Hello all.
Here is the place where you would post your weekly science article reports for this week.
Your mission for this week is plan for and write the BEST report you have done all year so far. You might want to look over other students' comments to you and use their feedback to be a better writer.
I look forward to reading your work.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
49 comments:
Weekly Science Report #4
Pie82
My article was called "Can This Football Helmet Save Lives?" I found it on the popular science web site, (www.popsci.com) and the author is Brett Zarda.
This article was about how football helmets don't fully protect the football players they way they intended to. Also, that they are now looking into it and giving the football players CT's and MRI's.
I liked this article a lot but I think they should have said more about if they can get better or if they brain damage they get from football is permanent. I liked how they explained everything in this article though.
Something that surprised me was the whole thing actually. I mean, who would know that even with a helmet, you can have (permanent or not) brain damage. The thought if it is so weird, and it’s scary that some of the football players in our school might develop that.
One question I have is, are they going to try to make a helmet that helps prevent brain damage? Or are the football players just going to have to go to the doctor regularly? I would like to know more about what part of the brain does it effect. Is it a big part of just a little part that isn’t a big deal
first comment
OH!
Need For Speed
In this amazing article that I found on Science Daily called Need For Speed: Engineering Propels Champion Cyclist a junior named Nick Frey from Princeton university is obsessed with riding his bike. He has been in many championship races around the world and has talked with many professional cyclists like Dave Zabriskie.
This article I think was the best I have read so far because I can relate to his obsession with bikes. I think that this guy is really amazing because he has built his own bikes from scratch only using physics, aerodynamics and engineering his goal is to go as fast as possible with the least amount of excess energy. This is an awesome article that I would recommened to anyone even if you only have a tricycle. This article was really surprising in whole. Judging by the title I would have never expected this to be an awesome article. I only have one question; what was the brand of his first bike?
By Rocker
Weekly Science Article Report
My article is called “Vote on Plan to Add Water Chemical to Water is Put Off” by Jennifer Frey. I found it in the Sunday, October 21, 2007 Issue of the New York Times. It was in the Westchester Section.
My article is about how in Croton-on-Hudson, a small group of local people went to try to get village officials to hold a vote on whether to add Zinc Orthophosphate to the village drinking water. It explains different peoples opinions on the topic, like how one women thought that our drinking water was the best in Westchester, so why change it? Mayor Schmidt to postpone the plan until further notice.
I liked the article a lot because of a few reasons, one being that it’s about Croton!!!! Another reason I really liked the article is that it shows all different peoples angles and opinions on the topic. I was really surprised that the drinking water of Croton-on-Hudson was voted the best water in New York State. It was really interesting how Croton had to spend $2 million worth of corroded pipe that was causing a brown water problem throughout the town.
I would like to know if the brown water problem is fixed and WHY exactly they want to put in the new chemicals. Was it an organization or just a group of citizens that come up the idea of a vote? When exactly will the votes take place? Are people unhappy with the taste of the Croton-On-Hudson drinking water?
-GreenMango
Weekly Science Report #4
Lucy Stockton
I did my weekly science report on the article called “Better Than Blood”. It was written by Nicole Davis, and I got it from the website Popsci.com.
My article, Better than Blood, was about a new artificial blood called oxycytes. Oxcycytes are a pure white compound that can now be substituted for blood, of-course not entirely. Oxycytes are used for TDI cases so far. (Traumatic brain injuries.) Its purpose is to fir through swollen and injured vessels are own red blood cells can’t fit through. In animal tests, oxycytes have been proven to cut the effects of brain damage in half. Its tiny particles can ferry oxygen through the swollen and injured vessels our blood cells can’t. Oxycytes carry 50 times more oxygen then our red blood cells do, and are much smaller. The amount of oxycytes in a jar in the size of an aspirin bottle, when given suplimental oxygen can pump enough oxygen in the blood, to be equivalent to the 4 litters you hold in your body at this moment. It has still not gotten part the FDA but if and when it does, they can use it to treat stroke, heart attacks, sickle cell, anemia and even spinal cord injuries. As well of as course TBI’s in Iraq which is the leading death cause right now.
I think that this article is amazing, and was well written, but just the sheer concept that they’ve made artificial blood is even more amazing. I loved this article. Nicole Davis is a great writer. I liked it because it was well written, even if it was long. It still had lots of interviews and quotes. It mad lots of scientific information, yet it was a kid friendly article.
