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VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1
FEBRUARY 2016
LIGHTNING GAZETTE
JERRY ZUCKER MIDDLE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
Say Hooray to Mr. Fast’s Classes! By Ne’Vyia Dews
Say hooray, to Mr.
Fast’s classes! This
semester, his classes
are doing building
and design. They are
creating stuff for
school. Is this your
average engineering
teacher under a
mask?!
In each grade, Mr.
Fast’s students are
doing an engineering
project. They are designing race car robots. Pretty cool,
right?!
Mr. Fast even has a 3D printer. What’s a 3D printer, you ask?
Well, a 3-D printer
prints models that Mr.
Fast’s classes design.
Cool, yes it is!
3-D printing is a process of making threedimensional solid objects from a digital
file. The creation of a
3-D printed object is
achieved using additive processes. In an
additive process an
object is created by
laying down successive layers of material
until the entire object
is created.
Now, here is a little bit
more information
about the 3-D printer.
It makes 3-D copies of
digital images, makes
food, can make tools,
pictures, and even
dionsaurs (yes, dinosaurs!).
Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead!
This is a S.T.E.A.M.
issue of The Lightning
Gazette, showcasing
all things related to
Science, Technology,
Engineering, Art and
Math, including some
of the wonderful
S.T.E.A.M.-related
activities going on at
JZMS.
There you have it. But
wait! I have one more
thing to say to you:
Thank you, and good
day!!
Inside this issue:
Art Class
2
Science Facts
2
Why Math is Important
2
Top 5 Weird Diseases
3
Earth’s Layers
3
Food Fun Facts
3
Ms. Bell’s Science Class
4
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Art Class
by Fabian Peña, Angela Ramirez-Arreola, and Jessica Sanchez
In art class they have
been doing so many different things the past few
weeks. The other day
they were creating with
paper maché. Now they
are doing something
called Beautiful Charleston, and they have been
drawing things with no
trash on the ground in it
and a whole lot more.
“The important
thing is to
never stop
questioning.”
-Albert
Einstein
Science Facts by Karen Bañuelos
The world’s largest amphibian is the great salamander.
There are no poisonous
snakes in Maine.
telephone line was established in 1914.
Sound travels about four
times faster in water than
in air.
“Think like a
proton, always
positive.”
The largest man-made
lake in the United States
is Lake Mead in Nevada.
The first coast-to-coast
Why Math is Important By Avery May
There are many reasons
why math is important.
Here are some of them.
Math helps with cooking
food because you need
to know how to measure
ingredients.
Math helps you see if
you have enough money
to buy something.
Math helps when driving
and you need to know
how many miles you’ve
gone or how far something is.
Math helps when playing
sports so you know the
score.
Math helps when you are
at a restaurant and need
to calculate the tip.
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Top Five Weird Diseases by Cameron Steinbacher
No.1 Jumping Canadian
Frenchmen of Maine.
This disease was found
when French Canadian
lumberjacks were in a
forest. Whatever command was shouted at
them, they followed it.
There has been no cure
found for it. Personally, I
do not have a problem
with it, but just who decided to call it Jumping
Canadian Frenchman of
Maine?
No.2 Kuru Kuru is kind
of like Alzheimer’s and
rabies combined. Kuru
Kuru slowly eats away at
some of the matter in
your brain. Meanwhile, it
causes paranoia and can
make you have memory
loss.
No.3 Elephantitis. This
disease causes inflammation after being bitten
by an infected mosquito.
The larvae of the worm
rests inside your body
for many years getting
bigger so it looks like
you have tons of fat in
your legs.
No.4 Sweating Sickness.
This disease is 100% fatal in all of its victims.
The symptoms include
sweating, vomiting,
giddy laughs, and flulike symptoms. So you
will not know you have it
until it is too late unless
you’re a full grown man
and you laugh like a little
Earth’s Layers by Fabiola Peña
We have been learning
about the earth’s layers
in Ms. Whitten’s science
class.
The first layer of the
Earth is the crust. It
makes up only 1% of the
Earth’s mass. The crust
and upper mantle is the
lithosphere. It is about
65 to 100 km thick. The
crust is the least dense
layer.
The next layer is the
mantle. It makes up 2/3
of the Earth’s mass and is
2900 km thick. The upper section of the mantle
is the asthenosphere.
Heat and pressure cause
a small amount of melting to occur in the as-
thenosphere.
The Inner core is the final layer of the Earth. It
is 1.7% of the Earth’s
mass. The inner crust has
hot spinning metal and is
the most dense layer.
school girl. There is no
cure for it because the
disease disappears
from the body before
they can get to it.
No.5 Dancing Mania.
This disease happened
in 1816 when people
found themselvedancing until they
dropped. This was a
one time event. People
danced until they
dropped or dropped
dead. This event was
well documented in
Europe.
The outer core is 2200
km thick and is made
entirely of magma. It
also has some iron and
nickel.
The outer core is 30.8%
of the Earth’s mass. It is
4000-5000 degrees hot!!
Food Fun Facts by Zamani Lyde
Most wasabi consumed
is not real wasabi, but
colored horseradish.
Central Appalachia’s
tooth decay problem is
referred to as Mountain
Dew mouth, due to the
beverage’s popularity in
the region.
Apples belong to
the rose family, as do
pears and plums.
Oklahoma’s state vegetable is the watermelon.
One of the most popular
pizza toppings in Brazil
is green peas.
Chocolate was once
used as currency.
There is an amusement
park in Tokyo that offers Raw Horse Fleshflavored ice cream.
The tea bag was created
by accident, as tea bags
were originally sent as
samples.
A Cinnabon Classic has less sugar than
a 20-oz. bottle of
Pepsi.
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Lightning Gazette staff:
Avery May
Ms. Cary editor
Fabian Peña
Karen Bañuelos
Fabiola Peña
Leslie Coronado Hernandez
Angela Ramirez-Arreola
Ne’Vyia Dews
Jessica Sanchez
Zamani Lyde
Cameron Steinbacher
Ms. Bell’s Science Classes Collage by Leslie Coronado Hernandez