gifts that the center col-

lected. The HPFA wants to

make sure that the PJ’s and

books that are collected are

equal. The PJ’s that are

given are a need and the

books that are given are a

want.

The HPFA is in-

spired by the book The Giv-

ing Tree, so they decided to

name the program the Giv-

ing Tree. The HPFA is in-

spired to participate in the

giving tree because they like

to raise money to children

who don’t have what we

have. The HPFA participates

in the giving tree every year.

This is how E.T. Hamilton

runs the giving tree.

At E.T. Hamilton Elemen-

tary school in Voorhees, NJ,

they collected gifts during

the holiday season for the

less fortunate in 2014. Peo-

ple want to help because

HPFA (Hamilton parent

faculty association) wants to

give.

Have you ever won-

dered how E.T. Hamilton

gets the information about

the children and how they

are chosen? The HPFA con-

tacts the center about the

child’s first name, size, and

age. The age range of the

children receiving the gifts

is between a new born to 17

years of age. The children

receive their gifts before

Christmas. In 2014 the de-

livery was made on Decem-

ber 12.

The Children that

receive the gifts live in

Camden and Clementon.

The gifts are delivered lo-

cally from the family suc-

cess center. The Family Suc-

cess center sends the pre-

sents. E.T Hamilton sent 350

gifts out of a total of 2000

It’s not that easy to make a law.

There are 4-5 steps to make a

law. There are three branches

and they are the executive, leg-

islative, and the judicial branch.

We will be mainly working on

the Legislative branch. The Leg-

islative branch of our state gov-

ernment is the branch that

makes the laws. One more

thing, it is not as quick as 115

words that you are about to

read. We start at the beginning

were citizens come up with a

idea for a bill. A bill is an idea

for a law. Now if they want to

make it a bill they have to take it

to members of the General As-

sembly or Senate to propose the

bill. After that the General As-

sembly and the Senate vote to

approve the bill. They will now

take the bill to the governor.

The governor has a choice to

sign the bill and make it a law or

veto it. Veto means reject. If the

bill is vetoed another vote can

be taken. If 27 senators and 54

General Assembly members

vote to approve it, the bill be-

comes a law. This is how a bill

becomes a law.

The Giving Tree

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Who Am I 2

Earth Sun and

Moon

3

Layers of the

Earth

3

Cats Make

Great Pets

4

Equalities in

Schools

5

Matter 6

Birds of Flight 8

How a Bill Becomes a Law

E T H A M I L T O N

The Brower's News 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

F A V O R I T E

4 T H

G R A D E

M E M O R I E S

Field Trip-

Franklin Insti-

tute.

1=1 iPad

Classroom

Science Fair

Mrs. Blands

Fun Lessons

Mrs. Bland

Morning iPad

Journal

Magic Show

P A G E 2

I held a tarantula

that could still

bite!

The picture above is

a picture of Jaron

Brower in Mrs.

Bland’s 4th grade

class.

Physical Maps

Who am I? These are some

ways I would be

described: smart,

nice, creative,

brave, and sweet.

Here are some

things I know a lot

about math, read-

ing, and spelling.

I know a ton about

bugs/Nature. I am

really nice be-

cause I share, re-

spect others, and

help others. I am

really creative. I

make and draw a

lot of creative

things. I am brave

in one way and

one way only, I

hold bugs that can

hurt you. Here’s

an example, I’ve

held a tarantula

that can still bite! I

am sweet because

I am kind and very

helpful.

Well ,there’s some

ways to describe

me.

I am really

excited when I am

with my family,

playing with my

brothers, and find-

ing new bugs. I

am happy with my

family because I

love them. I love

playing with my

brothers because

they are fun to

play with. I love

bugs because they

are cute, cool, and

I like scaring peo-

ple with them.

Here are

some things that I

like bugs, arts and

crafts, and ori-

gami. I love bugs

lots of people

think they are

gross but I think

they are cute and

fun to play with. I

like to make lots

of arts and crafts. I

love origami. It’s

very hard but fun.

Here are some

other things I love

pets, nature, mov-

ies, reading,

games, and

friends.

maps are: political, physical,

transportation, and histori-

cal. The Physical Map shows

natural features of the earth.

