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is perfection. And Mibs is about to discover her savvy on a crazy adventure to see her father who went to the hospital 'cause he got in a 10 car pileup crash! ||
 * # || DATE || BOOK TITLE || HOU || MIN || PAGES || Review ||
 * 1 || 6-4-10 || Savvy || 0 || 18 || 20 || Each member of the Beamount family has a different savvy. Fish's savvy is wind, he caused a hurricane on his thirteenth b-day. Rocket's savvy is electricity. Mrs.Beamount's savvy
 * 2 || 6-4-10 || Savvy || 0 || 23 ||  ||   ||
 * 3 || 6-5-10 || Savvy || 2 || 11 || 114 ||  ||
 * 4 || 6-6-10 || Savvy || 0 || 15 || 38 ||  ||
 * 5 || 6-7-10 || Franny K. Stein || 1 || 30 || chapters 1-8 || Franny is a mad scientist and who makes alot of inventions to solve her problems. But what will she do when a monster is created from the trash bin? ||
 * 6 || 6-7-10 || Franny K. Stein || 0 || 45 || chapters 8-16 ||  ||
 * 7 || 6-7-10 || My Father's Dragon || 0 || 50 || 93 || A boy talks about his father meeting a stray cat that tells him abouta slaved dragon on a island called "wild island". The boy's father after hearing the cat's story wants to travel to wild island where his father encounters many dangers on his journey to save the poor dragon, like crossing the ocean rocks and tring his best not to wake a sleeping whale. The boy's father also encounters a guard mouse, a pair of bored turtles, some suspicious wild boars, some hungry tigers, a sad rhino, a mad and messy lion, a goilla full of ticks, some mean crocidilles, and a big and tight rope around the dragon's neck! How will he save the poor dragon before the other angry animals from the island attack them? ||
 * 8 || 6-8-10 || The 39 clues book 4 || 0 || 27 || 12 || Amy and Dan are on a clue search that will lead them to the most powerful power there is in the world! Will they find the clues and the power or will they get killed by their relatives first? ||
 * 9 || 6-8-10 || The 39 clues book 4 || 0 || 07 || 7 ||  ||
 * 10 || 6-8-10 || The 39 clues book 3 || 2 || 0 || 44 ||  ||
 * 11 || 6-9-10 || The 39 clues book 3 || 1 || 0 || 20 ||  ||
 * 12 || 6-9-10 || The 39 clues book 3 || 0 || 23 || 10 ||  ||
 * 13 || 6-9-10 || The 39 clues book 3 || 2 || 25 || 82 ||  ||
 * 14 || 6-11-10 || The 39 clues book 4 || 2 || 47 || 117 ||  ||
 * 15 || 6-12-10 || The 39 clues book 4 || 0 || 53 || 33 ||  ||
 * 16 || 6-14-10 || The 39 clues book 4 || 0 || 30 || 22 ||  ||
 * 17 || 6-15-10 || Pond Scum || 0 || 10 || 15 ||  ||
 * 18 || 6-16-10 || The 39 clues book 5 || 2 || 45 || 126 ||  ||
 * 19 || 6-16-10 || The 39 clues book 5 || 0 || 55 || 42 ||  ||
 * 20 || 6-17-10 || Pond Scum || 1 || 14 || 97 ||  ||
 * 21 || 6-17-10 || Pond Scum || 0 || 11 || 7 ||  ||
 * 22 || 6-17-10 || Pond Scum || 0 || 20 || 12 ||  ||
 * 23 || 6-19-10 || Pond Scum || 3 || 3 || 133 ||  ||
 * 24 || 6-20-10 || Pond Scum || 1 || 36 || 78 ||  ||
 * 25 || 6-21-10 || The 39 clues book 6 || 1 || 10 || 37 ||  ||
 * 26 || 6-21-10 || The 39 clues book 6 || 0 || 38 || 26 ||  ||
 * 27 || 6-22-10 || The 39 clues book 6 || 1 || 30 || 44 ||  ||
 * 28 || 6-23-10 || The 39 clues book 6 || 0 || 45 || 30 ||  ||
 * 29 || 6-26-10 || Frognapped || 2 || 0 || 195 ||  ||
 * 30 || 6-27-10 || Vampire Island || 1 || 43 || 63 ||  ||
 * 31 || 6-27-10 || Vampire Island || 0 || 30 || 17 ||  ||
 * 32 || 6-27-10 || Vampire Island || 0 || 45 || 31 ||  ||
 * 33 || 6-2-10 || Vampire Island ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

Wonder Questions:


 * # || Wonder Question || Dash Facts || Paragraph ||  ||
 * 1 || What Are Elk? || deer family, ungulates, the Latin word for "hoof", two distinct orders, Artiodactyls have an even number of toes, Perissodactyls have an odd number of toes, Elk, moose, caribou, white-tailed deer and mule deer belong to the order Artiodactyla and to the deer family- Cervidae, herbivores, || Elk and other members of the deer family belong to a group of animals called ungulates which is the Latin word for "hoof". This large group of ungulates used to be considered one order, but now "ungulates" refers to two distinct orders, Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla. The number of toes is the most obvious difference between the orders. Artiodactyls (elk, deer, bison, pronghorn, peccary) have an even number of toes. Perissodactyls (horses, elephants) have an odd number of toes. Elk, moose, caribou, white-tailed deer and mule deer all belong to the order Artiodactyla and to the deer family, Cervidae. Like other ungulates, members of the deer family are herbivores -- they eat only plants. Their diet may include grasses, forbs (low-growing, short-stemmed plants), shrubs and trees (including limbs and bark). || 8 ||
