Physic Phenomena

Recently a scientist wrote a book about physic phenomenas. His beliefs are that a supernatural gift is a trait. It runs in the family. There are four types of supernatural traits. First is telepathy, its the ability to to access someone elses consciousness. Second there is psychokinesis, which is the ability to use one's consciousness to affect external objects. Third there is clairyoyance. That is the ability to broaden one's consciousness to remote time and space. Lastly there is precognition which is the ability to see into the future. An example of one who had precognition is Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln had a dream of him roaming in the White House asking people "What's going on!" The response he got was "The presidents been killed." After he got this dream he only told a couple of people, his wife and couple of friends. President Lincoln received this dream ten days before he was assassinated. Psychologist are still studying why some of the dreams people get aren't real. Most say because of our imaginations. The scientists' say most of the people who are physic have a different structure of the brain. Physics become physic after a near-death experience or they suffer a head trauma. This is because their brain has to change its ways. Also, people with autism have a greater chance of having a supernatural power. I believe that these supernatural gifts are real and do occur to people who have the gift running in their family. Or if they suffer a near-death experience or head trauma. After I read about Abraham Lincoln's experience I truly did believe in precognition.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1868287,00.html

Class Response: What is Symbiois

<-a picture of mutualism

Symbiois is a close relationship between two organisms in which one organism lives near, on or even aside another organism, and the organisms benefit. This happens everywhere and all the time. There are three types of of symbiotic relationships. One type is commensalism, this is when one of the organisms benefit and the other is not harmed. An example of commensalism is when there barnacles on a whale. The barnacles have a place to grow and the whales don't seem to mind. The second is mutualism, that is when both organisms benefit from each other. Mutualism would be a clown fish and an anemone. The clown fish would get safety and have shelter; meanwhile the fish will attract others the anemone which it can feed of. Parasitism is when one organism gains while the other gets harmed. a pine tree and a woodpecker would be an example of parasitism because the woodpecker will get food from the tree. However, the tree will suffer from diseases and will weaken. Symbiotic relationships are important to life in my opinion and we can can notice multiple relationships while just out on a walk.


http://www.poliz.de/starship/sciencenew/symbiois.htm

The Unfortunate Truth

Seven innocent whale have gone missing! Scientists presume that they are dead. This took place by the Seattle area in the US. this been a huge thing for the marine life. This has been the greatest loss of orcas in the last ten years. The marine biologist have turned on the alarm. They also believe there are explanations. One explanation they believe is the loss of food, this year it has been harder for the orcas to find salmon. However, there could also be the possibilities that pollution has been apart of this. Also, naval ships. There was a baby killer whale, Luna and she was once following a tugboat near the Vancouver Islands and was unfortunately killed by the boats propeller. This is one of the many of the sad stories of the unfortunate deaths of many whales. Whales have been an endangered species since 2005. I think that the the seven went out looking for food and since there's a decrease in salmon they went out farther to look for food. However, they could've got lost on their way back.

http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/sevn-orca-whales-missing-coast-british-columbia-deemed-diaster-marine-researchers

Class Reponse: The Food Chain

Recently, in class we have been working on what a food chain is. We have understood that the food chain shows how living things get their food and nutrient. The food chain always starts with a producer such as a tree, plant or shrub and then will get eaten by a primary consumer which could be a rabbit or a squirrel. Next the Primary consumer will be eaten by a secondary consumer. A secondary consumer could be a snake or an owl. Another interesting fact is that decomposers aren't always added to every food chain because they are always at the beginning and end of a food chain. Examples of decomposers are mushrooms and bacteria. A third interesting fact is that a herbivore only eats plants, a carnivore only eats meat and an omnivore eats both plants and meat. Also, there are more herbivores than carnivores. The reason is because each time energy is passed, less and less energy is passed. So a carnivore has to eat many herbivores to get enough energy. I think that the food chain is very complex and helpful especially for ecologist. I have learned a lot from this because I understand how energy is passed from one organism from another.
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchain.htm

What Happened To The Hubble Telescope?

The Hubble Telescope has been fine for eighteen years. however, recently on September 27th the Hubble Telescope stopped working. this almost stopped all scientific communications from the telescope. the telescope has helped us extremely. we have a way to look at cosmos and because of the telescope scientists were able to confirm that black holes exist. scientist have also found out the refined measurements of the age of the universe and we also the the universes expansion rate. the universes expansion rate is rapidly increasing. over the two weeks the scientist at NASA are sending remote commands that switch on the failed operations. Scientists have been optimistic and they think that the rays of the sun harmed the Hubble Telescope or cosmic debris entered the backup of the Hubble Telescope. soon scientist will send a new handling unit with astronaut.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/37608/title/Hubble%2C_heal_thyself

Math Blog: Math Is...

Math is a lot. Math this year has been about learning new ideas and reviewing and solving more complicated problems. This year math wasn't a extremely hard challenge. I understood everything that happened and everything that occurred even if I absent because everything was well explained and examples were shown for how to do a problem. Math was and is something that you learn from. Math this year was exciting because we learned something new each day or continued fun projects from previous days. To sum up, math is everything!!!

Class Response: Kites

Flying kites is an easy task, but did you know there is science behind it. It's all air pressure. when you run with your kite in the wind air moves downward which causes the air to go upward. when the air goes quickly and fast there is less air pressure and more pressure below the kite. this also makes the kite move above. to fly a kite you need wind. The wind you'll most probably get is local winds because most people don't live close to beaches so the land heats up and the hot air rises. then, the cool air so below pushing the kite.

