Final Blog post: 13
Reasreach Paper:
Link to Reasreach Paper
Final Reflective Post:
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What work are you most proud of and why? Focus on how you may have pushed yourself or how you may have grown in a way that surprised you? Work I am most proud of is the rocket project I did because I was really suprised my final rocket actually flew! I really didn't think it was going to fly but I was very proud that it did because that took so much time to make. I've grown very much this year , I learned new skills that will help me in the future and new ways of thinking and expressing my work that will help me in the new semester.
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What new, interesting science did you learn? Why did that stand out?
New interest of science I learned is the science in rocketry. Like how to build a motor and that small lesson with the balloons when we placed them over the fire and they exploded into flames. It stood out to me because all you needed to make that happen was citric acid and a type of metal. Also just seeing how to build a rocket was very interesting and making the motor was as well.
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What is your role as an astronaut on Spaceship Earth? At this point in your life, how would you answer this question? What is your purpose? My role as an astronaut on Spaceship Earth is leavng something people will always remeber or make something that will help in the future. Make sure everyone knows why there here and how they really got here. We didn't come here on accident life happened for a reason but people make up different reasons but there is only one true reason why were here and I am here to say how we got here.
Link to Reasreach Paper
Final Reflective Post:
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What work are you most proud of and why? Focus on how you may have pushed yourself or how you may have grown in a way that surprised you? Work I am most proud of is the rocket project I did because I was really suprised my final rocket actually flew! I really didn't think it was going to fly but I was very proud that it did because that took so much time to make. I've grown very much this year , I learned new skills that will help me in the future and new ways of thinking and expressing my work that will help me in the new semester.
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What new, interesting science did you learn? Why did that stand out?
New interest of science I learned is the science in rocketry. Like how to build a motor and that small lesson with the balloons when we placed them over the fire and they exploded into flames. It stood out to me because all you needed to make that happen was citric acid and a type of metal. Also just seeing how to build a rocket was very interesting and making the motor was as well.
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What is your role as an astronaut on Spaceship Earth? At this point in your life, how would you answer this question? What is your purpose? My role as an astronaut on Spaceship Earth is leavng something people will always remeber or make something that will help in the future. Make sure everyone knows why there here and how they really got here. We didn't come here on accident life happened for a reason but people make up different reasons but there is only one true reason why were here and I am here to say how we got here.
Blog post: 12
What is entropy? How does it relate to time and the fate of the universe? What are your thoughts on the story it tells us?
The measure of the level of disorder in a closed but changing system.
How does consciousness play a critical role in any story of spaceship earth and our role?
Consciousness plays a role in any story of spaceship earth and in our role by of being aware of ones surrondings and the awareness or perception of something by a person. This also means makeing sure everyone could be heard and making sure that they are participating and helping in any project or work.
What have you learned during the second capstone?
I've learned that there is more than just taking a picture of the stars in the sky. You need the right equiment and you need to know how to set up cameras to get the best picture you can. It also takes time and planning, because if you go out one night and its cloudy your most likely not going to get the best star picture because you didn't see how the weather was going to be like. So you always need to be checking on the weather and making sure you have everything you need to take pictures.
Post evidence of work you have done on your capstone with a short description of the work (part 1)? This could be a processed astronomy image, an image or video of a nature excursion, an image of a rocket part or drawing, an image from the balloon.
The measure of the level of disorder in a closed but changing system.
How does consciousness play a critical role in any story of spaceship earth and our role?
Consciousness plays a role in any story of spaceship earth and in our role by of being aware of ones surrondings and the awareness or perception of something by a person. This also means makeing sure everyone could be heard and making sure that they are participating and helping in any project or work.
What have you learned during the second capstone?
I've learned that there is more than just taking a picture of the stars in the sky. You need the right equiment and you need to know how to set up cameras to get the best picture you can. It also takes time and planning, because if you go out one night and its cloudy your most likely not going to get the best star picture because you didn't see how the weather was going to be like. So you always need to be checking on the weather and making sure you have everything you need to take pictures.
Post evidence of work you have done on your capstone with a short description of the work (part 1)? This could be a processed astronomy image, an image or video of a nature excursion, an image of a rocket part or drawing, an image from the balloon.
