Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Minerals

How to Identify Mineral



The properties I learned in this lab are to identify the minerals on its streak, luster, hardness, cleavage and fracture. We used streak to identify the minerals color, if its color or colorless by scratch it to the streak plate. We used luster to identify if the mineral is metallic or non-metallic by sticking it to a magnet. We used hardness to see if the mineral is hard or soft by scratching it to a glass plate. Last but not at least we look carefully to see if it cleavage or fracture, if the mineral break evenly its cleavage and if it break unevenly its fracture.  




                               



Reflection:


1.      What did you enjoy most about this project and why?
       I enjoy working with my partner by filming and testing the                       minerals  properties.


2.      What was challenging for you during this project and why?
Everything was going good till the lab repot came along it was the most challenging because we had to look for information and write a whole paragraph and in our own words.


3.      What new skills did you learn from doing this project?
I learned a lot about minerals and how to identify them to see in what category it comes from.


4.      Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? 
I would do the video again because we had some mistakes in some parts in the video by taking things we didn’t suppose to and by forgetting to use one of the materials which are penny and nail and magnet.



Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Tides  


Vocabulary
Tides - las mareas-
Gravity - gravedad- The magnate keep everything on earth
Lunar revolution - la revoluciĆ³n lunar- When the earth, sun and moon are in a straight line
Spring tide - pretan mare - When the water level is hight and low
Neap tide - marea muerta- When the water level is equal



Summary:
There are two types of tides caused by gravity and lunar revolution, which are spring tide and neap tideIn Spring tide the water level is highest and lowest, and in Neap tide the water level is equal. Tides are caused by gravity and lunar revolution.

Critical Thinking Question: How is the Earth affected by movement (revolution)?
Because of tides water level on earth changes every time which is caused by gravity and lunar revolution. Seasons are other major to prove that earth is affected by movement. The earth rotate on its axis causing day and night


Reflection: 
1. what did you enjoy most about this project and why?
I enjoyed recording the video because it was fun doing the movements and making funny sound with our voice to make the video more interesting

2. What was most challenging for you during this project and why?
What was challenging for me was to know what vocabulary was coming up next and some were falling down the table and we had to stop the video and start again

3. What new skills did you learn from doing this project?
What I learned were how to collaborate and communicate with others

4. Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.
I would have make the video and the crops more creative