What We Don’t Really Know About Tarantulas
By Joshua Martarella, Stone Valley Middle School, Walnut Creek, CA
James Bond is my favorite movie series and when I saw a tarantula climb over his arm and all over his body while he was lying down on his bed and then James Bond killed it, I thought wow, these guys must be really deadly if they put them in a James Bond movie, so I kind of feared them. If they weren’t deadly, why would they do that in the movie?
A few weekends ago, I went up to the Henry Coe State Park (southeast of San Jose) for the Tarantula Festival. At first, I didn’t want to touch one, but then I saw another guy holding one and I thought, well if he can do it, so can I. So I let one crawl over my hand, and it wasn’t bad. When they crawl on you, they’re just as light as a feather. They’re not scary looking, just very furry and a little ticklish. Then I let it climb all over me, even on my face, because it wasn’t so bad, and it was even fun. They’re really not going to bite you. They want to keep on walking and will only bite you if you try to restrain them.
So – you know how people think they know so much about nature and they’re afraid of some things? Well, it’s not true about tarantulas. We think we know that they’re scary and dangerous, but it isn’t true at all. They won’t even harm you, unless you harm them. So – I wonder what else we really don’t know about nature.
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Video interview with Gary Gerber, CEO and President of Sun Light and Power Company
By Sandra Nguyen, Piedmont HS, Piedmont CA (Click HERE to see the movie.)
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"Santa Cruz Tree"
By Mara Constantine
Acalanes HS
Lafayette, CA
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"Bird"
By Mara Constantine
Acalanes HS
Lafayette, CA
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Aquatic Park in Berkeley - Restoration KickOff Day, September 2005
This Video is a submission from K.C. Gardner, 10th grade biology student at Piedmont High School.
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Poetry
“The Legend of the Toothpick”
By
John Triebsch, Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School, Moraga CA
They go back to birch trees,
Shedding and peeling.
Standing tall among the shrubbery,
Until humans got wise on dental care.
In the north they were chopped and cut.
Then they were hauled away.
Their lives over,
Steamed and veered.
Stamped and fed into rounders.
You can find them in restaurants,
At your house,
And even in science class.
Strong and thin,
Sharp and pointed.
Shadows of what they once were.
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"Birds"
By Mara Constantine
Acalanes HS
Lafayette, CA
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“Mother Nature
By
Deena Duffy, Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School, Moraga CA
Mother Nature is a woman
Not too short, not too tall.
Her body is a strong tree
Carefully rooted to the ground, all around her, things grow.
Her hair, branches, mingles with the night sky,
Small stars braided in
Wrapped around a giant blue moon.
Her belly is large and pregnant,
Her womb holding the world.
She looks upon us with a motherly smile,
Then she looks up
And you can see the pain in her eyes
A single tear trickles down her cheek.
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"Summer Rodent "
By Dasha B
Monte Vista H.S.
Danville, Ca.
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