Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Space and Aviation-On Thin Ice
This small article is basically talking about a satellite designed to take the most sensitive measurements yet of sea ice and glaciers. It falls under the field of Space and Aviation. The big deal about this topic is that it would help scientist make better computer models to predict polar temperatures, ocean circulation and, perhaps most important for those of us on the rest of the planet, rising sea levels. I care about this developments because it's going to help the environment. I think that in 2010 scientist are going to find out more stuff like this that could help out on things. In 2005 the rocket failed to separate and brought the original CryoSat satellite crashing into the Arctic Ocean. That was the obstacle they had, but scientist came up with new ideas for it to be a success.
Entertaintment-TV on the Go
This article was about that in this year there were new inventions like that now we will be able to watch TV not only in TV screens but in to cellphones, net books and other mobile devices. This article falls under the field of Entertainment. The big deal about this topic is that It costs broadcasters less than a penny a minute to provide the service, compared with the $4-per-minute price that cellular carriers pay, and this new service, called Mobile Digital TV, allows any wireless device equipped with a tuner chip to receive signals directly from transmission towers. We should care about it because now we could have access to TV in a lot of different items not just in a TV screen. The things that are going to happen this year is that we are going to be able to watch TV basically anywhere we want. I think that an obstacle is that people might start watching TV while driving and that could cause an accident. Or maybe it could cost a lot of money and not a lot of people are going to buy the product.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Time Travelers Research Paper
What is civilization? Why is it so important? Civilization is an advanced state of human society in which a high level of culture; science industry, and government has been reached. It is important to know about civilizations because it was part of our history. Ancient civilizations arose all over the world. Civilizations began in America long before Europeans thought they did. Government is important to civilizations because if the government is not strong everything can fall. Even though people don’t know much about the Indus Valley, this essay explains why the Indus Valley was a failure because it didn’t have an army or big government.
One of the earliest evidences of human civilization in India is found in ancient Indus valley civilization. The Indus valley cities were one of the first cities that came into existence and formed the basis of civilization. Ancient civilization arose all over the world. Civilizations began in America long before Europeans thought they did. The earliest traces of civilization in the Indian subcontinent are to be found in places close to the Indus River. The Indus Valley people domesticated animals, and harvested various crops such as cotton, peas, and barley. The Indus Valley people 5,000 years ago a nomadic people crossed the Himalayas and made their way into northwest India from Sumeria, now know as Iran. Once there, they settled near modern day Karachi, a rich land, where they found ample water, fodder, and fuel supply as well as clay fro making bricks. engaged in extensive trading. This information helps readers know about the background of the Indus valley.
Ancient Indus civilization had many strengths that made their valley more beneficial. One of the strengths they had was merchants trading. Cotton, lumber, grain, livestock, and other food stuffs were probably the major commodities of internal trade. The Aryans which were nomadic herders who left their homeland in steppes of southern Russia around 1800 B.C. and migrated southwestward. The Aryans began to settle in tribal villages. Their houses were made from bamboo and clay. Gradually, they spread as far as the Ganges Valley and started to plow the land and grow wheat and rice as well as keep animals. In my opinion I think this were great examples of strengths they had because they did good things like farming and not hunting which didn’t hurt anyone.
Although the Indus valley had strengths it also had weaknesses. The Indus valley people were not that big on schooling. Every Hindu village had a schoolmaster that would teach the boy children from the age of 5 through 8 years old. To them, discipline was the essence of schooling. Yet a Guru which is a teacher, would live with his student until the student was twenty, until the student was required to do chores for the Guru. All the subjects were of religious nature. Schooling has to do with government, because in school they learned a lot about religion, and religion was a big part of government. I think they didn’t have a strong government which wasn’t good because other civilizations could’ve attack them or take over their lands.
The civilization I chose to compare with mine is Minoans. They were located in the Greek Bronze Age. They traded with other nations. They had to gender inequality. They treated the man and woman the same. One similarity we had was that we didn’t have an army which made our civilizations a failure because they didn’t have nothing to protect themselves with. I think it was important to compare the Indus valley with another civilization to see different things each civilization does.
