Testing Minerals :)

Mineral Properties


The properties I used by doing this project it was:
Luster: Luster helps us to find out if the minerals is metallic or non-metallic. 
Streak: Show the colors of the minerals is.
Hardness: Tells us if it soft or hard the mineral. 
Cleavage: You can find the way the mineral broke, it can be Cleavage which broke in squares or fracture which broke unequally. 
Other: Tells you if the mineral if magnetic or not.
Composition: Tells what chemicals is on the mineral. 

Reflection 


What did you enjoy most about this project and why?
Wow, one thing I really enjoy about this project is doing the video ( animato), because it was fun recording  and filming my own self. :)


What was most challenging for you during this project and why?
The most challenging for me during this project it was when I supposed to figure it out the actual mineral. It was kind hard because mostly of them are non-metallic and they sometimes seems that they has the color but they don't. 


What new skills did you learn from doing this project? 
Some new skills I learned doing this project it is to describe the minerals. For example, now I can tell what kind of minerals it is just by looking it, if it is cleavage or fracture, the color it is, soft or hard.


Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.
No.

Shaking Our World Project

In this semester we learned about  Plate Tectonics. There was three types of layers which are Lithosphere Layer, Asthenosphere Layer and Mantle Layer.

Lithosphere Layer 

Brain Pop- Tsunami

By watching the video about Tsunami on Brain Pop, I learned that there is a fiction about Tsunami, because there is a fiction that people think Tsunami is a tidal waves. Tidal wave is same as big waves.  Tsunami in Japanese word which means Tsu- harbor and Nami-waves. The main reason for tsunami happen is there is a strong and large wave below ocean that brings Tsunami happen. Therefore, tsunami brings you a lot of damages and can brings also a lot of death.

Asthenosphere Layer

Prediction Map- Plate Boundaries

By making the map I learned that there is three different types of boundaries. There is Divergent Boundary which is when the plate is moving apart. One plate moves to left side and other plate moves to a right side and what effect them is the Ridge.  Convergent Boundary which is when the two plates moves to a same direction and what effect them is Mountain and Trench. Transform Boundary is when the two plates pass through each other in a slide way and what is the effect to happen is the Earthquake.

Mantle Layer

Narrative Video- Tsunami

Tsunami is a mix of Japanese words which Tsu means Harbor and Nami means Waves. The main causes that Tsunami happens mostly because there is a strong and large earthquake below the ocean. Tsunami, also can happen in faults. Fault is a large fractures in the Earth's crust. There is three different kind of faults. Normal Fault which is a fault that the hangingwall moves downwords.  Reverse fault is a fault that the hangingwall moves upwords, and strike-slip fault which is a fault that the surfaces moves horizontally (in a opposite side). Also Tsunamis can happen at a Transform Plate Boundary. Transform Plate Boundary is where plate slide past each other. Tsunami can brings you a lot of damage and can also destroys anything such as buildings and streets.

Critical Thinking Question :)

Do you agree with the theory of plate tectonics? Why or why not?

I agree with the theory of plate tectonics, because says that Earth's crust is divided up into pieces. Some evidences of this theory are earthquakes and volcanoes.The plates move a few centimeters every year.  The scientists have proved that by measured it every year. As the plates move, they create earthquakes. All earthquakes and tsunamis they also cause by the movement of tectonic plates.

Reflection *-*

1. What did you enjoy most about this project and why?

I enjoy mostly everything about this project. First of all because you was able to choose whatever you want to do in this project and I also really like my Narration Video. I really like because I was the narrative of my own video and I was able to put anything I want on it. Thanks a lot to Ms. Kara for she help me doing my video and for me ended up very good my video.

2. What was most challenging for you during this project and why?

 The most challenging for me during this project was doing the quiz when you finish your layers. It was kind of hard because you have to memorize everything for you get a good grade and editing my narrative video was a little challenging for me because it wasn't my first time that I edit a video but how I did by my ownself was a little annoying to fix all the scenes and putting them all together.

