For this week's blog assignment, we are going to try something different.
There is a very cool website, called Earth & Sky. They have articles and podcasts about science topics. The podcasts are good and relatively short (about 10 minutes).
This week, I want you to find a podcast that interests you, listen to it, and then share about it with us on the blog. You can click here to find their podcasts.
For your podcast:
1. Write the name of the podcast and a link to the piece.
2. Say what it was about.
3. Tell us what you thought about it. Why was it interesting? What did you learn by listening to it? Why did you pick this one and not some other one? Include what you thought about listening to a story rather than reading it.
Have fun!
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My pod cast is called James Hansen and Earth Climate Controversy. Here’s the link http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/52138/james-hansen-and-earths-climate-controversy
This article is about how in 1980, James Hansen predicted that in the future earth’s climate is reaching its tipping point.
This article was very interesting to me because the world and global warming really affects me as well as other human beings and animals. Its amazing also because the hypothesis that James Hansen had was correct and he says that if we don’t lower the carbon dioxide being distributed in the atmosphere, than we might and will lose the arctic and antarctica. I learned that global warming and losing the arctic is no longer a theory but a fact. I chose this one for many reasons. One reason why I chose this is because global warming is very interesting to me and this article seemed short but sweet. I thought that listening to it rather than reading it may be helpful. Now that you don’t read, you just listen and have your eyes free to something else, kinda like multi tasking.
H/O forgot something......
DuH!95-out but maybe on AIM
http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/52135/peter-doran-on-the-first-steps-to-seeking-life
My pod cast was called THE FIRST STEPS TO FINDING LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link is above.
The pod cast I found was on Europa, and finding life under the 3 kilo meters of ice.
Unlike last blog I actualy liked the topic of it. It was interareting because it was talking about NASA making a submarine that can go under the ice. The reson for me picking this one was because all of the other ones (in my case) were not interesting. I liked lisning to the pod cast more because you could do something dering it.
the one that says anonymous is me josereyes
yeah! I'm the third one to post!
My podcast was from Earth and Sky. It was spoken by Lindsay Pattterson and Deborah Byrd. This is the link, http://www.earthsky/radioshows/52098/the-future-of-humanitys-genes.
My podcast was about Genetic reproduction and how people now a days are doing 2 things: moving to cities and having kids later in life. Earlier, people wouldn’t move to cities because it was a breeding ground for disease and cities had a high mortality rate, but now people are moving to cities to get jobs and make money and are putting off kids till later in life. They’re saying that people will start getting genes to make it easier to reproduce later in life. There’s always the chance though, that Parents will start to bypass natural selection and they will get to choose what genes are passed on directly by genetic engineering.
I think that podcasts are really cool. I’m a visual learner so it was harder for me but I think it was cool anyway. I learned that you can now engineer kids, which is like, AMAZING. This podcast interested me specifically because I learned something new. I learned that you can make designer kids. I picked this article because I like to read about things that have to do with humans, and most of the other articles were kind of depressing. This site was good because I could read along with the speaker. Although I listen to podcasts normally, I’ve never had to take notes on it. I think though that if we had to choose between podcasts and articles, I would probably choose to read articles.
By Green101
Podcast Blog Assignment
My Podcast was called ‘The Changing Debate of Global Warming’. Here is a link to it:
http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/52000/eric-barron
This podcast was about global warming and its effects on the environment. In early 2007, scientists released that humans were undoubtedly the main cause of global warming. The scientist who interviewed in this was Eric Barron, from the Jackson School of Geosciences at U.T. Austin. Global warming will affect the ecosystem really strongly. In its tracks, most likely a lot of fires will be involved. The water level rise is HUGE!!!!!! For example, in areas with not a lot of rainfall the rain will increase, and in areas with a lot of rain now, their rain level will drop. As of now, we will defiantly NOT be able to stop global warming not matter what they tell people. Scientists aren’t even sure if Green Energy will help at this point. We will be able to reduce it a lot but not stop it.
