Zoos Are Cruel I absolutely believe that animals should not be kept in zoos and here are my reasons why; no hunting rights, small enclosures and an unnatural environment. First, predatory animals don’t have the right to hunt. Lions should have the right to hunt live prey released into their enclosure, not wait for zookeepers to drop a bunch of meat into their enclosure. The animals are forced to live entirely unnatural lives.They spend their whole lives walking around a miniscule enclosure which leads to my next reason why animals should not be kept in zoos. Small enclosures.The tiny size of the enclosure causes animals to be squeezed into a tiny, barley natural environment where they can’t leave their homes because they are surrounded by bars on all four sides and The cage is so small that it’s like locking someone in a house,on a cold day with a window open and no heating on.It’s like living in prison and that brings us to the final reason why animals should not be kept in zoos. Unnatural conditions which make animals feel uncomfortable because their enclosure is nothing like their habitat. For example with the tiger they when then they are shoved into a zoo where it may not rain for weeks. And it gets worse with reptiles because they can’t leave their heat lamps for most of the day because it’s too cold. So all you zoo lovers have been beaten. And don’t forget that zoos are cruel,not cool because of the reasons above.

The world’s most mathematical flag

Step 1

draw a line.We will call that line ab

Step 2

draw a line up from point

a which will be 3/5 ths the length of line.this is line ac

Step 3

draw an identical line parallel to line ac starting at point b and that line is line bd

Step 4

connect points c and d with a line. that is line cd

Step 5

draw a line down the horizontal line of symmetry. That is line ef

step 6

draw a line 1/60th the length of line ab from the middle of line ab

keep it straight and stop at the horizontal line of symmetry

Step 7

draw a line on the other side of the middle of line ab

to line ef.the flag should be vertically symmetrical

Step 8

make the middle of line ab point g

Step 9

The point g is on the x axis 0

draw a parabola with this graphing formula y=0.1x squared

Step 10 extend the parallel lines by 50% and draw a arc half the size of the

parabola on the bottom of the flag with the formula y=-0.1x squared

Step 11

split the parallel lines in 2 and curve it in a quarter circle where the top of the circle is ¾ 0f the way between line ef and line cd and continue on for as long as the outer curve of the quarter circle

Step 12

draw fern leaves where the first leaf is 4 times bigger than the last so they neatly slope from big to small

Step 13

Draw small stars in the bottom corners

Step 14

in the upper corners draw stars enlarged by a scale factor of 2

Step 15

draw a line ⅓ of the length of line ef and at the end draw korus and it starts  at the middle of the flag sloping at 15 degrees

Step 16

Draw another koru which is the mirror of the last koru you drew

step 17

youre done

1.The year is 2100.News is all about environmental troubles.Huge heat waves swamp the land.Most animals have become extinct and a  giant environmental crisis is taking over the earth like a huge blaze.This change must have been caused by something or someone.Who is guilty.Humans. you and me and our families. It was caused by global warming. 2.So what is global warming.It is caused by gases like co2 methane and laughing gas,often referred to as greenhouse gases and humans produce so much greenhouse gases it is equivalent to thirty billion and yes i’m saying billion tons of carbon dioxide, enough to fill a tube of the gas a meter in diameter to saturn and back 3.And that whopping amount of gas can cause a super sized problem.The world is warming up and other human activities are making it worse like chopping down trees is releasing billions of tons of co2 not to mention the extinction of over 10000 species of animals annually and do you think that killing thousands of species a year is ok? no it absolutely is not and you better listen because 4.we could even kill off the human race!And you can stop all this idiocy in its tracks.Maybe you will announce a global warming action plan.Or maybe you won’t. But there are still plenty of ways that we can  help from planting a vegetable garden to installing solar panels,from cutting your power usage to stopping poachers or maybe planting back some of the trees some guys absent mindedly chopped down.If you do something you will be a hero but if we all do something we will become superheroes.

5. Though industrial causes are not the only causes.Agriculture even though you may think it is not polluting it accounts for more emissions than all the transport systems on earth.And the most polluting of these agricultural perils is a funny one.Cow farts cause methane emissions. 6.because methane is 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide it is much more troublesome.And because of the sheer number of cows which is over a billion it accounts for more emissions than all planes,trains and boats combined.So what will we do with the cows?Use the methane to power a city and use the water for cows to drink. 7.if we all co- operate all our fears will be gone in 5 year’s time and you can say you helped to save billions of lives.but if we don’t co-operate we could face human extinction.so it is up to you. 8. This is your speech presenter simon signing off and remember to use my tips next time you step into a bland empty garden without any vegetable patches.you can stop all this trouble in it’s tracks..

The Dead Forest

   
    As you enter you feel the desolation and see all the long-dead trees. A dim sunlight peers through a thin blanket of scattered clouds. The cold wind winds through the trees like an orangutan but other than that it is as quiet as an ocean trench. 
The speckled ground blends with the bleached sky to make it as brilliant as the Grand Canyon.
If you live in the heart of a busy city, this desert is another planet.If you like adventures as well as the rural feeling and amazing terrain features,this is your ideal holiday destination.

 
written by Simon
edited by Victor

Kaila and I were cruising high above the Canterbury plains when BANG! The APU had exploded in a tremendous blast and the plane had lost control. It slammed into the mountainside in a frightening jolt and skidded down it like a giant sled. The snow that engulfed the plane was a polar blizzard.Then a rumble came and the glacier that we were skidding over was cracking.The plane crashed into the forest at highway speeds and collapsed all the seats and caused luggage to rain from the carry on lockers. Eventually the two minutes of skidding was over but it felt like years. The plane was a smoldering wreck. The whole back end had been wrecked and it smelled of dead corpses. The tail was gone and it must have been decimated and fallen far beyond the horizon. Emergency salvaging was needed. We needed to get as much as possible before the fuel vapour ignites  and obliterates anything within a mile.”I will salvage as much as possible into our bags and Kaila you’ll collect water from the glacial rivers”. Then we will make shelter for the night. Deep in the bush in a clearing I met with Kaila. A smoldering plane was in the distance and a trail of destruction as far as the eye can see. Here we will make a camp. Easily spotable by air traffic, good water supply and no dense bush. Dinner was nearing.The salvaged airline meals would suffice but they lacked fruit and veggies.There was enough for 4 days but the fruit and veggie would have to