Weird Animals; Red Panda

In science class we got to do an assignment where we would get to choose any weird or interesting animal with different kind of looks or powers of some sort. I choose the red panda, for many reasons. Some of these reasons are because their look is interesting and cute, others are because their type is unique and different then normal pandas. One interesting fact about their kind is that they have a strip of read on their back and a hint of white of their face, and a whole column of black on their tummy and feet. The physical characterization of this marvelous animal is 56-63 cm long and their tail is about 37-47 cm. The red panda is a native to the Himalayas and to the southern part of china. The difference between a normal panda an this creature is that a panda is in a group with the bears while this animal has nothing to do with the bears, it resembles more on a raccoon. They are very skilled at climbing trees and does that a lot. Its pray or food are the following: Bamboo,{like a normal panda} eggs, birds, insect, and infact smaller mammals. It to is a mammal. The sad thing about these animals is that they are very rare and scientist have estimated that their are fewer then 10,000 individuals. This is a very bad fact for me because i was hoping that sometime in my life period i will get to see these animals.

They walk among us; Alien remains or wishful thinking?

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By Meera Dolasia on 11/20/2011

Do you believe in life beyond our own human race. Well now an anthropologist named Renato Davila Riquelme claims that he found a creatures that looks strange which may be out of this world.  Although there is a small possibility that this fact might be true, because there were cases like this in the past which turned out to be frauds or misleading evidence. The reason why this anthropologist may think that these are alien remains is because the skeleton of the "alien" is quite bizarre and different from a modern human skeleton. This amazing skeleton was discovered in Peru.  Andahuaylillas to be more precise and like i mentioned before really is astonishing and strange. Now the difference between a normal human skull and the this skull is that this skull is abnormally large. Were talking massive. The scary part is that their body is puny, only about 20 inches long which compared to their head is nothing. The third different thing about their head is that the eyes sockets are extremely large. Now slowly a imagine of this alien is forming in your mind but then you realize that this skeleton has much in common with the green small little creatures with big heads we created with are imagination and named "aliens." After seeing this similarity their are two main things about this topic I'm thinking of.  Either the first guy to draw and make up the alien saw it in real life an then got the inspiration or curiosity to share to the world, or this skeleton which they found is fake. Even though this creatures has much in common with a human like the soft spot on the skull which new born babies have, it also has a lot of differences.

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Ants GPS

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By Meera Dolasia on 10/31/2011

Have you ever wondered how ants never get lost, how they always stay on the exact path that they are willing to go to.  Well now  "The Technical University of Munich and Brazilian Center for Physics Research" has found the answer to this amazing mystery, and it has a lot to do with the fact that they got a GPS system on them! Scientists who studied the behavior and actions of ants have discovered by using a normal microscope that just like us humans ants have a GPS system. The difference between their and our GPS is the fact that our is on a machine while they have magnets build into their antennas, which helps them navigate where to go. While our GPS works thanks to the satellites they get there informations with their magnet antennas  from the minerals in the earths magnet field. Researchers believe that when ants walk across soil tiny parts of mineral iron get stuck onto their antennas which somehow make a GPS. Although not all ants have developed this fancy technic, either because their small or because they are a different type of ants. For example desert ants don't use the GPS system but by the movement of the sun they can tell to which way they will go to reach their destination {we give them less credit then they deserve.} Although this discovery is amazing there are a few more things ants can do which will probably blow your mind when i tell you. So first of all i would like to mention that ants have the biggest brain of all the insects  out their, or at least the ones that are familiar to us. Ok braes your self because this information im going to share with you will open your eyes and show u that ants to resemble humans a little bit. It was recently discovered that ants communicate through talking, and not just any squeaks like other animals but they actually stroke the ridges of their abdomen to convey messages to each other.  Thats all information i have to share with you for this blog post stay tuned to get more amazing information. Ants are unbelievable creatures and we should give a little more credit to them!

