Sunday, August 21, 2011

Atoms!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Atoms are basically matter which makes up everyday objects. A desk, the air, even we are made up of atoms but the atoms are so small we cant see them. An atoms nucleus is made up of protons and neutrons and there is one neutron for every proton. There isnt always a proton for each neutron  so the the atam becomes either more positive or negetive. There are also electrons that cant get in the nucleus because the protons and neutrons wont let them in. But the electrons stay outside the nucleus running around. Electrons can also be traded or kidnapped.

An atom bomb works by causing a nuclear chain reaction which releases a huge amount of energy. An atom bomb is millions or billions of times more powerful than TNT. The first atomic explosion was on 16 July 1945 at the Alamogordo Test Range in New Mexico.


An Atom bomb works B splitting atoms like in these bombs threy used uranium and plutoniumDuring WWII the US started using the atomic bomb. On August 6, 1945, less than a month after its first testing, an atomic bomb named Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima,Japan. "Little Boy" killed as many as 100,000 people that day.

Little Boy


 After Hiroshima  a second bomb called Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan three days later on August 9th it killed about 40,000 more people. Because of the atom bomb Japan surrendered to the U.S. on August 14th. Those were the only times since that any nuclear weapons had been used in a conflict between nations.
Fat Man







Friday, August 12, 2011

WOODWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





So during the summer I went to a summer camp named Woodward at Copper wich is in Copper,Co its near Vail if you know where that is.
I went there for two week's the first week I was snowboarding and the second week i was skateboarding. So when i got there had a 4 hour fligh and a 2 hour drive but once i was there i checked in an they gave me my room key my id and my elevator key. Then I put my stuff in my room and the skateboarded to the cage wich is there super cool store that has a mini bowl, MAC'S,gutiar hero, and a super big bean bag chair.





We hung out there for about an hour the we went to one of the best places on earth THE BARN which is a really big barn with flybed trampolines that make you jump so high a tumble track, spring floor, three foam pits,a giant bowl a mini ramp,a micro mini ramp, snowboard/ski rails and boxes, a snowboard and skateboard cliff drop into a foam pit,and a huge jump. Yea its a mouthful but you never get bored.




Now on to snowboarding on real snow so u take this bus from The Edge (the place were you sleep) to the top of the mountain were there are three different sections one with a big jump some rails and boxes. The other on has some smaller rails and boxes and some smaller jumps. The third has an air bag which is so much fun.
Then in the second week i was skateboarding so everyday we would get in the van and go to a bunch of different skateparks and skated all day. BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!