Science, january 17, 2012

I think that the reaction between the baking soda and vinegar is caused by the reaction between the carbon in vinegar and the sodium in baking soda.


I observed that the CO2 stayed in the cup when they poured in on the candle. I also observed that the excess baking soda/vinegar solution stayed on the bottom of the cup.

Why did the carbon dioxide stay in the cup when cooper poured it in? What is the melting point of pure sodium?


things I didn't know:
-80% of the air is nitrogen
-pure sodium explodes in water
-rubidium explodes in water
-potassium explodes in water
-electrons "don't exist"
-anything with only one electron reacts with water

Myth busters, january 14, 2012.

The myth we watched today was if CDs would shatter if they spun too fast. The myth was busted because CDs are strong enough to resist household CD drives and would have to go over fifty thousand rpm to shatter. I think that I would have tested the phone-gas station explosion myth with more variables. I think that they should test if you can melt anything.

Google time minecraft project, november 30, 2012

Today for google time I made a monitor and one program for it and also started working on a disk drive:

Odyssey of the mind reflection, november 28, 2012

What I accomplished today:

-Made a skit about the Newton's Second Law involving all of our partners

Self rating: 4/5

I think that we did very well and stayed on task and accomplished our goals.

Barriers: 

-Slightly distracted

Odyssey Of The Mind project plan

story: two towns; girl town and boy town. one person from each town (frances and greyson) get lost in the woods and meet eachother. they think each other are weird while their trying to find their home and eventually make it back to their own towns and are accepted again. After they make it back to their own towns they decide that they don't like anymore and they make a new one called anyone town and eventually everyone decides to move there. THE END!

Myth busters Ep. 2, november 5, 2012

1. What myths were presented in the video?
 The myths presented were the fireball-stungun myth and the sky-rocket chair myth.2. What do the words busted, plausible and confirmed mean?
busted means not possible, plausible means possible, and confirmed means it works.
3. Which myths were busted, which were not?
Fireball stun-gun is plausible, sky-rocket chair is busted.
4. What would you have done differently in any of the experiments.
I would have used more powerful rockets in the sky-rocket chair myth
5. What myth would you like them to bust?
The myth that if you load a gun, you can catch on fire from gun-powder particles in the air.

Myth Busters Ep. 1, November 5, 2012

The myth's presented were the Archimedes Mirror myth and the car punch myth.
The word plausible means possible, the word busted means not possible, and the word confirmed means that it will work.
Both of the myths were busted.
If i were testing those myths I would have got more people to aim mirrors and on the other one I would have used a piston to punch the car.
I would want them to test if you can actually hit two birds with one stone.