Stay Beautiful, And Keep It Ugly

Mazes with Lettuce. -- 06-11-12

2012-06-11T11:23:57-05:00

for my groups experiment, we made a maze for the cockroach to go through. we put her in the beginning, and at the end we put rotten lettuce (because cockroaches like rotting food.) our question was if they could navigate through the maze. Shaniqua (as we later named her xD)ended up going through the maze, hitting dead ends then turning around and going the right way after a while. though she did cheat, and crawled under one of the walls to get to the lettuce. we could only try it twice,with the limited time, but the first time she made it after cheating, and the second time she made it to the lettuce without going under or over anything.

COCKROACHES! :O -- 06-06-12

2012-06-06T11:19:26-05:00

things i know about cockroaches?

1. their cool
2. if you see one in your house there's a thousand under your house (thanks alisha :3)
3. almost all the girls hate them in our class
4. they can create a stampead of girls (and some guys) if you shove them in one girls face. xD
5. their really ugly...C:
6. they can survive for a week after their heads are cut off.
7. they can resist a high amount of radiation.
8. they bight, and eat fingernails, feet and hands.

things i want to know?

i honestly cant think of anything right now... :P

The Elwha Dam :P -- 05-14-12

2012-05-14T11:22:05-05:00

1. The Elwha Dam was put up to be used for it's Power generating capacity.
2. Glines Canyon
3.It killed fish and increased the rivers temperature which in turn created more disease and parasites.
4.

SNAILS!!!!! xD -- 05-02-12

2012-05-02T11:07:53-05:00

In our science class, we are starting an experiment on Snails. Therefore, we have to do a blog on what we know about Snails, and what we want to know.
SO.
What I Know About Snails;

they die when brought in contact with salt.
their slow
their slimy
their shell is made out of calcium
they eat their dead partners shell to strengthen their own(shell)
they have four eyes

What I Want To Know About Snails;

how many teeth do they have?
do they eat anything, or is it certain food (besides salty food) they they eat?
can they SMELL?
if they can smell, do they know how HORRIBLE smelling they are?
do they have tongues?

On A Side Note;
I'm naming a one of our Snails Bob. ^.^

OUR SCIENCE PROJECT :D -- 04-17-12

2012-04-17T11:25:27-05:00

Our experiment was about if plants can grow in a plastic bag as well as out side of it. We took a huge zip lock baggy and set radish seed on a wet paper towel. We had 3 groups of seeds and on one we put 3 drops of red food coloring and on another we put 3 drops of blue food coloring. The 3rd group we left plain. We put the 3 radish seed groups on the wet paper towels in the zip lock baggy and blew it up and closed it. Then left it by the window. They started to grow on the forth day we left them there. Every 3 days we changed the paper towels and didn't add any food coloring. The radishes continued to grow and the red and blue ones ended up having blue viens and red leafs. One mistake we made was we didn't grow any radishes outside of the bag.
Our claim; you can grow plants just as well inside a bag as well as you can outside of one.
Our evidence; the radishes grew fine in the bag, though they took a late start on sprouting. We think this is because they went in actual soil and it took longer to suck the water out if the paper towels.
Our reasoning; they would have grown just as fine as any other radish seeds outside (though we didn't grow any outside of the bag) and grew into beautiful radishes if Alisha didn't leave them in her backpack.

bibliography:

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"The Water Cycle." SouthWest Florida Water Management District , n. d. Web. 25 Apr. 2012. .

Green house Effect and Global Warming. 2010. Web. 25 Apr 2012. . .

Meh glog, that's on meh blog :) -- 02-15-12

2012-02-15T12:05:34-05:00

That thing that grows everywhere and in that place we learn and do homework in... -- 02-07-12

2012-02-07T12:28:13-05:00

Bacteria in Our School

A: for 48 hours of bateria growing we have seen that the girls bathroom door knob is the one with the most bacteria out of the four.
E: our evidence for this answer is how many bacteria colonies that have grown in it's section and how big they are compared to the other bateria colonies in the other samples.
I: In our project we didn't have any inaccuracies or scources of error.
O: in our observations we saw that the drinking fountain we swabbed had no bacteria growing (THANK GOD). We observed that the door knob we saw bed was the one with the most bacteria, with 4 bateria colonies that were smooth yellow and whitish bumps. Mr. diPretes mouth was the second bacteria scorch that had 3 bacteria colonies that were yellow bumps. The smallest bacteria swab we did was the girls bathroom toilet handle that had only 2 bacteria colonies that were yellow smooth bumps.
U: I understood that bacteria grows in multiple places, maybe not in bleached areas like the drinking fountain (we suspected that's why it had no bacteria) and that everywhere we go there's bacteria-even in hospitals!

