PLP 8 Oregon Book

At Fort Stevens, I learned that in the wars, there were underground bunkers where many rooms were located. These bunkers were called batteries. The battery we toured was battery Michler. In these batteries, the rooms all served a significant usage. Throughout the batteries, there were tubes connected through the rooms. These tubes are called talking tubes. Talking tubes are used as a form of communication between all of the rooms. There was a variety of rooms in these batteries. There was the powder room, where heavy bags of powder were stored and taken up to the cannons. There was also the main communication room, where there were talking tubes that connected to every room. Overall, batteries were very cool places and I am very grateful to be able to have taken a tour in one of them.

I, Jason Guan, am not an award winning author. I’m not a celebrity either. I am currently a 12 year old nobody living in North Vancouver. I also really like octopuses. 

Hatfield Marine Science Center Estuary Investigation 🦐🦐

I think that citizen science is important and good because of a variety of reasons. First of all, you don’t need a lot of special training to do it. Second, it can be very helpful because you can have many people working on a project. Also, the citizens themselves could provide and/or find out crucial information. Finally, you can have a ton of people helping out as volunteers on a massive project. An example of this is when 225 volunteers collected rain samples to help the Audubon Society in an acid rain awareness campaign.

The reason that the cheese factory was founded in Tillamook is because of the climate. The climate in Tillamook is perfect for raising cows because of the great grass. This grass is great for raising cows because of Tillamook’s cool, wet climate. These conditions have a great effect on the grass, which has a major effect on the cows. The grass is very nutritious and makes the cow’s milk perfect for making cheese.

Replace this shape with your own picture of the Astoria Column.

The Astoria Column is 125 feet tall and is covered on the outside by a mural that depicts significant events in Oregon’s history.

A Freize/Layer depicting me learning to swim                           Age 6

In this book, some pages will have an icon that looks like this.

This is the button that plays the music. I highly recommend that you play this music as you go through the pages. Unfortunately, the music stops whenever you listen to something else, such as the cheese noise, so if you wish to hear the music that I have selected, you will have to press each button individually. However, the music is different for each section, so you won’t have to listen to the exact same song for the whole book. Enjoy! - Jason

The reason that you aren’t allowed to bring back rocks from Yaquinna Head is because it is believed that bringing home the rocks is bad luck. There are firsthand accounts of people having nothing but bad luck after they bring home these rocks.

Depoe Bay is known as the smallest navigatable harbor. On March 11, 2001, the port was damaged by a tsunami caused by an earthquake off the coast of Japan.

Hatfield Marine Science Center Visitors Center 🐙🐙

The tsunami machine in the visitor is to educate people about tsunamis. Tsunamis are very dangerous natural disasters capable of destroying buildings within seconds. Because of the danger of tsunamis, the people at Hatfield are trying to educate people about the dangers of tsunamis.

I think that activities like zip lining are important to small towns because of a variety of reasons. First, the activity would bring in money for the city. Also, It brings in tourists and could possibly put the city. If the city were to become famous, the city would bring in even more money from all of the tourists. Lastly, it provides something interesting for the locals to do, so that they don’t get super bored.

Hatfield Marine Science Center Speedy Science 🦀🦀

Our group’s question was if the number of legs affected the speed of the crabs. Our hypothesis for our experiment was that crabs with more legs were faster because they had extra power and could take more strides. During and after our experiment, we found out that without pressure, crabs with more legs went faster. However, crabs missing legs under pressure went just as fast as the crabs with more legs. From the data we collected, we found out that normally, crabs missing legs went slower, but under pressure, they went just as fast.

Travelling South with a stop at Cabela&apos;s!🦌🔫

Columbia River Maritime Museum Crossing the Bar Section 🌊🛥

If it was up to me, I would not cross the bar. I now know that the bar is one of the most dangerous places in the pacific. It is dangerous because of the massive waves and unpredictability. I also know that there is the “Graveyard of the Pacific”. The Graveyard is where hundreds and hundreds of sunken ships lie. Most of the ships in the Graveyard are from the pounding waves of the Columbia River Bar. Overall, I would not cross the bar simply because of the unpredictability and the record of sunken ships.

I think that the Audubon Society is very important for a variety of reasons. First of all, they have a  clinic to take care of sick or injured animals. This is important because people now have a place to take injured animals they find instead of trying to take matters into their own hands. Another reason that the Audubon Society is important is because they are educating children. They have tours and special programs for any school groups to educate kids about their work so that the kids understand birds and wildlife better. The Audubon Society is also important because they provide a safe place for birds and wildlife. In the sanctuary, birds can be free and safe from the dangers of predators and hunting. Finally, the Audubon provides a safe place for birds that are imprinted on humans. As we learned with Aristophanes and Julio, birds can be imprinted on humans. The Audubon is a safe place for birds that are imprinted on humans because of their friendly staff and 24/7 care.

Cannon Beach is most well known for Haystack Rock. It is sometimes called the third largest intertidal rock in the world.

🤖🛠Hatfield Marine Science Center R.O.V. Challenge 🕹🔧

The ROV challenge was great. I think that there were were 2 areas that we could have improved. The first thing that I would improve would be our motor placement. Our motor was tilted at an angle, which we thought would make it got up and down faster. Long story short, it did not. All that it did was make it harder for us to go up and down. I would make adjustments to the motor placement to make it easier to go up and down. Our second issue was our magnet placement. Because it was placed sideways and not out, it had very short range, which ended up in us having to get super close to the objects to pick them up. Fortunately, midway through the challenge, we made an adjustment. We moved our magnet so that it was sticking outwards instead of sideways. This was a major improvement. We went from 2 points to 6. Overall, I think we did pretty good in the challenge. The areas that I would improve would just make it better than it already is.

Columbia River Maritime Museum First Nations Section 🛶

The Chinooks were doing just fine before the Europeans arrived. The Chinooks’ lives revolved around the Red Cedar. They used the Cedar for many things. A log could be used to make a canoe. Planks could build a house or a box to store things. The fibres could be woven into clothing for the people. When the Europeans arrived, the Chinooks’ world was turned around. Their trade system drastically changed. They also had new beliefs and messed up their world. The remaining Chinooks are now trying to reignite the spark of their civilization.

I am excited to see the Astoria Column because it is a famous landmark in Oregon and is very well known. I think that it is very cool because of the artwork on the sides. It seems very interesting because of all of the different layers depicting important events. It would be very cool to climb all the way up the column. The view at the top of the column would be beautiful.

The animal that I would like to see in Oregon is the killer whale, AKA the orca. I would like to see one of these fascinating creatures because of several reasons. They are smart and can work together to capture prey. They can also very social. An orca is an apex predator, which means that they are at the top of the food chain. No other animals prey on orcas. Orcas are also very beautiful creatures. It would be great if I could see one of these creatures.

Fun Fact: Grey Whales And Orcas are the most common types of whales near the Oregon Coast. 🐳 

🐟🐡🐠Oregon Coast Aquarium 🦈🐬

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