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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Solar eclipse


Today we went out and looked at the sun using special solar glasses. We saw the eclipse.
 It looked like an orange moon and a black sky. It was curved like a banana (Titus). It looked like a giant pac man (Ashton)


Listen and watch our reactions to viewing the eclipse....
 

27 comments:

  1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20320663#TWEET359777
    This link shows the solar eclipse in Australia. Our eclipse was partial and there one was a full eclipse!

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  2. Dear Room 7 Quadblogging Buddies,
    We have been having technical issues and my students were not able to see your individual blogs, so we are going sending comments here to your main page for now. We have been learning about communities, so some of the comments might have questions that we had about your communities. We look forward to hearing from you.
    Take care!
    Ms. Halbert
    3H Crew USA

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  3. Hello Aaron once again, I live in Haddonfield, NJ. The nearest city is Philadelphia, and I live in a suburbs. Do you live in a suburb, rural, urban area? What is the closest city to you? My favorite team is the Haddonfield Bulldogs. My hobbies are karate; the type of karate that I do is “SOO BAKH DO”. What is your favorite hobby? Hope to get back to you!

    J.B
    3H Crew USA

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  4. Hello Ashton,
    We’re learning about our community. I have some questions about your community.
    1. What type of community do you live in?( urban, suburb, rural)
    2. What is the nearest city to you?
    3. What is your favorite sports team(s)?
    4. What do you like to do for recreation?
    5. What bodies of water do you have close to you?
    6. Where do you live?
    My answers
    1. I live in a suburb.
    2. The closest city to me Philadelphia.
    3. I like to cheer on the Philadelphia Eagles and the Philadelphia Union.
    4. I like to play soccer and go out to restaurants.
    5. I live near ponds, rivers and the Atlantic Ocean (One hour away).
    6. I live in Haddonfield, Camden County, New Jersey, Coastal Plains, USA, North America, and Earth.
    Please write back!
    AC
    3H Crew USA

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  5. Hello Courtney!
    Were learning about our Community and we live near the City of Philadelphia. I live near a pond, a river, and an ocean. We live on a plain where the land is flat. What land form do you live on?
    What do you like to do with your free time? I like to play Pokémon white on my 3DS (which is really 3D) when I have free time. Are you on a swim team? I am practicing to get on a swim team.
    F-S
    3H crew USA

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  6. Hi Jade,
    I love your blog. Do you like kickball and swimming and gymnastics I love gymnastics it’s my favorite do you like gymnastics? What is your favorite sport’s team. Do you live in a urban city suburb town or a rural ? Do you play any sport’s I will start swimming and it is to early in the year skiing but I do gymnastics for fun around the house and outside, but kickball I play in my yard and at afdercare . Do you have any bodys’s of water around you because I have many a lake, the Atlantic Ocean, and a river. I love your blog please write back PLEASE!


    From: CF
    3H crew USA

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  7. Hi Christian,
    Today I will ask you some questions.
    I live in Haddonfield. Where do you live?
    I like the St. Joseph’s hawks (college basketball). What Team do you like?
    On my free time ,I like to build and create . What do you like to do?
    C.G
    3H Crew USA
    Earth
    Milky Way
    The universe
     Remember to smile! 

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  8. Hello Finlay, it’s DG. I would like to know a little bit of where you live. I live in a suburb. Where do you live? A Suburb, Urban or a Rural? I live near a pond, the Atlantic Ocean and a river. Do you live near a big city? I live near Philadelphia. I don’t really like any of the Philadelphia sports teams. My favorite team is the New England Patriots (football) and the New Jersey Devils (ice hockey). Those are all the questions I have for you today. Good-bye!

    DG
    3H Crew USA

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  9. Hi Katie its KK again with a few questions. 1. What sports teams do you like? I live near a city called Philadelphia so I like sports from there. 2. What do you like to do for fun? I like to do gymnastics.3. Do you live near an Urban ( city) , a suburb ( a town near a city ) or a rural ( a lot of land, not many people? I live in a suburb. Here is a fact about Haddonfield it used to be a farm land but more people moved there and farmers sold there farm land. We live in the coastal plains the east coast of the USA .
    KK
    3H Crew USA

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  10. Hi Titus! Were learning about communities in social study’s and I really like it! We got to pick a word out of a bucket and write what it means! And we also write a picture with it! Its really fun!!! I live near a city called Philadelphia do you live near a city? Our favorite sports teams are Eagles,Phillies,Flyers,Union,76ers,and the St.Josephs Hawks.
    BK
    3H Crew USA

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  11. Hi Victoria it’s me again! My favorite baseball team is the New York Yankees! my favorite soccer team is Argentina! And my favorite basketball team is the Miami heat! And we live on flat Coastal plains. What type of land do you live on? Do you live near a city? We live near Philadelphia. Have a nice day!
    JL
    3H Crew USA

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  12. Dear Debbie,
    What kind of sport teams do you like?
    I like the Eagles, Phillies, Sixers, Union, Haddonfield Bulldawgs, and the Flyers.
    What Community do you live in?
    I live in Haddonfield, Camden County, NJ, Coastal Plains USA From Earth.
    Do you in an urban, suburb, or rural town?
    I live in a suburban area.
    Do you live near a body of water?
    I live near two ponds, no rivers, one bay, and one ocean.
    What is the nearest city you live near?
    I live near Philadelphia.
    What kind of land form do you live in?
    I live on a plain
    What do you like doing for fun?
    I play all sports, extra credit for school, draw, and other stuff. 
    CM
    3H crew USA 

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  13. Hi Loren,
    What sports teams do you like? I like the Phillies and Eagles.
    What is the nearest city that you live near? We live near Philadelphia.
    We live on a plain, where the land is flat. What landform do you live on?
    What do you do for fun? I like to play Minecraft.
    OM
    3H Crew USA

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  14. Hi Megan,
    I’m going to ask you some questions:
    1. What kind of Community do you live in? (Urban, suburb, and a rural)I live in a suburb.
    2. Do you live near a city? I live near Philadelphia.
    3. Do you have any favorite sports teams? I like the Eagles, Phillies and Flyers

    I hope to hear back from you.

