This week, you will put together our last weekly science article report of the year!
Your reflection should be at least 250 words long (you can use the Word Count feature in Word to keep track of this -- it's under the Tools menu).
Since this is our last weekly science article report of the year, I expect this to be your best work all year.
So, your assignment is:
1) Find an article an do our regular weekly science article report (look back on the blog to find a description if you don't remember).
2) Makes comments on the reports of 3 other students.
3) This is all due by next Monday, June 1st.
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Name of Article: Girl Stable after doctors remove 4 extra limbs
Author: Not mentioned
Web Site: msnbc.com
Brief Summary:
-The article I choose is about an Indian 2 year-old girl named Lakshmi who was born with eight limbs (four arms, four legs.) Lakshmi is being kept in the special care hospital in Southern India. Doctors performed a more than twenty four hours long surgery with the help of more than thirty surgeons in hope that she will lead a normal life. Even after the operation, Lakshmi will need further treatments before she will be able to walk. She has been able to move her toes and hands for the first time and open her eyes briefly. In Lakshmi’s village she has been referred to as a reincarnation of the four-armed Hindu goddess.
REFLECTION:
What Did You Think of The Article?
-I liked the article because it kept me wondering the whole time. I only pick articles that I find interesting enough to keep me writing about them and I found this one very interesting. I thought it was cool how in the article it mentioned what she was referred to as by the people in her village because I found the myth very cool. The myth was that there was a “parasitic twin” that stopped developing in Lakshmi’s mother’s womb. And Lakshmi (the surviving child) absorbed the limbs, kidneys and other parts of the undeveloped child and that’s why she is the way she is.
What Interested You About the Article?
-I thought it was interesting how when Lakshmi went into surgery they needed more than thirty doctors! When I read that I got this image in my head of that many doctors in one little operation room and it was unbelievable. I wonder if the surgeons took shifts on operating because the operation took longer than twenty four hours long.
What Questions do you have?
-I don’t have many questions but I want to know what happens to this girl after all the operations they do on her. My only question would be, besides the way that Lakshmi looks, did the mutation affect anything else in her body?
Title of Article: Giant blob found beneath Nevada
By Jeanna Bryner
Web Address: www.msnbc.msn.com
The article was about how scientists found a honey like rock substance dripping in the U.S. Great Basin. They believe it was cause by a lithospheric drip. There are warm and cold masses in the lithosphere. The colder one is sinking to the bottom of the atmostspheric layer because it's more dense. As it falls to the bottom, it gathers up and falls in a thick liquid form. Scientists also believe the drip started fifteen to twenty million years ago.
I sort of liked the article. It was cool that they found the substance, but the article could be more clear about what it was and how it got there. They did explain it was caused by the lithospheric drip, but they didn't explain very well why it was dripping or if it was completely normal and scientists just realized it. They also could have said how much rock like honey there was and where in the Great Basin it is (at the peaks, or at the base of the mountains). But it was also cool that they took something as simple and kind of boring as rocks and turned it into this article that triggers thoughts in your mind about things dripping from space.
Some questions I still have are:
Why is the lithosphere dripping? Is it a bad thing that it is dripping? Is there anything anyone can do to stop? Should we stop it?
Name of Article: Texting May Be Taking A Toll
Author: Katie Hafner
Web Site: NY Times
Summary: Texting is a very common activity in a teenager’s life these days. The average teen texts 80 messages a day (that’s more then double what it was last year). This is beginning to worry psychologists, who say its going to lead to anxiety. Texting makes you lose sleep, cause distraction in school and stress. Texting can lead to pain in your fingers and texting is worse with a smaller phone.
Reflection:
What Did You Think Of The Article?:
I liked the article a lot because I can relate to it. I do have a phone and but I don’t really text that often anymore. I do know people that text practically 24/7. This article was very informative because it gave a lot of scientific facts that I didn’t even know about texting. I also liked how the author gave plenty of real life stories about teenagers. It said how much they text, how it affected them, and what happened after to them.
What Interested You About This Article?:
What interested me about this article was that the average amount of texts sent per month is 2,272. When I read that I thought wow. I only sent 22 texts today! It’s amazing how teens can do that. It also surprised me that texting could actually be bad for someone. It could do permanent damage to your thumbs.
