Here is the place for this week's weekly science article report.
As usual, please find an article about science that you think is cool and worth writing about. The more inspired you are, the better your reflection will be.
Then, you are writing a report that has 3 parts:
- The citation - the name of your article, who wrote it, and where did it come from. Include a link if you got it online.
- The summary - a one or two sentence recap of the article (no more).
- The reflection - a discussion (two or three paragraphs) about what you thought about the article. Did you like it or not? Why? What interested you about it and why? What questions or suggestions do you have for the writer?
I look forward to reading your reflections.
57 comments:
The article I'm reviewing is "Stove for developing world health" written by AMANDA LEIGH HAAG.
The article is about a man named Kurt Hoffman who visited Tanzania
and was inspired to make smokeless stoves.
I liked this article alot because it is an example on how people are using new technology to help poor countries. The other half of my report will be posted later today
I got this article from http ://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071221130041.htm. The article is called Orphaned Children Show Higher Intelligence and fare better In foster Care Than in Institutions. This article was written by University of Maryland. The whole quest was lead by a bunch of researchers including Nathan Fox, put this experiment at work.
This article is about how orphans have a much higher IQ when they are in foster care, then when they are in an institution. This study shows that when the children were out in institutions they were very deprived emotionally, intellectually, physically, and had a lot of brain damage.
It also showed that when not put in a fostered care home they were also socially deprived.
I thought that this article was very interesting. I knew that keeping children locked up and not letting them socialize was bad but I didn’t know that it was this bad. This study shows that the kids are practically vegetarian when they’re not in foster care. The kids showed a lot of enthusiasm when they had other kids the communicate with other then the ones they had lived with before. When they’re in institutions, they were very unhappy and they had no way of developing themselves. I absolutely loved this article. It showed so much more in depth of what I didn’t know before. I thought that the thing that most shocked me or interested me was that when they did further studying they compared normal children with foster children and found out that the “in foster care” children showed a much higher rank of how they developed. In the institution they knew each other as one whole big family but as not individuals which created them to feel even more deprived because after all they weren’t a big family.
World's Best Microscope
This article World’s Best Microscopes written by Team 0.5 was an awesome article with a lot of facts. This microscope is so advanced that it can half a ten-billionth of a meter. It can see 3-D images of an actual hydrogen atom. It is amazing what new technology can do. One thing I would have liked to have read about this microscope was how they deigned it like maybe a picture of the first prototype they made. It was surprising that they came from a small college club and over the years were able to design such a complex machine.
Rocker
Weekly Science Article Report
I read the article ‘A Basic Hospital To-Do List Saves Live’, by Jane E. Brody. I found it the Personal Health/Science Times section of the New York Times in the Tuesday, January 22nd issue.
This article is about how Dr. Peter J. Pronovost, a physician-researcher at John Hopkins, came up with a method, a 5 step checklist to make sure that all the right preparation steps are taken when trying to insert a major fluid tube called a central venous catheter. It also talks about who else is using or planning to use his method to save lives.
I thought this article was really cool because it talks about how something that is usually completely ignored can save thousands of lives. For example, when there is an emergency, people most likely aren’t really going to take a lot of time to wash their hands with soap, but it saves tons of peoples lives. I was interested in this because of how simple the precautionary steps are. I can’t believe that people really weren’t doing this before!
The only suggestions that I really have for the writer would be to say approximately how many hospitals or medical clinics use the method across the U.S. and around the world. I wasn’t so crazy about the way that she only talked about the hospitals planning to do it. Does that mean that hardly any hospitals DO use it?
By GreenMango
Bird Flu outbreak nears Calcutta
I found the article, “Bird Flu Outbreak Nears Calcutta” by Subir Bhaumik, on the website http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7206164.stm.
This article is about the disease bird Flu in the Indian state West Bengal, and how the disease has inched closer and closer to the capital Calcutta. An outbreak of the bird flu was reported close to the city.
