Science: The Great Race

The vehicle that I have designed and built was made out of a paper towel roll for the base, bottle caps for the wheels, metal hangers for the axil, and lastly, duct tape for extra support. First of all, I covered the wheels with smooth tape to reduce friction. I also added stones inside or "passengers" for extra mass. The extra mass would help the car expedite down the ramp. My car is an example of Newtons's Second Laws of Motion because my car uses the formula force = mass times acceleration. In this case, the force is created by the mass which is the stones and the acceleration, which is the push before it rolls down the ramp. Therefore, it describes the second law the best.

Literature: 5 Fables

The first fable is called The Wolf in Sheeps Clothes. It is about a wolf who tricked the lamb by leading the lamb away from the sheep and eating them. The maxim of this story is that looks can be deceiving. The second fable is The Four Oxen and the Lion. The moral is that there is power in numbers. When the four oxen were together, the lion couldn't eat them. But when they were seperated, they were less powerful and lion could eat them. Next, was The Fisher and the Little Fish. The maxim is even a little bit is good. The Crow and The Pitcher comes next. The moral of this is that nothing is impossible because the crow found a way to get water. The last fable is The Fox and the Goat. The moral is that don't trust everybody.

Literature: Wooden Bowls

The story of "Wooden Bowls" was very unique and therefore I liked it a lot. The moral of the story is that "you get back what you give." That is because at first the boys parents treat the old man without any respect and leave him alone in the corner. But when they realize that the boy was planning to do the same with them, their thought process completely changes because, they know that what they were doing would be given to them too some day by their child. This relates to C.A.R.E.S with empathy since the meaning of that is to put yourself into the other person's shoe, which is exactly what the parents did. In a way, I can also relate to this because I have seen this happen to some of the elders I know. But, in the end, similiar to the story, their kids have learned their lesson too.

Science: Ask a Geneticist

According to the facts of these geneticists, I have learned a lot. One of the most interesting genetics facts that I have learned about is that why humans have more or fewer genes than chimps. The answer to that is that both started off with the same mumber of chromosomes 5 million years ago. But then the two started to drift apart in evolution causing their genomes to change. Some sections of that were lost, gained and copied. The chromosome also fused together or broke apart so that 2 human chromosomes were similiar to 2 smaller ones of a chimp. The genome that code for genes only differ by 1.2% saying that they are 98.8% the same. Another cause to the difference is the amount of protien that reaches the brain. All these reasons help better understant this topic.

Science: Basic Genetics Homework

What I learned from the website http://learn.genetics.utah.edu ,about heredity is that it is the passing of traits from the parents to the children. Your genes define your traits and so does your environment in which you grow up. For example, if your gene specifies to brown hair, exposure to sunlight and chemicals may change that. Also, that when the parents have children, they each contribute one complete set of chromosones to that specific child.
What I learned about traits is that it is a notable quality or feature in a person. We each have a different combinations of traits that make us unique. It's passed down from generations to generation and then we inherit it from our parents and pass it down to our own children. Lastly, I learned that there are three different kinds of trait that are all equally important. There are physical traits, which is your appearance. Behavioral traits, which displays how you act. And predispositional to medical conditions which is your overall health trait.

Science: Class Response

Consumers are organisms that feed on producers and the four types are herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and scavengers. Herbivores are plant eaters and an example of one would be a rabbit because it only eats land plants. Carnivores eat other animals and a wolf is one because it eats deer and rabbit. Omnivores eat both plants and animals and an example would be humans because we eat animals as well as vegetables. And lastly, scavengers feed on the bodies of dead such as the hyenas and vultures.

I believe that all four of these consumers are equally important for many reasons. Without herbivores, we would have many grown plants. Without carnivores, the population of all animals would immensly increase. Without omnivores, it would be both. And without scavengers, there would be dead animals lying all over the place. So even if one of these consumers was missing, the affect on the community would be massive. That's why I think that all of these are extremely special.



http://www.astoventure.arc.nasa.gov/biology/consumers

Science: Current Events- The Role of the Greek Temple

Today, temples are for praying, celebrating religious holidays, and spiritual comfort. But in the time of the Greeks, it was the home for an indavidual God who protected the community. The needs of the gods were the most important because it was he who would control the forces of nature and turn it with or against the community. The God was presented by either a seated or standing statue in the middle of the temple. It was usually made out of wood in the earlier times, but later on, it was made of more permanent material such as stone or bronze. One of the finest of these statues is Zues of Olympia which was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. After feasts and activities at the temple, the citizen gathered to offer jewelery and fine garments to the God to pray for a successful year and good crops.

In a way, the Greeks use the temple like we do because we go there to pray for good education, money, health, ect. But the difference is that we don't serve the God to the extent that the Greeks did. But this just goes to show where we received this custom from and that this is only one of the customs. In conclusion, I truly believe that it is very fascinating comparing how similiar we are to the Greek.

http://www.odysseyadventure.ca/article/greektemple