Archimedes Grows Up

When Archimedes was growing up he always like doing maths and stuff, he was a fairly strange man because his mind was (practically)never blank. Maths was never boring. (Josh: Em!!) A great scientist once said that he could see so far because he had stood on the shoulder of a giant, and Archimedes was one of those giants.

Don’t Condemn Others

You shouldn’t judge other people, because how can you take the speck out of someone else’s eye, when you have a big plank in your own? HYPOCRITE! First you have to get the plank in your own eye out first and then you can see about the speck in the other person’s eye

The Adventures of Jason

Once there was a country that had peaceful people living in it UNTIL…… A mean guy came and drove all the people out because he wanted the gold and precious stuff that there was lots of, for himself. The people all got in their boats and sailed away to some nearby islands where they built a city and gathered an army, the leader of the army was called Jason. Then they all got into warships and sailed back to there home country and wiped all the baddies out and settled back in.

Jesus Walks on Water

After Jesus had fed the five thousand, his disciples got in a boat and sailed over to the other side of the lake. Jesus stayed where he was and he went up a mountain to pray. A big storm arose and to make things worse, later his disciples saw him walking on water to him and they totally freaked out but Jesus told them to to calm down because it was him. Peter said that just to make sure it was safe, he would walk out to him. When he walked out, he almost got to Jesus when he freaked out and started sinking, Jesus took his hand and pulled him up. A soon as they got into the boat the weather cleared up.

Fossil Fuels

Electricity is generated by burning fossil fuels, its pretty smart but it makes a lot of carbon dioxide. Some people say that all the carbon dioxide is making the world hotter. The Government is spending lots of money on doing stuff to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that are going into the atmosphere. One way, is when the co2 (carbon dioxide) comes out, it is pumped under the ground so it is trapped so it cannot get out.

Story of the Wheat and the Weeds

Jesus told a story about a man who planted some wheat, and one night while he was sleeping an enemy came and planted weeds in the crop and when, the next day, the mans servants found them they asked what they should do with them, he said that they shouldn’t pull the weeds out then, because it would’ve damaged the wheat. But to wait for the wheat to be harvested then pull the weeds out of the wheat.

Story of the Farmer Scattering Seed

Jesus told a story about a man who scattered some seeds on his field, some fell on shallow soil but soon died because their roots were too short. Some fell on weeds and when they sprouted, the weeds drowned them. But some seeds fell on rich, fertile soil and when they grew they multiplyed lots and lots. This was what happened to the people, some of Jesus’ teaching fell on deaf ears, some went  through the ear of one person and out the other. But some of the rich, fertile ears and yeah.

The Brave Spartan Boy

When the Spartan boys were trained, they were taught to steal, and were praised when they stole something and got away with it(Huh!?!) Yeah anyway, so one time this kid stole a live fox and hid it in his cloak and brought it to school. So when he was at school it couldn’t get away so it started scratching the boys chest, the boy was very brave and while the fox was scratching the life out of him he just sat there casually until he died. Yipee!

Jesus Sends Out the 12 Apostles

Jesus called his disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out demons and heal people and stuff. Here are their names: Simon, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James (again), Thaddeus, Simon (AGAIN!) And lastly………………….. Judas Iscariot *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* Thank you! Thank you!

The Birth of Archimedes

When Archimedes was 5 days old, the nurse wrapped him up in a cloth and ran around the round fireplace….. Hearth…. er, thingy, in the middle of the living room, with the rest of the house hold, including slaves, a few times. When he was ten days old, he had his naming ceremony. All the relatives and stuff came and the father said what his name was and blessed him and stuff and bla, bla, bla, bla, bla………………….. bla ……….. zzzzzzzzzzzz….zzzzzzzzzzz OH! Oops I think I fell asleep……. anyway, then they all went to Hungry Jacks®.

The Training of the Spartan Boys

When a Spartan boy was born, first it was taken to an old, wise man, if the baby was deformed or something, than it would be taken into the mountains and left there to die of thirst of be eaten by a lion or something. So in their childhood children would be told stories and stuff until the age of 7, then they would be taken to the men who were to to train them to be brave.

Jesus Calls Matthew

Jesus was walking along a road when he saw a tax collector called Matthew sitting at his tax collection booth. Jesus told Matthew to follow him, then Matthew got up and followed him. That night Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to come to his place for dinner, when the Pharisees saw Jesus was eating with, er, rather dodgy people they didn’t think he was very good. When Jesus heard this he told them that healthy people don’t need a doctor, sick people do.

Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man

Someone brought Jesus a paralyzed man, Jesus told the man his sins were forgiven. The Pharisees said saying he could forgive sins, was blasphemy. Then Jesus said for the paralyzed guy to pick up his mat and go home. (and he did!!)

