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8/24/2007
Published: Saturday, August 11, 2007 Officials rule out tornado In Salem on August 9th 2007 a micro bust hit. The winds were up to 85 mph for it to be a tornado it had to be100 mph or more. The winds were slightly tilted but not enough to be considered a projectile motion. The tornado chasers could not say it was not a tornado tell they did an assessment and calculation. They concluded that many clouds in a funnel formation were near the ground but never touched. -TaZ ABDELRASUL, MAYSOON. "Vindy.com - Officials rule out tornado." 2007. The Vindicator. 24 Aug 2007 <[|http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/308800031279476.php>.]

//Comment 1:// Good Job Taz. I think you forgot to paste the blog prompt into the wiki, and you might want to run it through spell check. Maybe a little more information around why it relates to projectile motion. Overall, good job. Grant C

//Comment 2:// Good job on your paragraphs. However, there are multiple spelling mistakes. Did you forget to run it through a spell check? Also, some words need a space in between them. You also forgot to capitalize Salem. You will want to add what a microbust is, since not many people know what it means. Overall, a pretty nice job. ~Christina K. :p

9/24/2007
//Reflect upon the mystery density cube experiment. Create a long paragraph addressing these questions:

1.) Was the scientific method necessary in this experiment? If not, why? If so, why? 2.) What made this experiment difficult? or was it easy? 3.) Is density very important in finding the identity of an unknown substance?

Entry:// The scientific method is necessary in this experiment, incase someone else would like to try the experiment. This experiment difficult because there are may different options that the cubes could be, and the cubes were hard to find information about. The density very important in finding the identity of an unknown substance because with out its density it could be almost anything with that color, but with the density it is possible to find the unknown object. -Taz

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10/16/2007
What is a flame test in your own words? How does this relate to the use of chemicals in fireworks? Make sure to include your MLA citations you may not use Wikipedia! . //Entry:// A flame test is when a test is used in order to find certain metals. It's based on the observation that light emitted by any element gives. When a chemicle covered item passes through a flame the color in the flames changes. The value of the flame test is limited by interference from other brighter colors and by ambiguities where certain different metals cause the same flame color.

"Flame test -- Infoplease.com." 2007. Infoplease. 16 Oct 2007 <[|http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0818856.html>.] -TaZ

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11/1/2007
Go to this site: [|http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=55 .]Click on "Watch the Reaction with Sodium and Chlorine" In your own words and in third person, create a blog entry describing the reaction and explaining what is happening in terms of the bonding. Write a long paragraph. Explain in detail.

//Entry:// When the sodium is dropped into the chlorine, the sodium has an aggressive reaction. When the atoms of the two elements mix an ionic bond is formed. An ionic bond is when the electrons are completely given to another atom. Here the chlorine gains one atom while the sodium louses one. This forms sodium chloride or table salt. -TaZ Anthony Carpi, Ph.D. "Chemical Bonding," //Visionlearning// Vol. CHE-1 (7), 2003. [|]

//Comment 1:// Great explanation! You explained what an ionic bond is and how it interveins with the reaction very well. On the other hand, I would explain what happens to the atom's charge after this reaction, this will help out your blog greatly. Also, I would explain what the two elements are when you say "the atoms of the two elements" in you second sentence. As for grammer, you spelled loses wrong, it is spelled loses, not louses. Otherwise, great job! I would give you a B+. -Alyssa P.

//Comment 2:// Good job, I thought it was a little short. You could add more information like cations and anions or how many electrons were in the outer energy level.. Try to add more detail and form a couple more sentences. You also might want a concluding sentence. You spelled a couple things wrong and seemed to know what you were talking about. To improve, add some more details and work on the spelling. All and all, great job, looks like a B+ to me! //-Caroline W//

11/8/2007
What was your favorite project, experiment or topic this trimester and why? (projectile motion, density cube experiment, podcasts, chemical reactions, flame tests, etc.) You can also comment about the snakes. What do you think that you excelled at this trimester? How could you have improved your performance in Science 7? (Make sure to check your spelling and grammar).

