Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Sources for Our Shaking World Project
"Rocky Mountains." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
"Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics." Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://www.cotf.edu/ete/
"Alfred Wegener." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
"Mariana Trench." WWF -. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://wwf.panda.org/about_
"Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics." Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://www.cotf.edu/ete/
"Rift Valley." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
"Visual Dictionary Online." EARTH. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://visual.merriam-
"Photographer of the Week - Alex Mustard." DivePhotoGuide. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://www.divephotoguide.
"Domestic Tourism Safaris | East Africa." Domestic Tourism Safaris | East Africa. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://www.
"Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics." Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://www.cotf.edu/ete/
"Alfred Wegener." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
"Mariana Trench." WWF -. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://wwf.panda.org/about_
"Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics." Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://www.cotf.edu/ete/
"Rift Valley." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
"Visual Dictionary Online." EARTH. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://visual.merriam-
"Photographer of the Week - Alex Mustard." DivePhotoGuide. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://www.divephotoguide.
"Domestic Tourism Safaris | East Africa." Domestic Tourism Safaris | East Africa. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://www.
"Measuring Disasters." Greenfieldgeography -. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://greenfieldgeography.
The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
"USGS Scientists Respond to Deadly Samoa Tsunami." USGS Scientists Respond to Deadly Samoa Tsunami. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/
"Strike-slip Tectonics." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Monday, April 13, 2015
Seismic Wave Poem
Our Shaking World Project
Seismic Wave Poem
I was standing still
Looking out for some safe place
Waiting for the shake.
Beautiful palm trees
That's the Californian dream
Not the coming shake
As a scientist
I knew it better than them
This is the last breath
Soon the waves will come
Carrying away the dust
No room left for us
Madness hits the streets
Seismic wave will come this way
But I'm standing still
First P-wave comes now
It is going side to side
So small, it doesn't hurt
But S-wave comes too
Makes me move up and down
The worst will come soon
L-wave hits so strong
This is the worst wave of all
Going every way
Earthquake is over
Everything is under dust
It's California
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Earth Cycle's Project
Rock Cycle
How does a Metamorphic Rock become a Sedimentary Rock?
Weathering breaks down the Metamorphic Rock which will become sediments. The sediments will be glued together and pushed down by cementation and compaction. This is how they will become Sedimentary Rocks.
How does magma change into a Metamorphic Rock?
Magma comes out when the volcano erupts and as the magma cools down, it will become lava (this process is called crystallization). By pressure and heat the Igneous Rock will be pushed down and turn into Metamorphic rock.
Carbon Cycle
How does a consumer become a fossil fuel?
When the animals die, their dead body will be decomposed by decomposers and get into the ground. After a very long time fossils will become fossil fuels.
How can fossil fuel be used in photosynthesis?
When the fossil fuels are burned by factories and then CO2 will come out in process of CO2 Emissions, the plants will take up carbon dioxide for the photosynthesis.
Water Cycle
How does lake water (liquid) turn into a cloud?
The lake evaporates by sunlight (evaporation) and the visible water turn into water vapors. By this, the water vapor is collected together, in the process of condensation, which will create clouds.
How can a cloud turn into a groundwater?
From the cloud, rain falls down (precipitation), which will run off from the mountains and to the lower level of Earth, where by infiltration water will sink into the ground, which will become groundwater.
Essential Questions
Hydrosphere is connected to the Water Cycle, by almost everything, because it's basically the "Hydro cycle". The water on Earth, which is the main part of the cycle takes up a lot of space on Earth. Hydrosphere is connected to the Rock Cycle by weathering. For example when the the bodies of water, like ocean, breaks down the rock to small pieces over many years. Hydrosphere is connected to the Carbon Cycle when the rain falls, precipitation, down and the plants take up the water.
Lithosphere is connected to the Water Cycle, by the groundwater, because that's where it's located. Lithosphere is connected to the Rock Cycle by everything that is underground a rock, also the magma too and where the rock is pushed down by pressure, deeper in the ground. Lithosphere is connected to the Carbon Cycle, by fossils, because that's where they are located.
