Assalamoalaikum (Peace be upon you)

I am a child who likes blogging and Scratch. I like reading and writing. This blog is for sharing my creations and activities, so stay tuned!

Wednesday 30 December 2015

New Stuff?!

Assalamoalaikum! These days, I've been thinking to make many different blogs for different subjects and topics. You may want to take a look at these, since I won't be active anymore(Oh yeah, I said ANYMORE, and by that I mean NO MORE.).

Here are the blogs.




4. Anymore topics? xDD


Monday 30 November 2015

Mariana Trench

Mariana Trench:

The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest known part of the world's oceans. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. The trench is about 2,550 kilometres (1,580 mi) long but has an average width of only 69 kilometres (43 mi). It reaches a maximum-known depth of 10,994 m (± 40 m) or 6.831 mi (36,070 ± 131 ft) at the Challenger Deep, a small slot-shaped valley in its floor, at its southern end, although some unrepeated measurements place the deepest portion at 11.03 kilometres (6.85 mi).

At the bottom of the trench the water column above exerts a pressure of 1,086 bars (15,750 psi), over 1000 times the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level. At this pressure, the density of water is increased by 4.96%, making 95 litres of water under the pressure of the Challenger Deep contain the same mass as 100 litres at the surface. The temperature at the bottom is 1 to 4 °C.

The trench is not the part of the seafloor closest to the center of the Earth. This is because the Earth is not a perfect sphere; its radius is about 25 kilometres (16 mi) less at the poles than at the equator.[5] As a result, parts of the Arctic Ocean seabed are at least 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) closer to the Earth's center than the Challenger Deep seafloor.

Xenophyophores have been found in the trench by Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers at a record depth of 10.6 km (6.6 mi) below the sea surface. On 17 March 2013, researchers reported data that suggested microbial life forms thrive within the trench.




The picture shows how deep the trench is. Click on it to look at it closer.


Life in Mariana Trench:

The expedition conducted in 1960 observed (with great surprise because of the high pressure) at the bottom large living creatures such as a flatfish about 30 cm (1 ft) long, and a shrimp.According to Piccard, "The bottom appeared light and clear, a waste of firm diatomaceous ooze".Many marine biologists are now skeptical of the supposed sighting of the flatfish, and it is suggested that the creature may instead have been a sea cucumber.

During the second expedition, the unmanned vehicle Kaikō collected mud samples from the seabed. Tiny organisms were found to be living in those samples.

In July 2011, a research expedition deployed untethered landers, called dropcams, equipped with digital video and lights to explore this region of the deep sea. Amongst many other living organisms, some gigantic single-celled amoebas with a size of more than 4 in (10 cm), belonging to the class of xenophyophores were observed. Xenophyophores are noteworthy for their size, their extreme abundance on the seafloor and their role as hosts for a variety of organisms.


In December 2014, a new species of snailfish was discovered at a depth of 8,145 m (26,722 ft), breaking the previous record for the deepest living fish seen on video. Several other new species were also filmed, including huge crustaceans known as supergiants.


Geography:

The Mariana Trench is part of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana subduction system that forms the boundary between two tectonic plates. In this system, the western edge of one plate, the Pacific Plate, is subducted (i.e., thrust) beneath the smaller Mariana Plate that lies to the west. Crustal material at the western edge of the Pacific Plate is some of the oldest oceanic crust on earth (up to 170 million years old), and is therefore cooler and more dense; hence its great height difference relative to the higher-riding (and younger) Mariana Plate. The deepest area at the plate boundary is the Mariana Trench proper.


The movement of the Pacific and Mariana plates is also indirectly responsible for the formation of the Mariana Islands. These volcanic islands are caused by flux melting of the upper mantle due to release of water that is trapped in minerals of the subducted portion of the Pacific Plate.

Tuesday 24 November 2015

Books for EXCHANGE!

My books (For exchange):

So, I've read a lot of books lately, and now ALL of them are finished. So now, I've thought of a book exchange thing, which might be getting me more books plus you getting to read more books.

All the books are listed below.

A/ Classic Stories for Girls:



Classic Stories for Girls is an enchanting collection of timeless tales from favourite authors including Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgoson Burnett, Kenneth Grahame, and Louisa May Alcott. A host of beautiful illustration offers a vivid taste of some of the best-loved characters in litrature.


B/ Nancy Drew series:
Nancy Drew series are for 8-13 year olds. The mystery series are awesome, so if you like mystery and detective books(plus fiction!), these are for you!

