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Learning Behaviors

Two things that I am good at are arriving to class prepared with resources, materials, and assignments consistently, and completing my homework to the best of my ability every day. A weakness that I have is to arrive on class late as once or twice I forget to check the time and am late to class. All I think I need to do is to keep on doing the same thing and to remember to check my watch at lunch.

Google Science Fair

In the google science fair, I think the "wearable sensors" for tracking the movements and wanderings of Alzheimer's patients by Kenneth Shinozuka is the most efficient and one that would effect our society the most for three reasons. The first is that is is easy and cheap to create, as it does not use many materials for the sensors. Another important reason is that it would save a lot of Alzheimer's patients from wandering off and getting into an accident at night. Finally, I think that one last reason this should be voted as the best "Google Science Project" is that the the sensor is lightweight and easy to use, and finally that it will relieve a lot of stress for the caretakers of people with Alzheimer's.

Financial Report -- Investments for Profits and Bros

Financial Report of Profit and Bros        

By Aiden and Aditya

Mr. Hardinge invested “$10,000” into our portfolios of 5 companies on 5/12/2013, They were American Express (AXP), Google (GOOG), Apple (AAPL), Toyota (TYO:6201), and Tigers Polymer Company (TYO:4231). This portfolio performed in positive profit territory for nearly the entire period, apart from early February and early May.

The average profit was $388.43 (average of each update)or a 3.88% of the portfolio starting value.

The initial period from 5/12/2014 to 25/1/2014 saw a gradual rise in profit, reaching a peak of $1,094.68 (10.94% increase).

A rapid fall in share prices from 25/1/2014 to 4/2/2014 saw the portfolio record a loss of $227.32 (-2.27%). The period from 4/2/2014 to 22/5/2014 saw a gradual rise and decline, leaving us with a profit of $435.24 (4.35%).

In the table below, you can see the beginning and current prices of our portfolio shares for our companies, and the highest and lowest price. Additionally, the range shows the growth of the company between the start and the end. Also, from the graph above, you can see the trend was mostly a profit, with very little loss.

“Investing” in our company was a good idea at the start, as we made a lot of profit, and since it is rising again, I would advise you to continue investing in our shares.

Locker Alarm!

FYI: The alarm sound was too soft because of the background noise, so we added in sound effects.

Also, check out the "bloopers"! Go to this link to see it :D

Elodia and Saltwater

First of all, when I zoomed in, the cell membrane and the chemicals inside filled the cell. When I placed the saltwater next to the cover slip, I put the paper towel on the other side of the cover slip. Freshwater went out, and saltwater slowly went into the gaps. It retracts and white spots start to form. More water diffuses out of the elodea cells than the amount that diffuses in. Therefore, the inside of the elodea cells loses water, the cell contents shrink, and the plasma membranes pull away from the cell walls. As you can see in the last 7 seconds of the short clip, the place where the saltwater had affected the cells the most had cells that had turned into small balls. The process is called plasmolysis.However, the outer boundary of the cell did not collapse because of osmotic pressure, which is the pressure which needs to be applied a liquid before a cell wall or membrane collapses. Finally, when the freshwater was placed back in, the cells exploded, as the change of pressure was too rapid and fast for the cells to deal with, therefore resulting in chloroplast streaming, and the cell walls breaking.

1. What happens to the cells as the salt water flows under the cover slip?
It retracts and white spots start to form.

2. Why does this happen?
It happens as the salt water is depriving the cells of water and the cell is becoming dehydrated.

3. Why didn’t the outer boundary of the cell collapse?
The outer boundary of the cell did not collapse as the cell wall held it together.

4. Why do plants wilt when there is not enough water
When water in the plant is drawn out by osmotic pressure, the plant will wilt. Plants normally wilt without water because water normally helps in the transportation of nutrients and other important minerals from the soil to the plants. Then, the plant might not be able to photosynthesise or gain the minerals that it needs.

Coldest and Hottest Places on Earth

Vostok Station in Antarctica is one of the coldest places on Earth. The Russian research station is where the lowest recorded temperature was taken at -89.2 degrees Celsius (-128.56 Fahrenheit). Antarctica is not only the coldest place but also the windiest and has the highest overall elevation of any continent in the world. Despite the fact that Antarctica contains 90 percent of the ice in the world, it receives almost no rainfall, making it technically a desert. The absolute value of this temperature is 89.2 degrees Celsius.

Al’Aziziyah, located in Northwest Libya, is one of the hottest habitable places on Earth. On Sept. 13, 1922, a high temperature of 57.8 degrees Celsius (136.04 Fahrenheit) was recorded in Al’Aziziyah. Later, experts discounted the reading, mainly because they said the person who took it was untrained, but the area is still considered one of the hottest in the world. The absolute value of this temperature is the same, 57.8 degrees Celsius.

Tour Builder

I tried out this really cool program that Google just created: Tour Builder, and started my social studies religion project with it. If you want to see what I have done so far, click on this link.

We've hit 1500!

Thanks to all my viewers, we now have 1500 views!

Next time I will update page views as a post is when we get to 2500 :).