Class Response

Whoosh! That's the sound a kite makes when its soring through the sky. Have you ever flew a kite on the beach and wondered how it flew. Well i have three interesting facts on why I believe kites fly. One interesting fact is that most kites are light in material, so that they will be able to sore really high in the sky. Also, the sea breeze gives the kite lots of wind to fly because the land is hot in the day time so the ocean with be giving lots of wind that will make the light objects fly like kites. Lastly, the shape of kites affect the way kites fly. For example, if a kite is a one dimensional shape it might fly better than a three dimensional kite because the one dimensional kite is very light and the wind could easily pick it up, but with a three dimensional kite the wind might get caught in the packets, and the will not get enough wind to make it fly. Two other interesting facts about kites are that they were invented back then by the Wright Brothers and in 230 B.C. they were kite flying festivals in Japan. In conclusion, kites are very unique and there are many ways that they fly.

Class Response

Have you ever done or watched an experiment that you thought was the coolest thing ever? Well I have, for example when the a teacher came to our science class and showed us a little experiment on density. It was really interesting because to make one liquid denser than the other she just added salt. However, she also had many different colors of liquid so that you could see the change. For example, if the red liquid had no salt then it would float to the top, but when she split the the red water into two sections with board and put a blue food dye into one of the sections and added a ton of salt, then took the board out of the sections, you would see that the blue dye would sink to the bottom because it was denser than the red dye. Also, she did an experiment that involved a straw and the many difffernt colors of the rainbow . For instance, she took a straw and had many cups for different colors that were different desity's, then she dipped the straw into the least dense color and so on, until she got to the densest, and inside the straw was the rainbow. Density is the physical property of matter. Also, density can be decribed as how closely "packed" or "crowded" the material appears to be. In my opinion, density is very important in our lives, because if we didn't know about density we would not be able to understand why in the ocean the warm water floats to the top and why cold water floats to the bottom. In conclusion, density is very important and there are many important examples that can be used to teach someone.

Social Studies Blog

In today's world the technology is outrageous, it is so advanced that some of the items, tools, and electronics we have today, did not excised thirty years ago. A perfect example would be the computer. The computer has made the biggest impact on society because without the computer I would not be able to write this blog, or type essay's or look up information I didn't know. Also, the invention of computers have allowed people to email each other and talk online. Additionally, with computers we can look up pictures on the Internet, search famous scientists, and find current events about the world. In conclusion, I feel that computers have greatly impacted our society, but it's only until a new scientist invents something even greater than the computer.

Math Blogs

Did you know, if you worry about how you will perform on a math test, it may actually contribute to a lower test grade. The feelings of fear or dread, can sap the brain's limited amount of working capacity. You need that working capacity because it helps you complete difficult math problems. Mark Ashcraft, a psychologist, says that "math anxiety occupies a person's working memory." However, worrying about the math task can take up a large chunk of the person's working memory as well. Also, he said "While easy math tasks such as addition requires only a small fraction of a person's working memory, harder computations require much more." Stress about a test can even make the smartest math student choke. Everyone gets nervous or stressed out about a test, so I think that everyone should think positive and believe that they are going to get a 100 on that test.

Math Blogs

Every student, has to take a math test while their in school. Recently, nine states have decided to make a common high school math test for the first time. The states include, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. All of those nine states are trying to figure out which students to give the test to, but they know that the test will probably go to the students who are taking Algebra II. Also, the states are thinking that they are going to consider making the test scores available to collage placement offices. Students usually take Algebra II after taking algebra and geometry. Research has shown that students who complete Algebra II, are more likely to earn a collage degree. By knowing that, more states are requiring their high school students to take Algebra II. However many people are disagreeing with the decision to have a few states have to same high school math test, they feel that the states are setting there standards too low. Also, many more students are able to achieve proficiency on the state tests than on national math tests. In my opinion, states should make there own tests that are different from other states, because when the actual tests cames around then that will judge how much that student really knows on that subject.

