The Creative World of Origami

      Have any of you heard of origami? It is a neat and crafty thing, if you ask me. Origami is the art of folding paper to form shapes. As it is said in the textbooks, paper was first made in China. Origami got its name from the Japanese language. "Ori" means folding and "kami" means paper. Therefore, they named this origami. Where does origami originate from? Most people would say China but others debate against it. Some people believe that Japan actually came up with it. If you would like to know more about this, click here. 

        There are many shapes that you can make with origami. Did you know that the fortune teller is a part of origami? I've only made a crane, heart, fortune teller, and frog. If you would like to see a few examples of what you can make with origami, look below. ( Click the pictures to view the instructions on how to make it )

       

     

        

If you want to look at more ideas from the site I took these from, then click here.

High School Football

On Saturday, we played our last game for the season. We lost the game but I think that we played an okay game. If the ball would have got in the air and caught by the right person, we would have been in good shape. I think the other team was just a little bit faster than us. They had a boy that could run the ball pretty good. He was just a pretty powerful kid. I wish we could of won but we did our best. It was a tough team to beat because they came mad and ready to play. I did think it was nice to see a lot of people have team spirit. Have you ever played a tough team like we did? Let me know if you have. Also, maybe you were on the team we played. Let me know.

Animal of the Week #5: Leopards

Leopards are one of the largest secretive carnivores. Leopards pretty much eat just about anything they would like to. They prey on fish, reptiles, birds, hares, and monkeys. They really like their meat. (: They live in sub-Saharan Africa, northeast Africa, Central Asia, India, and China. Many leopards are endangered especially outside of Africa. Leopards have many talents; they are the strongest climber and swimmer in the cat family. Leopards are nocturnal, hunting by night while spending most the day resting, usually draped on tree limbs or lying in thick undergrowth. Female leopards can give birth at any time of the year. When the cub is born, the mother usually keeps them around her until the cub is about 22 months. Females are capable at breeding when they are just 2 years old! That is crazy stuff right there! Leopard babies weigh around 500g at birth and their eyes open after a week. They are also very adorable, well at least I think so. (: Would you like to learn more about leopards? If you would like to click here for a site that has everything about leopards! Enjoy. (:

Here is a 3 mintue video on Leopards from the National Geographic: