Ana O. 2 2010

Science Games Links

• http://games.nationalgeographic.com/
• www.energyhog.com/
• http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/
• http://funschool.kaboose.com/
• www.notdoppler.com/

Ana O. 1 2010

-The Red Hills-
This picture was taken in August 31,2010 in the red hills.The motor was designed mainly for flight.I really liked the picture because you can see clearly that it is mainly for flight and for being fast.You can see the smoke coming out and the fire because of its powerfull strength!
This picture also inspires me because it helps me know what I want to be when I grow up which I'm planning to be a meteorologist or a cosmeotology anyway it really helps me what I want to be in the future.

Image Retrieved from http://www.nasa.gov/

Science Games

I noticed that the Explore Gravity game had lots to do with Gravity like when you do it the Normal Mode when you compare by the big ball and the little ball,they go down equal,but when you do the feather and the ball which ever the feather takes longer to land on the ground.When you do the vacuum mode nothing changes they are both equal.The thing that I liked about it is that the old man is funnt.The coll thing about it is that they change modes.I learned how gravity is changed easily.When I played the game Bullseye I noticed that when you adjusted the force it goes really fast especially when you are putting the bow up it goes straight down.The thing that I liked is that there's like details in it.The cool thing about it is that the bow makes an angle and goes then down.I learned how when you put the bow up it goes down and when you put it straight it goes really slow.The thing that I liked the most is that you are saving trees.The cool thing about it is that you are preventing deforestation which is bad for nature because we need trees.I learned not to kill trees.

What Have I Thought About Technology

The things that I have learned about Technology?Well,I really have learned so much things in here because they really gave me some attention for me to get to learn the things for me to understand them.Even though I really struggled through many times,like the final presentation for our game,it was really hard for me and for my teammates to stand in front of the class and show what our game is about,and even though we didn't win,I am so proud for my team that no matter if we were scared,we stand ed up and did what we had to do because the best thing of presenting in front of a crowd it's not to just say what you are going to say,it's how your feelings and your heart put into it,and even though some of us were a little scared,we had putted our hearts and our effort so our game will be successful!Another thing that I struggled with,is putting our game together.I mean it was easy,but for my other teammates it was really hard for them to adapt to their new game which they chose mines because they voted on mines,but you know they took my game,and me as a captain for me I really thought that they really did their best not just because they are my team,because they followed my instructions and because they are a really good team to me!Well,not only Technology has been my favorite class,I like them all because they really gave me strength in our TAKS test every teacher inspired me that I am a great student and I can get to anywhere with the attitude that I have!I really have enjoyed every teacher some are funny and some are clumsy,no matter what emotion they have they are like the best teachers that I had in my entire life.For me this school,this is the school that I have to be in because they had showed me that I am a star student!I hope that my mom agrees on bringing me to this school because I really have enjoyed it! GO EAST SIDE TIGERS!

Cinco De Mayo

I don't really feel anything because I don't celebrate it,but I do feel that some people do feel about it,and I think that they feel like happy because they can celebrate this fun celebration with their family and have fun watching the dancers dance the "Ballet Of Folklorico."I think that my family doesn't feel nothing except my cousin and my other aunt because they celebrate everything and I think that they have fun too with it,and the way they celebrate it is that they go to a party and then see like dancers,but the thing that they like to do when it's Cinco De Mayo is to eat there!Well,sometimes when it's Cinco De Mayo they dance too with each other now that my cousins are big and mature enough to dance in front of the people.The way that I feel about the presentation yesterday is that the lady that talked had enough details to explain how Cinco De Mayo came to be a celebration for everyone especially for the Chicanos.The two ladies that spoke to the public,were really expressive and they were really funny sometimes,but anyways they did a good job explaining it,although they had trouble remembering some of the English words they did an awesome job explaining what is Cinco De Mayo.I don't really ask anything to my mom or my grandparents about Cinco De Mayo because my family that lives with me doesn't celebrate it,but I can tell you that my aunt does celebrate it with their family,but don't really ask them about that.I don't really think that any of my relatives were there at the Battle Of Puebla or La Batalla De Puebla,but if there were any of my relatives that were in the war I 'll tell him that how did it start if he had met any of the presidents like Benito Juarez and Napoleon the third,or General Ignacio Zaragoza,I would've really liked if one of my relatives were really on the war between the French and the Mexican Army.I think that the French who attacked the Mexican Army and invaded the Mexico I think it did affect to Mexico because they killed many people and no one had gotten left except the ones that got hurt,so I think that they were cruel of them for invading Mexico and the Mexican Army.Even though they didn't won the war,they still invaded Mexico which I didn't like what they did,but still only Mexico had won the war between the French.I think that they are really poor there it depends if they work or not,but having children and don't have a job is a really big situation because they need to get food and if they don't they will both die even the one with no job,so I really think that Mexico is dealing with poverty the most.That's what I think about Cinco De Mayo.

