This week you have your 3rd weekly science article report to do.
For this one, I want you to focus on science articles that relate in some way to the human body and how it works.
For a reminder, here's what to do for this assignment:
1) Citation: Here you will put the name of the article, the author, and where you found it (for example, the New York Times or Science News for Kids).
2) A brief summary: Here you will summarize the article in one or two sentences. This is to give your readers (including me) a sense of what you have read.
3) Reflection: This is the biggest part of your report. I am interested in your response to the article. Please address the following questions in your reflection:
a) What did you think about the article? Did you like it or not? Why?
b) What interested you or surprised you about the article?
c) What questions do you have about what you read? What would you like to know more about what you’ve read?
Your report is due Friday here on the blog.
By Monday, you will post comments on the work of three other students. Your comments should include:
1) One thing you appreciated/liked about their report - something you think they did well.
2) One suggestion you have for how they might improve their work in the future.
1) Citation: Here you will put the name of the article, the author, and where you found it (for example, the New York Times or Science News for Kids).
2) A brief summary: Here you will summarize the article in one or two sentences. This is to give your readers (including me) a sense of what you have read.
3) Reflection: This is the biggest part of your report. I am interested in your response to the article. Please address the following questions in your reflection:
a) What did you think about the article? Did you like it or not? Why?
b) What interested you or surprised you about the article?
c) What questions do you have about what you read? What would you like to know more about what you’ve read?
Your report is due Friday here on the blog.
By Monday, you will post comments on the work of three other students. Your comments should include:
1) One thing you appreciated/liked about their report - something you think they did well.
2) One suggestion you have for how they might improve their work in the future.
Posts
21 comments:
The Chemistry of Sleeplessness
I found it on Science News for Kids
no author
This article is about a brain chemical called dopamine that can help you stay alert even when you feel tired. Some people's brain perform well on tests and pick up new information even after staying up all night.
I thought this article was very good because I never knew that some of us had these chemicals in our head's that can make us catch on more easier.
Something that interested me about this article was that some people are mysteriously able to think clearly and react quickly even though they didn't sleep much. I also thought that it was very interesting to see this experiment work because when they tried it out on people, it did work.
A question that I have about this article is that what type of people do they find that this chemical occurs most in?
I would like to know if it is more common in adults or if it is more common in children.
The Chemistry of Sleeplessness
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20080917/Note2.asp
No author
This article was about how a chemical in the brain called dopamine might be the reason your so tired. To study sleep loss and its effect on the brain, scientists from the NIHB and the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y., rounded up 15 healthy volunteers.
I thought this article was interesting because I’m usually sleppy during the day. It suppressed me because I didn’t think it was something in you brain that affected you sleeping. I have no questions
Can your mood afect your performance in school?
no author
science news for kids
This artical was about a group of scientists in the UK who tested the idea of your mood affecting your school work. the test included showing the sudents a video clip with a depressing scene and the other group a clip with a happy cene then they had each group do the same packet of work.
It turnes out that if you are sad than you are more capable of doing school work.
I thought this artical was interesting because I never thought of anythin like that before.
I was interested in the fact that it was better to be sad in school.
does this mean that the smarter you are the sadder you are?
artical:
Health benefits of tea
by: http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/h/health_benefits_of_tea.htm
reflection:
summary:
"Ingestion of large amounts of tea may cause nutritional and other problems because of the strong binding activities of tea polyphenols and the caffeine content"
reflection:
After reading this artical about how green te provents cancer
i'v decided i'd rather drink green tea now then almost every other types. Even though research is still going on.
Tittle- Ear pain, weight gain
Author- Unknown
Source- Science News For Kids
This article is about a new study suggests that children who often get serious ear infections (bad enough to require medication) are twice as likely to become obese later in life than kids with healthier ears.
I thought this article was very strange and interesting. I thought it was strange because you would not normally relate ears and being overweight. This article was very interesting because the statistics are so high for this to happen. 3 out of 4 kids would have this happening.
A question i have is how did the scientist find out about this odd connection? and how did they research it?
200 students at Tarrytown school sickened by stomach virus.
by Hoa Nguyen.
LoHud.com
In this article the writer reported about a norovirus that 200 students caught in a Hackley private school in Tarrytown NY.Most complaints were for low-grade fever, chills, headache, muscle aches and a general sense of fatigue.most students viruses only lasted a day or two.
This article was very interesting.I was surprised that something this big happened so close.The virus was strange in the way that it was only a two day virus.
My question is why the virus only lasted for two days and way does it just suddenly stop?
Gut Microbes and Weight
Jennifer Cutraro
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20080416/Note3.asp
The article I have just read describes a theory that scientists have about what causes obesity in children. The theory states that obesity in children is caused by a certain bacteria in their gut. They compared these kids to average weight kids and found that these kids did not have the same bacteria in his or her gut.
This article was very intriguing because it really makes you think about the different kinds of bacteria in the body and that there are good bacteria and bad bacteria. Also, the bacteria that you have in your body as a kid can effect you later on as an adult. The thing that surprised me the most about this article was the majority of kids that participated in the long-term study proved the scientist theory correctly. My questions for this article are,
1) How much bacteria has to be in the gut to make a kid obese?
2) If you had normal body weight as a child then became obese as an adult, does that mean you had the bacteria in your gut but it didn’t have an effect until adulthood?
3) If you come from an obese family will that make you an obese child?
