Is There A Planet Out of Our Solar System?

Recently, astronomers have discovered that there is a planet out of our solar system that is orbiting the red giant sun. This is located 1,200 lightyears away in the Leo constellation. As of right now, there is only about 20 red giants that are known to support one planet, but this could be the first red giant to support more than one planet. As this is happening, researchers on the topic are thinking there is another world somewhere out there.
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SCIENCE CLASS ADVENTURES

Lately in red science class, we have been doing a project on a symbiotic relationship. For this project, we need to research what the connection is and why it is important in our lives. We also need to take a picture of this relation so one day, mabye, we can make it into a book and get it published. There are some pictures that realy amaze me that I have been spying on in the class that I think will definetly make it into the book. This sounds boring right? Well... it is. All class everyday research, reasearch, reasearch. Currently, I am trying to change my relaionship because I couldn't find not one piece of information on fish and bacteria.

Class Update!!!!!!!!!!

Previously in science class, we started to learn about how energy passes through a community. First, the sun gives heat energy to the producers. Then the producers give off heat because it it working hard to process the heat energy. After that, the producers die and when the consumers eat them, the nutrient and heat energy from the producers goes directly to the consumers. They also give off heat because their body is working hard to process. From this point, the consumers would die. When the decomposer decomposes the heat and nutrient energy form the consumers, they give off heat from working to hard also. At this point in the food chain, there is no more heat energy. This happened because as each organism eats another, it takes away some of the energy. Therefore, the decomposers give the nutrient energy to an inorganic nutrient pool, then from there back to the producers and the chain starts again. There could also be a scenario that instead of the producer giving both of it's energy types straight to the decomposers. Then to the inorganic nutrient pool to the producers. It is very important that you know that for each time an organism gives it's energy to another, it loses some of it's energy during the process. Have you ever wondered why when you feel sick your mom fells your head. Well, when you work to hard to break down what you have eaten, you give off heat that you can feel pretty well from your forehead. (all of this information is at a courtesy of my science teacher.)

Global Warming- Is It Real?????

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html
Whether we like it or not, global warming is here to haunt us. Over the past few decades, the average temperatures for a lot of places have increased about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit. This doesn't seem very bad but after decades of this happening, it could affect the world. During these past few decades, it has been the hottest that we have seen since around 400 years ago. If you think this is bad, average temperatures is Alaska, the west part of Canada and the east part of Russia have increased around 2.8 degrees. In these places were polar animals live, ice is evaporating. Some of these animals can only survive in these kind of conditions. Therefore it is killing some of these animals. In 2040, we could very well have the first ice-free summer. That means that all the ice in these places will eventually melt and polar animals will become extinct. For example, in 1910, the Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers and it now has only 27! Global warming is very important and shouldn't be taken as a joke. If you have been wondering why there has been so many hurricanes and tornados in the past few years, you just found your answer. Global warming is a very big part of these storms. In a report by the IPCC in February 2007, they said that it was"very likely" that humans are causing it. But, not every one believes this. This report was written by 2,500 scientists in more than 130 countries. They came to a decision that all or most of the current planetary warming has been caused by humans. Some people believe this and some people believe that everything is natural. They believe this because the earth is in a cycle that is soooo big that no one knows why Ice ages have stopped. They also don't know if there has been a global warming before. The world could cycle between these two things. I believe that this is true. The world is in a cycle were this happens every huge bunch of decades. Which one do you think is true?

Math Is...

This year in math class, I learned what math realy is. Math is, numbers, variables,percents, equations, probability, gometry, real life situations, but most importantly, FUN!!!!!!! You may think I am doing this to be a kissup for my teacher, but I love math. And I am pretty sure that it is my best class. Because of this, I have fun in math class. I realy do! I wish every class was as fun as math!

Science class

During science class the past few weeks, my class and I have been learning about weather and how it effects our everyday lives. To make class fun (which is pretty hard to do) we made kites and tried to fly them. We couldn't use anything except construction paper and tape. When we went outside, my kite didn't work. And not suprisingly, no one elses did too! The reason why my kite didn't fly was because it wasn't weighed down therefore it would bend in mid air. There was also not a whole lot of local winds. Local winds are winds that effect the city or town you are in. Global winds are winds that could effect the WORLD! Just like the El Nino winds.

Lately in science class........

Recently in science class, a student from Rugters university came to talk to my science class about searching for oil. It is more expensive than it sounds. Each time you dig a hole in the earth, it costs about $1,000,000 to do. If you break a drill, it costs about hte same thing. To help learn about this, the class and I preformed a lab to search for fake oil in a simulated earths surface made of rocks. Each time my lab group and I searched, we didn't find anything. This happens most of the time in real world oil drills. 70% of the time, the drill comes up dry! So if you think about how many time it comes dry and add the money for each hole, it could get very expensive.

Mars Has A Lake?

A lot of things are happening on Mars. There were some images that were taken that showed that Mars (the red planet) has a lake. So far there is no proof that there is life on Mars. That is one myth that is still trying to be proved. A crater on Mars was indeed filled with water at least twice. Shouldn't there be life on Mars if there is water? Why don't fish live on Mars in the lake? The world may never know.

NASA Shuttle Launch

Tuesday March 8 at 3:28 a.m.90% chance of good weather.Hopefully, Endeavour will be a successive mission. The astronauts are going to be in space for 16 days. Commander Dominic Gorie and his crew are siked to go into space. The lauch countdown began on Saturday early in the morning. Unfortunately, the countdown was delayed because of inclimate weather. Though it wasn't delayed very long. Hopefully, this is a helpful mission and everything goes alright.

What is up with Mars?

A robot on Mars discovered some pictures that amazed a lot of scientists. There currently was an avalanche on Mars!!!!!! There was a first sighting near Mars' north pole. They were sighted on Monday. The avalanche kicked up derbis clouds that were more than 590 feet across. It is very rare for planets other than earth to have anavalanches therefore making this a big part of the news. The avalanches occured near the north pole and broke part of a 2,300- foot cliff. Because of this, I believe that the planet is a little smaller than before due to the loss of land from the avalanche.What will happen next in the world of space?

science class

A while ago in science class, we started to create our own podcast about a person we were studing, Each group of two got a different person. Me and my partner have a person that is cuurently in Rugters. Tuesday me and Miniman did some research on her, but couldn't find much, so we sent her an e-mail. Hopefully, we will get a response. Also we finished learning. Did you know that everything in the world is made of matter? I bet you did. A cool chemical experiment to try at home is take a liter bottle of diet soda. Take a mento and watch what happens. (stand outside!!!!) Another is take a CAN of soda. Drink it. Next, pour water in it. Then pour the water out. If I am correct, the can should crush. Anotherone is floating soap bubbles. You need bubbles, a wand for blowing bubbles, a transparent container with an open top, 125 milliliters of baking soda, 250 milliliters of vinegarm and a shallow glassdish to fit inside large container. First you set the large container on a table . Place the glass dish inside on the bottom of the large container. Put your baking soda in. Then your vinegar with the baking soda. It should start to fizz.Once fizzing has subsided, gently blow bubbles into container with ingredients. There you have it your floating bubbles. The reason I am telling you these experiments is because they are all chemical reactions. In this experiment, the ingredients cause the chemicals to react from the carbon dioxide gas. Hence my reason for telling you these experiments.