Adv Science

Surprise:  I was reading the article " Spotlight on STEM" when I was surprised. I was amazed to find out that chefs use STEM. I was shocked when I heard this news because I when I think of chefs STEM doesn't come up. From this I can learn things go deeper than you think. Ex. Someone takes computer science classes. Towards the end of the first year she found out that even doctors use computers. Summary:  In the article " Spotlight on STEM"  it shows how STEM has a big effect, especially as you get older. STEM is interconnected with many things like sports, history, and cooking. At the convention, the kids got explore and experiment using STEM in different ways. They used dough to learn about electricity and they made tiny catapults out of popsicle sticks and launched marshmallows into a cup. As well as that, the kids protected plastic eggs to better understand how padding prevents athletes from getting hurt. The article was on how STEM has a big effect. ...

Surprise: I was reading the article  "Bones: Custom cushioning helps heal a bad break" when I was surprised. I was shocked to find out that people are working on having an inflatable bladder inside of casts. I was surprised because I knew there are boots (for broken bones) with something like an inflatable bladder. From this I can learn that things are going to build off of other things. Ex. An inventor comes up with the drone idea. Two years later someone comes up with the idea of drones carrying people. Summary: This article talks about how to help the healing process of broken bones. The article  "Bones: Custom cushioning helps heal a bad break"   talks about having an inflatable bladder inside casts to prevent the it from being too loose or too tight. Two teens are working on that idea and have presented a prototype. The small computer on the outside of the cast controls the bladder and would be on the setting that the doctor recommends. This article was on...

Surprise:  I was reading the article "Puppy Love"  when I was surprised. I was amazed to find out that there is something called the cuddle chemical also known as, oxytocin. It surprised me because I would have never thought that there would be such thing as the cuddle chemical. From this I can learn to expect the unexpected. Ex. A girl in the 3rd grade reads an article on dogs. Two years later she reads another article on dogs and it has new information that she never expected. Summary:  The article is about the bond between two species, humans and dogs. "Puppy Love"  talks about the cuddle chemical, oxytocin, which is a chemical in you that motivates bonding and interacting. The scientist  Miho Nagasawa  and his team conducted many experiments to test the cuddle chemical. The tests showed that the cuddle chemical level for both humans and dogs increased when the human pet, talked and looked at the dog. When the human just looked at the dog the cuddle c...

I was working on my soda can holder with my group when I was surprised.  I was shocked to see the variety of different inventions each team had.  I was very amazed at the variety of ideas because normally our class has quite the same ideas. From this I learned that your class or co-workers may have out of the box ideas when you least expect it.  Ex. You have to engineer a new football with your co-workers. You decide to each make your own and then decide which is the best and fine tune it. All of your ideas vary so much you decide to take some ideas from each and make the best football. ...

Surprise- I had just taken out my pencil when I was surprised. What shocked me was when Mrs. Garcia told us we get to choose between Marco the Pencil or Zondle for both classes. I was surprised because normally 5A gets perks (they got to make their own sports game and we had to write an essay). I learned that sometimes you may have the upside or the downside, but make the best of it. Ex. 5A went to ELA first and they had to make a choice for both classes. They had to choose between playing kahoot or making a video to study for the test. They voted for making a video. When 5B went to ELA they were upset because they wanted to play kahoot. 5B made the best of it and chose how to study for the next test.

Surprise: As I was getting my notebook ready, Mrs.Garcia surprised me.  Mrs.Garcia told us that we wouldn't have Friday to work on our electrical inventions. It surprised me because I didn't think I could finish my project within three days. I learned that for certain things you may have to work with a short time period. Ex. Sally's boss gives her a week to make a presentation. The next day she finds out she only has two days. She squeezes in time and makes a new schedule. She gets the presentation in on time.

I got 19 and 21 wrong. The correct answer for 19 is true because an open circuit has a continuous resistance between two connection points or nodes. I got this wrong because I thought an open circuit wouldn't have a lot of resistance, instead I thought that the current would flow out the wire. The correct answer for 21 is false because it is already in motion/flowing through the circuit. I got this wrong because I thought of the electric current as heat and light and not of motion, which means that you could convert the current into motion.