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Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Aviation Firsts Scavenger Hunt









1. Who was the first person to fly over the South Pole?
Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, with Bernt Balchen   
2. In what year did the first parachute jump take place?
1797
3. Who made the first rocket-engine flight?
Fritz Von Opel
4. Who made the first balloon flight? In what year did the flight take place?
Jacques and Joseph Montgolfer  1783
5. What aviation first is Janice Brown credited with?  
Long-distance solar powered flight
6. Who was the irst woman to receive a pilot's license? In what year did she learn how to fly?  
Baroness Raymonde De La Roche  1910
7. Who was the first person to fly around the world alone?
Wiley Post
8. Who took the first photographs from the air?
Samuel Archer King and William Black
9. What aviation first is Paul MacCready credited with?
Inventor of the first practical human powered airplane
10. In what year did the first turbo jet flight take place?
1939


It was great research for our topic, and a great scavenger hunt. It was a great experience for 
our new topic flight.

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Turkish soup



Ingredients:

  1. 1 cup water
  2. 1/2 cup basmati rice
  3. 4 cups chicken stock or canned low-sodium broth
  4. 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
  5. 1 cup full-fat plain yogurt
  6. 1 large egg yolk
  7. 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  8. One 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  9. 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  10. Salt and freshly ground pepper
  11. 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  12. 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  13. 2 teaspoons sweet paprika
  14. 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  15. 3 tablespoons finely chopped mint
  16. Lemon wedges, for serving
  1. Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the rice, cover and cook over low heat until barely tender, about 15 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring the stock to a simmer over moderately high heat. Add the chicken and simmer until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the chicken to a plate. Skim any fat from the surface of the stock.
  3. In a large saucepan, whisk the yogurt with the egg yolk and flour. Whisk in the stock and bring to a simmer over low heat, whisking occasionally. Stir in the chickpeas, rice and reserved chicken. Season with salt and pepper and keep warm over low heat.
  4. Melt the butter in a small skillet. Add the garlic, paprika and cayenne and cook over moderate heat until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Ladle the soup into bowls and swirl in the garlic butter. Sprinkle with the mint and serve with lemon wedges.




Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Khali the dwarf


Once upon a time in a small dwarf village in India there was a man called Khali.
 He was very very poor, he had no family at all.  One day when Khali was walking back
to his house then he found 50 dollars lying down on the path, once he picked it up he felt so
happy, he went to the market and bought a lamp a golden lamp.  He took it back home and
looked and stared at it for hours, then he rubbed it, then all of a sudden a genie showed out of
nowhere. Khali was so thrilled and excited so much, the genies name was Eazy he said,
 ''I will grant you three wishes''.  Khali was really excited he thought about alot of wishes.
So his first wish was, ''I wish I could be really rich'', so Eazy said, ''your first wish is granted''.  
 Then Khali said, ''I wish I could think of a wish'' Then Eazy ''said your second wish is granted''
After Khali said no no no.  Then he thought really really hard, then he said I got a wish. Then he said I
wish could have 1 million wishes.  Then Eazy said ''your third wish is granted'' in a thrilled voice.

 Then he lived in a rich house and a dwarf family. 


the end.