I thought that this article was really interesting and also very informative. It talked about how the bird flu is spreading throughout India, nine of the states nineteen districts have already been hit by the disease. I didn’t really like the article that much although it was interesting. I didn’t like it to much because it talked a lot about humans getting deadly sick from the birds in India and even dying, spreading throughout the country. In India there are many culling (killing birds) teams that are trying to reach a goal of killing two million birds to stop the disease from spreading. I thought that this part was interesting because the culling teams in India are trying to make it less of a chance for people to get infected from the birds. Although a lot of the villagers were trying to resist killing the birds/ chickens and other poultry because it’s a major source of income for the poor villagers, so the culling teams are forcing them to kill their poultry. Even though this may be not good for the poor villagers money wise, it’s the better thing to do for their health. I thought at first the culling teams weren’t doing the right thing but then I realized how deadly sick you can get from the bird flu that will possibly lead to death.
It surprised me that all of the birds in India could potentially have the infection that can easily spread to anyone who has any kind of contact with the birds. I would think that only farmers with poultry on their farm could get the disease, but more than just farmers have close contact with birds. People at the market place, buying poultry are also prone to the bird flu infection. I wonder if the bird flu disease is going to reach Calcutta or not. I also wonder if the bird flu will ever reach the united states, and if so when. Also, is there a vaccine for the bird flu?
Leukemia-causing Cells Found
From sciencedaily.com, Jan. 24, 2008 (there was no author).
This article, (as you probably guessed from the title,) finding leukemia causing cells. Scientists from Oxford University studied two twins, one with leukemia, one without. They find the stem cells that are causing acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
I thought this article was very good and also very hopeful. People have been looking to cure cancer for ages and now they are one step closer. The other thing I thought was really interesting is they think there is a link between the genetic malfunction and leukemia. So, the way they tested that was putting the weird cells in mice lacking an immune system. They found out that the pre-leukemia stem cells found in the twins also became established in the bone marrow of mice. So that basically confirmed that they were right. The only question I have is how do they know that it was just anther cell malfunction, how do they know that that cell is causing leukemia? It was a great article and I hope we hear more about this news soon!
Weekly Science Article Report-
“Antarctic Ice Loss Speeds Up, Nearly Matches Greenland Loss”
I found “Antarctica Ice Loss Speeds Up, Nearly Matches Greenland Loss” at ScienceDaily.com. This article was written by Science Daily on January 24, 2008. The link is http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080123181952.htm
This article is discussing how ice loss in Antarctica increased by seventy-five percent in the last ten years due to a greater speed in the flow of its glaciers and is now almost as big as observed in Greenland. Scientists found a jump in Antarctica’s ice loss which is enough ice to increase global sea levels by 0.3 millimeters (.01 inches).
I thought this article was very interesting and is just giving us a warning about what is happening to our world. I liked this article very much. I thought this article was really well written and pretty easy to understand. There were a lot of words I didn’t know but other than that, I enjoyed it. It was a little bit hard to comprehend, but after I read it a few times, it made more sense. I just never thought that the ice melting in Antarctica is increasing so fast that soon coastlines will be water. This article really pulls you in and makes you want to keep reading more.
What interested me was just the fact that the oceans are getting so much bigger. It says that the glacier melting is a result of warmer ocean water which causes the glacier to thin or collapse. These kind of articles interest me because I love to brainstorm up ways on how to stop the issue that the article is discussing. Another thing that interested me was the tools the scientists use to measure the ice melting. In the article, it says that they use Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) mosaic image of Antarctica. (In the article, you can see an image, described above, of the ice melting.) Overall, I thought this article was interesting just because of the topic it was discussing and the format of the article.
I have some questions and suggestions to the writer about this article. How can a satellite image tell all of this information to the scientists? How do they know the causes of the glaciers melting? Does where the glacier is located have to do with the melting of the glaciers? When a glacier melts, does the sea level rise only in the ocean nearby or in all of the oceans? Some suggestions I have to the writer is to elaborate more because for me, it was very difficult in some parts to understand. Overall, I thought the writer did a decent job and enjoyed this article very much.
-dance4peacexo
Weekly Science Article Report
potatopotahto
This week, my science article was called “Monkey Math” by Agnieszka Biskup. I got it at www.sciencenewsforkids.com under the Animals link.
This article was about how a specific type of monkeys called rhesus macaques were being tested on how well they could do simple addition. It explained the process for the testing and the results. The results were that monkeys are almost as smart in math as we are!