Blog post 11: Life
After watching Cosmos: These are Some of the Things Molecules Do, answer 2 of the following questions:
What is the significance of DNA, particularly in what it tells us about the relationship of life on earth?
DNA tells us who we are connected to, no one has the same exact DNA unless you are a twin but we can have similar parts of our DNA with other things.
We are currently living in the midst of the sixth major extinction event. How does that fact inform your life?
Well it doesn't really scream out anything to me, I knew that we always were but no one said we can change it, can we change it?
What struck you about Tyson’s description of the evolution of the human eye?
What struck me was how it was being formed, from one part to adding something else. To make it stronger to see things.
What do tardigrades and other extremophiles tell us about the potential for life in extreme environments such as Titan?
It tells us that they could be living there, and maybe even other species like it.
Read this short article on water. Watch this short video on water:
What are the properties of water that allow for life?
In this regard, water is essential simply because it's a liquid at Earth-like temperatures. Because it flows, water provides an efficient way to transfer substances from a cell to the cell's environment
What strikes you about water? Why?
What strikes me about water is without water we wouldn't be alive and wouldn't have any plants.
Work log of the week. What did you accomplish for your capstone this week?
what I accomplish for my capstone project this week was finish/revise my essay, Also almost finishing my astronomy research paper for the capstone.
What is the significance of DNA, particularly in what it tells us about the relationship of life on earth?
DNA tells us who we are connected to, no one has the same exact DNA unless you are a twin but we can have similar parts of our DNA with other things.
We are currently living in the midst of the sixth major extinction event. How does that fact inform your life?
Well it doesn't really scream out anything to me, I knew that we always were but no one said we can change it, can we change it?
What struck you about Tyson’s description of the evolution of the human eye?
What struck me was how it was being formed, from one part to adding something else. To make it stronger to see things.
What do tardigrades and other extremophiles tell us about the potential for life in extreme environments such as Titan?
It tells us that they could be living there, and maybe even other species like it.
Read this short article on water. Watch this short video on water:
What are the properties of water that allow for life?
In this regard, water is essential simply because it's a liquid at Earth-like temperatures. Because it flows, water provides an efficient way to transfer substances from a cell to the cell's environment
What strikes you about water? Why?
What strikes me about water is without water we wouldn't be alive and wouldn't have any plants.
Work log of the week. What did you accomplish for your capstone this week?
what I accomplish for my capstone project this week was finish/revise my essay, Also almost finishing my astronomy research paper for the capstone.
Blog post 10: Earth, Balloons, Atmosphere
Weather balloon problem set:
Read the articles on Earth’s Atmosphere and Earth’s Crust: Watch the video on Plate Tectonics. Pick three ideas from these articles and explain their significance to life on the planet. What question(s) does it raise for you? Are there any connections you can make between the ideas? Air pressure drops, and temperatures get colder, as you climb higher in the troposphere. Unlike the troposphere, the stratosphere actually gets warmer the higher you go. Rock will respond very differently to strain under normal atmospheric temperatures and pressures as compared to fewer than thousands of kilometers of rock.
What did you work on this week? How did you use your time? Where are you developing? What do you want to improve on?
I worked on my blog post and my thesis for my capstone project. I also drew something that goes with one of my statements , which you could see on my humanities section.
Read the articles on Earth’s Atmosphere and Earth’s Crust: Watch the video on Plate Tectonics. Pick three ideas from these articles and explain their significance to life on the planet. What question(s) does it raise for you? Are there any connections you can make between the ideas? Air pressure drops, and temperatures get colder, as you climb higher in the troposphere. Unlike the troposphere, the stratosphere actually gets warmer the higher you go. Rock will respond very differently to strain under normal atmospheric temperatures and pressures as compared to fewer than thousands of kilometers of rock.
What did you work on this week? How did you use your time? Where are you developing? What do you want to improve on?
I worked on my blog post and my thesis for my capstone project. I also drew something that goes with one of my statements , which you could see on my humanities section.
Blog post 9: Astronomy, Light, Photography, Em Radiation
What strikes you about the size of the universe and our solar system? (See: Scale of the Solar System, If the Moon were a pixel)
What strikes me is how huge it is, just compare the earth to it we are just a tiny spec and it's huge and it goes on forever and ever.
What is light? What distinguishes it from other phenomena in the universe? Why is it significant?
