Brine Shrimp
The most interesting and my favorite experiment in science was the Brine Shrimp (Sea Monkeys) because in all the schools Ive been to Ive never actually been able to grow and raise a real living creature.
We were trying to find out the range of tolerance and optimum salt conditions for brine shrimp to grow in. To answer this question we had to set up an experiment. The experiment consisted of three bowls all the same size with brine shrimp eggs in them, also each bowl was filled with 150ml of water. Over the next few days we observed them.
We found, in the end 0 spoons didn’t grow, 2 spoons grew quite well, 4 spoons grew the best and 6 spoons didn’t grow.The optimum amount of salt was four spoons.The range of tolerance for the brine shrimp was two to four spoons of salt. But unforunately when the experiment was over all the brine shrimp died!!! (Sad isn’t it).
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Tick Tick Tick
Everyone was staring at it…
Tick Tick Tick
The clock struck two.
RING!!
“Schools over! ‘Everyone ran out of the classroom throwing all his or her papers into the air. ”Yeah Yeah Yeah schools over!” Everyone screamed as they ran through the main hall. But now that high school was over it was time to say goodbye.
Zack was sad really sad. Have I not mentioned him, oh yes here we are: he has dark black hair (short and spiky) quite tall and a bit fat. He has a small goatee drives an astin martin and is quite wealthy. He works at a museum as a night guard-thinks it pretty cool. He hates criminals. Eighteen years old, fast, cool, funny and strong but quite lazy. He wasn’t very good at school he usually got F’s, C’s and B’s but almost never got an A although he still loved school. Zack loved to hangout with his friends, talk to his friends and mainly do everything with his friends but now it was coming to an end…
Goodbyes took about an hour. Zack was in his car. In his car ready to drive away from everyone he knew. All he had to do was start it up…
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrmm!
And he was off!
Zack had arrived. He walked over to the door, opened it and entered his giant-like house (More like a mansion). His parents weren’t there , they were on their way to a lovely vacation in Hawaii. Lucky them Zack thought .Zack plodded along to the couch in front of his sixty inch plasma T.V. He sat down with nothing else to do and turned it on. “Hello this Ric Proman speaking, there has been a prison break earlier this morning” two pictures appeared on the screen. There were two men aged about thirty one was bald with a hole in one ear and a crumpled up broken nose. The other man was about seven feet tall with a scar on his left cheek. ”Marlo and tony two of the states most dangerous criminals if you see any of them call-
Everything went black.
“Not another of those electricity cuts!” Zack moaned. A few minuets later Zack decided to play on Wii (his fave game consol) but no power. Than he tried PS2, no power, Xbox, no power. ”Oh man now what am I going to do.” Cried Zack. “Wait a minute I’ve got an idea…GRANDPA!!” Zack rushed to his car, started it up and was on his way to grandpas house.
Zack had arrived at grandpas. It was 1:00 in the morning and the whole world was being devoured by darkness. Zack headed for the door but without even touching it creaked open, a bloodcurdling owl hoot and Zacks heart skipped a beat. He walked in the lights were off, strange grandpa would still be up watching T.V. The windows were closed, strange, grandpa always had the windows open he just loved the fresh air. Zack knew something was wrong and he found out what soon enough.
“Ah, we’ve been expecting you.”
“Grandpa?” Zack was scared stiff.
“No a bit different.“ replied the sly voice. Zack couldn’t breath his heart was in his throat. The lights went on. It was those criminals from the T.V. I new the T.V. was some sort of sign Zack thought angry with himself but at the same time numb as the dead.
The chubby guy (Marlo) started to talk first: “ We’ve got an offer for you.” He said calmly.
“What kind?” Zack replied
“You’re the museums security guard, right?”
“Yeah”
“So you help us break in and steal the most valuble diamond in the whole of America, the Valsa.”
“And what’s in it for me?”
The tall man sitting next to Grandpa (Tony) pulled a gun to Grandpas head. “ And we wont kill your Grandpa” He replied roughly.
“Of course Ill help you.” Zack said feeling guilty and shivering.
By morning everything was figured out, how they would break in and how they would get the diamond. During the day Zack went home and tried to do some research on the criminals. Nothing came up. The rest of the day Zack slept. Nervous about tonight 11oclock, the hour when he would have to commit his first crime.
The night came fast it was 10:30 and Zack , Marlo and Tony were on their way. It took a few minuets but then they had arrived. Zack headed up the stairs to the museums back door, and took the keys out of his pocket. The whole world was covered in a black carpet and the museum was way past closing time. Zack thought about what he was doing for he new it was wrong. Then Grandpa got back into his head. Zack had no choice. He had to commit this crime.
