Guide to the Year in science 2010: Entertainment

This article was about how things you would usually be able to watch on television will be able to be seen on mobile devices, like a net book or a cellphone. Before people could only watch their shows by using TV freed up parts. Now people will be able to watch live broadcasts for a low cost. Transmission towers were made so all you would need would be a tuner chip for signals. Two new movies that will be coming out is Iron Man 2 and Tron Legacy. There will also be new games made called Starcraft 2 and Brink.I think this is important it shows how much technology is changing. This article shows how far humanity has come that we won't even need a television anymore. We could just watch shows on our phones. This year in 2010 the new products will come out in stores. Many people will probably buy them and the mobile services will make a lot of money.

Guide to the Year in science 2010: Environment

The environment article is about marine species. Thousands are discovered every year. There are so many that it is a challenge, even for very intelligent scientists to name all species and where they come from. Therefore, a project was made, called Census of Marine Life, or also called CoML. Hundreds and hundreds of scientists have come together to study species to find out where they come from and where they live now. The CoML scientists have created models on the animals' habitats to see how it will be later on. By doing this they can see when the species will die entirely and how they can prevent this from happening sooner. Certain oceans that are more prone to this happening have now been prohibited from being able to fish there. Laws have been made in the United Nations, to protect the ocean.This topic to me is a big deal because I think all should have a right to live on this planet. Even though fish are little and uninteresting to some people they are still amazing in their own way and very important. It was good for the CoML scientists to disallow fishing in some areas where species could die because they are helping the animals live longer. I think humans could be selfish sometimes because they are only thinking about themselves, when it comes to fishing. The people who do that only want to make money off of how many fish they get and are not caring about the lives that are being cut short.In October fourththe news about this project will be spread all over Great Britain, when the results of what the scientists have learned will be public. This will also show people that fish are important too and open their eyes to see how they can help them. Some obstacles would be that fishing not being stopped in other places, which can make some of them become extinct. Water is being polluted as well, which isn't helping.

Semester Academic Goals

For this second semester I would like to work on the Perspective Habit of Mind .I think it would be good to ask myself how other people would see my work and what they would think of it. This will help my work get better becuase at the back of my mind I will know that other people will see my work and that will make me want to try harder.

Another goal of mine would be to share my writing in WEX because in the last semester I didn't feel comfortable enough to read my writing in front of the whole class. If I start sharing it can make me a better writer, by hearing what my classmates think. I can make my work better, based on the comments that are said to me. Reading my writing can also help me when I do presentations.

Lastly, I would like to focus on my work more , instead of doing other things. for example, when I get home I should start my homework first before I do anything else. Those are my goals for this semester.

Semester Academic Goals

First Goal:

Study for tests
First Step:
Look over my notes in my brain book

Second Goal:
Ask questions when I don't understand something in class.
First Step:
Participate in class more by raising my hand or asking my teacher.

Third Goal:

Focus on my work, instead of other things.

First Step:

I can ask my classmates if they need any help on anything and I could show them how to do the problem if they don't understand.

TT Essay

Project Description
In this assignment we had to take everything we learned about the civilization we were researching and put it into a seven paragraph essay.
Proccess
Some steps I took to get the final product was going to the library and getting books about the topic I was learning about.I then looked for some extra information on the computer and wrote a rough draft. Lastly, I edited and revised that draft and changed what needed to be improved, by using editing and revising.
Reflection
Something I learned was that Roman's art and architecture was advanced during the early times. For instance, they built a husge ampitheatre that could fit thousands of people. A challenge I encountered was focusing on what I needed to do because I wanted to do other things.I think I would change my essay by researching more and learning as muc h as I can about the Roman civiliztion. This will help in my future becuase I will know more about the subject I'm writing about and I could make my work even better.

TTPillar

Project Description

This assigment was about taking all the information we researched and painting a pillar to represent what civilization we were assigned to. For example, my civilization was Ancient Rome and I had to research its art and architecture. Therefore it was full of things that symbolized Roman's art and architecture, like the Colisseum and ancient statues.
Process

Some steps I took to get to the final product was looking in books about Rome and sketching out how the building and statue looked on a piece of paper. After getting my paper looked over I was told what I could improve on. I used that advice and painted my sketch onto the pillar.

Reflection

Something I learned was from doing my pillar was that my civilization made wonderful statues and how they were different and more unique than other civilizations. Some challenges I encountered was having to be patient with my classmates who were doing their work on the same pillar. There wasn't a lot of space to paint and many people were trying to get their work done at the same time. I would do it a little bit different by taking more time on my work and not rushing to finish. This can help me in the future because I will take more time on my work, which will make it better.