You will find different colors

that stand for different land-

Maps are a useful

tool to help under-

stand different types

of information.

There are 4 types of

maps. The 4 types of

forms. Here is an example: If

you wanted to know where

the Rocky Mountains are.

There are different types of

maps that stand for different

information

A physical

map

T H E B R O W E R ' S N E W S

Layers of the earth

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Scientists study earthquakes to learn more about the earth. An earthquake is a movement or vibration caused by stored en-ergy in the earth. Sci-entists use seismo-graphs to see how strong or weak an earthquake is. A seis-mograph produces a seismogram that shows how strong or weak an earthquake is. There are four lay-

ers and they are the: crust, mantle, outer core and inner core.

The crust is the earth outer most layer. It is the thinnest layer of all of the layers, and it is solid rock. The crust is deeper under continents the oceans. We live on the crust. Below the crust is the mantle.

The mantle is the thickest layer of all, and it is 2/3 of the earth. Also it is a layer of rock lying below the crust. The mantle al-lows tectonic plates to slowly move. Rocks move or flow due to pressure and high

tempters. Below the mantle is the core.

The core is split

into two parts. It is the

outer core and the in-

ner core. The outer

core is made of

melted iron, and it is

totally liquid. Also the

inner core floats in the

outer core. The inner

core is a solid sphere.

It is the center of the

earth. Also it spins at

a different rate then

the rest of the planet.

Scientists still study

earthquakes today to

learn more about the

earth.

takes 365 ¼ days or one year. Also it re-volves in an ellipse shape orbit. The earth also rotates (spin). This causes day and night. It takes 24 hours to fin-ish rotating. The Earth is tilted on its axis on a 23.5 degree angle which causes

The Earth, Sun, and Moon are all part of our solar system. The sun is the center of our solar system. It is a star, and it is made of gas. Also it produces heat and light energy.

The Earth re-volves around the sun. One revolution

seasons. The moon re-

volves around

Earth. It is

Earths nearest

neighbor. Sci-

entists still

study the

Earth, Sun, and

Moon today.

Earth, Sun, and Moon

The Earth rotates around the

sun, and the moon is rotating

around the earth.

Did you know

that the inner

core rotates at

a different

rate than the

rest of the

planet

P A G E 4

Did you know that

the United States

is separated into

five regions.

This is a picture of a

cat that I would want

One Country Five Regions

Cats Make Great Pets Cats make better

pets than dogs. In the article

Why Cats make Better Pets

than Dogs it states that you

can leave cats home alone

for the day. The article also

states cats can bathe them-

selves and they are unlikely

to disturb your neighbors.

There are many other rea-

sons cats make better pets

them dogs.

Being able to leave

your cat home alone for the

day could be a big help.

Here’s an example. If you

need to go to school and

your parents were at work

your cat would be probably

be fine. Your cat would like

the alone time.

Cats will bathe

themselves. If I had a cat I

wouldn’t want to bath every

night. In my opinion I don’t

think you would want to

give your cat a bath every

night either. That’s a good

thing they bathe them-

selves. Also most cats don’t

even need brushing. Also I

don’t think you would want

to give your cat a bath

every night. Well that is a

good thing they bathe them-

selves.

Cats are much qui-

eter then dogs and are

unlikely to disturb your

neighbors. I wouldn’t want

my cat making noises all

night or I’ll never be able to

sleep. Also I don’t think

you would want your cats

making noises all night ei-

ther. Cats are pretty quiet so

that is good.

Dogs aren’t as

good of a pet as a cat would

be. Cats are much easier to

care for than a dog. Maybe

a cat is the right pet for

you.

North Carolina the Wright broth-

ers held the first successful flight.

In 1775 pioneer Daniel Boon

helped make a gap in the cobber-

ing gap called the Wilderness

Road. There are large areas of

wetlands in the southeast such as

swamps and marshes. The Davis

Bayou is a marshy slow moving

stream. The southeast is also

crisscrossed with rivers. West

from the southeast is the south-

west

The south-

west has some of the most famous

landforms in the US such as the

Rocky Mountains and the Grand

Canyon. The Rocky Mountains

appear in this region as well as the

west. The Rocky Mountains were

formed over 19 million years ago.