I thought that this article and the photographs were remarkable. The article explained not only about how monkeys can do math, but about how researchers set up a test as well. I love reading about animals, so this was a good article for me.
I always knew that we were related to monkeys in some sort of way, but I never could have guessed that it would include addition! It surprised me that this could be an important milestone in figuring out how our ability to do math developed. I think that the researchers came up with a very clever idea to test the monkeys’ math ability. At first, the system was that researchers would put lemons behind a screen. As the monkeys were watching, they put a second group of lemons behind the screen. Then they would lift the screen and there would either be a correct sum or an incorrect sum for the monkeys to see. And believe it or not, the monkeys would look confused and stare longer at the screen when there was the wrong amount! The researchers then came up with a computer method of testing. They tested a group of students and a group of monkeys. Surprisingly, the monkeys were very close to the humans for the amount of answers they got right! I thought that it was amazing how monkeys could be so close to the humans’ ability to do math. But, the surprises kept on coming! In the article it said that not only monkeys were able to do math, but rats and pigeons were able to do rough calculations as well. Pigeons could even do a type of subtraction! I found that amazing.
I wondered how the monkeys knew what to do in the experiments. How could they figure out that they were supposed to add the lemons and not just eat them?! I would like to know more about what other things they might be able to do in math.
This article was called, "Electricity in the Air" by Kalee Thompson.
Here's the link: http://popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-01/electricity-air
This article was about scientists trying to come up with a way to send electricity through the air. It would be able to charge things wireless, and you wouldn't have to plug anything in, it would be all wireless.
I thought this article was very interesting. (Why else would I choose it?) I liked it because it talked about all the different people that were trying this out and what their outcome was, and there was so many people that tried it too. They had lots of information about it but it still wasn't boring.
What interested me was that so many people have already tried this experiment and have been successful! (They just needed to work on it more because it didn't go far enough.)
One of my questions how long it will take for someone make a successful wireless electric generator that would get put in stores?
I would suggest he put an estimate on how long that would take.
1)Predators Do More Than Kill Prey
by: ScienceDaily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080117164144.htm
2)This article is about how prey adapt to food availability as well as the presence of predators.
3)I thought the article was cool. How the prey is learning to know their predators and to move away from them and towards thier food.
What surprised me was the fact how everything is evolving becoming smarter in everyway.
I really wonder whats going to happen in the near future with animals and humans. I want to know more, but ScienceDaily hasn't posted anything new. (was yesterdays article)
-regrowth
The name of my article is Illusion of Control. I didn’t know who the author was or I just couldn’t find it but ill send the link so you can look at the article. http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/i/illusion_of_control.htm.
This article is about the controlling of outcomes or as if chance events are able to be controlled. Ellen Langer tested this theory and demonstrated that people were more likely to behave as if they could exercise control in chance.
I like this article. It was very interesting how are minds work in such a mysterious way. Like that we can control chance events outcomes. Also that it’s more likely to occur in choice, competition or familiarity. One simple form of this is in casinos. When people are playing craps(this is a casino game), it has been shown that people tend to throw hareder for higher numbers and softer for lower numbers. I would like to know more about this subject. It is very interesting.
The name of my article is Whole Foods Chain to Stop Use of Plastic Bags, Written by Andrew Martin. I got it from www.nytimes.com.
My article was about banning plastic bags from the Whole Foods chain of supermarkets and start using only paper bags. They want to use only paper bags because they are better for the environment since they break down easier.
I liked the article because it was interesting. I thought the article was interesting because I never knew that what kind of bags supermarkets give us made that big of a difference in the environment. It surprised me when in the article is said, “Americans use 50 billion to 80 billion plastic bags a year. That’s a lot of bags. Some people think that supermarkets should keep using plastic bags because paper backs use up more energy to make. Whole Foods tried selling reusable bags but it never caught on. Wal-mart started selling reusable bags in October and is looking to achieve a goal of zero waste.
second half of the report,(sorry Mr.Ardito I did my first half during help period)
As I was saying...The article I'm reviewing is "Stove for developing world health" written by AMANDA LEIGH HAAG.
