Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Bad Astronomy
True facts
One fact I knew was true was that a giant meteor could kill a large population of people. I was certain before the movie that asteroid could and have landed on earth. Nothing the size of the one in the movie but I knew it was a possibility. I also knew that scientists would be able to know and predict approximately when and where the asteroid would make impact.
The second fact I knew was true was that it would take some type of nuclear missile to destroy a meteor before it made impact with earth. I had some knowledge of the stars wars defense program from the Reagan years. I knew they were developed to counter act a nuclear attack, but was pretty certain this type of missile or a similar missile could be used to destroy a meteor. Although this didn’t work in the movie because of the size of the meteor I believe in theory it was true.
False facts
One fact I found from my notes that was false was that they wouldn’t have been able to walk around on a meteor like it would have gravity. Meteors wouldn’t have gravity because they aren’t big enough.
The second fact I thought was false was that the people thought they could hide in caves until the debris cleared and then come out and continue life the same. It was false because if a meteor of that size hit the earth it would alter the atmosphere and we may not even be able to survive.
Misconceptions: Bad moon rising…
Can you see the moon during the day? I think yes, of course you can see the moon during the day because I have seen it in the morning when the sun has come up. I have seen it in the sky many times and the sun too. I think some days you can see it because certain times of the month you can see it better than others. I wonder if there really are people who have never seen the moon during the day.
After reading the article I was surprised to see that some people really never have seen the moon during the day or never took the time to look. I was also surprised to see that some people think that even if it is in the sky at the same time as the moon that it is washed out by the sun and you can’t see it.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Connections - Green book labs
Activity 1: measuring the heat absorbed by 3 different materials. We used water, dirt (dark soil) and sand (light soil). The water absorbed the most heat, the dark soil absorbed the least and the light soil was in the middle. The exact opposite order took place for losing heat. I predicted the water would absorb the most, so my predictions were correct.
Activity 4: This activity was done with the same material, but the dirt, water and sand were in bottles. This time we measured the temperature of the air. The second set of bottles we used paint in to represent clouds. The measurements were opposite that of the first activity because we measured heat reflected not absorbed.
Small scale labs helped explain the earth's climate by showing how different soil reacts to light, in different environments and how clouds effect the temperatures.
This type of lab would not be relevant to my climate because it is fire storms. I think it would be dangerous to try a lab with fire.
Activity 4: This activity was done with the same material, but the dirt, water and sand were in bottles. This time we measured the temperature of the air. The second set of bottles we used paint in to represent clouds. The measurements were opposite that of the first activity because we measured heat reflected not absorbed.
Small scale labs helped explain the earth's climate by showing how different soil reacts to light, in different environments and how clouds effect the temperatures.
This type of lab would not be relevant to my climate because it is fire storms. I think it would be dangerous to try a lab with fire.
Climate Inquiry
Introduction: Climate Change-environment - 01 September 2006 by Fred Pearce- New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9903-instant-expert-climate-change.html
Climate change is a long term change in the climate patterns over a period of time, from decades to millions of years. Changes occur in a specific region or can be global. Climate changes happen due to weather events or changes in average weather conditions.
Climate changes occuring that effect us globally include the melting polar caps.Scientists see the effects in tree rings, ancient coral and bubbles in ice cores. These climate changes have caused the temperatures around the world to in the years since 1998. This they believe is in part to global warming.
Global Warming Solutions-Disaster at the Top of the World - 24 August 2010
http://www.globalwarmingsolutions.org/news/disaster-at-the-top-of-the-world/
In a recent article in the New York times the issue of global warming and what it will take for society to respond was addressed. Sciencists hope that the new reports showing the continued warming of the Arctic Polar caps. The arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. And as the ice melt and the sun warms the water it makes it harder to refreeze. Research show 2010 to be an even hotter year than in the past. This is shown by the mudslides in China and record temperatures in Russia. More research and more education is needed to try and revitalize the nation's capitals to respond and make more policies to help reduce global warming. Recently it seems that due to misleading informaiton many nations have almost stop policy reform for global warming.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9903-instant-expert-climate-change.html
Climate change is a long term change in the climate patterns over a period of time, from decades to millions of years. Changes occur in a specific region or can be global. Climate changes happen due to weather events or changes in average weather conditions.
Climate changes occuring that effect us globally include the melting polar caps.Scientists see the effects in tree rings, ancient coral and bubbles in ice cores. These climate changes have caused the temperatures around the world to in the years since 1998. This they believe is in part to global warming.
Global Warming Solutions-Disaster at the Top of the World - 24 August 2010
http://www.globalwarmingsolutions.org/news/disaster-at-the-top-of-the-world/
In a recent article in the New York times the issue of global warming and what it will take for society to respond was addressed. Sciencists hope that the new reports showing the continued warming of the Arctic Polar caps. The arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. And as the ice melt and the sun warms the water it makes it harder to refreeze. Research show 2010 to be an even hotter year than in the past. This is shown by the mudslides in China and record temperatures in Russia. More research and more education is needed to try and revitalize the nation's capitals to respond and make more policies to help reduce global warming. Recently it seems that due to misleading informaiton many nations have almost stop policy reform for global warming.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Climate Inquiry
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change
Climate change
Wikipedia
16 October 2010
2. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html#
Global Warming
The New York Times
Oct. 6, 2010
Climate change
Wikipedia
16 October 2010
2. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html#
Global Warming
The New York Times
Oct. 6, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
City Talk
1. The womans name was Mrs. Byerly and she worked for the city of eaton rapids.
2. The city added porous parking lots to absorb polluted water before it got to the river and made bigger storm drains.
3. The quality of the river is going to increase greatly. there are so many pollutants on the road that could drain into te river including oil, soap, and animal waste.