Books:
1/ Secret of the old Clock
2/ The Hidden Staicase
3/ The Bungalow Mystery
4/ Secret of Shadow Ranch
5/ Red Gate Farm
6/ Great Lakes
7/ Shady Glen
8/ Lost Song
9/ Emerald Lady
10/ The Vanishing Veil

Nancy is a girl of 18, and her father is a famous lawyer in River Heights.

Author:Carolyn Keene

C/Hardy Boys series:
Just like Nancy Drew, these are for 8-13 years. These are mystery series, too! And fiction!

Books:
1/ Tower Treasure
2/ House on the Cliff
3/ The Secret of the Screeching Owl
4/ Secret of the old Mill
5/ Hostages of Hate
6/ Tagged for Terror

Joe and Frank Hardy are sons of a famous detective in Bayport. Together, they solve some baffling mysteries!

Author:Franklin W. Dixon

D/ Books by Enid Blyton:

These books are for 7-13 year olds, and OF-COURSE, the are mystery and dectective stories! And they are fiction, too!

D1/ The Five Find-Outers:

1/ Mystery of the Hidden House
2/ Mystery of the Strange Bundle
3/ Mystery of the Stange Messages
4/ Mystery of the Spiteful Letters

D2/ Barney Mysteries:  - The Ring-O-Bells Mystery

D3/ St.Claires:

1/ Twins at St.Claires
2/ Second form at St.Claires

D4/ The Farway Tree: -  Folk of the Faraway Tree

D5/ The Adventurous Four:  -  Stranded!

D6/ Secret Seven :Secret Seven Fireworks

D7/ The Secret of Killimoin


Now, as you may have noticed, I LOVE mystery/thriller books! So, I'd preferably like mystery books for exchange but I am also open to other good books.

Thanks!

Monday 26 October 2015

How is Rainfall Measured?

Questions:


Q:In [insert name here]'s city, there was 4.32 centimeters of rainfall. In [insert name here]'s city there was 5.99 centimeters of rainfall. How many more centimeters of rain were there is in [insert name here]'s city than in [insert name here]'s city?

What you say:

"HEEEH! EASIE PEASIE! *You do some subtraction* DONEE! MUM/TEACHER! I'M DONE!"

What your Mum/Teacher says:

"Good girl/boy!"

Your thoughts:

"Errrr... Whats rainfall in centimeters?"

My reply (I READ YOUR THOUGHTS!! XD):

(WARNING: VERY EXCITING! DO NOT  TRY THIS AT HOME! XD)

Rain gauges are thought to be the most ancient weather instruments, and there believed to be used in India more than 2000 years ago! A rain gauge is just a cylinder that catches rain.  If an inch collects in the cylinder, it means an inch of rain has fallen. It's that simple! Most of the standard rain gauges have a wide funnel on the top leading into a beaker like tube that has measurements. Rainfall as low as .01 inches can be measured with this instrument! 

In the more modern era, a common rain gauge is called the tipping bucket type. A bucket doesn't really tip—a pair of small receiving funnels alternate in the collection of the rain. When one fills up with water, it tips and spills out, and the other comes into place to do the collecting. These little funnels tip each time rainfall amounts to .01 inches. The tip triggers a signal that is transmitted and recorded.

So, what about snowfall? The gauges are heated, and when the snow falls into these heated gauges, it turns to water. Of course, snow is just frozen water.
Of course, these rain gauges have a problem when the temperature drops below freezing, so the standard versions are heated for the occasion.

This is what a rain gauge looks like:

Rain gaugerainfall measurements.

The snow depth is deretmined the old-fashioned way-by measuring it.

The depth of snow is determined by taking an average of three of more spots, and sticking a ruler into the snow, and the depth is recorded. Because of blowing, the determination of three of more representive spots is not always easy. You may think there is a better way, but there really isn't.

What you reply:

"Wow! I never thought of that! I was always confused at this rainfall measuring thing!"

Me:

"It was easy, but I just learnt it now!"


Thank you for reading!

Monday 24 August 2015

Cookies!

Yesterday, we made some cookies, so I thought we should sheare the recipe with all of you!!! So, these are how they looked:


So, let's go over the ingrdients:
4 oz soft margarine or butter
4 oz brown or white sugar
8 oz plain flour
1 egg
pinch of salt

Method:
1.Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius.
2.Beat the margarine or butter with the sugar.
3.Add the egg to the butter sugar mixture then beat.
4.Sift in flour and salt then mix to form a dough.
5.Roll out and cut into shapes.
6.Bake at a 190 degree celcius oven for about 15 minutes.