What Questions Do You Have?:
I don’t have a lot of questions but I was wondering, if you have an Iphone or something along those lines, does that cause any damage to your thumbs? Also, what would you have to do if you had so much damage on your thumbs that you couldn’t use them anymore?
name of article: cave glow worm
author : planet earth
web site : http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/planet-earth-caves-glow-worms.html
BREIF SUMMARY:
-the cave glow worm is also known as the star spiner. In dark caves the cave glow worm spins milllioans of little spit streads from the ceiling. As buitiful the web looks its has a sinister purpose. Animals that dwell in the cave that live there are drawn to the beauty of the web it has created. It slowly makes a hamic and waits for a insect/animal to fly into it. then when it catchs its prey it digests the string(s) of spit and slowly eats away at its new meal. It has a ghostly light that comes from a capsul in its tail that lights the whole web to be set.
REFLECTION:
What Did You think Of The Article?
-i like how the cave glow worm is able to make all the threads in a week and then when food comes like a delivery guy with pizza.
What Interested you In Your Article?
when the glow worm is making its web and then realing it back in when i has caught something it is just like fishing.
what questions do you have?
-i would like to know better where you can find glow worms?
-would they eat a human if you were exploring a cave and got stuck in it and didnt see it?
Searching for the Next Google
By David Goldman
Summary:
The article I read was about competition between search engines. The article explained about all of the different search engines different approaches to attract more users. They are all always improving their search engines, but Google always stays in the lead.
Reflection:
What Did You Think of The Article?
I thought the article was really interesting. I liked how they explained each search engine’s approach to attract the most viewers; and also how each search engine is planning to improve. I also liked how it was general in the beginning, but then each search engine (Microsoft, Yahoo, WolframAlpha and Google) got their own section completely about how they want to improve. Something else I liked about it was how it included a graph of how many peopled used each search engine from January to April.
What Interested You About the Article?
The part that most interested me was about how they seem to be saying that one of the other search engines could take over Google; based on the title. I also thought it was interesting that they talked about WolframAlpha although it has only been around for about a week, but they didn’t talk about search engines like ask or AOL.
What Questions do you have?
One question I have is; why was the author so interested in the topic? Another question I have is; which search engine does the author think will take over Google if any? One last question I have is; how do search engines add or improve?
Ryley Clyde: I think you picked a really cool article. Your reflection was very well written. I am confused as to if the myth is that Lakshmi came out that way, or the goddess came out that way.
Michael_Phelps_Phan: I thought you asked really good questions, and I would have the same questions. It was smart of you to pick an article you can relate to. I think the only thing you could improve would be to have reread you reflection and edited it.
chikachikaboomboom567: I thought your reflection was very well written. I think these glow worms sounds very interesting. One thing you could have done was double checked your spelling.
Energy Study: Carbon pollution to grow by 40 percent
By H. Josef Herbert
Web site: msnbc.com
Summary: This article talks about how we will have 40 percent more carbon dioxide in our environment by 2030 if we don’t do something soon the government said on Wednesday (the 27). The Energy Information Administration said that the percentage of energy that we will use over the next two decades will be 44 percent greater than what it all ready is. The countries with the projected biggest increase will economically developing countries such as India and China. During that time though we will have a substantial growth in renewable energy but not enough to control our huge energy usage the government said that it would like to cut its power bill by 17 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050.
Reflection: I didn’t liked this article because it was a little depressing but I congratulate the author in the fact that this is a hard topic to write about because in the end you just end up talking about how dead the human race is with all of our pollution. It was depressing sad and a little boring but it was informative. What surprised me about this article was the fact that not only how much energy we are using but what it is doing to us. What I would have liked to know was which country used the most energy per person but also how much we will be using in 2030.
Michael_Phelps_Pham: I really liked your summary. It gave a lot of information that I could relate to. Also, your reflection really showed your opinion, which I found very useful/helpful so the reader could better understand it. The average amount of texts sent per moth is 2,272?!? That is way more than I thought it was. My only question would be the same as yours; does the thumb damage apply to ever kind of phone or just the ones without the keypads?
Chikachikanoomnoom567: I liked how in your summary you gave a lot of interesting facts about the cave glowworm. I found it very cool how the beauty of the web attracts its prey. I didn’t quite understand how you related the cave glowworm being able to make all the threads in a week when food comes, to a pizza guy?
