Another week, another weekly science article report.
I mentioned this last week, but it’s worth mentioning again. You really need to be more careful with your responses to other students’ weekly reports. Your spelling has many mistakes and you are not writing in complete sentences.
This week, I will take off points for these things.
70 responses so far ↓
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progress report
// Nov 27, 2006 at 4:40 pm
Weekly Science Article Report #9
By progress report
November 20th 2006
Pd. 8, Lab ‘E’ Ardito
Citation:
Title: For Rare Few, Taste Is in the Ear of the Beholder
Author: Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Published: November 23, 2006
Found: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/23/science/23taste.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
Summary:
This article is about people who can taste or see words. People who have lexical-gustatory synaesthete have joined senses. They see things they hear as colors, or have random tastes for words. The subjects can’t see why they taste or see these things — it just happens. Julia Simner, a neurophysiologist at the University of Edinburgh studied the only 10 people from Europe and the United States reported with this condition. One person studied said they didn’t like to drive, because the road signs automatically make him taste pistachio ice cream and earwax. In the article an example they had was five plus two equaled blue. In her studies she has found patterns to these random tastes and words. For one person “mince” and anything that rhymed with it made them taste mincemeat. Another subject would ‘taste’ items when they heard proper names such as cornbread to John and potatoes to William.
Response:
I thought this article was really weird. I’ve heard people say, “you have to be able to feel words, taste the words.” But here it is for real. I always thought it was some jig that teachers tried to pull so you would write better. I have never heard of anything like this before. It would be so cool to see someone who actually has this condition. It was a short article, but well written. The author must’ve had fun writing this article. I was wondering if people could take prescribed medicine for it. So, for people like the man who didn’t like to drive due to the taste he got from road signs would be on his merry way.
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color_coated
// Nov 28, 2006 at 11:59 am
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20030226/Note2.asp
in the article,” Cell Phones and Possible Health Hazards”, by Emily Sohn. The article talks how cell phones can cause health problems like cancer.
I’ve know that cell phones could cause cancer but I never knew that cell phones could kill 2% of your brain cells. It’s good that companies are now offering head-sets for cell phones. I also never knew that normal phones transmitted sound through electric pulses through the wires, I knew the sound was transmitted through wires. I hope that scientist can find a way to make cell phones less harmful.
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FuNkYy MoNkEy
// Nov 28, 2006 at 4:45 pm
This Comment is for color_coated:
Wow, I thought your article and your response were really interesting. I knew that cell phones could cause cancer but I never thought about regular phones. It’s interesting that they cause cancer… I guess speaker phones was a good invention then. Killing 2% of your brain cells is a lot, now I will think more carefully about using phones right up to my ear.
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FuNkYy MoNkEy
// Nov 28, 2006 at 5:12 pm
My article is called, “It’s a Small E-mail World After All,” by E. Sohn. I found this article at http://sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20030820/Note3.asp
This article was about how cgains of e-mails can reach almost any other person in the world in only about 5-7 e-mails sent. Based on the ideas the scientists tested not always but sometimes two total strangers can meet with only a few e-mails between both of them.
I didn’t really like this article. I thought that the author put in a lot of information about how the scientists tested this idea and it wasn’t really that important. I didn’t get much information from this article maybe someone else can but I definetly didn’t. I think that it is interesting that you can meet total stranger in only 5-7 e-mails appart but in some way I don’t think that I can meet a celebrity in another country in 5-7 e-mails.
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Buddy
// Nov 28, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Putting the Squeeze on toothpaste
By: Emily Sohn
From: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061129/Feature1.asp#poll
This article is about the science that goes into making toothpaste. Every year companies spend lots of money to invent new toothpastes that make your breath smell better, make your teeth whiter and make the tooth paste taste better. Companies also make a big variety of toothpastes for different types of mouths. Before a new toothpaste is sold in a store it has to go through a bunch of tests. The article goes on to tell about how they test the toothpastes. It also explains what a paste really is and how it maintains its smooth form
This article was interesting to read. I liked how the author explained the steps a new toothpaste has to go through to be sold. I also liked how the author explained what toothpaste is made of. I never knew that toothpaste was a “soft solid”. The article says that it comes out of a tube easily but keeps its shape on a toothbrush - until you use it. The article also says that toothpaste is a finely blended mixture of liquids and smells, or sandy particles. I also liked how the author explained why it is important to brush our teeth and the results we will get if we don’t – cavities. This article was well written and I learned a lot from it because the author explained ever thing thoroughly.