Math Blogs

More than 40 years ago, the country was introduced to a "new" math. But, slowly this "new" math in schools has been replaced with an even "newer" math. In some schools this "newer" math is being used with an effort to spice up the learning. Many students love that "newer" math because they do not have to memorize different tables and formulas. However, some experts disagree with the "newer" math. For example, they feel like the "newer" math has too much color, and too many examples. Also, they feel like the teachers are leaving out important information that the students need to know. To add emphasis, they feel like the parents of the students should ask questions about the teaching methods, and talk with school officials about the test scores of the students. In my opinion, we should stick with the "new" math because if the students aren't learning the right material then, that student could have difficulty the state test. Also, people feel that this "newer" math is not helping the students learn the right essentials. In conclusion, if the "new" math has helped people learn math in the past, then why would we change that math in the future.

Popping Lab

The topic that I have decided to blog about is the lab that we did in class that was called the popping lab. Three interesting facts about this topic was the when the group mixed baking soda and vinegar, the cork popped off the test tube and went some amount of meters. Second, depending on the amount of baking soda put into the lab determined how far the cork will fly. Third, this lab required the groups to really think about the quantity of the substances, because if the cork flew to the window three times then the group would get extra credit. In my opinion, this was great. However, there are a lot of class room labs on the Internet. For example, Google has a lot of great websites, that teach people how to do that lab at home. In conclusion, labs are the funnest things ever.

Sea Animals are in Trouble

Who: Walruses, Polar Bears, and Ice Seals
What: Animals are dieing from the melting ice caps in Alaska
When: Everyday
Where: Alaska

In Alaska the ice caps (glaciers) are melting as a cause of global warming. As a result of these melting, the animals that live up there such as walruses, polar bears, and ice seals are dieing. In the spring time the caps melt even more which causing the walruses to lye on the ice, but they are found all over the ice which is not so good. Also, the seals live in the water and they cut a hole in the ice, with their claws, so that they can create lairs on the top of the ice where they are able to birth their young, if the ice keeps melting they will not be able to birth their young. In my opinion, we should try to help the cause of global warming, because it is killing the environment and the animals. If we don't try to stop this, the sea animals are going to suffer.

Gentle Giant Gorilla's

Who: Gorilla's
What: Being killed
Where: Democratic Republic of Congo
When: Past last year
Why: Nobody knows yet

In many places gorilla's are being killed by Poachers'. Sometimes you can find a gorilla with missing arms or legs, thats because they have been shot at, or yo may find dead gorilla's because they have been shot to death. There are about 700 mountain gorillas left in the world today. We need to help this problem before gorilla's are extinct just like the dinosaurs. In my opinion, I think that we should just leave the gorilla's alone, they haven't done anything to us so why should we kill them. In relation to that the gorilla's are called gentle giants, that because they haven't really hurt a human for no reason. However, gorilla's will attack if you come close to the babies or the mother. But other than that the are gentle giants, who shouldn't be killed.

Wiki Web

A class assignment that we are currently working on is about wiki's. Wiki's are an online website that people can go to, to get information about a certain topic. My wiki is about Divergent Boundary. And Divergent Boundary means, where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other. Also, my teacher says that wiki's are an online chat, because you can look at your classmates work, and you can look at there wiki's to get ideas about your own wiki. However, if you explore through wiki, you can find different tools to make your wiki better than it already is. In our wiki, for our unit, it has all information about science. In addition, you can add pictures and likes to websites, so your reader can learn a little more information about your topic. In conclusion, wiki's a great, and you can learn a lot from them.