What surprised me was the whole concept of oxycytes. It’s amazing that something at least 10 times smaller than red blood cells, carries 50 times more oxygen. Everything interested me about this article, although I would like to know more about the history of artificial blood. The article says that the interest of inventing it, started in the 1900’s and they once tried to replace the loss of blood with milk. I’d like to know more in general about artificial blood.
Your Funny Bone: It Isn’t Funny at All
Mary M. Alward
This article is from suite101.com, Oct. 4, 2005. Everyone hates it when they hit their funny bones, and this article explains why I’s no laughing matter. The article talks all about the nerves in your funny bone and why it is so easy to hit it.
Something I learned from this article that I thought was really cool is that the funny bone isn’t really a bone, (or funny). Your funny bone is actually a place where a nerve crosses the long bone that's located near your elbow. That bone is called the humerous. Get it? Funny bone, humerous, ha ha ha.
The funny bone is one of the easiest nerves to bump or hit. When you smack your elbow, you hit that nerve. Messages then travel to your spinal cord and from there, they go to your brain. Then, your brain sends back a message of pain to your elbow, hands and fingers. This makes your face muscles move so those around you know that you are in pain. So, basically, when you hit your funny bone it’s one huge chain reaction.
Yes, it's called your funnybone, but we all know it isn't very funny at all, especially when you whack it.
Weekly Science Article Report
‘A Planetary System That Looks Familiar’
November 8, 2007
I got this article at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/science/space/07planetweb.html?n=Top/News/Science/Topics/Space (New York Times.com).
This article describes how scientists have been watching closely at a star named 55 Cancri, discovered in 1996, and how there are four smaller planets and one big planet, 45 times the mass of the earth orbiting around 55 Cancri. Scientists say that this discovery is the closest planetary system yet found outside of our own. It is also the one that most resembles our solar system, with a giant planet orbiting far out from the star and four smaller ones circling closer in 41 light-years from here in the constellation Cancer.
I think this article is really miraculous because I never suspected another orbiting system really similar to ours. It was a little bit hard to understand because of some tough vocabulary but after I read it a few times, it made total sense and really intrigued me. I am really interested in this topic and I think it is awesome that scientists are finding new systems, like ours, many light-years away. It was also really cool that at first there were only four planets orbiting around this system but astronomers reported Tuesday that there were at least five planets circling Cancri 55. It’s great how technology is building so, that they can detect new planets many light-years away so quickly.
What interested me in this article is how the biggest planet, which is four times as massive as Jupiter, circles at a distance of 500 million miles, a little bit farther than Jupiter in our own system, and takes 14 years to complete an orbit. The star’s three inner planets all circle more tightly than Mercury at distances from 22 million to 3.5 million miles. The closest of three is also the smallest, only 18 times as massive as Earth and extremely hot. This article is very interesting because it just really makes me wonder how many unknown systems are really out there in the universe? This article interested me because I am really into the universe and what is out there. This article was surprising because I never would of that there is another system like ours out in the universe.
Questions that I have about this article are how do scientists discover stars so far away from the earth? What technology do they use? How can they find out the orbiting times and how long it takes for each planet to orbit once around fully? This article really made me wonder what else is out there in the universe and what we can find if we look hard enough. I would love to learn more about this topic I want to learn more about how they discovered this system and how much they watch it. I overall liked this article very much and recommend students to read it. It really gets your brain thinking.
-dance4peacexo
1)The Rubik's Cube Solution that Could Improve Your Life
By:Anne Casselman http://discovermagazine.com/2007
2) It's about how a Rubik's cube can help you improve your life. But thats not what its all about. Like how the Rubik's cube has 43 quintillion possible different combinations before you solve it. So scientists are trying to find out how to solve in less than 26 moves all of the combinations, "it is possible" says one of the scientists.
3)I thought the article was VERY interesting. I like how people in the near future will be able to solve the Rubik's cube in less than 26 moves and putting the all the possible combinations while doing so.
What interested me about the article was how the people can really be able to solve the Rubik's cube than 26 moves. Also how it might help to identify the best flight schedules or the fastest way to route phone calls.
I really want to know when this will happen. Ill like to know how to solve a Rubik's cube. Other than that I would not like to know anything more.
-regrowth
My article is from a website called www.sciencenewsforkids.org. The article is titled “Earth’s Poles in Peril” by Emily Sohn.
