Christian

May 15, 2009 In class this week, I learned about disecting frogs. The first day we did this, we only studied the outside. We looked at the frog's webbed feet, and we took out it's tounge and eye balls. We also cut the frog open and looked at all the organs inside of it. We found out that the liver is the frog's largest organ. We cut open the stomach, but the frog my partner and I disected was anorexic, and it didn't anything in it. Also, we learned about the frog's urogenital system. Everyone in the class had male frogs, so Mr. Burtis had to bring around a female frog that a person in the other class had. We looked our frog's kidneys, and we tried to take out his brain, but Alex cut it in half before we could get it out. Instead of trying to rescue the remains of the brain, we concetrated on skinning it instead. Once science thing I question is evolution. I think that evolution is a myth, and atheists just made it up to explain how humans came to be on the planet. The fossils people found are species before us were creatures God tried to have thrive on this planet, but killed them off when they didn't work. Then God put humans on Earth, found out that we could be better, and improved us. This is the myth people think of evolution.

April 23, 2009 In class this week, I learned about Conservation of Energy. The Conservation of Energy Law states that matter cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change forms. This law is the same for the Conservation of Energy, except for the law is the Conservation of Energy law, not mass, and it states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, just change forms. Another thing I learned is that we can balance equations. For example, H2 + O2 has to equal H2O. Since those do not match together equally, as there is an extra O, you have to double the H2 and the H2O. This way, there is H4 and O2, and that equals H4O2, which is 2 water molecules. One science thing I wonder about is why there is man-made elements on the periodic table. I believe that people made these elements to make artificial things, such as pesticides, clothing, etc. Also, I wonder why there are elements on there that haven't yet been created. I think this is because there are still things that they are testing.

April 13, 2009. In class this week, I learned about protons, neutrons, and electrons. In the nucleus, the protons and neutrons are gathered together. In the energy paths outside, the electrons reside. Depending on what period they are in, that is the number of energy shells they have. Also, if you take out the transition metals, the group they are in is the number of electrons in their valence shells. Another thing I learned is that the periodic table is arranged specifically, not at random as i previously guessed. The periodic table is arranged by the number of protons and electrons each element has. As the table goes on, the number of protons and the atomic mass increases. Also, every new energy level, there is a new period for the element. One science thing I wonder about is why the sky is blue. I believe the sky is blue because the gases in the atmosphere are reflecting the oceans' color, and the light from the sun makes it the particular hue that we see every day. The sunlight interacting with the reflection can also make the sky darker or lighter, depending on the temperature and the cloud color.