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We are finding information about Nuclear waste,Radiation and Nuclear power. If you have any ideas/informations please comment us.

I like your re-written central idea. It is clear and very interesting. I am looking forward to learning about who you will focus on and which events. I find peacemakers and their actions very inspiring. Good luck with your research. I'm looking forward to learning more about your project as well as the other projects in the class.

Thank you for the great ideas we appreciate very much!

Your group is learning about very important things for human beings.
I think, you often hear the word "energy saving",what do you usually do at home for energy saving ?
You will find something if you check some electric or gas consumption bills.
Please ask your mom or dad and talk about the best way to cut down on use of lights and electrical devices with your family.
Do you have any Energy-Saving Products in your home?

We would like you to give us some ideas about Air pollution(PM2.5,CFC･･･ect) or about finite resources.

Thank you for inviting my son Sebastian to chat with you about his experiences at a Japanese elementary school.

Have you considered interviewing the Grade 6s to find out about their experiences over the past year as new secondary students? Have they felt included in the various aspects of life as secondary students?

Good luck with your research.

Have you considered researching what is known so far about the effects from the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster due to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami? The Japan Times and other online newspapers should have plenty of archived articles online on this topic.

Another possibility would be to learn more about the disaster at Chernobyl in Ukraine in 1986.

Good luck!

It was interesting to hear you all brainstorm today about what edits you wanted to make to your central idea!

Looking forward to see the changes.

This may impact your research plans as you move further with your project.

Keep up the good work!

We are happy that so many people responded to our unit of inquiry. Thank you.

This looks like a very good topic to explore. It's great to see these 5th graders tackling this serious issue that we face today, not only in our schools but in the communities that we live in. I'm looking forward to seeing how this team approaches this topic.

We like you to give us some ideas for our field trip and answer for our quetions.

Your central idea includes how peace and conflict affects living things. Have you thought about how you will explore this within your lines of inquiry? I look forward to finding out more - good luck!

I look forward to seeing what knowledge you uncover within your central idea and how you share your discoveries with us so we can apply this to our HIS community. Brainstorming how you will present your findings to your chosen audience will enable you to make a difference! Good luck and remember you can come to see me about any ideas you may have that you wish to implement in a creative way!

To add to Mr Exton`s comments, the Hiroshima Memorial Museum may also offer you information about the damage of nuclear radiation on us and Earth. The museum has their own website or you may want to contact them to find out if they have any specialists who can provide you with this information and see if a visit to the museum will be helpful to your research.

Have you thought about what kinds of pollution affect Hiroshima specifically and what effect that has on us? I have been watching the news about PM2.5 and would like to find out more about how this affects us in Hiroshima. Where could you find more information about this? Good luck and know you can come to see me if you would like any help or advice.

Exclusion is serious so take action by stopping it with us.

Great start.....I think your group knows a lot more about pollution than you are sharing. Are birds the only ones effected by air pollution? .....Please ask me any questions you have.

sincerely,

your Mentor

HIS Kids: It is reassuring and refreshing to find students committed to peace and justice, fairness and kindness to making the world a better place. And working to create a safe, clean, sustainable environment. Your 1000 Crane Club? Have you considered recyling trash (papers) making them into 1000 cranes of art

I'm sure that you have already checked out the books in the Library relating to your chosen subject but, if not, make sure that you read the books by Walter Enloe, a former Principal of HIS: you might also want to think about e-mailing him. Don't forget about Steven Leeper, Chair of the Peace Culture Foundation and also Chair of our Board of Directors.

I am honoured to be 'included' as your mentor: I'm really looking forward to working with you throughout this Exhibition.

To answer the questions you list at the end of your blog post why not try to chat with a science teacher or contact the Radiation Effects Research Foundation here in Hiroshima?

The Exhibition is all about collaboration and connecting to people who share your interest: have you thought about who you can work with in Hiroshima as you tackle this central idea?

This is great!Encouraging these young brains to do great works of service can not be underscored!Its great too to have women of service like Ms.Sasahara and Ms.Hoge Franz to lead these great minds,
Congrats all of you!Let the whole world learn from you!

I want to join. It looks really fun! Keep
going Crane Club~!

In this play, the mob played a major role because of how fickle they were. They easily changed their opinion on a subject depending on who last spoke and moved them whilst doing so. For example, they were first in favor of the Conspiracy's assassination of Caesar because of Brutus' speech, but as soon as Antony spoke they turned against Brutus and the Conspiracy. The fact that they were a large group made them ruthless and gave them the courage and strength to go against anything, which made them a giant threat.

