Victoria's Dreams of Wonder

What's a Google Map?

Do you have a clue what a Google map is? Well I found out today in blogging class! Where making maps to show where our commenters are located in our world! Using a Google map is not very hard to do! All you have to do is click Take a tour » See how easy it is to use a Google map! Now you know that you can use a Google map to show where things are in the world! Do you think you might want to use a Google map?And what would you use it for?

Click here to see my Google Map that shows the locations of all of the commenters on this blog.

Thanks Teachers!

     I just wanted to say thank you to my teachers in blogging class! I say this because they have encouraged me to do my very best in everything I do! They have inspired me to be all that I can be! So thanks for everything you do teachers and thanks for being who you are! And now everyone can know how awesome you all are! So thanks for always inspiring me! And just to let you know that's not nearly all that they do for me! So Thanks Again!

How In the World Does Lightning Form?

   Have you ever wondered how lightning forms? We'll I have lots of times! So I had to find out just how it worked, and here's what I found But to help you understand I have to ask a couple questions!!

  Have you ever gotten a shock by shuffling across a carpet and then touching something made of metal? If you have,then you've experienced the same process that makes lightning!

Within a thundercloud, tons of  small bits of ice bump into each other, as they swirl around in the air. All those collisions create an electrical charge, just like the one that built up in you when you crossed the carpet.

After a while, the whole cloud fills up with electrical charges (usually with a negative charge closest to the earth). Since opposites attract each other, that causes a positive charge to build up on the ground beneath the cloud. The ground's electrical charge concentrates around anything that sticks up, such as mountains, lone trees, people, or even blades of grass. The charge streaming up from these points eventually connects with a charge reaching down from the clouds, and--bam!--lightning strikes.

The intense heat of the lightning bolt causes the surrounding air to explode outward with a gigantic boom sound or thunder.

This is the link to where I found this information-  http://www.ucar.edu/communications/infopack/lightning/kids.html

What In The World Is Blether?

   Do you have any clue what the word blether means? We'll I didn't at first ether, until I looked at Chris's blog located at http://blethers.blogspot.com/ Her blog says that blether means "a foolish chatter. - v.intr. chatter foolishly [ME blather, f. ON blathra talk nonsense f. blathr nonsense]"  Chris should know all about the word blether, because her blog is called blethers! Why do you think Chris called her blog "Blethers"? And would you ever use the word blether on a writing paper? And What do you think this picture is on? The class guesses are.... A lab top, mouse pad, tablet ,chair , counter, a speaker, and alot more stuff!

Thanks! Ashley H.

    I was really disappointed that we were not able to contact Mr. Fisher and his class! "Cause we really wanted to talk to them and tell them how much we appreciated them taking all that time to respond to our questions! But anyways, I really liked Ashley H.'s responses to our question! And here's what I had to say to her!

Ashley H.,

    Hi! I just read your post on your blog called “Blog Questions and Answers”. And I just wanted to say thanks for answering some of the questions we asked you! That really makes me excited to know that you really took the time to answer our questions! And I couldn't’t agree more with your answers. And now that you have answered our questions I can improve on the posts I make in my blog. And some other things that I do to help me with my writing in blogging are listed below.

1.)        I ask a friend to give me advice on what I should write about!

2.)        And other times I might just think about a topic I know well!

3.)        I would check over my work and see if I like how I have it!

4.)        Or I ask someone to read over my writing and see if it makes since!

5.)        Then the fifth and final thing I do is read it out loud to another person!

     What else do you think I can do to improve my blog? Oh, one more thing I wanted to say! Here's Ashley H."s blog address http://ashley00.learnerblogs.org/2007/04/05/blogging-questions-and-answers/

Catch Ya Later,

          Victoria