The best way to take care of a lizard is to keep them in a roomy cage with heat lamps, food and water. You also want to make sure they have hiding spots, they love to hide. You need to feed them live food such as crickets and mealworms 2-3 times per week. Some lizards can live up to 20 years so you have to be real sure you want a lizard as a pet.
Snapping turtles and alligator turtles are different. Well first off alligator turtles have spikes on the top of their shell and snapping turtles don’t. Snapping turtles are smaller than alligator turtles. Snapping turtles are more likely to bite or attack then alligator turtles. Alligator snapping turtles can open their mouths wider and also have a larger mouth. Snapping turtles are easier to catch because they are smaller.
Tycho was born in 1546. He was an astronomer and writer. Tycho was known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical observations. His family wanted him to be a lawyer but he wanted to be an astronomer. Although his family wanted him to be a lawyer they still supported him. Tycho became partners with Kepler. He would teach Kepler about astronomy.
Mercator was born in 1512. Mercator was a geographer. He is most known for the Mercator projection map. He is a great role model because he was hard working, charitable and had high quality work. Google earth and other similar software carry on Mercator map projection. His map projection became the standard until the 20th century. A favorable memorial was built in Germany 50 years after he died.
The Mercator projection is a cylindrical map projection. The Mercator projection became standard by the 1600s. By the 20th century the Mercator projection became standard in classrooms. The Mercator projection was very helpful in sailing because you need to know where you are going. Sailing was very big because they didn’t have planes to fly. Since they only had boats this helped a lot.
The backstaff is a navigational instrument that was used to measure the altitude of the sun or moon. It was made for sailing. This helped because it would measure the height of the sun. The inventor, John Davis, became a master of sailing and an explorer for England. It was also part of a long line of capital inventions.
My favorite thing I learned about this week was Tycho Brahe. I found his life fascinating because what he was expected to be was not what he turned out to be. He ended up an astronomer not a lawyer following his own dreams.
The Gila monster is the only venomous lizard in United States. A bite from the Gila monster is very strong but most likely won’t cause death. The Gila monster eats insects, lizards, frogs and so much more. Gila monsters can live up to 20 years which is a long time. Gila monster can be dangerous but they are not that fast. They are also known for their great climbing skill.
If I could have any super power I would be super fast. I want to be super fast because I am home schooled and I want to get all my work done fast so I can play after. The next thing I would do is run to my gymnastics gym and I would be super early for my practice so I could relax. Finally, I live in an apartment and there is a basketball court and my brother and I like to play so I could run really fast and get a hoop. I almost for got I would help my mom clean up.
The heliocentric theory says that the earth revolves around the sun. Nicholaus Copernicus was the one who figured this out. Without Copernicus ther’ed be no GPS. He also built upon existing foundations. By the 1500s, Europeans begin to change how they thought about this, because they followed the geocentric model
A pencil is a wooden sheled object with a peice of graphite in the middle. Many artist and people loved the pencil because they were cheap you can erase with a pencil. Before they only had pen and you can’t erase. Lead pencils don’t have really have lead they have graphite otherwise it would be dangerous. Pencils are cheap way to write and erase.
Nicholaus Copernicus had diverse talents, but speclized in astronmy. He is best known for heliocentric theory. The primary contribution he had was his challenge to the model of the universe. In the 1500s, when most people believed earth was the center of the universe he proposed his theory that the sun was in the center of the universe
Vesalius was a physician and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy. He introduced systematic method of investgation to the field of anatomy. He was also a doctor this also ran in his family. Because of continining advancements, we have we have technolgy that saves lives today.
My favorite thing I learned about was the pencil, because to see how a everyday object had such a big impact on history was very intresting. I enjoyed learning how pencils are made and how much work goes in to a small object.
Instead of me just talking about inventions I am going to talk about inventors and inventions.
Double-entry bookkeeping is a way to keep track of how much money your spending and getting. Double- entry was made for merchants and for merchants to teach their sons. Double-entry bookkeeping helped businessmen increase their capital. This also revolutionized business finances. Soon Italian merchants began thinking of better accounting methods.
Da Vinci was a famous artist and inventor. Da Vinci was talented but was not a good inventor.He also struggled to finish what he started. He was described as a renaissance man. A renaissance man is suppose to have knowledge and skills. Da Vinci was born in a rich family and was a naturally gifted artist. He is mostly remember by The Mona Lisa
His biggest impact on history is popularization of double-entry bookkeeping . He made mistakes but they led to further discoveries. When he was writing a book about chess strategy he was friends da Vinci and he asked him illustrate the pictures in his book. Luca was also a mathematician and teacher.
The marine astrolabe was an inclinometer used to determine the latitude of a ship. The device made it easier to use in windy conditions. The device spread largely because of the book The Art of Navigation. It also was very helpful in the winter when you could not see the sun because before they would use the sun for navigation.
The thing I found most interesting was learning about Leonardo da Vinci. I found learning about life and career was very interesting. I would love to learn more about him.
My favorite story is Doctor Dolittle. Doctor Dolittle is about a doctor that can talk to animals. He likes all animals and has a lot of pets, but he is a doctor and not all people like animals like he does. People would come to his home to get checked and people did not like animals every where. So less and less people came to get a check up. Then the doctor became broke. The doctor had a parrot and the parrot had a idea that he should become an animal doctor. So the doctor had a lot more people coming to have their animals cured. That is all I am going to tell today because Doctor Dolittle is a long story.
The inventions I normally talk about have had huge impacts on history, and this week one of the inventions is a game.
The mainspring is a metal coil that stores energy. The mainspring was a main function in the working clock. The mainspring made portable clocks possible. Watch accuracy became an increasingly important issue during the 1800s. A mainspring can still be useful in certain particular applications.
The printing press is a machine for printing text or pictures. The printing press increased book circulation because it would not take so long to write a book. The printing press was invented by Jonathan Gutenberg and because of him it was made popular.
Chess is a player board game, played on checker patterned board. Chess became a sport in 1886. In the middle ages there were lots of games and chess was particularly liked among the nobility.
The arquebus was the first fired gun from the shoulder. The arquebus led to refined firearms and tactics. It brought on the rise of a new era of the nation state. The arquebus evolved from the hand cannon out of its ability to penetrate knightly armor.
What I found most interesting was how if you had a power outage you can use a mainspring for some power.
I have four more inventions to talk about. Here are some of them, spurs and plate armor.
Plate armor is a historical type of personal armor made from iron or steel plates. Before plate armor knights would use chainmail, but several factors led to the development of plate armor from chainmail. Plate armor was light and could block most attacks at the time.
Spurs are metal tools designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding a horse. Spurs are used to direct a horse or an other animal. Spurs were very helpful in wars because if your horse got scared of something you could direct them back and help them get over their fear. Spurs today remain icons of the wild west.
The English longbow was a powerful type of longbow. Men would start learning the English longbow as kids. It was used for hunting and as a weapon in warfare. A longbow was the height of a archer. The English longbow could pierce through armor or kill a horse.
A blast furnace is a smelting furnace in the form of a tower into which a blast of hot air is compressed from the bottom. Trees became scarce because wood was used to fuel the blast furnace. Then coke was invented. Coke is a type of coal. They soon used coke to fill blast furnaces.
These inventions were all very interesting but I found spurs the most fascinating. How you can help your horse get over their fear and direct the horse.
laura verity 