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Dirt

A couple of days ago in Science class we watched a movie name "Dirt." I know for sure that this movie change everyones perceptive about dirt and ill tell you why. Before this movie whenever i though of dirt i would just think of muddy and brown stuff which sometimes may smell bad. I knew that a lot of living things on the surface of it but there where other stuff on which plants can grow. Now the think that amazed me the most is that dirt itself is abiotic {dead/no alive} but there are things that live inside it that are biotic.  I also learned that dirt is a vital resource and is used in many countries and cultural and is treated with respect. Some people even taste it and spell it because they want to show that its a beautiful soil made by god. Iv also learned that we have to take care of it and appreciate it a lot more then we do. Imagine life without dirt or only rarely found dirt. Where would all the plants grow? And if we continue to mine and destroy earth/dirt for minor reasons maybe not in 100 years but in 500 it might be gone. So please if you want the earth to stay the same don't ruin beautiful fields with dirt! I enjoyed the movie and recommend it to all the kids and parents to watch because it will change the way you think of dirt

Orange really suits Snappy the Crocodile

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By Meera Dolasia on 09/26/2011 

Recently  it  was discovered that an eight  foot long crocodile name  snappy,  who lived  Roaming Reptiles center, in Australia had turned ORANGE! When Snappy was born and even when he became a little older his skin color was the same as the rest of the clans, a nice brown green color but somehow over time the color green revolved into orange, and the scientists found out why. The first thought that came to mind to Snappy's ex owner was that he got some kind of rear disease, and instantly she got aghast because she thought that he had no time to live and that in a few days he would die. But she was wrong, it was the exact opposite he was as any other crocodile {except that he had orange skin.} The thing that snappy was suffering from was his own bad habits. Turns out that snappy was sleeping in a heated bath was eating pieces of the water pipes and had managed to destroy the filter. This in turn allowed the leaves to fall into his water which eventually dyed his skin {wow thats funny to say, "dyed his skin"} Although experts have assured snappy's owner that the orange will fade away and that his natural color will come into place again.  Because of Snappy rare incident  he become a celebrity, a star if you will

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED!

  

video of snappy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vazG88hy5YA&feature=player_embedded

When did Shoes Become so Sweet?

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 June Liu on 09/20/2011

On September 8th 2010 there was a fashion event which every designer would make or choose his/her favorite work and represent it to a costumers, which were all over the place and not to mention that there were 100 including celebrates because this event was the 3rd annual Fashion's Night Out. While all of the designers were great and had some impressive work BUT most of the attraction was facing a candy store name Dylan's Candy Bar! Can you imagine that. Now your probably asking your self what does candy have to do with fashion, well a lot apparently if the owner of the store is Dylan Lauren the daughter of the most famous designer in the world. Last year she challenged the students of Savannah College of Art & Design to make the entire heel/shoe made out of candy, and so they did. They could have chosen to use any of the 7,000 verities of sweets. While all of the students did an marvelous job with the candy shoes it was one girl in general that caught the judges fancy, Sarah Richardson. Her 2 years work finally payed off earning her the cool $5,000 and some other things {mostly memberships.}If in modern days you could make fancy shoes out of delicious candy bars imagine what you'll be able to do in the future. I hope its going to be something SWEET {did you see what i did there} 


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New Zealand's Psychic Sheep

Since Paul the Octopus seer who predicted the outcome of Spain winning the world cup, nobody was as good of a psychic, until Sonny Wool showed up, New Zealand's psychic. Not only is it amazing that she predicted that New Zealand will win two games in the rugby world cup, which they did accomplish, shes also a sheep {and when i say sheep i mean it, the one who goes baaa.} It all started when she was a little lamb, she could predict whenever there was going to be a rainfalls or storms. Hence when the rugby cup season kicked off Sonny's owner Dan Boyd decided to test if the sheep could foresee more important events {which to him meant rugby} Like Iv mentioned before so far the sheep's foreseeing was very accurate, and the people of New Zealand hope for it to stay accurate. To enable the sheep to tell his prediction, the sheep's owner Dan sets up to boxes of hay. On both of the boxes there is a flag, one of their country/team and the other with the others country/opponent team. And the one that Sonny chooses to eat the hay from represents the wining team. I know that most of you think that shes only an animal and that the hay shes eating is only because shes hungry i think this to but how could you explain two wins, we might have to wait and see if shell make any mistakes.
below is a picture of Sonny Wool and a video
Video: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OKOV1WKcH4

Living Things

The things I know about living things are that all of them have needs, what I mean by that is that they need water, sun, food or anything else and so on. They also need to need to have cells to be a living thing, like a normal human being or an animal or a plant {A interesting fact about plants is that not only do they have cells they also have DNA} etc. They need to be able to grow and also when they reach certain point they need to reproduce. But sometimes there are situation when something was a living thing but it is not anymore, take for example a table {if its made out of wood.} Tress are considered living things so when a woodsman comes and chops it down and makes it into a table it is not consider to be alive, or so I think. A thing I would like to know is  can a thing that isn’t live over time develop into a thing that is? I also would like to know how scientist see what color the cells in our bodies are? That’s all the questions I have I hope that I find out my answer through out this interesting unit.  Thank you once again Mrs M for choosing a fun unit for us to do.

