Blog Post 4/4-4/8

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Ocean_surface_currents.jpg

Summary:

Currents are movements of water in the world's oceans. They can be caused by hot and cold water mixing with each other. Or they can be caused by saltwater with fresh water. Or even wind can cause a current in the oceans. Currents can lead anything with no movement move along the currents which you could end up anywhere anytime.

SP2: Developing and using models

This week me and my group used a model to see how waste can travel by an ocean current. This is SP2: Developing and using models because we used a model to see how waste can travel.

WAC Essay

BREAKING NEWS!!!

SPECIAL REPORT!

Written By: Justin P. Nguyen

Large numbers of dying fish have been reported in the Gray Bay!

Large numbers of dying fish have been reported in the Gray Area! Main Suspects have been questioned and the main sources of water have been tested for evidence. So far only some have been proven to be responsible for the dying fish, some doing it just for more money. But we think that one main suspect could be the hunters in the area like Elmo Skeeto because of the number of deer in Parallel Park has been booming which can cause massive erosion causing more dying fish.

Most of the fish investigated had clamped fins which indicates that they died from too little oxygen.

Information leaked that 21 of the fish tested died from too little oxygen. The highest amount of fish that have died from one cause out of the 50 that were tested. Too much deer grazing could cause massive amounts of erosion to spill into nearby rivers such as the Missterssippi River and the erosion causes more sunlight in the rivers depleting the oxygen levels in the water killing the fish in the water. Most of the deer's predator the mountain lion has been killed off allowing the deer to overpopulate causing erosion and killing fish.

The Missterssippi river is warmer than it was a couple years ago.

More sediment means more heat which means more dead fish. Parallel Park would cause lots of erosion because of the overpopulating deer. Parallel Park is very close to the Missterssippi. Which makes it a prime suspect of the dying fish.

Parallel Park is the closest thing to the Missterssippi River that can cause erosion.

The closest thing the Missterssippi River that can cause erosion besides Parallel Park would be the clear cut forest but barely any of the soil could get into the Missterssippi. There are mountains between the clear cut forest and the Missterssippi River. Only winds could carry the soil past the mountains into the Missterssippi river. But they would have to be very very powerful winds to do that. There is no evidence showing that there was sediment in the river that came from the clear cut forest.

The main suspects are hunters in the area like Elmo Skeeto.

They are responsible for many of the dying fish because they have killed off most of the mountain lions allowing deer to overpopulate and cause massive erosion to happen. The Missterssippi is more warmer than it was a couple of years ago. This is secondary evidence that proves that the hunters have allowed deer to overpopulate and caused the Missterssippi to become warmer.  Finally it is because Parallel Park is the closest source for sediment to come pouring into the Missterssippi. The clear cut forest is too far away and is blocked by mountain for too much of its sediment to come through and affect the Missterssippi too much. I say we should limit the hunting or stop it if we want to prevent more fish dying. Thank You.

Weekly Blog 3/7 - 3/11

Source: https://pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2014/04/03/11/46/fish-skeleton-312089_960_720.png

Summary
There have been many suspects so far for the dying fish. But some stand out and some don't some even doing it just for money. Many have been investigating in many ways of how the fish are dying. Like sediment, chlorine, oil, just to name a few. But now many clear suspects are starting to pop up now thanks to the many test done by many people to prove which people are responsible for the dying fish.

SP4: Analyzing and interpreting data

This week I made a test on drainages into a pond to see which one has been draining more phosphates into the pond. The results showed that the golf course drainage is draining high levels of phosphates into the pond which could kill many fish. This is SP4: Analyzing and interpreting data because I and experimenting to see who is most responsible for the dying fish.

Weekly Blog 2/22 - 2/26

Image Source: https://pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2015/12/30/23/38/fish-1114988_960_720.jpg

Summary

A new project has started in a area called the Gray Area. This project is about a serious natural problem about the fish dying and washing up in the city. There have been many suspects like the toy factory, the oil rig, the water slide, and erosion from the forests. Although the answer is not clear there have been many suspicious activity from some emails from and to the owner of the water park. Finally the city hopes to put a stop of this menace of dying fish.

SP6: Constructing explanations and designing solutions
This week I had to research and check over maps, emails, newspaper articles and test results and I had to include them in a answer to a form. Therefore this is Constructing explanations and designing solutions because I constructed explanations about how the fish could be dying and I designed solutions as a attempt to find the culprit of the dying fish.

