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Surprise:  I was reading the article " Spotlight on STEM" when I was surprised. I was amazed to find out that chefs use STEM. I was shocked when I heard this news because I when I think of chefs STEM doesn't come up. From this I can learn things go deeper than you think. Ex. Someone takes computer science classes. Towards the end of the first year she found out that even doctors use computers. Summary:  In the article " Spotlight on STEM"  it shows how STEM has a big effect, especially as you get older. STEM is interconnected with many things like sports, history, and cooking. At the convention, the kids got explore and experiment using STEM in different ways. They used dough to learn about electricity and they made tiny catapults out of popsicle sticks and launched marshmallows into a cup. As well as that, the kids protected plastic eggs to better understand how padding prevents athletes from getting hurt. The article was on how STEM has a big effect. ...

Surprise: I was reading the article  "Bones: Custom cushioning helps heal a bad break" when I was surprised. I was shocked to find out that people are working on having an inflatable bladder inside of casts. I was surprised because I knew there are boots (for broken bones) with something like an inflatable bladder. From this I can learn that things are going to build off of other things. Ex. An inventor comes up with the drone idea. Two years later someone comes up with the idea of drones carrying people. Summary: This article talks about how to help the healing process of broken bones. The article  "Bones: Custom cushioning helps heal a bad break"   talks about having an inflatable bladder inside casts to prevent the it from being too loose or too tight. Two teens are working on that idea and have presented a prototype. The small computer on the outside of the cast controls the bladder and would be on the setting that the doctor recommends. This article was on...

Surprise:  I was reading the article "Puppy Love"  when I was surprised. I was amazed to find out that there is something called the cuddle chemical also known as, oxytocin. It surprised me because I would have never thought that there would be such thing as the cuddle chemical. From this I can learn to expect the unexpected. Ex. A girl in the 3rd grade reads an article on dogs. Two years later she reads another article on dogs and it has new information that she never expected. Summary:  The article is about the bond between two species, humans and dogs. "Puppy Love"  talks about the cuddle chemical, oxytocin, which is a chemical in you that motivates bonding and interacting. The scientist  Miho Nagasawa  and his team conducted many experiments to test the cuddle chemical. The tests showed that the cuddle chemical level for both humans and dogs increased when the human pet, talked and looked at the dog. When the human just looked at the dog the cuddle c...