Thursday, October 29, 2015

Wierd day

Today was a wierd day 
I was on the bus and kids were screaming A LOT

So my bus driver pulls over and calls the cops on us
So i am pretty much waiting to get tasered
Not really
But still it was insane

Thursday, October 8, 2015

hi

1. Which countries send people to the ISS?
2. Describe are 3 features of the ISS?  It is big,it only holds b6 people, i would love to go there
3. Describe what the ISS is there for.  What are they studying? Why do we spend all that money to keep it up there?  It is used for research.
4. Embed a photo of the ISS
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

1. Do you agree with this article? Answer in a complete sentence and tell why or why not. I agree because i love games.
2. What do you think has caused the shift in science from being against video games in the 80s and 90s to more positive towards them today?  Parents were more stubbern in that day.
3. Find 2 reliable sources:
  • One scientific source that explains why video games are bad for your brain link
  • One scientific source that explains why video games are good for your brain 
4. Summarize both of your sources and the arguments they make.  This should be 2 paragraphs. 
  1. Problem solving and logic – When a child plays a game such as The Incredible Machine, Angry Birds or Cut The Rope, he trains his brain to come up with creative ways to solve puzzles and other problems in short bursts
  2. Hand-eye coordination, fine motor and spatial skills. In shooting games, the character may be running and shooting at the same time. This requires the real-world player to keep track of the position of the character, where he/she is heading, his speed, where the gun is aiming, if the gunfire is hitting the enemy, and so on. All these factors need to be taken into account, and then the player must then coordinate the brain’s interpretation and reaction with the movement in his hands and fingertips. This process requires a great deal of eye-hand coordination and visual-spatial ability to be successful.  Research also suggests that people can learn iconic, spatial, and visual attention skills from video games.  There have been even studies with adults showing that experience with video games is related to better surgical skills. Also, a reason given by experts as to why fighter pilots of today are more skillful is that this generation’s pilots are being weaned on video game
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  4. Problem solving and logic – When a child plays a game such as The Incredible Machine, Angry Birds or Cut The Rope, he trains his brain to come up with creative ways to solve puzzles and other problems in short bursts
  5. Hand-eye coordination, fine motor and spatial skills. In shooting games, the character may be running and shooting at the same time. This requires the real-world player to keep track of the position of the character, where he/she is heading, his speed, where the gun is aiming, if the gunfire is hitting the enemy, and so on. All these factors need to be taken into account, and then the player must then coordinate the brain’s interpretation and reaction with the movement in his hands and fingertips. This process requires a great deal of eye-hand coordination and visual-spatial ability to be successful.  Research also suggests that people can learn iconic, spatial, and visual attention skills from video games.  There have been even studies with adults showing that experience with video games is related to better surgical skills. Also, a reason given by experts as to why fighter pilots of today are more skillful is that this generation’s pilots are being weaned on video game
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Want better brain power? Play videogames
CHICAGO — Roman Rivera grew up crazy about video games. He avoided hismom’s screen-time limits by secretly playing his Game Boy after bedtime.Now that he is 21, he spends up to four hours a day battling enemies in“Dota 2.”
Yet Rivera was an "A" student in high school. Today, he is studying at theUniversity of Chicago, one of the country's best universities. Gaming helpedhim to get there, he said.
Rivera said video games led him to be interested in more things. He believesthey also made him smarter. “Without a doubt they have benefited me.” Hemay be right.
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New studies have found that gaming might have value. Scientists haverecently linked gaming with better brain power, decision-making and evenphysical fitness.
"It seems to have really interesting positive effects,” said Daphne Bavelier. Sheresearches video games at the University of Rochester in New York.
Professors have done thousands of studies on gaming since the 1980s. Mostof them found that gaming is bad for kids. The studies linked video games toviolence and weight gain.
A new generation of scientists more familiar with technology has come along.Different results have often appeared, said Christopher Ferguson, a professorat Stetson University in Florida.
1. Do you agree with this article? Answer in a complete sentence and tell why or why not. 
2. What do you think has caused the shift in science from being against video games in the 80s and 90s to more positive towards them today? 
3. Find 2 reliable sources:
  • One scientific source that explains why video games are bad for your brain 
  • One scientific source that explains why video games are good for your brain 
4. Summarize both of your sources and the arguments they make.  This should be 2 paragraphs. 

Thursday, September 24, 2015


  • What technology or advancement did you read about? 
  • How will this improve the field that it is going to be used in? 
  • What makes this advancement better than what was being used previously?
  • Do you think this new advancement is safe? 
  • Is it already being used on patients or is it still in the development stage? 


  • I read about prostetic limbs. I saw a device that moves them with your mind. You could also feel with it. Before you couldn't feel. You could not move it with your mind either. I think this is very saffe.It is sasfer than before. Itis already being used but they are beta testing. Ut's amazing.
  • Tuesday, September 22, 2015

    1. How does suspended animation work?  They suck blood out of you and put in salt water.
    2. Do you think this is a safe practice?  No
    3. What are other ways doctors could prevent people from dying of traumatic wounds?  They could stitch you up and pump blood in you.