Hey there! (:

Hey everyone, it's Anka! Some interesting facts about me are that I am a vegetarian and my favorite subject in school is photography. I became a vegetarian at the age of 8, therefore I've been a vegetarian for almost 7 years now! Whenever I say that people are always like, "WOW!". :)

Photography is SO much fun! I enjoy taking hundreds of pictures everyday (and no...I am NOT exaggerating!) and editing them. Now that I'm taking photography in high school, I am BEYOND excited! Something I am most excited for about high school is joining lots of clubs and the thing I am least excited about is all the homework! So bye guys! Can't wait to post my next vlog! :D

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Hey, It's Kara! Okaayyyy, something interesting about me is that I'm a freak with memorizing and reciting numbers. I can say 80 numbers of Pi in about 15 or something seconds(someone will have to time me :p) ...but I still am horrible at math haha. I'm looking forward to all the Friday night lights and big events at GBS. Im not to thrilled about the homework though! Yeah that's about it! :)

Camping 2011!! =)

Hello, Rachie here... and I finally made it on here, no matter how sleepy I am right now, I made it! The only exciting thing I did this summer was go on a church retreat to "Chain O' Lakes". It's a camping site up north near Gurnee & it was a very good way to end my summer. But the bad part was I have mosquito bites everywhere. :(

I'm not really good at telling people about myself, because I think it's just best to ask people about me, so you could hear what they got to say. But here goes a shot, I was born in Stockton, California. and i spent most of my childhood there. I moved to Chicago when i was 8/9 and I just recently moved to Glenview this summer! Oh! I am very family oriented, I like to eat Asian food, and sleep. :)

Personally, one of the things I am most excited about is making new friendships and hopefully maintaining those friendships I make. The thing that I am least excited about school has to be the tremendous amounts of homework that awaits me and everyone else. :( Other than that, I'm ready for what high school has to offer!

My bad

i just read the directions and didnt follow the directions so i guess i gotta make another post
my favorite sports are hockey and football
my favorite music is Dubstep <(*.*<) (>*.*)> (dancing kirby)
i enjoy any and all technology
my pet is an akita/german shepard named teemu
thats about it
so goodbye

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Hi Everybody,
This is my first post on the on the blog so i don't really know what to write :/, I guess just hello and thank you for letting me join the blog.
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Hello!

Hi everyone it's Catie! I think something interesting is sloths. They're so cute!! I think they're interesting because theyre happy all the time even though everyone else is so much faster than them! This year, I think I'm most excited for finally leaving middle school! I'm probably least excited about all the homework and lack of sleep we're all going to get! This is my third try at posting so I hope it works!!!

P.s. I couldn't feed the fish :(

Hey! :)

What's up guys, its Erika!! Alright, so something interesting about me is that I love literally any kind of music except screamo and classical! My iTunes has everything from like hard core rap to country songs that are about riding a tracker! Haha! Music is my life, I don't know what I would do without it! Something that I'm excited about this year is definitely meeting new people, and just having a lot of fun at South! Something that I am the least excited about is getting a lot of homework (which I'm sure everyone else is like that too). Well yeah, this class is going to be pretty awesome!! :)

Interesting Facts

Hey guys, its Maggie. So, something that is interesting about me is that I love to snowboard and my favorite subject in school is math and science class. I'm also really organized and I also love to complete puzzles. It is interesting because most people absolutely hate math and science class and most teenagers are not organized. Something that I am excited for this year is meeting new people. Something that I am least excited about is getting a lot of homework. Alright well I hope this works!

YOU GUYS NEED TO READ DIRECTIONS!

ALRIGHTY 8th PERIOD.... I am glad some of you have made it on to the blog... but your first post is to be MORE than just a 'hey...what's up?'.... SOOOOOO.... scroll down, read what I wrote as your assignment.... look at mine as an example.... email me if you have questions!!!! BE SURE TO TAG!

MY POST

SCIENCE RULES go Bill Nye!

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I posted on the blog.

moral of the story.....i posted on the blog

Welcome!!!

Welcome fellow biologists! Congratulations! You found our blog!!! My vision for blogging in the classroom is evoloving, and I look forward to having YOU play a role in determing what it will become. This blog is YOURS. Each of you will be responsible for contributing to the blog throughout the year. Although you will have times in which you are required to contribute to the blog, you may post something to the blog at any time. I will use the blog as a means to share things with the class to help extend the content beyond the 50 minutes we share in the classroom. I will also use the blog to convey extra credit opportunities to the class. Remember, you will receive a GRADE for your contributions to the blog, so make it good!!!

How do you get become an author on our blog you may ask??? You should have received an invitation to be part of our blog in you GBS email account. Please login to your GBS email (ID#@glenbrook225.org). Follow the instructions and prompts from the email I sent you. If you did not receive an email from me, please let me know by emailing me from your GBS account.

At the top of out blog, you will notice the following tabs: Digital Ethics, Tagging 101, and What Makes a Good Post? Please click on each of these labels and read through them.

If you are successful at becoming an author... try to make your first post!!! Include the following:

• A title
• Something Interesting!!! Could be about you.... could be a link to a webpage, could be a funny science cartoon... something that is interesting to YOU and WHY is it interesting.
• What are you most excited for this school year?
• What are you least excited for this school year?

Be sure to tag your post properly. Look at the Tagging 101 tab above for help. You can see my first post below as an example!

Good luck and thanks for exploring this tool with me!

Water Bears!

Hey guys... its Mrs. Stein here... this summer I spent a few days at a teacher workshop in New York where I met some interesting people and learned a lot of new stuff!!!  One of the teachers at the workshop told about these organisms called Water Bears.  Has anyone ever heard of them???  So, apparently they are quite abundant in moss, so we should be able to find them anywhere... they are microscopic and they can survive being frozen for years!  They go into a dormant state to survive extreme temperatures.  This is something that is seen in simpler organisms, but in an actual animal, it is rare... and pretty cool!  And what else is cool about these critters... they don't really fit in with other groupings of invertbrates. 


They are not insects... not worms... they just don't fit.  Cool eh?  I am hoping to find some moss and see if in fact we really do have these little guys running around in Glenview too!  Want more info on Water Bears? 

Check out this interesting article on them.

Or watch this video. 





Aren't they soooo cute???  And weird too!!! 
What's interesting to you??? Please share!  Feel free to comment on my post too!

What am I MOST excited about?
I really love watching the transformations in freshman... I look forward to seeing the learning and growth that will happen in each of you this year... (OK...i know, a little cheesy)

What am I LEAST excited about?
Waking up early, traffic, and grading papers!