Thesis Statement

🚕 Thesis Statement 🚕

Because of cars that use gas, our world today is polluted and our environment is ruined.  We can fix this by starting to use electric cars. 

My 1st research question: How many humans and animals die every year because of cars with gas?

My 2nd research question: How much pollution does a gas car make compared to an electric car?

My 3rd research reason: How much gas does a car let out every day? 

4 Corner Activity Statements

-Science has only brought positive benefits to everyone.
First I believed that science only brought to the human life positive benefits. Such as many discoveries that impacted the world, but then I figured out that many experiments that people did caused death and injuries.

-Technology is everywhere in the world.
I thought that technology is all around the world but then I thought and I realize that the poor families that live on the streets don't even know what technology is and they don't even have an electronic devise.

-Boys are better at Science than girls.
I was really surprised when our teacher said this question because all the boys except one said that they strongly disagreed.

-The Internet has made the world smaller.
I was really surprised when many students went in the angle with strongly disagree.

-Animal testing is necessary.
I was actually in between because it is true that if we do animal testing that's basically harming the animal but also if we did not test them we would not have known many things as we know now about the animals.

-Climate change is caused by people.
I was really surprised when many students thought that a group of people could have cause climate changing because it's like saying that humans have super powers.

-Technology has negatively affected close family time.
Many people said yes but only one said NO.

Wind Erosion

Wadi Degla Fill Trip

WADI DEGLA Fill TRIP

 "OMG is so hot here" Many kids complained as we got off the bus and we got ready to head in the Wadi.

"I can't believe our teachers made us do this fill trip!!" More kids complained.

We walked and walked and all I saw around me where big mountains and rocks and there was so much wind that made all the sand fly everywhere. The sun with its raging arms made as sweat and it was even harder to walk. We were quickly running out of water but luckily one of the buses had gallons of water and we were about to arrive to the spot were we were going to have a snack. 

When we arrived to the pic-nic area Mr.Bill a geologist started talking to us about the wind erosion and all the different types of rocks you can find there.

I was amazed when Dr.Bill said that the wadi used to be an ocean!!!!

After he finished talking we had a little snack.

"Ready for a hike?" asked Mr.O. 

Obviously we were all tired but were eager to climb the mountain.

There were many parts were you could slip really easily and many others that were really thin and that only one person at a time could walk through.

Many kids were scared of heights and didn't dare to climbed even though it wasn't really high. A kid was about to fell down because his hat flew away and wanted to get it back. I loved the hiked even though as I all ready said it was boiling hot and even though we had water it was too warm to drink from it.

After the hike we ate lunch and headed back to the buses and came back to school.

Now this is my favourite part of the day!!! As we came back we had a really big dance party until the end of the day.
It was awesome!!!!!!!!
This fill trip was really fun but there was too much sun!

Virtual Reality

The day Ms. Hebba announced that we were going to use the virtual reality glasses I was really exited. 

Me, Nadia and Ian were the first one to use them.

The teacher helped me put the glasses on and the video quickly went on.

First I saw the grand Kenyon and then Niagara falls they were both really interesting.

The one I liked the most was the Niagara Falls because I could see all the water splashing and falling down in the devils pool and I could also see the boat with 2 men's with many things packed at the back of the boat.
I thought they wouldn't have survived because the current was really strong and I could see the 2 men's struggling to get to the shore.
1 thing I liked about the Grand Kenyon was that I could see clearly all the different sides it had.
I really enjoyed the experience of the virtual reality because you can see everything as if you were standing right in front of it.

Experiment 4: Aquatic Engineer

Question: Is it possible to control the flow of water?

Hypothesis: I think it is possible to control the flow of water because if you use good materials it probably stop it.

Materials:

• Fine sand 
• Ruffle sand
• Clay
• 2 wood pieces
• Sticks
•  5 Paint brushes
• Cup with small hole 
• Ruler
• Sponges
• 7 Small buckets
• Big bucket
• Water
• Stream table
• 2 Popsicle sticks
• Colorful blocks

Procedure:

First we mixed the 3 types of soils and then putted at the bottom of the stream table 1 of the wood piece and then we added all the paint brushes, sticks, the 7 buckets, the Popsicles sticks, the colorful blocks and the sponges to prevent the water from going outside the stream table. After that we added the ruler on top of the stream table and on top of that we putted the bucket with the small hole on the bottom. With the megearing cup we poured in 4 cups of water and putted in the cup. We putted the big cup to hold the water under the stream table. Then we started the experiment.

Observation: 

I saw a big hole creating right under the bucket with the hole. 

The water was staying all in the same place where the Dun was, but then the water started going trough the materials that got put there but just a bit got out.

Conclusion:

My Hypothesis was partly right because at first me and my group members thought that the water would have not made it through but then at the really end some of the water started getting through. I still think that we can control the water from flowing.

https://youtu.be/u7Xl5wFIsjI

Experiment 3: Flood

FLOOD

Question: what happens when the force of water is increased?

Hypothesis: I think there is going to be a flood and the water will go out of the land.

Materials:

• 2 buckets 
• 1 ruler 
• wood piece 
• ruffle sand 
• clay 
• fine sand 
• water 
• stream table 
• Bucket with small hole
• Big bucket  

    
Procedure: First we got the stream table and with the clay, fine sand and the ruffle sand we putted inside the stream table. Then we put the ruler on top of the stream table and then on top of the ruler we put the bucket with the small hole in the bottom. We put the wood piece on the bottom of the stream table and then we put the big bucket under the stream table.

Observation: Because the sand was all ready wet from the previous experiment I could see all the sand slowly coming down as the drops of water that came down with the bucket. It looked like the sand was melting as the stream of water went down the hole and inside the bucket that could hold the water that went out of the stream table. I also saw that when the water came down the bucket under a small hole was forming and it was getting deeper and wider as more water came down. The water actually created a flood.

Conclusion: Also this time my hypothesis was right because as I explained in the Observation part I said that the water created a flood and there was a lot of water coming down and it was too much that it had to  make flood.