The podcast was really interesting. I thought so because of how in depth this scientist went on how even though most people think we can stop global warming, we really can’t, we can just reduce it. I learned that as long as the world is as populated as it is right now, global warming effects will continue to increase. I picked this podcast because I am really concerned about global warming ruining the planet and by the title of this one, it caught my interest. I actually think it would have been easier to just read the article because it was hard to catch all the details. I like reading the articles more because they are easier to understand.
by GreenMango
Robot-moth
http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/52005/scientists-build-a-robo-moth
This pod cast is about how a scientist named Charles Higgins and how he invents a moth robot controlled by a moth. How you might ask? Well the moth is in a small container then they drilled in the moth’s head and attach an electrode to a single neuron.
I think that this was an extremely awesome audio cast because it’s a robot controlled by a moth. If scientists can do that hover cars will be driving around soon.
I think that listening to it was better because it was like a class. Like someone was talking to you. I think that we should do this again because I got more out of then reading it myself.
I would recommend this to anyone even if bugs gross you out!
Rocker
Mr.Ardito,
do we have to post a comment on other peoples pod cast?
DuH!95-out but is in classroom
I listened to a podcast called, Nigersaurus: dinosaur called ‘cow of Mesozoic’
The link to this podcast is, www.earthsky.org/radioshows/52020/nigersaurus-dinosaur-called-cow-of-mesozoic. This podcast was about a dinosaur called Nigersaurus. The Nigersaurus is 110 million years old and has 50 needle-like teeth. It was interesting because it’s a new kind of dinosaur and unlike any other. I learned that it might be possible that dinosaurs with long necks could barley move their head above their back. I picked this one because I liked the picture looked interesting. I liked listening to the podcast rather than reading a story about it because I could just sit and listen instead of reading the whole thing and helped me imagine the image better.
My podcast is called Peter Doran on the first steps to seeking life. This is the link http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/52135/peter-doran-on-the-first-steps-to-seeking-life. Check it out.
This artcile is about Peter Doran a scientist and a bunch of other scientists on their first steps to finding extraterrestial life on Jupiters moon Euphora. They think there is a giant ocean under thousands of feet of ice.
I liked this article alot. It was very interesting. I thought it was interesting because whenever you hear (or at least me) about extraterrestial life you think of like mars and just aliens in general. But this time it was about Saturns moon(what!!!!!!!!!)
and under thousands of feet under ice in a huge massive ocean ive never heard that before in my life. At first I picked the podcast about the evolution and how its speeding up and not slowing down but ti wasn't very interesting to me so I picked this one. I thought this might be cool so I checked it out. I thought it was alot better listening to a podcast then actually reading the story. You have your hands free to do whatever. Much better Mr.Ardito good job.
The name of the pod cast that I listened to was called “what would it be like to live on mars?” this is the link: http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/51837/kim-binstead
This podcast was about scientists that lived on “f mars” (a version of mars/ what they think It would look and be like in upper Canada) for a hundred days to see what it would be like to live on mars. They did this to aid astronauts about going to mars and what it would be and feel like.
I thought that this article was really interesting. It was really interesting because scientists got to experience what it would be like on mars. I really liked this article because it talked about how to survive on mars like, what to eat, keeping track of every scientist/astronaut by radar and other things. I thought that it was really cool learning what the way of life would be like on the planet mars.
From listening to this article I learned many things. One thing was when astronauts would actually go on mars, which is in 30 years. Traveling to mars will take 150 days. And then astronauts will stay on the planet for 610 days and then travel back to earth. I also learned that when being on mars you feel very isolated and even though your on mars you can still conduct experiments on the planet.
I chose this pod cast because of the title, “what would it be like to live on mars?” The title really interested me and right away I started thinking what would it be like? I wanted to listen to the pod cast to find out. I thought that listening to a story was a little bit harder than reading a story because it was harder to get the information down, to write the report.
My podcast was called, "Expert on lead in our drinking water"
Here's the link: http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/51949/expert-on-lead-in-our-drinking-water
This podcast was about how there is lead in the pipes with the drinking water in it, and how over time, lead corrodes and leaks into the water and fosters bacteria growth.
This article was interesting because I never really thought about how harmful a water fountain or tap water could be. What I learned was lead poisoning in young children can lead to neurological problems, and it would cost one TRILLION dollars to totally completely remove lead in pipes. I picked this one because all the other ones I've heard on the news. Now I'm sure this was on the news, but i didn't see it and it looked really interesting. I liked listening to it because you could also read along to it and it helped me understand it better.