The article explains that 2007 marks the beginning of the IPY (International Polar Year). The IPY is a two-year series of science projects that aims to show people how important the north and south poles are to our planet. The scientist’s experiments show that the rate of melting ice has gone up dramatically each year. They are trying to learn as much as they can about the poles so that they can protect them and the animals that live there.
Everyone knows about global warming but not everyone realizes how bad it actually is. One of the graphs describes how much sea area is covered by ice. From about 1979- 2000 the graph shows small ups and downs, but after 2000 the amount of seawater covered by ice went on a downward plunge. That shows the huge change in how much ice has been melting over the past few years.
I really liked this article because I am curious about the subject and the illustrations help to make it more interesting. Graphics can send a message just as well as words can. I learned about the cycle of melting ice and the IPY. I had never heard of the IPY before and I would like to know a little more about it. I also would like to know more about how the ice melting actually affects the native animals. The article was more about the ice melting and the rate of melting than what is actually happening to polar bears and penguins. Over all, this article was very interesting and I would definitely recommend it
The article that I chose to write about is called "A Dinosaur Found in Brazil" I found this article on www.timeforkids.com.
This article is about how Brazil scientists have found something amazing. They unveiled a replica of the largest dinosaur that ever to be discovered in Brazil. "It was a GIANT fossil" quotes one of the scientists.
I liked this article because it taught me a lot about Brazil/South America and their Dinosaur history. Only fifteen of the 1,000 known dinosaur species in the world have been discovered in South America. Over 50% of the fifteen dinosaurs have been found in Brazil.
The article surprised me that the Matakalisaur(which is a newly discovered dinosaur species, found in Brazil.) Hte Matakalisaur roamed central Brazil 80 million years ago, and scientists have just found the fossil now. The fossils were found in the city of Prata last monday. Since then, scientists have been working on making a model of the dinosaur.
A question that I have is, did the dinosaur ever live anywhere else besides Brazil? If so, where?
Waz up? Defcon1 is still being annoying and he is ready for some Reports!!
I got my article from Popular Science. Its called "Destination asteroid"
This article is about how manned mission to an astroid could help deflect future astroids from hitting Earth.
The article gave a nice description on how the mission would work and the reasons for each part of the mission. I liked it very much because it intergrated future tech into the mission.
I couldn't belive that jet packs might be used when roaming around on the asteroid. That would be soooooooooooooo cooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Somthing that interested me would be how could they pull themselves in with cables? Would the ship fire little darts into the asteroids surface and moters would pull them in? I want to learn more about the zero gravity problem on the asteroids.
Oh yeah and uhh Tall cool one? You gave your name away!!
New Planet Discovery Thrills Astronomers
I found this article at http://news.aol.com/
This article is about how scientists have found a new planet in a solar system with five planets, which is the most amount of planets found in another solar system. This planet is a lot bigger than earth but its moon may have water on it, which is probably what keeps scientist interested in it. The star it orbits is very similar to our Sun.
I thought this article was cool because scientist may soon find other life if they are able to somehow look very closely at this moon. The star that the planet orbits is about 41 light years away from our solar system, I wonder if that means it is like a neighboring solar system or something in outer space that is some what close to our solar system. Other things are millions of light years away so that is what makes me think that this solar system could be in a way close. I think that one-day NASA or another space agency from another country should launch a rocket or some type of camera into space and guide it toward another solar system. Therefore, in about 50 years or more, it would arrive and it could take close up pictures of the place. I thought that this was a very good article, and I hope more articles come out in the future about this.
-Aidan :
Lol,I do agree with Defcon1 your name tall cool one is pretty ovbious.
Tehe
-Aidan :
My article is called "Chew For Health" by Emily Sohn and I found it on a website called ScienceNewsForKids.com.
This article is all about how scientists studies and results say that gum can actually be healthy. How? Well apparently, there are substances that can be found in gum that help lower the risks of some diseases, cures head aches, and cleans out bacteria from your teeth.
This article really caught my eye because Ive always been a big fan of chewing gum and Ive had the experience of having to throw out my gum in the middle of class. It never really occurred to me that gum could be healthy. Actually what surprised me the most was that there is such thing as gum that is used to deliver medicine to the body just like pills. I was very interested when it started to explain what the ingredients are in gum and what effects they have. It also mentioned that school can change their strict rule of 'no chewing' gum if scientists continue to think of gum as healthy. That made me curious and come to the question, can gum effect your skills academically and if so, how?