The Indus valley people didn’t hurt our society. I know this because in ancient India there were huge granaries where people could get their grain everyday. Their city had a grid pattern that many cities have. People in ancient India also knew what was expected of them for work each day. Farmers knew a lot about how to grow grain, metal workers what people needed. These people farmed, they weren’t hunters. From my point of view I don’t think they hurt our society.
In conclusion, this essay was about the Indus valley history and government. Even though there wasn’t much to say about the government because it is still a mystery, I am sure it was a big thing for the Indus valley people. They had lots of strengths and weaknesses but had similar things with other civilizations. History should be very important to people because it helps us learn of all the things that were going on in the ancient world and learn about our ancestors.
One of the earliest evidences of human civilization in India is found in ancient Indus valley civilization. The Indus valley cities were one of the first cities that came into existence and formed the basis of civilization. Ancient civilization arose all over the world. Civilizations began in America long before Europeans thought they did. The earliest traces of civilization in the Indian subcontinent are to be found in places close to the Indus River. The Indus Valley people domesticated animals, and harvested various crops such as cotton, peas, and barley. The Indus Valley people 5,000 years ago a nomadic people crossed the Himalayas and made their way into northwest India from Sumeria, now know as Iran. Once there, they settled near modern day Karachi, a rich land, where they found ample water, fodder, and fuel supply as well as clay fro making bricks. engaged in extensive trading. This information helps readers know about the background of the Indus valley.
Ancient Indus civilization had many strengths that made their valley more beneficial. One of the strengths they had was merchants trading. Cotton, lumber, grain, livestock, and other food stuffs were probably the major commodities of internal trade. The Aryans which were nomadic herders who left their homeland in steppes of southern Russia around 1800 B.C. and migrated southwestward. The Aryans began to settle in tribal villages. Their houses were made from bamboo and clay. Gradually, they spread as far as the Ganges Valley and started to plow the land and grow wheat and rice as well as keep animals. In my opinion I think this were great examples of strengths they had because they did good things like farming and not hunting which didn’t hurt anyone.
Although the Indus valley had strengths it also had weaknesses. The Indus valley people were not that big on schooling. Every Hindu village had a schoolmaster that would teach the boy children from the age of 5 through 8 years old. To them, discipline was the essence of schooling. Yet a Guru which is a teacher, would live with his student until the student was twenty, until the student was required to do chores for the Guru. All the subjects were of religious nature. Schooling has to do with government, because in school they learned a lot about religion, and religion was a big part of government. I think they didn’t have a strong government which wasn’t good because other civilizations could’ve attack them or take over their lands.
The civilization I chose to compare with mine is Minoans. They were located in the Greek Bronze Age. They traded with other nations. They had to gender inequality. They treated the man and woman the same. One similarity we had was that we didn’t have an army which made our civilizations a failure because they didn’t have nothing to protect themselves with. I think it was important to compare the Indus valley with another civilization to see different things each civilization does.
The Indus valley people didn’t hurt our society. I know this because in ancient India there were huge granaries where people could get their grain everyday. Their city had a grid pattern that many cities have. People in ancient India also knew what was expected of them for work each day. Farmers knew a lot about how to grow grain, metal workers what people needed. These people farmed, they weren’t hunters. From my point of view I don’t think they hurt our society.
In conclusion, this essay was about the Indus valley history and government. Even though there wasn’t much to say about the government because it is still a mystery, I am sure it was a big thing for the Indus valley people. They had lots of strengths and weaknesses but had similar things with other civilizations. History should be very important to people because it helps us learn of all the things that were going on in the ancient world and learn about our ancestors.
Semester Academic Goals for Humanities
First Goal- Ask questions when I don't understand something.
Step- Participate more in class and ask my peers for help.
Second Goal- Use more of sensory detail in my writing and be more creative.