Atmosphere is connected to the Water Cycle by condensation because in the atmosphere the clouds are formed by water vapors. Atmosphere is connected to the Rock Cycle by erosion, because it carries away little sediments in the air to another place. Atmosphere is connected to the Carbon Cycle by CO2 Emission, when fossil fuel is burned and CO2 is getting released to the air.
Biosphere is connected to the Water Cycle by plant uptake, because plants take up water and plants are living things. Between biosphere and Rock Cycle, there is no real connection. Biosphere is connected to the Carbon Cycle by almost everything, because there are producers, consumers, and decomposers who are living and doing their own job in the Carbon Cycle.
The three cycles are connected to each other by a lot of processes. For example Water Cycle and Rock Cycle is connected by weathering, because weathering is formed in the Water Cycle and in the Rock Cycle weathering breaks down rocks into sediments. The Water Cycle gives water to living things that are involved in the Carbon Cycle, and in Carbon Cycle the fossils go underground where they are built into rocks, which belong to the Rock Cycle.
How does a Metamorphic Rock become a Sedimentary Rock?
Weathering breaks down the Metamorphic Rock which will become sediments. The sediments will be glued together and pushed down by cementation and compaction. This is how they will become Sedimentary Rocks.
How does magma change into a Metamorphic Rock?
Magma comes out when the volcano erupts and as the magma cools down, it will become lava (this process is called crystallization). By pressure and heat the Igneous Rock will be pushed down and turn into Metamorphic rock.
Carbon Cycle
How does a consumer become a fossil fuel?
When the animals die, their dead body will be decomposed by decomposers and get into the ground. After a very long time fossils will become fossil fuels.
How can fossil fuel be used in photosynthesis?
When the fossil fuels are burned by factories and then CO2 will come out in process of CO2 Emissions, the plants will take up carbon dioxide for the photosynthesis.
Water Cycle
How does lake water (liquid) turn into a cloud?
The lake evaporates by sunlight (evaporation) and the visible water turn into water vapors. By this, the water vapor is collected together, in the process of condensation, which will create clouds.
How can a cloud turn into a groundwater?
From the cloud, rain falls down (precipitation), which will run off from the mountains and to the lower level of Earth, where by infiltration water will sink into the ground, which will become groundwater.
Essential Questions
Hydrosphere is connected to the Water Cycle, by almost everything, because it's basically the "Hydro cycle". The water on Earth, which is the main part of the cycle takes up a lot of space on Earth. Hydrosphere is connected to the Rock Cycle by weathering. For example when the the bodies of water, like ocean, breaks down the rock to small pieces over many years. Hydrosphere is connected to the Carbon Cycle when the rain falls, precipitation, down and the plants take up the water.
Lithosphere is connected to the Water Cycle, by the groundwater, because that's where it's located. Lithosphere is connected to the Rock Cycle by everything that is underground a rock, also the magma too and where the rock is pushed down by pressure, deeper in the ground. Lithosphere is connected to the Carbon Cycle, by fossils, because that's where they are located.
Atmosphere is connected to the Water Cycle by condensation because in the atmosphere the clouds are formed by water vapors. Atmosphere is connected to the Rock Cycle by erosion, because it carries away little sediments in the air to another place. Atmosphere is connected to the Carbon Cycle by CO2 Emission, when fossil fuel is burned and CO2 is getting released to the air.
Biosphere is connected to the Water Cycle by plant uptake, because plants take up water and plants are living things. Between biosphere and Rock Cycle, there is no real connection. Biosphere is connected to the Carbon Cycle by almost everything, because there are producers, consumers, and decomposers who are living and doing their own job in the Carbon Cycle.
The three cycles are connected to each other by a lot of processes. For example Water Cycle and Rock Cycle is connected by weathering, because weathering is formed in the Water Cycle and in the Rock Cycle weathering breaks down rocks into sediments. The Water Cycle gives water to living things that are involved in the Carbon Cycle, and in Carbon Cycle the fossils go underground where they are built into rocks, which belong to the Rock Cycle.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Cycles of Earth /Water Cycle/
Vocabulary of the Rock Cycle
(Just because I spent a month with Water cycle and its words, so now it's time to make a change in my life.)