Bandcamp: I really liked the, “What did You Think of The Article?” part because I got a really clear image about how the article was set up. I found it very interesting that there could be so many different approaches on how to attract more viewers to search engines. I’m interested in knowing how people would prefer certain search engines to others. What makes one search engine unique over the other?
Ryley Clyde,
You did a great job explaining the article and giving your opinion about it. I have the same question as you; Did the mutation affect anything else in her body?.
Michael_Phelps_Phan,
The article you chose interested me. I actually went to the site to look for it, but it took me a couple minutes to find it. Your response to the article was good, but if you explained the summary just a little more, that would be good.
chikachikaboomboom567,
The glowing worm is cool and you did a good job explaining what it is. But you really didn't explain that well what you thought about it.
ARTICLE NAME: GREENER DIET
AUTHOR: NOT STATED
WEB ADRESS: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20090225/Note2.asp
SUMMARY: This article is about how our diet can effect the environment. Scientists have found out that making half a pound of an all beef burger produces the equivalent to 19 times its weight in CO2. This is one of the many causes of global warming and it can be stopped. Other kinds of meat like chicken or pork have less of an impact on the envirmonemt. This article is promoting that eating green is being green. If you eat more vegetables than meat you can make an impact on the environment. Growing an eating a pound of potatoes sends less than one quarter-pound of carbon dioxide in to the air we breathe. This shows that improving the environment is a very easy thing to do.
REFLECTION: I thought this article was very interesting. I didn’t realize that changing what we eat could reduce our carbon footprint. The smallest things we do can make the biggest difference in the environment. The article explained the information in a very easy to understand manner. It was very informative and opened my eyes to how easy it was to make an impact on the environment. I was surprised that cow manure was a major source of methane, which is another green house gas.
QUESTIONS: I am wondering how much CO2 is produced a year from beef. Is there a way to be able to have beef and not impact the environment? Can some fruits and vegetables, grown naturally still play a role on the CO2 in the air?
Texting may be taking a toll
Katie Hafner
New York Times
This article is mostly about how kids text way too much. They text over 2,000 texts a month and kids are losing sleep over because they text late into the night so they lose even more sleep. Texting lowers grades and interupts thoughts because when someones phone vibrates they have the urge to read it and reply, so then they forget their thoughts which can lower their grade. Also kids text in class when the teacher isn't looking.
I liked this article because I can relate to it because yea I do text alot and I know people who text like crazy, I do agree that texting is basically taking over kids because of how much they text and then they get lower grades.
I was intrested because of how much kids text because its crazy. I was also intrested because a teacher took an anonymous test and over 50 of her 70 students texted during class.
The question I have is why don't Iphones hurt your fingers?
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chikachikaboomboom567: I thought your reflection was written good. I think you could of worked on your spelling.
bandcamp: Your article was well writen and i agree with your questions.
ryley clyde: Your reflection was very well written. U agreed with your questions and your article sort of confused me.
Sorry That I spelled you wrong I meant you not u
CITATION:
Author: Aniruddh D. Patel, John R. Iversen, Micah R. Bregman, and Irena Schulz
Link for my article: http://sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20090506/Note3.asp
Tittle: A Bird That Keeps The Beat
SUMMERY:
My article was about how scientists are studying how animals can dance or at least hear the rhythm as much as humans can. The scientists saw a YouTube video showing a bird named Snowball dance to its favorite song “Everybody” by the Backstreet Boys. They then watched several more YouTube videos and found out only animals that can imitate sounds can feel the rhythm. After watching the YouTube videos they went to the adoption center for animals that Snowball stayed and did some studies. They played “Everybody” for Snowball in different speeds of tempos. Snowball would tap his feet and sway his body to the beat. Sometimes he would go too fast or to slow but then he would adjust to beat. They then had human volunteers and found out that kids in pre-school did the same thing. At the end of all their studies they found that mostly birds and Asian elephants can keep up with a beat.
REFLECTION:
1. What I thought of the article:
I thought the article was really interesting and I liked it a lot. I liked it a lot because it kept me interested because it was not super long and boring but it was not so short that I did not learn anything from it.
2. What interested or surprised me:
What surprised me was how Asian elephants could also dance as well as birds. What interested me was how Snowball could change how slowly or fast he moved to match the beat.
3. Questions I have/ What I would like to know more about:
I would like to know how they knew that “Everybody” by the Backstreet Boys was Snowball’s favorite song. I would also like to know is any animal that cannot imitate sounds can dance. My last question is how long did it take them to watch all of those YouTube videos?
