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.

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!

M - Water Cycle - Timi, Anderson & Zuhra from Kara MacDevitt on Vimeo.

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.

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. 

Current Events: Energy Drink Reflection Homework

Final Reflection:

Write a reflection about your what you learned.

1. What is your opinion about energy drinks?
I don't like them. For me they are too sweet. For years I couldn't drink it because my Mom didn't let me and when I could taste it, after that I decided by my own that I'm not going to drink these kind of things. If I want to add coffeine to my body system, then I just drink coffee. At least that is not so sweet as an energy drink, because I don't use sugar in it. 

2. What is an opposing argument than the one that you have been presented with? What would the drink makers say about this?

Some people would say that Monster Energy Drinks actually don't have that much of a coffeine, which could be true as we saw in class that a Starbuck Espresso has much more. But the drink makers want to sell a drink with the most coffeine, so they would cheate on the charts just to fool their costumers. 

3. Will you drink them? Why or why not?
I will not drink them. I never did and I never will. I find them useless and tastless. I'd rather drink coffee or tea than energy drinks. 

Piece in the Puzzle Project - Hungary

Topic: Hungary


Vocabulary:

Word	Native Language	Definition
Climate	Klima	The general weather of a country or a land.
Climate Zone	Éghajlati Zóna	A typical part on Earth which has an exact type of weather which is different from them other zones.
Landform	Domborzat	A landform is a different type of natural creation on the surface of Earth
Water Resources	Vízkészle	Water on Earth in different kinds of forms.
Natural Resources	Természeti Erőforrások	Creation of nature which can be used for industrial uses.
Natural Disasters	Természeti Katasztrófák	An event that destroys the surroundings, created by the nature.

Essential Question: 

The natural characteristics of a country can be determined by many different things. Some countries are located closer to the ocean, which gives a totally different type of weather to them. Mostly it depends which ocean is close to the country, because each has different currents that can determine the weather. Some places have huge elevations and lots of rivers, while others only have plains, deserts where there is very low rate of rain. Characteristics also can be the minerals, natural resources they have.
Our countries define us the way we are because each country has its own culture, language, and typical life style. Even inside a small country can be differences between two people, it just depends on that one person comes from the East part of the country, the other person comes from the West part. For example Hungary's west part (where I am from) is closer to Austria and those west European countries who mostly do factorial things and more modern life. In the east part of Hungary most people still working with agriculture and they are more close to Ukraine, Russia, which makes a big influence. But not only for working style, but for living style. On the west, people travel more out of the country and they have a slightly different thinking. Most of the western people are carrier orientated, while people who are from the big plains of Hungary are more friendly and family orientated. I know this because as I visited some friends on the East, they were very different from the people who live with on the west, not just that family, but the whole neighborhood. Interesting thing that the most Hungarian people I know in New York came from the East part of the country because there the economics and to live day by day is even harder then on the west. Western Hungarians have more chance to live normally with the jobs they have, because there are more chances to find a normal job. I only met two families out of twenty who came from the West just like us.
Looking away from the different parts of Hungary and separating people from each other, now it's time to look at Hungarians as a nation. And not just Hungarians, but the whole world. To answer directly to the question, each countries have different things to believe, different holidays to celebrate, etc, and these define each person differently from each other. Even though people in one country can be really different, and it depends on how each people were raised by their parents or other family members, it still does matter where you came from. A Hungarian person will not really celebrate the same things as an American does. The way how people think can be different from each other. Hungarians won't think like Russian people, and even though the history and other nations connects us with Russians, we are very-very different. - Just to give you an example. The geography part of a country may not defines us, but the culture, which belongs to each country, will define our personalities and how we are as a person. It's hard to answer to this, because it's a big questions and we can have a lot of arguments about it.

Reflection:

- What did you enjoy most about this project and why?
I enjoyed to put together a video about my country. The information I had to include, I learned all of these in 8th grade, in Geography class. Also I included a lot of personal pictures and it was great to look back at them because they brought up nice memories.
- What was most challeging for you during this project and why? 
I needed to make a short video which was hard because I could even make like a fifteen minutes video.
- What new skills did you learn from doing this project? 
I learned how to arrange nicely the information I wrote about each and also the pictures.
- Is there anything that you could have done to imporve any of your work? Explain 
I think at some points I didn't really explain things well and sometimes it felt like I left out a lot of information for those who haven't been in Hungary before. It was just a little bit difficult to look at my country as a stranger and try to explain things that I know well and I didn't find them so important. Next time I would defenitely change that.
- What would you change about this project? 
I wouldn't change anything. I think it was great the way it was. 

About Me

1. Science is a word created by clever human beings, which adds up all the beauty of life, nature, atmosphere, and galaxy, and presents us the truth through life wonders.

2. I like the wonderful galaxy and ocean life. I'm obsessed with movies, music, writing, and photographing.

3. Spiders, bugs, and tight spaces scare me.

4. Italian and Greek foods are my favorites.

5. I will be a childish, nerdy, but still responsible and hardworking adult when I grow up.

6. I have no siblings.

7. My favorite colors are any shade of blue and purple.

8. My favorite things to do are writing stories, editing videos, photographing, filming, listening to music, watching movies/tv shows, reading, drawing, walking in parks/forests, watching the ocean, going to art museums, eating, playing tennis, exploring new places and cultures, playing with video games, watching soccer.

9. Watch out for the unicorns. They are too sassy.

10. I wish that time traveling will be a real thing soon.