Adv Science

“Rock Cycle Gizmo: ExploreLearning.”   ExploreLearning: Get Hands-on, Minds-on in Math and Science  (Cited using EasyBib .) Summary: During this week, I reviewed the rock cycle through a gizmo. Today I learned that when magma cools above the surface, it creates a specific type of rock called an Extrusive Igneous rock. When magma cools below the surface, the rock is called an Intrusive Igneous rock. I also learned that when an igneous rock goes through exposure and weathering, it breaks down into sediments which can then be compressed into sedimentary rock, which is a type of rock that can sometimes be found with the fossil of some sort of creature. When that sedimentary rock goes through increased temperature then it turns into a metamorphic rock. Once that rock melts, it turns back into magma. (When magma can be found above the surface, it is then called lava.)  S&EP: #1 - Asking Questions and Defining Problems.  I asked questions wh...

Summary:  During this week, I learned about different clean cities, such as Washington D.C. where a single person changed the food people ate through a restaurant that she created. This restaurant used proper, organic produce to create healthy foods. SP1: Asking testable and/or scientific questions. I communicated my findings clearly when I presented my clean city to my classmates indicating clearly that Burlington, Vermont had switched over from a coal burning plant to a biomass plant that used solar, wind, hydro, and other organic sources as fuel.  Image link:  What did one titration say to the other? "Let's meet at the endpoint ."

Summary:  During this week, I learned about environmental accords and why we need them. I also learned about clean cities (for example Burlington, Vermont). I also learned that Burlington was a place in Vermont ( so shocking, right?). SP1: Asking testable and/or scientific questions. I asked   scientific questions when we were writing our essay for our environmental accords. One of our accords was water purifying and I asked, "Is there a way to desalinate it without it costing so much money? What if we used a filtering system in the same way someone would filter out salt from water with a paper filter?" Image link:  Why are chemists great at solving problems? They have all the solutions.

Summary:  During this week, I learned more about acids such as the pH scale which determines what is an acid or a base (anything less than 7 is an acid and anything more than 7 is a base). I also learned that a base mixed with an acid creates pure water (pH of 7). I also learned about what qualified as an acid and a base through this disturbing(ly) interesting game called Alien Juice Bar (the aliens have a weird taste in beverages).  SP1: Asking testable and/or scientific questions. I asked   scientific questions when we were completing a fascinating activity with citric acid and water such as "What would happen if I poured in all the citric acid and mixed it with the water? Would it turn into such an acid that it would eat through the metal of my pencil?" Image link:  What did one titration say to the other? "Let's meet at the endpoint ."

Summary: During this week, I learned how to balance equations by adding coefficients. It was rather interesting because I learned about the different types of chemical reactions, which were synthesis (the combining of two or more chemicals), single and double displacement (in which single is when a molecule splits apart and one of the chemicals joins another and double displacement is when a molecule splits apart and both chemicals join other chemicals). We had to complete an online worksheet where we had to answer some questions and then work with our table groups to determine the type of reaction and work out the unbalanced (only once we got a balanced equation) equation. SP1: Asking testable and/or scientific questions. I asked   scientific questions when we were completing a fascinating activity with baking soda (classified as BS), iodine, water, cornstarch, and other materials. I asked questions such as, "What would happen if I combined iodine with cornstarch?...

Summary: During this week, I learned about the different elements including sulfur (my favorite!), magnesium, and neon. In fact, I learned that phosphorus (P) glows in the dark (it is because of oxygen — there is a chemical reaction that takes place on the surface of phosphorus, thus emitting what is described as a faint glow). Another thing that I learned was that chlorine (Cl) "burns your nostrils" when inhaled and takes on a yellowish-green tint. Another thing that I learned about chlorine was that it is a halogen, which is part of Group VIIA (known as 17). SP1: Asking testable and/or scientific questions. I asked   scientific questions when I was entering in the passwords — no, scratching in the symbol to get into the next rooms (SPOILER ALERT! It's really just the chemical sign of the element) such as, "What element could mix with sulfur and create a nuclear reaction?" or "If phosphorus is chemically bonded with argon, would that create an ato...

Summary: During this week, I learned what an ion was as well as what a cation or an anion was. In fact, I learned that an ion was an atom that lost or gained electrons, which have a negative charge and orbit the atom in what our teacher called "energy levels" which appears to be a very fitting name. I also learned that an anion was an atom that gained electrons while a cation was an atom that lost electrons, so it had a positive charge whereas an anion had a negative charge. I also learned about isotopes, such as an isotope was an element with a different number of neutrons - take selenium, for example. It's mass number (the number of protons plus the number of neutrons) is 50, but that's only with 34 protons and 16 neutrons. Or it can have 55 as its mass number, but that only works with 34 protons and 21 neutrons. SP1: Asking testable and/or scientific questions. I asked   scientific questions when I was completing our energy levels (1-20) worksheet, where...