The article is about a man named Kurt Hoffman who visited Tanzania
and was inspired to make smokeless stoves.
I liked this article alot because it is an example on how people are using new technology to help poor countries. Another reason is because the way Hoffman presented it and promoted the stove.
The stoves are designed to keep as much heat as possible while not letting out any smoke. Classic stoves just let chemicals mix into into carbon monoxide, benzene, and formaldehyde.
I'm interested in the eco/world health/new tech theme... so I'd really like to learn about other ways in helping the environment and helping poor countries through technology.
A design picture of the stove can be found here:
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/01/21/science/0122-sci-STOVElg.jpg
The actual link to the article is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/science/22stov.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
My article is called "Underwater Jungles" ,written by Emily Sohn. I got it at ScienceNewsForKids.com.
This article is all about the hundreds of different species of kelp all over the ocean grounds and how scientists measured and classified the kelp.
This article was sort of hard to focus on but it had a lot of interesting features. I thought it was kind of neat that the kelp were like underwater forests. My only suggestion to the writer would be to express the topic better next time because most people wouldn't think that kelp would be interesting to read about. I like the picture that they showed of all the colorful kelp which gave me a good idea of what it really looked like since it wasn't described. The most interesting feature was some of the facts that were given like how big kelp can get and how many species there are. It made me stop and think how this one topic which no one really ever thinks about could be so amazing.
'Bizarre' Amphibians Under Threat
By Jeanna Bryner
I found this article at http://news.aol.com. I f you want the exact address with the story on it is http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bizarre-amphibians-under-threat/20080122190609990001#cmntbgn.
This article is about exotic amphibians that are near extinction. The English organization EDGE is saying that even though these amphibians may look very weird and unwanted if they go extinct many others may follow.
I thought was article was very interesting. I liked how it included a lot of facts about the endangered animals. I also thought it was very weird how the giant Chinese salamander is considered a delicacy is to some people. It is sort of weird how someone could eat something that is six feet long and is slimy.
A few questions that I would have about it are… How many animals including amphibians, reptiles, fish etc. are near extinction? When is something considered near extinction? How often do things go extinct? (Per year) Finally, how many species are actually saved from extinction compared with how many have gone extinct during the last 100 years?
-Aidan :
I found This article at sciencedaily.com the link is: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080123150457.htm It was posted today, January 24, 2008 I did not have an author.
This article was about how Obesity is connected with the nervous system. It also explained how this might help to control obesity.
What they discussed about was how there are these tiny transparent worms in your body, that have similar neurotransmitters inside of them like we do. The researchers discovered that when a specific nerve receptor is deleted, the worms lose interest in foraging for food, become slow-moving and accumulate fat at a much higher rate than normal, non-modified, worms.
The worms that had their receptor deleted showed no difference in behaviour from other, non-altered worms until placed directly on food. Then they stopped their normal foraging behaviour, dramatically slowing their movements, and gained fat more quickly than worms with their receptors intact.
I liked the article very much because I don’t want to get fat and I don’t think any body else wants to get fat. I also liked it because it was very interesting and I learned a lot.
One thing I question is that how did you find out that there were neurotransmitters in the little transparent worms. One suggestion I would like to make is maybe to give some more details.
My weekly article I did this week is called "Could Finger Lengths point to talents?" And i got this Article from ;; http://news.aol.com/story/_a/could-finger-lengths-point-to-talents/20080124091309990001
Some scientists say that comparing the lengths of a person's ring and index fingers indicates how That exposure may shape a person's abilities and health, they say.Recently, scientists in North America and Europe have looked to the relative lengths of index and ring fingers for clues about a variety of characteristics, including musical ability, athletic ability and, in a study just released,
Scientists express the fingers' relative lengths as a ratio, computed by dividing index finger length by ring finger length. Men tend to have longer ring fingers than index fingers, or ratios less than 1, and women tend to have index and ring fingers of equal length, or ratios of 1.
so there is a possibility that the size of your fingers can show some of your talents hmmm that would be interesting
My article was about diabetes and who is at risks. This was written by James Hellerman. And I got this from Philips today.
In the article it says people over the age of 45 have a risk, obesity, and “couch potatoes” have a risk too.