In Texas the Poladero Canyon is

the second largest canyon in the

US. This region shares the Great

Plains with the Mid-west. Cow-

boys’ traditions are a big part of

the south western culture. The

Southwest is mostly made up of

mountains, plateaus, and valleys.

Northeast of the southwest is the

Middle West.

The Middle West is

split into two smaller regions the

Our country is split into five

regions. The five regions are the

Northeast, Southeast, Mid-West,

Southwest, and the West. A re-

gion is an area with common

features that set it apart from other

areas. Landforms are one of the

features that set regions apart.

Some examples of landforms are:

hills, mountains, plains, plateaus,

and valleys. Climate sets regions

apart too. Climate means a pattern

of weather over many years. New

Jersey is located in the Northeast.

The Northeast is sepa-

rated into two smaller regions.

They are the Middle Atlantic and

the New England region. There is

at least one quarry in every New

England state. The Northeast

experiences all four seasons. And

they are winter, summer, spring,

and fall. The Appalachian Moun-

tains run through most of the

states in this region. Also

the Coastal Plain is flat

lowland along the edge of

the Atlantic Ocean. We also

live in the northeast. Below

the Northeast is the South-

east

The Southeast is

Warm all year. Also in 1903

Mountain States and the Pacific

States. They are the Great lakes

region and the Plains region. In

the mid west Native Americans

lived in teepees that they can

carry across the plains. Also in

Minnesota and Michigan there are

the biggest iron ore mines in the

US. The mid-west is made up of

the interior Plain. The Central

Plain is in the east, and it is at a

low elevation. It also produces

corn. The Great Plains in the west

has cold winters and hot summers.

It also produces wheat. West from

the mid-west is the west.

The west is

split into two smaller regions and

they are the Mountain State and

the Pacific State regions. Around

Alaska and Washington people

fish for salmon. Also volcanoes

are found in the west. The great

basin is in this region. The land-

forms in the west include moun-

tains, plateaus, and valleys. The

Redwood trees that grow in Ore-

gon and California are the tallest

trees in the world. All five regions

are unique in many ways.

This is a

image of

the regions.

T H E B R O W E R ' S

Equalities in Schools

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Before the 1950s it was much different then to-day in the south for Afri-can Americans. Back then the African Ameri-cans didn’t have all the rights as the white peo-ple in the south. Every-thing was separate in the south like schools, and theaters. The Afri-can Americans couldn’t vote in the south too. The United States added two amendments to the constitution. An amendment is a change to a law. The two amendments were the fourteenth and the fif-teenth amendment. In 1868 the fourteenth amendment was that African Americans were citizens and had all the rights of citizens. Then in 1870 the fifteenth amendment was it was illegal for anyone to prevent a citizen from voting because of race. African Ameri-cans were facing some challenges in the south. Little money was spent on African American fa-cilities such as schools. The African Americans were being discrimi-nated. Discrimination

means the act of show-ing an unfair difference in treatment. Also white southerners made Afri-can Americans live in separate communities, and so that kept the Af-rican Americans from voting. The government was helping the African Americans by making it so that all African American facilities had to be equal. The African Americans were sup-posed to be separate but equal and that means they are in differ-ent communities and the African American facilities are supposed to be equal to those of the white people. Our country is segregated which means separate. The schools weren’t equal at all. The white people had windows, desks, and big rooms. The African Americans had barely any win-dows, instead of desks with chairs they just shared one bench, and there room was really small. Oliver brown with his 9 year old daughter Linda had to cross train tracks, cross busy streets to get to her bus stop, while the

white school was only a few blocks away. Oliver Brown wanted his daughter to go to the white school because it would make more sense. NAACP means National Association for the Advancement of Col-ored People. The NAACP wanted the same amount of money on Af-rican American Schools as they did with white people schools. James Welden led the NAACP group. Also Thugood Marshall worked with another lawyer Charles Hamilton. They tried to win equal African American graduate stu-dents people continuing studies after collage. Schools are much different today com-pared to what they were back then. Today we have laptops computers and smart boards. Also our schools are much bigger. Sometimes elec-tronics and all of that stuff can get pretty con-fusing.

