Reflection

1-    What did you enjoy the most about this project and?

Honestly, I enjoyed every single part of this project. It was just awesome to learn about mysteries of life.

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

The most challenging thing for me in this project was the Ring Of Fire LAB because it was kind of frustrating; I had to be really really carefully with plotting the points.

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

From doing this project I learned how to use animoto, which was a great and easy website to use.

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

I think I could have done better on the video, take advantage of the free time I’ve had and include a lot more clear details.

5-    What would you change about this project?

I would change nothing about this project, every activity was perfectly clear, and we had more than enough time to get all the work done on time. And I think this was the best way to learn more on our own.  

Mysteries of life

            Plate tectonics is the theory that attempts to explain the movement of Earth’s Lithosphere. In 1912, the theory of continental drift by Alfred Wegener was that the continents were all one big continent called Pangaea and among time they moved slowly to separate. Things like volcanoes, Earthquakes, mountains, and trenches are all results of movement along plate boundaries. There are three types of boundaries, divergent boundary, in which plates move apart and creates a new crust (magma from mantle), the convergent boundaries are where plates   move toward each other/ sometimes one plate goes under another, and transform boundaries are where plates slide horizontally and causes friction. Each boundary creates something. Each type of boundary causes a natural disaster. Convergent boundary creates mountain, an example is the Himalayan Mountains. Divergent boundary creates volcanoes, and transform boundary creates earthquakes; if it’s under the ocean it creates tsunami. I definitely agree with the theory of plate tectonics. As we know, every scientific theory has evidences.

       First evidence is that if you look at the world map and move the east coast of South America and the West coast of Africa together, they fit like puzzle pieces.

       Second evidence is the Fossil similarities. Fossils of the same species of plants and animals were found in different parts of the world, specifically South America, Africa and India.

      Third evidence is the sea floor spreading; the ocean floors are spreading away from mid-oceanic ridges, indicating that the ocean floor is moving.

I think that all these natural disasters are result of the mechanisms happening among plates. And all these are what make our nature a mystery!

Plate Tectonics

Mariama Balde - Plate Tectonics from Kara MacDevitt on Vimeo.

Eclipse

Seasons

   

Words	Native language	Definition
Revolution	Revolution	Revolution is the movement of the sun around the earth.
Revolution length	Longueur de revolution	Revolution length is the time it takes for the earth to move around the sun.
Orbit	Orbite	Move around in a circle
Ellipse	Ellipse	A closed, symmetric curve shaped like an oval.
Axis tilt		Axis Tilt is when a planet rotates around an axis that is tilted.
Direct sunlight	Lumiere directe	Direct sunlight is when the sun’s rays hit the Earth directly.
Indirect sunlight	Lumiere indirecte	Indirect sunlight is when the sun’s rays hit the Earth at an extreme angle
Hemisphere	hemisphere	Half of a sphere
Equator	Equateur	The circle that divides the earth’s surface into two equal halves.

 Summary

           As we know, a season is one of the four main periods in a year which are fall, winter, spring and summer. The seasons are caused by the revolution of earth around the sun and the tilt of earth’s axis. Revolution is the movement of the earth around the sun and axis tilt is when the earth rotates around an axis that is tilted. The shape of the earth’s orbit is an ellipse, which means oval. So, when we talk about seasons, we talk about direct and indirect sunlight. Direct sunlight is when the sun’s rays hit the earth directly (at an extreme angle). In this case it’s summer. Indirect sunlight is when the sun’s rays hit the earth at an angle (directly) and this is winter. The Northern hemisphere and the Southern hemisphere, the line that divides the earth is called equator. It’s always summer in the equator because it always receives direct sunlight. During spring and fall, the northern hemisphere and Southern hemisphere receive the same amount of light. Earth’s revolution and rotation are what cause our beautiful seasons.

Critical thinking questions

The moon’s movement affects Earth in many ways such as tides, day and night light levels as it orbits the planet. As Earth rotates, its axis tilts about 23.5 degrees, which causes the season. It is really important for us that earth revolves around the sun because it causes seasons and day and night!

Reflection

What did you enjoy most about this project and why?
 I enjoyed recording the video and my own voice.

-What was most challenging for you during this project and why?
The most challenging part for me was creating a poem about seasons because I am not really good at creative writing.

- What new skills did you learn from doing this project?
Some new skills I learned are recording a video, writing a storyboard and a quiz.

 -Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.
If there was one thing to change is to re-write my quiz because I would like it to be more challenging and a little tricky.

About Me

Science is awesome.
I like History and Science.
Diseases scare me.
Chocolate is my favorite food.
I will be a business woman when I grow up.
I have three siblings.
My favorite color is red.
My favorite hobbies are to watch movies.
Watch out for everything in your life.
I wish I could freeze time, go back in time and see the future.
I wish I could fly.

“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” ― Mahatma Gandhi.. So please friends don't be lazy, try not to depend on your parents all the time! There are people out there who do not have all you have right now. We are not babies anymore. Get up with the sun, come to school, do well, accomplish your goals and build your own future!