I really hated the article but there was nothing else. An idea I have to the writer is FIND A MORE INTERESTING TOPIC!!!!!!!!! I didn’t like it because the entertainment was slim-to-none. The urge to fall asleep was high, and frankly for something in a science magazine it was more health than science. All-in-all it was a horrible article, try again next time James Hellerman.
Dear Rocker,
I liked what you wrote, it was very interesting. One suggestion I would give you is that when you write your next reflection make it more in detail and a little longer.
Happy to help
DuH!95- out but still on computer
Dear potatopotahto,
I learned more then what I already did about the math ability a monkey has. One suggestion is that............Keep Up the good work!!!!
DuH!95-out may be on AIM
Dear ThinkPink,
I think that you did an excellent job on your article report. One suggestion i would give you is that you make your report more in depth.
DuH!95-out but may be on AIM
Dear Rocker,
You article choice was really cool, I just thought you could make your report a little longer. Nice job!
-singer95
Dear greenmango,
I loved the way you wrote about the article you read. I was ver clever. I couldn't really find anything wrong with it. Awesome job!
-singer95
Dear regrowth,
The article you choose sound really cool. The only thing is I think you could have been a tiny bit more detailed. Good job!
-singer95
Dear GymCity09-
I liked what your article was about. A few suggestions i would give you is that next time you use spell check and put it in your own words. If you just copied that from the internet then that's called plagiarizing. :p
DuH!95- out but may be on AIM
~Singer95
That's really good that the Leukimia causing cells are found! You might want to try to make your citation into more of a full sentence. great job!
-GreenMango
~xoxpurplepantherxox
It's really interesting that obesity is connected to the nervous system! 2 things, next time try to watch your punctuation and make your summary shorter.
Awesome Job!
-GreenMango
~Chopsticks
Thats interesting that culling teams are trying to kill 2 million birds. Next time, try to say what you think the author could have done better. Great Job!
-GreenMango
To:Rocker
I think that you described the capabilities of the microscope very well. Next time, you should make it longer and use spell check.
-potatopotahto
To: Gymcity09
I thought that your report went in depth very well and was very interesting. I learned a lot about index fingers that i never knew about before. One suggestion is to use more of your own words, though overall it was a great report.
-potatopotahto
To: greenmango
I thought your article was very interesting! i never knew that washing your hands could save someones life. You should have included the five step checklist in your response, though it was a great job anyways
-potatopotahto
To: duh!95
I thought that your article was really informative and interesting. I never knew that orphaned children in foster care have a better IQ than orphanes in an institution. Next time I think that you should add a little more detail.
To: Rocker
I thought that your aticle was really interesting. I thought that it was cool that a group of college kids designed that microscope. But i thought that your article should have been longer.
To: singer95
I thought that your article was really good, It's really good that the Leukimia causing cells were found!! Next time add what surprised you.
to: Rocketman
I think should have talked more about your artical. The reflection was good.
dear Aidan,
Really interesting i didnt know that a salamander coiuld be 6 ft
and could be eaten. Next more facts.
Dear DuH!95,
I never knew that being socially deprived could effect IQ.
Next time could you make your thoughts clearer.
Dear josereyes,
WAY TO GO!
Wow you really expressed your feelings. Cool. Next less you more article.
TO: ThinkPink21
I liked your article a lot. I liked it because i like the enviorment and i want to help save it. One positive thing is you used a quote. One thing you should work on is to discribe more
xoxpurplepantherxox
TO: duh!95
Wow, that is really interesting. I liked it because i got to learn somthing new about learning. One positive thing is i like that you were so discriptive. One thing to work on is to make it a little bit shorter.
xoxpurplepantherxox
Dear Duh!95
I really liked your article i learned alot about orphan kids. Its amazing how they have higher IQ's when theres in foster care. i loved it and keep up the work
Dear Defcon1
I liked you article and i liked how kurt hoffman is inspired to make smokeless stove's!!!!! one advice is to just make your article and explanation a little longer
~gymcity09
Dear Rocker
I really liked your article about the worlds best microscope its really interesting and it had facts that i never new but try to make your explanations longer
~gymcity09
To rocker,
I thought your article was really interesting. Next time try to put more detail in your reflection.
