Earth systems & Earthquake in Mexico City

​Reflection : 

    The Earth System consists of four major spheres. The Earth System is made up of the Atmosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere & Cryosphere, and Biosphere. The atmosphere is the mass of the air surrounding the Earth. The geosphere is made up of matter that makes up the Earth. The hydrosphere is all the water that makes up the Earth. The cryosphere is the frozen part of the hydrosphere. Last, but not least is the Biosphere which is where all living things live.

   The Earth System has many different spheres that affect the Earth in many ways. The spheres work in different ways, but they don't only affect the Earth they affect each other too. Natural disasters are a perfect example on how the spheres affect each other. When a natural disaster occurs all of the spheres are affected by it, for example during an Earthquake the atmosphere releases methane into the atmosphere which has an affect on the biosphere because it has to deal with life, and the human beings living on Earth. The understanding of environmental science would help aid during these natural disasters because it would help us gain more information about what is occurring, and would also help us prepare better for the disaster. It would also help us predict more about when these disasters will occur. The efforts we could make for the future is just to prepare for it, and know how to prepare / do during these disasters because we can never predict when a disaster could happen. I believe we should also talk/ learn more about these disasters, and how we can recover from them. 
 
    In class today we did a gallery work to present our projects. We had to write feedback for our peers. While reviewing the feedback, my group and I received positive/ good feedback. People liked how we presented our information, and the pictures we included. The negative feedback we received was about how we put to much information, and how we should've made it shorter.  
  

Natural Disasters Research:

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Reflection: During the gallery walk, I noticed other groups did a very good job at explaining the different systems and how they affect each other. I think my group could of did it a little better with explanation. The feed back that we got was good. Other groups were saying we did a nice job presenting, it was creative, designed well but then others wanted to see a video. Overall, I think our project was good and we all worked very well on it equally. 

Natural Disasters and Earth System Research

Identification of Roles

Natural Disasters occur because of movements or changes within some of the Earth's systems. These systems include:

 

Biosphere ~ the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.


Cryosphere ~ Is the frozen water part of the Earth system. Beaufort sea and North Alaska. The one part of Cryosphere is the ice that is found in the water which includes frozen parts of the ocean that surrounds Antarctica and the Arctic.


Hydrosphere ~ Hydrosphere is all of the waters on the Earth’s surface (Oceans, Lakes, etc.); including water above the surface, like in clouds. The connection Hydrosphere has with hurricanes, is the formation of them. Hurricanes start with storms over the


Atmosphere ~ The blanket of gas on the surface of a planet or satellite. The atmosphere of the Earth is about 80% nitrogen and 20% oxygen. Natural disasters include tornadoes and severe storms.

Geo-sphere ~ Any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere. Natural disasters include volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.


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Reflection

The earth's systems affect each other in somewhat of a domino effect. I say this because for example, a natural disaster that forms in the Atmosphere or the Hydrosphere can have a major effect on the Geosphere, possibly creating enough to cause harm to living organisms in the Biosphere. An understanding of environmental science help in natural disasters because although we can’t stop natural disasters from occurring, we can prepare for them, especially with our advancements in meteorology and forecasting natural disasters such as hurricanes. The efforts we can make to create a better future is helping those are in need of it most, and understanding that if we all pitch in, we can make recovery easier.


Citations

Unknown Author. “How Do Hurricanes From?”. NASA, Oct. 6th, 2016

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/hurricanes/en/

Unknown Author. “11 Facts About Hurricane Katrina”. DoSomething.com. Date unidentified

https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-hurricane-katrina

History.com Staff. “Hurricane Katrina”. History.com. 2009

http://www.history.com/topics/hurricane-katrina

Jeremy Zilar. “Hurricane Relief: How to Help”. The New York Times. Date unidentified.

https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/hurricane-recovery-and-volunteer-resources/


Expanding to 5th Grade in Fall 2018

Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber is excited to expand to middle school in 2018.  We look forward to welcoming sixty 5th graders next September.  Interested families can learn more about the unique learning experiences that SLA @ Beeber offers at the 5th Grade Open House, Thursday, Oct. 12th from 6-7pm.  

In order to apply, students need to submit an application on the School District of Philadelphia's website AND call SLA @ Beeber (215-400-7270) after Sept. 24th to schedule an interview.  Interviews will be scheduled for Saturday morning, Oct. 21st, and Sunday afternoon, Nov 5th.  Interviews will be conducted as small group activities and include a written reflection.  For any additional questions, please call SLA @ Beeber or email admissions@slabeeber.org.

