This week we are going to do something different for the Weekly Science Article Report.
I am asking that you listen to a science-related podcast and to tell us what you think about it. Here is a good place to find a lot of them:
In addition to what you normally write for your reflection, I would like you to include something about the difference for you in reading an article versus listening to a story.
Have fun!
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I listened to Invisible Light 1 under Physics for Future Presidents Pod cast, which is under physics. I really did not like the pod cast because I found it boring. They talked about polarizations. It was boring because I couldn't get into the pod cast, I can't keep my attention to a pod cast like I can while reading an article. I was really surprised how they addressed talking to you; I mean that they talk to you like you are a guest speaker on a talk show host. The only question I have is: do they have a live audience? I ask this because they are acting like they are really talking to someone. I think I understand the whole pod cast. The difference between me reading an article and listening to a pod cast is I cannot stay focused, during the whole pod cast (it was around 80 minutes long). When I just read an article, I can stay a lot more focused and when I'm writing my reflection, I am able to look back and re read, with a pod cast I have to re-listen to the whole thing.
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Pony Girl
Pod Cast Reflection
I listened to "Physics for Future President Podcast" under the catagory of Physics. I actually really enjoyed the podcast becuase it sounded like he (Mr.Richard A. Muller) was talking to you! I think that i enjoyed the podcast even more because of that and it also kind of reminded me of Mr.Ardito's voice and the way he teaches with humor! I also checked out a coouple of the other podcasts, and enjoyed them as well.
I absolutly love the listening to podcasts better than reading an article that is boring. I also like the fact that they act like its a talk show, for me it gives me a better feeling of understanding and the facts actually stick to my brain.
By: Chrissybrown08
I listened to voting problems emerge as early ballots are there the article was about in some countries there are voting and there was 60 thousand people voting and if they all voted on the last day it would be a lot bigger and about electronic voting things. I liked it because it was cool to see how many people voted on that day.
I did not like the podcasting because I could not concentrate very well and the people spoke pretty fast and if there was background noise in the house then again I still could not concentrate
Weekly Grist Pod cast: “Al Gore’s got big energy plans & gray wolves back on the endangered species list.”
This pod cast was about three topics in recent environmental news…
(Presidential candidates, and what they feel about the environment, Endangered wolfs, and how Al Gore thinks we should deal with the environment problems we have right now)
Conversation voters, meaning people who are environmentally concerned support Obama, because of his stand on global warming, and what he feels we should do to stop it. When Obama, and McCain each had their lifetime score for how well they have treated the environment, McCain received a disappointing 24% out of 100. Obama got an 86%, which is the second reason that the conservationists support Barack Obama.
The wolves recently got taken off the endangered species list, and then put back on, due to environmentalists who sued, to get wolves back on the list. Scientists recorded a measurement, and in 120 days, 100 wolves were killed by hunters, making that nearly a wolf a day that is dead.
The last piece of news in this pod cast is that when Al Gore was making a speech, he said that the United States of America should convert all electricity to carbon free sources by 2010. I think this is a great goal to strive for, as a country, and if we complete it, it could really benefit us. Recently, the government tried to get a bill passed that requested oil drilling companies only to drill where they already own land. This bill unfortunately was not passed.
I thought listening to a pod cast was a really cool way to learn information. It was in some cases easier than reading, because what I did is, I listened to the pod cast one time through, and then I listened again and took notes. Listening made taking notes much easier. Also, it’s helping to listen, because if you don’t understand something you can just rewind, and listen to it again. One thing I didn’t like about the pod cast was at some points it was difficult to hear what the person was saying. It would have been helpful to know what the person was saying when I missed what they said.
Overall this was a lot of fun to do !
Weekly Science Report
http://www.learnoutloud.com/podcaststream/listen.php?url=http://www.twis.org/audio/podcast.rss&all=1&title=7054
This week in science October 21st 2008
The pod-cast I listened to was mostly talking about the human mind, and other animal’s minds. There was a story about monkey brains and people have been testing them on machines. They hooked up wires to the monkey’s brain, and they make it control robotic body parts. The studies showed that people who are paralyzed or quadriplegic can actually control the nerves even years after being paralyzed. This proves that the brain is not always impaired, but the connections to the brain are.
I think that it was a little hard to understand the man that was talking in this pod-cast. It sounded like he was far away. I thought that the pod-cast I listened to was very interesting, but in some parts it was hard to follow. In an article you can refer back to the text, but in a pod-cast every time you miss something you have to rewind it. I can’t really say which is better, because it depends on your learning style. I definitely think it’s easier to take notes on an article rather than a podcast.
I listened to Astronomy 162 and it was for stars,galaxies, & the universe. It was under Astronomy.
The podcast was about what happened after a star went through its evelutionary cycle. They usally talked about SUPERNOVAE. It wasn't that good and it was kinda boring because when I read a article it gives more infomation(that is what I think.) The part I liked alot was when the speaker talks to you like you are in a classroom.(Thats because he really is talking to a class.) The only question I would ask the speaker is "if a supernova can destroy a planet and a intier galaxy if it is a massive star?" I would ask this question because it would be cool to know that. A article is much better to read because you can always cheak back on what you are writing about, with a podcast you may have to keep rewinding it or keep pausing it just to write a article.