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GuMmi PiGzZ
// Nov 29, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Comment for progress report:
I thought you did a good job. I was reading a book about a girl like that it’s called like The Mango Shaped Tree??? Anyways I think thats really weird how can u taste a word? I guess i’ll never know. I think its weird that only 10 people in europe and america have this condition. Thats very few people!!
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GuMmi PiGzZ
// Nov 29, 2006 at 4:06 pm
Comment for Funkyy Monkey:
Thats was really weird. I didn’t understand that completly, but i agree with you.
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GuMmi PiGzZ
// Nov 29, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Comment for buddy:
Before i get started let me say “I WAS GONNA DO THIS ARTICLE” but thats ok i found another one = ].
I liked this article alot and i understood it well even though i read the article. I think its amazing how much they go through to make toothpaste, but before i read this article i didn’t know that.
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GuMmi PiGzZ
// Nov 29, 2006 at 4:18 pm
My article is called “Nonstop Robot” By: Emily Sohn. I found it at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061129/Note2.asp
My article was about a robot that can take a severe beating and still survive. Before this robot, the other robots before would only be able to take very little damage then breakdown or shutdown. The robot looks like a spider with four legs. It’s very small but very intelligent. It can teach its self to walk, change the way it walks if damaged, it has eight motors and two sensors even though it is very small. The robot spider has a program that chooses from the 100,00 possible arrangements of the parts.
I thought this article was very interesting. It shows how far we have gotten in science to make a robot this smart and strong but very small. It taught me a lot about stuff I didn’t know which I enjoy if its interesting which it was. If you want to see pictures of the new robot just go to the site, its really cool.
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GuMmi PiGzZ
// Nov 29, 2006 at 4:19 pm
My article is called “Nonstop Robot” By: Emily Sohn. I found it at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061129/Note2.asp
My article was about a robot that can take a severe beating and still survive. Before this robot, the other robots before would only be able to take very little damage then breakdown or shutdown. The robot looks like a spider with four legs. It’s very small but very intelligent. It can teach its self to walk, change the way it walks if damaged, it has eight motors and two sensors even though it is very small. The robot spider has a program that chooses from the 100,000 possible arrangements of the parts.
I thought this article was very interesting. It shows how far we have gotten in science to make a robot this smart and strong but very small. It taught me a lot about stuff I didn’t know which I enjoy if its interesting which it was. If you want to see pictures of the new robot just go to the site, its really cool.
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Jamie
// Nov 29, 2006 at 6:44 pm
Flu Virus Survive in Frozen Lakes, Study Finds
written by Maggie Fox
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11745
Influenza can live in frozen lakes for many decades. If these lakes melted It could be picked up by birds and spread to other creatures. These viruses could cause a new epidemic years after the original has died. Scientists have fond a viral RNA in the ice along a main water flow in Siberia. Birds are mostly blamed for the spread of the Avian Flu. They think this Virus my be descended from three similar pandemics in 1918-1919. Since the virus changed every year, it helps the scientists get new information on the vaccination of the new strain. When The scientists took samples from a lake in siberia, they found traces of the epidemic flu viruses in 1918.
This article I thought was sad. It bluntly tells the reader how so many people died just from one ever changing flu virus. Its also hard to think about the 200 million birds killed, when only 258 people have been effected. But if you think of this article with a positive light, it’s easy to see how far scientists are coming with their research, and how far they’ve come already.
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Jamie
// Nov 29, 2006 at 6:48 pm
this coment is for buddy,
I liked the consept that someone would even look into that kind of reasaerch. I think thats a very interesting consept, I’d like to know what kind of chemecals we’re putting in our mouths.
P.S. Why does the ’say it’ button say ‘Abschicken’
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wise weasel
// Nov 29, 2006 at 9:14 pm
“Scientists train bees to sniff out bombs” by “Reuters” updated November 28, 2006 from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15938954/
Scientists at a U.S. weapons laboratory have trained bees to sniff out bombs. When a bee detects the presence a bomb it has been trained to extend its proboscis (the tube bees use to feed on nectar) in hope of a sweet reward of sugar. They can smell explosive substances in anything from cars and roadside bombs to belts similar to those used by suicide bombers. Scientists hope that the use of bees in finding bombs could have major affects to homeland security and defense and even possibly in Iraq. The next step will be to manufacture hand-held detectors filled with bees and to train security guards in their use.
I thought that the article was relatively well-written, but the facts seemed slightly unbelievable. It is difficult to believe that bees can be used to sniff out bombs, but many things I have read seem just as strange. It does come from MSNBC, which I consider a trustworthy source, so I do not really doubt its authenticity. I enjoyed the article even though I was not fully convinced that these bees could really be taught to do this. I also read that they tried to teach wasps to do the same, but were more successful with bees.