Bandcamp:Your article sounds really cool. How many search engines are there?
Ryley Clyde: That's really cool how her town saw her as a reincarnation of the goddess instead of something bad.
Micheal_Phelps_Phan: Your article is really interesting and i like it how you picked one that a lot of us can relate to.
Weekly science article report
Name: Komodo dragon uses venom not toxic bacteria
Author: does not say
Websites: http://sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20090527/Note2.asp and http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/20/komodo.dragon.bite/index.html
Komodo dragon uses venom not toxic bacteria. Komodo dragons were thought they used toxic bacteria. It says the Komodo dragon kill just like snakes. They inject their venom into their blood stream and it would kill the prey. The bite of this animal will give the animal a shock. This venom eventually will shut down the body. Scientist just discovered that the Komodo dragon has six venom glands on each side of the lower jaw. They used MRI on the Komodo dragon’s head. All of the glands put together can produce 1.2 milliliters of venom. The venom has some of the stuff that snake venom has. The blood vessels become larger which then equals a shock. They tested the venom on a rat and what I just explained happened to the rat. What led them to this is that komodo dragons cannot hold down their prey like a crocodile and their bite is not as strong as a crocodile. If it used the bacteria the prey would not drop dead right after it was infected. The bite just weakens the prey while the venom kills the prey. The venom keeps the blood from clotting around the wound. It also causes an unsafe drop in blood pressure. After bitten the prey becomes quiet and still.
I choose this article because I love animals and I am fascinated by how they eat were do they live what adaptations and so on and so forth. Also komodo dragons are my favorite type of lizard. What also captured my attention was the word venom. I always love to learn more about this animal and any animal.
I have no questions about the komodo dragon.
California prepares for 'the Big One'
By: Matt Wells
Found on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8059993.stm
Summary:
This article I read sounded very interesting because the fact that earthquakes occur so often. In this article they explained how on the San Andres fault line out in California they are putting in receptors that give warnings to the people living in Los Angeles with in a minute of the earth quake hitting. The article said this might be helpful so doctors at hospitals can know when to start cutting someone open and when to hurry up. It also said It could warn people to duck, find shelter and even stop and elevator in a building at the next floor.
Reflection:
What did you think about the Article?
I think the article was very informing to have people in California being able to react and possibly get out of danger that they might be in. I also enjoyed the fact that the article had some humor in it. It mad the article less boring and made keep reading.
What interested you about this article?
What interested me was that the San Andres fault line has the possibility to actually crack open. I thought wow that could be scary. I was also really interested in the way they can send the messages so fast to war people. It said the send them at light speed because they send them across the internet.
What do you still have questions about?
I still would like to know how the tubes they are putting in the ground will be able to detect the earthquakes. I wonder if they have reactors in them. If they don’t how do they get the info into a computer into Los Angeles?
Name of Article: Shattering the Strongest Glass
Author: Unknown
URL: http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/PopularScience/2008/07/1/index.html
Description: This article focused on tempered glass (the type of glass that windshields and glass doors are made out of) and how the internal stress makes the glass stronger. If you dip a drop of molten glass into cold water while it’s drying, the outer part cools in seconds but the inner part stays molten for a small chunk of time. When the inner part dries, it shrinks but it can’t pull the outer shell with it. This creates a huge stress barrier because the inner part is always trying to pull the outer part in but never can. If you hit the big round part of one of these stressed drops of glass with a hammer, it wouldn’t break. The only way to break it is to smash the longer thin part with a hammer which sets off a domino effect and more or less explodes the rest of the drop. The stress is so pent up inside it that it just ruptures breaking into tiny pieces which are much safer than long, spear shaped chunks of glass.
What did I think?
I thought the article was funny because throughout the article they kept calling the long skinny part of the drop the “tail” and the last sentences said “The lesson here is that stress makes you stronger, but inside that tough exterior lurks a potential explosion. And stay off my tail, OK?” I found that funny because it’s almost kind of a play on words in my opinion. I also thought that the article was very educational.
What interested me?
I thought it was very interesting that stress makes the material stronger when people always think that stress makes you weak. I also found the dangers of a material being that stressed interesting. It makes you think Hey, maybe I shouldn’t stress too much otherwise I might explode!
What Questions do I have?
Why does the core of the glass contract when the material solidifies?