Weekly Blog 1/11/16 - 1/15/16

Image Source https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/The_River_Cam_from_the_Green_Dragon_Bridge.jpg

Summary
The mouth of a river is not the starting point of a river but the point where the river meets with a ocean, lake, etc. The source is the word for the starting place of a river not the mouth. A lake called an oxbow lake can be formed near a river and it looks like a n from one point of view if you look at it from a distance. Levees sound like a really hard word to understand about rivers but levees are really just piles of stuff like pebbles, dirt sand, etc. Finally if you see a bend in a lake don't call it a bend call it a meander because that is the science name for it.

SP2: Developing and using models
This week I looked at models and used them to show my answers for the river terms like levees, meander, oxbow lake, etc. This is SP2: Developing and using models because I used models to plant answers in my teacher's head so that she can understand how I think of it. I also used models in my head so I can try to understand how these words work in the real world or what they mean. This is SP2: Developing and using models because I used models in my head to understand the working of these words and systems.

Project Blog Dirt on Soil

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 <iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12sgO8euTiQDxOoy-NAnqOgSTZYHkl1eK2wXo_7X-2Ek/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=15000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="299" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>

Summary

Erosion is the carrying away of weathered material or the carrying away of material poorly held down. Erosion is not the same as weathering! Weathering is the breaking up of material. Then Erosion takes it away to other places like dams and watercourses which people do not want. Erosion can be caused by too much people walking on the same place for too much causing it to soften and become super weak against water of any agents of erosion.

Backward-Looking
How much did you know about the subject before we started?

I knew not too much about erosion before we started on this project about these areas and erosion and stuff like that. I knew partly about erosion that it had something to do with soil and water or wind. Now I know so much more about erosion and soil than I did before we started this project. I now know that soil is one of the world's most important resources. I also now know that erosion can be caused by water, wind, etc.

Inward-Looking
How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? What did/do you enjoy about this piece or work?

I feel kind of bad about this piece of work because it wasn't that good and we screwed up on some parts. For example we messed up on some parts of our presentation like case info and time are the same thing but we put them into two different slides on accident. I didn't like the research because at some parts the research got hard like the time. I did like making the presentation because it was easy quick and fun to make.

Outward-Looking:
What grade would you give it? Why?

I would give it a B. I would give it a B because on some spots the info was not as good in the presentation. Like the info for time we would have to lose like 5 points for missing the time. And for how bad we presented our area that would take away like 5 points as well. So because of the missing amount of info we didn't have this would cause us to lose at least 10 points on it making a B.

Forward-Looking
One thing I would like to improve upon is ...

I would like to improve on how hard we will work on a project like this next time. I say this because we didn't work to the max on this project we both waited until the last minute to do it. And I am very very embarrassed for doing that. So I want to work on this skill next time I do a project like this so I will not have to work until the last moment like in this project. So this is one thing I would love to improve on.

Project Blog Charity Fair

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Summary: This project is called the Charity Fair. This is a project where we have to come up with a product to sell at the Charity Fair which this year has happened from 5:00 to 6:00 on 12/16/15. This year I learned is that the teachers more flexible this year than last year because this year they allowed us to make the price of our product anywhere in between $0.25 to $5.00. Last year they made us make the price of each product $1.00 only! This was very frustrating for some people because with some of the products people made were worth way more than a dollar. And some products were too easy to make to be a dollar. And this year they made it more challenging for us because this year we had to present about our charity and make a trifold poster with all the work we had done.

Have you done a similar kind of work in the past (earlier in the year or in a previous grade; in school or out of school)?
Yes I have done something similar like this last year. Last year we did a charity fair as well but they changed it this year. Last year we could only sell our products for a dollar but this year they let us sell our products from $0.25 to $5.00. And last year we didn't have to make a trifold poster about our charity we were donating to we just told the class about it. But this year they made us make a trifold poster about our charity and our work that we did.

How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? What did/do you enjoy about this piece or work?
I felt that our work was amazing especially on our trifold poster. Even one of my team members says if someone stole or damaged our poster he was going to be furious. My most favorite part was selling the origami and Rice Krispie treats because we could talk with adults, handle money, go around for a 10 minute break to go around and look at other people's products. I really disliked the math for it the most because it was hard for my team. The best part about the trifold poster was taking the picture of a Rice Krispie treat that we were going to sell.

What grade would you give it? Why?
I would give the project an A-. I would give it this because we worked so hard for it. We worked really hard on the math for the carbon footprint and our cost and profit. But we worked harder for our trifold poster because we had to make our product and take a picture of each of them. So this is why I would give our project a A-.

What would you change if you had a chance to do this piece over again?
I would like to change our product next time we do this. I would like to change this because we only made 16 dollars while some other groups made way more than us. And for about the first 20 minutes or so we stood waiting for someone to by something. While other group's products were littering the rooms like the Apple Cider in the fancy cups a group was selling. So this is why I would like to change the product next time we do this.