Car-Sized Turtle

Giant turtle was found in Columbia. This giant turtle was the size of a small car. In fact, the turtle head was the size of a football. This giant turtle lived 60 million years ago in South America. it was discovered in 2005. The turtle was found in a coal mine. Thus, the turtle was named Carbonemys cofrinii. This is it's name because it means coal turtle. the turtle belonged to a group called pelomedusoides. The turtle's skull was the most complete of the fossils that remained.

Laser Pointers

Getting information fast can be very hard. That's why the laser pointers were made. The lasers can transmit information faster than USB's and doesn't disturb any frequencies. It is also not very expensive. In fact it is very cheap. The price is only 600$. Every second 500 million " two-laser rig can beam a billion bits per second across roughly 30 feet". Also, there is only a one billionth chance of a failure. The speed of the laser goes twice as fast as the regular internet. The information goes node to node so it travels really fast

The Pink Slime

The pink slime is a disgusting species that has been growing on beef. It has been preferred to be called "Lean finely textured beef". The pink slime grossed out the consumer and they did not want to buy the product. The consumption of the had gone down to the filthy slime. This had all started in North Dakota . The pink slimehad started to appear around this month. The disgusting, slimy, sticky, somehow is healthier than the regular beef usually eaten by the consumers.

I think that the pink slime is very gross. Even though I do not usually eat meat, I still find it very disgusting. The slime would also creep others out. I, not having to worry about this problem would not mind the beef but many of my friends eat this stuff and would complain all the time. It is just cause (the strange weird beef) and

effect( my friends complaining) that makes me feel bad about this.

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Chemical and Physical Changes

Chemical and physical changes occur in many ways. A few examples of chemical changes are burning and rusting. A few physical changes include breaking an object into smaller pieces. Another example of a physical change is melting. An object melts when too much energy is placed into a single object. These are just a few examples of a chemical or a physical change, but there are many ways to change an object. If you remove energy the object will freeze in position. If it is added the object may melt. These changes occur at exactly 0 degrees Celsius.

Chemical changes can occur in many ways. I my science class I had done many physical and chemical changes. For example, I put a marshmallow over a fire and roasted it. But a physical change can also be done with a marshmallow. I ripped a smaller marshmallow in half and tried both halves. The marshmallow was sweet and had a different texture but was very soft and easy to crush. These are examples of both physical and chemical changes.

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But marshmallows are not the only thing that can be burned. In class we burned another substance a little more common than marshmallows. In a test tube was placed two suger cubes. The test tube was placed over a Bunsen Burner until the sugar burned. Since only water can evaporate, the sugar lost all its water molecules turning the sugar into a new substance. This new substance is known as carbon.

There are many other changes I performed in my class as these are just a few of them. In class I also did an experiment where I used a gas to take out a candle. As the gas neared the fire it lost all of its oxygen because fire needs oxygen to survive. The fire went out as soon as the gas came close. The new gas vaporized into the air. All the oxygen was gone and the only substance left in the air was CO2 which caused the fire to blow out.                                       

This gas is the gas that had been used to take out a candle flame.

Everyone is yelling. The ground is shaking but you think it is just your mind. The horrific news finally is broken to you when you hear the word “earthquake”. Panic runs through your mind. Your first instinct is to run. But where do you run? Everywhere you go the earth is shaking, booming with rocks falling from buildings. Then, suddenly it is all over, as quickly as it started. These spine-chilling events are nothing compared to the disasters that had occurred in Japan, Haiti, and the most devastating of all, the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami.  Over the last decade, more than 50,000 died of earthquakes. The devastation of the Japan, Indonesian and Haiti earthquake shocked the entire world.

The earthquake in Japan had killed many people. The earthquake and tsunami was powerful enough to kill thousands. This 9.0 magnitude earthquake had not just killed with the force of water or the pounding of rock, but also with the explosion of three nuclear reactors. The three nuclear reactors had exploded when the workers had carelessly not informed the emergency workers. The emergency had never started causing a meltdown. If the emergency had gone off the reactors would have been flushed giving workers time to leave.

The earthquake in japan was not the only powerful earthquake. The Haiti earthquake was also a devastating natural disaster. The shift was so powerful it shifted the north American tectonic plate. The tragedy occurred in the day after Christmas. As most citizens were sitting at the beach, the tsunami rushed at the shore that went the speed of a jet . More than 150,000 houses had been destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami. That means that at least 150,000 people had died on the disaster of a day.

The worst natural disaster took place in Indonesia. This earthquake killed the most than the other two earthquakes. The tsunami was strong enough to reach the shores of Africa. It was strong enough to kill people all the way in Kenya. This natural disaster killed more than 300,000 people. The cost it took to help Indonesia was about 13.6 billion dollars. These waves were on of the strongest waves that were ever recorded.

These different natural disasters scared the world when they had occured. Many had feared that the same bad fortune would be placed upon them. The natural disasters of Indonesia, Haiti and Japan astonished the world. The earthquake of Japan was one of the strongest earthquakes in history. The country of Haiti was devestated on the day after Christmas. But death was not the only thing that needed to be accounted for. The Indonesian earthquake had costed about 13.6 billion dollars. The result of earthquakes in these several places shocked the entire world.

Seperating a Mixture

1.The first step in seperating our mixture was to remove the toothpicks from the top of the liquid.

2.The next step is to empty the water into the graduated beaker using the funnel.

3.The next thing to do is to plug in the heater. Using tongs, lift your beaker and place it on the heater.

4. As the water is heating, empty the contents of the cup into a tray. Next, using the magnet and filter paper lift the iron off the mixture. Hold the magnet above the paper and slide it over the mixture. Slide the magnet from over the paper.

5. Remove the clear rock from the mixture.

6. Next take the smaller rocks and set them to the side.

7. If the water is finished boiling turn off the heater and use the tongs to remove the beaker. Inside is another ingredient which is classified as salt.

Phineas and Ferb extra credit

One show that involves a science activity is Phineas and Ferb. In Phineas and Ferb the two boys create amazing adventures in their backyard. Their creations always start with this sentence, “Ferb I know what we are gonna do today” (quoted from an episode of Phineas and Ferb created by Disney Channel). In one episode, the two boys create a teleporter! If one item passes through a teleporter the item is transferred through the other teleporter. In another, these two masterminds create a roller coaster. These ingenious people also made a device that allows you to pass through walls. This idea was only imaginable until it was created in their dimension.

            One specific creation they had made was the ice cream maker. To make this super advanced machine the boys probably required many chemicals to create ice cream. This machine may have also needed many tools. The tools were probably simple tools. Another way that this was connected to science is by genetics. These boys had to have had some genes that made them super smart!

            This is one of my favorite shows. This cool TV show is also connected to science. There are a few reasons listed above but there are still a lot more different creations in the world of Phineas and Ferb.