Click
The keys turned in the lock and Zack, Marlo and Tony entered the museum. The whole place was pitch black no one could tell where they were.
“Hey I think I’ve found a light switch.” Whispered Tony.
“ I think I’ve found one too. “Replied Zack.
“ Lets just try them both.” Exclaimed Marlo, eagerly.
The lights went on.
BEEP BEEP BEEP!!
So did the fire alarm!
“Quick lets get the diamond before the firemen get here!”
Marlo and Tony ran down the main hall towards a purple shining diamond in a glass container. Tony took a rock out of his jeans pocket and threw it at the glass.
SMASH!
The glass fell to the ground.
“Go, go, go!!” shouted Marlo.
Now they were back on the road with the diamond and there success.
The Next Day
Detective Steve entered the museum wearing an orange shirt and black jeans. Detective Steve was one of best detectives in New York but there still were some cases which he never solved. Even so everyone liked him. It was now when he was ready to interview the suspects and Zack was one of them.
It took about one hour until the detective was finished interviewing everyone, well almost everyone, there was still one person left, Zack. Zack was sitting on a chair in a small storage room- filled with cardboard boxes- at the back of the museum with Steve in front of him.
“Where were you last night?” asked the detective.
“ Just doing my job as the museums night guard.” Lied Zack.
“ Then how come you did not call the police when the criminals broke in.”
“ Um well, you see, I had a really hard day and I was really tired I just coudnt help myself but to go to sleep. Zack said knowing it wasn’t true.” But please don’t tell my boss, I wouldn’t want to get fired.”
The conversation continued lie after lie. Finally it was over the detective thanked Zack for his time than started for the door.
“Wait-“ Zack started.
“Yes”-replied Steve.
“I have some more to tell you.” Zack said for he knew he had tell him about Marlo and Tony because he knew those two cold hearted criminals could make him do anything, knew they would never give back his grandpa they’d just use him to use Zack.
“ I thought you did.” Steve smiled and Zack went over the whole story.
It took a long time because Zack told him everything, every minute little detail. Eventually he finished.
“Thank you Zack we probably would have not ever solved this case without the valuable information you have given me now. “Steve picked up his phone called the police about the where about of the two criminals.
“ Zack” he said.” We are going to find your grandpa and those criminals, don’t you worry about that!”
It was ten o’clock in the evening when they arrived. The house Marlo and Tony lived in was a complete dump, windows were smashed there was no roof and there was moss growing on every wall. Six police cars were surrounding the house, armed with guns, batons and handcuffs for they were not going to let Marlo and Tony escape again.
“ Move in” the chief called.
Seven policemen entered the building. They searched the rooms until they found nothing. Although there were just four rooms left, the policemen decided too split up. One of the policemen entered the master bedroom and at last found a tall man sitting in front of the window, holding something purple and shiny…
“Put your hands behind your head, hand us the diamond and nobody gets hurt.” Exclaimed the policeman next to him as he took out his gun.
“Make a break for it!” shouted Tony loud enough for Marlo to hear. Tony jumped threw the window. The glass shattered everywhere. All the policemen heard the noise and came running to the door except for three who were untying Grandpa in the shed. But, before any policeman reached the bedroom Marlo did, the policeman in the room tried to stop him, then fell to the ground with blood pouring out of his stomach. Marlo shot him… smiling. Then he was out of the window, forgetting how high he was landing on the ground with a thud, unconscious.
A few minuets later, Marlo and Tony woke up looking very drowsy like they’d been asleep for weeks. Three policemen were looking down on them with stern, angry faces, the chief and two others, Michael and Anthony.
“Put your hands behind your back and get in the car… NOW!!
5 weeks later
Zack was at his grandpas it was three o’clock and he made it to the couch to watch some T.V.
“Hello this is Ric Proman speaking last month there was a prison break when two of the states most dangerous criminals had escaped. They stole the Valsa kidnapped a man, blackmailed an eighteen year old and killed a policeman but the two criminals Marlo and Tony were eventually arrested by the police. Also lately, two days ago the criminals were sentenced to death on the electric chair. For murder kidnapping, blackmailing and major stealing. The police Chief said if they hadn’t put away Marlo and Tony they would have almost definitely escaped again. That was today’s news thank you and good- bye.”
Zack was very pleased about the news because now he wouldn’t worry so much anymore and he could just get on with life. Get on with life like nothing ever happened.
