Kayleigh+Johnson

One thing I found interesting was that artificial turf was first introduced in the 1960's. I thought it was much more recent than that. I already knew that turf gets really hot on sunny days. However I didn't know it was because the grass blades are dyed green so they absorb more solar radiation. This applies to Chemistry because without Chemistry the process of making the turf would not be possible.

I read the article titled "Offshore Wind May Power the Future". I think that it is an excellent idea because the wind turbines placed in the Jersey Shore would account for thirteen percent of the state's energy. Turbines are placed off shore because they generate more power at sea than on land, don't obscure the scenery, and don't interfere with activities. One question I have is: do the wind turbines effect marine life? The article states that this alternate energy source may be to costly. However, I think that is a stupid excuse. It will cost just as much, if not more, to keep going down the route that we are currently on. They also talk about how if the water is too deep, then the pole is not stable. Therefore researchers are trying to develop ways in which to make the structure more stable.

Einstein's Miracle Year After reading the article I learned a lot of new information. For example, I didn't know that Sir Isaac Newton was to blame for inventing calculus to mathematically describe different laws of force and motion. This connects to what we do in calculus. We have taken derivatives to find velocity, acceleration, and position of a particle. One thing that I thought was really cool was the whole thing about the clock. Because of the time it takes the light from the clock to reach your eye, the time that you are seeing isn't actually the time that it is. In fact it is about a second behind. Another thing that I thought was cool is that the people in the back of the class see a different time than the people in the back of the class because the distance is greater.

Periodic Table I found this article kind of interesting. One thought that hit me was, you need to be creative to think of new ways to rearrange the periodic table. There are a lot of factors to think about. The table needs to reflect similarities and differences between the elements. One huge difference that is differentiable between the three new layouts (galaxy, spiral, and triad) is the placement of hydrogen on the table. Having so many different forms of the periodic table surprised me. Being a naive teenager, I thought that there was only one periodic table, which is the traditional one we use in class. Even though I like change, and even embrace it sometimes, I think I will be old-fashioned and stick with our good ol' reliable traditional Periodic Table.