Rockets and Astronauts

Rockets have to go faste than 11 kilometres per second to get into space. The works out to about 40,000 kilometres per hour- and car drives can get into troubles for speeding at 120 kilometres per hour. If rockets didn't travel so fast they wouldnt be able to escape the enormously strong pull of earth's gravitiy.

The tallest rocket ever launched was the saturn v that look the Apollo 11 into space, and the first people to the Moon. Rockets are made up of two or three partrs called stages. Each stage is a giant fuel tank and engine, which separates and falls away as soon as its fuel used up.

Rockets are mainly used to put mschines called satellities into orbit around the Earth. Different sorts of satellite are launches to do many different jobs. Satellities can be used by one country to spy on another. Satellite photographs and maps help scientist to study earth and what it's made of.

There's nto air to breathe in space and, depending on whether a spacecraft is in or out of the sun's light,it's either very hot or cold. wihtout spacesuits to protect them outside their spacecraft, astronaus would die. Astronaunt have to wear seatbelts to stop them flowing away when they use the tiolet. Space tiolets dont flush but everything is sucked away instead.

Space stretches astrounauts can come back as much 5 centimetres taller. They sleep in bags which are strapped down to stop them floating.

Planets

Our planets, the earth, has eight neighbours. Together they make a family of nine planets which travel around the sun. We call the sun, and all the spaces bodies that whirl around it, the solar. The sun and the planets, the solar system inclused moons, mini-planets called asteroids, and comets.

The word planet comes from the Greek word planets, which means wanderer. Comets are like huge dirty snowballs. Most stay out on the edge of the solar system, but a few travel close to the sun. These comets griw gas and dust tails, millons of kilometres long, when the sun's heat starts to melt them.

Our planets is the only solar system with water and living things on it. It is third planet from the sun, and it gets just the right amount of heat and light to keep us alive.It gets dark at night because the earth is spinning as it orbits the sun. As part of the earth spin away from the sun, they move into darkness. It takes a whole day and a night for the earth to spin round once.

Venus isnt't the closet planet to the sun, but it is the hottest. The temperature there can reach up tp 500c- that's about eight times hotter than it gets in the Sahara Desert, the hottest place in earth. Although Mercury
(right) is the closet to the sun, Venus is covered by clouds of gas which act like a blanket, keeping the sun's heat.

Mars is often called the red planet. The ground there is coverd in dusty red soils, which gets the swept up by the wind to make to pink clouds. The rocks on mars have lots of iron in them, and irons goes red when it rusts. A better name for mars might be the rusty planets.

Jupiter is so huge that all the other planets could fit inside it. The beautiful patterns on its face are made by swirling clouda of gas, stirred up by powerful wind storms.Jupiter was named by the Ancident Romans,after the king of thier god.

Stars, Universe and Space

The whole world and everything beyond it is the universe. It is all the is the stars and planets, the Earth and its plants and animals, you and me, and everything. It all started about 15 billon years ago, there was a gigantic explosion which they call the Big Bang.

Milky Way is the galaxy we live in. It is made up of all the stars can be seen in the night and lots and lots that we cant be seen. The milkly way got its name because at night we can sometimes see part of it looking like a band of milky white light across the sky.

Stars are made of gases like the air around us. The two main gases in stars are called hydrogen and helium. They are star's fuel.Stars make heat and light from them. Since earliest times, people have seen patterns in the way stars are grouped in the sky. The patterns are called constellations.

The biggest star we can see in the sky is called sirius. Another name for it is the Dog Star. It is about twice as big our sun, but it gives out more than twenty times as much as light.

Stars only twinkly when we look at them at from earth. Out in the space their light shines steadily. We see them twinkling because the air around the earth- as the light from a star travels toward us, it is bent and wrobbled by bubbles of hot and cold air.

Life

The meaning of life is deeply mixed with the philosophical and religious conceptions of existence, consciousness, and happiness, and touches on many other issues, such as symbolic meaning, ontology, value, purpose, ethics, good and evil, free will, conceptions of God, the existence of God, the soul, and the afterlife.

For me, Life would include being happy and being hurt. In my life, there is times that I would fail for intance i fail to be a good daughter to my parents but i tried to be the daugher they always wanted to have. When I was young my mum always scold be on how i dressed and how i talk to people. Ofcourse, when we are young we do not know anything about it but once we grow up everything seems to be clear as like crystal clear.

While growing up,my parents expect me to have good grades and being number one in the class like all parents wanted their daughter to be. All my friends would be more clever than me and somehow i was not clever enough to impress my parents. That was a big failure in life. Making your parents dissapointed and bringing shame to the famiy.

But when I turn 16, I learn that sometimes when I was young my mum would talk about how life is hard and many obstacales in the journey of life. Now, when I think back about it my mum was right, that life is hard when we do not have any knowledge at all so thats why mum always force me to be number one is the class. When I didnt get number one at class, i thought she didnt love me but i was wrong, she love soo much that she have to be strict on me so that i would get number one in class.

My mum would always say that without God we will dont be able to achieve the dream that we want that's why my mum ask us to go to church and pray to God for strengh and blessing in our dairly life. I always wanted to be the daughter that they wanted me to be but while doing this obstacles always come along.

The past would always be the past and we only can do iz look at the future or keep going instead of looking back and make the same mistake. We are human, we are dont born to be perfect but we are born to do greatest whatever things can happen in life.

Life is short for every one of us thats why we must appreciate all the time that we had toghether with our love one and the people who care for us. Nowadays, the world is becoming more evil we do not forgive the one that hurt ur but we keep it inside till we died with it. I learn my mistake not forgiving my cousin but I was too late to say sorry to him and he pass away. From that day, I would forgive the people who do me wrong.