Global Warming is the increase in the average temperature of Earth's near surface air and oceans since the mid 20th century and it's projected continuation.
Global warming is caused by several causes such as pollution from factories, carbon dioxide from rotting trees, the burning of coal, natural gasses and fossil fuels lead to methane travelling into the Earth's atmosphere any transportation vehicles, water vapour, and many other little things, which contribute to make global warming even worse.Global Warming is when the Earth heats up (the temperature rises).It happens when greenhouse gases,carbon dioxide,water vapor,nitrous oxide,and methane trap heat and light from the sun in the Earth's atmosphere,which increases the temperature.This hurts to us,plants,and animals.Since they can't stand it very much they die.I think that it will affect us by the weather and the Earth's natural resources. Climate refers to the overall weather of a location over a long period of time. Climate and climate change is determined by many things including distance from the equator, closeness to an ocean or major body of water, and geographical conditions such as mountains, plains and forests.The Earth’s climate is influenced by many factors, mainly by the amount of energy coming from the sun, but also by factors such as the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and the properties of the Earth’s surface, which determine how much of this solar energy is retained or reflected back to space.I think that it will affect us by the increasing of temperature.Smog hanging over cities is the most familiar and obvious form of air pollution. But there are different kinds of pollution—some visible, some invisible—that contribute to global warming. Generally any substance that people introduce into the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment is considered air pollution.I think that Air pollution is bad for the other living things because Air Pollution is harmful to the other things because they might die like for example smog.Smog is bad for them to breathe.The most important fact about Air Pollution that causes it is man-made.It will affect us by the causing of respiratory lungs and it might even be bad for animals and plants too.They like use petroleum and burn the fossil fuels,and make buildings,and use a lot of gasoline.Ground Pollution is a type of pollution which occurs when groundwater is contaminated.Construction site work and repair maintenance have become pollution activities.It can affect the Earth by the animals because animals that live under it may die because they have putted a lot of trash in it.Water Conservation refers to reducing the usage of water and recycling of waste water for different purposes such as cleaning.The way we can conserve water is by turning the water off when brushing our teeth,when we take a bath to not waste it at least you have to be in there like for 5 minutes.There are many ways to conserve water,but I think that those are the most important facts about conserving water.I don't think that water conservation affect us because we are conserving it and that is good because we are getting to the point where we can make a diference.I think that it is good to be educated in these topics because I think that it is warning us about that we have to take care of it and if we pollute the world I think that it will vanish if we don't take care of it.The topic that I liked the most is Water Conservation because it talks about the ways that we can conserve it and how we can protect it.The things that we can make to make a difference is by not polluting it,and to not use many natural resources because some of them are water,trees,and the airm,so together we can make a difference if we save our Earth!

Flash

I think that Flash was pretty easy because it was really fun,but the hard thing was about the timeline and the properties tab.I think that was the hardest thing.The way I feel about Flash is that I think I'm learning more of it and I'm getting better to know it.I think that we all did a good job with it because we tried our best of answering Ms.Miller's questions,and that makes our minds get an idea if we have memorized the steps and what do we need to do in each kind of demo.We have learned so much of it that I think that the only thing that we have left is to get through it and finish it for once because we have other team pages to finish and we want our game to be perfect.It's also based by Flash because our game needs sound,animation,and navigation and all those different kinds of things that we can add to.We can do better if we can practice it more than usual,but since Ms.Miller has not comed to school,it's really hard for us to get into the idea on what to do next and that will make us forget what we have done.The thing that I'm real comfortable with,is the navigation because that's the easiest thing with Flash I think that if we tried to talk less,Ms.Miller would not be that mad with us,so I think that we have to act mature for our game to be spectacular!That's what I feel about Flash.