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Science Discovery September 27, 2014

Do you really know why cats have whiskers and what they are used for? The whiskers are touch receptors. They are commonly thought to be the same kind of hair on humans head. They are stiffer, longer hairs. The whiskers are embedded way deeper than the regular short hair on the rest of the cat's body. They feel around with the whiskers and they help to figure out their surroundings by sending signals to the brain to inform to cat if their surroundings are changing.Did you know that cats also have shorter whiskers on their jaw line, above their eyes ( kind of like humans eye brows) and on the back of their front legs? If you trim the cat's whiskers they can become frighten and they could act differently because they will not be able to feel around as well. Whiskers in the dark help so that they don't run into anything. We use our fingers and hands to feel around in the dark so you could say that whiskers are like fingers. If the whiskers are forward the cat is in a hunting mood. They want to play and find something like a mouse. If they are against the cats face they are usually frightened or scared.

Science Discovery September 22, 2014

Have you ever seen goldenrod? It's most commonly found in open places such as meadows, fields,savannas,and other open lands.The scientific name for goldenrod is the Solidago.It's one of 100 to 120 species of plants in the Asteraceae family.Wasps,butterflies, bees,moths,flies, and other visitors who likes to gather nectar and pollen. Goldenrod crowds other plants. Goldenrod helps the ecosystem colorful in fall. Goldenrod is interesting to me, and that's why I chose this for my science discovery.

Science Discovery September 15,2014

When you eat cereal to slow do you just hate when your cereal gets soggy?I wanted to know what kind of cereal stays crisper the longest.I experimented with three different cereals,Cocoa Puffs,rice krispsies, and froot loops.I did the Cocoa Puffs first. At three minutes and seven seconds the outside was mush but the inside was still crunchy so i continued with the experiment.At six minutes and forty-one seconds the inside and outside were both mush. Next were the Rice Krispies. They didn't stay crispy that long. 2 minutes and 29 seconds was my count. The last one was Froot Loops.At 2 minutes and 29 seconds it was mush on the outside and hard in the inside. It was all mush at 4 minutes and 52 seconds. Here are some of the measurements that I used for my experiment. I used 1/2 cup of 2%milk 1/3 cup of ceral, used a stopwatch on my phone, tested crunch every 30 seconds.The reason why the coco puffs have



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