Is it possible to make an indestructible tempered glass drop?
Gmoser- I can answer your question about Iphones hurting your fingers because I have a phone with a touch screen. Your fingers automatically know to use the flat part (or the pad) when you touch the screen so it’s very much like drumming on a table with your fingers.
The Skinless Wonder- I thought you might want to work on creating a new line when you started a new paragraph. It was hard to take in all of the information when it was in that format. Other than that, your reflection was good.
Michael_Phelps_Phan- I like how you and Gmoser did the same article but showed different points of view. You added the bit about texting hurting your fingers in the description and that actually helped me answer a question that I had about Gmoser’s reflection.
Gmoser- I did the same article as you so it was nice to see another point of view. I thought your summary was very thorough and detailed, which I liked. And I also like how you gave a lot of factual information, that I discovered I'd missed entirely.
rudycocoa3- Reading your post it somewhat reminded me of Happy Feet. Because they are moving to the beat. I found it really interesting how asian elephants can keep a beat because elephants are so big! I could just picture them tripping over their feet!
Ryley Clyde- I actually laughed when I read that the people in Lakshmi's village called her "the four-armed Hindu goddess". You picked a very interesting article and your reflection left me wanted to know more.
Can Candy Be Healthy?
By Michelle (no last name written)
http://candyaddict.com/blog/2007/05/09/can-candy-be-healthy/ (URL)
I read an article about how candy (specifically chocolate bars) can be very healthy for your body. It stated that it consists of the same “heart-healthy” ingredients as red wine. It also talked about different kinds of chocolate bars and which ones are healthier than the others.
I thought that the article was very interesting, considering that I could relate to what it was saying. Whenever we want chocolate, we usually only take a little piece because we think it is too fattening or sugary. Well, in the article, it said that if you eat certain kinds of chocolate, you don’t have to be as careful (however, you should always eat everything in moderation).
I was surprised that the studies just started coming out recently when chocolate has been around forever. I would think that whoever invented chocolate would have thought about its nutrition and why they were even making it. I also found it cool that they out chocolate into two basic groups, (backpacker’s chocolate which won’t melt and the high-fiber, low fat candy bars).
I am still wondering about which brands are in the two groups (mentioned above). Hershey’s bars are the kind of candy bar that you would bring with you on a night that you are camping out so does that necessarily mean that they are the backpacker’s chocolate group? Another thing that I was wondering was about how healthy red wine actually is. I know that it has red grapes in it (which are healthy) but I don’t know any more of the ingredients. They could have been comparing the chocolate to wine because wine isn’t that healthy. That is one thing that I would research if I were to do further research.
Ryley Clyde: I thought you gave a lot of detail and it was very well-written. You picked a very interesting topic. I wonder what it would be like with eight limbs.
abc123def456:I thought the topic you picked was very intreguing. Once I saw the title...Gian Blob Found Beneath Nevada...i was interested. I am wondering how long it has been there.
Michael_Phelps_Phan:I could relate to this article like a lot of people our age. I was suprised when you said the average teenager has 80 messages a day. I never knew that it could cause anxiety.
Michael_Phelps_Phan
-I thought that your story was very interesting. I was thinking after about how many texts you said you did in one day and if you didn’t about 20 texts a day and there are about 30 days in a month you would only be texting about 600 times which is a big difference between 2, 272 texts in a month. I am also trying to become more aware of my texting and check my phone less often so I am less tempted to text.
-I don’t really think you have anything to improve on.
Chickachickaboomboom567
-One thing that you could work on is rereading your article before you post it… one thing that would help is using a word processor before you post it.
-I liked how you compared your fats to real life things like a pizza delivery guy.
Ryley Clyde
-I thought that you did a good job explaining what your article was about. I wonder if you could move with eight limbs.
-One thing you could work on is in your reflection, getting right to the point. Otherwise, good job.
I found this article at Science News For Kids. This article was called 'Taking the Sting Out of Scorpion Venom.' There was no author named. Here is a link to the article: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20090520/Note3.asp
This article was about an antivenom found to help treat a sting from an Arizona bark scorpion. The sting of a scorpion to a child can make them very sick or even kill them. The antivenom was found in Mexico and isn't approved in the U.S. yet. In the article the author talked about how a group of doctors tested the antivenom on 15 children and it proved to work better then a placebo.