3. What new skills did you learn from doing this project?

I actually don't think I gain new skills by doing this project, but it brings me a lot of knowledges about how the world is made of.

4. Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.

Yes, doing my quiz right after I done my layers, so I will not forget what I did or what I learned!

Our Shaking World Project Video

Massive Movement Project

VOCABULARY !!!

→ Axis- (Eixo) An imaginary line that goes through the middle of Earth.
→ Orbit- (Órbita)-  The direction that the Earth follows when it is revolving around the Sun.
→ Tilt- (Incline) - Not straight. 23.5 degress.
→ Equator- (Equador) - An imaginary line that divides the Earth into half.
→ Revolution- (Revolução) When the Earth goes aoun the Sun once.
→ Polaris- (Polaris)- A north Star
→ Solstices- (Solstícios)-  is the shortest and longest day of the year.
→ Winter Solstices- (Solstícios de Inverno) First day of winter and shortest period of sunlight.
→ Summer Solstices- (Solstícios de Verão)  First day of summer and longest period of sunlight.
→ Equinox- (Equinócio)- is when it's the same amount of time (12h-12h) day and night.
→ Autumnal Equinox- (Equinócio de Outono) First day of season fall, equal day and night.
→Spring/Vernal Equinox- (Primavera / Equinócio Vernal) First day of season spring, equal day and night.



 
SUMMARY !!!

► Solstices happens twice each year, is when the Sun reaches the highest position seen from the North or South Pole. Equinox is when it's the same amount of time (12h-12h) day and night and the Sun is crossing te Equator. On Earth's orbit, there are two different solstices and equinoxes. Which are Winter Solstices, Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox and Spring/Vernal Equinox. Winter Solstices is the day that comes the winter, it occurs in December 22 and have the least amount of sunlight in the whole year around and have undirect sunlight. Summer Solstice is the season of summer, it occurs on June 21-22 and have the longest amount of sunlight and have direct sunlight. Autumnal Equinox is the day of fall and is the shortest period of sunlight at the Pole and it occurs in September 22. Spring/Vernal Equinox is a longest period of sunlight at the Pole and is equal day and equal night.



Class M - #6 - 2012 from Kara MacDevitt on Vimeo.


CRITICAL THINKING !!!
How is Earth affected by movement (revolution)?

The movements of Earth and Moon affects Earth in differents ways. For examplo the moon phases causes the water level on Earth to go up and down, which we call the tidess. As Earth revolves around the Sun, it causes seasons and tides.  The Earth revolution takes about 365 days and rotation on its axis is about 24 hours. Also because the earth is tilted, the earth gets different types of sunlight from the sun which are the indirect sunlight and direct sunlight. Days and nights are almost equal at the equator. The revolution of the earth results in changes of the seasons, different times of the year which I means in some part is night and another is day.

                                                                          AXIS

                                                                    EQUATOR

                                                                     ORBIT
REFLECTION !!!

►
1. What did you enjoy most about this project and why?
A: What did I enjoy most about this project  is when we was recording the video. It was fun! Because I was the speaker on the video.

2. What was most challenging for you during this project and why?
A: What was most challenging for me during this project it was that supposed to have 3 members in this group but it was 2 and our work was kind messed up a little in the begining but we pass through it.  Because one of my group mate was absent the whole time.
3. What new skills did you learn from doing this project?
A: What new skills did I learned from doing this project it was to speak more clear and louder on the video.

4. Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.
Yeah. I will try to don't get sick on the days that have Earth Science Class. Because, I had so much less time to finish my works.

Geologic Time ~ Triassic Period *-*

Summary

Triassic Period started at 248 - 206 million years ago and the Triassic Period is part of the Mesozoic Era. During this period the climate was generally very hot and dry. In this period the turtles, frogs, salamanders and snakes was the first animals appear in the Triassic Period. The Triassic Period ends  up with a minor extinction, 213 million years ago. Which means some of the animals families died, with this has allowed  dinosaurs to expand.