Microscopes!! :D -- 01-04-12

2012-01-04T12:23:12-05:00

In class, we are using microscopes to look at single-cell organisms. On each magnifier, there is a label that has is magnification. The first one is 4x which magnifies it by 40, because it's 10 x whatever number it is. The second is 10x, which is magnified to 100, and the 3rd Is 40x, which is 400, but sometimes it's hard to see that close.
A way to find something on the microscope is to put the object at the point of the black pointer (for instance a cell) then after focussing it, you can go higher on the magnification scale and it'll stay on that object rather then magnifying something you don't want to see up close. (like clear water...)
One mount, (out of 2) -which is what you put under the microscope (a glass slide, and your substance.)-is a Dry Mount. A Dry mount, is dry, (DUH!) it is not wet, we don't add water, and if we don't add water then we usually don't need a coverslip (something to put over the wet mount so it doesn't A) scratch the lens, and B) so it doesn't get the lens wet too.) The second mount is a Wet Mount, which is when we add water, solution, ect. Or the substance we were looking at is like creek water. We would need a coverslip for this (the Wet Mount). The field view is used in the 40x magnification, it focuses way more acuretly on the substance you are looking at.
Looking in the microscope is like looking in a mirror. Everything is backwards. If u move the slip left you go right. Your move right, and the slip goes left. Up is down and down is up, not to mention that you have to put your slip under the microscope upside down because if you don't the substance or object will be upside down when you look at it.

our paramecium video -- 12-16-11

2011-12-16T12:02:44-05:00

this is the video we made for paramecium!!!!

My conclusion to my groups experiment!! -- 11-09-11

2011-11-09T12:07:59-05:00

My groups experiment was on brine shrimp. We had tap water, sugar water, salt water and and purified water.
Our question was which liquid would hatch the shrimp eggs.
As we did the experiment, all of them hatched in each vile. Though as we watched, some eggs did hatch but they died in the end.
When we looked at each vile under the micro scope we saw empty eggs and non moving shrimp. They all had died even though we put yeast in there for them to eat.
What might have killed them was how much yeast we put in there, because mr. G said that we didn't want to much.
As we watched our shrimp eggs, we saw more and more hatch, but none of them lived. It was liked they died as soon as they left their eggs. In the beginning, we saw one alive, but as The days passed it died as well.
The brine shrimp did best in the sugar water and tap water.

THE JASON PROJECT :P -- 11-01-11

2011-11-01T12:00:39-05:00

Battle of the muscles.

In 1980 zebra muscles invaded the great lakes and effected the lakes ecosystem. They came from ocean going ships that had had attached to during the ships trips. Zebra muscles clogged in-take pipes of ships and power stations and billions of dollars went into the damage. The Zebra muscle can only live on hard submerged surfaces such as rocks.
Not long after the zebra muscles took over the great lakes, the Quagga muscle got into lake Michigan, and now they are effecting the balance of energy in the lakes ecosystem. Quagga muscles can live on most submerged substrates such as docks and boats and other things like that.
Over time, there has been a big decrease in the zebra muscles and the Quagga muscles have grown dominant.

What is Ecology?

Ecology- from the Greek words Oikos, meaning ‘house’ and Logos, meaning ‘study of’.
12.4 miles of soil from the surface down is were life can live. Ecosystems have 2 parts. Aboitic factors and Biotic factors. Organisms depend on these factors for energy. When a new species comes to a Ecosystem it can disrupt or change the stability dramatically.

The Artic

Animals in the arctic are in grave danger because the ice is melting. Animals such as Polar Bears. The largest land prediters and the largest of 8 bear types. A male Polar Bear can grow up to 10 Ft tall and can way up to 1,700 pounds. A Female Polar Bear can weigh half of that. Polar Bears have special adaptations so they can survive the cold, such as the dark skin they have under their white fur, which takes in the suns energy. The paw-pads are made ruff so they don’t slip on the ice. they also use their paws when swimming since they're very usefull. the front paws of a polar bear 'propels' the bear forward while the back paws-or legs- are used to stear. wouldnt it be easier if we had that when we swimmed? They can even swim 100 miles from shore. The polor bears fat even helps him swim because it gives them buoyancy!
In 1973 and international treaty was sighned by countries inhabited by the polor bears. The goal was to protect, and manage the population of them (the polor bears).