Enjoy!

Sunday 23 August 2015

Pizza!

Yesterday, we felt like ordering a pizza. Instead we chose to make it a bit healthier by baking it at home. I thought it would be great to share the recipe with you! It turned out to be near-perfect (the dough was a bit on the thicker side). Had we rolled it a bit thinner, it would have been perfect. So, this is how it looked:


So, lets go over the ingredients:

2 cups flour
1 egg (You can omit if you want to)
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1.5 tsp instant yeast 
1.5 tbsp milk powder
3 tbsp oil
Mozzerella cheese/cheddar cheese
Toppings (Chicken, pepperoni, vegetables)
Pizza or tomato sauce

Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celcius.
2. Mix all the ingredients into dough. (except for cheese, toppings and sauce),
3. Knead and put into a bowl.
4. Cover with Plastic wrap or cling film (no foil), and let sit for 2 hours in a warm place.
5. After 2 hours, take out and knead again.
6. Roll until thin. The thickness depends on individual choice. I prefer thinner side. 
7. Spread pizza sauce, and add toppings. We made a mistake by adding the toppings before cheese, so add the cheese before the toppings to give a more pleasing look.
8.Bake at 200 degrees celcius for 10 mins.

Enjoy a healthier pizza.

Saturday 22 August 2015

Gadgets for Your Blog

Starting a blog? Here are some ideas to decorate it!

How to add a background:


First, If you have just started a blog, you need to decorate it to make it look nice and beautiful. First thing, The background. First, visit your blog. Then, once you open it, you will see a bar on top. Go to the design part, like this one:

Then, click on Design and you will see something like:

Once you click on Customize, something new will come, like this:

Then, you can use the tabs and everything on the sides and decorate your blog!


How to add gadgets: 


Gadgets are an important part of your blog. It is NOT a must, but it makes your blog look nice. If you want to add gadgets like these:

and this:
and this:

and one more, like this:

So now, I will show you how to do these.
1.Go to Blogger.
2.Click this thing on the top:

Then you will see a scroll down thing, like this:

Click Pages, and something like this will pop up:


Click New Page, and type what ever you want. You can make an about me, coming soon, and more pages.
Then, you will publish it, and go to the gadgets page. There will be no need to go to blooger again. Just use the side bar, click Layout and do whatever you want! So first, when you go there, you will see somethings like this:



Then, something like this will pop up:
Scroll down to see a gadget called 'Pages' like this one:
Once you click it, something like this will come:
Then, you can add it and done!



You can use the same thing to add the others. Go to layout, click add a gadget wherever you want, and do the same!

Thanks for reading this HUGE tutorial and taking the time to do this! ~Maryam

Tuesday 18 August 2015

Cells?

Cells are the building block of life. All living things are made of cells. Some living things are uni-cellular (like bacteria or ameoba) and others are multi-cellular (like humans, animals and plants).

I was going through the chapter of cells in my science book and thought that I will post something from this interesting and amazing part of us.

While a cell has many different sub-parts known as organelles, following are some of the major organelles:

1. Mitochondria - are like the chemical in the digestive system of the cell converting food into energy
2.Nucleus - is like the brain of the cell, controlling all activities of the cell.
3.Vacuole - is a storage water and nutrients
4.Cytoplasm - is the fluid on which all the other parts swim (or move around)
5.Cell wall / cell membrane - is like the skin allowing only food to enter and waste to exit
6. Chloroplast - contains chlorophyll for use with sublight for making food.



Can you find the difference between these Plant and Animal cells? Please mention your answers in the comments.



Sunday 16 August 2015

Interview Me!

Hello! Today I'll be doing an interview with my self! Tell me what your answers would be to these questions in the comments!



Q:What was the last great book you read?

A:Ummmm..... It was "Nancy Drew in 'The Case of the Lost Song.' "



Q:What was the last worst book you read?

A:None. I love books, especially which are mystery or adventure related!



Q:What do you want to be when you grow up? What is your ambition?

A:I want to be a Chef or a Scientist.



Q:What's your favorite toy when you were younger?

A:Dolls and Teddy bears.



Q:What is your favorite toy now?

A:None. I don't really like toys now.



Q:What has been the biggest challeng you've ever faced?

A:Losing my best friend.



