Mission Discovery School Blog

We read in the book 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea they passed through the Torres Strait.  We found out they were north of Australia.

Torres Strait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Here is a picture of a beaver's dam.




it is built in a tunnel

Beavers build dams in shallow spots and the water is not moving very much. a normal beaver colony will  build a dam half a mile. Beavers build dams to make ponds as protection from predators like coyotes, wolves & bears and to provide easy access to food during winter. "Beavers start construction by diverting the stream to lessen the water's flow pressure. Branches and logs are then driven into the mud of the stream bed to form a base. Then sticks, bark, rocks, mud, grass, leaves, masses of plants, and anything else available, are used to build the superstructure. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_dam)
http://www.google.com                        http://www.martinezbeavers.org/
 A beaver is America's biggest rodent. They are vegetarians. Beavers eat wood that must mammals can't. Beavers have big teeth. They also have flat talls.  

                                                            Phoenix
Rocks and stones are at the base.



                                        Mary

This is a really cool dam! the beaver's swim under the dam.how does a beaver build a dam? - Google Search

http://www.multiplication.com/games

One of the math games is a pogostick game and some times it will ask you a math question.
The other game is were you jump stuff and get coins and every so often it will ask you a math question.  

When flying there are 2.4 deaths per million hours. When driving there are 0.6 deaths per million hours. so it is safer to drive then fly. So next time you are going to travel some were drive there don't fly there.