-Pie82
My pod cast link is http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/52020/nigersaurus-dinosaur-called-cow-of-mesozoic.
Nigersaurus: dinosaur called ‘cow of Mesozoic'
This article is about Paul Sereno (a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence) finding a 110-million-year-old Nigersaurus.
I thought this pod cast was VERY interesting. Because Paul Serono found a 110-million-year-old NEW dinasaur!(not really new...) I learned that there might be more new dinosaurs being found in the Sharan desert. Nigasaurus being one of them. Nigasaurus have a stange body structure. Its neck can barely go above his back! Scientists have never really thought of long-neck dinosaurs being able to reach down rather than up. Paul Sereno said "the skull of the Nigersaurus was so odd, it looked like a “Darth Vader” Hoover vacuum. It had a mouth stacked with 50 columns of needle-like teeth."
I chose the pod cast other than "Study shows wine tastes better when costs more" I mean who really cares??? Dinosaurs are so much cooler. I liked listening to a story rather than reading because you can just "chill" and hang around but still be listening.
-regrowth
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"Its neck can barely go above his back!" right after this part in my first comment i forgot to put...... Its neck can barely go above his back! So they call it “the cow of the Mesozoic.”
regrowth
Pod Cast Weekly Science Report
This pod cast was called ‘Peter Doran on the First Steps to Seeking Life.’ The link is http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/52135/peter-doran-on-the-first-steps-to-seeking-life.
This pod cast is about how scientist, Peter Duran, believes that on Jupiter’s moon, Europa, there may be life in a huge ocean of water underneath thousands of feet of ice. They are testing an autonomous robotic submarine, called Endurance, on the Antarctic ice, in Lake Bonney, and in Lake Vostok. This pod cast talks about how they will construct Endurance and have him being tested and they are hoping they will eventually test Jupiter’s moon Europa.
I thought this pod cast was really cool because I think it would be awesome if scientists found life forms that weren’t on earth. I thought this pod cast was really interesting because what if there is another life form on earth? Does that mean humans could live on the planet too? These are some of the questions I would like to find out which made this article really interesting to me. I thought the pod cast was really enjoyable and truthfully had no complaints about it. I thought how they constructed and are planning to use the robot Endurance was really interesting. They are planning on the robot to have a ’brain’ so that way, they can give it instructions and it will listen to them. Also, Peter Doran said that it will have to get by obstacles underneath the ice on its own without directions.
I learned from this article that there is a big possibility that there are life forms on other planets and on moons in our solar system. I also learned how they are going to test this experiment and that they need to test in on something other than Europa right away. I learned that Peter Doran expects life under the ice of the lakes and Europa to have bacteria and algae but have no fish. The question that Peter Doran stated was “Did life evolve elsewhere?” This question really makes me think and wonder if life did evolve elsewhere.
I chose this pod cast out of the other pod casts because I am really interested in space and really want to know if there are life form off of earth. This title really made me look at this pod cast because, like I said before, I am really interested in this kind of science and want to learn more about it.
I personally like using articles better to do our weekly reports because you can easily look back on them and stop when you need to. I had trouble downloading the pod cast onto itunes so I had to listen to it on the website where I was not able to stop the pod cast. During the pod cast, I had to take notes which wasn’t very easy because they were talking quite quickly. Overall, I really enjoyed the pod cast but I would prefer it in article form.
-dance4peace
okay, some new stuff, I got a new email adress! yay!
okay, so, first thing's first
The podcast(why is everybody putting "i" and "pod" in their words thinking that it will make people use their products? I mean do they honestly think that people are gonna pay attention because the letters from the ipod's name are in their product?)s link is "http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/52137/david-deutsch-on-multi-universes-and-future-computers"
The podcast was about how people are going to use computers to understand everything about the universe and its wonders.
I liked it because the ideas were tied in with my favorite book series, "His dark Materials". The movie for the first book came out in december. The Golden Compass. Only awesome part in the movie was when the bears jaw gets torn off.
Anyway, I want to know even more about the universe and how it works and how computers will help us understand it.