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wise weasel
// Nov 29, 2006 at 9:26 pm
comment for “progress report”:
That is quite intriguing! I am extremely glad that I do not have that condition–I can imagine that it would be quite unpleasant if words like “the” or “a” were distasteful. Your report was very well done and I found the article you wrote about awe-inspiring.
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wise weasel
// Nov 29, 2006 at 9:35 pm
comment for “Buddy”:
I never knew there was so much to toothpaste! I enjoyed reading your article and I was facinated to learn how much science goes into toothpaste.
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wise weasel
// Nov 29, 2006 at 9:40 pm
comment for “Jamie”:
It is depressing how many people can die from a disease. It is a good thing, however, that scientists can begin to understand these epidemics and then create vaccinations for them.
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chattychicka
// Nov 30, 2006 at 5:24 pm
Sticky Silky Feet
By C. Gramling
From: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061011/Note3.asp
Published October 11, 2006
Summary: This article is about how spiders can cling to walls. Scientists had already discovered that spiders use thousands of little hairs on their feet. Now, scientists have discovered that some spiders can create silk in their feet so “help them get a better grip on a surface.” An experiment was conducted to see if spiders made these tiny hairs wet to improve grip. To try out this theory, the scientists watched zebra tarantulas climbing up glass slides. When turning the glass slides vertical, the scientists observed that the spiders slipped a few millimeters before gripping the slide again. The scientists then realized (while looking under a microscope) the spiders had “tiny silk-shooting spouts among the hairs.” This especially surprised scientists because they had only thought spiders used “special organs near there stomachs to make silk.” Scientists also believe “this could mean that the silk’s original purpose was to help spiders climb and stick, rather than to build homes or trap prey.”
Reflection: I think this article is very interesting. After reading about this study, I realized it had effected other theories about spiders that had lasted for years. As is says in the last sentence of my summary, it is now believed that silk’s original purpose could to climb and stick. This changes the theory that the silk’s original purpose was for building homes or trapping prey. I think that this article was written in a very stale way, not making it very intriguing for the reader, not captivating them. However, a lot of information was presented. I did not find one fact that was not important, and I didn’t need any more information then given.
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chattychicka
// Nov 30, 2006 at 5:34 pm
Comment for wise weasel: I agree that the facts seemed a little unrealistic. If the article had more facts to back up its outrageous sounding claim, it might have seemed more believable. It is so amazing that we have the ability to train animals to do such great things, especially animals that seem impossible to train, like bees. However, bees are animals and deserve to live their lives as if we weren’t here. It’s our fault: even science’s fault: that bombs were created. The effect of that is that it would be out fault if they got in the wrong hands. Apparently they are getting in the wrong hands, that’s why we need to search for them to begin with. We should have to clean up our own mess as humans.
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chattychicka
// Nov 30, 2006 at 5:40 pm
Comment for GuMmi PiGzZ: That’s kind of scary. Humans have impacted the world so much, we can even make beings with this level of intelligence. Soon enough, with this information, we may be able to make beings smarter then ourselves. Imagine, we could just upload every word in the world in to a robot from our computer! Maybe in different languages too! I know robots aren’t being used much right now in average society, but I have a feeling that very soon they will be.
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The music man...Woman!!
// Nov 30, 2006 at 5:40 pm
Weekly Science Article #9
The name of this article was Nonstop Robot written by Emily Sohn. I found this article at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com. The official site to find the actually article was http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061129/Note2.asp.
Summary
This article was about new technology that America has found. People have been studying robots for a long time now. Putting them in movies and in books and saying how they have all these powers. Being able to attack constantly or like in “The Incredibles” a robot that can sense your weaknesses, and seems indestructible. Well they got half of that. A group of scientists figured out how to make a robot that can move like a spider but with four legs, and is seemingly indestructible. Other robots that have been made have been seen to be damaged and then break down. This robot has 8 motors and two sensors that make it so that the robot will figure out almost by itself how to move with its disability.
