Reflection:
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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