I think Cassius, Caesar and Brutus were the three main tragic heroes in this play. This is because their weaknesses were what caused their death. Caesar's weakness was his arrogance, which in return made him ignore every warning thrown at him about his assassination. Cassius' weakness was that he had poor eyesight, which in return resulted in his suicide as his servant made a false assumption on a battle taking place far away. Brutus' weakness, or more of a mistake, was that he allowed Mark Antony to make a speech at Caesar's funeral, which as a consequence made the mob turn against Brutus.

I think Brutus is one of the tragic hero because he was one of the honourable man and respected by the others but after he killed Caesar, some people looked him as a traitor, not a honourable man. At the end, Brutus kills himself which made him a tragic hero.

The mob plays an important role in Julius Caesar because they represented Rome.

During the Lupercal the mob had a positive reaction to Caesar after his victory over Pompey. I think that this made the Senate worry about Caesar's popularity and his future of becoming king. This shows that the citizens of Rome had a role in Caesar's fate.

I think the mob is very important in the play because they change their opinion easily which can effect the story and the characters. For example, when Brutus made a speech at the funeral, the mob were first supporting Brutus but when Antony made a speech they changed side and supported Antony. The mob became violent and their actions led to the civil war.

The mob is significant in the play as as a mass, they have a great influence on the events that occur in the Roman Empire and its political situation. Most importantly, when Mark Antony speaks at the funeral, their anger and actions lead to political unrest, death if an innocent poet, civil war, and makes the conspirators become officially the "bad guys".

Also, the fact that the mob's fickle actions lead to a greater event shows insight to how we can see that significant events are caused due to many things that people may see as "insignificant".

Most importantly, Brutus is the tragic hero of this play as he truly believed that his actions were the right thing, but his actions were what led to his demise and death. Although his actions in killing Caesar could be considered noble, in the end, his naivety in allowing Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral and his idealistic actions was what led to his death and defeat in Philippi.

Arguably, Julius Caesar can also be called a tragic hero as his arrogance and ambition in having most power in the Roman Empire was what led to the conspirators killing him. However, I personally feel he isn't a tragic hero as his death was not only his fault, but also due to the conspirators' (mostly Cassius') envy of his power.

I think that the mob is an important part to the play in "Julius Caesar" because it shows the reaction of the crowd to the important events such as the defeat of Pompey and the speech by Brutus and Antony. It shows the perspective of what the people from the outside (people who are not involved with the conspirator) felt toward the situation. The mob would also connect to Shakespeare's day as many people were worried about who would take the lead after Queen Elizabeth. Shakespeare might have used the mob in order to connect the audience in Shakespeare's day to the play.

I think that Brutus is the main tragic hero in Julius Caesar.
Brutus wanted to stop Caesar from taking over because he was convinced that a king would be bad for the country. I think that one of his tragic flaw is that he is extremely dedicated to his country. Although he did murder Caesar it was for the good of Rome. Later on, I think Brutus realized that Caesar was a good leader and he felt regret and killed himself. “Farewell Strato. Caesar now be still; I killed not thee with half so good a will.”

I think that Brutus was one of the tragic heroes because he was kind enough to allow Antony speak to the crowd at Julius Caesar's funeral and convince the crowd to go against Brutus. If Brutus had not allowed Antony to speak, Brutus would have been the leader and Brutus would not have killed himself during the civil war.
Julius Caesar is another example of a tragic hero as he had defeated Peompey and became a great general of the war. He was heroic enough to refuse the stance as a emperor of Rome; however, his arrogance toward the conspirators and the soothsayer had cause his death in the end.
Portia is a minor character; however, Portia can be seen as a tragic hero as she was worried and wanted attention from Brutus, which had caused her to suicide by eating hot coals.

The mob is pretty important in the play as it controls the flow of events. They are fickle, and when Caesar is assassinated, Brutus justifies his actions and the mob accepts it, but the Antony comes and makes Brutus a traitor. Their behaviours change the atmosphere and events.

I think that it is Brutus who is the tragic hero. He believed that he was acting for the best of Rome when he assassinated Caesar - he didn't have an interest in taking power himself. He also fought well in the war, but died unfortunately. I think that his weakness was that he killed Caesar even though he was loyal to him.

Frace I chose France because the lagest contry in weast Erop has been a gateway between the contrys.
1offical name repoplic;Freanch
2Capital ;Paris
3population;64,057,791

I choose space because I never went to space so I choose.
1.In space there is many kind of planet like Pluto .
2.I have being dreaming many thing about space .
3.In space there is no oxygen so I want to know how they breath.

i choese exploring space because in space some people said thir is ther is a black holl. And only once i want to go the space.
Fact:
1.they has 8 planet.
2.the only 1 planet it has ring around the planet.

