Bacteria Playing A Bigger Role In Fossils

-"Paleontologists were stunned when fossils appearing to belong to the soft-tissued embryos of marine creatures were unearthed in Chinese sediments a decade ago," says Science News.
-Tests are pointing to a process of three stages, two of which directly involve bacteria common in marine sediments, can reproduce the same fossilization effect in modern embryos.
-"First, the fragile embryonic tissues must end up in an oxygen-poor environment that shuts down autolysis, the enzyme-driven process that, in essence, digests the cell from the inside out," says Science News again.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/38870/title/Bacteria_may_play_big_role_in_forming_fossils

Fiddler Crabs

-Male Fiddler crabs are considered "liars as their big claws make them look bigger than they appear or seem, because they are actually pretty weak.
-They do this so they look like competition for other male crabs.
-They are just two centimeters across so can the "big" claws really hurt that bad maybe for another crab but not really so much for anything else.




http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/mrri/acechar/specgal/image/photos/fiddler.jpg


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111203501.htm

Fiddler Crabs

Food Webs

-In science class, we are learning about food webs. Food webs are the order in which an animal eats a different type of species, from smaller to larger, or whoever has more power to kill their prey. To the left is an example of a food web ranging from, plants to owls. The most energy is absorbed by the plants or producers, which gets passed on from species to species and the consumer at the top of the food web receives the least amount of energy from the lower level species at the food web.

Video Gamer In Space

http://http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/12/game-designer-richard-garriott-blasts-into-space-on-a-private-rocket/">

-Richard Garriott is the first video game designer in space.
-He was launched into space on October 11.
-He is giving good publicity for NCSoft the video game company he is designing for but is paying 30 million dollars out of his own pocket for his trip.
-He's the son of a NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, he’s the first second generation astronaut.
-He prepared for this "vacation" in Russia's space station,Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

Math Blog

This year has been very informative and we learned new things such as proportions, fractions(add,subtract,multiply,divide), etc. One day if I become a banker I will remember Mr.Boehm hopefully to thank him for teaching me the basics of interest and fractions.
We learned how to figure out I=PTR which means interest is equal to principal amount x time x ratio which is percent. In life you could use this if you are buying a car our any household appliances(electricity)
Or probabilities if I want to bet on a horse or the lottery. Or fractions when cooking or percentages when writing out checks and taxes.
We also learned how to add and subtract decimals. That will help us when we buy from a store, which also includes needing to know percentages so we know how much tax we will need to pay.
This year I have learned many things, but next year I’m hoping that I will be able to comprehend better and also learn new things.

If you write a blog that is at least two paragraphs about the achievements in science that have occurred in your region you can earn up to 15 extra credit points. DUE JUNE 17th. Please let me know when you have completed it.
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Some new science and acheivements that are going on in my region are, new cars, new technology and others. Lets me tell you aboout some of them.
First, they have come out with a new m odel of the Lambougini. It is faster and has more "buttons" aka controls than the older Lambourgini. Secondly, German_Russian PET bottle recycling company has started in Russia. "We are recycling dirty PET bottles from the trash dumps into clean PET flakes." "We would like to offer you newest PET recycling technology from Italy." Lastly,Online advertising is changing the mix of media choices in campaigns across Europe. Since 2000 the web has become established as a mainstream consumer media channel in most European countries. Across the continent, marketing budgets are now starting to follow the migration of the audience’s eyeballs and people’s focus. They are yet to reflect the full truths emerging in media consumption within the digital networked society, but they do reveal a clear picture of the scale of change that has started in where the advertising industry places its focus. The pace of digital development and the balance of digital in the mix continue to vary greatly between countries, and this paper records a snapshot of where the markets were in 2005.What emerges is a shift in marketing spend on a scale previously unseen, and the certainty that growth will continue at rates never witnessed among traditional channels.
Now that Europe has better technology they should have changed by now, and that is recent technology in my region.

Water Project

-In the water society, there is resevoirs, oceans, factories, and the local waters.
-We also had clouds that if we ran into them, we put a sppon?cup full of water into their cups which showed when it was full it would rain.
-And when we added more resevoirs to our society the water was died blue for pollution because the more people the more pollution.
-When the resivoirs overflowed what do you do, what happens if a real resivoir overflows....

Science Kites Project

Kites:
-Kites fly because of the wind coming from the sea breeze.
-New Jersey gets sea breeze because of the Atlantic Ocean.
-Jet Streams may not play as big of a role to help fly kites but they do help contribute to flying them.
-If you create a circular kite it isn't as likely to fly as one with edges, for instance a diamond or square.

My kite was a circular kite but I messed around with it, so i folded it in a tunnel shape and then connected it with a string which made it fly.

MATH BLOG #2

#6 Duke Devils vs. #1 Norh Carolina Tar Heels NCAAM baskeball

-The Carolina Tarheels were the favorite team in the game but the tar heels won.
-They were favored 76% to the Devils 24% chance of a victory.
-That 76% chance doesn't mean that the Devils will lose but they did anyway, but anything could happen on any given day.
-Tyler Hansbrough an outstanding player who had 15 rebounds.
-Then, Danny Green scored a total of 18 points.


http://nbcsports.msnbc.com

MATH EXTRA CREDIT #1

NASDAQ and DJIA go down in percentage but 10yr Note is the only stock to raise in percentage.
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11,893.69 -146.70 (-1.22%)
that is how much that DJIA's stocks went down. those are some pretty big numbers if you ask me.
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2,212.49 -8.01 (-0.36%)
NASDAQ's stocks weren't as low but they still dropped.
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99.75 +0.4688 (+0.47%)
Ten-Year U.S. Treasury Note is the only stock that raised in percentage in this 24 hour period.
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http://money.aol/news.com

Snow, Thunderstorms Black Out Thousands

We all know that rain, snow and lightning can be dangerous because of this it blacked out thousands.
-This horrible event took place in Birmingham, Alabama.
-heavy snow across the Great Lakes region Tuesday and fired up thunderstorms that knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses in the Southeast.
-At least two deaths were blamed on the stormy weather.
-Fallen trees on roads slowed cars and several traffic accidents brought morning rush hour traffic to a standstill in Birmingham.
-A falling tree struck a mobile home and killed a 71-year-old woman
-About 42,000 homes and business lost electrical service across central Alabama early Tuesday. About 93,000 more were blacked out in northern Georgia.
-Snow fell from Illinois to New England, with more than 6 inches on the ground by late morning in northern Indiana and Ohio.
-Several accidents shut down a stretch of slippery Interstate 75 in northern Ohio, and one man died in a wreck on a snow-covered Ohio highway

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/snow-thunderstorms-black-out-thousands

Theodore Roosevelt declares The Grand Canyon A Nation Monument

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

-In 1869, geologist John Wesley Powell led a group of 10 men in the first journey down the Colorado River and along the length of the 277-mile gorge in four rowboats.

-After establishing the National Wildlife Refuge to protect the country's animals, fish and birds, Roosevelt turned his attention to federal regulation of public lands.

-Though a region could be given national park status-indicating that all private development on that land was "illegal"-only by an act of Congress, Roosevelt cut down on red tape by beginning a new presidential practice of granting a similar "national monument" designation to some of the West's greatest treasures.

-In January 1908, Roosevelt exercised this right to make more than 800,000 acres of the Grand Canyon area into a national monument

-"Let this great wonder of nature remain as it now is," he declared. "You cannot improve on it. But what you can do is keep it for your children, your children’s children, and all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see."-------as Theodore said.