Word
|
Native Language
|
Definition
|
Igneous Rock
|
Magmás Kőzet
|
It
is formed when the magma cools down and gets solid.
|
Lava
|
Láva
|
Very
warm magma that flows on the surface of Earth after an earthquake.
|
Cementation
|
Cementelés
|
Glued
together, the rocks.
|
Weathering
|
Erózió
|
Wind,
rain, temperature change decomposes to rock.
|
Heat
|
Hő
|
Hot
and warm.
|
Pressure
|
Nyomás
|
Force
in one area.
|
Metamorphic Rock
|
Metamorf Kőzet
|
When
rock changes by pressure and heat.
|
Sediments
|
Üledék
|
Break
down by rain, ice, and wind.
|
Compaction
|
Tömörítés
|
Pushing
down.
|
Sedimentary Rock
|
Üledékes Kőzet
|
Rock
formed from other different pieces of rock and mineral.
|
Erosion
|
Lepusztulás
|
Process
by which weathered material carries away small pieces
|
Magma
|
Magma
|
Malted
rock inside Earth
|
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And now it's time to focus more on my own little cycle.
Here is the video I made with Anderson and Zuhra! Enjoy!
Reflection
1. What did you enjoy most about this project and why?
I really enjoyed to make the background of the video. It's been a while since I painted, especially on a large area, so it was great to hold a brush between my fingers and play with the colors. I also liked to edit together the pieces. I just find easily happiness in creating creative things, especially by paint and by video making.
2. What was most challenging for you doing this project and why?
Teamwork. I got used to it in Hungary that most of the work I had to do by myself and for art programs I created my own animation all by myself so it was kind of an odd feeling to have someone next to me who can help. I could get used to it pretty easily and it turned to be a lot fun to share work with someone, especially if that someone is willing to do work and won't let down the project.
3. What new skills did you learn from dong this project?
I learned how to make creative projects in a group. I also learned how to divide equally the work between group mates. I learned some new words from Earth Science and even if I knew the word in Hungarian, now I know them in English.
4. Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.
I think I could have done the animation more detailed. I feel like it became to short. Maybe if I would have spend more time on brainstorming great and creative ideas, maybe I could've come with something even better.
I think I could have done the animation more detailed. I feel like it became to short. Maybe if I would have spend more time on brainstorming great and creative ideas, maybe I could've come with something even better.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Sleeping to Learn, Learning to Sleep
Reflection: Write a reflection about your Sleep & Learning PSA on your blog
1. How does sleep effect your learning?
When your body is sleeping at night, truly your brain is still working. It organizes the things that you learned and experienced during the day. And it sorts out useless things and makes you remember the important information.
2. How much sleep do you get each night? Do you think this is enough? Do you feel tired in the morning?
I sleep 7 hours or less which is not good, I know. The only problem is when I get home I try to do all my homeworks at once, but also do the things I want to do, and spend time with my family and it gets really late when I go to bed. Then on the morning I need to wake up at 6:30 or 7:00 so I can get to my morning classes on time (which mostly I fail because I can't get out of bed --> probably because I'm not getting enough sleep). During my early morning classes I feel extremely tired, especially when I start with calculus (actually College Now makes me want to sleep the most). It's kind of like a car's engine. Early morning my brain doesn't want to start, but as I force it more and more on calculus, eventually it will start to work for the first-second period, but then it's too late.
3. Will you change what you do after reading about sleep and learning? Why or why not?
I will try my best to sleep at least 8 hours. Even an adult has to sleep 8 hours, not 7 or less. And I know enough sleep is just for my benefit and I need my brain to work on the early mornings too. Also if you sleep enough, you are probably healthier, or at least that's what my Mom tries to tell me so I'll listen to her and I will sleep more.
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