Advisory Banner
In Advisory we did a banner that had to do with a core value which was curiosity. The class represented this core value on our banner we all created a tinny banner with our names with a decoration and wrote curiosity on the banner. We all first decided on a core value we wanted our banner to be about then our advisory teacher Ms.Binns got us supplies to decorate our banner such as markers, fabric etc. Then we all had a small piece of fabric and we decorated it our own way and put our name on it, then our teacher Ms.Binns let our art dry and then pinned it to the big fabric where everyone’s art was. The whole advisory collaborated we all discussed about what our core value should be for our banner then we gave each other ideas for what type of decorations should be on the banner.
Human Computer
Computers and humans are similar even though it doesn’t look or sound like it, But if you think about it, Us human have a lot of similarity’s with computers. Not physically or mentally of course, We have differences too. Like we have emotions and feelings and we control ourselves on the other hand we have to control the computers and make it do what we want it to do. As you can see my drawing above I drew some human parts and next by it are the computer part and then it say’s what makes them similar. A couple that I drew is the brain which is similar to the computers CPU and a human skeleton and the computers motherboard. The brain and the CPU are both similar because they both mostly controls everything. And the human skeleton holds your body together just like the motherboard and is also the main structure. The part of the computer I think I probably use the most would probably be the hand aka the mouse because without it I wouldn’t be able to make the computer go anywhere or do what I want it to do. Also the keyboard cause how will I type something to search something up on the computer. I think that us humans will be using more electrons in the future cause each time people are inventing cool Advance and helpful electronics theses days. And each generation we are using more electronics like now a days a lot of schools have access to computers for teachers to teach easier and kids to learn better.
Computer Science To Me
Today’s lesson in Foundations class was about computer science, We were learning about what computer science is and it’s careers. A couple things i’ve learned today in class about computer science was that computer science is posing a problem in ways that a computer can help us solve it. Also computer science is designing computing devices and programming them. I also learned skills that require for computer science there are curiosity, imagination, being flexible, creative thinking, work ethic, communication skills and being able to give and receive feedback.
In foundations class our teacher also made the class write down in our notebooks our Dream Jobs/Careers, Dream Activities, Dream Destinations And Nightmares. Some Dream Jobs/Careers I wrote down on my notebook was being a Hacker, Architect, a Stuntman, and a Dolphin trainer. For Dream Activities I wrote Sky diving and Bungee jumping. because it seems fun and I’ve always wanted to do try it. Then for Dream destinations i wrote Japan, Hawaii, and Australia. I picked Japan because I like their culture and Hawaii because i would like to go to their beach and swim with dolphin’s. And Australia because i want to see some Kangaroos.And then for Nightmares i wrote being a Babysitter/Nanny and being a Teacher because i don’t like kids and i know i’m not gonna have patient for them.
Microphone 3.3: Mechanical Telephone
My project
The goal for my project was to build a machine that vibrates when i speak, so i made a mechanical telephone. The materials that I used to make my telephone were 2 plastic cups and fishing wire. The two ends of the telephones were 3 meters apart. The telephone did not need any electricity for it to work. To test out if the telephone worked my partner whispered into one end of the plastic cup saying “Hello” and it sounded loud and clear, I was surprised because he just whispered!
Data
When it was my turn to speak into the plastic cup I held the cup in front of my face and started talking and while I was talking and holding the cup I felt the cup vibrating.
Claim
A scientific claim that I can make based on my data is that as I was speaking into the plastic cup I felt the cup vibrating on my hand when I was holding it.
Significant
My telephone exploits the fact that I can convert sound to vibration and vibration to sound. The sound from my voice affected the cup that I spoked into by vibrating, same thing with the string and the second cup. The reason the second cup produced sound for the listener was because as I was speaking into it I was making the cup vibrate.
Time Traveling To Ancient China
It was such an amazing adventure time traveling to Ancient China. I took a couple of photos while I was there, the photo above was when i went to visit The Himalayas (some beautiful mountains in China) as you can see there are a couple of other time travelers that went too. It was so cold but luckily since i’m from New York i wasn’t freezing as much as the others cause their were some visitors from Arizona and their not used to the cold as me. Incase you don’t like the cold or not interested in visiting somewhere cold well then there are other places in China you can visit that aren’t cold. China has 2 Deserts (The Taklamakan & Gobi Desert) And 2 Rivers (The Yangtze Yellow River) I didn’t had enough time to visit both Deserts & Rivers but I did visit 1 of the River’s, it was the The Yellow River. I understand why it’s called The Yellow River now. Here are 2 picture I took while visiting The Yellow River.
I didn’t just got to see China’s Geographic features in person, but I also saw farmers working and flooding their fields for their rice, because rice needs a lot of water to grow so they flood their fields from rivers. And in order to do so they invited tools to make their farming easier. One of the tools they invited is called Spade, it looked like a small shovel with a sharp edge. They were made from shoulder blades of animals. The farmers used this tool to dig or cut the stalks of millet or rice. This tool was helpful because it helped them to plant and harvest faster. I Secretly took this photo while the farmer wasn’t paying attention.
