Blog entry #1 historian

I picked the zoologist from my 6th period science class. She had to find some animals and do research over them. Then she drew pictures of them.

Googleologist project

So, my eighth grade class is curious about many different things and I asked five of them something that they would like to know about. What are you curious about? It can be anything from why can't birds swallow in space to why does the earth spin from east to west and not north to south. Here are a few questions I was asked:

   1.) Are there other living creatures besides us? 

As a fact, there has been evidence found in a meteorite of simple life forms. It supposedly came from Mars and it had been found in Antarctica; as for now it's unknow for what had made the form. 

   2.) How many galaxies are out there?

There happens to be one to two hundred billion galaxies with hundreds of billions of stars in each of the galaxies.  

   3.) Why does light produce a color?

The color of anything basically depends on the type of light that is sent to our eyes. White light from the sun contains all the possible color variations.

   4.) Why do we have tail bones, but no tails?

They don't know why we have a tail bone, without a tail but perhaps it's mainly because we don't really need to have one.

    5.) Does it take longer flying from west than east?

It takes longer flying from western destinations than it does to Eastern destinations mainly due the the jet streams.

Googleologist Project: What's your question?

Prehistoric pink elephants in space with a gravity-swallowing bird... What?! Haha, these are all bits and pieces of different questions my peers have asked me over the past couple of weeks. In which, I will answer these five:

  1. "How many bones do elephants have?" Though it depends on which type of elephant (and which stage of life it's at), the average elephant only has about 282-351 bones and about 62 vertebrae.

2. "What are NASA's five new missions for 2014?" There are, as said, five new missions that NASA is planning on pursuing: Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observation, starting on February 27, then the Orbiting Carbon Observation-2, starting in July. Later in the year, on September 12, begins the mission called the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System, and finally, in November, is the Soil Moisture Active Passive. The details of these missions I cannot simplify, but maybe you know someone who can.

3. "What animals have been around the longest?" We'll, the answer to this can be based on where you stand scientifically and religiously. Christians and Jews believe. Based on words of the Bible and the Torah, the first animals were "cattle and creeping things of the ground". However, scientists have their best guess as the horseshoe crab or cyanobacteria.

4. A very interesting question occurred when a dear friend of mine asked, "Why can't birds swallow in space?" The reason being is because they are pro-regurgitators, and rely on gravity to swallow.

5. The last one is very simple: "What is color?" Well, color is obviously what makes the world around us so vibrant and lively. But, scientifically, it's the perception of the human visual system and based on the mind of each human.

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Meteorologist Education Requirements-Dr. Phil

Meteorologist education:

   A meteorologist is a person who studies weather patterns and uses sophisticated models to forecast the weather. Of course, if you're going to tell people what the weather is gonna be 5 days from now, you must be pretty smart! Before you become a meteorologist, you should make sure to make all A's in high school and take classes to help better understand the subject, including chemistry and earth science. But of course you can't become a meteorologist right after high school. You must go to college first.

   If you end up going to college to be a meteorologist, you must pursue an accredited bachelor's degree in atmospheric science. This degree requires classes in atmospheric sciences, chemistry, physics, environmental sciences, math, and earth sciences. This degree is more for if you plan to be the weatherman on the six o'clock news, but if you plan to work in weather research, you need a graduate's degree. This degree takes more specialization classes, such as climate change or air pollution. Overall, meteorology is a pretty tough subject, but if you work hard and understand and enjoy science and math, you may just have a chance to become one! - Dr. Phil