Project Reflection 


1) What did you enjoy the most about this project?


Two things that I most enjoyed about this project it was that we could choose what you want to work on, Glog or Video and who you want to work with. In my case I choose to work alone and do the Glog  but I enjoy a lot learning about Triassic Period. I really matched with that period because the climate was really hot and I love when the weather is hot! 


2) What was the most challenging about this project? Why? 


The most challenging about this project it was when I had to find out the right information about the Rock Record and Life on Earth. Because mostly all the time I used to took the wrong information thinking about that it was the right one and then I figure it out that was the wrong one and I had to go back and forward on it. 


3) What you change about this project and why? 


One only thing I would change about this project is the references. Copying and pasting all the links was kind of annoying.  But in the end for me, it helped me a lot because sometimes I kind of forget some of the websites that I was using before so with the references helped me find the answers that I wanted. 


4) What are 3 things that you learned from this project? 


 I learned that the fossils in the bottom are the oldest ones and the top is the youngest ones, I learned that the turtles was one of the first animals to appear in the Triassic Period and Triassic Period ends  up with a minor extinction 213 mya.

The Stars - Blog Entry

What is Stars?

        Stars are a huge balls of hot gas and some of them are very shine and some of them are very dim. Stars can't live with out gases. They also have differents colors and sizes.
        Actually the stars you see at night looks like they are very small but apparently they are even bigger and brither than the Sun. Stars also can be classified in differents categories, which are colors, sizes, ages, luminosity, temperatures and spectral class.

Types of Stars   

      There are four types of stars. Which are Super Giant, Giants, White Dwarf & Main Sequence. Supergiant stars are in a huge middle age stars that could have any temperature, color, brightness and spectral class. Giant stars are in middle age and they are large and shine. White Dwarf they are white old and small stars. They have very law temperature and mostly they are hot stars and dim stars. Main Sequence are young medium stars that have middle age and they can be any colors, sizes, ages, luminosity, temperatures and spectral class. They also are bright and dim stars.

                                
  
 H-R Diagram
   

         H-R Diagram which stands for Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram. H-R Diagram is a graphical tool that use to classify stars by their luminosity, spectral type, color, temperature and their stages. 

         
              
    
    In this diagram also shows the stars names, their sizes, their relationships and the differences between them. With all those informations you can find their spectral class.


Nuclear Fusion

        Nuclear Fusion is when two hydrogen molecules gets together and makes one helium molecule. This is a process that which the stars make their energies and their heat.





The Life Cycle of a Star

 First of all, all the stars are born in a giant clounds od dust and gas called Stellar Nebula. There are three differents types of stars, which are Sun-like Stars, Huge Stars and Giant Stars.
   Sun-like stars, begin with Stellar Nebula and then goes through Red Giants, Planetary Nebula, White Dwarf, and Black Dwarf. Huge stars, starts with Stellar Nebula too and then become a Red Giant star, and after that explodes into Supernova and then become a Neutron Star. Giant Stars also starts with Nebula Stellar, then goes through Red Super Giant,  after that exploudes in to Supernova and finally become a Black Dwarf.

Venus

Planet Order: 2 from the Sun.
Distance From the Sun: 108.2 millions km.
Mass: 4.869x1024 kg.
Diameter: 12.104 km.
Rotation: 243 days.          
Revolution: 224.7 days.
# of Moons: 0

Inner Terrestrial

Planet Description:

• Venus's surface is hidden by thick clouds of sulfuric acid.
• Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System. Because Venus has an extremely thick atmosphore, which consists mainly of carbon dioxide and some nitrogen.
• Made up of an aron core surrounded by rock.

2 Intersting Facts:

• Venus and Mercury are the only the only one two planets in the Solar System that dont have Moon.
• Venus is the only planet in the Solar System to turn in clockwise.