Newton's Laws of Science

Newton's Laws of Science, are very important in the world today, because we need his laws to understand physics. Newton's first law states that, "An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. An object in motion continues in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force." Newton's second law states that, "Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass, (of the object being accelerated) the greater the amount of force needed (to accelerate the object). Newton's third law states that, "For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action." Some examples to represent what Newton's laws mean, The first laws means, that there is a natural tendency of object to keep on doing what they're doing. All objects resist changes in their state of motion will maintain this state of motion. His second law means that, everyone knows that the heavier object require more force to move the same distance as lighter objects. The third law means that, for every force there is a reaction force that is equal in size, but opposite in direction. That is to say that whenever an object pushes another object it gets pushed back in the opposite direction equally hard. In my opinion, Newton's laws should be taught all around the world, because it is important to learn about the study of physics, and by learning about Newton's laws of Motion, you will have a better understanding of the study of physics. In conclusion, without Newton's laws the world would be a different place.

Reverse Leopard

What: Borneo Leopard Changes Its Spots
Where: Borneo
Who: Leopards
When: March 15, 2007

Summary:

Extra, Extra read all about it, a new species of animals has just been discovered. Everyone has seen a leopard with brownish fur and orange spots. Well, recently discoverers have found a different type of leopard, it has orange fur and brownish spots. This type of leopard is called the clouded leopard. These types of leopard are only found in Borneo. Also, these leopards are the new species of big cats. In Borneo, these leopards are the biggest predators. However, this species is also an endangered species, so hunters have to be extra careful and not kill these leopards. In my opinion, animal biologist should look into this because, if they found one animal, there could be many more animals out there that we haven't discovered yet. In conclusion, there are many different types of species out there, and it is up to us to find them.

Munch Munch Crocodile

What: American Crocodile Back From The Brink
Where: West Palm Beach, Florida
Who: The Crocodiles
When: March 20, 2007

Summary:

As most of you know, Florida has the biggest population of crocodiles than any other state in the United States of America. Well, that almost changed because crocodiles were almost to be endangered and threatened. They were almost to there extinction because a lot of people were killing these reptiles. But, that is all about to change because The Endangered Species Act, came and made it illegal to harass, poach or kill these reptiles. Most people are saying that Florida has its history of the crocodiles living there and that if anyone was to make those reptiles extinct it would make a problem occur. In my opinion, that law is fabulous because we need to save crocodiles from extinction. By having crocodiles extinct in Florida, we are losing a part of our history, because they will no longer be there. Also, I think that we should start to kill other animals such as Mountain Lions in California. In my research, I found that there are more Mountain Lion attacks than any other animal in the U.S., including crocodile attacks in Florida. In conclusion, we should save same wildlife, such as crocodiles.

What: 'Jesus Tomb' documentary got it wrong Where: Jerusalem
Who: Christianity
When: A Long Time Period

Summary:

In Jerusalem there was a scholar that found a document that talked about "The Lost Tomb of Jesus," and he found that it was mistaken. He found that the tomb of Jesus was never really lost, he claims that it is in a cave in Jerusalem. Do to this, the scholar told other scholar, and that scholar told more and more scholars, so their was more than 4 million people that had tuned into the Discovery Channel show, "The Jesus Family Tomb.". As a result to the show, they found in southern Jerusalem in 1980, the remains of Jesus. Now, most Christians believe that Jesus when to heaven and lived peaceful. However, after they discovered the tomb, some people made a movie about it, and it was said that the movie was "pimping the bible." In my opinion, matters should be taken seriously because, know that they found one tomb, there could be other tombs from Jesus's family, and if that happens, we could do research on it and maybe even put the remains of whatever they find, in a staff museum, so everyone could see the remains of the people who made there religion.

Superhero Project

The topic that I decided to write about, was about the Superhero Project. I loved the superhero project because we got to write a project about superheroes, I enjoyed that because I am so fascinated by superheroes. Also, we got to pick two superheroes and predict what might the offspring look like and what might its powers will be and what abilities it might have. Lastly, we got to draw the superhero baby, and that was fun because we got to put all the traits together and see what it would look like. In my opinion this project was very fun and interesting because using two totally different superheroes and putting them together to make an offspring. I was also fun and interesting, because we got to use all the work that we learned before and put it all together. For example, we had to use a trait chart, a punnett squares chart and lastly we used a tally chart to see what sex the offspring would be. What I learned from a website was that DNA is polymer. And a polymer is a compound formed from two or more polymeric compounds. Polymer is know as "polynucleotide." Also, that Adenine and Guanine are purines. And that Cytosine and Thymine are pyrimidines.