Light is energy (electromagnetic) Cobrant light forms a laser (Light has no volume or mass) Molecular light exist. Speed of light is the cosmic speed limit. c=3x10 m/s. Light waves vibrate in a vacuum. Light is wave like & particle-like.
How do digital cameras function to capture the light traveling through the universe and turn them into an image? (See: How Charge Coupled Devices Work) There is no film in a digital camera instead there is is a piece of electronic equipment that captures the incoming light rays and turns them into electrical signals. When you take a picture with a digital camera and zoom in to the picture its made out of millions of pixels. Light from the thing you are photographing zooms into the camera lens. This picture hits the image sensor chip, which breaks it up into millions of pixels. The sensor measures the color and brightness of each pixel and stores it as a number.
What did you do this week for your capstone project? What are you excited about? What fears do you have?
What I did this week for my capstone project was my thesis for it, which took a while because I have to fit it with what project i'm in which is astronomy.
What strikes me is how huge it is, just compare the earth to it we are just a tiny spec and it's huge and it goes on forever and ever.
What is light? What distinguishes it from other phenomena in the universe? Why is it significant?
Light is energy (electromagnetic) Cobrant light forms a laser (Light has no volume or mass) Molecular light exist. Speed of light is the cosmic speed limit. c=3x10 m/s. Light waves vibrate in a vacuum. Light is wave like & particle-like.
How do digital cameras function to capture the light traveling through the universe and turn them into an image? (See: How Charge Coupled Devices Work) There is no film in a digital camera instead there is is a piece of electronic equipment that captures the incoming light rays and turns them into electrical signals. When you take a picture with a digital camera and zoom in to the picture its made out of millions of pixels. Light from the thing you are photographing zooms into the camera lens. This picture hits the image sensor chip, which breaks it up into millions of pixels. The sensor measures the color and brightness of each pixel and stores it as a number.
What did you do this week for your capstone project? What are you excited about? What fears do you have?
What I did this week for my capstone project was my thesis for it, which took a while because I have to fit it with what project i'm in which is astronomy.
Blog post 8: Electromagnetism and Light
Watch this video on the EM spectrum and study this graphic. Pick one idea that is new to you and discuss why it is significant to our understanding of the universe.
Something that is new to me while watching and looking at the graphic is wave length. Wavelength is significant to the universe because without it we would never be able to hear things. Like for an example, if a radio didn't have a big wavelength we would never be able to hear it. This also goes for light and wavelengths, "visible light" corresponds to a wavelength range of 400 - 700 nanometers (nm) and a color range of violet through red. We need wavelength and light to see color, or all we would never see any color.
In class reading. Reflect on one aspect of the fundamental nature of light: its speed, its particle-wave nature, the spectrum, its ability to carry information, etc. why is light and our understanding of it significant?
Well light is a very important key in life, light is significant because its what gives us the ability to see in the dark. Without light we couldn't see anything. Its significant to our understanding because if we never knew how to make light the world would always be dark and you could never see anything. If we didn't have the sun or stars everything would always be pitch black.
Problem set- EM Waves:
Spend 20 minutes researching the science behind your capstone idea. What did you find? What questions does it raise for you?
Well my capstone project is astronomy so my idea is this question I have which is "why are we looking for life on mars? When we don't respect life on ours? So i'm gonna try to write a thesis around those two questions.
Something that is new to me while watching and looking at the graphic is wave length. Wavelength is significant to the universe because without it we would never be able to hear things. Like for an example, if a radio didn't have a big wavelength we would never be able to hear it. This also goes for light and wavelengths, "visible light" corresponds to a wavelength range of 400 - 700 nanometers (nm) and a color range of violet through red. We need wavelength and light to see color, or all we would never see any color.
In class reading. Reflect on one aspect of the fundamental nature of light: its speed, its particle-wave nature, the spectrum, its ability to carry information, etc. why is light and our understanding of it significant?
Well light is a very important key in life, light is significant because its what gives us the ability to see in the dark. Without light we couldn't see anything. Its significant to our understanding because if we never knew how to make light the world would always be dark and you could never see anything. If we didn't have the sun or stars everything would always be pitch black.
Problem set- EM Waves:
Spend 20 minutes researching the science behind your capstone idea. What did you find? What questions does it raise for you?
