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Bullet Proof Alert Vest

Bullet Proof Alert Vest

Every year in schools, the Alpha kids create an invention for the Invention Convention. There are many different ideas for the inventions, though it is VERY difficult to think of an invention. Ideas that are exotic, ideas that are simple but very useful. Some of the ideas for the inventions are so amazing that they win the convention and go on to change the world with one simple idea that all started with a simple contest.

 

My invention is a Bullet Proof Alert Vest. It is for policemen, and could save their lives. The Kevlar inside the vest stops the bullet before it can make too much impact and injure the officer. If a bullet happens to make its way anywhere near the officer, a built in walkie- talkie will instantly pick up the sound of a bullet, recognize it, and send it to headquarters in a matter of seconds. The sound will be played back to nearby police and the reinforcments will already be coming to save the officer.

Hope I win!

Eepka

Britain and the Colonists

Britain and the Colonists

Hi, greetings from Mckeel!

In school, we are learning about Great Britain and the colonists. We are doing a debate later this week, and Eepka’s debate is the Quartering Act from the colonist side. Bluesky’s debate is the Intolerable Acts from the British side. Shadow’s debate is The Boston Massacre from the Colonist side.

We were wondering if you learn about the same things in your school. For example, here in Florida, this is what they taught us about The Boston Massacre.

One soldier accidentally fired when the mob was surrounding the soldiers. Then, most of the others followed, and it ended in the death of 5 people and the injury of 6 people. Two of the soldiers were convicted for manslaughter, and branded on their thumbs. The other six, including Captain Thomas Preston went to jail, and were later acquitted(released for being not guilty.)

So if you have learned about The Boston Massacre, is this similar to what you learned? Is it different? We’d like to hear how you learned about this event, and any other major history, too.

Paul Revere's Engraving of the Boston Massacre

Bluesky, Eepka, and Shadow!