*EXTRA CREDIT* To Earthward

Robert Frost is a great poet who wrote a poem called To Earthward. This did not incrmy ease knowledge of weather, but it did teach me some poetic techniques. the techniques were rhyming and added some description. but the type of weather that was discussed was the dry spring. This is high density. it also talks about when honeysuckles come out in spring and how grassy and sandy it is. you really have to use context clues and the weather helped me understand what the poet was feeling and what was happening. this is a great poem for all to read.

Class Response: Arctic Tale

Ever imagine having to swim two days for protection or jumping off a cliff before being able to fly. This is happening to many animals in the Arctic. In class, we all had to watch a movie about how a polar bear and walrus survived with danger in every corner. The polar bear had to separate from its mother a year early because of the lack of food. The walrus had to keep swimming away with the entire family because they needed a place to rest without any harm. However, walrus didn't even learn the basics of how to climb on land properly. For both animals the main predator is the male polar bear. It can harm another polar bear by killing it while still young and it's a predator to the walrus because the walrus can easily be eaten if it doesn't escape quick enough. We learned this is the circle of life and we still wonder- is this global warming or something new that is completely natural?

social studies blog= Whoa What A Difference!

This week I've learned about advancement in technology. However, the biggest change has been of the item everyone now has, the phone! About 30 years back there was only one phone in the family, but now take a look even some children have their phones to keep in their rooms. Phones would sometimes be shared between two families. Since technology changed there is a type of phone called the cell phone which is a device to also call people, but only better thing about this that it is portable. Also a couple dozen years ago the cell phones were bulky and hard to keep in pockets. Now because of the improvement in technology cell phones are small, in variety and they all have many features like a camera. Phones and cell phones are all helpful for in an emergency that might depend on your life or on something very important. Phones also get information around quickly (if that is good or bad). Just imagine life with out one, not being able to talk to someone until you see them or when you get a letter.

Math Blog- Interest Rates Are The Same in Europe

On March 6, 2008 two very big banks of Europe didn't reduce their interest rate. European Central Banks' interest rate is 4% while Bank of Englands' interest rate is 5.25%. European Central Bank and Bank of England didn't reduce the interest rate because they were afraid of inflation. inflation is when there is more money but the money has less value. that happened last year so Jean-Claude Trichet the president of the main banks for the European Union and England which consists twenty-seven nations. only Europe is doing this because the value of the euro is going up and that means more maoney. unlike what is happening in Canada, Bank of Canada has reduced their interest rate by 3.5%. In my opinion, Europe is doing the right thing because if there is an inflation the banks won't lose too much money.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/03/06/interest.rates.ap/index.html

Math Blog- Which President Is Winning?

Presidental Elections are coming up and so right now there are three candidates running, John McCain, Barak Obama, and Hillary Clinton. they each have their own reason to run, but their main reason is to be president of the United States. McCain is the only republic candidate and is winning with 48% of the votes so far. Meanwhile, Obama has 48% of voters and Clinton has 44%of the votes. not everyone has voted yet so when adding the percents of the democratic it won't be 100%. i think voting and percents are important because every vote is counted as one more percent.

http://www.select2008.com/?gclid=CLfly_7PVgJICFQgRgodOUHZ-Q

Math Blog- Tour de France

Tour de France, this is a race on a bike. The Tour de France begins on July 5th until July 27th and bikers from all round the world come for this great event. This race has twenty-one stages which is a total of 3,500 kilometers. the twenty-one stages contain of: ten flat stages, four mountain stages, four medium stages and two individual timings which are also known as trial stages. This competition is held to see who is the best and fastest biker in the world. I think this competition helps athletes feel better about themselves like Lance Armstrong. He took place in the Tour de France and overcame cancer. This race is also like other race that take place.

http://letour.fr/indexus.html

This is my link to Podcast-Class Response
http://podca.st/

Podcasting-Class Response

Podcasting, is like a radio. Podcasts give off information and people can do anything. Recently, my class has been working on a podcast. My partner and I were given a person to do our podcast about. We talked about his achievements as a scientist. Podcasts don't have to be a certain length, but my podcast is only a couple minutes. Most podcasts can be about and anything like reccomending a movie to telling someone about their favortite food. My opinion of podcasts is that they are helpful and anyone can do it. I learned a lot about scientsit from hearing podcast students made and so can you!

Where Will the Polar Bears Go?

We have all heard of global warming, but many people don't think it is real. Global warming has melted a lot of the Artic. So where will the polar bears go? Polar bears might become extinct because because the shortage of land and also, what they depend on the most. Food, pollution has caused all the fish to die so polar bears aren't getting enough of it. My opinion is that, we shouldn't use to much electricity and litter. Littering in oceans and on land are some reasons why animals are dying. They eat wrappers and get sick. Recycling will help save resources that we might not always have. So whatever we do will always effect someone or something.

http://www.biodiversity.org/swcbd/species/polarbear/index.html

Where Will the Polar Bears Go?

We all have heard of gobal warming, but some people don't believe it's real. Gobal warming has caused the Artic to melt which has decreased the land for polar bears. polar bears might become extinct because of land shortage and the food they rely on is missing. they eat fish and because the air is becoming polluted the fish are dying. in my opinion is that, people should not waste heat because it always effects something. we should also not litter in the oceans or lands because that could be recycled and we won't have as much pollution.



http://www.biodiversity.org/swcbd/species/polarbear/index.html