https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth Sienna Noelle Smith en-us 2018-03-14 20:41:40 UTC 2025-12-16 15:03:58 UTC hello@padlet.com siennasmith22 https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242109102 Our state bird is the California Valley Quail. It became our state bird is plump and grey/white with some black and brown with a plume on it's head. An interesting fact about the quail is it's very smart bird. ]]> 2018-03-14 20:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242109102 siennasmith22 https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242111605 2018-03-14 21:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242111605 siennasmith22 https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242112093 The California flag has a red star in the top corner. There is a grizzly bear in the middle, on the bottom. The grizzly bear stands for "great strength" and the star was taken from the Texas Lone Star. It was made in June 14,1846 during the Bear Flag Revolt.]]> 2018-03-14 21:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242112093 siennasmith22 https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242112585 Our state flower is the golden poppy. It's a yellowish, gold, orange color. It has 4 silky petals. It's cup shaped. The golden poppy became our state flower in 1903.]]> 2018-03-14 21:06:26 UTC https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242112585 siennasmith22 https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242121325 The state motto is Eureka. Eureka means "I have found it!" in Greek. We have this motto because when the gold rush started miners would say "Eureka" since their happy that they found gold!]]> 2018-03-14 21:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242121325 siennasmith22 https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242122699 The name California comes from the 16^th Century Spanish novel. Queen Califia was ruler of this place. When the Spanish first came, they thought California was an island like in their novel. The actual word California means "hot oven". ]]> 2018-03-14 21:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242122699 siennasmith22 https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242473314 Our state's nickname is the Golden State. It is a good nickname because our state is covered with golden poppies. Our state also has plenty of golden sunshine.]]> 2018-03-15 16:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242473314 siennasmith22 https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242530865 Our state seal has a grizzly bear on the bottom left, which is our state animal, it has vineyards to represent our economy, the Roman goddess Minerva who represents wisdom, the 31 stars which represents the 31^th state, it includes 5 ships in the background, you can see the Serra Nevada mountain range, and a miner who represents the gold rush.]]> 2018-03-15 18:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/siennasmith22/vf57svp51kth/wish/242530865