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Botany Benchmark

In this video, Cash'e interviewed a fellow gardener about the importance of Urban Gardening and how it plays a role in our community. We chose this topic because throughout the year we felt like Ms. Aziz was emphasizing on the how important plants are to the economy and how we shouldn't underestimate them at all. So, we wanted to go more in-depth on this topic. 

I believe that I contributed extremely well in this project. Unfortunately, I wasn't there with Cash'e for the interview, but other than that I tried to contribute well for the project. We came up with very good questions for the interviewee, which I thought was our strength, but one thing we've could've done better was collaboration. I felt like we were kind of all over the place and had to procrastinate a bit to get back on track. The most meaningful part of this project was the information we received from the interviewee which could be used for future reference for anyone who's interested in gardening. 

Draw a Room Project

Their is a women at the window looking out her bags are packed she is going back to her hometown of Ohio to visit and she has flowers for her mother. she has picture of her and her mom on the wall who she hasn't seen in 2years.​

Personal Items :Picture frame, Rug, Suitcase 

Zakaa Room

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My room is  about a boy that lives in South Philly and likes sports. The boy is 15 and lives with his older brother and Mom. He is a dedicated and ambitious young man that wants to be successful in his craft.  He is trying to enhance his room to make it better. He’s trying to make more space in his room. He is very athletic and wants to base his room on sports and his favorite athletes. Therefore , this is the room and lifestyle of my character. All the items he uses the most in his room is  his basketball sketchbook and laptop.

Personal items

Basketball      football      picture


One -Point Perspective Room

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The person that lives in the room is my mom. The scene is when my mom is laying down in her bed. You see the door to the far left, the closet doors close to this door, the television, the table below it, the bed, and the door to the far left. Three important items in this room are her pocketbook, her jacket, and her phone.

One-Point perspective

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Camilo is going thru things and is in need of attention so he is planning this room to commit slavery  hes putting shackles and all kinds of tools around the room and when he is bored he looks at the them thru this to sided and also shackles on the floor and a bucket in the corner  for blood. 

Ignite

Well for my Q1 i was not able to submit it because of the fact that it kept deleting so I was never able to finish it. And now i have added information about me and also my work that i have posted on slate.

 

For my Q2 project i was going to make a 3D model of one of my favorite anime’s main characters masks’ but i ended up finding out that was a little too hard to do. So then I ended up making a Lamborgini using 3D models

 

And for my Q3 project I took a picture of Donald trumps hair, Adam Silver's face, and also Roger Goodell’s face. And i did this because of the fact no one really like Adam Silver or Roger Goodell and the commissioners of the NBA and NFL. And Donald Trump is someone who a LOT of people hate so I decided to photoshop them all together.

 

 

Well for my Q1 i was not able to submit it because of the fact that it kept deleting so I was never able to finish it. And now i have added information about me and also my work that i have posted on slate. So here i'm going to tell you guys a little about myself, i am an aspiring video game designer who goes to SLA@Beeber. Im hoping to get into a college that offers a good Engineering and Design program. I also want to move to California after getting out of school. And i want to travel around the world through my life that why i want to be a video game designer and move where my job takes me.

 


One - Perspective Room

I remember this room from my time writing, thinking, and rapping in that studio. I experienced a whole lot of feeling and seen a lot of things that happened.

 

Now, it’s still the same thing for me, I walking in that room, seen the mixing board, mic, and headphones. I see the recording room. So many song recorded, that were recorded when i was going through things, when i wasn’t going through.

 

When I’m on my way to the studio, I thinking about the songs I’m about to record, how far its gonna


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Circuit Project

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3 years ago when Brandon was in japan. He was celebrating the golden weeks , during the night, they have some events, on the street there has a lot of lanterns blooming together, that was the first time Brandon feeling marvel at circuit. The second time is during junior-high school graduation trip, at the last night, everyone let the daylight flow up, about 5 hundred daylight light together, it was magnificent, also, it contain the memories in my own country.


Physics Sword Project

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The reason we chose this was because the person who uses this sword is Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy he was a Soldier well an Ex- Soldier and basically we wanted to replicate this sword to say thank you to those solders who dedicated their lives for us. It might be weird way to thank them this but Cloud went through a big ordeal and this sword protected him and his people just as the soldiers have there arms to protect us. Cloud will continue to protect his world just like how the soldier will continue to protect us

Electric Art - My Pillow

I decided to use my pillow because I like to sleep. My pillow plays a big part in my life and deserves to be presented. This pillow tells the world that I appreciate the little thing. Nobody really acknowledge how powerful a pillow can be. I love my pillow and wanted to show the class how much I love my pillow and sleep.