I listened to “supersized black holes” under physics. I liked that they had real people talking including a guest speaker that knew a lot about black holes that an article doesn’t have. The only problem with having someone speaking (like an interview) is that she kept speaking about herself and going off topic. I got the feeling this was for adults because half the stuff I didn’t even understand and that made me lose focus. Before I listened to the podcast I was sure I would like it better then reading an article, but after listening, I found that I like articles better because I can read them faster. Since the podcast was only 4 minutes long it wasn’t so bad to listen to, but I saw some that were 2 hours long and I feel like you could read something in five minutes that took 2 hours to listen to on a podcast, It seems like a waste of time.
My Report about the Pod Cast
By Milky Milk
I was listening to “Energy and Power1,” under Future Presidents Pod Cast. It was sort of funny, but serious funny. It was boring sometimes, though, I have to say. The man was talking about energy and the power. He was also talking about grams as a form of measurement, and other things that just flew by me because I couldn’t understand it.
I was distracted by the talking and laughing in the background. I like reading articles better than listening to pod casts because you can sometimes forget what the person is talking about. But when reading something, you could all ways go back, unlike how you have to listen to the whole pod cast again. I also like reading the article better because you can’t really get distracted the way you can when you listen to something.
It was cool listening to something different like this, though. I like how you feel like your actually there, in front of the man speaking. My question is: why is there laughing and talking in the background? Is the man teaching a class? Or is he hosting a live T.V. talk show with an audience? The man who is talking in this pod cast is Richard A. Muller, but I didn’t know who he was. This whole pod cast broadcast is about 80 minutes and 50 seconds which was way to long to listen to all at once.
I listened to Nova in the Physics category. This podcast was about mass and energy being together. It interested me because with mass and energy as one, we can access new things in nature. I liked this podcast because it was about a new thing that we discovered. It surprised me that energy and mass are together because before this podcast, I thought that they were two separate things.
I have a few questions about the podcast. What new things can we access in nature? Are there any other two things that are one that we don’t know about? If so, what are they?
I think it is easier to read an article than to listen to a podcast. I think so because with a podcast, you have to take notes while you are listening. With an article, it is easier to read it and then go back to it; you don’t have to take notes. Plus, it is harder to find you’re spot in a podcast than in an article.
I listened to “In search of time” by Bob McDonald which was under the topic physics. After I listened to this podcast, I decided that I would rather read an article instead because listening to something is harder. I found that listening to a podcast is harder because the words weren’t right in front of you so you couldn’t easily go back without having to look for the right spot. Another reason it was harder was when they talked because sometimes they said things to fast and I didn’t know what they said. Lastly, in the podcast, it is much longer and sometimes the people speaking in it get off topic.
This podcast was about how time started and what it is.
I didn’t really like this article because I found it a little boring because they were mostly talking about how there isn’t really an exact answer to the question and that there was only a little information.
I found this podcast under all science related Podcasts and it was about just random question that kids have about the world. It was called “Are there Aliens?”.
The podcast was really frustrating. I had to go back nine or ten times so that I could write the report. The reason the pod cast was frustration was because when you’re reading just an article, it’s easier because you don’t have to start over to go back to the part you want to know about. While if you’re listening to a podcast you have to guess or, what I did, just go back to the beginning and wait for the part you want to hear about again.
What surprised me about podcasts in general was that some of them were 80 or 90 minutes long, which I thought was ridiculous. I would not be able to sit and talk into a microphone for 80 or 90 minutes and answer a question.
There were a few questions I had about the article and the podcasts themselves. First, how do they know all this stuff? The guy that I was listening to had a bunch of different episodes about the most random stuff in the world. There was one about how do we break the Earth’s gravity and the next one was about how bees make honey. It was really confusing.
I didn’t like listening to a podcast. It seemed structured and there was no spontaneity. In conclusion podcasts are way harder to write a paper on than it is to write a review on an article.
I listend to a podcast on an animal miricle. The story is about a guy that trians dogs to reatreve birds. one of his dogs is champion at it and was becoming death then died. then his other dog was nearly as good. but one on an island of the coast of miane and it was very windy.then were getting ready to leave.then the boat was floded and then the guy wanted to drian it out. When he was diong that a wave made the roat go striat up. and the guy and the dog fell out. then the guy was strugling to get back to the island then he drag the guy to the island.so i realy liked this
PURPLEMONKEY 10/30/08
The podcast I listened to was called “Why?” The particular episode was on investigating the question “why don’t oceans freeze in the winter?” It turned out that the amount of salt in the seawater plus warmer water coming from other places makes the freezing temperature lower. The other main reason is the fact that sea is in constant motion making it harder to freeze.
I liked the concept that kids at a very young age send in the questions for the scientist to answer. What made this podcast unique in particular was the fact that an eight year-old boy came up with the episode topic. I found the article interesting because the scientist turned even the simplest of problems into exceptionally elaborate remedies. I really enjoyed listening to the podcast because it explained the inquires sent in quickly with many details.
It was very different listening to a podcast rather than reading an article because it’s harder to record information on account of how fast the people talk. I can’t get specific details from a glance of a podcast like I can when reading an article. In a way, I also liked listening to a podcast because the inflection of the voice I heard helped me comprehend more data opposed to reading an article.
The pod cast I listened to was not very interesting. I would probably go for reading instead. Because there were times where I wanted to look away and when It skipped or went on mute by itself and I couldn’t find my spot. I listened to to something about arthritis. I did it because I have early signs of arthritis. that’s caused by of ehlers-danlos a disease that means your missing some bridges on your triple helixes in your joints
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