The Ocean a poem

Oh the ocean
the ocean
the beautiful blue shiny ocean
the ocean
Oh the ocean
on the ocean
the wind in your face the salty air in your nose
walking on soft squishy sand and the waves lapping at your feet
but the all of a a sudden down your dog goes
in a crack between the rocks, but before the water would her meet
two men came and pulled her out
she ran back home
away from the spout
there afar you see a boat of foam
and it sails to you
full of pirates and vikings of old
they attack put you throw some goo
and they get stuck in there, wishing for gold
you walk back towards your car
enjoying the sun and the seagulls from afar
you get back to your car and drive to your house
on your way you almost hit a mouse
the ocean
Oh the ocean
the beautiful blue shiny ocean

The viking sword and Exploration

The Viking sword +ULFBERH+T
 We recently learned about the +ULFBERH+T sword. It is a sword that has crucible steel in it. It is a steel that has very few dots and slags as they call them in it. It is better then other steel of its time. To make it you would have to heat the iron and coal to a very high temperature, and in Europe it seemed that no one could do it. But in the middle east there was swords made with crucible steel. This means that the Vikings must have gone to there and got the Crucible steel. Historians think that they went on the Volga trade route. This is a route from Sweden to Iran it is mostly on water. It goes along the Volga river and lakes. Then it goes to the Caspian sea and past it into modern-day Iran and Iraq. Vikings might have got Crucible steel from here. I think they did and so do others. Then they would have gone back to Scandinavia in small rowboats. There they would shape the steel into the sword. But the inscription of +ULFBERH+T is still a mystery. No one knows who Ulfberht was. Christian Abbots and Popes put a cross in front of their name. Maybe this was a Christian Abbot who had made it. But the Christians were forbidden to Trade with the Pagan Vikings. Maybe a Christan viking had made it. Or maybe just a Viking had made it. Or it was a brand name. But it showed that the sword was made with Crucible steel. Other Ulfberht swords were made but they did not have Crucible steel in them. They were fakes. They had the letters +ULFBERHT+ on them. Someone was trying to copy +ULFBERH+T. If you had a +ULFBERH+T sword you would be highly honored as a great and rich warrior. +ULFBERH+T Swords were like the best kind of weapons. 

Exploration
The Vikings who originated in Scandinavia, explored from North America to Pakistan.
They were great explores on sea. They were not the best on land though. Proof that they had gone to North America and Pakistan is real. A viking ruins was found in North America and Statues of Buddha were found in Viking graves. The Vikings also went to Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland,  Israel, Constantinople, Italy, Spain, Morocco, Russia, France, England, Ireland,Greece, Iraq and Iran. Like you probably know Vikings did not have horns on their helmets and there are also peaceful and economic vikings.

Malaysia plane disappearing

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared over the gulf of Thailand 2 days ago. It had 239 people on board. Most of them were Chinese. The whole crew was Malaysian. There was 3 Americans. There was also 2 Ukrainians and 1 Russian. I think this is connected to the Crimea crisis. 2 passengers had stolen some passports and their country is Iran. The person who bought the tickets for the Iranian passengers is from Iran. One of the unknown passengers is black. It might have been Terrorism. Malaysia, China, The U.S.A and others send ships, Planes and helicopters to search. Vietnam said that the plane crashed in the sea but Malaysia denied the claim. The search for this Aircraft is still on.

Classification and fish

Classification
Classification is a way of grouping living things. Today their are 8 main levels called taxa they are
                                                     Least specific
                                                        Domain
                                                        Kingdom
                                                        Phylum
                                                        Class
                                                        Order
                                                        Family
                                                        Genus
                                                        Species
                                                     Most specific
 The Domain is three groups called Eukarya . Bacteria and Archaea .
 The Kingdom has 6 groups which are Animals, plants, fungi, protists, eubacteria and archaebacteria.
  The other groups have a lot of groups in them. Lets take the Gold eagle for example.

                                                        Domain: Eukarya All life forms that are not Bacteria or Archaea
                                                        Kingdom: Animilia All animals 
                                                        Phylum: Chordata Backbone animals
                                                        Class: Aves Birds
                                                        Order:Accipitriformes Most birds of prey ( see Raptors)
                                                        Family:Accipitridae hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old vultures
                                                        Genus:Aquila Eagles
                                                        Species: Chryaetos Gold eagle

                                                        Name: Aquila Chryaetos Gold eagle

Fish
Are the largest group of vertebrates. Most are Cold Blooded. All have gills. Most have scaly body and fins. They use their fins and their streamline body to cut through the water.  There are three main fish groups

Bony fish
Are the biggest group of fish.
Bony fish have skelotons m-
ade of bone. Most have a
swim bladder a sack in th-
eir body that controls their
depth and height in the water


Cartilaginous fish
 are fish like sharks and rays.
Their skeleton is made of cartilage.
Cartilaginous fish have the biggest
brains of any other fish. They also
have tiny teeth on their skin

Jaw-less fish
These fish have no jaws they eat by sucking . They are Ancient fish


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Coral and Bacteria

Coral
Coral are round , hollow animals with one opening.
they live are around the oceans. They eat many things from plankton to fish. They are sessile meaning they cant move. they are called polyps. The are in the phylum cnidarian.The same group jellyfish are in. They both have radial symmetry which mean any two half's will be the same if you cut it in half any way. They also both have no head .Both also have tentacles around the mouth and small stinging cells named nematocysts. their tentacles help them to get food close to its mouth. Large polyps live alone while small polyps usually iare colonial which means they live in groups. Most colonial corals live in coral reefs. Coral reefs give food and shelter to tons of marine life. The corals in reefs have a special kind of algae in them.The algae Photosynthesis the sun and give energy to the coral. they also give Oxygen and carbohydrates to the coral.The coral gives carbon dioxide to the algae.Hard coral uses the calcium in ocean water to build a strong outer skeleton. Soft corals build internal fleshy skeletons.       

Bacteria
 Bacteria live everywhere !  They are single celled organisms that make up one of the six kingdoms . They are one of the most plentiful life forms on earth. There are around 5 nonillon 5000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 out there right now. Bacteria can be helpful and harmful . Bacteria are Prokaryotic which means their nuclear material is not surrounded by a membrane. Plants use bacteria to break down nitrogen . Some bacteria can move around with flagella and cilia . Bacteria are ancient .




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Giant squid

Giant Squid are the second largest mollusks . Colossal squids are bigger. Giant squids can get up to 43 feet ! They have giant eyes as big as a football . They live deep down in the ocean. They eat deep sea fish . The first picture of a giant squid was in 2004! to catch their prey they use their long tentacles that have suction cups on them. They pull it to their beak-like mouth . They can change the color of their skin to hide from predators. Their only predators we know about are sperm whales . Before 2004 the only evidence we had was parts of Giant squid in whales and on the shore. Giant squids are still mysterious .They move with a tube the blow air out of called the siphon. Some people believe that the legend of the Norwegian kraken was based on a giant squid .They don't look much like snails and clams but they are related . They both have the mollusks muscular foot : Clam muscular foot it uses to dig and move. : Snail muscular foot to slide along on. : Giant squid the Muscular foot is divided into eight arms and two tentacles. They both have a mantle . A layer of protective skin. Clam : its shell. Snail: its shell. Giant squid Hard skin but no shell. The Giant squid has a inner Gladius that supports it. They all are Invertebrates. Giant squid are awesome!    




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