Huge Water Slide

     In Kansas City, Missouri, there is a new water slide, the Verruckt Water Slide. Verruckt means insane in German. It is now the biggest water slide in the world. It is 17 stories tall, beating the previous highest by 3 stories. It takes 264 steps to climb up to the top. Once you get to the top, you and four other people all get in a raft and ride down. Once you get to the bottom of the slide, a conveyor belt takes the raft back up to the top. The creator, Jeff Henry, is called the Water Wizard. He is called this because he creates many insane water rides. This ride looks insane and would be fun to ride because it goes faster than a car on the highway.

Kansas City's Verrückt Water Slide Is Insane (Literally)! - Kids News Article

Vocabulary

1) Welded: The Dukes of Hazard's car has welded doors.

2) Radical: The roller coaster was radical.

3) Illuminate: The lights illuminated the football field.

4) Surpass: The man surpasses the weight limit.

5) Propelled: The missile was propelled from the rocket launcher.

6) Hurtling: The car hurtled down the highway.

7) Speculate: I speculated the building and guessed it was at least 70 stories tall.

8) Mulling: The kid was mulling over his grade.

9) Extensive: The project took an extensive amount of time.

Mini Windmills

      In the article "These Ultra-Cute Micro Windmills May Soon Charge Your Devices" it talks about how two professors in Arlington at the University of Texas made mini windmills.  The windmills are less than 2 millimeters wide at there widest point. It is only 2 millimeters tall. At 100 microns it is as thin as a human hair. The mini windmills are made of nickel alloy, and because it takes such a small amount of the alloy, they will be relatively cheap. The creators have not released how fast the mini windmills can create energy. So, if you ever decide that you need some windmills, this is what you need.

 

Mini Windmills Can Recharge Cell Phones

Vocabulary Words

1) Contemplate: The boy contemplated whether he throw the rock or not.

2) Patent: I got a patent on my new invention.

3) Withstand: The house can withstand almost anything.

4) Wafer: The small wafer is made of a special type of metal.

5) Harnessing: Hoover Dam harnesses all the power it can from the Colorado.
6) Assert: Tommy asserted that i would make the team.
7) Prototype: The new invention i patented was just a prototype.
8) Durable: My new house is very durable.
9) Arduous: It would be very arduous to push a car up a hill.

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