Farming wasn’t the only job that existing in ancient China, there were 4 major jobs. The first one are Scholars which were Doctors and Warriors, 2nd are Farmers, 3rd were Artists and Craftsmen and the 4th one is the lowest level of the social scale which is Merchants, there job was to trade things. Somethings that they traded were salt, iron, fish, cattle, and silk. They did most of their trading with India. In ancient China they used cowrie shells as money, and they were also used as means of exchange in India.
I didn’t just learn new things about ancient China, But I got to experience it and see it with my own eyes in person which made it fun, instead of reading books about it. So if you are planning on time traveling somewhere I totally recommend for you to go visit ancient China, cause you won’t just look around at the places but you’ll learn something on your trip there too!
What Is Fake News And How Do You Avoid It?
What Is Fake News?
Fake news is something that has recently been pointed out by the president Donald Trump during his campaign called CNN a fake network due to giving “fake news”. After these accusations fake news has been something that people started talking about and started asking questions about. Fake news is news that is not accurate and is also not trustable. Fake news is information that has been shared by a news network with dishonesty, mostly to promote political movements or parties, also known as bias.
What Is Bias?
Bias is defined as prejudice in favor of or against of something, Bias can be used in many different ways, for example In news networks, the news network says things to side with someone or in many cases they may not share certain information to make one side of a story seem more trustworthy or right rather than the other. However there are many ways to avoid fake news and how to identify it.
How to avoid fake news?
A method that helps is the, “E.S.C.A.P.E” evaluator. The first step is E: evidence, you should consider weather the information looks trustworthy, try spotting for accurate dates, names, numbers, places and documents. S: source, trace who the author is, the pusblisher, founders, aggregators, and social media users. Many times when the author is identified you can see if that author is professional and can give trustable and real news. C: context, consider if this is the full story, is there something missing? Think of current events, political goals, financial pleasures, and cultural trends. A: audience, who is this information intended for? Is there a certain group that this is attempting to appeal? Observe image choices, presentation techniques, language, and content. P: purpose, why was this article/ news made? Look for a motive, what is the publishers mission, purpose or goal? Is there a use of persuasive language or images? Money making tactics or calls to action? E: execution, How is this information presented? Check the style, grammar, tone, image choices, placement and layout.
It’s important to avoid fake news.
Many people do not see the seriousness in spotting fake news. However they fail to see that it’s important to, because the people run the country and it is important for them to stay informed. It is also important to get the facts and to know what is really going on especially when it comes to bias. To avoid bias points of views and get both sides of the story, there needs to be real news. Fake news also spreads very quickly and then millions of people around the world get that false information. So to avoid believing fake news you should always check if it’s fake and make sure if their information is reliable and relevant.
Headphones 1.8 What are headphones actually?
Requirements of a sound machine
If you wanted to make a machine that could produce every possible sound, it would need to be able to vibrate of course because everything that makes sound vibrates. For example when you play a guitar the strings vibrate. When you hum your throat vibrates.
In order to be able to make all of the sounds that human can hear, the machine would need to be able to vibrate fast and slow, The machine will be able to vibrate at any speed.
What is a solenoid?
A solenoid consists of magnets filed with a wire in a loop. It’s a coil of wire that acts like a if it’s a magnet when it’s near electric stuff.
A solenoid can use the magnetic energy to push or pull something rather then turning it & it also is be a temporary magnet. When the electrical current in turned on the magnetism is also on but when it’s off the magnetism is also off. So this is why it’s temporary.
You control a solenoid by magnetism
Making a solenoid vibrate
If you repeatedly turned a solenoid on and off quickly, it would vibrate fast then stop and then vibrate again if you are turning it on and off on and off.
The faster you turned it on or off, the fast it vibrates.
When your phone plays music, what kind of electrical signal does it send your headphones? It sends your headphones a corresponding sound. & vibration.
What are headphones?
Headphones are a pair of speakers that go to your ears to listen to anything privately, & won’t work with out solenoid they won’t make any nose without it because headphones have magnets & coil, the nose passes threw the coil & a force moves the drums & produce sound.
Headphones 1.3: Sound Lab Report
Questions
The first scientific question I am investigating is, How is sound made?
The second scientific question I am investigating is, What determines the pitch of a sound?
Data/Evidence
The tuning forks vibrated.
When you stopped the vibration, the tuning forks stopped making sound.
The string on the Violin vibrated when played.
The string on the Ukulele also vibrated when played.
The singers vocal cords vibrated when she sang.
The large tuning fork sounded low.
The small tuning fork sounded high.
The drum vibrated when hit.
The cymbals vibrated when hit too.
Analysis
All of the instruments vibrated when making sound.
The smaller tuning fork vibrated 2 times faster than the large tuning fork. We saw this on the scratches on the aluminum fol.
Claims
Sound is caused by vibration.
The speed of vibration determines the pitch.
Reasoning
My research suggests the sound is caused by vibration, because every instrument vibrated when making sound.
My research suggests that pitch is determined by the speed of vibration, because the small tuning fork vibrated two times faster then the large tuning fork and sounded higher.
Significance
This means if i want to build a machine that can make any sound, it must be able to vibrate at any speed.
Dayanne 