Cycle 2 Week 10 Comments

Comments to:
Natalie-Awesome job Natalie.
Davaun- Great post, and really coll sundial picture.

Cycle2 Week 10

Question: What causes high & low tides?

Answer: The moon is what creates the tides. But, they aren't both necessarily influenced by the moon in the same manner. Because high tides are caused by the moon's gravitational force, it pulls on the water in the oceans so that there are bulges in the ocean on both sides of the planet. The moon pulls water toward it, and this causes the high tides. Low tides are caused by the sides of the earth that aren't being pulled by the moons gravitational pull.

Picture URL:http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSci102/NatSci102/movies/tides2.gif

Sundails

Cycle 2 Week 9

This week our class learned about sundials and the earth and its rotation. I also found out what the sun dials purpose is, it is used to tell what time it is and where the the sun is beaming down from. The way it works is that the sun shines on one spot of the dial and the other side of the dial creates a shadow in which it tells the location of the sun. I also learned in class that when the earth rotates around the sun it creates shadows which move. And what helps it work is the sun and its rotation around the earth.

Comments:
Taylor-very insightful
Neejai-Great job. :)

Comments

Comments to:
Anthony-I think that you stated the fact's clearly, but, I do believe you were to answer all part's of the prompt and include a more detailed description.
Tykeema-That's a great response Tykeema.

Cycle 2 Week 8

In the five months of blogging for science class, I have noticed a few changes in my academics. For one it has improved my writing and researching skills. Because before I would find it next to impossible to add any evidence to any of my writing, but since I am now capable of finding good research I add more evidence. But unfortunately i didn't develop this skill after one blog, though it might have been awesome if I would have, but when I did develop that skill it helped me on the NJ ASK by being able to back up my answer's. Also in some earlier blogs I do believe that I could have done much better on them by adding details and insight. But if I would have had those skills then maybe I would have done better on the old blogs.

Comments

Comments to:
Emran-Your post was interesting, but your supposed to answer all parts of the question, also it might have been wiser to take your time and try to add some more evidence to back your response up.
Neejai-Nice work but you could give some more details about the oil spill.