AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! VIKINGS!!!!!

Dear Friend,
Right now I'm working on vikings, and I wanted to give you something like a tour of what they did, what they ate, and where they lived,etc. So, let the tour begin!

 This is a virtual layout that we think a viking village would look like.

people rebuilt what their idea of a viking home, with a grass thatched roof.

This is a inside of a viking home. They put cots up for them to sleep on, a small table, and their clothes

This is a viking ship. They have spots for the rowers to sit and row. They had a lot of rowers to move the big   ship

They had a wood dragon head at one end of the ship.

This is what men would wear.

And this is what women would wear.

This is a viking helmet. Belive it or not not all viking helmets had horns.

This is some of the weapons that they used.

And last but not least (because they would die if they didn't eat) their food.

OK that was the tour! I hope you liked it! If you want to learn more about  vikings then click on this link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/
Keep on checking in the mail!
Ali

King Arthur

Dear friend,
This time for history I decided to do a collage* on: King Arthur. OK this is short because I'm doing a collage but keep on looking out for my letter in the mail!
Ali  
* A collage is a whole bunch of pictures tell a story.

Exploding film canisters!

Dear friend,
I made things explode this week! I made a film canister rocket. It was really fun. Here I'll teach you how to do it:
You will need:
Empty film canister
Alka-seltzer
Hot water
paper for the outside (optional) ( I don't recommend this because the paper rips easily when wet)
Safety glasses

Put the hot water half way in the film canister and then put the Alka-seltzer tablet in the canister. Now, you have to be quick when you put on the lid or it won't pop up because there won't be any pressure in the canister. Once you have the lid  on and it's on the ground run back as fast as you can so it won't hit you.
O.K this is how it works, the chemicals in the tablets react with the water, then the pressure builds up which makes the canister fly up in the air! O.K I have to go. Keep checking the mail!
Ali