Well my capstone project is astronomy so my idea is this question I have which is "why are we looking for life on mars? When we don't respect life on ours? So i'm gonna try to write a thesis around those two questions.
Blog Post 7: Rocketry Reflection
Rocket Film/videos/Pictures
Reflection Questions:
In thinking about the balsa and kit rocket experience, post what you learned about rocketry? How did it inform your understanding of motion, Newton’s Laws, Gravity, Chemistry and electromagnetism? What I learned about rocketry is it takes time and precision into making a good rocket. It helped me understand motion when we had a lesson on newton's laws of motion like the first law: When a object is at rest it remains in rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. An object in motion continues in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. What helped me learn about gravity is when we were talking about when we drop a pen or a pencil it will idmetaly go down , why it does that is because gravity. It helped me learn chemistry is when we had a lesson when we had the balloons and had to fill them up with citric acid and this metal. When it was done blowing up we put it over a torc which made it blow up with fire. Then brian explained how it did that with the chemical equations which was the electromagnetism study which I also learned when he explained it and when we also did the equations.
What specific work were you proud of? Why?
I am proud of our rocket because it took a lot of time to make and construct to make it fly, which is did and but it did break when it landed but I am still proud that it flew.
What could you improve on if you built another rocket? How can you apply this knowledge to future projects?
Maybe make the rocket lighter and make the streamers work next time because the streamers didn't help it when it was coming down. I can take my knowledge from my old rocket and use what went good and put it in my new rocket and for the bad side make it better for my new rocket.
How has the rocket project informed you on what you would like to do with your capstone experience?
Well since I did rockets last year , I'd like to do something different than rockets like photography .
In thinking about the balsa and kit rocket experience, post what you learned about rocketry? How did it inform your understanding of motion, Newton’s Laws, Gravity, Chemistry and electromagnetism? What I learned about rocketry is it takes time and precision into making a good rocket. It helped me understand motion when we had a lesson on newton's laws of motion like the first law: When a object is at rest it remains in rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. An object in motion continues in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. What helped me learn about gravity is when we were talking about when we drop a pen or a pencil it will idmetaly go down , why it does that is because gravity. It helped me learn chemistry is when we had a lesson when we had the balloons and had to fill them up with citric acid and this metal. When it was done blowing up we put it over a torc which made it blow up with fire. Then brian explained how it did that with the chemical equations which was the electromagnetism study which I also learned when he explained it and when we also did the equations.
What specific work were you proud of? Why?
I am proud of our rocket because it took a lot of time to make and construct to make it fly, which is did and but it did break when it landed but I am still proud that it flew.
What could you improve on if you built another rocket? How can you apply this knowledge to future projects?
Maybe make the rocket lighter and make the streamers work next time because the streamers didn't help it when it was coming down. I can take my knowledge from my old rocket and use what went good and put it in my new rocket and for the bad side make it better for my new rocket.
How has the rocket project informed you on what you would like to do with your capstone experience?
Well since I did rockets last year , I'd like to do something different than rockets like photography .
Blog Post 6: Fundamental Forces Of Nature
Article on gravitational waves and black holes: How is gravity distinct from the other fundamental forces of nature?
Well gravity is what keeps us from going up into space, it keeps us on the earth rather than space. It keeps everything on earth.
Well gravity is what keeps us from going up into space, it keeps us on the earth rather than space. It keeps everything on earth.
Blog Post 5: Stoichiometry, matter and kit rockets
Link to media folder for group: Media Folder
Given the challenges of sending humans to Mars, is it a valuable use of resources? Why or why not? (Video Text 1):
I think it is because the resources are going to be used for good used and will help us go to mars or when we get to mars. But it does cost some amount of money. Also we can see how mars will look like see if it is a good living space for the future.
Nature of Matter Text: Write a short paragraph. What strikes you about the text? Why is it significant? What questions does it raise for you? What striked me is that inside the star were most of the first 26 elements in the periodic table. Also how a supernova looks is very cool and very beautiful. Its significant it's telling us how its made up and how they explode. My question is how many times does this happen?
Reflection: Write about what you have specifically contributed to your group’s work this week. What is going well with your partnerships? What is challenging? What do you hope to improve on over the final week or two of this project?
I helped make the rocket tube and making measurements for the rocket and fins also the nose cone. What is going well is we are working together and everyone is helping on the rocket. What is challenging is making a perfect rocket tube because its hard not having any bumps on the rocket. What I hope to improve is the share of work and the rocket tube.