To:rocker
Your report was very good. The only think was that you had a couple run-on sentences. It was really funny whe you said that you would recommend the article to someone with a tricylcle. :)
- potatopotahto
To: regrowth
I think that your article was very interesting. But what is a Rubik's cube? I would also like to know how Rubiks cube can help you imprve your life.
-potatopotahto
To: singer95
I thought your report about the funny bone was very funny. I loved how you thought of hitting your funny bone as a big chain reaction. I don't really have any correcting to do, but maybe you could include a question next time.
-potatopotahto
-Singer95
Your article was really well written. Try to put more about what interested you, surprised you and questions you had.
-GreenMango
-Aidan
It's awesome that scientists found another solar system! Try to put more into your reflection like questions, surprises, and what interests you.
-GreenMango
-drp143
I think it's cool that gum can be healthy (even though I don't chew it). Try to pay a little more attention to punction, apostrophes, etc. next time.
-GreenMango
chopsticks-
your article was really well written and was about a really cool subject. Now I'm wondering about the dinosaur. Nice job, I don't really have any corrections
GreenMango-
Your article was sooooo well writen, and it was about croton!!!! I never realized how clean are drinking water was! Great job!
potatopotahto-
Your article was really great because i'm interested in global warming and because it's about trying to protect the poles! You did a great job, but next time you could make it a tiny bit better by putting any questions you had on global warming in the article. Great job!
I got this article on the website www.sciencedaily.com on the Internet.
In the article they are saying that 60,000 people will die of lung cancer and heart disease around the world. They are saying that because of ships smoke stacks are letting out black carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen, ect.
I thought the article was very surprising. What interests me in the article was that how chemicals can kill you. What surprises me is why do people put those chemicals in machines like ships. I want to know more about chemicals.
Dear GreenMango,
I thought your report was really interesting because I never knew that Croton was voted to have the best water in New York State and it was also very well written. Next time though, you should include what you want to learn more about.
-dance4peacexo
Dear xoxpurplepantherxox,
I thought your report was really interesting and is explaining what people and machines are doing to other people around them and the world. It was also very well written. Next time you should include some questions you have about the topic.
-dance4peacexo
Dear chopsticks,
I thought your report was really cool because that is a huge discovery. Your report is also really well written. Next time, you should add what interested you.
-dance4peacexo
Article: At Every Age, Feeling The Effects Of Too Little Sleep
From: NEW YORK TIMES
Summary: This article is about how small amounts of sleep affect you.
Reflection: In this article they say you should always get a decent amount of sleep. Other wise crucial brain functions won’t happen. These brain functions only happen when you’re asleep. The functions help you prepare for the next day. When toddlers don’t get enough rest it affects them later in life, for example in the teens. Another interesting fact is that, not sleeping enough is linked to heart disease, diabetes and obesity!!!! The article says that newborns sleep 16 to 18 hours a day. My question is, why do newborns sleep so much? The article says that about 15 million American children don’t sleep enough. I think that the reason kids don’t get enough sleep is school. Some kids have to get up at 6:30 in the morning to get ready for school. School doesn’t allow kids to get enough sleep. Kids would have to go to bed at nine o’clock, just to get the recommended amount of sleep. I don’t know of a single person that goes to bed at nine. This article is pretty cool, and every one should read it to help spread the the risks of sleep deprivation.
SORRY! MR.A my computer wasn’t processing it
FROM,
Do Da Dee
To: Rocker
I liked how you made it the article you liked the best. Next time explain about everything more clearly.
Pie82
To: Green mango
I really liked how you picked an article about an issue in Croton. I really have no suggestions for you!!!
-Pie82
To: Tall Cool One (Nice name)
I really like you article, and the concept is amazing, like you said. Next time think of other things that interest you in this article other than the actual concept. Other than that...EXELENT JOB!
=D Pie82
-pie82
that sounds like a really good article( and a good report to go with it). I was totally counting on those helmets to be safe, but then again, think about what football players do to themselves out on that field. Do you think bike helmets aren't as safe as they should be? UH-OH
P.S. next time watch for punctuation but it was still great!!!!!!
- green101
I got this article from the BBC.co.uk website in the science and nature section.
This story is about the ice people a.k.a. the neanderthals. It includes how they survived the ice age, what they looked like, their extinction and more. The information also backs up if they were are ancestors or not.
I thought this article was very well written. I liked it very much. It interested me, i liked the subject. It helped me learn alot more about the neanderthals.
