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One World

For Criterion A I chose the human Ingenuity essay. First we were given an inventor to research. Then we studied our inventor for a couple of days and then wrote a five paragraph essay on our inventor. We had to include the inventor and his/her major achievement/ invention. For the Human Ingenuity project I was give the Scientist Richard Feynman. There was a problem that molecules movements could not be monitored. So Feynman created the Feynman Diagram and charted molecule movements so now we know what the motion path of a regular molecule. One negative consequence was that if a unidentified molecule were to come up with a different motion path, the molecule would be unexplained and the Feynman diagram would be useless. One positive consequence is that we could make a new Feynman diagram that explains the molecules motion path. Feynman also helped in the creation of the atomic bomb. The atomic (atom) bomb helped the Americans win the war against the Chinese. One positive consequence is that it helped us win the war against the Chinese. One negative consequence is that many Chinese people died that probably had families. We used a lot of books to learn about our inventor. We also used the internet. . Communication in Science

We had to communicate in science when we did our Rock Cycle Project. We communicated by telling each other what to do to make the project better. I chose this project because I found it very fun and because it included lots of teamwork. Our group made a mountain with a running stream and a beach. We also added some moss for a grass effect. My favorite part of this project would be getting to present it to my friends in other groups. My east part of this project would have to be having to obtain all of the materials for the project. I really enjoyed this project and would highly encourage Mrs. Bratcher to keep assigning this project to future students.



Knowledge and Understanding of Science

To make sure that we can be safe in Science, Mrs. Bratcher gave us a list of safety symbols that we had to memorize. They all represented general awareness of a problem that you might encounter in Science that requires common scene. Like dealing with a cohesive chemical, never let it or its vapors get into your body or touch our skin. Another is dealing with sharp objects, always be careful dealing with these you can easily cut yourself. When we completed the test on these safety symbols Mrs. Bratcher decided that we were responsible enough to actually work with some materials we were not able to use before in our in class experiments. After we were done with the project Mrs. Bratcher gave us a demonstration of some objects that we need to know how to use in case of an emergency. She showed us safety gloves, a fire extinguisher and a fire rug. Our class was so excited to be knowledgeable enough to go on to higher level Science. I was very glad to know that our Science class, though it might not seem like it, is responsible. .

Science Inquiry

We walked into class one day and I felt like we were going to start a new project. Mrs. Bratcher then introduced a project called sublime impressionist. We were required to make a picture of the ocean with one or more key points that you really couldn't make out. I made a picture of the coastline. You could see both the ocean and the beach. The one strange part of my project is that you could hold the picture any way and it would still make sense. For the projects we used pastels to create the picture. Once we were done we used a glue stick to glue the picture on to a colored piece of paper. Then, we would sign our name on the bottom corner of the picture. I really liked this project because it was very artistic and I would like to do more projects like these.



Processing Data

In class we started learning about rocks and minerals. So, Mrs. Bratcher gave us a list of minerals to work with. I chose a mineral named Neptunite. I gave a list of information about the mineral including the shape, approximate size, color, streak color, luster and rareity. We had to make the outside of the poster colorful to get extra creativity points. We used colored pencils for the decoration of the poster and to write down the data. We also used the internet to learn about the mineral on the Catalina Island Conservancy website. We had to process the data that we learned from the website and put it on our poster. .

Attitudes in Science

In Catalina we were able to dissect a squid. We went with our group and then our group leader went and got a whole bunch of squids and put them on trays. Then we were given scissors and cut the mantle (top) of the squid open. We got to explore one of Gods ways of the human body. For a science attitude we had to be both caring and careful. We had to not cut the squid too much to the point of where we could not work with it. We had to be careful around the scissors and not cut ourselves with them. I really enjoyed our field study and would do it again if I had the chance to.