//Entry:// //My favorite project was the flame test; I think it was neat how the flame turned abnormal questions. I like the idea of learning about snakes. This trimester I think I excelled throughout almost everything I did, I tried my best that’s always good. If I want to improve, which I do, I would want to study our unit more, like studying the periodic table if I need.// -TaZ

//Comment 1:// Taz, you always have energy! I think that is a very good thing about you because you have an interest in science. You are so creative. -Rabiya S. //Comment 2://

12/18/2007
Our next unit is about electricity and electronics. In first person write a long paragraph about what you know about electricity and what questions you might like to have answered in our electricity unit. If you could investigate any subject area related to energy in the home, electricity, electronics, computers, etc. what would you like to research or investigate?

Entry: I know that electricity is the flow of power or charge. We get electricity from all sorts of places. Electricity cannot be reused or fixed; you always have to get it again. Electricity can be used for almost anything: computers, lights, ect. Most people don’t usually think about how electricity has grown and how it affects our daily lives. We all started using water wells to help run things, or wind mills. Electricity is wonderful and we use it every day right now you are using electricity to read what I’m writing; even if it is on paper because you used a printer or fax machine to read this. I am typing this that also uses electricity. Tell me how many times have you actually thought of it that way? I would like to learn more about electricity, I think that if something is this important and used in daily life everyone should know as much as possible about it. ~TaZ k.

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//1/3/2008//
//Our next unit is about electricity and electronics. Observe the following graph, Graph 1. Write at least five sentences for each of the following questions. Write in third person. Directly cite data and identify the graph (1). 1.) Which electricity source in the US has increased the greatest amount over the time period shown in the graph? 2.) Which of the sources listed below directly contribute to global warming? Provide evidence and explain using the Internet (MLA citation). 3.) Describe the overall trends from 1972 to 1985 regarding the US's sources of electricity. // //Here is an example statement: "Graph 1 shows that from 1960-1965 there was a steady increase in the use of coal as a source of electricity. It rose from roughly 0.2 trillion killwatthours to 0.5 kilowatt hours.

Entry:// In graph 1 coal has become the most popular from 1950- 2005. Coal went from a little over 0.0 to just under 2.0. of course coal also had a few droping points but none of them were very major. Coal has grown the most over the whole graph (1). Coal originally started a tad higher than the others and slowly went higher and higher. Natural gas gives off 50% of the carbon dioxide; coal 25%, for the same amount of energy produced. Coal was always very popular. Besides that Petroleum and Natural gases are second in line. From 1972- 1975 Hydroelectric power was thired. In 1976 Hydroelectric power and Nuclear Electric power were at the same leavle. Hydro. was the lowest out of all. -TaZ

//Comment 1:// Some suggestions I have for you are to use units like kilowatt hours and to use citations. I am having a hard time following your writing. I also cannot find much information about the third question. Your sentences were not complete and some spelling was incorrect. I am pretty sure you understood the concept I think you just had a hard time communicating your thoughts to words. I think that you should do some research on the different topics you brought up so you can back up your statements. On the positive side your point of view was correct and you referenced the graph and the time period. The most important thing for you to work on is to research the question on google so you know more about what you are writing.-//Caroline W//

//Comment 2:// Taz, I am not sure what it is you ware trying to say. Your spelling could use some work as well. You talked about nuclear and hydro - electric but none of the others. The prompt said to talk about all of the sorces. - Thomas

//1/8/2008//
Please read the paragraph below about energy use to create electricity from 1972-1985 in the US. Observe that the graph is referred to, there is an introductory statement, supporting statements are backed up with data, and that their is a concluding sentence. This would have been a well written paragraph for question 3 in our previous blog entry.

"As seen in Graph 1, there were four sources of electricity production in the US from 1972-1985. These sources were coal, petroleum/natural gas, nuclear electric power, and hydroelectric power. From 1972-1985, the US needed greater and greater production of electricity from these combined resources. This best example of this is that during these years, coal increased from 0.5 trillion kilowatthours to roughly 1.5 trillion kilowatthours. During this same time period hydroelectric sources remained approximately the same at 0.3 trillion kilowatthours. There was a slight increase in nuclear electric power sources from 0.1 trillion kilowatthours to 0.3 trillion kilowatthours during this same time period. Finally, petroleum and natural gas showed the greatest amount of fluctuation during this time period staying about the same from 1972-1980 at 0.4 trillion kilowatthours but then deceasing to 0.3 trillion kilowattthours by 1985. Thus, although greater and greater amounts of resources were needed to produce electricity during this time period, coal accounted for the greatest increase in use." - JT

