Crying Random Fact

When you cry, you are feeding your cornea with nutrients!

The human eye is one of the more complex organs of the human body and features some characteristics that are totally unique. The eye itself consists of a number of components and is responsible for light perception, vision and depth perception. It does all this by focusing light from the outside world through the cornea and onto the retina at the back of the eye.
For one's vision to be clear, the cornea needs to be totally transparent—so much so that it can not even contain any blood vessels. Nevertheless, he cornea is still made up of living cells and they need oxygen and nutrients to survive.
The cornea therefore takes its oxygen directly from the air. It does this by first having the oxygen absorbed by the tears, from where the cornea extract it. Nutrients are also supplied to the cornea via the tears through the process of diffusion.
So, next time somebody finds you crying, just tell them you are feeding your cornea.
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NFL Random Fact

During a typical NFL game, the ball is only in play for 11 minutes!

During a typical NFL game, the ball is only in play for 11 minutes!

Yes. For every 3 hours you spend sitting on the couch watching an NFL game, you are only witnessing about bathroom break’s worth of actual football being played! What’s worse - 56% more of a broadcast’s time is devoted to things you have already seen - replays! On average, an hour of the program is spent on commercial breaks and up to 75 minutes (60% of the total time) shows players walking around between plays, huddling, or just standing at the line of scrimmage! Remarkably, shots of cheerleaders are only shown for an average three seconds, while coaches and referees receive around 7% of the total facetime of an NFL game!

I know what you’re saying - “that can’t be right, a single quarter of an NFL game is 15 minutes long!” But American football is not like most other sports. In football, the clock often keeps running regardless of the level of activity on the field. Look at it this way - a typical NFL play takes up about 4 seconds of clock time, but the players are allowed TEN TIMES this interval to just mill about behind the line of scrimmage! In fact, wasting time in this fashion and cheating viewers out of any potential action becomes a strategic advantage for the team that is ahead near the end of a game!
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Agenda - Friday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Interview Forms due
• Science Report Rough Copy due Tuesday
• Book Reports are OVERDUE
• Special Guest Tuesday - Mr. Edgar
• Ask me about: My 100 m. run

Agenda - Thursday

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Students, please note the following:

• Book Reports due tomorrow
• Band tomorrow
• ELA rewritten sentences due tomorrow
• P.E. tomorrow
• Taylen, Makayla, Ryan, Hunter, Austin - $2 tomorrow for track meet
• Ipods are allowed tomorrow
• Ask me about: Underground to Canada

Ski Trip Pre-requisites

What has to be done for the Ski Trip?

Science Report Rough Copy (Typed and Handed in)
Book Report
Reading Log
Visual Dictionary
Math Triangle Uploaded to Blog

Cockroaches

Cockroaches can life for up to 30 days after their head has been cut off.

Cockroaches can live for 30 days after their head has been cut off.

While it is more average for a cockroach to only live headless for 9 days or so, they can live for extremely long amounts of time. Cockroaches breathe through spiracles, which deliver air to each cell of the body through a set of tubes called tracheae. The brain does not control the breathing through the spiracles. So they don't need a head to breathe!

Also, the cockroach does not have blood pressure the way a mammal does, so cutting off the head does not lead to uncontrolled bleeding. What about food? They need much less food - single meal is enough to last them a whole month! This ability isn't all its cracked up to be, however - without a head, the cockroach would just sit around without doing much.

Cockroaches can life for up to 30 days after their head has been cut off.

Cockroaches can live for 30 days after their head has been cut off.

While it is more average for a cockroach to only live headless for 9 days or so, they can live for extremely long amounts of time. Cockroaches breathe through spiracles, which deliver air to each cell of the body through a set of tubes called tracheae. The brain does not control the breathing through the spiracles. So they don't need a head to breathe!

Also, the cockroach does not have blood pressure the way a mammal does, so cutting off the head does not lead to uncontrolled bleeding. What about food? They need much less food - single meal is enough to last them a whole month! This ability isn't all its cracked up to be, however - without a head, the cockroach would just sit around without doing much.
Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/History/Cockroaches-can-life-for-up-to-30-days-a/1418#dZ37WH0aGkPALuyY.99

Elephants are the only land mammals that cannot jump.

Elephants are the only land mammals that cannot jump.

Unlike all other mammals on earth, Elephants do not have kneecaps. Therefore, they are unable to bend their legs and acquire the needed propulsion to leave the ground. They are not, however; the only mammals that can't jump. After all, whales are mammals too.
Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Animals/Elephants-are-the-only-land-mammals-that/1417#boxXE1lB0EHDduwM.99

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas: 

• Family Group activity tomorrow
• Word of the day: Stymie
• Track forms and $2 due tomorrow
• Family Dance tonight 6:30-8:30
• Ask me about: Tobacco Discussion