    WN
    3H Crew USA

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  15. Hi Katherine,
    What do you do on your free time? I do pottery on Tuesday . Do you have a body of water near you? We live near the Atlantic Ocean and the city of Philadelphia. Our town is a suburb. Do you live near a city? My favorite sports teams are the Philadelphia Eagles and the Phillies. What kind of sports teams do you like? I really like to swim. What kind of sport do you like to play? Have a good day.
    RP
    3H Crew USA

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  16. Hi Dakota its MR again. I have a question for you. What is your favorite sports ? Mine are soccer and basketball. Do you live in a city, suburb or rural area? My town is Haddonfield, and we are in the Coastal Plains. I live in a suburb, and the closest city to us is Philadelphia. My favorite Philadelphia sports teams are the 76ers and Phillies. Do you have a favorite sports team? We also live near the Atlantic Ocean. What body of water is near you? I hope to hear back from you.
    MR
    3H Crew USA

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  17. Dear Kasiti,
    Its SS here!!! I’m just wondering because we are learning about community what is your location? My location is Haddonfield, Camden County, New Jersey, Costal plains region, USA, North America, and Earth.
    My type of Community is a suburb. A suburb is a town near a city. The nearest city is Philadelphia. What is your type of community, an urban, suburb, or a rural?
    My favorite teams are Philadelphia Union (Soccer), Miami Heat(Basketball), FC Barcelona(Soccer), and of course the Haddonfield Bulldawgs( Football and Soccer).
    My favorite thing to do is play soccer, football, swimming, minecraft, kickball, basketball , and restaurants.

    The body of water near us are ponds, the Atlantic Ocean(1 hour away) , a river, and a bay. Do you have any bodies of water near you?
    SS
    3H Crew USA

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  18. Hi Aaron!
    We are learning about our community. We live near the city of Philadelphia. Our town is a suburb. What is your town like? Are you near a big city? What do you do when you have free time? I like to play with my dog and play with my dad. Do you have a favorite team? I don’t . Have a nice day!
    DV
    3H Crew USA

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  19. Hi Tukotahi,
    I live in Haddonfield New Jersey, USA I live in a suburb community (a town near a city). Where do you live? What is your community like? My community is on a plain, where the land is flat or little hills. Do live on a plain? We have a pond near us called Hopkins Pond and the Atlantic Ocean is one hour away from us. Do you have any lakes, ponds or oceans near you? I hope to here back from you.
    SV
    3H crew USA

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  20. Hi Leah!
    It’s ShV again. What is your favorite sports team? My favorite team is the Bulldawgs. What is the closest city to you? The city closest to us is Philadelphia. Do you live in a Urban, Suburb, or Rural area? I live in a Suburb area. Do you have a pound near you? We do, it is called Hopkins Pound. What is your favorite thing to do in your free time? My favorite thing to do is tennis. I also enjoy making and painting pottery! Do you like to make pottery to? What are you leaning about in school? We are leaning about what a community is. Do you like to dance? I love to dance! What is your favorite sport? Mine is tennis. I will talk to you latter.
    ShV
    3H CREW USA

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  21. Hey Loren, lately in school we’ve been leaning about community’s. I live near a big city called Philadelphia and I like a lot of sports teams one of the team is the Phillies. Do you live near a big city or have any favorite sports teams? I live in a Suburb. Where do you live in a Urban, suburb or rural area? I live an hour away from the Atlantic Ocean. Do you live near an Ocean?
    CW
    3H Crew USA

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  22. Hi Toby!
    It’s AY I’m back and ready to ask you some questions.
    1. Do you like street hockey?
    2. What sports teams do like? I like the New York Yankees.
    3. I live in a suburb and the nearest city to me is Philadelphia. What type of community do you live in? Do you live near a city?
    4. We live on the Coastal Plains where the land is flat. What kind of landforms are in your community.
    AY
    3H Crew USA

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  23. To room7
    I really enjoyed looking through the cool glasses but the only thing is the moon wasn't green! I wounder what the sky would look like through the glasses now that the eclipse is over.
    From Loren

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  24. To room7
    looking through the galls was really cool.
    What was your fav bit?
    From Makayla:)

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  25. To my class room

    That looked Awesome and, by the way, Ashton and Fin ho does it look like gaint pac man? Also by the way THIS CLASS ROOM IS AWESOME

    From Leah that is awesome

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  26. To Room7

    I really liked looking at the eclipse.
    It looks like the dunedin eclipse because the moon was at the botton and the sun was at the top bit.
    What do you think that the eclipse look like?

    From Katherine

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  27. To Room7

    Hi its me Megan
    I really liked looking at the eclipse!
    Aston and titus how does the moon look like pac man?

    From Megan

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