I liked this article because it was easy to read and it had the definitions of some words in case you didn't know them. It surprised me that a scorpion the size of your finger could hurt you, or even kill you. I also found it interesting that the venom from the scorpion attacked the nervous system. I always thought that scorpion venom got into the blood stream and affected the stuff that was connected to the blood vessels. I was also surprised that America has not started using the antivenom even though they know it works. I wonder if there are side affects of the antivenom that they did not mention in the article and that is why they aren't using it in America. I would like to know how many children have died and how many have been injured from this scorpion.
Sorry part of the link got cut off. The adress is:http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20090520/Note3.asp
To Michael_Phelps_Phan:
I really liked your reflection. I thought the topic you chose was very interesting and your reflection was very well written. Maybe you could have put in some more facts from the article. Other then that it was very good!
To Pretty Pink Prince:
I really liked your reflection and thought the topic you chose was really cool. I think it would be really scary to live near there with all the earthquakes. I thought all the facts from the article that you put into your reflection was good. You did have some grammar problems though, so you might want to read over it.
To rudycocoa3:
I thought your reflection was really cool and you chose a really weird but cool topic. I really liked how you wrote it. I could tell you really cared about this topic. One thing that you could improve would be you had some spelling mistakes.
Article- N.Y girl, 7, goes home after daring tumor removal.
By- Steve Sternberg(USA Today), and Today news
Summary: In this article Heather McNamara who lives with her mother, father and older sister
in Islip Terrace, N.Y. heather is a seven year old girl that went under surgery to take out a tumor in her abdomen. During this operation Heather's surgeon took out six of her organs but couldn't replace three of them.
Reflection: When I first heard of this story on the news I was really interested in what I was hearing and it was that a little seven year old girl went under surgery to remove a tumor in her abdomen which made me want to do some more research about her and the surgery she went through.
Apparently it took a long time for the family to find a surgeon that was right to do the operation but that's when they came across Tomoaki Kato and it was at that point where they were just desperate to find someone that could help Heather. What amazed me in this article was that in order to remove the tumor the surgeon had to take out six of Heather's organs such as: the spleen, large intestine, small intestine, stomach, liver, and pancreas. But then I read that the surgeon couldn't put the stomach back in, so instead what he did was he "replaced it from her intestine". Not only was she unable to replace her stomach Heather was also unable to get back her spleen and pancreas. Luckily the surgeon (Tomoaki Kato) was still able to place Heathers Liver, and both large and small intestines back into her body because those three were the only organs that had been taken out that weren't infected by the cancer. While reading this article it said that Heather was close to losing her liver and her father would have been the donor but thankfully her liver didn't fail. It also said that once the organs were taken out they were immediately chilled at four degrees above zero so that no harm would come to Heather after placing the organs back in. Heather is now okay even though she lives her life still with three missing organs.
It didn't say in the article I read, but now I want to know if they re-made her spleen and pancreas like what they did to her stomach?
chikachikaboomboom567- I liked your article because I thought it was very interesting. My question is like yours, where can you find them.
rudycocoa3- I liked reading about your article because I think that it would be so cool if animals could interpret things that us humans can like music and dance. My question is do a lot of animals do this? or is there like certain species?
abc123def456- Your article is weird but very cool to here about. Like your question can the lithosphere be dangerous in any way?
Dear Ryley Clyde
I actually have heard of this before. The parasitic twin was eating away here liver. Pretty gross right.
Dear abc123def456
When I read your title I thought that the blob was oil. But the honey thing sounds way cooler. A giant honey like rock is cool
Rudycocoa3
When I heard what your article was about I right away went to YouTube to check things out. Here’s the link to the home page. http://www.youtube.com/user/BirdLoversOnly
Ryley Clyde that is a very interesting articles. I had the same exact questions you had. What is the four-armed Hindu goddess? I couldn’t believe they fixed her in 24 hours. I thought the surgery would take longer.
Abc123def456 that is a cool article but I like to know if it’s bad or not. How did it get there? What happens when it drips? How can we take it out?
Chikachikaboomboom567 I would like to know more about this glowworm. The only advice I’ve got for you is checking your spelling.
Title of Article: Text Messages can Quench Plant's Thirst
Author: Eric Bland
Web Site: www.msnbc.com (Tech & Science Section.)
