Stopping Wind Erosion

To Government,


I have an idea to prevent wind erosion in case of a second "Dust Bowl". To prevent another wind erosion you can plant trees in a line to form a wind-break. The tree trunks and leaves on the trees will slow the wind a little bit.


your citizen,
Wade.

I won the Young Authors!!!!!!

The Computer Virus

Written and Illustrated by: Wade Schmit

Jared Ward was a scientist who was fairly well known in his county for winning three straight science fairs. The first time he won he made a computer powered by milk. It was made of wood. The second time he won, he had made a telescope made of gun parts. “Gooey, gooey, gooey,” the people said when they saw Jared’s third science experi-
ment. It was a slushy, contaminated gel. His friends told him it was genius, but they truly thought the only reason he won was because only six people entered the contest.

After winning the third science fair, Jared took a vacation to Vermont. There he went to the Albert Einstein Science Store and bought some Epsom salts, an evaporating dish, and various acids and chemicals. Next, Jared went to Frank’s Pranks and bought yellow, blue, and green slimes. Having returned from his vacation, Jared went straight to his science lab which was also his attic. He placed the green slime into a cup. Next, he poured hot water into the cup. He followed that with the yellow slime. Then he placed the acids and chemicals into the cup. Jared had to put the blue slime in, but he instantly remembered that he had to place the Epsom salts on the evaporating dish. He did just that, and waited for it to turn to salt crystals. Then he made a hole in the blue slime and poured the salt crystals in. After that, Jared put the cup of various ingredients under the heat lamp to melt into goo. After the goo developed, he placed both goos near the computer. The next day, May 18, 1907, was the day everything went wrong.

Chapter 2

Jared’s alarm clock awakened him, but he was so scared when he heard it that he knocked it over. When it fell, it hit the table with the two goos and computer on it. That caused the table to wobble which caused the milk and goos to fall. Jared was still sleepy so when he put the cups back onto the table, he put the milk wire for the computer into the goo. Now, instead of being powered by milk Jared’s computer is sucking contaminated goo into the system. Jared went downstairs to refill his spilled milk cup not knowing what he just did. After he got back to his room to pour the milk in the cup Jared turned on his computer. When it powered up, the screen turned the green color of the slime the computer took in. Then, it developed a pair of eyes, ears, a nose and mouth. Instantly, the green screen shrunk, grew legs and arms, and jumped out of the computer! When that happened, Jared screamed at the top of his lungs. The creature must have been frightened because he ran into the lab closet. Jared was able to trap it in a box. He took it to a bona fide scientist for identification. The scientist identified the creature as a Living Computer Virus. Frantically, the scientist picked up the box and let the creature go, afraid it would hurt him. The virus not only ran out of the lab, but out of the building entirely. It ran through the city demolishing everything on the way. “Get on the ground!” the people in the SWAT helicopter yelled. That made the virus furious, so it rampaged toward all of the forces in the air and on the ground.

Chapter 3

One of the Air Force officers got a mini gun and fired at the virus. On the ground the virus was trying its hardest to dodge the bullets but as it jumped out of the way of one bullet, it would be right in the way of another. Unfortunately, the virus got hit and exploded. Everyone in town figured out that Jared caused the incident and banned him from all future science fairs.

The San Fran' Earthquake

My name is Wade "THE MAID" Schmit and I'm think you might be interested in this story I have.On the morning of April 18, 1906 at 5:00 a.m. a dooming earthquake hit my home town of San Francisco. The earthquake ripped it's way 500 miles north to Coos Bay, Oregon the earthquake also stretched 400 miles south to Los Angeles, California. The town of San Francisco got damaged the most, most downtown business district burned down. As you know it was 1906 and we didn't have all the technological stuff, but the stuff we did have got broken or severely damaged. One of my old pictures of me as a child got ripped and torn. Many of my friends and family thought I should get medical attention, so they tried to persuade me to go to the doctor or someplace else. I kept refusing to go get jacked up on medications. After they quit trying I felt I had one monkey off my back. Then I finally got a chance to go get some stuff from the store that I needed that got broken. Meanwhile most people that were in the towns that got damaged were really shocked and moved out of town. I was one of those people that left town. Before I did that I said good-bye to my friends and family that hadn't already moved away to the other country side in hurricane heaven. Now here in the year of 2008 I'm 102 years old and I have a job as a chef in the all to famous Chili's. You are probably still wondering how I got the nickname THE MAID. Well I'll tell you when I was growing up I was what you would call a neat freak. I liked stuff to be my way which was neat, organized, and clean.

New law

If I could make a new law I would make sure there were no more scams that try to get you to buy stuff that doesn't actually work on television .Therefore everybody could save money , I would also ban all the fake and cheap insurance commercials . Plus there wouldn't be anymore dial up, therefore everybody would have fast computers. That is what my law would be.

Soil erosion

Before the water went through the soil the soil wasn't moist or eroded. After the water went through the soil there was a ton of erosion. The soil was not even wet or moist.

My Theory

I think that the results of the experiments changed from group to group because that the first experiment was dry soil and on the second experiment the soil was rather wet. That makes the sample and results slightly different.

I'm on the all A honor roll

Today January 29, 2008, I got on the first semester all A honor roll. This is a certificate that states I got all A's for the first semester. So now I have five all A honor roll certificates. Three first semester & two second semester I also have two all year all A honor roll certificates. Now my plan is to finish the year with a first semester(which I just got), second semester, & all year all A honor roll.

Investigate 3 summary

First, we collected all the materials. Next, we scraped our mud into a slope. Then we sprinkled water onto the slope. After that we watched as the water poured out of the tub & into our sample tube. Then we put a bucket under the tub for all the extra water to run into. After that the water formed a trench in the mud. Then, the hole in the tub got plugged.

Investigate 2 summary

First, we put the gravel, clay, and humus in the tub. Next, we collected sand and put it in the tub. Then, we filled our 2 liter bottle with water and put a sprinkler head on it. After that we made a hillside in the tub and poured the water on it. Then, a puddle formed at the bottom of the hill and then it overflowed. After that the water flowed out the hole & into our 50 ml. sample tube. Then, we put a bucket under the hole and waited for the rest of the water to drain out. After that my group put the rubber stopper in the hole, and the experiment joyfully ended.