Given the challenges of sending humans to Mars, is it a valuable use of resources? Why or why not? (Video Text 1):
I think it is because the resources are going to be used for good used and will help us go to mars or when we get to mars. But it does cost some amount of money. Also we can see how mars will look like see if it is a good living space for the future.
Nature of Matter Text: Write a short paragraph. What strikes you about the text? Why is it significant? What questions does it raise for you? What striked me is that inside the star were most of the first 26 elements in the periodic table. Also how a supernova looks is very cool and very beautiful. Its significant it's telling us how its made up and how they explode. My question is how many times does this happen?
Reflection: Write about what you have specifically contributed to your group’s work this week. What is going well with your partnerships? What is challenging? What do you hope to improve on over the final week or two of this project?
I helped make the rocket tube and making measurements for the rocket and fins also the nose cone. What is going well is we are working together and everyone is helping on the rocket. What is challenging is making a perfect rocket tube because its hard not having any bumps on the rocket. What I hope to improve is the share of work and the rocket tube.
Blog Post 4:Motion
Thinking of Feynman’s definition of science from the video we watched, what role does revision play in the fields of science and engineering? How has it impacted your work so far this year? Revision plays a big role because you can always make your rocket or writing better after seeing what your rocket does you can revise your work and fix any problems that it made or make something new that will work better. It impacted my work very much because on my first rocket it did not fly but after revision it flew a little high.
Storyboard for rocket Film:
Here we are sketching how we want our rocket and fins do look like. We added a small piece of paper on the top because the rocket design was a little too big
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Here we sketching how the fins should look like and searching up what are good fins for our rocket. We are making it curved we were first going to make it look like a rectangle but we decided to go with a curved one instead.
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Reflection on Iscan Newton:
Isaac Newton made three laws of motion. The first one is that every object will remain at rest or in a uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled to change its state by the action of external force. The second law is how the velocity of an object changes when it is subjected to an external force. The third law is that for every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Full design for rocket/Motion worksheet
Blog Post 3: Balsa Wood Rocket Part 2
Rocket Plan Out and Sketch
Old Rocket and New Rocket New Rocket
What have you learned about rocketry in the past two weeks?
That you have to be precise on your measurements and make sure that the rocket doesn't have to much drag and more lift and not to make the rocket heavy.
What questions do you still have about rocketry?
How can we make the rocket engines work better.
What was your initial hypothesis (personal theory) for combustion? In your own words, what is the scientific explanation (theory) for combustion? What did you learn about combustion? How is combustion significant in rocketry? What questions do you still have?
Combustion means getting to the point of burning something. Combustion can happen anytime from the engine. Combustion lift up the rocket because it pushed up the rocket.
Rocket Video:
That you have to be precise on your measurements and make sure that the rocket doesn't have to much drag and more lift and not to make the rocket heavy.
What questions do you still have about rocketry?
How can we make the rocket engines work better.
What was your initial hypothesis (personal theory) for combustion? In your own words, what is the scientific explanation (theory) for combustion? What did you learn about combustion? How is combustion significant in rocketry? What questions do you still have?
Combustion means getting to the point of burning something. Combustion can happen anytime from the engine. Combustion lift up the rocket because it pushed up the rocket.
Rocket Video:
Physics Post 2: Balsa Wood Rocket
What did you learn about rocketry from your first balsa wood rocket?
I learned that you have to measure things very precise and need a good structure engine or the rocket won't get any lift. Also you need the rocket to be not to heavy.
What will you do different on your next build?
I will make the rocket more lighter make a better engine and not as much glue. Also make the top more pointed.
Rocket Video:
I learned that you have to measure things very precise and need a good structure engine or the rocket won't get any lift. Also you need the rocket to be not to heavy.
What will you do different on your next build?
I will make the rocket more lighter make a better engine and not as much glue. Also make the top more pointed.
Rocket Video:
Physics Blog Post 1: Intro
The area of science I am into is zoology and astronomy. Zoology because I really like animals and want to find more species of animals. Many animals in the ocean seem very interesting and have cool patterns and looks. I am into astronomy because I am interested in our solar system and how stars are made up. I also would like to take pictures of the milky way and different kinds of stars.