Gummy Bear DNA

The topic I'm going to write about is about the Gummy Bear project we completed in class. The three interesting facts that caught my eyes were that we were going to make a DNA strand out of different color Gummy Bears and different colored twizzlers. The whole purpose of this project was to make a DNA strand only using candies. However their was a trick. The trick was that Adenine and Thymine were represented by the Red and Orange colored Gummy Bears. And Cytosine and Guanine are represented by the Yellow and Green colored Gummy Bears. What I have learned is that DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. Also, that there is DNA in every human being. In my opinion DNA is fun to learn about because there is DNA inside of everyone and that without someones DNA they wouldn't be a human being. Also, that an offspring gets half the DNA from one parent and half the DNA from another parent. One fact that I learned on the internet was that Adenine and Guanine are purines and that Cytosine and Thymine are pyrimidines. Also, that DNA is a polymer. A polymer is a compound formed from two or more polymeric compounds.

It's a Tornado, It's a Tornado

What: Florida cleans up after 20 killed in storm
Where: Lady Lakes Florida
Who: Injured millions of people
When: February 2, 2007

Summary:

Down in Florida there was a big storm. The storm hit a town called Lady Lake. The storm was a disaster, in wiped out a lot of houses and buildings. But worse of all, it injured tons of people and killed 20 people also. It started with a thunderstorm, and then there was a tornado, and then it ended with another thunderstorm. The tornado had winds estimated up to 200 mph. The tornado hit in the hours of 3 and 4 in the morning. It was a catastrophe, once the tornado was over; the next thunderstorm hit and soaked houses that had no roofs. There were piles of aluminum siding, bricks, belongings, and tree limbs and lumber that were destroyed. To top it all off, power lines and traffic signals out in many areas. Some religious groups went out and tried to rescue injured workers and victims. While 40 National Guards distributed blankets, food, and water to the residents. I feel that the people who were victims of the storm need help, and we need to help them as a community. With all of our help we can rebuild Lady Lake and give back to the people that lost everything from this terrible storm.n>

Chimpanzees are smart animals

What: Chimpanzees may have used 'hammers' 4,300 years ago.
Where: West Africa
Who: Chimpanzees
When: February 12, 2007

Summary:

Have chimpanzees been using hammers for over 4,300 years? In West Africa, a team of researchers discovered hammers and realized that chimpanzees use this tool. The hammers were used to crack nuts and it made the chimps have a behavior affects. They realized that the chimps and other living creatures used this stone hammer in the 1600s. The tool was about the size of a cantaloupe. It would be too big for human hands, but perfect for larger, stronger hands of the chimps. However, there were no humans back then, so the chimpanzees couldn't have got the tool from villagers. Some of the hammers had a little residue on them, which made you think the chimpanzees used it. In conclusion, chimpanzees were a smart animal to be using stone hammers. Also, I feel that the researchers should do more research on chimps because they could find more artifacts and more tools that we may not have discovered yet.

Sinkholes are in Town

What: Giant sinkhole swallows father, teens
Were: Guatemala City
Who: father and two teenagers missing
When: February 23, 2007

Summary:

Well this story was about the sinkhole that occurred in Guatemala City. The sinkhole destroyed homes and some peoples families also. It hit in an area that was very ruptured and an area that had cemented homes. A father and two teenagers were found missing. They are still not found till this day. Some of those unfortunate people had items destroyed, and once everyone evacuated they went back to there homes to get the items that they cared about the most, like televisions and other items. I feel that the community should help the less unfortunate people to get their belongings back. We all can save Guatemala City, if we help people out.