Submarine SMASH Day Reflection

Submarine SMASH Day Reflection

Today in science class we did a very interesting and fun science experiment. It was Submarine SMASH day reflection. Our mission was... To make a periscope and discover the box on the land inder the water which we needed to be under the table in the science class. Captain Ms. Smith(the nice captain ever!!) gave us the supplies to creat the periscope and then we can ues it to see the treasures in that cardboard treasure box. Each group has 10 papers, a mirror, a cardboard, a scissers, and free tapes. We have to see the treasure in the box as soon as possible, then we can traded it with captain for a chance to not doing work and have a nice break for a day. Behind the succesful there are always have fails. Luckly my partner Terry and I only needed to test it for 5 times and it worked great! But it just needed a little bit modified because it was not stable enough. So we builded the hard cardboard around our periscope and it worked even better. Everything were settle down. But we lost. It was because we were to slow. Sigh... Anyways, it was a great experience. There were two ideas that I never thought of and they work pretty well. If there are someone else is taking this mission, too. And they have a captain as nice as we do. I will suggest them do not use too many mirrors. Because the scense from your periscope will become indistinct.

Augustine finished the mission uncompleted.

Police crack China baby sale gang

BBC News: Police crack China baby sale gang
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7827800.stm
Page last updated at 11:33 GMT, Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Police in southern China have broken up a gang that abducted migrant workers' children to sell in distant provinces, state media reports.

Child trafficking is seen as a growing problem in China, despite government attempts to crack down on it. No matter how China government tried to get ride of the crimes of child trafficking.

"The children, mostly toddlers aged two or three years old, were snatched in Hunan province's Yueyang city while they were playing or sleeping. They were sold for between 860 yuan ($125, £86) and 26,000 yuan ($3,800), the Beijing News said.Five children had been rescued and 13 suspects arrested, Xinhua said. The children were snatched in broad daylight by gang members on motorbikes, it added.Police said they did not know how many children had been abducted altogether. The abductions began in September 2008, Xinhua reported." From the BBC news page, "Police crack China baby sale gang" First paragraph.

This is inhuman and crazy. 10,000 to 20,000 people are trafficked within China every year and that the vast majority are women and children. I cannot imaging how would that happened so easily and frequently. When I finish this article I can feel how grieved those family who lost their kids or women. It's terrible.