The Founding Of Athens

Long after the Deluge of Ogyges, another Egyptian prince came to Greece and taught the natives there to plant wheat and corn and harvest it. He also taught them to grow vineyards and olives and crush the juice and oil out of the grapes and olives. The women started to make wool clothes out of spun wool instead of rough clothes made of animal skins. The prince built some small cities of his own and then built a large city, first he called it Cecropia in honor of himself (his name was Cecrops) but then he called it Athens.

Jesus Heals Many

When Jesus and his disciples went to Peter’s house, his mum had a fever so Jesus touched her hand and she got up and made them a meal. That evening, lots of sick people were brought to Jesus and he healed them all. This was to fulfill what Isaiah prophesied”He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

The Deluge of Ogyges

When an Egyptian first settled in Greece, it was a prince. He found a lovely place where the climate was very nice and there were some people living there already. He taught them how to cook their meat and make houses out of stone. They made great big stone walls, they like the prince so they let him stay with them. They lived happily for years until one day there was an earthquake, the town started to flood, so the people and the prince started to run to the mountains. Lots of people died because they didn’t get up soon enough. In a couple of months the water had sunk into the ground so the people could go back to their homes. They never forgot the horrible thing that had happened so they told it to their children and their childrens children and they called the story the deluge(or flood) of Ogyges (Og-ee-jees(i think)) because Ogyges was the king at the time when the earthquake was.

Jesus Heals 2 Blind Men

When Jesus and his disciples were walking, two blind men walked up behind them and stared shouting and asking for him to make them see. Jesus asked them if they believed he could make them see, they said yes. Jesus healed them because they had faith.

Bee Threat

In some parts of the world, lots, as in, hundreds of millions, of bees are dying. And if they keep dying, a lot of fruit and vegies and plants will die. There are a fair few different theories as to why the bees are dying. Some think it is because of mobile phones, the radiation from the mobile phones are interfering with the bee’s natural ability to get home. And some also think the pesticides and stuff that their spraying all over the plants, is making the bees sick, in some places in America they once sprayed the chemicals right near them to wipe out a nasty bug that had been attacking them.

Jesus Drives Out Some Demons.

Jesus and some of his disciples were walking on a road, on the road they met two demon-possessed men. They started screaming and stuff, so Jesus  drove the demons out and the demons went into a herd of pigs, the pig ran off a cliff into a lake and drowned. The shepherd who was looking after the pigs ran into town and told everyone about what he had seen, all the people were amazed except the pharisees. They said he could only command the demons because he was the king of demons.

Spartan Women

In Laconia, Spartan girls are trained to be strong, intelligent women. They were taught how to dance, play, spin, cook, sing, and other stuff. They were also taught how to run races and wrestle.(WHAT!) They had regular, public festivals were they had sports. The winners were given beautiful prizes.

Good and Bad Fruit

Fig trees produce figs and thorn-bushes produce thorns. Fig trees cannot produce thorns and thorn-bushes cannot produce figs. Trees that produce good fruit are pruned and encouraged, but bad trees are chopped up and chucked into the fire. Therefore, a tree/person can be identified by his/its fruit/doings

Alberts New Job

Albert’s new job was, working at the patent office, looking at plans for new cameras or improved popguns. Often, between inventions, he would pull out some blank paper and scribble down some of his ideas, but when his boss walked past he would shove it into his desk. Shortly after he started his knew job his life changed dramaticaly(?) his father died and he got married to Mileva.

Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

Abraham had a dream that he was walking through the White House and he heard the sound of crying, he walked into a room and saw a coffin. People were crying around it, Abraham asked one of the guards who were guarding the coffin who was dead. The guard said that was the president, Abraham Lincoln who was killed by an assassin. Abraham, when he woke up, was shaken by the dream. On the 14th of April, Abraham and his wife were going to a play. When they got there, they sat up in their own, private box with 2 rocking chairs for them so they could watch in comfort. During the play the police captain guarding them was so interested in the play that he wandered down to the audience(tst tst!) The president was unguarded! In the crowd was a man named William Booth, he hated Abraham. He sneaked up into Abraham’s box and pulled out a pistol and shot him, then he jumped of the box, intending to land on the stage and run out to where his horse was waiting, instead his leg got caught on a flag on the way down and he twisted in the air, fell on the stage and broke his leg(serves him right!) But then he got away. A doctor tried to revive Abraham but he died. 14 days later they found Booth hiding in a barn, they set the barn on fire and shot im’ when ‘e came out.thu end

Teaching about Salt and Light

We are the salt of the earth, but if salt loses its flavor it cannot be salty ever again. It has no use except to be thrown out and trampled by people(even though thats not really a use, but still!) you are the light of the world, like a big building covered with lights so all can see it, but a big building doesn’t turn of all its lights, instead it turns even more lights on! And so we should let our hearts shine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Early Inhabitants of Greece

The beginning of Greek history is much like a fairytale because the people in Greece didn’t know how to write, so the stuff that happened didn’t get recorded. For a long while they just told the history to their children and their children passed it on to their children and so on and each time it was told, the story changed a bit and it got wilder and wilder and soon people didn’t know when truth stopped and fairytale began.