Weekly Science Podcast Report
This podcast was called “Lizards Do Push-Ups.” Here is the link to this piece: http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/51871/lizards-do-push-up.
This podcast was about how male Jacky Dragons (small lizards) tend to do push-ups to try to impress and intimidate their rivals. A Ph.D. student named Daniel Van Dyke made an experiment to test the lizards.
I thought that this podcast was very interesting. I could not believe that even lizards try to show off to their rivals before a fight. I thought it was very creative how Daniel Van Dyke chose to perform his experiment. He made an animated lizard and put it on a special television monitor. Then he observed how the lizard would react. Sometimes the real lizard would attack the animated lizard, but do push-ups first! It was amazing how the lizard actually thought that the animated lizard was real. I would think that after the first try attacking the screen, it would stop trying, because it knew it was not real.
I thought this podcast was fun to learn about because it is such an amusing thing to think about. I can imagine watching a small lizard trying to impress another lizard. It would be like people in a gym comparing how many push-ups they can do, except much smaller! I would never have thought that of all things, an animal would do push-ups to try to scare a rival. Maybe they would puff up and make themselves look bigger, but I would never expect them to do push-ups!
I picked this podcast because I love animals and always want to learn about them. I usually do not learn about reptiles and amphibians, so I decided to try something out of the ordinary. Also, the picture and caption seemed so intriguing that I decided to open it and I got attracted right away.
I do not really like the idea of listening to podcasts rather than reading them. I think that it is much more confusing and the person’s voice annoyed me, so I could not concentrate! Also, I ended up reading it anyways because when I wanted to go back into the text for information, I did not want to listen to it all over again. If I had to chose between reading an article and listen to a podcast, I would probably choose an article.
-potatopotahto
My pod-cast was called Where Change Is Happening Faster, interviewing Robin Bell. The link to this page is...http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/51931/robin-bell.
Scientists are and have been trying to figure out the mysteries of Antarctica's huge mountain range for quit a while but while observing they have been specifically noticing that it changes more than any other place according to the climate and temperature of the water.
I think that it was a lot more easier listening to the pod-cast then reading an article and that helped me understand a bit more. I think it was interesting because nobody knows how fast really the world is changing and it sort of explained how the climates and temperatures were changing and then compared it to other climates. It had a lot of useful and advanced information that sometimes was difficult to understand. One thing I didn't like about listening to the pod-casts was that sometimes they were speaking too fast and I would miss important facts. Other then that I thought it made life a little easier and it was easier to understand and get a good picture of what they where talking about.
Study Supports Global Warming/Hurricane Link.
Link---- http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/51807/study-supports-global-warming
The article was about how global warming is causing stronger hurricanes, more of them and they are lasting longer. It’s creating hurricanes because of the warm waters.
This podcast was interesting because global warming is an important issue to me. Thi is yet another reason to fight global warming. No only are there dangers to the air quality but the water and the rest of the ecosystem. There are some who think that the hurricanes will bring cooler ocean water to the earth’s surface and then slow down global warming but if this the only way people can think of to cool down the earth’s surface that is pretty sad.
I think it is interesting that cyclones and hurricanes are getting worse because of people’s impact on the planet. It is not just that we leave garbage lying on the ground to poison it, we are also making natural disasters wose.
PS. I couldn't get my podcast longer than one minute, it wouldn't go onto iTunes! Weird.
Paul Mayewski on the fate of Antarctica
Link: http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/52156/paul-mayewski-on-the-fate-of-antarctica
The podcast I listened to was about how global warming will affect Antarctica’s future.
I thought that it was somewhat depressing how Paul Mayewski said that there is probably no hope anymore to keep Antarctica the way it is right now. The bright side of it though was that he said that it would never fully disappear.
It was interesting because it was like an interview and the interviewer kept it interesting by constantly asking new questions. It was also sort of cool hearing an actual person speak rather than read about what was happening. I learned from this podcast that Antarctica shows the history of climate change. In Antarctica, there are ice cores, within these ice cores are gases and scientist are able to measure how old they were.
I picked this pod cast over all the others because I am very interested in global warming and I really wanted to know what was going to happen to Antarctica.
-Aidan :
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