KWL on Forces in Motion

Today in class we started our new unit on forces in motion. I have to say I really don't know much about forces in motion. What I do know is that my teacher will teach me all about forces in motion. What I know is that it has something to do with how things react to motion. For example, the vibration in a pool. Before the first person jumps in, the pool is totally still. After you jump in, there is a vibration in the water going out from where you land in a circle surrounding you that looks like a wave. Also, cellphones send signals in sound waves. You can't see them but they are still there. I would like to why things react to motion and why the forces of motion exist. I would like to know what other things react to the forces of motion besides the things I know. Today in class we started to learn all about the different types of forces of motion. I was most interested in the roller coaster and skate boarding and how gravity works. Now I know why they make me wear a seat belt on roller coasters. If you didn't, the forces of motion would just fling you out of the ride. We don't want that to happen do we? In conclusion, throughout this unit I think I'll learn a lot about stuff I didn't know about before on the forces of motion.

Earths Inner Secrets

For the last three months, we have been studying rocks, minerals, and the Earth’s structure.  Throughout this unit, we have learned many different things.  It seemed like three units in one.  Before our unit, I thought that minerals were just rocks.   Except for diamonds and gold, I believed rocks were easy to find and worthless to humans.  Pretty rocks were used for jewelry and others for roads and landscaping.   One the major things I learned in this unit is the difference between rocks and minerals.  Minerals are natural occurring, solid, crystalline structures, formed by inorganic processes, with a definite chemical composition.  Rocks have some but not all of these features.  For example, a rock might be solid and inorganic but does not have a crystalline structure.   

Another thing we learned in this unit that I found interesting was about the inner Earth. I thought there were thousands of different layers in the Earth.  When we drew this like our teacher asked at the beginning of the unit, my inner Earth looked like a rainbow of soil layers.    After watching a Bill Nye video about the Earth’s structure, I found out that there are only 4 main layers – crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core.    The deeper in the Earth you go the hotter the temperature.

 Volcanoes were another big topic that we learned about in this unit.  We learned what volcanoes are, the different types, how they are formed, what can come out, and so much more.   At my old school, we went on an overnight field trip to visit a volcano but at the time, I had no idea what it really was and why we went there.   The only thing I really remember learning is that volcanoes smell like sulfur.  In this unit, we learned much more than I can explain here from mining to tectonic plates.

In this unit, we did several fun labs like growing a crystal garden.  Another fun lab we got to do was researching the ocean’s minerals and how they are mined.  We need to be more careful with our environment since we are polluting our oceans and lands.  In conclusion, this was a very interesting unit.  I learned much more that I through I would.  If I had to change something about this unit, I would have had fewer blog posts.

Reflection on our grop discussion on the ocean minerals

Today in class we had to get in to grops and discuss about the oceans minerals. I think our group work well to gethe. I think we  could have had more opinions and maybe a little more focus but other than that I think we did ok.Our class noticed that ever grope had all most the same opinion on mining the ocean menials . When I look back on today lesson I think it was very fun a  good way to learn others opinion and a great way to learn why ocean minerals impotent. In conclusion I think it  was a very  good lesson to day and i leaned a lot from it.

Why are minerals important to people?


Minerals are important to people because, they are used for houses, roads, paint and other material that we use every day.


What minerals are found in the world’s ocean?


Gold is one mineral mined under the ocean along with other precious mineral people want these mineral because they mine them and people want them.


Why are these minerals so valuable?


Minerals are valuable, because many people want them, and we used them in jewelry and it cost money to get extract, and they can get money by selling them, to other people. Because they are pretty and shiny.


Who should have the right to receive them or the profits?


Poor countries, that do not have enough money to afford them and they should use the money to use: shelter, food , helping their community, sell the minerals to get more money n their country. Poor nations should get the profits so they can catch up with the wealthy nations.


What are the problems with mining in the ocean?


The problem is that it is very expensive and people that do mine in water and they are fighting for who can mine where.


Who owns the ocean’s mineral?