It interested me and surprised me that the neanderthals actually adapted to the freezing weather of the Ice Age.
The only question i have is "What does Homo Neandertalensis mean?" There is nothing else I need to ask or question.
Dear xoxpurplepantherxox,
I think your article need alot more information. You wrote two paragraphs, thats definitly not enough. Try writing more next time, alot more.
Dear chopsticks,
I liked your article. I was nicely written. It sounds like a very interesting article. You had a very good amount of information on the subject. Good job.
Dear drp 143,
I liked your article it was a very interesting topic. I thought you explained it very clearly. It made me wonder if chewing gum can change your academics or not. Good job.
dear pie82,
im not really intersted in football but that whut was really suprising. Whats the point of the helmet if it doesnt prevent brain damage i think that that is the whole point.
rocker
dear greenmango,
how did you come across something about our little community in the new york times. Wow. What exactly does the zinq stuff do to the water.
rocker
dear singer95,
That seemed like an interesting article i wish that you had a link to whole thing. While readind i was feeling my elbow. what place do you have to hit it in cause i cant find it. Other than that i thought it was really cool article.
rocker
-Singer95
That is so cool but thething is when I hit my funny bone, I can't stop laughing. The summary was good, you gave a few scientific detais which is all you need and put some humor into it. The only problem is that you have no Reaction at all. Next time tell how you feel and what you liked.Next time, don't write as much on the summary and much more on the reaction.
-green101
-rocker
That sounds like a really cool article. Nice report as well. You did a good job on the summary.It was short but it was understandable. Next time, put more on the reaction. Also watch thatparagraphing and punctuation.
-green101
dear drp143
if gum is healthy for you we should be able to eat it in class right? Your article is really cool I would of used this article too if i had it.
from,
doo da dee
The title of my article is called HIV In Late Childhood And Adolescence A Growing Problem. The citation of this article is http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070312111315.htm
This science article is about how HIV is affecting the growth pattern on teens and preteens. HIV is given from the mother to the new born baby and is transmitted from the breast-feeding. It is most likely that when the baby reaches its adolescence it won’t survive to full adolescence growth without proper medications. In southern and/or eastern Africa doctors are taking precautions and preforming regular routines on young children, teens, and most importantly new born babies. IDSA is giving support for these medications and sending over 8000 physicians to preform these routines. It’s so important for these young children to receive these medications otherwise they are not protected and it becomes more likely for HIV to spread and affect mo re people how are not immune to this.
I really liked this article because how would have known that HIV could affect your growth? Many people that this would not have a cure but they didn’t know about this hidden detail. How HIV has more side effects than most of us know is what really got me to read this article. I would like to know about if this effect has the same effects in both sex’s. I would also like to know more about how this takes place in peoples life that have HIV but are elderly.
Dear pie82-
I thought your article was very interesting. You included alot of detail. Next time you should probably explain what CT's or MRI'S are for people that might not know what that is but very good!
DuH!95 out- still on computer[AIM]
x0x0x0x0x0xo
Dear dance4peace-
I thought that your article was very well developed. I think that you should've worked on your.......i got nada!
x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0
Duh!95-out
Dear Regrowth-
I absoultootly LOVED your article. It was about an amazing topic and very well presented. I do not think you should have worked on anything, it was awsome!!!
x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0
Duh!95 out- still on computer [AIM]
Dear mo-zman,
I thought that you should add a little more to your reflection explaining why you do or do not like the article. Also a few times you forgot to capitalize your I's.
-Aidan :
Dear chopsticks,
I wonder how often scientist discover a complete set of dinosaur bones. I thought your article was great, I have no critiques about it.
-Aidan :
Dear drp143,
I never knew that gum could be healthy. I acually thought that it was unhealthy because it's made of the same rubber that's used in car tires(Ewww).
You kept forgeting to put an apostophe in I've, but that's not terrible.
-Aidan :
Bonds indicted with 5 felony charges. In connection with his testomony infront of the grandjery, 2003 stating, that he never used staroieds or human groth hormones. This was filed 100 days after passing Hank Aaron's 755homeruns. To find out if he used staroids, they will do a staroid blood test. They did not try to nigeogate a plea deal with Bonds and he first learnd of the carges when a reporter called him. A federal judge also relesed Greg
Anderson(Bonds' trainer) from jail. meny others under oath have said they did not use staroieds including Jason Giombi. Personaly I think Bonds sould NOT be allowed in the MLB.
Post a Comment