//**Using the above paragraph as a model, describe the changes in electricity production sources from 2000-2005. Make sure that you reference the graph (Graph 1). Make sure all statements are backed up with data. Make sure you have an introductory sentence and a concluding sentence that provide an overall summary/statement.**//

Entry: As seen in graph 1, four of the major sources of power from 1950 to 2005 are coal, Nuclear Electric power, Petroleum and Natural gases, and Hydroelectric power. Coal is always has AWKWARD the most use, from about 0.2 trillion kilowatt-hours in 1950 to about 1.9 trillion kilowatt-hours in 2005. After that Petroleum and Natural gases are second in line SW with about 0.9 UNITS from 1956 to 1985. Nuclear power never really got up to the HOW MANY trillion kilowatts till around 1957 where it stayed for about ten years. In 1985 Nuclear Electric power was second with 0.9, but drops again in 2003 by very little. From the year 1972 to 1975 Hydroelectric power was lowest of them all, keeping an average of about 0.4 trillion kilowatt-hours. Overall in graph 1 coal was the most popular source of energy from 1950 to 2005. -TaZ k. PROOF YOUR WORK AND KEEP WORKING ON YOUR SW.- jt

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2/05/2008
What is a watt? How do you calculate the amount of electrical power that is used in a circuit? Finally, if a lamp with a 200 watt lightbulb burned for 24 hours straight (you forgot and left it turned on), how many kilowatt hours would it use? Make sure to write in complete sentences and in third person. Explain how you calculated the amount of kilowatt hours that would be used in the question above.

Entry: If a 200 watt lamp was on for 24 hours, you need to know kilowatt hours it was burning. A kilowatt hour is 100 watt hours, therefore to convert from watt hours to kilowatt hours you would multiply 200 by 100, 20,000 kilowatt hours. That’s only for a single hour. Now to find the full extent you need to multiply our first number (20,000 kwh) by how long it was burning, 24 hours. 480,000 watt hours were used with one lamp on for one day.

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Basically all your information is wrong. Go back and do some research on these topics. And you need to tell what a watt is still. but good effort! i give it a C-

Katherina Comment 2: First, you should answer the first question. Whenever you do a problem, you need to write down the formula, and if you do that, the answers to your problems will more likely be correct. you didn't really seem to understand the way to calculate kilowatts, because you were very off in your zero's. I suggest you look back at the formula next time you answer a problem, and next time try to write in third person. I can still see you put some effort into it, and you tried to answer the question correctly. -Elizabeth B.//

2/28/2008
This trimester we started by finishing up our chemistry unit by doing an acid/base experiment. After this, we started our electricity/electronics unit in which we first made basic series and parallel circuits with buzzers, speakers, motors, and lights. We applied ohm's law to these experiments. Following this, we started working on the Radioshack Electronics Kits where we made complex circuits that had a variety of functions- blinking LEDs, screeching speakers, analog to digital converters, etc. The technology we used this trimester included the pH probes that we connected to our computers to get the pH of household chemicals, using the wiki to create an class test review sheet, the Radioshack Electronic Kits, and creating collaborative lab reports in the wiki for our electronics unit (instead of a formal lab report).

//__In this blog prompt, please write a paragraph long entry (5-6 sentences with a intro and concluding sentence) that addresses what you enjoyed during this trimester and what you have learned. You can also comment on what you would like to improve upon for next trimester or what was difficult for you. Feel free to comment on our snakes- Peppermint and Diablo if you would like to as well as the technology that you enjoyed this trimester. Please check your spelling and grammar as this blog entry may appear in your end of trimester comment. You may want to write it in Microsoft Word to check the spelling, etc. and then copy it in the blog.__//

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If in the future machines have the ability to reason, be self-aware and have feelings, then what makes a human being a human being, and a robot a robot? Explain. Are there any kind of robots that shouldn't be created? Or that you wouldn't want to see created? Why?  If in the future machines have the ability to reason, be self-aware and have feelings, the difference between a human being a human being, and a robot a robot is that we can breath and are special. Robots are all built to be the same and how ever they are programmed to be. Humans, on the other hand, are unique and each of we are all different. I like robots, but if robots were to take over all reasonability for man eventually man will be under robot.  //Comment 1: //  //Comment 2: // Created with Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 One place for all your notes and information
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