Reflection
I think this is amazing that human beings have finally figured out how to make a robot that might actually work. This robot that the scientists have made was probably extremely smart to figure out how to make a robot like this. Just a couple of questions I’d like to know. How long did it take to make this particular robot? Which leads into my next question, could they make the robot bigger and more functional? I’m guessing that it probably took several years to figure out how to put together a robot like this. Several years to really figure out all the wires, motors and sensors go, how to program everything and so on. Well but now that they have all those plans on how to make it, would it be safe to make the robot bigger? And what is its functional purpose? I feel personally that many people would be afraid to even consider having a machine that is basically ‘indestructible’ for the BLANK eye. Also another thing is that what would many people to with a robot that walks and is indestructible? IF it eventually gets big enough, it could be used in the army, but if it never gets that big, what will it do?? Like I said, could they modify the plans so that eventually the robot would be able to pick up things and move them? I myself I not surprised at how fast we are approaching this robot investigation. It would eventually cause some great success to whoever invented a functionally helpful robot. We look forward to a future with a whole lotta technology.
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Vote Jon
// Nov 30, 2006 at 5:46 pm
Citation: My article is called A Really Big (but extinct) Rodent. It was written by Emily Sohn and I found it at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com.
Summary: This was about how these rodents that were about the size of bison were found in northwestern Venezuela. They were called Phoberomys pattersoni and weighed more than 1,600 pounds. They were around about 8 million years ago but their fossils weren’t found until 1980 but they only found parts of their skeleton. What they found was not big enough to make out the animal or estimate their size. Scienctists found out that these animals had gotten so big because there weren’t any other competition for the grass that they grazed on. When they dug up the fossils they found a lot of other different animals too. Some of the animals were crocadiles, fish and freshwater turtles. So the scienctists assumed that they spent some time in water.
Reflection: I really liked this article. I thought it was really interesting how this animal is a cross between a guinea pig and a chinchilla but so much bigger. In the picture on the article it kind of looked like a beaver too. I think its really cool how they rodents evoled to something a lot smaller than what there was before. The article was kind of short and it didn’t take me very long to read. It would have been better if it had some more detail and told us more about it. Over all I give this article a 3 out of 5.
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eyesticker 03
// Nov 30, 2006 at 5:50 pm
Weekly Science Article #9
By: I’ve been caught Left Handed
Article: Chicken Talk
Author: Non other then the great Emily Sohn!!
http://www.siencenewsforkids.org/scripts/printthis.asp?clip=%Farticles%2F20061129...
YOU CAN HEAR CHICKENS FOOD CALLS AT http://www.sciencenews.org/20061118/foodcall.aif !
Summery: This article was about how chickens have their own language of some kind and can alert others when there is danger or food. A male sounds different then a hen. When males make the call for food either the hens stomp over and grab the food out of the males beak or the look around the ground.
Chris Evans of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia referd to them as people looking for their lost glasses.
Reflection: I thought this article was weird because it said in the article that they just figured this out that they didn’t know before that the animal makes meaningful sounds. I’m thinking: why would they be making a random sound it’s obiously for something. I think all animals have a secret language of some kind.
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I've been caught Left Handed
// Nov 30, 2006 at 5:51 pm
That Comment was reakky by I’ve been caught Left Handed! :-p
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I've been caught Left Handed
// Nov 30, 2006 at 5:52 pm
ugh *REALLY*
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Silverwolf
// Nov 30, 2006 at 6:48 pm
Why Hospitals Are Cold, And Doctors Don’t Cry (in Public)
By Kent Sepkowitz
New York Times, Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Summary: This article was an Essay written by the director of infection control at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. This article was about how doctors never cry in public. If they did the entire act of “everything is alright” would shatter. Sepkowitz wrote that hospitals are much less places to help people than to give them the cold hard truth that a loved one is going to die. He says that hospitals are very cold because it helps keep the doctors from crying. He also says that the first choice of almost everyone is to die at home among their usual surroundings and family; but he thinks that it gets too emotional for the family and that it is better for them to depart in a hospital were family doesn’t have to tell them that they’re going to die.
Reflection: I think that this article was not written very well. It was very opinionated and didn’t have as many facts as most other articles do. I found that it should have been shorter than it was because he said very few things that were of importance. What he did say (that was important) was interesting but it was not as much fun to read because of its lack of useful information. I found that it could have been better if he took out all of his opinions and stuck in some more facts. I found that I wasn’t entirely sure what he was trying to get at. I’m certainly not sure if I believe what he said either.
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Tracker
// Nov 30, 2006 at 7:13 pm
Sohn, Emily. “Space Umbrellas to Shield Earth.” Science News for Kids. 8 Nov.
2006. 30 Nov. 2006 .
“Space Umbrellas to Shield Earth” is about global warming. Roger Angel wants to launch shades into space to help shield the earth from the heat and rays of the sun. His idea is similar to the ideas of others, except that he wants to launch “a trillion tiny sunshields into outer space,” as opposed to one big shade. These tiny sunshades would be about 1.6 feet across.
