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Monday, November 8, 2010
Hi everyone here is Eparama's explanation writing on cooking methods and utensils
Ovens are also cooking utensils however ovens in the past was not so flash. Some cultures used the earth to make food. Just like my culture we call it the LOVO.
Some people are returning to the appliances and utensils of years ago. These had been accumulated for use and decorative purposes. But some collectors now are actually using them instead of those they can acquire in modern stores.
These might date from 10 or 20 years ago, or they could go back to the mid-1950s or earlier. Those collected for decorative effect often were used even earlier than that.
Through the years cooking utensils had been modified for improvement.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Information Report about Oxygen
Oxygen is unseen air that is formed by fresh nature.
Oxygen is invisible and has no smell but it makes up a fifth of air around us. Oxygen is an element. Elements are basic substance that combines to form all the materials found on Earth. Oxygen is the most common element on earth. Almost half of the earth’s crust is oxygen.
There are more than 100 elements. Some elements that you may hear of include aluminium, lead, mercury, uranium and helium. Elements have different properties. Some are normally solids some are gases and a couple are liquids.
Oxygen gets recycled from plants to animals and back again. Green plants combine the sun’s energy with water and carbon dioxide to create food for themselves. Plants use carbon dioxide to breath out more oxygen.
Anything that is on fire needs oxygen to burn. Humans need oxygen to breathe. When they climb up high the mountains they take air tanks because the air is too thin to breathe properly. Human bodies inhale 6 billion tones of oxygen in a year.
Without oxygen the human race would die out and there would be no life on earth.
By – Isileli, Eparama, Apelu, Erika, Page, Johnny, Chae & Ashley
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Dear Mrs Baker
My mum is the best mum ever because she cares for me and loves me. Every morning she makes my lunch and my breakfast. When I’m very sick she takes me to the doctors. She also gives me soup. She helps me do my homework and tells me to go to sleep.
She gets us presents on Christmas and on our birthday. On Christmas she goes out and comes back with a bag for each one of us.
That is why my mum is the best mum in the world.
Yours Sincerely,
Eparama