Thursday, April 24, 2008

Water Tank
In class we did an experiment which demonstrated density. We had a tank filled with water in it. First we put a divider in the middle of the tank. One side had blue food coloring and salt. The other side had just yellow food coloring. When we took out the divider i predicted that the yellow would rise and the blue would sink. My prediction was extremely close, the yellow raised and the blue sank but there was also a green strip of water in between the two colors. The blue sank because it is more dense, food coloring and salt add density to the water. The yellow raised since it only had food coloring and it was less dense. Next we quartered the tank. We put red food coloring in the water. The red section of water contains food coloring and salt because we mixed the blue and yellow water and put some red food coloring in that. My hypothesis was that the colors would all mixed together. My hypothesis was wrong, what actually happen was that the yellow was on top than a thin line of green, next was red, than another thin shade of green and on bottom was the blue. Lastly we quartered the water tank again and salted it again. I predicted that the slimy green would sink with the blue. The slimy green went to the bottom, than it was blue than red and on top was the yellow.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Social Studies
Cell phones. I believe that cell phones are the best advancement in technology. Now that we have cell phones you can call people whenever. Cell phones make life a lot easier. If your running late to something or you have to go somewhere you can just call someone and tell them. If we didn't have cell phones life would be a lot harder. People could get lost or people might not know where someone is. Cell phones also have many extras too. You can just carry around a cell phone but you can also take pictures with it or text or even go on the Internet. Cell phones are very important to life today.