Class Response: Science Stations

Recently in class, we worked on a packet called "Reflection, Refraction, Conduction, Convection, Oh My". Mrs. Treasure, my teacher, forgot to add the convection station, so I am going to exclude that from this post. Reflection, or the return of heat, lght or sound, was used in several stations. I think these stations were loads of fun, especially the one with bubbles! Next we learned about refraction, or the bending of a ray of light, sound, or heat. A trick I learned with these is that refraction bends, reflection bounces. There was only one conduction station. To fill you in, conduction is the transfer of heat beween two mediums, such as rubbing your hands together.

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Current Event: Climate Study

Did you know that New York City produces one percent of the countries greenhouse gas? Now you know that that is true. In fact, NYC produces the same amount of gas as Ireland and Portugal. Mayor Bloomberg is hoping to cut it down by thirty percent within the next 27 years, which was just said on Tuesday. Each New Yorker leaves off one third of the emissions as the average American, but since it is so packed, it produces much of the percentage of the nations emissions. Just in case you didn't know, like me, greenhouse gas is the pollution from cars and objects like that. I learned that this effects the climate because it is basically traps the suns energy, warming the Earth, which is NOT good. I really think that we, as Americans, should cut down our emission level.

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