 * 2 || How does the deer family keep an eye out for predators while eating and do they migrate for food? || eat and watch for predators at the same time, Elk gather in herds, at least one animal is looking up, animals that are feeding constantly twitch and turn their ears to listen for sounds, Some deer family members migrate, following their food sources as the seasons change || Members of the deer family must eat and watch for predators at the same time. Elk fulfill these double needs by gathering in herds. In a group, at least one animal is looking up while others are eating. Even the animals that are feeding are constantly twitching and turning their ears to listen for unusual or warning sounds. Yes, some deer family members migrate, following their food sources as the seasons change. Some caribou migrate hundreds of miles twice a year as they follow the seasons. Most elk that live in mountainous country migrate to lower elevations as snow covers the higher elevations, then return as snow retreats in the spring and summer. || 7 ||
 * 3 || Why is Mars called Mars and Is there a possibility of life on Mars? || Roman god of war, reddish tinge when viewed from Earth,//conditions are all favorable for life and life too of a high order//, || Mars, the "Red Planet", is named after the Roman god of war because it commonly appears with a reddish tinge when viewed in our sky. It has always held a fascination for those interested in the possibility of life on other planets. In 1895 a professor of astronomy, Samual Leland Phelps, wrote in a book called //World Making// that with a new 40 inch telescope being built by the University of Chicago, //"It will be possible to see cities on Mars, to detect navies in [its] harbors, and the smoke of great manufacturing cities and towns... Is Mars inhabited? There can be little doubt of it ... conditions are all favorable for life, and life, too, of a high order. Is it possible to know this of a certainty? Certainly."// || 7 ||
 * 4 || How do polar bears keep warm? || Air bubbles in fur, Blubber || There are many different ways that polar bears stay warm in their cold climate home. One of the ways is their blubber, which is their body fat that surrounds them to keep them warm. Another way is the air bubbles in their fur. Inside the air bubbles there is warm air that keeps the polar bear warm. The air bubbles work sort of like an A.C.**. In an A.C. the air from inside your house gets pulled out of your house and gets replaced by the opposite** temperature of air. Like if there is cold air inside your house, the A.C. will pull it out of your house and replace it with warm air. The air bubbles hold the warm air and keep the cold air away to keep the polar bear warm. || 8 ||
 * 5 || Does B.P. have a plan to clean up the oil spill? What is it? || dispersants underwater near the source of the leaks, method appeared to be keeping crude oil from rising to the surface, procedure could be used more frequently, || Yes, B.P. has a plan to clean up the oil. Among the various weapons employed by B.P. against the gushing crude has been the distribution of chemical dispersants on the water’s surface to break down the oil. B.P.'s new approach involves the deployment of the dispersants underwater, near the source of the leaks. Officials said that in two tests, that method appeared to be keeping crude oil from rising to the surface. They said that the procedure could be used more frequently once evaluations of its impact on the deepwater ecology were completed. B.P. has been working very had to clean up the oil using this method and many others. || 6 ||
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