Documented learning

We have learned about many subjects in earth science and i have a favorite part of each subject.

~In astronomy my favorite part was learning about gravity and motion. this was my favorite part of astronomy because it has a lot to do with are everyday life.Gravity is the motion that holds you on to something or in other words attracts things together.

~This year we also studied Earths atmosphere. I liked learning about the different layers of the atmosphere. The first layer is the Troposphere inside of which weather occurs. The second layer is the Stratosphere the layer that jets fly through. This layer absorbs harmful rays from the sun because of the ozone layer that is located at the bottom. Next is the Mesosphere the layer that burns any meteor or rock fragments coming to Earth. The fourth layer is the Thermosphere, the layer that space shuttles orbit in and auroras occur. Last is the Exosphere the layer where the atmosphere goes into space.

















~In geology my favorite part was the rock cycle. It was awesome how all rock is each type of rock at some point. From being metamorphic rock deep under ground to being a sedimentary rock compacted to the surface.


















~My favorite thing that we learned about weathering and erosion was learning about the different types of weather fronts. In this we had to learn about the four different types of fronts. While learning this i learned that a front can occur when something happens to other fronts. Weather and erosion was an cool topic but not the best this year.











~In the Earths waters I enjoyed the activity on the computer where we learned the cycle water goes through. After learning about the water cycle we had to answer questions about it on our blog. I enjoyed this because it was fun and we got to apply what we learned in our blog.

Where Does Water Come From

where does Colorado springs water come from?
75% of water that supplys Colorado springs is snow melt coming down in streams and rivers to the turquoise lake then goes through ortero pipeline making its way to homesteak pipeline then going to the water treatment plant then to the citizens. the other 25% comes from surface and groundwater such as these examples of are surface and ground water

Surface Water

• Pikes Peak Northern and Southern Slopes
• Cheyenne Creeks
• Fountain Creek
• Peakview Reservoir in Monument
• Northfield Watershed

Ground Water

• Arapahoe (4 wells)
• Denver (1 well)
• Laramie-Fox Hills (1 well)
• Widefield (4 wells

Water Cycle

Q. What is the water cycle?

   A. The water cycle is the continuous movement of water which it moves through the environment.

Q. Does the water cycle have a beginning or end?

   A. No the water cycle does not have a beginning or a end because it is continuous and never stops.

Q. Starting with a puddle on a sunny day, describe how water might move through the water cycle and eventually fall       back as rain.

    A. The puddle will soon evaporate  into the air, then it will turn into condensation, and soon become heavy enough to come down as precipitation then will go into runoffs and underground water that will soon be going into rivers lakes and the ocean. 

Solar Power

Annonated Bigliography

Solar Works
www.crystalbay.net/solarvillage/questions
On this website i found many facts and answers to my question "how efficient is solar power". This website was very essential to my research and that things i found. this website was the one i used the most.
Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080213172955.htm
This website had lots of facts on solar power. It also had lots of history on solar power. This website also had lots of dates and numerical facts. This was a very helpful website.
The Green Blog
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2008/07/mit_team_increases_efficiency_of_solar_panels.html
This website had lots of facts but not all of them were about solar power. On this website it talked about going green and that is what solar power is. that is why this website helped me doing my research.
Powered by Solar Panels
http://poweredbysolarpanels.com/solar-panel-efficiency/
this website has helped me drastically in my project. this website gave me lots of information on solar power and solar energy panels. this website has been very helpful.

Solar Power

Solar Energy

Q.What, specifically about your topic, are you going to research?
A.i will be researching "how efficient is solar power?"
Q.What conclusions did you come to? What do you recommend average citizens do to make a difference?
A.I have found out that solar energy is most efficient when it is placed at a southern sun exposure but it can be less efficient when things such as shad by anything as little as a leave to as big as a whole tree. As result of shad affecting the solar panels loose debris can also affect it so it works to its fullest ability. Although the efficiency of the solar power should not run out or start to work worse if you keep them clean and out of shad.
http://www.crystalbay.net/solarvillage/questions.html
http://poweredbysolarpanels.com/solar-panel-efficiency/
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2008/07/mit_team_increases_efficiency_of_solar_panels.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080213172955.htm

Q.What would happen if, worst-case scenario, nobody listened to your recommendations?
A. If nobody uses solar power it could take effect on earth with global warming because it slows down global warming. if no one uses it it could also effect people by making them rely on on the traditional methods of producing power instead alternate source which is solar power.

Q.What would happen if, best-case scenario, everybody listened to your recommendations?
A.If many people used solar power it would not be efficient because people would not have to rely on trditional methods of produseing power and it would also slow down global warming.

Penny Experiment

My prediction was off by 3 drops because I predicted 5 and it took 8 drops. As I did this experiment i put drops of water on a penny one at a time. I did this till the penny was full of water to where it overflowed at 8 drops of water. But at the result of the experiment being 8 drops I was not shocked by my prediction of 5 drops.

Water in Hawaii

Journal entry 10
While in Hawaii i have learned many things. One thing that i have learned about is water. Hawaii is known for their volcano's but the water is really important also. The water in Hawaii is known for their big waves that lots of people come to surf on. A main reason people come to surf their is because they are known for the biggest wave known called Jaws that occurs once a year in a certain place. This wave is created by the reef on the ocean floor and what happens with the water on the island. On the island their are many waterfalls rivers and streams that shape the island.The water in Hawaii is clear and clean. Around all the waterfalls rivers and streams there are amazing rain forests.

Exploring Earthquakes

Earthquakes tend to happen along plate tectonics in the world.

Earthquakes happen here because a earthquake is the plate tectonics moving.

This area is called the ring of fire.

The closest earthquake to Manitou is in ute pass. the details of this earthquake is there was a small chain of three earthquakes.people are able to feel this earthquake from ute pass. it acured with a magnittude of 3.1.

On Friday January 16th at 3:09pm there was a earthquake in Tennessee. The depth of the earthquake was 8.5km . the magnitude of it was 2.8. Earthquakes are perty common in this area.



To protect yourself from earthquakes you should drop, cover, and hold. You could also make your house safer by making improvements to it.