To drp143,
I never knew that there was that much species of kelp. Next time try to make it a little longer.
To potatopotahto,
I really liked how detailed your reflection was. Next time I would make it a little shorter because it was a little to long after a while.
To Pie82
Wow. That does sound cool. That would be extra good since my laptop battery is about to die. Anyway, your article was really good. It must have been interesting. Your eport was really good, I think the only thing you could have done better was to have added in all the components such as "what surprised you." Otherwise it was really good.
From Green101
To Rocker
Wowsers, that is really cool. They're making so many advances in Science these days, you can hardly keep up. Your report was really good. If you were to change some things, I'd say you should make it longer and maybe finish your citation along with adding in some other components that you forgot. It was really good, otherwise.
From Green101
josereyes I liked your reflection it was pretty funny actually. You might want to try wording it better though.
drp143 I really liked your article it showed me what kelp is like it was good writing. It was so good i dont have any suggestions.
r3gr0wth I thought you wrote well it was a good article. Also watch your wording though, you spelt their wrong.
To Duh!95
Wow, That article really makes you think and your report was really good, I really don't have any suggestions for you except maybe to put your title in quotes so I know where it is. Good job, otherwise.
From Green101
soooo... I have a couple of comments for you guys. But first... some exciting news... I got a google/blogger account, so I can now post with my account on this blog!
Dear,
dance4peacexo
I have no idea why I'm even posting on your report. The subject is just sooooooo depressing. Well, I think it was long, explanatory, and excellent! What I don't know is how you get the time to write all this stuff.
Dear,
pie82
Hey, I read that article too! Great one isn't it? I once saw a demonstration of that tech once, a guide held a floresent lightbulb in front of a coil and it lit up!
Dear,
potatopotahto
Monkeys can do math now? Awww (&%&^^$) I can barely do math at all, but now that a monkey is better than me at math? Well that is just sickening! Anyway, good article, good report, I want to know more about how a monkey is better than me at... WAIT...I JUST READ THAT PIGEONS AND RATS are good at math!!!
to thinkpink21
Cool. I've heard of that, but I had no clue that we use 50 to 80 billion bags a year! I liked you report because it was well written and well thought out. Maybe next time you can answer more of the questions Mr. Ardito gave us like "What surprised you or what you thought was interesting."
Other than that...good job.
to mo-zman
Your report was interesting. I liked how you describe everything but next time don't say interesting so much.
=]
to drp143
Nice choice of article. I like that you chose an article that no one really thinks about that much. Next time maybe explain more what the article was about not the pictures and the charts.
-pie82 =]
To Gymcity09,
I thought your report was really interesting and had a very good summary. Next time, you should write a longer reflection.
-dance4peacexo
To singer95,
I thought your report was really interesting and hopeful and your summary was really good. Next time, you should include what surprised you.
-dance4peacexo
Mr. Ardito, I spelled my user name wrong on the comment above it is from dance4peacexo.
(my third comment is below)
To rocker,
I thought your summary in your report was really good. Next time, I think you should write a longer reflection.
-dance4peacexo
Reflection...
about duh!95:
I thought your report was really long and full of really great information. The only thing I would suggest would be to keep it a little shorter so the reader won't be bored and to keep the summary a little more simpler.
about Green Mango:
I think you did a really great job on the report and I liked how you asked questions to sort of express how you felt about the article. The only thing I would suggest would be to shorten the summary part to less information.
about Defcon1:
I kind of like how you kept it really basic and simple which made it a little bit easier to read. I also think that you could of done a little bit better with it and give more details on how you felt about it.
Dear singer95,
I thought your article was really well written, and I think a cure may be close. Next time I think you should elaborate a bit more on what you liked about your article.
-Aidan :
Dear regrowth,
I liked how you numbered each of your paragraphs so that it made it easier to know what each one was going to be about, (1 for title, author, website, etc). I think you should put in a little more facts next time and it looks like you forgot to write in a question.
-Aidan
Dear pie82,
I liked how in your article it seemed like you were very interested in it and you would totally want an update on it if you could get it. In one of your paragraphs, you rather repeated what you were saying next time try not to.
-Aidan
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