Snow man

Snow Man

“Pass the ball, Rebbeca” shouted Mistal she was waving her hands to show she was open. As Rebbeca tossed the ball over the volleyball net  Mistal held her hands high waiting for the ball.

“Got ya” yelled a boy grabbing the ball right before it reached Mistal’s hands.

“Give it back” replied Mistal as she started chasing the boy, Mark, across the beach. “We have to finish our volleyball game.”

Suddenly the ball deflated as Rebbeca came over panting and pointing to Mark.

“You are going to be in so much trouble” said Rebbeca panting heavily. Mistal and Rebbeca  walked to the end of the beach looking for Mark’s parents to tell the disaster he made.

As they walked along the beach they could hear the waves crashing. Their toes prickled as the freezing cold water crashed over their feet. The sun beat down on them glaring at their eyes.

“What’s over there?” asked Mistal. She was pointing to the far end of the beach. At the end of the beach only one and single beach chair was their. And on that chair was-

“Is that a snowman !”continued Mistal. “I think we should go back.” gasped Rebbeca.

“At the beach!”

“Oh come on.It’ll be fun” reassured Rebbeca.

Together Mistal and Rebbeca. walked over to the snowman. They stopped about five feet away away from the snowman and stared in awe.

“Hello there child. I’m Sinny the Snowman” beamed the snowman.

“Arre yyyou a sssnowmman in summer?!” trembled Mistal.

“Yes indeed I am.” claimed the snowman. “In fact it all a long story. You see I am a snowman that can only survive in summer not winter. And I am alive because some weird guy named, Mark I believe, sprinkled some sand on me because he was scared. Oh, and could you do me a favor by helping me a find a way through winter, ...please? You’re the only ones I’ve spoke to all day.” He pleaded with a commanding smile.

There was a long silence.

“Sure....” hesitated Rebbeca breaking the silence.

Rebbeca and Mistal took Sinny to their house. They all agreed it would be best to hide in their backyard until they found a solution for Sinny.

The backyard was huge and gorgeous. The grass was greener than ever and nicely cut. There was even a swing set with uneven bars.

They all sat down on the lawn and began staring at each other,thinking.

“Wait a minute how did you become a snowman in the first place in summer?”wondered Mistal.

“I told you someone named, Mark I think, sprinkled some sand on me by accident because he was scared” reminded Sinny.

“Are you thinking what I’m thinking” asked Rebbeca as a smile spread across her face.

“Well I don’t know are thinking about cheese pizza?” questioned Mistal.

Rebbeca slapped her forehead. “No, I was thinking if some sand made made Sinny alive in summer maybe some more sand will make him alive in winter again. And then when summer approaches again we could sprinkle some more sand on him to make Sinny alive in Summer again!”

“That’s a great idea!” agreed Sinny the snowman.

“Okay, Mistal go get a bucket of sand, while I talk with Sinny. Got it?”

“I dunno if its really gonna work,” stated Mistal. She let out a sigh. “Well let’s see.”

Rebbeca said she and Mistal were quickly going to sprinkle some sand on Sinny. If it worked he would start melting. If he did start melting, Rebbeca would sprinkle some more sand on him to get him back to normal.

When Mistal came back they tried it and it worked. So every time a new season came they would sprinkle some more sand on him. And as long as Sinny stayed with Rebbeca and Mistal he would be fine. As long as they stayed near the beach, but that was years later to worry about. Anyway he just needed some special sand....

Seismic Engineering Workshop

Seismic Engineering workshop @ The Tech Museum of Innovation - Ramya Kaja 

TECH challenge:

At the Seismic Engineering workshop 02/07/2015, we had to make popsicle houses that withstands an 3.0 earthquake.

Materials:

We had a few things to make it. About 20 popsicle sticks, a rubber band, a hot glue gun with 2 glue sticks, and rubber pie pan.  We weren’t allowed to have any extra popsicle sticks or glue sticks.

Structure Design and Testing :

We were group of 4 team members and our initial design was cube with a pyramid on top of it. We also had to have a second floor to hold a visitor, Grandma Betty. It was a small little doll that was supposed to stay on the designed building and withstand the earthquake. After we built ours we had to test it. We tested it by putting it into the rubber pie pan and the Tech Challenge helper put all the pans on a big machine. She turned on the machine and it made a big earthquake to the pans, then we were allowed to improve them to test it again.

Learnings:

Our mistake was that we put too much weight on the second floor to make sure Grandma Betty wouldn’t come off and the whole building fell down. So we learned never to put too much weight on the top floor especially because that could cause a major disaster in real life too.

Three things that i would carry

What are the three things that i would carry ?

by Ramya Kaja

My first item that I would carry in my suitcase would be a picture of my family and my grandparents. I would carry these photographs in my suitcase, because my parents are very important to me. My parents take me to so many places in the world where I learn about new things and especially have fun. My grandparents are very important to me too, because they would always come to my school when I was little, and I would tell them how things would work. I always remember bringing them to family picnics or parties and introducing them to everyone. Sometimes during the summer we would go to India which is where most of my relatives and cousins live. One of my grandmas live in India and doesn’t visit us much, so instead we go and visit her. Then theres my brother. He suppose to get in trouble, but most of the times I do. My family has lot of positives.

My second item that I would carry in my suitcase would be my kindle. I would carry this item, because reading is my #1 favorite thing to do. My kindle is very important to me, because I can read whatever I want whenever I want. My favorite kind of books are mystery and adventure books. Which I have mostly on my kindle. The Harry Potter series is my favorite series in the world written by J.K Rowling. Anyways, Reading is very entertaining for me, because if I’m bored all I have to do is pull out my kindle or a book and start having fun. Reading fiction books is my very favorite kind. It’s all about magic, monsters, and more unbelieveable stuff you don’t see today. I am a pretty fast reader as I get sulked into the book. I don’t really like reading out loud, because I never can pronounce any of the names really, but overall I love reading. I always wonder what a world would be without books.

My third item that I would carry in my suitcase would be my stuffed animal, Rossy, who is a little cute penguin. I like this penguin, because it reminds me of where I got it. Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of the most exciting places I’ve been to about sea creatures. It tells many interesting facts about sea animals and mammals. I remember the time I got my penguin Rossy, my brother had one too it was a bigger than mine(he called it Polly), but still I got a pink purse that came with

it and he didn’t so I was satisfied with myself. 

My favorite section was the penguin section. I loved it when all the penguins were smiling and going underwater and came back with fish. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is fascinating with so many creatures I hadn’t ever known before.