Step- When we get time to write in our wex add sensory detail to my writing.
Third Goal- To have an A or B at the end of the semester.
Step- Turn in all my work on time and do every assignment.
Semester Academic Goals for Mysics
First Goal- I want to stay with an A or B for this whole semester.
Step-Do my work and turn it in on time.
Second Goal-Participate more in class.
Step- Ask questions when I need help to my peers or teachers.
Third Goal-Review my science and math notes to prepare for test/quizzes.
Step-Read trough my brain book at home.
Step-Do my work and turn it in on time.
Second Goal-Participate more in class.
Step- Ask questions when I need help to my peers or teachers.
Third Goal-Review my science and math notes to prepare for test/quizzes.
Step-Read trough my brain book at home.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Time Travelers Pillar
Project Description
A pillar is a thing we had to draw and also do a research about it according to which pillar we chose. My pillar was the Indus Valley's Government.
Process
I had to first look up a picture in the computer that I liked the most and that represented our Pillar. Then had to sketch it out on a paper according to the measurements. Finally I painted my Pillar.
Reflection
What did you learn? I learned about the pictures that represented each civilization and what it symbolized.
What challenges did you encounter? The hardest part was choosing a picture because there was a lot that were really good and that symbolized different things.
What would you do the same or different? I would've put more time on my final product because at the end a lot of people had awesome drawings and I felt like I should of putted more effort on it.
How will this help you later? It could me in the future by being a better drawer and actually finding out what each picture means.
A pillar is a thing we had to draw and also do a research about it according to which pillar we chose. My pillar was the Indus Valley's Government.
Process
I had to first look up a picture in the computer that I liked the most and that represented our Pillar. Then had to sketch it out on a paper according to the measurements. Finally I painted my Pillar.
Reflection
What did you learn? I learned about the pictures that represented each civilization and what it symbolized.
What challenges did you encounter? The hardest part was choosing a picture because there was a lot that were really good and that symbolized different things.
What would you do the same or different? I would've put more time on my final product because at the end a lot of people had awesome drawings and I felt like I should of putted more effort on it.
How will this help you later? It could me in the future by being a better drawer and actually finding out what each picture means.
Time Travelers Essay
Project Description
This project was about choosing a civilization and building a boat or trebuchet based on what would help it. Besides doing all that we also needed to write an essay and search information about the pillar we got. There was four of them they were Government, Art & Architecture, religion,..
Process
I had to look up information about the Indus Valleys Government and make that into a 7 paragraph essay. We had to set up our essay in the TEA format.
Reflection
What did you learn? I learned a lot about The Indus Valley and other civilizations because of everything we did and also in the exhibition when we got a chance to go around and ask our peers questions about their civilization.
What challenges did you encounter? The hardest part of this whole project would have to be writing the essay, because it wasn't a five paragraph as i was used to writing. It was a 7 paragraph essay.
What would you do the same or different?
I would try putting more effort into my essay because I wasn't convince that i tried my hardest on it and that's what got me an OK grade.
How will this help you later?
I think this could help me later on a job or in my future.
Research Paper
This project was about choosing a civilization and building a boat or trebuchet based on what would help it. Besides doing all that we also needed to write an essay and search information about the pillar we got. There was four of them they were Government, Art & Architecture, religion,..
Process
I had to look up information about the Indus Valleys Government and make that into a 7 paragraph essay. We had to set up our essay in the TEA format.
Reflection
What did you learn? I learned a lot about The Indus Valley and other civilizations because of everything we did and also in the exhibition when we got a chance to go around and ask our peers questions about their civilization.
What challenges did you encounter? The hardest part of this whole project would have to be writing the essay, because it wasn't a five paragraph as i was used to writing. It was a 7 paragraph essay.
What would you do the same or different?
I would try putting more effort into my essay because I wasn't convince that i tried my hardest on it and that's what got me an OK grade.
How will this help you later?
I think this could help me later on a job or in my future.
Research Paper
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