Nicolas Reed Science Blog

Summary Link      What we had to do for this project was was first think of a redesign for a certain place on campus then speak with a client about their redesign then actually build their redesign. Then after that we got to think really out of the box because we had to make an urban school type of thing and it had certain money, area requirements, and more. We also had to do some science part of it and include some laws involving the health of the city. What I learned was that including accords in your city can really hep your city to be sustainable. For example, having accords for energy and having to use renewable energy can help cities to retain money. I also learned that you can really make certain places amazing from conserving money. If you can conserve money then you can use that extra money you may have to add cool things like an arcade and things like that. Backward-Looking       What I knew about the subject before we started was how t...

      Summary Link      This week in science we learned about how you and your team can help make your urban village a very pro environmental village. One thing I learned was that by simply adding more bike and walkways you simply can invite more people to not use their car as much and from a result of that there will be a lot less gas going into the air. Also that if you have more public transportation that can help stop gas going into the air. This is because a lot of people can fit into a bus, train, etc. but not that much people can fit into one car, so you are using a lot less gas by having more public transportation. Another thing I learned was that simply just every year talk about the thing that is hurting the community the most in terms of environmentally to get the community aware and start fixing it. The last thing I learned was that promoting renewable energy really can save lots of energy and then you can use that energy for something th...

Sediment Link     Summary-      This week we learned a lot about how things like chlorine, acid rain, and sediment can affect fish and we also learned how mountain lions help deer through games, assignments, and reading. The first thing I learned is that chlorine is actually bad for fish because fish can't breath in clean water. Also that acid is measure ph and there is a certain range of ph that is good for fish that is why sometimes rain can be bad for fish because the concentration of acid in the rain may be to high or to low. One other thing I learned was that sediment is created through erosion and too much sediment is bad for fish. This is because fish can't lay or hatch eggs with too much sediment in the water. The last thing I learned is that mountain lions help out the deer by balancing out the amount of deer by preying on the weaker deer which allows more shelter, water, and food for the deer that are alive. S&EP 3_Investigating and Carry...

    Summary- Link      This week in science I learned about the greenhouse effect. One thing I learned was that one of the most common greenhouse gases is CO2. Another thing I learned was that the higher the CO2 levels are the more heat that will be trapped around the earth. One other thing I learned was that Greenhouse Effect can help farmers by helping keep the crops warm and allowing the farmers to have a longer harvest season. Also that the greenhouse effect may affect where people travel to because places like Hawaii are getting very warm and some may not want to go there because of that.  The last thing I learned was that the Greenhouse Effect may be helpful in some ways and sometimes it may not be so helpful.   S&EP2_Devoloping and Using Models-      This week we developed a model by creating a graph that showed the average ppm's for a certain time period. We used a table that had all the average ppm's per month of...

Coriolis Effect Image        This week in science we went more in depth with weather for example we learned about temperature, floods, tornadoes, air pressure, and the coriolis effect. What I learned was that there is three scales for temperature before this I only knew of celsius and fahrenheit but I now learned of Kelvin. Another thing I learned was what gives wind its mass which is air molecules. I also learned that regular tornados only last for a couple minutes. One other thing I learned was that hurricanes form in the summer and hurricanes are placed on the Saffir-Simpson scale that rates them from 1-5 based on their wind speed. Another thing I learned was last year California was at a exceptional drought now only some places in California are in a moderate drought. The last thing I learned was tornados can occur at anytime but they usually occur around 3pm - 9pm. S&EP 6_Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions-      This w...

      Summary: Link      This week in science I learned about wind, storms, and weather by watching a video and taking notes on it. What I learned about wind is that wind is caused by the rotation of the earth. Also that without wind there would be no weather so no wind, no weather. One other thing I learned about wind is that cold air sinks and contracts while hot air rises and expands. What I learned about weather is that when there is low-pressure weather it is cold and stormy and when there is high-pressure weather it is sunny and warm. The last thing I learned was about storms and that storms are created by hot and warm air coming together.     S&EP 6 _ Constructing explanations and designing solutions:      This week I had to explain a lot and I did this because we had three assignments that all had you explain most of your answers. For example, in one of the assignments you had to explain what the coriolis effe...

Summary: Link      This week in science we completed our penguin project, what we had to do is make a house for an ice cube (that represents the penguin) then we had to build a house or structure for it to stay cold in the sun for a while. What I learned from this project was styrofoam is very good at keeping things cold.  Another thing I learned is aluminum foil is good at both keeping things hot and cold. The other thing I learned was that when you are doing an experiment you should use things in it that you have researched so you know that it should work. The last thing I learned is that you should use a bigger house when doing this project, based off of the different houses the bigger ones did better. Backward-Looking:      What I knew about the project before I started it was that aluminum foil and styrofoam are pretty good at keeping things cold (what I didn't know until after is that styrofoam is actually very good instead of pre...