This is a pic of a smart board.

Its hard to

believe that

black people

were treated

unfairly when

the

P A G E 6

“To catch the

reader's

attention, place an

interesting

sentence or quote

from the story

here.”

Caption describing

picture or graphic.

The Penny

Matter What is mat-

ter? Matter is any-

thing that takes up

space and has mass.

A property is some-

thing you can ob-

serve, and some ex-

amples of properties

are hardness, texture,

color, shape, and

size. The three states

of matter are solids,

liquids, and gases.

A solid has a

definite shape and

takes up a definite

amount of space.

Also a solid is made

of particles. The par-

ticles of a solid are

packed tightly and

can only vibrate.

Some examples of

solids are desks, pen-

cils, and bricks.

A liquid will

take the shape of the

container and it has a

fixed size. A liquid is

made of particles. A

liquid’s particles

move very slowly

and they can change

position. Water,

juice, and milk are

some examples of

liquids.

A gas does not

have a definite shape

and does not have a

definite amount of

space. A gas is made

of particles. A gas’s

particles move fast

and free. Hydrogen,

helium, and oxygen

are some examples of

some gases. Scien-

tists still study matter

today.

Change that said we

keep the penny be-

cause a lot of Ameri-

cans just like the

penny in general. In

the article it said peo-

ple are afraid that

they will pay more

for products by

rounding to the near-

est nickel. Also in the

article it said they

will round purchases

up or down. The

nickel has its own

problems too. Ac-

cording to the video

it said it costs more

than 11cents to

make the nickel.

Which side are you

on?

Some people

want to keep the

penny and some peo-

ple don’t. I would

want to keep the

penny. According to

the article the Penny

Debate 67% of

Americans want to

keep the penny. I also

watched a video

called Waiting for

Caption

describing

picture or

graphic.

T H E B R O W E R ' S N E W S

Indentured Servants and Slaves

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

When the New World was starting to develop there was slavery and indentured ser-vants that were brought to the New World. Both inden-tured servants and slaves were brought to the New

World by boat. Slaves were forced to come, however inden-tured servants agreed to come to the New World. Slaves

and indentured servants worked hard. Slaves worked for life and were owned like property, unlike indentured servants they had to work for 3-7 years. Indentured ser-vants and slaves had a fam-ily. Indentured servants were

treated like family, but slaves were treated very poorly. Both slaves and indentured servants had a life style of their own. A slaves life style was they worked, fed, slept in a bunk, and had NO edu-cation, however Indentured servants learned a trade, they were educated, fed, and they had freedom after 3-7 years. I’m happy that I didn’t live in that time.

code breakers used repeated let-

ters to find links which would

help them make good guesses

about the settings of the wheels.

They kept testing these settings

each day. Everyday they would do

this in till they got it right. Alan

Turing was trying to find new

ways to break the code. He used

something called cribs and they

are messages that included the

In 1931 Hans-Thilo Schmidt, who

worked in the Germen govern-

ment sold documents describing

the Enigma the French. The

French gave this information to

the Polish officials. Using this

information Marian Rejewski

figured out how to make a work-

ing Enigma. The British broke the

German Code by figuring out how

the Enigma was set each day. The

same words in the same places.

This took a long time but it

worked. In October 1942 British

destroyers forced a crew of Ger-

mans on a U boat to abandon

ship. There were code books in

the ship, so three British sailors

took them. A little while

later Germany Surren-

dered and we won.

ton. Both Polar Bears and Kodiak

Bears eat fish and plants. Kodiak

Bears eat salmon, plants, and

roots, on the other hand Polar

Bears eats fish, seals, walruses,

and grasses. Polar Bears and Ko-

diak Bears live near seacoasts.

Kodiak Bears live near seacoasts

of the islands in Alaska and Can-

ada however Polar Bears live near

seacoasts in the North Pole. Polar

Bears and Kodiak Bears live in

cold climates. Polar Bears live in

the cold North pole, on the other

hand Kodiak Bears live in cold

Alaska and Canada. If I was a

Polar or Kodiak Bear I would not

want to live were they work

Polar bears and Kodiak bears are

unique in and similar in many

ways. Both Polar Bears and Ko-

diak Bears have fur. A Polar

Bears fur is white unlike Kodiak

Bears, with yellow-brown fur.

