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This week we started our landscape writing drafts we used the writing style of John Steinbeck when he described the setting on the first page of, "Of Mice and Men." We started learning more about printing on metal and even saw some examples in person at a local gallery where they had amazing photos printed big on metal. Humanities: This is my first draft of my landscape writing piece. A few miles South of Torrey Pines, Windansea beach drops in close to downtown La Jolla and stretches for a mile. The water is cold yet refreshing, especially in the summer when the temperature of the air is hot and the sun is up for the whole day. The beach is lined with small cliffs and large rocks, but on the shoreline the water breaks ferociously on the white sand. Ice plants line the cliffs new growth over dead and purple flowers arise from the otherwise green plants; the rocks on the shoreline wear smooth from constant crashing waves. Small sand crabs burrow in the wet sand to hide from the waves and predators. Many seagulls fly in the air searching for an opportunity to swoop down to have a meal. Rarely a will pass by the horizon line, the mighty animal flies close over the ocean looking through the clear blue water for a snack. On an overcast day, the water looks green and clear because it is not reflecting the blue skies that are usually over the ocean. In the early morning when there is no wind the water becomes glass. The surfers go out and the wind comes and ruins the tranquility of the water. When the sun finally comes out the people start to gather on the white sand. The tide rises and chases people from the sand. The people start to leave.The sun dips below the horizon, the sky darkens to shades of orange and pink. The ocean begins to calm itself again, The people go to sleep, the animals go to sleep and the ocean goes back to tranquility. Chemistry: Light By Pablo Robin When a photon is absorbed by an atom it makes the electron have a higher energy level. Since the atom has the higher energy level it is more excited and it starts to get attracted to the nuclei, When an electron loses energy photons are emitted from the atom. Photons are waves of light. When elements are put in fire they can change the color of fire. In class we did an experiment when Andrew burnt elements in a flame. When he turned the flame was blue. When he put boron on the flame it turned green. When he put potassium on the fire it turned a purple/pink color. Then he burnt lithium and copper at the same time mixing an element that burnt red and an element the burnt blue which made a rainbow of colors come out. The rainbow was my favorite part seeing that was really cool taught me a lot and was beautiful all at the same time. I want to for an independent experiment, experiment with different elements in fire. I want to see how it would look to mix a bunch of elements and put it under flame like mixing boron and potassium to get colors like green and pink to come out on the same burn. The way we can tell the different elements is by exciting their electrons by putting them in fire, once we do that the electrons lose energy levels making them emit photons of different colors.
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This week in class we started the Land scape part of the project. My friends and I planned a field trip to 3 sisters falls to get shots hopefully it will happen next week. We also learned that the shutter speed is the main thing in land scape photography. Humanities: https://docs.google.com/document/d/177pqdHgOEOWxb1fjEer1XxyorlfVU92-2loQN5ldR9o/edit Chemistry: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ig9wECzLMJsho4jjQVynWopGquDCbcBYbvAcHaR-h-g/edit My project is about melting aluminum and pouring it into a mold and creating my own ring. I wanted to do this because I want to have something that I made to wear so I can be reminded of my experience and what I learned. Reflection:
This week I learned a lot, I learned about natural landscapes in California, California history, and how to make hydrogen. I also developed another photo with the silver emulsion. I really liked learning about the Salton Sea. It really got me more interested in the water crisis of California. Humanities: Salton Sea: What Happened: In the early 1900s a bunch of water from the california river flooded an empty lake bed and it became the salton sea. People thought it was going to just dry up right away. It didn't because of all of the farmers water flowing back into it. With that water came pesticides. The pesticides filled the bottom of the salton sea with toxic chemicals. As Southern California grew the amount of water going into the Salton Sea depleted. Because of the Parker Dam which limits the water that flows to the salton sea and instead gives water to cities like Los Angeles and San Diego When the wind blew the toxic chemicals from the bottom of the Salton sea got in the air. Did we need to do it: We do not need the Parker Dam. The cities it supplies with water should have never grown to the size they are today. San Diego is basically a desert next to the ocean. All the green grass comes from the water we are supplied from the Parker Dam. Without the Parker Dam we would have a little less water but the Salton Sea would not have the problems it has today. The water would flow into the Salton Sea and proceed to flow into the Sea of Cortez. What is the water rights impact: Due to there being no outflow the Salton Sea is getting a higher and higher amount of Salinity. Which means that a lot of fish are dying because the salt levels are too high in the water. What is the environmental impact: Since there is not an outflow in the Salton Sea it is getting lower and lower. Fish are dying and people are dying. The pesticides that the farms use are flowing into the salton sea and as the Salton Sea lowers and the harsh winds blow those chemicals are being blown into the air and going into the people's lungs. Hetch Hetchy: Should we have dammed the Tuolumne River at Hetch Hetchy? At that time San Francisco was in peril the great earthquake hit and absolutely destroyed the city that shouldn't have even been there in the first place. They were in a hurry to rebuild and I think they didn't do a good job looking for a water source. They could have found another site down river or at another spot in central California. Was California meant to support this many people? I think it was made to support this many people however the places where all the people are like San Francisco should not be there. San Francisco was essentially built on top of a rock. You can tell this by all of the hills in the city and how small packed it is. If the people were to disperse into the central valley there would definitely be enough space for them. Are our landscapes worth saving? Why? Our landscapes need to be saved or else we would all be dead. If you've ever read the Lorax you would know why this is very important. Our landscapes are what makes our world beautiful. I'm not saying we should not get rid of everything but we should learn to give back as much as we take from the land. How should water be managed in California? By taking people out of California we use less water. Which means more water for everyone. Chemistry: Hydrogen Lab By Pablo Robin I walked into Andrew's class and I noticed some new tools on the table. There was a flask on the table that had a long skinny neck and a fat circular bottom. The circular part was filled with water. I also saw a piece of thin metal. That metal ended up being magnesium the whole time. I then saw a bag of citric acid on Andrew's desk that was not there before. He came around pouring the citric acid into everyone's flask. He also gave us an uninflated balloon. Andrew gave us directions to mix the citric acid in the water and make it dissolve. After we did that we put the magnesium in the flask. Very quickly it started to bubble. It was creating hydrogen. I put a balloon on top of the flask and it started to fill with the hydrogen. I took off the filled balloon and tied it. I looked around the room and everybody else's balloon was floating and their balloons were more filled than mine. My balloon kept falling, I cut off the end of the balloon which is the heaviest part. Sure enough it floated, I had to hold onto it so it didn't float away. Andrew said turn off the lights, the lights went off and Andrew lit a candle. He grabbed the a balloon and attached it to a stick. He put the balloon on the fire and BOOM. The balloon exploded. Everybody took out their phones to video it. I was able to get it on video so now I can inspect it frame by frame. |
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