I hope you enjoyed!

My Goals for 7th Grade Science

In today's science class we where talking about what will be our goals throughout the whole school year, and these are what i came up with.

1. I would like to have the best possible grades from science class, because i really try hard and really enjoy learning new topics 
2. Talk less turing class
3. Do my best!!! {this goes along with number 1}
4. Speak scientifically turing science class

So thats about it, looking forward to trying to succeed in my goals if i do {pray to god} i will be happy and proud of my self for putting down a target i was aiming at the whole school year.

My Scientific Summer

Like any normal human being I went swimming this summer. Now when I say it like that it seems as though it’s the most casual and most performed activity to do in the summer, and it is, but its got more to it. When you swam have you ever thought about why your body stay up on the surface of the water and not just drawn, because I have? Or why do people with more mass drawn faster then people who are lighter? Well if you don’t know ill answer it right now. But before that I wanted to mention that almost any activity you do has to relate to science {I personally think that that’s the beauty of science.} Now going back to my topic, the reason you can flout on the surface of the water when your swimming or when you just want to relax is because as you all now from the basic principle of physics anything that has more density then the water will sink but don’t forget that our body is made up of 2/3 of water, so that’s basically why we can flout and don’t drown, but if you start moving around carelessly you are putting more weight which automatically means that your starting to drawn. Now for the mass thing it’s actually pretty simple. If you have more mass, you have more weight, which means the force is pushing you down toward the floor of the sea, or pool if you didn’t go to the beach/sea.

Hope you enjoyed

My inspiration for science is Mrs. M

The Path of an Marble

Hello guys, in science class lately we have been measuring the path of an marble. We {my partner and I}did this by putting tape on one side and labeling it start and then at the end of the table we would put another label which will say finish. Then we took the materials which were for us



Our guiding question was does the speed of the marble depend on the mass?

My answer was that it does because if the marble/ball has a lot of mass then it would be very difficult for it to start which equals an disturbance in the speed.


Materials

• Metal Marble
• Little Marble
• Big Marble 
• Tennis Ball 
• Golf Ball {worst of all}
• Straw 

When we got all the tools necessary we would take the straw but it next to the ball and blow on it with a steady breath. We would continue doing this for all of our materials. Of course because of the size and mass of the marbles/balls some of them didn't have enough density to go as fast or start {like the golf ball} So our teacher told us to draw all of the marbles paths. And  by my analyzes non of the marbles/balls would go straight. They would all curve or stop depending on there mass.

From Feet to Fathoms

Hello guys. Today in science class we explored how people used to measure thing without any necessary tools, and we found out that there where many different ways to measure things.

Our guiding question was:
What are some advantages of using the metric measurements of the old English system?

Hypothesis:
The advantages of the old English measurements is that you can always use it you don't need any necessary tool to help you, like a ruler {Because not everyone has a ruler at hand}, you only need to have your body parts along with you.

Materials:
-Pace: walking with outstretched legs {1 yard}
-Egyptian Cubit: elbow to the tip of the forefinger {50 cm}
-Fathom: Tip of the forefinger to the other tip of the forefinger {6 feet, fisherman use this kind of measurement now days as well}
-Palm: across the palm {3 in}
-Span: from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger {6 in}
-English Yard: from the tip of the pointer to the middle of the nose {1yard}
-Foot: One foot

Data Table:

Data analysis:
As you can see from the graph most of our {my partners and my} measurements without  tools were accurate. So the English measurement system was almost 100% correct. And we tried measuring things in different ways.

Conclusion:
In conclusion this activity was great for my partner and I because we finished our project on time, and we were working together and were not fooling around. The English measurement system was mostly accurate. The only problem that the English system has is that if a bigger and wider guy measures the same thing you did your not going to end up with the same/correct answer.

Further Inquiry:
I don't have any further questions and I have to admit that my partner and i where working very hard and where mostly focused to our task. My overall thought on this project was that it was fun but also challenging when it came to measuring without equipment

Thank you Mrs M for another exiting project

Force, Motion, Energy

Hey guys so we started a new unit in science class is about the forces of motion, and they are to things which i have to answer, What i know and what I want to know.
So the thing that I know is that in order to move something you need force {like a bullet hitting a soda can, or a punch.} Motion {like a car.} and energy {which can go with the car and with the punch.} The other thing which i know is that if you go at the speed of light which means that you can trick gravity you start to get heavier and heavier until at one point you stop because you get to heavy.
The thing that i would like to know is if you have enough energy and motion could you run on water, and how do stay on the surface of the water and not sink
I research one of my questions which was how do boats not sink and stay on the surface of the water, this is because the boats positive force is pulling down while the seas negative forces is pushing up. The guy who found out this theory is not with us anymore but still is very cool.Hes called Archimedas

