money to make more pictures." I think that this quote is very inspirational. This is because he doesn't care that he will get money in return for drawing in fact he made money to draw more and more pictures, so he likes his job a lot. In addition many people hate their jobs. Another quote is " The difference in winning and losing is most often... not quitting." I think that this quote shows a lot of characteristics for people to follow. This quote tells us that it doesn't matter if you win or lose, and the difference between the two is that you don't quit no matter how you rank in that game. These are 3 wonderful and meaningful quotes that Walt Disney once said. Visit http://www.slideshare.net/bright9977/50-great-quotes-from-walt-Disney for more motivational quotes that Walt Disney said.

                          Accomplishments 

            Walt Disney accomplished many things. One of his accomplishments was that he built the Disneyland found in California today. Disneyland consists of lots of rides, food carts, food courts, activities, etc. It's like a big carnival with tons of things to do. Another accomplishment is that Walt produced 81 movies along with help from his staff.  His staff and him earned 950 honors and citations from every nation in the world including 7 Emmy and 48 Academy awards. Walt Disney formed the Walt Disney Music Group in 1949. These are all the accomplishments that's Walt Disney achieved. Visit http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/timeline/ for more information and a timeline about Walt Disney's life.

                                              Challenge

          So now you know all about the famous Walt Disney and his accomplishments. Now I challenge you to find more facts about Walt Disney and share them with people you know. This is all about Walt Disney and his successful life.

       Riya Patel             

           It's Not Just Fast Food Making U.S. Kids                                Obese

 

           Do you like to eat fast food such as McDonald's, Taco Bell, Burger King, Wendy;s, etc.? Well studies show that it's not just fast food that makes U.S. kids obese. For example, when kids are not eating fast food they are at home eating cookies, ice cream, chips, soda, frozen pizza. So, you can't really blame fast food on making kids obese. Researchers from the University of North Carolina led by nutrition professor Bobby Popkin studied this issue. They found that children who eat frequently at fast food restaurants tend to eat food that will make them fat or obese anyways. They do that when they are not eating at those restaurants.
          I think that fast food is not the only reason why U.S. kids are overweight. For example, kids go home to cabinets full of unhealthy junk food. Junk food could possibly be the reason of making kids obese. This is important to readers because if kids stop eating junk food and limit when they should have fast food they won't be overweight anymore. This is why it is important for readers to know that it's not just fast food that makes U.S. kids fat.





           So now you know that it is not only fast food that makes U.S. kids obese. I challenge you to find even more facts to support this idea. Visit http://newsela.com/articles/kids-diet/id/2471/ for more information.