Blog Response To Water Cycle Project

Two weeks ago, my science class did a Water Cycle Project. The Idea of the project was to learn about how the water cycle works in different labs. We did different labs like; The Green House Affect, Brain Pop Videos/ Quiz just to name a few.

I thought the project was pretty fun and very easy. My friends and I were pretty interested in this because we could have fun and it was easy. We liked The Popcorn lab most because we got to eat the pop corn after! But after the pop corn lab was the Brain Pop Videos/Quiz because the videos are always pretty funny and educational at the same time. In conclusion the water cycle project was really fun, i hope we can do it again, soon!


The Materials needed were different for each lab but my two favorites were:
The Pop Corn Lab
-A bag of pop corn colonels
-A Microwave
The purpose of the pop corn lab was to see how microwaves and atoms can heat a snall space in a a short time and a large space in a long time.


The Green House Affect
-A 50 Watt light bulb
-2 Thermometers
-A clear cylinder
THe purpose of this lab was to see what a green house does, behind the scenes. To see if the tempature of the green house will still be the same in the classrom(or whever you try this at.)

The Gulf Might Have A Situation!

Recently, The Gulf of Mexico had a HUGE problem. The problem was that 5,000+ barrels of oil spilled in because of a sinking Oil Rig near by. The oil could jeopardise Louisiana's $1.8 billion Fishing Industry, not mentioning the other Gulf Coast states near by.

To top all of this, there's the Economic effect. No fishing means fewer boats, fewer boats means closed beaches lead to abandoned vacation plans. All of these problems may put the Gulf Of Mexico in a dark deep hole. "Shrimpers spend four to five months of the year to make money for the entire year," Wylde explained. "If you say OK, this year is gone ... for most of us, losing your salary creates a serious situation." Says David Wylde, a professor of management at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond.

Spiders Feasting On Ants...Head First??

Lately, spiders have been feasting on Ants head first. A spider that has an Ant diet is picky, but based on there nutrion value only certain body parts. Research shows that "special" predators are relying on one type of food source considering there appitite has evolved from what they get out of meal.

Spiders that eat ants are usually the healthiest because Ants have a massive ammount of protein in there bodies. Scientists collected dozens of Zodarion Rubidum, an Ant eating spider species found in Europe and the United States that has a light orange head and legs. These spiders attack ants and stick them hardcore venom that paralyzes the weaker link in minutes.

Math blog.

The bigger they are, the dumber...?

Lately scientists have found out, larger animals may need the same size brain because there is more body to control. A whale’s brain can weigh almost 20 pounds or 9kg, and can contain over 200 billion nerve cells. A human brain can contain 85 million nerve cells weighing between 2.75 pounds and 3.2 pounds. A honeybee’s brain weighs only 1 milligram and contains fewer than a million nerve cells.
Some increase in brain size does affect an animal’s capability for intelligence and behavior, many size differences only exist in a specific brain region. It’s mainly seen in animals that have more advanced senses, such as sight or hearing, exact movement. The authors suggest that “advanced” thinking requires a very limited number of nerve cells.

In conclusion, big animals aren’t as smart as the little ones. Big animals have big brains to move big parts; brain size has nothing to do with intelligence.

Source: http://www.livescience.com/animals/091124-big-brains-not-better.html

The Oasis Of Seas!

The Oasis of Seas, the biggest ship in the world is 5 times the size of the Titanic! It can hold up to 5,400 guests. The Oasis stands 20 stories high and is 1,180 feet long and Weighs 100,000 tons. Also it can fit easily through the Panama Canal. Rogue waves are rare, but can lead to major problems; they can soar 100 feet in the air, and are known to sink large cargo ships. Amazingly only 30 feet of the ship is under water, which is basically nothing compared to the ships height.

Some of the technologies involved in keeping this ship afloat are; displacement of an equal amount of water, and keep the ship stable without having a massive draft beneath the water, the designers created a wider hull.

Reporters asked Matthew Collette, assistant professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan questions like:
Should we expect an even larger ship any time soon?
"Whether this ship is the limit I don't know," Collette said. "Because the economy has kind of turned south since they signed the contract for this ship, I don't think anyone is going to challenge it for the record in the next three to four years."

Source:http://www.livescience.com/technology/091103-cruise-ship-floats.html