I have commented before on how I have read articles by Emily Sohn and how they were less than satisfactory, but this one I give two thumbs up, or as a critic would say: “Two thumbs up!” Raves Track from Mr. Ardito’s Living Environment 8th period class. The idea of space umbrellas is pretty cool, but they will not be in space until at least 25 years. It would also take over 20 million launches over a decade. Who knows, maybe in 25 years we will be shielded by these tiny space umbrellas.
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wps93
// Nov 30, 2006 at 7:19 pm
Citation:
Author: Tom Harris
Title: “How Light Sticks Work”
Found at: “howstuffworks.com”
Summary: “light sticks have been used on Halloween and at parties because they give off a mesmerizing light. But what causes these sticks to glow like this?
Well the glow Light is a form of energy, which can be emitted through either incandescence, phosphorescence or laser generation. All these processes work on the same principles.
When an outside source of energy causes the atoms to speed up the crash into each other and create light. The same principle is used in the sticks except they use a chemical reaction to speed up the atoms.
If you place a glow stick into a pot of hot water it will cause the atoms to move even faster cause the stick to give off an even more extreme light.
Reflection: I thought this article was interesting because it was very descriptive and there were cool pictures on the page, which helped me see how they worked.
The article was informative and made me want to try the hot water experiment because the picture that they showed was sort of hard to believe. Overall this was a fun and well written article, which I recommend you read.
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lizardboy93
// Nov 30, 2006 at 7:21 pm
Article: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061129/Note3.asp
Article by E. Sohn
By, E. Sohn
Summary…
This Article was a great article that shows how chickens have been recently known how to point out objects around them. Pecking chickens that go “tck, tck, tck,” for example, is saying, “Hey look, food!” And sometimes they could be saying “Danger! Danger!” The discovery marks the first time that an animal other than people, monkeys, and other primates has been found to make sounds that, like words, represent something in the world around them. These word-like noises are very interesting and scientists are doing more test o the hens and chickens.
Reflection…
I think that this article is a great way to learn about chickens. The only thing I oppose is the statement, “The discovery marks the first time that an animal other than people, monkeys, and other primates has been found to make sounds that, like words, represent something in the world around them.” I can name 4 other animals that can do that. For example,
1) Dolphins
2) Dear
3) Whale
4) Coyotes
I don’t see why chickens are so important.
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I've been caught Left Handed
// Nov 30, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Weekly Science Article #9
By: I’ve been caught Left Handed
Article: Chicken Talk
Author: None other then the great Emily Sohn!!
http://www.siencenewsforkids.org/scripts/printthis.asp?clip=%Farticles%2F20061129...
YOU CAN HEAR CHICKENS FOOD CALLS AT http://www.sciencenews.org/20061118/foodcall.aif !
Summery:
This article was about how chickens have their own language of some kind and can alert others when there is danger or food. A rooster sounds different then a hen. When males make the call for food either the hens stomp over and grab the food out of the male’s beak or the look around the ground.
Chris Evans of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia referred to them as people looking for their lost glasses.
Reflection:
I thought this article was weird because it said in the article that they just figured this out that they didn’t know before that the animal makes meaningful sounds. I’m thinking: why would they be making a random sound it’s obviously for something. I think all animals have a secret language of some kind.
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iamnotjosh
// Nov 30, 2006 at 8:58 pm
Hot Summers, Wild Fires
By Emily Sohn
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org
This article is about how hot tempetures are causing wild fires.
I think its bad what’s happening to the forests. The burning of forests not only takes away shelter for animals, it also causes the goverment alot of money. Scientists study has shown from 1987 to 2003, fires burned a area 6.5 times larger than the area burned between 1970 to 1986. The fire season started earlier to and the average length increased by 78 days. They say that warmer spring and summer temperatures appear to be part of this change. Also scientists say that the rise in summer temperatures will increase from 2 degrees celcias to 5 degrees celcias by the year 2050 in the western part of north america. Also another reason for more wild fires is the timing of when the snow melts. I think the cause of rising temperatures is a sign of global warming.
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sTrAwBeRrYmEnToZ
// Nov 30, 2006 at 9:24 pm
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20061129/Note3.asp
November 29,2006
Author:Emily Sohn
Title:Chicken Talk
This article was about the way that chickens communicate. The researchers of this experiment realized that when the male chicken clucks hen(female chickens) begin looking for food. Its like your mother or father saying Time for Dinner. The male hens would sqwack when there is either an intruder or just another bird flying around or around in their area.
