The big debate

            Light, the biggest mystery in modern science. Apart from the debate on weather light is a wave or a particle, light has many different forms, one of them being infrared light has a 10 to the 12th power frequency. So it is not the on the weaker side of the electromagnetic spectrum. The human body can't feel infrared waves. The most common fact about infrared light is that it can "see" heat. It is used a lot after construction to look for cracks in the ceiling or the walls.

Breaking the Sound Barrier

           Is this something you would want to do, or do you think he is crazy for doing it?  Imagine what he might have been thinking.  

  The timeline on the website Redbullstratos.com shows the journey that Felix took and other data collected on the "flight". Usually, I am not that interested in thee things like space and the moon and other stuff like that, but this was more interesting to me because a man literally skydived from space. I mean how cool is that? I definitely want to do that. I honestly don't know what would be going through Felix's head during the "flight".

Have you ever heard of toxic algae?

        I was surprised too when I first heard about them too. Once I read the article though, it was fascinating. The way that the algae grows and forms as stated in the magazine C&EN. This article reads, "when lakes receive excess nitrogen and phosphorus the nutrients accumulate in the lake and as they begin to cycle between algae, water, air, and sediment." These cycles then create the "toxic algal blooms" as they are most commonly known as. It is these blooms that appear to be little green clouds in the water, particularly in lakes.



Pelley, Janet. "Taming toxic algal blooms" C&EN. Mar. 21,2016

DC, the Adventure of a Lifetime

             DC, from what I've heard is a practically magical place, where you can learn so much. I am exited about getting closer to my classmates and teachers, and possibly the chance to talk to someone about my faith. But I am kinda nervous about who I will be rooming with, but I know that that is not a really big deal. I have never been to DC before and am excited to visit a new place. It will also give me the opportunity to have fun.

Parachutes

           
    Have you ever wondered how a parachute works? Well, let me explain it for you. Air causes friction on the parachute witch slows it down to lower constant velocity. Otherwise known as terminal velocity. The parachute that we did was made of a single plastic bag that we cut in half and put string on all four of the corners. Our parachute fell with the time of 2.9 seconds and an animal with no parachute landed with the time of 1.1 seconds. So clearly, with the parachute, the object that is suspended by a parachute fell a lot more slowly than the animal wth out a parachute.

Trump and the Supreme Court

           This past Tuesday Trump filled one of the most important positions in he supreme court, the Judge. Neil Gorsuch was the man that Trump elected for supreme court nominee. I personally think that Trump made a good choice for our country. I believe so because he was a well standing judge before and will continue to be so. I understand that the decision made on Tuesday of this week is one of the most important political decisions that will be made for possibly decades to come.

the most important invention? let me think...

         So, I had to interview someone over 50 for a school assignment and I interviewed my mom. She said that the most important invention to her was the car. In my opinion, the most important invention was Wi-Fi. I think that this is her favorite invention because it changed the way she grew up and how people before her. The automobile was the most important invention to her.

the big question

             Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, the next hurdle for mankind is sending astronauts to Mars. Some of the biggest space companies in the world believe that astronauts should explore Mars as they did the moon. Buzz Aldrin once stated, “Mars is there, waiting to be explored.” Notice that he didn’t say that “mankind should move to Mars because the earth is falling apart”, he said that “Mars is there waiting to be explored.” he didn’t say who should go. That is the real question, ‘Who should go to mars’. Sending astronauts to mars could answer the ancient question, “Are there other life forms on Mars?” In all, Nasa should send astronauts to Mars because there is great potential for the scientific discovery of the ages to be encountered here.

My Space Goals

 

           This semester we are learning about 'Space Exploration' in science and we were asked to write what we are looking forward to learning. I know that I am looking forward to learning more about the Apollo program. I have seen Apollo 13 and 18 so I think ti would be cool to find what was "behind the movies" so to speak. Usually, I'm not really into this whole 'Space' thing, but so far it's been a lot more interesting than I have expected. So I'm really looking forward to the rest of this section.