I chose India because it is very enteresting and ancient.

Facts:

1.For the Indians animal life was very important
2.They even can wonder off to other streats and sometimes causes trafic jams!
3.Indians can save 65,000 animsls even river dolphins and rinos!

I chose the topic, "how to make an exploding star" because I wanted to know how to make a star explode,I wanted to become an astronaut and why is the universe expanding bigger and bigger!

1. Exploding stars release huge amount of energy, therefore, we can not do this experiment in the earth because this could danger the whole solar system, so some scientist works about a star exploding in a lab.

2. They put electricity into a tube that has a huge amount of energy, 20 times bigger than that flowing electricity of the U.S. And then, they made this tube targeted and exploded by the lazer.

3. Before this experiment, the scientist need to wear special kind of suits to protect themselves from the strongest lazer in the world.

4. When the lazer hits the tube, and tears the atoms apart in it, the tube begin to melt down, pulls the energy from the inside and explode like a real dying star.

Machu Picchu, Peru, South America
What is Machu Picchu? It was an Inca royal retreat, which is like a luxury resort and restplace for the priests and the royal Inca family.
It was built by the Incas more than 500 years ago. It was rediscovered by Hiram Bingham 100 years ago.

I chose Machu Picchu because:
- it has an altitude of 2,400 metres
- it is so quiet and far away from other places you feel like you are in the time of the Incas
- in its buildings all its stones were fitten in very carefully together like a jigsaw puzzle
- I went there and it was beautiful

U.K (United Kingdom)

I chose the U.K because I am british as well as japanese. The U.K is made out of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Facts about the U.K

-The U.K has the population 60, 020, 000 people
-In the1950 and the 1960`s, people from former colonies in the Caribbeans, Africa and Asia came to the U.K to work.
-The U.K is one of the strongest economys on Earth.
-The U.K only English.

I chose to explore Argentina because I have a best friend that lives in Argentina and his name is Ichiro. Scond reason is because I never went to Argentina so I want to learn about Argentina and what aroud Argentina.

Here is a few fact that I learn and explore on the site.

1.Argentina is a vast country located in the southern part of South America.
2.Argentina is bordered by the Andes Mountains and Chile to the west.
3.In the north,there are many large cat species such as the cougar,jaguar,and the ocelot.
4.The highest mountain in the Andes range is the Cerro Aconcagua which peaks at 22,384feet[6,960metres.

Thank you for looking at my comment!

by Kaito

The earth won't last for ever. We need to find another plant that we can breath eat and survive.Pluto was discovered in 1930. Pluto was a planet for 76 years until reclassified as dwarf planet so we can't live on pluto so we may have to go out of our galaxy and find a new plant that we can breath,eat and survive.there is no more planets in our solar system that we can live on.

facts-

-pluto is like a moon
-there are many planets more than we know
-in space we can't breath so we have to bring oxygen so we can breath
-some day I want to go to space and float.
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United States of America(U.S.A)

I was born in Hawaii, which is in America. I know a lot about America.
America is the 3rd largest country and almost the 3rd most popular country.

Facts:
-The bald eagal is the national bird and symbol of America so they are protected.
-Early in the 17th century Europeans came to the New World, America.
-There are lots of different landscapes in America such as jungles, mountains, deserts, and a lot more.
-In America they use two languages-(most popular)English and Spanish.
-Now America has lots of people around the world(immigrants).

I chose to expiore Spain because I didn't went to many different place so I decided that I shoud learn many places before I will go so Spain was one my place that I didn't go so I choose Spain to explore.

Facts
1Plants and trees grow so well on the northwestern coast.
2Spain is an inportant resting spot for migratory birds.
3More than 500,000 people died in the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s.

This is what I learnt in the site of Kids. I think I can learn more information about Spain some day.

Your style is so unique in comparison to other folks I've read stuff from. Thank you for posting when you've got the opportunity, Guess I'll just book mark this page.

I chose Denmark because I wanted to know
about Denmark. Facts about animals:The
largest animal in Demark is the red deer.
And there are 300 birds in Demark.
Facts about people: Pepole lived in Demark
around 50,000 B.C. The capital city of
Demark is Copenhagen is to morre than 1
million people. Fats about food:Open
sandwitch in Denmark is called smorrebood.

I chose China because it has a lot of exploration with in it.
Here are some Facts about China:

1.China has one of the oldest civilization on earth.

2.The chinese invented paper,magnetic compass,silk and other important things.

3.The population is around 1,306,313,812. Wow!
Thank you!