Week 4-5

I find this certain topic interesting because I've always been interested in mythology type science. Things that were told to be myths but proven to be real. I've never really liked PBS except for the cartoons (HA), but when an interesting video comes on I'll be sure to watch it. PBS's videos are very informative and teaches about all aspects and subjects as life; art, science, music, history, pretty much anything. It definitely makes a difference in not only my life but too anyone who watches PBS. Their videos aren't 5 minute little spurts on the subject, the videos are very well detailed and informative about the subject.
Even though the videos are great they don't mention every SINGLE thing. I'm sure there's things they left out, but to learn more about it you can research it, read a book about it, watch a different documentary on it. There's lots of possible options you can do to get more insight on it. I'm not completely sure if there is a Wikipedia page on it or not. If there is I can definitely go there for research, but if there isn't someone can create one so more people can find information on it!
Science affects every single person, science lives inside us (literally). There's things constantly happening inside us, outside of us, and all around us. Any person would be a fool not to be interested in science, not this particular topic but any science related topic. It doesn't matter if their young or old, we all share the same interests. I'll defiantly be sharing my knowledge with the world on letting people know about the facts and details of the story I watched.
Honestly, I don't know what the author left out because well, I'm not very knowledgeable on the topic. I'm sure he could have added some fun facts about it to appeal all viewers, but that's just my opinion.



http://video.pbs.org/video/1204753806/

Article

Peer Pressure? It's Hardwired Into Our Brains

Georgio Coricelli

Sciencedaily.com

Sep. 11, 2011

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906164312.htm

Researchers found that the striatum, a part of the brain accociated with rewards, showed higher activity when a participant beat a peer in the lottery, opposed to when the participant won while alone. These findings suggest that the brain is equipped with the ability to detect and encode social signals, they use these signals to optimize future behavior. In private events, losing can be more life-threatening, with no social support. On the other hand, in group environments, rewards tend to be winner-takes-all. There are strong incentives for wanting to be at the top of the social ranking. I can cohere - (to agree, conform) on this subject, as I can understand wanting to always be on top, always wanting to win. It's human instinct, it's inside all of us. Always wanting to be dominant of others, win, fight for what we have.

Week 3

I don't believe you could just choose one important thing about earth science, because lets face it, there all pretty important. Watching the earth evolve, seeing it from the future to the past, learning about future disasters, and past disasters. Every single detail is important, to ensure our safety and become more knowledgeable on the subject. The earth evolves every single day, and it requires you to constantly monitor it and watch for the slightest change. It's important to study and learn about earth science, even if it's the smallest bit of information in a bad science book. It all matters when it comes down to it. Earth science is something that will always change, every day, month, and year. You will always be learning more and more information about how and why the world works. In earth science, everything that mother nature gives us is important. Flowers to giant mountains, there all useful on letting us know more about how things work.
Making good decisions about how you treat the earth is very important. The earth doesn't just change and evolve on it's complete own self. Everyone on earth helps it become what it is today. Even if it's terrible things, like pollution. There are things you can do to help the earth, instead of ruin it, things like recycling (obviously), riding your bike to school, turning the lights off when you leave the house, carpooling or taking the bus, and saving our resources. So making the right choices, could completely change the outcome of a situation.

Questions

1. What particles make up an atom and where are they located?
Proton, Neutron, Electron. Protons are located in the nucleus, also found in the nucleus is the neutron. Electrons are floating around the nucleus.

2. How do you find the atomic mass of an element?
You can look on the periodic table.

3. How do you know the charge of an atom?
Take the number of protons and subtract the number of electrons.