Nobody really owns the oceans mineral but wealthy countries acts like they do. Nobody really needs minerals, under water because we really don’t need them, we can find them in land and like this we prevent from polluting the ocean.


What are the rights?


In 2003 157 nations had assigned the Law of the Sea profits have to be shared with other nations, also sometimes they can be some argues about the under water minerals, so to prevent fights they compromise, sometimes the compromise, is sharing the profits with one direct nation.




Do you agree with them?


We do not agree with the rights, because we think it is not necessary to pollute the ocean just to get a few minerals, and a lot of Nations do not leave the ocean as clean as they find it, of course the profits are not shared equally when they should be.


PROPOSAL


Our proposal is we don’t think we should mine in ocean water, because the profits are not shared equally the ocean is polluted, and we can find the same minerals on land, of course not every nation can afford it. Our group members discussed a lot about, the fairness of the digging of the minerals, for example why do the wealthy nations don’t share their profits with the poor nation, that need help?
Children without education, countries in war, and Nation issues.
They all need help!!!!!!!!!


QUESTIONS


1. Why do people want to mine the ocean, if they can find the minerals on land, and it is less expensive?



2.Why don’t they share the profits with poor nations, that need help?

3. Where does minerals go?


4. What are they used for?

5. Why do the wealthy nations don’t share their profits with the poor nation, that need help?
Children without education, countries in war, and Nation issues?

Most Mined Mineral in PA

Minerals in Pennsylvania, USA

Pennsylvania, which is where I am from, mines a lot of the mineral limestone. It is used to make cement and other useful building materials. It is very important in building houses and roads which you use every day. For example, some famous buildings such as the Empire State Building in New York City were made from Pennsylvania limestone. Limestone is also used in farming as a fertilizer to improve the soil. Limestone is mined by surface mining. In Pennsylvania, the Allegheny Mineral Corporation is one company that mines limestone. Limestone is a valuable mineral. It provides jobs at quarries and brings money to Pennsylvania. Quarries in Pennsylvania export limestone to other states and countries. Pennsylvania and the US rely on mineral mining. In 2010, the minerals mined in Pennsylvania were worth $6.25 billion. That is a lot of money and Pennsylvania is just one of the fifty states in the USA. As you can see, Pennsylvania has gotten very lucky with the minerals and other natural resources it produces.

 Resources:
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/econresource/index.aspx
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/noncoal_mines_and_quarries/14003
http://www.ehow.com/list_7653493_pennsylvania-limestone-aggregate-specifications.html

The ocean minerals

What Would You Do?

1.       Summarize the controversy about ocean mineral rights.

Wealthy nations spend their money on mining minerals beneath the ocean floor.  Poor nations think the profits from the ocean floor should be shared.  

2.        The concerns of wealthy nations with those of developing nations.  How could you reassure developing nations that they won’t be left out? 

Well developed countries have more resources, money, people, and technology to explore and mine the ocean floor.   Since they do all the work to get the minerals from the ocean floor, they want to keep the profits for themselves and their countries which is greedy I think.  To help developing countries I think, a portion of the minerals found on the ocean floor and a portion of the profits from these resources should be given to less fortunate countries especially if they come from international waters which are owned by all nations.

                                          

3.       Who should share the mineral profits of the Pacific Ocean?  From the Atlantic Ocean?   State your opinions and support with facts.

  Since coastal nations own the rights to the portion of the ocean that borders their land, they should be able to keep the mineral profits from those areas only.

The mineral profits from all of the world’s oceans should belong to the companies that mine the minerals in other areas.  I think that companies that want to mine in international waters should pay a fee that is shared with all nations. Whoever pays the highest fee for mining rights should get to explore and drill in certain areas.  I think that all international waters should be divided among all countries.  Each country gets the land they already have and a certain percentage of international ocean waters.   All countries need access to minerals to develop.  Sharing mineral access could benefit all nations since it would help less fortunate develop more quickly. 

If everyone starts mining in the oceans, they will become more polluted than they already are.  Therefore, it is important that companies that are allowed to mine they must protect the environment and leave the ocean better than they found it.