4. My group was not responable for a test.
5. I just though it was interesting that the city of eaton rapids was doing so much so help the quality of the river.
6. My biobottle has about 7 plants growing and they are all mostly over 4 inches tall.
7. I am going around the halls once a week and collecting the recycling from the classrooms.
8. I just started and am not very far.
2. The city added porous parking lots to absorb polluted water before it got to the river and made bigger storm drains.
3. The quality of the river is going to increase greatly. there are so many pollutants on the road that could drain into te river including oil, soap, and animal waste.
4. My group was not responable for a test.
5. I just though it was interesting that the city of eaton rapids was doing so much so help the quality of the river.
6. My biobottle has about 7 plants growing and they are all mostly over 4 inches tall.
7. I am going around the halls once a week and collecting the recycling from the classrooms.
8. I just started and am not very far.
Sewer treatment blog
1.At the sewer treatment plant i learned that when sewage comes into the plant the first thing they do is filter out the big stuff. After that they clean the water and send it out. The sewage is put into a big container with lots of microoganisms that use the sewage as their food source. Finaly they send the water across UV lights that kill the germs. They used to use chlorine but the risk if a spill was too high and too dangerous.
2. Recycling is important for many reasons. One reason is to save the evironment by not taking raw materials from the earth when we can just reuse materials that we already have. I am going to continue to recycle because it is going to save many different types of the environment. Some examples are trees for paper, plastic for bottles, and metals for cars and many other things.
2. Recycling is important for many reasons. One reason is to save the evironment by not taking raw materials from the earth when we can just reuse materials that we already have. I am going to continue to recycle because it is going to save many different types of the environment. Some examples are trees for paper, plastic for bottles, and metals for cars and many other things.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
water testing connection
1. Recycling
2. We are going to be going to all of the classrooms in the school and collecting paper and plastic recycling.
3. We are going to put pieces of plastic on the top of the soil to see if it effects the growth of our plants.
4. We werent assigned a river test so we focused on the bugs. one connection between paper recycling and the bugs is that if we recycled in stead of putting our trash in the river there ecosystem would be less effected and more healthy.
2. We are going to be going to all of the classrooms in the school and collecting paper and plastic recycling.
3. We are going to put pieces of plastic on the top of the soil to see if it effects the growth of our plants.
4. We werent assigned a river test so we focused on the bugs. one connection between paper recycling and the bugs is that if we recycled in stead of putting our trash in the river there ecosystem would be less effected and more healthy.
Eaton Rapids Water Treatment
1. water is brought into the plant and run through different sized rocks to get out all of the big things. then there is chlorine and fluoride added to the water to kill the chemicals.
2. there is the main room where the people sit and there is a gauge that shows the amout of water in the towers. If the water gets to low they go into another room and turn on the pumps tp fill the tanks back up.
there is over one million gallons of water in the water towers.
when they clean the water the first thing they do is send it through big tanks filled with different sized rocks to filter out all of the unwanted minerals. then they add chlorine and fluoride to the water to kill the dangerous chemicals in the water. they have a giant pump that pulls water from the wells at a very fast rate. there is over 1.5 million gallons of water in the ground. if the power goes out they have a generator that can power the pump for as long as they need.
2. there is the main room where the people sit and there is a gauge that shows the amout of water in the towers. If the water gets to low they go into another room and turn on the pumps tp fill the tanks back up.
there is over one million gallons of water in the water towers.
when they clean the water the first thing they do is send it through big tanks filled with different sized rocks to filter out all of the unwanted minerals. then they add chlorine and fluoride to the water to kill the dangerous chemicals in the water. they have a giant pump that pulls water from the wells at a very fast rate. there is over 1.5 million gallons of water in the ground. if the power goes out they have a generator that can power the pump for as long as they need.
Water treatment blog
1. water is filtered with chlorine and flouride.
2. water is carried to the wastewater treatment center where it is filtered and sent back to the rivers
3. how much water is in the water towers?
how do you take the minerals out of the water?
2. water is carried to the wastewater treatment center where it is filtered and sent back to the rivers
3. how much water is in the water towers?
how do you take the minerals out of the water?
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Footprint Blog
1. http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/
2. it was good but kids wouldnt like it
3. 77
4. a) new lightbulbs, hybrids, recycling
b) turn off lights, carpooling, recycling
c) recycle, carpool, walk
5. if we dont produce as much waste into the river the water will be cleaner.
2. it was good but kids wouldnt like it
3. 77
4. a) new lightbulbs, hybrids, recycling
b) turn off lights, carpooling, recycling
c) recycle, carpool, walk
5. if we dont produce as much waste into the river the water will be cleaner.
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