I really liked this article because I always wanted to know how other animals communicated. You always think it but you really never know. I also liked this article because they ACTUALLY explained how the experiment was conducted. I like to actually feel like I know what was actually happening when it happened just know the surface details. Emily Sohn is a great writer and keeps the reader entertained.
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sTrAwBeRrYmEnToZ
// Nov 30, 2006 at 9:31 pm
This comment is to Gummi PigsZ. Its so weird because I was going to do the exact same article. This article explained alot. Its weird that something so small can hold soooooo much intelligence.(Sorta like me)(LOL!)
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sTrAwBeRrYmEnToZ
// Nov 30, 2006 at 9:37 pm
This comment is to thisisnotjosh(LOL). I agree with Josh I mean iamnotjosh alot in his reflection. Forest fires take alot of animals out of there homes and that’s why there is so much roadkill. It could all be avoided if we try and help the places that usually get hot and need help in hot days.
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sTrAwBeRrYmEnToZ
// Nov 30, 2006 at 9:40 pm
This comment is to I’ve been caught LEFT handed. We wrote about the same article and we kinda.sorta,maybe had the same ideas about it. It’s really good that Emily Sohn can explain things easily that all kids can explain what they thought and it all mean the same thing to each of them.
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progress report
// Nov 30, 2006 at 11:00 pm
This comment is for ‘wise weasel’:
Wow, I can see how that would seem impossible. People always think bees of stupid, blood thursty; careless insects only out to get you. While, on the other hand they are just out to get food, protect themselves and mainly to survive. I many times read bees are exceptional smellers. When a bee dies it lets out a smelly substance that lets other bees find the killer to avenge for their fellow scout. They smell out sugar nectar from the plants and bring home food for those who can’t leave the hive. Here it seems that we have found a way to use their true qualities for our use.
I fear to believe though, that this may happen more and more as we become more powerful in the world. You could say we will develop a sort of ‘parasitic relationship’ with the rest of the world.
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progress report
// Nov 30, 2006 at 11:00 pm
This comment is for ’silverwolf’:
I’ve always hated that old, eerie feeling of the hospital. I always thought it would be like that to lower the chance of a disease spread. Chemical reactions happen faster in warm climates but I would’ve never have associated crying with anything of the sort.
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progress report
// Nov 30, 2006 at 11:00 pm
This comment is for ‘I’ve been caught Left Handed’:
All animals - like you said - must have some language of their own. Maybe for some it’s hard to believe because communication between human beings is so important to us. I’ve read for just about every animal there is a mating call. That means that there is communication and language between them, too. Certain movements would even be considered language, wouldn’t they? Sign language is a language, no? They’re still speaking to us, just without words.
I have a lot of points that make me think it was unsatisfactory article. It seemed to me that this article was not supported nor reasonably thought out. I’m wondering if there’s more to the article then I’m seeing.
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clark
// Dec 1, 2006 at 11:32 am
Weekly Science Article #9
Nonstop Robot by Emily Sohn (November 29, 2006). I found this article at sciencenewsforkids.com
This article talks about how researchers have created a new type of machine, which can adapt to its changes even after suffering damage. The robot looks like a four legged robot spider. From the way the article described it, the robot can take a pretty hard beating and continue to move along.
I very much enjoyed reading the article. I didn’t know that researchers could come up with such a thing. Being able to take damage and keep on moving is an accomplishment for a robot. Robots really are coming to life!!!! The article was also fairly recent, which is good. Overall, the article was excellent and I rate it a 9 out of 10!
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lizardboy93
// Dec 1, 2006 at 11:33 am
omment for silverwolf
i agree with your reflection because in your summary, you did not state that much information. You should do more reaserch on that topic for next weeks reprt
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lizardboy93
// Dec 1, 2006 at 11:39 am
comment for clark
I thought your summery was awsome. I loved how you disribed the 4 ligged robot spider. I also think that its amazing that reaserchers made this!
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GR1MR34P3R
// Dec 1, 2006 at 11:40 am
Author: Emily Sohn
Founded: Science news for kids
Date founded: November 1st, 2006
Battling Mastodons
Summary
Mastodons are very violent animals they fought at least one battle with each other every year of their adult lives. They were considered dinosaurs but I think they are more of big huge ferocious beasts not dinosaurs. Mastodons lived in North America between 4 million and 10,000 years ago. In 1999, paleontologists in Hyde Park, N.Y., dug up long, curved mastodon tusks that dated back 11,480 years. People lived alongside mastodons in the area. Fisher suspects that hunting may have reduced the number of males and the number of fights. Like the tusks of elephants, mastodon tusks were made of ivory, and they grew throughout an animal’s life.