Kodiak Bears and Polar Bears are

large. A Kodiak Bear weighs

about three quarters of a ton how-

ever Polar Bears weigh one-half a

The Ships

the ser-

vants went

in

Polar Bears and Kodiak Bears

Cracking the German Code

This is a picture of the enigma.

When people

were brought

to the New

World they

were treated

poorly

P A G E 8

“To catch the

reader's

attention, place

an interesting

sentence or

quote from the

story here.”

Caption describing

picture or graphic.

Birds of Flight Some species of birds migrate. Migration means to move from one place to another when seasons change. Birds that migrate to warmer weather are usually mi-grating for food such as insects, fruit, and more plants. Most birds return home in the spring when trees and flowers bloom again. They will breed and lay eggs. One exam-ple is a humming bird. The humming bird lives in the northern US or Can-ada, and travels to Mex-ico or Central America. Birds have migra-tion routes to follow when they migrate. There are four major flyways. A fly-way is a path that birds follow. The major flyways are the Atlantic Flyway, Pacific Flyway, Missis-sippi Flyway, and the Central Flyway. Birds Follow the same land formations year after year and use them s a guide. Birds use land-marks to figure out where they are. Some exam-ples are: they use the position of the sun during the day or the stars at night, and use the setting of the sun at night. Birds use these landmarks to navigate. Navigation means to move to find a

position or place. Birds also have great sight and hear-ing to figure out their location. They can see ultraviolet light from the sun,

and can hear waves over mountains from miles away. Some birds fly in flocks. Flock means a group of birds traveling together. Some types of flocks are clusters, lines, and compounds. Also some birds fly in com-pound line formations. 3 examples are the J, U, or V shape. Most birds fly long distances so they need to save energy and these formations help to save energy. Some birds glide and that requires little energy. It saves great energy and that is used to fly farther during migration. Some birds fly in a V formation as well. The front bird makes a vortex that helps the bird behind because it won’t have to work as hard. A vortex is a mass of air that moves in a circular motion. The birds that do fly in a V formation take turns going in front. Some birds that fly in a V formation are Geese, Double-crested Cormorant, Canvasback duck, and Whooping cranes. Geese live all over the United States. These birds migrate from northern Canada and Alaska to Southern United states and Mex-ico. Double-Crested cor-morants spend the winter in the Southern US and the summer on the North-ern Pacific coast and the Atlantic coast. Also some Double-Crested cormo-rants don’t migrate at all,

so they live along the Pa-cific coast or Alaska. The Canvasback Duck nor-mally breeds in Western Canada and northwest-ern US in the summer. A major drought will cause them to move north to a place such as Alaska. In the winter they head to Mexico and the Golf Coast of the United States. Whooping cranes are endangered. Endan-gered means am animal that is in danger of be-coming extinct. In the spring these birds mi-grate to the northern United States and Can-ada to southern United states and Central Amer-ica. Can people learn

from birds and their for-

mations? NASA is trying

to see if you fly planes in

a V formation, will save

fuel like birds do? NASA

has flown several test

flights. When one jet flies

in the vortex of the other

like some birds do, scien-

tists at NASA believe air-

planes can save energy.

If planes save energy that

means they use less fuel.

Fuel is expensive and

burning it is hazardous to

the environment. Air-

planes that fly in a V for-

mation reduce fuel usage

be 30% and save millions

of dollars. Scientists are

still studying birds and

their interesting flying

habits.

Caption

describing

picture or

T H E B R O W E R ' S

When I Moved to a New House

P A G E 9 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

In 2010 I moved to a brand new

house. I was only 7 at the time.

My new home was at 4

Acorn Hill Drive, and it was

a big red house. I was very

excited, and there were a lot

of trees. I saw a ton of little

rainbow grasshoppers hop-

ping in the grass. I was filled

with feelings such as excite-

ment, sadness, and I was

scared.