Q:What is your favorite TV/YouTube show?

A:My favorite TV show is Art Attack(and if you say it fast, it sounds like Heart Attack!) And favorite YouTube show is Nerdy Nummies, MyCupcakeAddiction, and How to Cook That.


Q:What do you think is the best website right now?

A:Scratch! I wrote a review in one of the blog posts. 


Q:What is your top tip for someone just starting a blog?

A:Write a favorite Recipe or favorite craft. Tell the instructions and how it will look.


Q:What is your earliest memeory?

A:My going to my father when I got hurt and saying "look dad, I got hurt." and he said "wow, thats really nice!" then I yelled "I GOT HURT!"



Q:Which sports are the best?

A:Playing ball and cricket!(If Pakistan loses, I hate it!)



Q:If you could invent a gadget, what would it be?

A:A time machine! And a gadget that would stop pollution!



Q:If you could go back to any point in history, where would you go?

A:To the time of our Prophet.



Q:What's your favorite food?

A:Spagetti


Q:What's ur favorite fruit?

A:Apples.



Q:Did you ever make a quote? If yes, what is it?

A:Yes, I did. "If you want to see a miracle, don't forget you are one. ~Me"


Want to ask more? Comment and I'll answer it here!

Saturday 15 August 2015

This Is a Scratch project made by a Scratcher who is AMAZE! Just play! You'll love it! Here is the link and you can also play it on here! Just Click the green flag on top and click every thing that you think has the key. Easy! There is also a video tutorial for this Here! Link to the original project: Here!






Friday 14 August 2015

Be the Change

Happy Independence Day!

To change Pakistan, be the change.
Be united for Pakistan and bring the change.
I am that change. Be that change.


Happy Independence day:)
Posted by Our vines on Thursday, August 13, 2015

Happy Independence Day to Every Pakistani!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY EVERYBODY!!!!!! 
    We love Pakistan! Pakistan Zindabad! The video above is for people who can understand Urdu. 

Saturday 1 August 2015

My Scratch Account

Assalamoaliakum everyone!!!!!
I am very sorry for not posting any posts for such a looooooong time!
OK. Now to talk about Scratch. Scratch is a community of kids and adults where you can create different kinds of games. It helps you learn coding, which is useful for making games. You can give feedback to others on their projects by commenting on them. You can even chat with people! It's almost exactly like Facebook! It's freeeeee!!!!!!!! All you need to do is create an account, confirm your account and go! You can follow people and get all they do! You can create groups which are like pages in Facebook! You can add all your projects or make a specific theme. You can create anything you want! People might follow you and comment on your profiles and projects! Its Scratchbook!(Scratch and Facebook. Like Facebook for kids, instead of adults!) You could be the most popular person there! You could get a fan club by someone who likes you ore than any other Scratcher! Just go for it and I guarantee you that you'll like it if you like games! Here are some of the accounts on scratch.
The link to Scratch:Scratch
Me(LemonyLemon14)
PacIsBac8 She has a blog:Her blog
And many more!
Please go and check Scratch and also follow me!
Bye!
This was a really well thought comment by a blogger.
Written by Fatima Salman:That's right! Scratch is a awesome website! :) You wrote a really good website review. In my opinion, Scratch is even better than Facebook, even though I'm not on Facebook. That's because Scratch is about expressing your creativity, while Facebook is a completely mindless site.

Monday 22 June 2015

Google Tricks

Feeling Happy? Try these!

Write Do a barrel roll and press enter
Write Google sphere and press I'm feeling lucky
Write Epic Google and press I'm feeling lucky
Write Google gravity and press I'm feeling lucky
Write Google loco and press I'm feeling lucky
Write Google pacman and press I'm feeling lucky
Write Google guitar and press I'm feeling lucky
Write Google pirate and press I'm feeling lucky
Write Google rainbow and press I'm feeling lucky
Write Google reverse and press I'm feeling lucky
Click Here to go to where I found all these and more.

Monday 8 June 2015

The Importance of Commenting on a Childs Blog

I liked this post so I wanted to share it with you guys. This post was written by Fatima Salman at Fatima's Archives, so please see her blog because its amazing!



"In the 21st century, when the use of social media is on its peak, a child making his\her blog to share his\her writings and other work with the world is definitely something to appreciate and encourage.

So, how can we encourage young children to keep on blogging?

It takes just a few words of encouragement in the form of a comment to make a young blogger happy.

