Omo River

Bull Creek is a 45-50 acre dog-friendly natural park and swimming hole owned/managed by the city of Austin. The stream running through the center is perennial and runs over a small man-made damn. The park is close to Loop 360 and there is ample parking at several points along the hiking path. Bull Creek is mainly popular as a hiking spot you can bring your dogs to, rock climbing off of one particular granite face, and swimming. We did not swim on our visit because we had our kids with us and the

Earth surface is not flat but it consists of slopes. The slopes are either steep or gentle, long and gradual or short and sudden. Slopes generally covered with soil and vegetation or they can be covered by rock and rubble. In the evolution of landforms, weathering is followed by mass wasting. Weathering does not produce significant landforms. Rather, landforms develop as the products of weathering are removed from the places where they originate. Once weathering weakens rock and breaks it apart,

The book Guts is a non-fiction, 162 page book by Gary Paulsen that tells the true stories behind hatchet and the other Brian books. In this memoir Gary Paulsen writes about how plane crashes, swarming mosquitoes, and growing up in northwoods of Minnesota influenced the writing of hatchet. One of the many events that influenced Gary Paulsen's writing was growing up in Minnesota. His Minnesota heritage extended back all the way to the 1890s when his family first moved to duluth. Gary lived

Have you ever survived on your own before? If not, would you be able too? All alone in the wilderness? Throughout the novel Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, the main character Brian survived a gruesome plane crash, and finds himself in the Canadian Wilderness, surviving on his own for 54 days. One of the main reasons why Brian was able to survive was because of fire. However, Brian went through many awareness moments to help him continue the survival in the wilderness. Aha moments are the one key that

In the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen the main character Brian faces many adversities. While Brian was flying a plane to go see his dad in Canada the pilot had a heart attack and Brian had to safely land the plane. Now he is all alone in the wilderness. The three adversities that Brian faced was flying the plane after the pilot died, making a fire, and making hunting weapons. The first adversity that Brian had to face was flying the plane when the pilot died. Brian overcame this adversity by remaining

Survival is number 1 in the book hatchet. Brian has to learn how to survive out in the forest where his plane crashed. He has to learn how to hunt, build a shelter, and find a good stream of water that is clean. The common thing is to keep a good mindset In the novel Brian tries to keep a good mindset and not think negative. For examples Gray Paulsen quotes: “Brian had once had an English teacher, a guy named Perpich, who was always talking about being positive, thinking

In the novel Hatchet, Gary Paulsen portrays many different scenes that are significant to the story. Near the middle of the story Brian is all alone in the wilderness where he has to find food and water to try to survive the challenges he is facing while being all alone. While out looking for food comes across a bear “ It was black, with a cinnamon-colored nose, not twenty feet from him and big” (Paulsen 29). The encounter with the bear is significant because the reader can see that not only does

In the book Hatchet, a thirteen year old named Brian, is stranded in the Canadian woods because his plane had crashed. Brian was in the woods for fifty-four days. In those fifty-four days, Brian learned how to survive on his own. In my opinion, Brian does what he can to survive on his own. In the following paragraphs, I will explain how Brian survives during his time in the Canadian woods. In these fifty-four days, Brian becomes more observant. One example how Brian is observant is when he sees

The Johnstown flood of 1889 is often remembered as the worst disaster that was caused by dam failure in America’s history. Over 2000 lives were lost, and about 17 million dollars in property damage was done to the town of Johnstown. Many of the leading industrialists of the 19th century were members of the club that owned the South Fork dam in 1889, drawing in nationwide attention. The relief effort was one of the first huge non-wartime disasters for the American Red Cross. Once again in the years

Two-Layer Floodgate Can an increase of layers on a floodgate improve the performance of the floodgate? If a second layer of popsicle sticks is added to a model floodgate made out of popsicle sticks, then the two-layer floodgate will be able to block more water. The control variables for this experiment include where both tests were conducted (bathtub), the materials used for each floodgate (same brand of popsicle sticks), the 20x6.x8.5 floral foam blocks on each side of the bathtub, the location