Project Blog for Severe Weather Project 1 - 8 - 15



What I Did to do the Project and the actual Project
Link

          The project was called Severe Weather Project. But the project was different for me then most of the other students because I was on an Independent Study so I had to do it on paper not on computer. The thing I had to do was choose two severe weather patterns ( I chose tornadoes and floods). The thing you had to do with the severe weather patterns was write a description, geographic occurrence, formation conditions, safety and preparation, possible damage, and other interesting info for the severe weather patterns. 

 The Start of the Project Blog

          What I learned from doing this project is that floods are very dangerous because I used to think that they weren't that dangerous. Another thing I learned is the way you can see tornadoes, which is the collected dust in the tornado. One other thing I learned was that in the U.S.A. floods kill more people each year then tornadoes, hurricanes, or lightning. I also learned what a bomb shelter is which is basically a whole in the ground ( preferably in your house - basement ) with a place to go to the bathroom, a bed, a lot of canned food, and a lot of water. The last thing I learned is that scientists truly don't know how tornadoes are formed.
Link
           The things I knew before doing this project was how to be safe in a tornado which is go in a bathtub and if you can put pillows over you. The reason you go in a bathtub is bathtubs are heavy so it will be harder for the tornado to lift you up and the bathtub together and the reason you put pillows over you is so glass doesn't go on you. Another thing I knew is floods can trap and kill you which is called a death trap but I didn't know that it was called that. The last thing I knew is in tornadoes you want to stay underground        ( for example in a basement ) during a tornado. The reason you do that is so the tornado can't lift you up in the tornado but if the hole that you are staying in doesn't have a roof then then it will be easier for the tornado to get to you.
             The way I feel about this piece of work is I did really well but I could still improve on it somehow. The part I particularly liked about my project was that I believe I did really well on the safety and preparation part of the project. I believe I did really well on safety and preparation was that I added a lot of very important facts in that part of the project. The one thing I disliked was that I believe I had to much quotes in the project. I dislike that because I feel that the quotes take up all my writing. The thing that I enjoyed about this project was that I learned a lot of interesting facts doing this project so know I can tell people about what I learned.
           The things I would change if I had the chance to do so is to not have as much quotes in my project and to be more specific for formation conditions and description. The reason I wouldn't have so much quotes is I believe it takes up my writing and the project is supposed to be written by me not other people. The reason I would be more specific for formation conditions and description is because I feel I just wrote down a fact and then just let it there by it's self.
         Extra
      So in conclusion I believe that I did good on my severe weather project.


















Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Systems In a Human Body Info Paper 10/15/15

Image
Friday and Monday we were writing down the definitions of (I believe) organelles that are part of the urinary and digestive system. Here are some examples of some of the organs my class had to write down the definitions for, the esophagus, the pancreas, the liver, the small intestine, and the large intestine. One thing that I forgot to add is that there was one other paper that had the definitions down for my class because I did not want anybody thinking that my teacher would make us write the definitions on our own out of the blue. The way we knew the definitions was because on Thursday or Friday I forgot which day any ways my teacher showed what every organ that we had to write the definition for what each organ did in order. But the fun part was she assigned every single person in my science class an organ to make it fun. What also helped was that Ms. J went over the answers with my science class also she allowed ...
Read more

Chemistry Mastery Quest 2 Regrade

The Question I got Wrong Was: Reactions that involve burning are classified as I originally answered decomposition, the correct answer was actually exothermic. I realize now that exothermic is the better answer and was the correct answer. This is because exothermic reactions release heat causing its environment to get warmer. This creates a rise in the temperature which creates the burn. This means that exothermic reactions involve burning. This is why the correct answer was better than my original answer and is the best answer.
Read more

Plate Tectonics 3/10/18

Image
Summary:        This week in science we learned about Plate Tectonics. Plates have been on Earth for thousands of years and are consistently moving (very slowly). Through this the Earth can recycle our land, by destroying the old land, and creating new land. These plates are made of rock and are in the lithosphere layer of the Earth. Another thing I know is that there are 3 different type of plate boundaries. Those three types of plate boundaries are convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and transform boundaries. Convergent boundaries are when two plates collide and their are two different types of convergent boundaries. The two types of convergent boundaries are collisional boundaries and subduction zones. A collisional boundary is when two plates with the same density collide. Because they are the same density the plates buckle and warp. The land then pushes up into jagged peaks forming a mountain. Subduction zones are when one dense ocean plate converges...
Read more