Investigation Question

How does mass affect the movement of the pendulum?

Solving Climate Change

Solving Climate Change Slideshow

Video

Experiment Spreadsheet

My Ecological Footprint

What are some things you could do to reduce your footprint?

          I could try to find more ways to get around other than a taxi, and I could try to limit my use of resources by thinking about the resources I already use.

Uneven Distributions of Natural Resources

There are uneven distributions of natural resources because tectonic plates move around, distributing the natural resources unevenly. Natural gas is distributed unevenly because the plants and animals die. Once in awhile, the tectonic plates move and bury the dead plants and animals underneath another tectonic plate. The heat and pressure under the many layers form the natural gas. Another example of uneven distribution due to tectonic plates is geothermal energy. The most geothermal activity is on the edges of tectonic plates. When tectonic plates move, it can create volcanoes and ridges which can have great geothermal activity. Volcanoes erupt and have geothermal energy, all because tectonic plates moved. A third example of uneven distribution due to tectonic plates is copper. When tectonic plates go under another they shift towards magma creating heat and pressure. When the tectonic plates start to melt, it gets further away from the core, cooling it down. Eventually, it breaks, sending pieces into the sea. Those pieces cool down and crystallize, creating copper. One final example of tectonic plates distributing naturals resources unevenly is oil. Tectonic plates decide where oil is located. When tectonic plates move, it distributes the oil unevenly. That is why there are uneven distributions of natural resources because of tectonic plates.

Seed Germination

These are my steps for germinating my cucumber seed.

1. Soak the paper towel
1. Dip quickly - moist but not soggy
2. Fold the seed into the paper towel
3. Put them in a zip-lock
1. To keep the moisture inside
2. Leave outside on the ledge by the window
4. Take out the seeds
1. Take them out after a couple of days

Question #4

Question #1

Wet-Mounted Slides

Blogger was giving me trouble so I quickly turned all of my writing and information into a slideshow to put on my blog. Hope that is ok, Mr. O!

Water Service Project Updates: April 2 To April 28

Week #3: April 17-23 (Sunday to Sunday)

          By the end of this week, Tanisha Mehta and I had finished our project. We did the bake sale and we were a huge hit! We sold out in 10 minutes and made over $70. We decided, as a group, that all of our earnings would go to lifewater.org.  With all the money we earned, we found we could save about two children's lives. Besides that, we just finished our slide presentation and are ready for anything!

Week #2: April 10-17 (Sunday to Sunday)

          As this week started, my partner, Tanisha Mehta and I made some pretty drastic changes. We have decided that. instead of meeting with a 5th-grade class, we would only present to our science class/wherever else we have to present. We are still going to use our board game idea and present it to our classmates. If they get it right, the will get a reward and a smaller one if they got it wrong, so everyone feels like a winner. We will also donate the money we will receive by joining into the bake sale. We have made no other changes so far and feel very confident of how our project is going so far.

Week #1: April 3-10 (Sunday to Sunday)

          As this week started, my partner, Tanisha Mehta and I already had an idea in mind. We were thinking of making cupcakes on April 17 to sell on the 20th or 21st, but instead of just selling cupcakes, we were thinking of making the frosting blue to represent water and finding a way to put a fact in or on the cupcake itself. 

          Along with our idea for making the cupcakes, we were also thinking of meeting with a 5th-grade class to raise awareness to the younger generation.While making the cupcakes, we were thinking about making a board game which will be easy because we have already made a template for it. 

          When it came to the design of the board game, My partner came up with the best idea where, when someone rolled the dice, they would move that number of spots and then if the landed on a question (not put in yet), you would answer it and if you got it right you would get to do your next turn. If you got it wrong you would miss a turn. If you didn't land on a question, you just play as you normally would, next time it is  your turn, you roll.

          Because we know that 5th graders need some interactive activities, we were thinking of bringing them downstairs to do a water race.We were thinking of having two equal teams and have each team have a full bucket of water. When we start the race, they will pick up the bucket and walk/run straight, walk around the cone, walk back to the next person and hand it off. The point of this activity is to show them how heavy water could be and to show them how much spills when they try to go very fast.

          Back to the board game, we were thinking of coming back upstairs after the water activity to play the game. We thought of doing it in this order because the children have longer to think about the information we give them before the activity. So, we are thinking of saying all the important facts, doing the water project and playing the board game. At the end of the game, we are thinking f giving the winner a prize, and because I thought all the students would want something I just thought of giving the anything-but-first-place students a smaller, but still cool, prize

          So far in week 1, that is all I have done and thought of. My partner and I still have to make a few more decisions, but I think it will work out great. Even though we have the 5th-grade-class idea, we still must ask the teacher we have picked. Thank you, Mr. O!

Water Fleas

       Today in science we used microscopes to see water fleas. They are seen using a magnification of 180X original magnification. The water fleas are very active and all seemed to have one eye. Water fleas are also known as Daphia.

America-Only Celebratory of Pi Day?

March 14 or also known as Pi Day, is a very special day celebrated only in America. I would like to talk about why Pi Day is only celebrated in the U.S. because I believe that everyone should know.

First off, I would like to point out that in certain countries they write the dates as day first, then month so instead of 3/14 in some places, they write 14/3. Even though this is true, some people point out that some countries, besides the states, actually would write it month then day, so the date would be 3/14.

