Nicolas Reed Science Blog

Link       Today and yesterday my science class and me were trying to figure out what the unknown crystal is. Most people thought it was Epsom salt but it isn't because Ms. J said so our choices to chose from are Epsom salt, sugar, salt, and MSG. I personally think that it is salt just in bigger pieces. My reasoning behind that is Epsom salt is a type of salt and it looked just like the unknown also the MSG's and sugar's shapes aren't even remotely close to the unknown so that just leaves salt. The things I learned from this experiment in class is don't eat what Ms. J tells you not to eat ( just kidding but I actually did learn that and sorry Ms. J ) also to  look more closely when you make observations. The last thing I learned was that you in order to figure out a problem you have to a couple experiments.

Link        Today for science we did a thing with an M&M. What we did was we got a plate and filled it with water then we placed the M&M in the center of the plate and then we just left it there and wrote down what we saw was happening to the M&M. What I learned that from doing this was that when you put an M&M in water it disintegrates. Link       A couple of days ago people presented their Sever Weather Project ( except for me because I didn't have to ). The thing I learned about most was hail so I am only going to give tell you things I learned about hail. One thing I learned from listening to other peoples projects was that hail is actually balls of ice getting thrown at you and I didn't know that. I also learned that to be safe in hail you want to block the windows because you windows can break in a hailstorm. The last thing I learned that one piece of hail can be as big as a tennis ball. So just imagine a bi...

Link For Image I Searched on Google        This week I learned about the atmosphere in science. The things that I learned about the atmosphere are that the atmosphere has four layers which are the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere, and the thermosphere these layers are all in order I also learned how high each layer is in kilometers. The way I learned this was by doing a worksheet in science and in the worksheet you had to draw a line plot of the different temperatures and altitudes. I also learned this by taking notes on a couple of videos that my class watched in science. I really liked learning about the atmosphere because at my old school we didn't do science so this is the first time in my life that I am learning about the atmosphere also learning about the atmosphere was a fun learning experience.                           Sincerely, Nicolas Reed     ...

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....

        What I Did              The project that Adventure did was called a Charity Fair.  The project was to find a charity and give facts about why it should be the charity for your grade.  Then we had to write a persuasive essay about why the student council should chose this charity (Diego and I chose St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) and the essay had to be 5 paragraphs long ( for my class ).  Another thing you had to do was figure out the carbon footprint for your item that you are going to sell.  Other things you had to do involve cost and profit analysis.   The Start of the Project Blog What I learned from doing this project is what a school fair is all about which is the people learning from your presentation not you, well partly you. The other thing I learned is in order to get people to come look at your project you need to be organized. Another thing I learned wa...

     This week my class is learning about carbon footprints in science for our charity fair projects. What I learned this week about carbon footprints is that it is mostly about the weight and distance that the item travels. The way to find a carbon footprint for an item is knowing it's origin, how far it is traveling ( in KM ), what is the likely way it is going to travel by, how much CO2 will be generated by likely mode of transport ( in KG ), and finally how much will the item weigh if you had to make 1,000 of your finished product ( in KG ). When you are finally done with all of that you multiply the amount of KM the item is traveling, how much CO2 will be generated by likely mode of transportation, and how much it will weigh if you made 1,000 of you r finished product. The way I learned about carbon footprints was by doing a google document on it. So all in all learning about carbon footprints was hard but a fun learning...

   This week I learned about what a symbiotic relationships are. Because my science class got a paper to do with Ms. Johnson about symbiotic relationships. Symbiotic relationships mean mutualism, commensalism, parasitism and competition. But my class only learned about mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. Mutualism is when both organisms benefit, commensalism is when one organism benefits but the other organism doesn't get hurt, and parasitism is when one organism benefits while the other organism is getting harmed. An example of mutualism is splitting money in half, both organisms (  humans ) benefit because one organism is getting money and the other organism is too. An example of commensalism is a bird having a nest on a tree the bird is benefiting by getting a place to live/stay but the tree isn't getting harmed. An example of parasitism is lice in your hair the lice is benefiting by getting to have food but the human is getting harmed because it is lo...