Reflection
I think it is pretty cool how scientists were able to find out how long the Mastodons lived for. I also thought it was pretty cool that the scientists can find out were they lived and what they ate and what they kill. I think that these mastodons are very violent and that they are huge.
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clark
// Dec 1, 2006 at 11:40 am
This is a comment for Progress Report,
That is really cool. It could really stink though. What if someone tasted something like sardines whenever someone said “hi”? That would be horrible. If it were me, I would plug my ears and learn sign language. It would be really cool if you tasted something like ice cream, though. I really like the way the article sounds. Good work!
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FuNkKeY MoNkeY
// Dec 1, 2006 at 11:45 am
Commment for GR1MR34P3R:
I agree with you, the things that scientists can figure out now about animals or dinosaurs that lived so many years ago is soo cool. I wonder how they do that?
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lizardboy93
// Dec 1, 2006 at 11:46 am
comment for I’ve been caught LEFT handed
I think that its cool that we did the same article. We hade some of the same thoughts too. AWSOME!
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FuNkKeY MoNkeY
// Dec 1, 2006 at 11:48 am
This Comment is for Clark:
I thought that the article that you picked was really cool and I thought that it was really interesting. I think that is amazing how scientists can create robots that can do so much.
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clark
// Dec 1, 2006 at 11:50 am
This is a comment for Wise Weasel,
That is so cool! I wonder if other animals can be trained to that too! I never would have thought that bees could do such a thing. Bees should be used during war, to detect bombs and to sting the and distract them. Its a little off subject, but if bees could be trained to sting in certain spots, like the eye, or other vulnerable spots, bees could be even more useful during the war. Anyway, that article was really cool and you wrote a good response.
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clark
// Dec 1, 2006 at 11:53 am
This is a comment for wps93,
I love glow sticks, and I wish I had used that article. I have to try the experiment! You explained the article very well. I am going to read the article right now, because that sounds really cool.
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Buddy
// Dec 3, 2006 at 2:30 pm
Comment for I’ve Been Caught Left Handed.
I was going to report on your article but decided not to. You’re article was really interesting and I enjoyed reading it. I listened to the chicken Food Calls and found them a bit weird. I think that it would be really cool if we could discover what they are saying.
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Buddy
// Dec 3, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Comment for GuMmi PiGzZ.
I went to the website and saw the robot. It wwas really cool! That was really interesting that it can recover from damage so fast.
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Buddy
// Dec 3, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Comment for Vote Jon.
That is pretty cool that tose rodents evolved. I liked how explained what the rodents looked like. I now have an idea of what they look like. They sound like very intersting animals.
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Track
// Dec 3, 2006 at 3:00 pm
wps93,
I took your recomendation and I went to the site. I learned some very interesting information.
Thank you.
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Track
// Dec 3, 2006 at 3:29 pm
Silverwolf
You gave very strong points in your reflection.
keep up the good work!
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Track
// Dec 3, 2006 at 3:33 pm
color_coated
your summary was very short, next time could you put in some more info please?
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I've been caught LEFT handed!
// Dec 3, 2006 at 4:58 pm
This Comment is for lizardboy93!
Yeah that is cool we did the same article, a lot of other people did it as well. Yeah and I’m sure Dogs, Cats, Fish (when they’re in there own school), Birds, and many, many, many, many, many, many other animals have their own languages too! Also What IS so important about chickens? ? ? Nice Article, and point!
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I've been caught LEFT handed!
// Dec 3, 2006 at 5:33 pm
This comment is for progress report!
First of all let me just say you are a writing machine! You must love to give your own opinion, and that’s great!! Nice Article!
I see your point, certain movements that animals give us or to other animals could be a language, like sign language. I don’t know about this article it wasn’t really a smart topic to pick. It also wasn’t well written.
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I've been caught LEFT handed!
// Dec 3, 2006 at 5:48 pm
This Comment is for Buddy!
Yeah, but I’d rather try to find a cure for something if you know what I mean. Chickens aren’t really important to me. Sure thet’re nice animals, they give us food, and the have never attact anyone before (so I’ve heard). But are they really that important that Emily Sohn had to write about them on stuff people already new about? But I guess it would be cool to see what other animals are thinking!
(I mean this in the nicest way) ☺
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The music man...Woman!!
// Dec 3, 2006 at 6:28 pm
This comment is for lizzardboy93. I disagree. Why are chickens so important? well why is any animal so important? Every teeny tiny little thing matters. and chickens are amazing.. you know you like them!