BREIF SUMMARY:
The article I chose was about how vegetables finally have a voice in how they are grown, due to the fact that some plants now have microchips secured to their leaves! What the microchip does is it text messages the farmer’s cell phone when the plant is in need of water! Always knowing when their crops need watering can save farmers’ time and money, and even have a more successful variety of vegetables! The original “cell phone for plants,” was discovered by NASA for future space missions to the moon. Considering the fact that plants can take out waste carbon dioxide, and produce breathable oxygen in an area with very minimal oxygen, they become ideal for rocketing to the moon. Also, the astronauts can eat the tasty vegetables, while maintaining a healthy diet! In addition, to reduce the amount of time and energy used by the astronauts, scientists attached sensors so astronauts would know exactly when and how much water to give the plants.
MY REFLECTION:
What did you think of the article?
I think that the article I selected was satisfactory. The piece was well put together and the information was comprehendible and well written, but I wish that the author elaborated more about how the technology functions. Also, I desire that the writer had stated more details about the creation of this special microchip. Though I was not entirely impressed with the piece, the topic of the article kept me intrigued, which lead me to learning an agglomeration of information. In addition, I think the author did an extremely great job relating microchip technology to the NASA missions to the moon. He made the context understandable and interesting, and truly gave NASA credit for their brilliant ideas, that to me, displays a great author.
What interested you about the article?
What I thought was extremely interesting was that through microchip technology, the sense of urgency is sent through a text message, to a cell phone! Just thinking about a plant needing water and then a cellular device receiving that urge; is mind blowing! What I also found remarkable is how NASA wanted to bring different species of plants aboard the rocket ship, so that they could grow them and experiment with what was happening. Plus, it fascinated and amused me that the astronauts were acting as both scientists and astronauts. In addition, what interested me about the article was that the alert about water came in text message form, rather than as a phone call. Perhaps this is because the technology is not quite that advanced yet, or the fact that texting is extremely easy and popular.
What questions do you have?
I have questions regarding how the microchip was created, such as: What type of research went into the production of this chip, and how long had research been going on for? Also, what past knowledge about microchips and plants had been contributing to the creation of this new technology? As aforementioned, I had wanted to be informed about the details in this new technology. For example, the date that the technology was discovered/working and the names of the scientists who put forth a lot of effort for this experiment. In addition, I would want to understand why texting was selected, rather than calling.
COMMENTS
Dear Ryley Clyde,
I really enjoyed reading your reflection about Lakshmi, for it fascinated me. You wrote very well and made me want to know more about her condition. Plus, I too found it very fascinating that there was more than 30 doctors operating on such a little girl!
Outstanding Job!
-Magenta Rocks
Dear Michael_Phelps_Phan,
You did a wonderful job describing what your article was about and you really made it relate to the reader. I know that I am quite a "texter," so this article really reached out to me. As for your question about the iphone, I would suggest researching the topic.
Outstanding Job!
-Magentarocks
Dear curlylocks123,
I think you did a great job elaborating about your article. You also really gave me a sense of what you were feeling for the girl after her tumor was removed. I feel that you really put your perspective into your work, and you made it sound really great!
Outstanding Job!
-Magentarocks
Citation: First Complete X-ray View Of A Galaxy Cluster
No author
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528120655.htm
Summary: This article about a cluster called PKS 0745-191 discovered with Suzaku's X-ray telescopes. The temperature and distance about this new discovery and how they found it.
Reflection:
Did you like it: I liked it because space is one of my favorite science topics.
What you were interested about: I think that the article was interesting because of it being about a cluster being 1.3 billion light years away and because PKS 0745-191 has a gas temperature of about 164 million degrees.
What you were surprised about: I was surprised that a telescope could see that far and that something can be 164 million degrees.
Questions: How can they get a telescope to see that far?
Ryley Clyde: the baby opened for the first time, wow, that's weird.
Michael_Phelps_Phan: Does that mean texting with a key pad is bad too?
