Blizzards (storm project)

Here is the link to the website for my storm project:

http://blizzardskick.webs.com/

The Link Between Brain Damage and Cell Phone Usage (current event)

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2010/05/17/ac.father.doll.test.cnn

Do Cell Phones Lead Do Cancer?

Many scientists have studied if brain tumors are caused by the radiation given off by the usage of cell phones when calling. Over all, scientists found out that there are no brain tumors that are caused by using the cell phone for calling except for a certain type of brain tumor called glioma. They have been researching about his topic to find out if cell phones really can effect the people's health, and they can find a way to try to change phones to become better and be less harmful. Pretty much, all of the countries are involved in this situation because all of the countries contain people who use cell phones. The discovery of this problem was discovered on 5/17/10. Scientists have been working on this situation for many year (actually since cell phones were invented in 1975). Remember, the scientist's from all over the world are working together, so they can help identify the safety hazards from cell phones, improve cell phones, and keep everyone safe from getting the miserable disease of cancer. Also, there has been recommendations, that children and teenagers should no longer use cell phones because their brains absorbs too much radio active waves. The brain absorbs too much radio active waves because the brain is still developing. As for, an adult, the brain absorbs a lot less radio active waves than children do, because the brain of an adult is fully developed. This means that children and teenagers have a higher risk of getting a brain tumor than adults.

In my opinion, I think that scientists should take this topic seriously, because if not a lot of people know about this topic, then a lot of people could be hurt by cancer from talking too much on their cell phones. It has also been suggested that you use a wired headset or a bluetooth headset because you need to be as far away as possible from the phone because the phone itself gives off radio active waves. It is also not a good idea to not keep your cell phone next to your head when you are sleeping (that might be the reason why you wake up in the morning very tired, and you have a very bad headache). You should also sometimes out your phone on speakerphone so you can keep the phone the farthest amount of space from you. I think that this is very serious, but it shouldn't be rushed because it is not like the people will get a tumor (hopefully not) right away. Scientists can take their time if possible.

Frogs (class response)

I wasn't in school the day the frog dissection took place, but I learned a lot about frogs. Some things I learned about frogs is that they have gills when they are tadpoles and get lungs as they grow up into mature frogs, sexual reproduction happens outside of the body, and I also learned that frogs do not have any passages that would define them a male from a female. Frogs have one passage was for the wastes and sex cells which is the cloaca. The cloaca leads to the outside body. I also learned that male have a vestigal oviduct that serves no purpose. My question is, why do male frogs have a vestigal oviduct if they don't need it, and why do they have it if they don't produce eggs?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13342-prehistoric-frog-from-hell-hints-at-ancient-land-link.html



-Sometime in February, researchers found a prehistoric frog that was very big. The drawing above is a drwing that showed what the frog or toad might have looked like. It was very big compared to a mantidactylus guttulatus. This frog was found in the country of Madagascar.
-Scientists believe that this frog is a toad because of its size. This abnormal amphibian lived about 120 million years ago.
-Scientists believe that this amphibian lived in the desert because of its color of skin.
-The frog or toad is 40 centimeters long.

My opinion about the topic about frogs, is that frogs are animals that have lived since a long time ago. This is important because we can find out more and more about how frogs came to be currently, and how they transformed to be be so small. Discovering and learning about prehistoric animals is extremely important because we would find out how animals are today. We can also examine the environments that they lived in. We also can compare the prehistoric animals to animals in the same phylum today, so we can find out which animal has descended from this prehistoric animal. In conclusion, I think that prehistoric animals are very important and will probably help answer questions about our enormous ecosystem.

Link Between Math and Global Warming

Everything imaginable, some how, has to do with math. Especially if there are numbers, fractions, or decimals, then math 100%, in some way, makes a connection. One of the few items math is greatly involved, is the global issue, global warming. Global warming is the increase in temperature or the decrease in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere or surface temperature. Of course, the increase and decrease of temperatures is linked with mathematics. Scientists can find out how much the temperatures have increased or decreased, by math. Scientists find out the weather out side is by math.Another possibility that math is linked with global warming is when there is an increase or decrease in the populations of animals or plants. Every month people go into the wild and don't literally count all of the animals left in a certain species, but they take a really close estimate. The estimate is then compared to the old population estimate, and we all find out if a species of an animal has increased or decreased. Finally, math can be found and used everywhere, including global warming.

Animals in the animal kingdom (Class Response)

For the past few days, I was learning in class about the different phyla. Some of them are echinoderms (like sea stars), arthropods (like spiders), and cnidarians (like jelly fish). There are also 32 other phyla. Some things I learned about in class is that the phylum that animals are put in are classified by their symmetry. They are bilateral (one line of symmetry), radial symmetry (more than one line of symmetry), and asymmetrical (no lines of symmetry). Second, I have learned that only 5% of the world's animals are vertebrates (have a spine), and 95% of the world's animals are invertebrates (have no spine). Finally, I also learned that some animals can reproduce both sexually and asexually.

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/trnov01.htm
From this helpful website, two interesting facts I learned are:
-Every animal has it own way of life no two animals can live the same way.
-Every animal on earth fits into a phyla, even animals that were extinct for over billions of years!

My opinion on this topic is that this is a great way to classify animals, but I think that each some phyla have to be broken down into smaller sections like mammals. The mammals is a group that contains a huge amount of animals, and should be broken down into sections. Also, I am confused, why are there more invertebrates that vertebrates in the world, and most of them live in the water? I also want to know why animals that are extinct are considered into the phylum today, even though they are no longer living. All in all, I think that animals being classified into their own phyla is a great idea, but has some ups and downs.

My Podcast (Geochemistry)

my geochemistry podcast Geochemistry (amacster)

The moon is a main attraction again...water is found on the moon!!!! (Current event)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g_WHHFPrQjvdnQhVIvx5o9a-v66AD9BV87LG1

Who:NASA found water on the moon by looking through a telescope.

What:NASA sent a rover to the moon.The rover crashed and water came out of the crater the rover crashed into.

Where:The water that was discovered near the south pole of the moon.

When:The water was discovered on Friday, November 13,2009.

Why:The water wasn't found on purpose, the rover crashed, and water came out.

How:The rover crashed into a weak spot on the moon and water came out.

On Friday November13,2009 an astonishing discovery was made.Water was found on the moon.First of all, the water was discovered "accidentally". It all started last year in October when NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) sent a rover over to the moon. On its way back, something went wrong when the rover was lifting off of the moon(the day it left the moon was Friday November 13).The rover crashed and...water was spewing out of the place where the rover had crashed. Many people who work at NASA predicted that the rover crashed into a weak spot on the moon.Also, the discovery of water on the moon might come in handy.The water on the moon can help by if the supply of water ran out,and there are people on the moon,they can get from the water that is available on the moon and use it.

In conclusion, I think that in the future, the water on the moon will lead America to eventually send men to the moon again. Although many think NASA should keep focused on mars. In my opinion, I think that NASA should send people to the moon and actually check if there is water, or if it is another kind of liquid. I also think that samples of the water should be brought to earth to make sure it is regular and not salt water. Furthermore,new water should be brought to earth because there is lots of water that is being polluted.