My opinion on Global Warming. -- 10-26-11

2011-10-26T12:00:42-05:00

My opinion on global warming is that we can't fix it, and we can't stop it, but we can help it. We can't fix it because it's already happened, and we can't stop it because of all the pollution we have already. We can help it by making cleaner and more efficient things like cars and factories. What I have thought of was why don't scientists experiment with the solution from 'Back to The Future 2' where they make garbage into usable energy. If we did have this solution, we would have cleaner air to breath, healthier plants, and cities would be much fresher. Our garbage wouldn't be put in big cubes and we wouldn't have to pay to go to the garbage dump, we wouldn't have to complain to our fell adult friends about the cost of gas and we definitely wouldn't have a hole in our pocket when we go out to buy a compost box. Imagine how much money we would save if we had this function? How much cleaner the air would be? No more exhaust! No more gross smelling gas that seeps into your new born crying baby's lungs as you fill up the tank! No more garbage dump trips!

Environments for our experiment -- 10-25-11

2011-10-25T12:27:51-05:00

Last week in our science class we did a lab on environments. We got 5 viles and an assignment to 1liquid (out of 3)-which was salt water- and we put a substance in each one. Vile A, was red sand. Vile B, Yeast, vile C, Orbies, vile D radish pods and vile E had brine shrimp. Over the week we examined the viles, trying to see if anything was living, and at the time, we didn't know what was each substance.
In my group, each substance we thought was non-living. But vile E,-the Brine shrimp eggs- was living, but something happen and they didn't hatch.
If we used a different liquid on each substance, things might have been different, such as the yeast in vile B.
Yeast is a living thing. I learned this last year in home ec. It feeds on surgar and other things, so if we got sugar water, it would most likely have produced bubbles that rose to the surface. But because we had salt water it died.
If we had water, (liquid 3) our orbits would have grown bigger, and our radish seeds might have sprouted.

Things that LiVE!!! -- 10-21-11

2011-10-21T12:23:07-05:00

For me, defining things that live could be movement, pulse, breathing, multiplying.
Movement, such as the rise and fall of the chest of a dog, or-possibly- the splashing of a mermaids tail.:)
Pulse, the heart beat of a person you might hug, or even checking to see if a persons alive, the steady beat like a drum thriving in the veins of a panicking dove, held in your hands as you pet it's delicate soft chest with the back of your pointer finger.
Breathing, maybe the ragged breath of a bear when it's devouring the pray it took so long to catch, or the sneeze of you new kittin you got for your birthday, and the opening and closing of the gills of a fish, begging to be in the water again after a struggling catch.
Multiplying, such as rabbits that are in a cage together of the opposite sex. Rats that constantly kreep in the walls of your house, leaving waist everywhere and when they die, leaving the retchid gag-worthy smell. Flowers, even. Multiplying with the seed capsules that they release in the wind.
All of these sighns let me know that these things are living.

How things can live -- 10-20-11

2011-10-20T12:33:00-05:00

The environment effects organisms in multiple ways. For instance, weather or even the land or water. In mr.G's class, we did an experiment with 5 viles. Each group got either liquid 1,2 or 3. In 2 viles, there were 1cotton ball damp with the liquid we were assigned to, which was liquid 1-salt water. In each vile, we put different substances in them. 1, was brine shrimp, but of course, something happened and the eggs didn't hatch. Brine shrimp should hatch in salt water. Everything else, such as the red sand, radish seeds, orbes, and yeast didn't show any sighns of living. Of course, only because they cant do anything in salt water.
Our living organisms (the brine shrimp) didn't appear living because 1, our brine shrimp didnt work, and the others-if they were living(which they wern't), couldn't grow or live in the salt water. one of the sighns that we took that they wern't living was that nothing moved, no air bubbles or hatching. Only the yeast and orbes expanded, and we figured that it was just from being in the substance (liquid 1- salt water)

7 AWESOME Facts About Me! -- 09-30-11

2011-09-30T12:16:18-05:00

7 AWESOME Facts About Me.

1. Im born on Halloween :)

2. I like to draw.

3. I love to make my own messenger bags. (im currently making one out of soda tabs and another out of lolliepop wrappers)

4. I love to read and write.

5. I want to learn how to ply the piano.

6. I wear crazy out fits such as too-toos with bright striped ripped tights and combat boots

7. My best friends are Alex N. Alisha B. and Angel M... and i guess Pearl B. ;P

The third law of force. -- 05-19-10

2010-05-19T10:29:23-05:00

Elastic Force -- 05-05-10

2010-05-05T10:27:36-05:00

Elastic force is when gravity pulls a object ( like a rubber-band) making it have a resist. What i learned about elastic force was from a rubber band. When we pulled it a certin distance it would pull on the spring in the spring scale it would give us a higher Newton number. Each time we pulled it a bigger distance then the last, it would resist more. Wanting to shoot back to the other side. Each time you streach a rubber-band it gets weaker. Wich would give a weaker score each time if continued to be used. wich could give bad data.