Teaching about Giving to the Needy

When you give to the needy, do not do it in public, do not shout “Hey look what I’m doing!” Like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and the streets for they have already recieved there rewards from men. But when you give to someone do it in secret, for the Father,who knows all secrets will reward you.

Story of the Three Servants

There was once a man who was going on a trip, he called his three servants together and entrusted 5 bags of gold to the first, 2 bags to the 2nd and 1 to the last. When he left, the first and the second went right to work and made double what they had gotten, but the other was afraid he would lose it and buried it in the ground. When the man got back from his trip he was very pleased with the first 2 servants and he treated them to Cold Rock® for dessert and gave them many more responsibilities, but he was displeased with the other one and fired him.

Video Games

Video games are a lot of fun but for some people it isn’t just fun, its serious business, They’re training to be video game artists. Its a huge industry, and now makes over 100 million dollars a year. But to make big money the companies don’t themselves have to be big. An Aussie company called Ratbag turned out to be a massive success, but it started as only two mates. The reason it was such a big success was it was bought by a big company. Some movie makers are annoyed because a fair few people spend more on video games than on going to the movies.

Italy’s “Resurrection”

In Italy in 1850 each state in Italy had its own prince, its own laws, Basically its own kingdom. Most of these states were not owned by Italy but by Austria. Some places were tired of being controlled by Austria so they formed secret societies. One of these secret societies was called “the Carbonaria”. They grew long hair and bushy beards, if the police saw them lurking around the streets they would arrest them and drag them off, not to prison, but to the barbers for a haircut! All the secret societies had secret meetings and grew long hair but they all had different ideas about how the nation should be. In 1831 the secret society called “the Carbonaria” managed to bring the disagreeing societies together into an open revolt for Austrian rule. But the Austrians soon found out, they sent soldiers to break up the rebellion hundreds of members of the societies were arrested, all the ringleaders except one, Giuseppe Mazzini, were put to death. Mazzini started another society called “Young Italy” every member of the young Italians had to be under 40 and had to own a rifle, a dagger and 50 bullets. Soon Austria said that it was a crime punishable by death to be in the young Italians but more people continued to come to the young Italians. Soon a young sailor called Giuseppe Garibaldi joined. The fighting began in 1848, Soon the Austrians had to call France for help, then Italy had to surrender. Garibaldi plotted a surprise attack starting in Sicily and that resulted in Austria being defeated and Italy becoming a free country.

The Triumphal Entry

Jesus told his disciples that they would go into Bethphage, find a stable with a donkey with a colt beside it and they would bring the colt back to him. All this was fulfilled and when his disciples brought the young colt back they laid garments on it and Jesus sat on it and rode to the city when they got in the people got very excited. They cut of palm leafs and laid them on the ground others laid there coats down. They shouted ‘Praise God in the highest heaven. The whole of Jerusalem was stirred as he came. They asked ‘Who is this?’ The crowds replied ‘its Jesus the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.’

Archimedes’ Principle

Some ships weigh hundreds or thousands of tons, yet they float. How is that possible?! The answer begins with one of the oldest and most famous story in the history of science. Imagine you were going to take a bath, you fill the bath right up to the very brim, and then you sit down in it. What do you think will happen? Lots and LOTS of water would come pouring onto the floor(don’t try it unless you want to do a lot of mopping up afterwards!!) According to the story this is just what happened to the scientist Archimedes, he sat in an overly full bathtub an then lots and LOTS of water came pouring out! Archimedes had been thinking about why some things float while others float, it couldn’t be a matter of weight because Greek ships were very heavy and yet a tiny pebble sinks to the bottom of the sea. What Archimedes found in this bathtub was the law of buoyancy(this is usually known as Archimedes principle in his honor!). Archimedes principle says: Any floating object pushes aside or displaces its own weight of water. So if a boat weighs 500 pounds it must push aside 500 pounds of water.

The Most Important Command

Some of the Pharisees asked Jesus a Question “Teacher, What is the most important commandment?” He told them that the most important was the first, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your mind and all your soul,” The second is equally important “Love your neighbor as yourself,” All the other commandments and demands of the prophets are based on these two.

The Natural Law

Almost everyone knows what a law is, for instance a speed limit. If you go higher than the speed limit you get fined or something. But what is a natural law?? A natural law is a law that is not something person made up, its a law that is natural. For instance the Natural law of gravity, (on earth) if you threw a ball in the air and bet everything you owned that it would come back down it would be a safe bet. In some places the law(such as a speed limit) is different from another, but the natural law is the same EVERYWHERE!(almost)

The Secrets of the Universe

Albert thought of a theory called the Theory of Relativity. He discovered that if you put a toy car that is travelling 2 miles an hour on a train that is traveling 100 miles an hour the car will travel 102 miles an hour. He also found out that if a beam of light such as a torch was put on a train moving 100 miles an hour, the light would not move any faster. The speed of light never changes. The next five weeks of Albert’s life were filled with thinking and planning.