I was very excited to

meet new friends and even

find new bugs. I was pretty

scared of a few things. For

example: meet-

ing new friends

even though I

wanted to. Also I

was very scared

of going to first

grade at my new

school E.T.

Hamilton. The school was

very big so I thought I might

get lost in the school. I also

was very sad because I’ll

lose all my old friends. What

if no one would like me? I

wish I never had to move. I

was so scared that I wanted

to run back to my old house!

There was a big chal-

lenge. Guess what it was? It

was making new friends. I

really wanted to but I was

two scared. But still, there

were still things that I was

excited about. Here is one

thing, since I lived in the

woods that meant I would

find new bugs. Also I could

go fishing and I could catch

some frogs. I ended up mak-

ing new friends. In third

grade I met Owen and Hay-

den. I really got excited in

2013. I got a new pool, but it

was in the fall. So I had to

wait all year till I could go

swimming!!! Then I got used

to my new school and

neighbors. I went swimming

and had fun. At the end I was

happy I moved to a new

house. (This was unexpected)

Allied soldiers would die in an

invasion. They spent $2 billion

on the 2 bombs and 200,000

people worked on the project.

The bomb was 10 feet long and

weighed about 10,000 pounds.

Once the bombs were made

President Truman thought that it

was the most terrible bomb in

history of the world. The names

of the bombs are Little Boy and

Fat Man.

The first bomb that

was dropped was Little Boy and

it was dropped on August 6,

1945 Hiroshima, Japan. Fat man

was dropped on Nagasaki Japan

in August 9, 1945. The bombs

made huge explosions. 202,000

On December 7th, 1941 Japa-

nese airplanes made a surprise

attack on the Us Navy in Pearl

Harbor. They destroyed many

ships and soldiers. They at-

tacked on a Sunday morning

because they thought we were

less alert. The Japanese used

submarines. This is what started

World War II.

The Manhattan Project

was a top secret project. Frank-

lin Roosevelt was the president

of that time. J. Robert Oppen-

heimer had an idea to make an

atomic bomb. They decided to

use the bomb instead of attack-

ing with their military because

500,000 to 1 million US and

people died from the bomb and

the radioactive fallout in all.

Sadako was born Janu-

ary 7 1943. When

Sadako was in the

school she fell to the

ground and when she

fell she was dizzy.

Sadako ended up in

the hospital with

leukemia. She tried

to make a thousand

paper cranes to make

her get better but she

only made 644 be-

fore she died. She

died October 25 1955.

356 cranes were made

by classmates.

This is my

House.

Sadako

Sadako holding a paper crane

I wanted to

run back to my

old house

cause I was so

scared

Pinta, Nina, and the Santa

Maria. Christopher Colum-

bus discovered the “New

World”. Christopher Colum-

bus sailed past the US and

claimed the land. He landed

in the Caribbean.

John Cabot sailed in

1497. He was Italian but

sailed for England. He was

searching for a westward wa-

ter route to Asia. Also he was

sent by the king of England.

John Cabot landed in New

Jersey.

Giovanni Da Ver-

razano sailed for France. He

sailed in 1524, and was

searching for a water route to

Asia. Also his crew and him

Do you know the

names of the four early ex-

plorers that explored the

“New World”? Their names

are Christopher Columbus,

John Cabot, Giovanni da

Verrazano, and Henry Hud-

son. People believed that the

world was flat, so not many

people explored beyond their

land. Europeans began to ex-

plore water routes to the In-

dies to trade for riches. In the

1400’s unknown land to

Europe was discovered.

Christopher Colum-

bus was searching for the

Indies, and he sailed for

Spain. He sailed in 1492. The

ships he sailed in are the

were the first Europeans to

see New Jersey. He landed in

Sandy Hook Bay, New Jer-

sey.

Henry Hudson sailed

for the Netherlands. His ship

was called the Half Moon.

He was searching for a water

route through North America

and sailed in 1609. Henry

Hudson landed in Sandy

Hook Bay and found Lenape

men and women. Christopher

Columbus, John Cabot, Gio-

vanni Do Verrazano, and

Henry Hudson are all brave

explorers.

Early Explorers

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