Batteries change!!!! -- 04-26-10

2010-04-26T10:26:00-05:00

When you have a battery it is holding stored chemical energy. Wich we also call potential energy ( not moving energy). When you use the battery, the potantial energy turns into electrical energy. Which is konetic energy ( moving energy ). The konetic energy goes through the wires to what ever your using, like for us we yoused a light bulb. When we connected it to the lightbulb the electrical energy turns into light and heat. when you charge a battery ( if it's chargable ), konetic energy goes through the wires that are in the wall and goes in the battery. Then the cycle starts all over again.

my wonderful glog -- 03-25-10

2010-03-25T10:04:51-05:00

LOOK HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!! -- 03-17-10

2010-03-17T10:01:56-05:00

CLICK HERE to find good info about water quality and about Nitrates

my wierd weed polling -- 11-24-09

2009-11-24T12:55:09-05:00

well Mr. Gonzalez told me to write something about weed pulling and I wasn't there so he told me to write about what I did when I was gone well I went to Auborn and got some stuff with the money I got for my birthday

Emotions -- 11-06-09

2009-11-06T12:59:08-05:00

At sertain times you can feel diffrent emotions.

andnbsp; There can be certin reasons why you feel these emotions.

It can be because you got hert or it could be because some one made fun of you.

But there are to many to write down heres a list

1. happy

2. sad

3. mad

4. exited

and lots more but i dont have enough time to do them all

marshmellos valcanoes -- 11-02-09

2009-11-02T17:08:56-05:00

i learned lots about valcanoes. Lots of the lava looked like marsh mellos!!!.Composite valcanoes have steep sides.it has a layer of lava and lava with and mixed in with it.It also hase small craters.The lava with sand bilds the valcanoe. It is about 1000 of miles wide and anotherandnbsp; 1000 miles high.the lava looks like marshmellos!!

cispis -- 11-02-09

2009-11-02T16:44:33-05:00

Cispis

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Cispis was so wakey.The hikes were so hard make sure you bring water!!!!!!! andnbsp; I loved the scits that every one hade to do. The games we did were so cool. The last day was awsome we got to rap the concelers in toilet papper.There going to be in the year book.

freshwater pollution -- 10-28-09

2009-10-28T10:00:24-05:00

Freshwater Pollution Most people wonder what effect water pollution will have on us, the water life, and the land around the water. Well, all of these questions can be answered in this little pamphlet. What is Freshwater Pollution? Well there are 3 main sources of freshwater pollution, fishermen, farming, and garbage. Garbage is mostly like plastic and glass containing waste liquid. Also bait from fishermen and tangled line gets dumped into the water. When line is left in the water is creates pollution. Batteries and tin cans can also make freshwater pollution when met with physical heat. How Does Water Pollution Affect You? Water pollution can harm you in lots of ways like; it could get into your water and make you sick. It can also kill the plants around it and the animals that might be drinking from it. It can cause a layer of slime around fish and stop the oxygen from coming through the gills. Water pollution can also harm our air. It also makes your drinking water unsafe for everyone. What Are Nitrates And Are They Bad? Nitrates are a natural compound. Nitrates are bad to every thing that drinks water. It can get into your water and make you sick from the bacteria. If your water has more then level 10ppm of Nitrates it is dangerous to your health. Nitrates can give a baby that is 4 months or younger can give your baby blue baby syndrome. Nitrates help plants and animals to grow but the can cause a grown man to either have a really bad illness or even die. How Can we Prevent Water Pollution? We can all prevent water pollution by picking up our garbage like bait and tangled line from the waters like lakes. BY picking up plastic and cans, cardboards, and other things that lay on the side of the roads. Putting less fertilizer and gardens. Also not throwing fish guts into fishing waters. Trying not to spill chemicals into the waters.

7 things that make me me -- 10-02-09

2009-10-02T16:42:11-05:00

1. like to Skatebourd 2.i like science 3.i love to play video games 4.my best friends are Onnaandnbsp; and Alex ,ashton , summer 5.i play the guitar 6.I'm born on the day of the dead (Halloween) 7.My favorite song is andquot;top of the worldandquot; by all American rejects