Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Today with Google Earth
I found my house and explored parts of some oceans. I also looked at Japan and I looked up Pike's Peak. Now I'm going to twitter cuz of Mr. Kruse.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Presentations- How we did....
1) What I didn't notice until I watched the video of myself...
I rock back and forth really badly, as I noticed in the video, and it was very distracting. I also had my hair in my face for most of it so they, (house left) or the left side of the class, couldn't see my face. I didn't speak very clearly and I could work on enunciation a little bit more.
2) How I could improve next time...
I think I could read through it more and practice it to be more confident in what I'm saying so my voice would be louder and I wouldn't sound as nervous. Also, to practice standing still while practicing the presentation would probably help.
3) What my group could do to improve...
My whole group, or me and Austin, could probably improve by standing still more and work on articulating our ideas better to our class. I think we also could've ran through it more to help get used to saying the presentation. I thought we could've supplied more ideas to make it more interesting.
I rock back and forth really badly, as I noticed in the video, and it was very distracting. I also had my hair in my face for most of it so they, (house left) or the left side of the class, couldn't see my face. I didn't speak very clearly and I could work on enunciation a little bit more.
2) How I could improve next time...
I think I could read through it more and practice it to be more confident in what I'm saying so my voice would be louder and I wouldn't sound as nervous. Also, to practice standing still while practicing the presentation would probably help.
3) What my group could do to improve...
My whole group, or me and Austin, could probably improve by standing still more and work on articulating our ideas better to our class. I think we also could've ran through it more to help get used to saying the presentation. I thought we could've supplied more ideas to make it more interesting.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Blog Post --- 2/9/09 New Insights& Questions
New Insights About Technology-
The new insights I have discovered about technology are how much we actually do rely on them and how much we don't realize it. People generally like technology and believe more technology is better than less. People might even be considered selfish. I think my class and I have now become more aware of how technology kinda lures us into what people may consider an easier life, or an easier way of doing things without thinking about the negative effects or outputs it could result in.
New Questions or Confusions About Technology...
If some people realize there is a problem with where the world is going with technology, why doesn't anyone stop it?
Is there any other way to help people without technology?
The new insights I have discovered about technology are how much we actually do rely on them and how much we don't realize it. People generally like technology and believe more technology is better than less. People might even be considered selfish. I think my class and I have now become more aware of how technology kinda lures us into what people may consider an easier life, or an easier way of doing things without thinking about the negative effects or outputs it could result in.
New Questions or Confusions About Technology...
If some people realize there is a problem with where the world is going with technology, why doesn't anyone stop it?
Is there any other way to help people without technology?
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Trays: Day 2
1) Accurately documenting our progress is so difficult because we don't know if our progress is really progress or if it's wrong. We don't have a good way of really testing it out. Writing our ideas down can sometimes be a challenge, too.
2) Our progress demonstrates that science ideas change because our ideas have changed. Also, because with the more evidence we gathered about the trays, and the more "technology" we got to use made our ideas better.
3) Why scientists "clean up" their progress after publishing...
we think that scientists clean up their progress before publishing is to hide their wrong ideas.
We also think it is because they are trying to prove ONLY their idea, and not other things they tried. Also, to hide mistakes they might've made along the way.
Blog post by Austin Burton, michelle Swenson, and Sylvester Vasquez
2) Our progress demonstrates that science ideas change because our ideas have changed. Also, because with the more evidence we gathered about the trays, and the more "technology" we got to use made our ideas better.
3) Why scientists "clean up" their progress after publishing...
we think that scientists clean up their progress before publishing is to hide their wrong ideas.
We also think it is because they are trying to prove ONLY their idea, and not other things they tried. Also, to hide mistakes they might've made along the way.
Blog post by Austin Burton, michelle Swenson, and Sylvester Vasquez
Friday, January 16, 2009
Global Warming
Global warming is the increase of average temperature of the earth's air and oceans and it's predicted continuation.
It is mostly caused by greenhouse gases- gases that trap heat in our atmosphere.
Most of these are Carbon-dioxide, methane, Nitrous oxide, and Fluorinated gases.
It is mostly caused by greenhouse gases- gases that trap heat in our atmosphere.
Most of these are Carbon-dioxide, methane, Nitrous oxide, and Fluorinated gases.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
opinion on using laptops in class
I think it would be cool to have computers in class because it gives us access to a lot of information. also, the things that aren't in textbooks like lots of pictures and visuals. i think it might be a bit distracting though.
Why the Troposphere Has Higher Pressure Than the Mesosphere
The troposphere has higher pressure than the mesosphere because it is the layer of our atmosphere that is closest to the earth. It's the lowest, and there are other layers over the troposphere. Gravity is pushing down on our atmosphere, and it's squishing all the layers down on eachother. So, just like the lower you go down in a swimming pool the more pressure is over you- the lower you are in the atmosphere more pressure is over you. The troposphere has the stratosphere, the mesosphere, and the thermosphere on top of it, being pushed down by gravity. So, compared to the mesosphere that only has the thermosphere on top of it, the troposphere has higher pressure.
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