Monday, March 10, 2014

William Morgan by Ainara

 William Morgan

William Morgan invented the "Mintonette" on February 9, 1895. Later Alfred S. Halstead renamed the game Volleyball as the point of the game is to"Volley" the ball. 
He was born on  January  23, 1870 in Lockport, New York, USA.
He graduated in High school at Northfield Mount Hermon school.His friend was James Naismith the inventor of the Basketball.
He  graduated from Springfield College.He died on  December 27, 1942.

The game brought a richer life to millions of people thoughout the world




Thursday, February 13, 2014

Bicycle by Anthony

It is a  vehicle that has 2 wheels and is moved by foot pedals.

Kirck Macmillan was the person who invented the bicycle but he did not patent it, therefore somebody else was credited for inventing the bicycle.                                                                           He was born  on September 2, 1812 in Keir, Scotland United Kindgdom. The name of her wife is Elsie Goldie and he had six children.                                                                                                           He did a variety of jobs.

He died  on 26 of January,1878.











Today lots of people ride a bicycle. It is a cheap means of transport .

John Logie by Amaia

                                                        THE TELEVISION
                                                           JOHN LOGIE

John Logie Baird invented the televison, in 1924. He was the first person who televised human faces.
He was born on August 14, 1888 in Helensburgh, Scotland, and he died on June 14, 1946 ( aged 57) in Sussex, England. He was Scottish.
He was a scientist, an engineer and an inventor. He had a  a wife Margaret, Diana daughter and Malcom son.

The first TV scan, transmited and reproduced an imaged had a electronic camera and a display tube.
John hated school. When he was 12 he made his own telephone. 
John received a diploma course in a electrical engineering at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College.
 Thanks to him, nowadays we get to enjoy watching TV.

                                                       THE TV BY AMAIA

Basketball by Paula

                                                                      BASKETBALL 

 BORN: November 6, 1861 in Canada.

DIED: November 28, 1939 at the age of 78 in Kansas.

NATIONALITY: Canadian.

OCCUPATION:PE Professor and coach

FAMILY: 2 wives and 5 children.


Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The idea is to shoot one ball trough a hoop to a backboard at each end.Basketball was originaly played with a soccer ball. The first balls made specifically for basketball were brown. In the late 1950s Tony Hinkle introduced the orange ball.In early December 1891  James Naismith ,a physical professor invented the basketball .He was born in Canada and he attended  McGill in Montreal. James was the oldest child of Margaret  and Naismith, two Scottish immigrants.James married Maude Evelyn in Springfield, USA. They have 5 children. James moved on to work at the YMCA school. After chaining the peach baskets for open hoop nets, James Naismith soon wrote thirteen official rules of the game. Naismith suffered a major brain hemorrhage on November 19th the same year and died nine days later in his home.                                                                               

 

         

 














Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Fairy tale by Ana

Princess Aroa lived in a castle.

One morning the Prince and Princess, went to the beach and they saw   Princess´s friends. Princesss Aroa went running to talk o her friends. The Pince was bored. She went running a after him. Princess Aroa arrived to the castle. The Prince went running to the castle, and  Princess Aroa said:
"I'm sorry" and then the Prince and the Princess kissed.


                                     
And they lived happily ever after.

Who invented Mickey Mouse? by Asier



I am going to write about the person who invented Mickey Mouse.


INVENTOR: Walter Elias Disney.
INVENTION: Mickey Mouse.
YEAR:1928.
BORN: Walt Disney studios, Chicago.

Mickey Mouse was the official mascot of the Walt Disney Studios Company. He was created in 1928. He is a little mouse with red trousers and black T-shirt. He has a girlfriend. Minney Mouse, a dog, Pluto and two friends, Donald Duck and Guffy Dog.


Walter Elias Disney invented Mickey Mouse in 1928. He was born in 1901 in Chicago and he died in 1966 in Burckband, California. His wife was Lilliam Bound, he had two daughters, one of them was adopted.

He was a bussinesman, animator, cartoonist, producer and director. He also created the multiplane camera, he used it for animation in his work.

Thanks to Walter Elias Disney now we get to enjoy lots of Disney movies.




John Stith Pemberton by Iratxe

I^m going to write about the person who invented the  coke, John Stith Pemberton. He invented  the coke in 1886. It  is a famous drink worlwide.
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John Stith Pemberton was born on January 8, 1831, in Knoxville, in Georgia. John met Ann and they had a son, Charle. 
John went to a Medical College. When he was 19, he was licensed to practice pharmacy.
He died on  August 16, 1888 (aged 57) in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Coca-Cola is one the most famous fizzy drink in the world.Because a lot of people worldwide drink Coca-Cola now.