Even though this is true, Pi Day is still only celebrated in the U.S. because only the U.S. government declared Pi Day a national holiday. Therefore only America celebrates Pi Day.

Even though America is the only place with Pi Day as its national holiday, many people still celebrate it as the Americans do. Many people, especially math teachers and students, still celebrate Pi Day with cool math and a slice or two of pie!

Public Service Announcement (PSA)

For my PSA, I decided to do a brochure. Even though you wanted it published on my blog, I also brought in two printed ones so you can see what it looks like as if it was a real PSA.

Chemistry Unit Reflection

Before, I wondered why we would do chemistry, as I thought I wouldn't need it in life. I thought that chemistry was just a unit, that it wouldn't impact our lives at all. After this whole unit, we have done many experiments. Until today, I didn't realize what the good in chemistry was. I thought it was just something done in a lab, but it's not.

Now I know that chemistry isn't only super fun, it is also super helpful. You can figure out whether something is an acid or a base, and you know that chemistry is involved in many around the house thin. Chemistry is an amazing unit, my personal favorite, and we actually use it a lot in life. I know I will never think that chemistry is pointless again.

Submarine Fumble

     My partner and I faced many problems while doing our experiment. One of the problems we faced was getting it to sink and float horizontally. We had to fix this issue in order for our submarine to sink and float. To fix it, we taped a bottle cap with a few rocks to the lid because the top of the submarine (bottle) was way to light compared to the bottom of the submarine. Another thing we did was add a few holes in the front for more water to get in to the top. We also took off some of the clay at the bottom of the bottle to make the bottle the same weight on both sides.

     I think being able to solve problems is important in life because if you ever have a problem with bills, your job, your house, etc, you might not be able to fix it because you never learned. You won't have the problem-solving skills to help you in life.

Body Volume Experiment

Science Body Mass

30L is my estimated body volume.

After the experiment, I found out that my volume is 39.

Science Meme

Be Healthy With Electronics

Before I discovered what happens when you use electronics too much, I thought that nothing would happen even though people kept telling me that it was unhealthy. I honestly thought that you could use electronic devices all day and you would be fine. Now I recognize that if you use electronics all day you wouldn’t have a social life. I learned that using things with screens too much makes you very lonely. I also learned that watching too much TV can lead to obesity. and I also learned that if you take breaks every now and then, you can spend time with your family, and go outside. I taught myself to take breaks, and now at school, they’re teaching us by making us look far away after we have just been looking at something up close. One day I told myself, “If I spend too much time on electronics, I will be a nobody. GET A LIFE!” Later on, I told myself that after a couple videos on youtube, I would go outside, go swimming or go for a walk. After learning all these things, I am no longer sinked into iPads, laptops, or TV.

When my family and I were driving around America this summer I had nothing to do. I had played on my iPad and watched movies the whole time, but once we got to Florida I noticed that I had spent too much time on electronics. I had felt light headed, dizzy, and I couldn’t see clearly. In boot camp, I found out that it is because I hadn’t been balancing using computers and staying healthy. At the time I didn’t know it, but now I realize that you have to balance using electronics, and doing things that don’t involve screens. When I use electronics now I know that I should also take a break from screens to stay physically fit.

What I have experienced over the summer has truly changed my whole point of view on electronic devices. I discovered that even if things with screens can help you, it can still affect you for the rest of your life. This will definitely change my future because I won’t be on electronic devices all day for the rest of my life. I will be out in the world having fun with friends and family. I know that it might be hard for you to take breaks every once and a while, but there are plenty of fun things to do. You could play a board game, ride a bike, do a craft, or even just go for a walk. I hope that you will become someone who grew up without electronics, I hope you become an amazing person without all that stuff. Don’t you want to be that person?

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About Me 2015

Caitlin is a girl who loves her family and school. She goes to an international school on an island. She likes reading but only when she is super bored and has to read. Same for writing. She writes at school, and only at home if she has a really great idea. She is more of a math person. Caitlin really likes to read fantasy and nonfiction books. She loves reading fantasy because it takes her to magical world, and she loves nonfiction because she learns something new every time she reads nonfiction books. She writes nonfiction, fantasy, personal narratives, and mysteries, but Caitlin writes nonfiction the best. She gets the concept that you’re trying to teach the readers about the topic, while giving them fun facts. Caitlin finds a way to learn about a topic, and then she makes it fun with more detail and a little humor, and then she types it all out and then she checks it and publishes it. She knows that it may never be perfect, but she still tries. She always tries to do her best. Caitlin will always try. If she can, she never gives up.

When Caitlin is not writing at home or at school, you will find her with her family, having fun. On the weekend, when she is not having fun with her family, once in a while you will find her at a swim meet.

She first picked up writing at school. She learned how to get ideas, and since that she always had ideas. When she thought hey were good, she typed them out. She started this way, but at school they started helping her to make her stories stronger. Now she writes at school and finds it fun. She will always have ideas, and she will always have fun.

Digital Citizenship Agreement Pledge

As a responsible Digital Citizen at SAS, I, Caitlin, promise to respect and protect myself, others, and intellectual property while learning, sharing, and collaborating online.