Link where i got my info
http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/021598kidsques.htm

Our overall Reflection

Hey guys, were are at the end of our unit and now are task is to right a reflection. The guiding question through out this unit was "How valuable is a Rock" My answer is that a rock can be just plane, which doesn't cost much at all, but the once which have valuable mineral ans other natural substances may cost a lot {and when i say a lot i mean a lot like 1,000 dollars.} The area of interaction for this unit was environment because we got to learn about natural minerals that we use and need for daily life purposes. I truly felt that this unit was fun because i understood a lot of stuff according to this topic {This unit was a little bit easier then the atoms and molecules that we studied before.} I learn a lot of stuff about minerals in this unit, but one of the most fascinating this i have learned is that minerals can not be formed by living or once living thing, for example they can't be formed from a tree, or a stone but that was once a living thing. One of my favorite parts where when Mrs M gave us the freedom to talk for almost the whole class period about the "Ocean Mining" problem, and the thing that i was worried about was the test, but somehow god helped me and i got a very good grade an i was happy. I thing this unit was very fun and i would change anything except i would say a little bit less homework about blog reflections. Overall this unit was great and i think it was one of my best ones

This is our overall Reflection

Reflection for group discussion

Hello all. Today I am going to write a short reflection about our group discussion project that we did. First of all i would like to thank Mrs M because i like how she gave us the freedom to talk on this subject that was very interesting. What amazed me is that at the end when we had to share our discussion and the proposal {not the marriage kind} that we had we ended up having very similar information and thoughts. I think this was an great idea Mrs M for letting us talk like this and not having steps of how we should talk. My group was excellent we didn't fight, and if we had an "argument" we would solve it peacefully and without harms way. I hope we have more of this freedom to talk
Thank you again Mrs M
Hope you Enjoyed.

A group discussion + proposal

Group members- Ogi, Matija, Han &Ajda

Questions-

           Why are minerals important?

·      Because they use them for daily life purposes such as building materials, medicine and many more important uses

          What minerals are found in the world’s oceans?

·      Diamonds

·      Salt

·      Potassium

·      Magnesium.

·      Sand and Gravel.

·      Limestone and Gypsum.

·      Manganese Nodules.

·      Phosphoresces

·      Placer Gold

·      Tin

·      Titanium

Why are these minerals so valuable?

·      Because the process of getting them cost a lot of money

·      Because most of the diamonds lie on the continental shelf

          Who should have the right to receive them or the profits?

·      All countries around the specific ocean should have the right to own the minerals

·      The wealthy countries should share the minerals they find with the developing countries, but in return the developing countries should share their minerals

What are the problems with mining in the oceans?

·      It is very expensive

·      It causes earthquakes

·      They don’t have the tools to mine in some countries

·      Some countries are able to mine the minerals from the oceans but do not want to share them

Blue Questions-

Who owns the oceans minerals?

·      Mainly the countries around that part of the ocean

·      Everyone should share their profits/founds

What are the rights?

·      The people that find the minerals

·      The governments

·      Wealthy countries should produce the process and they should share it with the developing countries because they don’t have the privilege to afford it, but in return they need to give workers in return

·      By 2003, 157 nations had signed the law of the Sea treaty. The mining profits must be shared between all nations. Because of the treaty some nations think that everyone should share their technology and profits they get from the deposits

Do you agree with them?

·      Yes we do agree, because every country no matter if they are wealthy or developing should have the rights to have those minerals

The proposal-

Solve the problem without war-

·      We had some disagreements about what to write, because everyone had their own ideas but in the end we ended up voting to get the right proposal.

·      We also had many different answer possibilities so we ended up writing down more than one idea from more than one person

·      We should make a law saying that no matter who finds the minerals has the rights to keep them, no matter where it is

·      They should also share/trade what they find with the developing   countries    

·      The red writing is the highlights of our discussion or the disagreements that we had

·      The black is what we decided 

Copper in Serbia

Hello all. Today in science class we have to right a blog post about the most common mineral in my country which you can see is Serbia. I chose to talk about copper because its one of the most common minerals found in Serbia. Now how is copper mined? Copper is always found under the earths crust which means its subsurface mining.The biggest company that produces copper in Serbia is called RTB. The copper is exported to Americal along with some other countries but Serbia is keeping 33% of the mining area which gives a lot of copper. Copper is used for rooftops best against erosion, it is also used for wire in houses. In Serbia copper is especially valuable because the Serbs were one of the first ones to produce it and show it to the world. Copper is depended on in Serbia because you use this mineral for many many things such as wires in houses like I mentioned before. In conclusion Serbia is very rich on copper and it is the most common found mineral.