Bandcamp: How many search engines were on this article.
komodo dragons
the article I read was from science news for kids and it was about komodo dragons. komodo dragons are the worlds largest lizards they can grow to ten feet and they weigh about 300 ponds. komodo dragons live in indonesia on small tropical islands. komodo dragons eat almost any kind of meat even dead animals. komodo dragons have six venom glands in there lower jaw that they inject into there pray. Each of the komodo dragons venom glands holds about 1.2 milliliters of venom inside. the komodo dragons venom is so powerful that it kills the lizard pray shortly. the komodo dragons venom is simalier to the venom of the snake. the venom in a komodo dragon is lethal because it causes blood vessels in the pray to become larger. earlier scientist didn’t believe that the komodo dragon had venom but that it had bacteria in it’s mouth that infected its prey. scientists investigated this theory by performing MRI’s on komodo dragons. another reason scientists questioned this theory was because bacteria often takes longer to kill an animal and the komodo dragon kills it’s prey almost instantly.
one way i thought this article was intrusting was because it stated tha tkomodo dragons venom is very similiar to the venom in snakes. this was intrusting because they are two very different creatures and yet they have something the same. one thing that I didn’t understand about this article was how they capture such a powerful creature and then keep him still for a MRI. another thing that suprised me was how large komodo dragons can actually get they are heavier than most people and taller than any human. The komodo dragon will continue to be a intrusting lizard. I thought this article was good because it explained all of the intrusting facts about a komodo dragon.
hobbes
your article was interesting because the outside of glass dries while the inside is still molten hot.
Ryley Clyde
your article was weird because I’ve never heard of person having that many limbs
band camp
I liked your article because theres so much search engines and no matter how many are made google always is used the most
Title: Meteoroid Bombardment May Have Made Earth More Habitable
Written by ScienceDaily
This article was about how meteoroids may have made Earth an easier place to inhabit. When a meteoroid goes through extreme heat it causes some organic matter to be released as water or carbon dioxide. When the meteoroids go through the atmosphere this happens. The carbon dioxide that is released may have helped the Earth capture more energy from the sun. This heated up the climate of the Earth which allowed it to sustain more life.
Scientists recently started testing how much water and carbon dioxide the meteoroids could have released. They found that each meteorite released 12 percent of its mass as water and 6 percent as carbon dioxide. Individually this couldn’t have changed anything but there was a meteor shower called the Late Heavy Bombardment that left millions of rocks crashing in to Earth for about 20,000,000 years. The scientists then calculated the impact of that and they found that about 10 billion tons of water and carbon dioxide could have been delivered to Earth each year. This also probably made Mars a habitat for some organisms but since Mars has no magnetic field solar wind probably took away all the water and carbon dioxide.
Personally I thought this article was very interesting because this might actually explain why Earth is so easily inhabited. I was surprised that the Late Heavy Bombardment was able to last for 20 million years and delivered 1 billion tons of water in one year. I don’t understand why scientists didn’t discover this early this is key to why we can live on this Earth. I also wonder if this could happen to another planet in another solar system. I also wonder if there has ever been another meteor shower so massive.
Dear DaDrumma3 i think that your article was amazing and very interesting. If we just improve our eating habitats people would be healthier and so would our enviorment. I dont quite understand how food can release carbon.
Dear the skinless wonder
I am suprised that how much carbon we put in the enviorment will go up by 40 percent in only 20 more years. I agree with you that this is a depressing subject but it was one that needs to be addressed. I dont want to live in a terribly polluted world just because of generations before me.
New dinosaurs
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20090401/Note2.asp
summary: The article I chose was about a new species of dinosaurs which are meat eaters. This dinosaur is the size of a chicken the dinosaur weighed 4.2 pounds. The scientific name for this dinosaur is Hesperonychus elizabethae. The previous record for the smallest weighing dinosaur was more than 20 pounds now it is broken by this new dinosaur. About 75 million years ago this new meat eater dinosaur roamed the southern part of Alberta and just north of Montana.
Likes: I think that the article was very interesting to find out about the new species of dinosaurs. I think it’s very cool that meat eaters could weigh as less as 4.2 pound and be the size of a chicken. I’ve herd about animals like this but they were all plant eaters not meat eaters like this one.
Thoughts: I thought the article was cool because it show how the animals like these lived back then. I think animals back then must have a hard time to eat because if their that tiny it must be hard to get food. I think it’s cool that researchers finally found a new chicken sized meat eater tiny dinosaur.
Questions: The questions I have is how did they hunt back then did they swarm up in groups. My other question is who ate them because the should have been easy to eat. My other question is where were they in the food chain more near the bottom or the top of the food chain where were they.
Ryley clyde
I think the article was weird in a good way I think it’s cool and I have the same questions as you.
Abc123def456
I think your article was cool I have a question of what it might be though are they still investing it.
Michael-phelps-phan
I think texting is now a problem and I think it will end up in a injury.
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