This article was a very well written piece; it shared good information and facts that have a direct impact on kids. I’d say I was pretty satisfied with it.
To Lizzy,
I think that you did a good job on your weekly science report. You gave a good summary. Something that I think you can work on is maybe add another question that you have about the article
To youhategores,
I think that your weekly science report is good. One thing that I would work on if I were you is to add a few quesions that you have about the article
To allie,
I think that your weekly science report was good.
Bones and body parts don't wear out with age: Questioning the strange metaphors of conventional medicine
http://www.naturalnews.com/019357.html
By Mike Adams
This article was about how your bones do not get worn out when you're older. They only do if you have very poor health. They more you use your body, the healthier it gets.
I liked this article because it explains to you, that your bones do not get worn out after years, they get better when you use your body more.
What really interested me was that our bones are like sponges. They're actually alive and get stronger and stronger when you use them.
I question that I had was:
If you're healthy, can your bones ever get smaller, like when you're really old?
A fix for injured knees by P.Barry I found this article at www.sciencennewsforkids.org
In the article A fix for injured knees the author explained that the most common injury in all sports are knee injuries because your knee is held together by ligaments. The most common ligament to tear is the ACL. So because tearing the ACL is so common when athletes tear their ACL they have to get a very painful surgery. Know scientist are looking for away to make this surgery easier and less painful.
I thought this article was great because I am an athlete and this helped show me what can happen if you don’t stretch and take care of your body. I defiantly don’t want to have that surgery it must really hurt. I was surprised that scientist are working on using a cell from a rabbit to make an artificial ligament. This will make the surgery less painful. Why are scientist only using rabbit cells and not other animal cells? Is there something in rabbit cells that can produce ligaments? I would like to no when scientist are going to try different animal cells and why they started with rabbit cells.
I liked lizzys article because i sleep a lot when i need to do other things. one thing i would suggest is make you questions clearer.
I liked backwards sdrakca article because i’ve noticed it before. one thing i would suggest is that just because they said something doesn't mean you always have to be sad to be smart.
I liked youhategores article because i didn't know that. my one suggestion is put in in layman's terms.
Mind-reading Machine
no author.
found on Science news for kids.
This story is about team of researchers in California that have developed a way to predict what kinds of objects people are looking at by scanning what's happening in their brains.
I thought this article was very interesting because I learned that when we see something, our brain sends a signal about that object to our brain.
Something that interested me about this article was the title. It sounded very interesting because I have always had an interest in psychics and mind reading and things like that.
A question I have is if someone has photographic memory, does this help the "mind-reading" process a bit more?
I want to know if more effort is being put into this research or is it just going to be bottled up and put away?
To Lizzy,
I liked your comment.
It was very nice and elaborate. It made me learn about the article without reading it yet.
to backwards sdrawkcab,
your question made me wonder.
is it really possible that the smarter you are, the sadder you are?
to bookworm695
your post was very well thought of. I liked how you put a lot of effort into it instead of just writing one paragraph.
Allie,
I thought your weekly science article report topic was intriguing and made some interesting points. You asked excellent questions that really made me think.
I think you could improve your report by adding a little more background information to give the reader more of a sense of what he/she is reading about.
Youhategores,
I admire how you chose to write about a topic that is rarely talked discussed and included a lot of interesting facts.
For the future, I suggest checking your spelling and grammar in word processing or apple works. I also and suggest expanding your reflections, summary, and thoughts about your topic.
Ben,
Your article was very well written. You chose an issue that is very meaningful to people who experience painful knee problems.
My only suggestion for this report is to ask yourself more questions on this topic so that you can find as much information as possible.
lizzy's artical on the chemistry of sleeplessness was an awesome topic, though i would like to more about the tests that they ran.
lactoseninga's artical was about a school in tarry town and how 200 kids from that school got a stomache virus. The artical was very informative but I wish HE/SHE told more about the virus.
hannahmontanarox's artical was about a machine that could read minds to a certaint extent. the topic was really cool but he/she could have been more descriptive of the machine.
lizzy:
1) I liked how much thought you put into it.
2) I don't think this article needs improvement.
backwards SDRAKCAB:
1) I liked the choice of your article.
2)I think you can work on your spelling and punctuation.
youhategores:
1)Your summary really described the article.
2) I think you could also work on your spelling and punctuation.
saint of los angeles:
1)I enjoyed your article because I really wanted to know how sleep loss effects the brain. I think you did well on explaining how many people were involved in this experiment and stating their condition.
2)You could have done a lot better on explaining what happens to the brain if you don’t get a lot of sleep. We never learned about the results of the experiment and you should have thought of some questions about the article.
nnydrojj1:
1)I enjoyed your article because I’ve heard a lot about how when you get older your body gets weaker and I thought it was nice to hear the other side of this subject. I liked how you explained how the human body gets stronger ever day.
2)The only thing I disliked about your article was your grammar. In the first paragraph you said they more you use your body, the healthier it gets. Also in the second paragraph you said I question that I had was: If you're healthy, can your bones ever get smaller, like when you're really old? Those statements don’t make sense.
Allie:
1)I enjoyed this article because I never knew that kids that have ear
pain are twice as likely to become obese than kids that don't have ear pain. I liked how you explained what you thought was strange and what you thought was interesting.
2)I wish that you had told us a way to prevent stuff from happening to other people and how to stop this if it happening someone.
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