 Ocean Mining, is it a Big Problem

Hello guys I am going to talk you of what I have been doing in science class lately. So on Friday, April 8, Our teacher {Mrs. M} gave us a very problematic article to read, and so I did. The main Topic of this article was: Should the wealth be shared for ocean floored mining. After we read the text we are going to have to answer 3 questions and they will be right bellow along with my answer and opinion.

Indentify the Problem: The Problem about ocean floor mining is that not every country can afford to buy the necessary tools and technology needed to process this type of mining.

Analyze the Options : I think that the only options that the developing countries have are to somehow persuade the wealthy countries to help them and give them the money necessary to  process this kind of mining.

Find a Solution:  I think that the countries in the Pacific Ocean that should share their founds are Australia, and the island around it, with the east part of Russia as well as Asia and Japan {Japan really needs help right now.} The countries that should share minerals in North and south Atlantic are the following. Iceland and Greenland, Portugal, the east side of America and the west side of Africa. And all the countries around the Arctic ocean should share their fortune and minerals.

In conclusion I strongly  believe that the countries that can afford these types of things {tool} should share their wealth.

Mighty Mineral

Hey guys good to see you again :) in science class we are doing this project where we get to choose our own mineral to talk about it and answer a couple of questions. Down below are the questions

How do we get it out from nature?

Crystalline Structure: What does it look like? 

Abundance:  How much is found on Earth? 

Where is it found? 

Possible:  How valuable is it? How much does it cost?
We also had other questions that we needed to answer but on paper

My choice of a mineral was copper. While i was researching i found out many fascinating things about this mineral, For example one of the first cars ever invented were out of copper and not metal. I can not put on my slide show that i prepared for class with all of the questions answer so i am very sad, I will try though but i may not succeed. In conclusion i loved this project because i got to learn about this incredible mineral, I hope we do this again in future references

Our Greatest Lab Report

PROJECT 
Irina 
Emma 
Matija 
QUESTIONS
1.Does the density of a mineral depend on the size of the mineral sample?

Hypothesis:

It depends on how much air the mineral has inside.   It also depends on the mass divided by volume which equals the density.  To find the density you need to know the mass and volume.

Controlled variables:  How much water is in the graduated cylinder {we will keep this to see the difference between the minerals.} The scale.
Manipulated variables:  The minerals {we will test 3 different kind of minerals so they will have 3 different kind of densities.} 
Responding variables:  Density of the minerals 
Materials:

1. Balance
2. Graduated cylinder
3. Weighting paper
4. Samples of minerals

Procedure: 
1. Choose the 2 minerals, 3 samples each.

• WHITE FELDSPAR
• ORANGE FELDSPAR

2. Find the mass

• 1. orange feldspar 23.6
• 2. orange feldspar 34.3
• 3. orange feldspar 18.6

• 1. white feldspar 32.1
• 2. white feldspar 21
• white feldspar 31.5

3. Find the volume

• 1.orange feldspar 22 ml
• 2.orange feldspar 25 ml
• 3.orange feldspar 14 ml

• 1. white feldspar 28 ml
• 2. white feldspar 12 ml
• 3. white feldspar 20 ml

4. Find the Density
Orange feldspar
1.072
1.3
1.328
White feldspar 
1.146
1.75
1.575

5. Make a table with what the density,volume and mass are



Data analysis 
In the data above i personally can see multiple patterns. The first pattern i see is that the volume is always a little bit smaller then the mass this is maybe because there isn't so much space inside the mineral as much there is mass. The second pattern i see is that there are minerals which have quite the same volume as well as the mass

Conclusion
Does the density of a mineral depend on the size of the mineral sample?  Well from what i have seen in our lab report is that the bigger minerals or the larger ones have more volume and mass then the smaller ones, therefore they it has more density {this is because mass/volume=density.} So I will have to say yes

Further inquiry
If I were to do this whole lab again i would have changed our samples to find a lot of differences in the mass and volume so they would be completely different. I would have also prefered to work in a quite place so i would get distracted. Other then that my group was amazing i could have picked a better group because they started working at once, they didn't argue, and the best of all they were always on track.