Newton's Laws

Lately, in class we have been learning about Newtons Three Laws of Motion. First law being that, An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. The second law is that the change in velocity (acceleration) with which an object moves is directly proportional to the magnitude of the force applied to the object and inversely proportional to the mass of the object. Lastly, the third law is that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Friction, a major part with motion and force, is a conflict with force. It can either cause object to move at a faster pace or to slow down. Newton's laws are mostly used for measuring force, acceleration, and mass. These laws can be related into our daily lives such as a football game. The football will remain in the same spot if there is not friction, a football player to throw it, to cause it to move. It will continue moving if there is not friction, someone throwing it, to slow it down or make it speed up. My thoughts on this topic, is that this subject may be some what confusing, but once understood is very helpful in many situations related to your daily life.


http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/GBSSCI/PHYS/CLASS/newtlaws/u2l3a.html

Social Sudies Blog--- #2

Recently, jobs have been decreasing and many people are losing their occupation. Popular places, such as, Macy's, AOL, Starbucks, and Target are big stores where the most people have been let go from their jobs. Over 15,000 jobs have been lost just within these stores in the last year. Jobs are cutting down because businesses cannot afford to pay their workers. As a result, led the companies to lay off people unless they were needed. This causes people to have financial trouble. With having financial trouble, people are forced to find jobs, but with people getting let go, it is hard finding a job in a lot of places. This time now, with most people not having jobs, is not considered a depression, but a recession. I personally, think that we should not be in this recession and companies should just pay workers a lower amount, so people get little money rather than none. In the end, maybe eventually we will come out of this recession.


http://abcnews.go.com/Business/CEOProfiles/story?id=6804783&page=1

Blog_Current_Event* #4

Recently on Thursday, six infants died, while 300,000 others were sickened by tainted milk in China. Sanlu made 905 metric tons of melamine-tainted baby formula powder and out of that 905 sold 813 metric tons of tainted products that were made with contaminated milk. Many people involved in this harmful insident were either sentenced to jail for a period of time ranging from around three to ten months, the deathy penalty, and some have yet to punished. The middle aged men who were sentenced to the death penalty were those who sold melamine to milking stations to add the chemical into the milk. In addition, this tainted contaminated milk has also been proven to cause kidney stones for some infants that took in some of this bad milk. In the end, this is a serious matter where mad milk has come to hurt many hundred thousands and even kill.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/22/china.tainted.milk/index.html

Social_Studies_Blog*--Inauguration

This previous Tuesday, January 20, 2009 is the day we will forever remember. The significance to this day is that not only do we get a new president, but our first African American president. In addition, January 20 was the day Barack Obama got sworn in as our new president, also known as the day of the inauguration. If watching the inauguration, you might have noticed when Obama was getting sworn in some words may have been babbled not knowing what happen. This occurred because Chief Justice John Roberts mumbled the words while giving them for Obama to repeat. Because of this Obama retook the oath of office after on Wednesday the following day. But the oath appears in the Constitution itself. And out of an abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice Roberts administered the oath a second time," the statement read.

"President Obama prepares to walk into the Oval Office" shows the leader of the Free World poised outside the broad automated sliding door to -- horrors! -- the press area!" Barack Obama is now officially our president and we honor him, and respect his such courageous acts. He leads us to inspiration and teaches us we can accomplish anything if we put our mind to it. Now as Obama steps into the Oval Office and many other places located in the white house we will officially become the improved United States of America, with help of our new president Barack Obama.

In the end, I believe Obama is the right man for the job and will fulfill his duties as president of the United States. He can view different situations from different peoples prospectives. Obama is up for the challenge and is ready to become the president. Barack Obama is a name we all know now, and will forever remember!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/obama.oath/index.html

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2009/01/learning-the-ro.html

Blog Current Event #3

Earthquakes have been known to cause serious damage. Little did we know that they could also cause flooding. The main cause would not be the earthquake, but the dam containing water being cracked and breaking by the harsh movement of an earthquake. In California, an earthquake of medium or large size has the ability to cause flooding because of the reasons stated above. However, Susan Siravo states that there is nothing to worry about for the reason the the water level is low, so their is no chance of overflow at the time. In addition, if there happens to be a major storm, the water district will have to drain some liquid so that the dam will only be 87% full, so there is no chance of overflow and no chance of leakage. Leakage could unfortunately occur if an unlucky earthquake comes along, which is more likely in California then in other states. In the end, all will remain okay in California as long as no earthquakes or major storms happen that are not treated with.





http://www.ksbw.com/cnn-news/18438278/detail.html

*Current Event Blog 2*

Technology increases electrical items, making them more advanced. For example, televisions, computers, and especially cellular devices, such as phones. These days, cellular communicating devices can hold information like contacts, messages, pictures, ring tones, even Internet, plus so much more. Now scientist are saying in the future, cell phones will have features that can do many things. Like, they will have environmental monitoring systems. This means that it can tell you if you are getting enough exercise and if you can do more to make the planet friendlier and/or healthier. This small handheld phone will soon also be able to tell if a sick relative leaves on a hot object, such as the stove, or leaves the house. Cellular phones will be able to do this because scientist now have a computer that can interact and can sense with specific parts of the environment. Scientists then can then transfer the computer type technology into the phone which will then be able to do environmental monitoring. In the end, we never know what science will come out with next.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=6334363&page=1

*Symbiotic Relationships Blog*

Lately in class, we have been learning about symbiotic relationships. A symbiotic relationship is when two biotic organisms interact. There are three variations of categories symbiotic relationships can be grouped into. For example, mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism. Mutualism is when both organisms involved benefit from the situation. Parasitism is when one organism benefits while the other is harmed in the situation. Commensalism is when one organism benefits in the matter while the other organism is not affected or harmed. An example of mutualism could be a honey bee on a flower, where both organisms benefit. An example of parasitism is flees on a dog, which the flee benefits from while the dog is harmed. Last, an example of commensalism can be represented by moss on a maple tree, in which the one organism benefits while the other is not harmed. Furthermore, symbiotic relationships are many places and can be found almost anywhere.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiosis