Cycle 2 Week 3

• The author most likely wrote this passage because he or she wants to tell people how teens don't get enough sleep and how it effects their lives. He or she wants people to know how much sleep teens actually get at night. In the article, it says " Studies have shown that teenagers really need at least nine hours of sleep, with eight hours considered 'borderline' acceptable amount. This is saying that teens need at least 9 hours of sleep everyday but 8 hours is good enough too. This relates to me because my mom tries to get me to bed early so I can get the proper amount of sleep.
• The main idea of this passage is how teens don't get enough sleep and cause problems towards their lives. In the passage, it says, " Scientists like the CDC's Eaton hope that by understanding the risky behaviors, like sleeplessness, that might contribute to these tragedies, they may be able to save lives." This is saying that scientists are trying to see if a lack of sleep causes teens deaths. Also, the passage says, " Also, without enough sleep, a person might have more trouble learning or exercising good judgement." This means that when you don't get a lot of sleep, you have problems with learning things because you're not that focused. This relates to me because when I don't get a lot of sleep, I usually don't pay attention that much in the morning at school because I'm so tired.
• From reading this passage, I learned that teens really need to get enough sleep so their lives will go smoother. I found out that not sleeping makes you very unfocused with your learning and with things you do. In the passage, it says, " Over time, people who regularly don't get enough sleep are more likely to be obese or get sick with serious diseases." This means when you don't get enough sleep, you're most likely going to get fat and or sick. This relates to me because I never get enough sleep when it's a school night. Maybe about 5 hours? This is why I'm always lazy and unfocused during school sometimes.

Cycle 2- Week 2

If I could design a game, it would be called Making a Living. It would be about life and how you can choose the path you want to go down like in the real world. The names of the characters will be whatever the player makes their avatar. Challenges the students will face are avatars built in trying to get them to do things bad. They have to choose if it's the right thing or the wrong thing. If they pick the wrong thing, it will be consequences like losing their job or losing something important. If they choose the right thing, they will get a boost in the game. After completing this challenge, students will take away life skills. Sometimes in the world, games teach people more things than real world things.

Gaming Is Educational

A game that I am currently playing is a game called CafeWorld. It can be found on Facebook if you have one. The goal of the game is to just make food so your waiters can serve the customers. The more food you make, the more customers you have, the more money you recieve, and the more points toward your next level. There are times on each food item, so you have to make sure you come back so the food won't spoil. From playing this game, I learn how to manage my time. I learn this because I would pick foods to make that are in my time schedule. I wouldm't make the things that are like 6 hours long beacuse I will be in school and it will surely go bad. This game can be used educationally because you learn skill and how to use time wisely.

Another game that I am currently playing is a game called BurgerShop. It can be found on the computer's game system that you have. The goal of the game is to serve all of the customers in the time given. If you lose a customer, the game is over. This is another food game.=) There are three different types of levels; breakfast, lunch and dinner. As you go throught them all, the game gets harder and harder. From playing this game, I learn the skill of timing things right. For example, if I serve a certain customer first with the biggest order, the other smaller orders will be easier becasue I got the other one out of the way. This game can be used educationally beacsue it teaches you persistance in things you are doing.

Week 6_ Prompt..Edit.!

No, most of my posts were not correct. I'm being honest with you, I really didnt put that much effort on actually researching the answer. And that doesn't hurt anyone but myself. I think I got one or two posts right because I actually understood what it was talking about and I knew the answer from lessons. The blog that was my best was week 1. It was because I knew the answer. In the next cycle of blogs, to make my writing better, I could maybe start my blogs earlier. Then, this will give me more time to search around for the right answer instead of just putting what I think is right. If I do this, I can stop guessing my answer and actually know it.!

Week5_Prompt#3

People use ice packs to help them with injuries. Heat is involved with the bending of the pack because of the heat in your hand. That heat somewhat melts the middle of the pack when you break it. Heat is also involved because once the ice pack finishes being cold, it turns hot because the cold energy is gone. Again, heat from your hands and energy within the pack causes the ice pack to chemically react. That is how heat is involved.



Resource: www.ehow.com/how-does_4914813_how-ice-packs-work.html

Week 4-Need for Speed

First to say, there are two teams competing against each other; red and blue. They have to buld race cares out of either a tricycle or a wagon. Since the blue team got to pick first, their strategy was to pick the toy that would help them go faster once the challenge was complete. So, they picked the wagon. The contestants of the design squad worked together as a team. They helped each other and listened to everyones ideas.
I would approach the problem by thinking of ideas just like the teams did. Also, I would just ry all different ways and have a different approach on the challenge. I would listen to everyones ideas beacuse one of them might work. From design squad, I learned that if you work together, you can be successful. Don't argue and let everyone help.

Week3_Prompt#2

Evaporation is the process in the Water Cycle when liquid changes to a gas. You may notice that the air near the water's surface becomes cooler.This occurs because the water hits the air as water particles. Usually, when things change from a liquid to a gas, the temperature has to be at the Boiling Point. Energy heats up the air as the water vapour goes around. And then when its done, energy slows down because the heat is not hot anymore, so it cools down to what it was before the evaporation started.

RESOURCE:http://www.answers.com/topic/evaporation