I recently got to know how many people visit my blog. At a program a couple of months back, several people told me that they regularly visited my blog and read all my writings. My Dad had told them about my blog. I was really surprised; I didn't think that anyone other than my immediate family and close friends visited my blog at all.

I said; “Really? I had no idea! How would I know that you’re visiting my blog? You should comment on it, so I’d know.” (By the way, I didn't get any comments from those people even after telling them this)

So, my point is, you've got to comment on a kid’s blog to tell him\her that ‘I’m here to read your writings, please continue to put things on your blog. I enjoy looking at your work.

You cannot imagine how happy I become when I post an article I wrote on my blog and find a couple of comments on it a few days later. This makes me feel that someone is there to read my writings.

So if you visit my blog or any other kid’s blog regularly and do not comment, please think of sharing a few words about the post by commenting on it."

Saturday 6 June 2015

Never give up and Believe in Yourself


Please watch this video. It is about a wild cat trying to catch a bear to eat it. The bear almost dies but is saved by it's mother and the cat runs away. The thing is to see how the bear shows courage and how it defends itself.

Like Strawberries and Lassi? Here's how you can mix and make Strawberry Lassi!

Like strawberry lassi(if you have ever tasted one and its amazing)?If you haven't and are curious to taste it, then here's how you can make it at home!!






Ingredients:
200 g fresh strawberries
2 tbs honey
2 cups plain yogurt
Crushed ice(optional)
2-3 tablespoons of water(optional)
3 tbs Roohafzah/rose syrup(optional)



Materials:
Blender


Directions:
Put your strawberries and water into the blender and blend until it looks strawberry juice.
Add your honey and the yogurt and blend until it turns light pink.
Add your Roohafzah/rose syrup and blend.
Put your crushed ice and blend until smooth.
Pour the lassi into a glass and serve immediately.

Friday 5 June 2015

Short of Space?? How about some Legos for Adults!!!

My mom was really bothered by the lack of shelving space, so we came up with a creative and awesome but an inexpensive idea.


When I was young, I used to play with building blocks and then I found that there are building blocks for adults as well. My Dad brought some PVC pipes along with some "L" and "T" shaped connectors. To cut the pipes, we used a haxsaw. All of these materials are easily available from the local plumbing store. 

While you can measure according to your own specific needs, we cut the pipes into three sizes as follows:

a. 3 feet pipes (4 pieces)
b. 1 foot pipes (12 pieces)
c. 9 inches pipes (4 pieces)

We joined all these pieces together by using four L-shaped and twelve T-shaped connectors and this is final product that came into being.  






Tuesday 2 June 2015

My New Ring

I made a new ring with loom bands!


Hi guys! I made a new ring today! Here's how it looked like in the beginning , in the process, and in the end(finally, I had finished it!)


In the beginning:

 In process:

The end(finally!):

Saturday 30 May 2015

How to Make Bounty Balls

Your Mum doesn't allow store bought Bounty? Here's how you can make it at home!





One of my favorite hobbies is cooking. As a lover to cook, I made bounty at home. (By the way. my mum loves bounty.) So, now you can make it,too! Here's how:

Ingredients:
1 cup desiccated coconut 
2 cups sweetened condensed milk OR coconut oil
3 bars of chocolate(you can use milk or dark chocolate)

Materials:
2 small bowls
1 plate
2 spoons 
1 fork


And thats it!

Directions:

Step 1: Put your desiccated coconut in one of your bowls.
Step 2: Pour in your sweetened condensed milk and mix.
Step 3: Make the coconut and sweetened condensed milk mixture into balls.
Step 4: Put all the balls onto a plate.
Step 5: Melt all your chocolate in a bowl until smooth.
Step 5: Take your balls and use the fork to dip them in the chocolate and then put them back onto the plate.
Step 6: Put into the fridge to set for about 30-40 minutes.
Step 7: Take out and enjoy!
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Friday 29 May 2015

No Choices? Here is a New Alternative!

Just found out an alternative for bread which is much more healthier!




A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! What could be an alternative for bread?????? Cucumber!!!!!! Instead of using bread (which is not-as healthy) use cucumber. Cut the cucumber into slices and sandwich anything between them. I sandwiched cheese, strained yogurt (labneh), and cream cheese. You can also put tomatoes, carrots or any veggies in the cucumber slices.(You can probably take it to school,
 too.) Use a toothpick to keep the slippery cucumber slices from sliding around.

I think this will change your mind about eating cucumber more than bread. Enjoy!