I do not want to live in the world that is full of hate in our hearts. Life pass us by quickly without even knowing it. I may dont be the perfect daugher to my parents but I know one thing  my mum didnt raised me to hate other and that Life pass us by quickly if we do not know how to apperiate them and forgive the other people who has done is wrong.

Pulau Manukan

Manukan offers clear waters and beautiful coral reefs. Shaped like a dolphin, the island is 1½ km long. Blessed with a long stretch of white sandy beach promising hours of sea, sand & fun! Guests can choose to stay in one of the single or double storey chalets. All chalets overlook the South China Sea and a spectacular sunset is almost a daily affair.

The island is also ideal for small to medium sized group meetings. Have a solitary time for yourself at the Look-Out Point and watch the beautiful sunset of Borneo.

The island is accessible from downtown Kota Kinabalu by boat. Journey takes about 20 minutes from the jetty of Jesselton Point (formally the location of Sabah Port Authority)

Manukan has most developed tourist facilities that includes a few restaurants. The Manukan Island Restaurant offers a wide selection of Asian and Continental cuisine or visitors may make pre-arrangement for barbecue.

Getting to any island of Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park is easy. Just take a boat ride from Jesselton Point where there are several ticketing counters from different travel agents selling packages such as island hopping, sunset cruise, diving and beach activities and even packages inclusive of meals.

The pricing are more or less the same. For a trip to Manukan Island, the cost is a total of RM 22.00 per person.

The history of the harbour is also shown in black and white pictures placed on the walls and outside the Jesselton Point ferry terminal.

Friendship

Friend mean being there for someone no matter what situation they are. I had a friend once and she betrayed me for 5years. I know her since form 1 we become friends. She was my closet friend and I trusted her the most among all my friends. She was the one who cheered me up when i was down and she help me out a lot when I dont know what my teacher is teaching.

She taught me how to draw since she is a very good artist and she like to hear music. We do everything toghether, we go to recess toghether and sometimes i would go to her house for sleepover and we would talk until midnight. We talk about all the stuff that a girl would do.

Everything was fine when she met her friend Lisa, same class with her and I. They become close and I was somehow left behind. I was sad that she could be that kinda person leaving the old ones and having a new one in life. I shared everything and I didnt even know that she act that she pretend to care but actually no. I was hurt and sometimes i wish that i could transfer school so that i would not feel pain and  feeling left out.

From that moment, I have a hard time on trusting friend either which one is true or just wearing a mask to pretend to be nice and leave me when the new one come. I do not want to meet a friend that could replace the feeling of friends.

I know that in life there would be obstacle that I have to face but either way I just pray that my friend that I have now are loyal and dont forget about the time that we had togheter. Eventhough other friends come along in life, I would not forget what they had to for me and I love them just like I love my family.

I think my friends as my brother and sister. One big family, no more feeling hurt and left out.Family wont leave anyone behind. Thats what I apply in my friendship now. I wont leave them hanging or let them feel hurt just like I feel last time. I make mistake but i learn from my mistake and make it more better so that I want my friend to know that they are never alone because I will always be with them no matter what happen in life.

Invertebrates

Of the million or more animal species in the world, more than 98% are invertebrates. Invertebrates don't have an internal skeleton made of bone. Many invertebrates have a fluid-filled, hydrostatic skeleton, like the jelly fish or worm. Others have a hard outer shell, like insects and crustaceans.

Protozoa are simple, single-celled animals. They are the smallest of all animals. Most protozoa are microscopic in size, and can only be seen under a microscope. However, they do breathe, move and reproduce like multicelled animals.


Annelids have bodies that are divided into segments. They have very well-developed internal organs. One common characteristic of annelids is that they don't have any limbs.Other worms, such as the ribbon worm, can grow up to 100 feet in length. Some worms are considered parasites, in that they live inside the human body.

Echinoderms are marine animals that live in the ocean. Common echinoderms include the sea star, sea urchin, sand dollar and sea cucumber. Most echinoderms have arms or spines that radiate from the center of their body. The central body contains their organs, and their mouth for feeding.

Crustaceans are a type of Arthropod. The name may not sound familiar, but you probably know them. You may even have eaten one.Crustaceans live mostly in the ocean or other waters. Most commonly known crustaceans are the crab, lobster and barnacle.Crustaceans have a hard, external shell which protects their body. Crustaceans have a head and abdomen. The head has antennae which are part of their sensory system. The abdomen includes the heart, digestive system and reproductive system.

Insects are the largest group of arthropods. There are over 800,000 different types of insects. Insects are very adaptable, living almost everywhere in the world. Common insects include the fly, beetle, butterfly, moth, dragonfly, bee, wasp and praying mantis.

Insects have an exoskeleton that covers their entire body. An insect's body consists of 3 parts: the head,thorax and abdomen.

The insect's head has a pair of antennae, and a pair of compound eyes. Compound eyes are different from human eyes which have a single lens for each eye. Compound eyes have many lenses for each eye. For example, the fly has about 4,000 lenses in a single eye. This provides them with very good eyesight.
The thorax contains the legs for walking, swimming, jumping or digging. The thorax may also have wings for flying. The abdomen contains many body organs, such as the heart, respiratory system, digestive system and reproductive system.

The insect's hard, exoskeleton makes it difficult for the insect to grow and get larger. This is because the exoskeleton can't grow and get larger. Many insects must molt in order to grow. Molting is the process where an insect sheds it outer skeleton. It wriggles out of this old skin, and a new, larger exoskeleton develops.