This week in science #15

        This week in science we did a lot. For example, I did the "Marshmallow Challenge". The "Marshmallow Challenge" was interesting. We did it once with out talking but we had 20minutes. We did again this time with 16minutes but we were allowed to talk. We built our tower 67cenimeters the first time and the second about 50cenimeters. Another thing we did was our "This year in science 10th grade introduction". I made two videos talking about how I feel about science.

 My team and I trying different ideas.

I'm building the foundation.

Looking at others projects to get some ideas.

        This week in science I learned a couple of things. For example, I learned that sometimes speaking gets people distracted from a task. I learned this from the "Marshmallow Challenge". I also learned that science is more interesting when it's hands on.

        I believe I work better in groups now. I communicate better. Even though the first challenge our tower was taller, we tried only one way to build it. This time e expressed different ideas and tried them out. I am now more open to other peoples ideas now, because of the "Marshmallow Challenge".

This year in science 10th grade intro

This week in science #14

       This week in science we did a lot. For example, we explained what every letter stood for in the "HIPPO" dilemma. We also read an article on the "HIPPO" dilemma. We also read an article on renewable and non renewable resources. Another thing we did was food chains. The last thing we did was make a poster for oil, a non renewable resource. We then had to present it in front of the class.
      

This week in science #9

The male skate is on the left and the female is on the right.

      This week in science we did a lot. For example, we observed and dissected animals. I happened to get a skate. We had to verify if our skate was a male or female. Ours was a male but we dissected a female skate. When we cut the animal open we had to take out parts like the liver and stomach. After that we had to take pictures of the organs and dissected animal and label them. Then we had to answers questions about the skate ad the experience we had dissecting it.                                                                                         This week in science I've learned man things. For example, I learned that the skate is related to sharks and sting rays. I also learned that you can identify a skate by the shape of its head. The male skate has a more defined head than the female. Another thing I learned is how to dissect animals. I also learned how o use a scalpel.            

This week in science #13

This is my spiders habitat. You can see what goes into the flower and what goes out.

This week in science #12

       This week in science we did many things. For example, we created an environment for our cellar spider. We also made a booklet for our spider and words dealing with relationships between animals.
Another thing we did was take a regents quiz for the information we learned. One thing Mathew did was draw our spider habitat in his booklet.

       This week in science we learned a lot of things. For example, I learned about biotic and a biotic factors. I also learned about heterotrophs and mutalism. One last thing we learned was about food chains and pyramids. One thing Mathew learned is what cellar spiders eat.

This week in science #11

            This week in science I wrote questions to posters I saw in class. I drew pictures and wrote what we thought of the posters. I also went to the park to collect supplies for my spiders environment. The next day I drew everything inside of my tank. This week in science Zayra and Corine did research about the cellar spider.
             This week in science I noticed that most posters used pictures more than words. I also noticed that the water cycle had the most pictures. The carbon cycle also had the least posters. When I went to the park I notice you had to dig deep in the dirt ti find the earthworms. I also noticed the pebbles in my tank blended into the rocks. Zayra learned that the cellar spider eats its own babies. Corine learned about NewYork's ecosystem.

This month in science #10

       This month in science we did many things. For example, we were assigned to human impacts groups. My group was the energy team. We went out in our community and surveyed people, questions that had to do with our assigned impact group. After that we met some people from the Human Impacts Group. They helped us develop pictures and slogans for our human impacts group. My group came up with the slogan "WATT'S the problem?" We also made a picture that went along with the message we were trying to get across. After that we did a final draft of the picture and now were going to make them into T-Shirts. We also tested electronics like, blow dryers and phones.

        This month in science I've learned a lot of things. For example, when we did the survey I learned that most peoples transportation is trains. This is good because we use less energy because it's mass transit. I also found out from the survey that men watch less TV than women. This means women use more energy when it comes to entertainment. I also learned that there are three types of human impacts images. The first is to set awareness, the second is to set action and the last could be both. We also learned that when you leave plugs in when your not using them it waste electricity. This is what I learned this month in science.                                                       

Human Impact Ad Campaign

I drew this to show that people are using to much energy to the point that we won't have enough in the future.

CSX Transportation and New York State Reveal Low Emissions Locomotive

The main point of the article was to let people know that the CSX and EPA teamed up to lower the Genset emissions locomotive in selkirk, NewYork. They want to tell people that their reducing the harmful emissions in that area. The Genset locomotive has three small engines and one large engine. The large engine can be turned on and off and is capable of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 80%. It can also reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 25%. The author argues that the new Genset is the next generation of sustainable energy.
I thought that the article was interesting and information giving. I actually agreed with the article because it's trying to help the environment. I am wondering why this is not being used in other areas. They should try to help the environment every where not just in one area.

This week in science #8

   This week in science we did some interesting things. For example, I took a picture of a cricket in a dorsal view as shown in this picture. I've also did a dissection. We had to place our animals in ventral view, dorsal view, anterior view, and posterior view. We also had to examine the animals features closely. The animal I dissected had certain parts on it that it got from adaption. These parts such as wings helped it do better in it environment.                                                                                  
   This week in science I've learned some interesting things. For example I learned that the cricket doesn't have veins so the blood and other liquids in its body just float around. I also learned that distal describes the location of a part.                                                      

This Week In Science #7

      This week in science I've did a lot of things. For example, each group was given an environment. Mines happened to be the tropical rain forest. After we were given the environment it was our job to pick an animal from the area. I chose the the white tiger. We wrote about the animals prey and predators. after that we were given an environmental change and we had to adapt our animals to it. I gave my white tiger bigger paws more fur and enhanced because the environment was icy and cold. We also had to explain what goes on in a regular tropical rain forest.                                                                This week in science I've learned a few things. For example, I learned that the white tiger eats live stock.