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Silverwolf
// Dec 3, 2006 at 6:47 pm
Comment to Wise-Weasle,
I think that your reflection makes sence and I had a similar feeling towards the article from your summary. I think that you are right to trust a sorce but not to completely beleive evrything they say. Good work.
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Silverwolf
// Dec 3, 2006 at 6:52 pm
This is a commment for Clark,
I think that robots are becoming eerily close to being humanoid. They are becomeing harder to destroy and at the same time becoming smarter. This could be bad if we don’t keep them from becoming too smart and independent. I might sound a little paranoid but humans are being entirley too careless with their creations. Your summary and reflection were very interesting and I think I would rate the article about an 8-9 out of 10 based on your summary. Nice work!
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Silverwolf
// Dec 3, 2006 at 6:57 pm
This is a commment for GR1MR34P3R,
I think that the difference bettween a mastodon and a dinosouar is almost nothing except for the time in which they were alive. Based on your summary mastodons sound like fairly dangerous animals to live around. I certainly wouldn’t want to. I hope that the people that had lived there had found a way to ward them off. Otherwise they might have died BECAUSE of the mastodons; maybe not the other way around. All in all good job.
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The music man...Woman!!
// Dec 3, 2006 at 7:01 pm
This comment is for wps93
I also would definetly really like to try the hot water experiment. It sounds like fun. Only think is, are any of the chemicals in the lightstick toxic?? and couldn’t the hot water at a high enough temp. make the plastic melt so that the chemical would get everywhere? I just wish the actual article had said that. You wrote and nice reflection though and i liked the article you picked.
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The music man...Woman!!
// Dec 3, 2006 at 7:07 pm
This comment is for iamnotjosh
Wildfires are a very important issue as far as animals losing their home adn plants dying so that there is too much carbon dioxide for the plants too take in, and maybe too little oxygen. But how is this causing the government money? you put that in but i want to know how. Are they spending money on rebuilding the forests or what? other that that samll sentence, nice details, i liked the article you picked. It’s an interesting topic.
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wps93
// Dec 3, 2006 at 8:38 pm
comment for: progress report
I thouhgt your summary was the perfect langth and your topic was extremely interesting.
your response was well thouhgt out and just as intriguing. great job!
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Vote Jon
// Dec 3, 2006 at 8:39 pm
strawberrymentoz–
I really liked your article. It made a lot of sense and I think thats really cool how scienctists have figured out how chickens communicate with each other. I’ve always wondered how other animals like actually talk to each other. Your report made me want to read your article.
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Vote Jon
// Dec 3, 2006 at 8:43 pm
wise weasel–
That is so cool how they trained bees to sniff out bombs. I’ve heard of dogs sniffing them out but thats really cool how bees can too. I really liked your article and it was a really interesting topic.
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wps93
// Dec 3, 2006 at 8:47 pm
this comment is for:sTrAwBeRrYmEnToZ
I thought your article topic wuz funny.
i also thought that your reflection was well thouhgt out.
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Vote Jon
// Dec 3, 2006 at 8:50 pm
progress report–
That’s really strange how some people can taste different things just by reading a word or something. I find it really weird how that person can taste pistachio ice crean and earwax while driving. I wonder why he can taste things that are really different while reading signs. I also think it’s really weird how people can taste cornbread when they hear the name John and potatoes when they hear the name William.
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wps93
// Dec 3, 2006 at 8:53 pm
comment for:color_coated
i really liked your topic and thought many of the questions you asked?
I liked the way you combined the summary and the reflection together.
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airsoft slinger
// Jan 21, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Article: nonstop robot
Date of article: 11/29/06
Author of article: Emily Sohn
Internet article:
If you have ever seen the movie irobot then you would now what the robots that they are working on can possible do. The scientists at Cornell University have invented a new model for a robot that will keep on moving after damage. The robots design looks like a spider with 4 legs. Robots before now when they took the tinniest amounts of damage would break down and be useless.
The new robots have eight motors and two sensors that help tell the robot how it has to adapt to keep itself moving. It also can teach itself to walk if anything is not working it will learn a new way to walk. The robot has among 100,000 possible arrangements of parts.
This new robot technology can help people who have lost limbs and need to have robotic arms and or legs. It also could help us in battles if we could make a robot that could attack and not just walk. I think this is a good invention and will prove to be more useful as time goes on.
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Alumni
// Jan 11, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Hi mr.Ardito, how’ve yah been? this is two of your students from period eight. do you not give weekly articles anymore??? thats such a rip off! well, we hope you get this!!
bye
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