Tuesday, June 7, 2011

This is a greek sculpture of a young girl. It is one of the best kept statues, it doesn't have much damage.

-Sara Harju
The Amish Country was really cool. We learned that the Amish people coexist with the english (us) . You can tell which house is amish and which one isn't by seeing if they have green vynil shades. You can tell a person that is amish by seeing that they wear solid colored dresses with white bonnets and a white apron. When a girl is ready todate, she will wear a little black bonnet to chruch on sunday. If a boy offers to drive her home, then that means he's interested.

-Sara Harju
This is the glider that influenced the wright brothers to invent the airplane. Built by Otto Lilienthal, the hang glider had wings and tail surfaces covered with doped cotton cloth and a horizontal stabilizer connected to the frame by a picot at the front and the rudder. When the pilot moved his torso and legs, it would alter the gravity location and provided limited control.

-Sara Harju
This shows how the balloon can lift things that are lighter than itself.

-Sara Harju
This shows how one piston falls faster than the other because the taller one has more density, therefore, it is slower.

-Sara Harju
The cylinders stop first because they have air drag resistance because of their size. The cone shaped ones go fasted because they are aerodynamic.

-Sara Harju
This exhibit called winging it tells all about the aerodynamic build of an airplanes wings.When they tilt downward, the air flows easily over them, when they tilt upwards, thereis air drag resistance and the plane slows down.

-Sara Harju
In 1923 in this airplane, U.S. army air service pilots macready and kelly made the first non top flight across the United States from Long Island to San Diego.

-Sara Harju
I really liked this exhibit because it was the first lunch table where whites and blacks could eat together without being segregated.

-Sara Harju
George Washington had rejected someone putting his face on a coin. He chose lady liberty instead so that americans could be inspiredby the power of liberty and not the president.
The American Red Cross nurses were sent with supplies and equipment to aid U.S. soldiers during the Spanish-American war. This vehicle was an ambulance. In 1898, 761 soldiers died of gastronintestinal disease.
This picture was at the ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. They were switching guards and the schools got to lay the reeths. The kids that went up from our school were Gabby Bragg, Daniel Benam, Ben Hewitt, and Jessica Moats. It was very emotional. Even though I don't know anyone who died during war, it made me realize that so many people lost loved ones during this war.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

This building is the Washington Monument. It is the worlds tallest stone structure and the worlds tallest obelisk. It stands at 555ft 5 1/8 in. The monument is made from marble, granite, and bluestone gneiss. It was built to commemorate the first US President, General George Washington.

This is the statue of liberty. It was designed by Frederic Bartholdi and it was a symbol of freedom. It was completed by october 28th 1866. The statue was gift for the United States from France. -lindsey haas

The group repessents various types who joined the confederates. On the very top, is Robert E. Lee. This is called the Virginia Memorial. It was dedicated on June 6, 1917 at
Gettysburg National Battlefield. It taught me that Gettysburg was a huge turing point in the war. If the confederates would've won this battle, they could've won the war. Miles