Break It Down!

Atoms make up our universe, you can totally tell this wasn't rehersed. I gonna stop rapping at typing speed, because soon all my readers are gonna leave. Word to your mother!

So I guess you should know why I am typing a random rap. Gather around and I shall tell the story of what we are made of! As rappers said in the 90's, let's break it down. However I'm not breaking down the history of my life in 'the hood' I' m breaking down the universe, well, kinda.

Have you ever made a tower out of legos? Or seen a brick wall? Everything is like a bunch of blocks stacked up on top of each other. It takes a lot of little things (LOL One Direction Song!) to make big things. Now in health class you may have learned about cells and ht they make up your skin and blah blah blah. We should look a little closer. Like, with more than just our eyes.

2,400 years ago a Greek guy had nothing better to do than sit at home and think. Democrtitis I think was his name. So since he had a lack of social life he decided, 'hey what are we made of?' Then he took a piece of paper and ripped it in half. Then he ripped the half in half. Tbh, he just kept ripping and ripping until there was like nothing left. Or at least nothing we could see. In reality there was a lot left, and he found out about it. So what did he call the things that we couldn't see or rip in half? Atomos! Wait, you don't speak greek.... Indivisible! Okay that doesn't make sense either... oh I got it! You may know them as atoms!

Now it's time to 'break it down y'all! Holla!' This is why I have no social life.... but as we've learned, some people who stay home make great discoveries! Any who, want to know about atoms? Well think about if this way, we have organs; the liver, stomach, heart, brain, lungs, and all that jazz. I guess you could say atoms have organs, too. They call theirs 'subatomic particles'. Protons are ones with a positive charge. Like those kids that are in your class that are super perky and get really annoying? Yeah.... Then there are electrons, or those kids who are always sad and sat at home wishing they were in a relationship and had a life, but they don't. Then there are neutrons that have no charge. You can call them neutral, the ones in your class that are a careful balance between the two, probably what you think you are, but I guarantee that your classmates think something else!:P

Let's discuss the parts of a cell yeah? Well you've learned about the subatomic particles, but what happens when you put neutrons and protons together? Boom! No I'm just joking... it forms the nucleus! The nucleus is like your brain, it's the very center of the atom and does all the 'guiding' for them. Its held together by the strong force. Since I'm a mythology geek, I'm gonna use the Atlas to compare. He supposedly holds up the Earth. If the strong force wasn't there the nucleus wouldn't be there, it keeps the protons from repelling each other. Wouldn't it be awesome if Atlas could prevent the world from having wars?

Let's talk about electrons! Their job is to run around the nucleus at almost the speed of light. Think of it as a giant pack man game. You know, except faster. Much much faster.They also have a negative charge that attracts protons, and they have shells that represent energy levels.

 

You that thing called the periodic table? I know you are probably like 'atoms have nothing to do with elements' well your wrong! LOL No.  Periodic Tables are a table about elements arranged in order of the number of protons and electrons (they cancel each other out). Different types of atoms are sneaking off together....do you think something going on? I herd they eloped! Yep! When atoms link together they make molecules. Take water for example. H2O, agua, ice, water vapor. H2O is it's scientific name. It stands for 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen combining to make water. Cool huh?

Well that's it! I hope you learned a lot from the break down of life.... got any questions? Want to know some fun facts? Just comment! By Darlings! xx - G

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Scientific Method

So everyone has a problem, you know, that one thing that bugs your mind and makes you go crazy? Yeah you know what I'm talkin' about!LOL, but seriously, I'm going to show you how to get rid of that problem. This process is called the scientific method, and before you go 'C'mon she's gonna give us some boring lecture about the steps of the scientific method that I've been told about several times by my weird science teacher that smells like coffee.' hear me out first.

Scientific method..... hmm ok, let's see if I can make this fun. I'll use a familiar scenario; annoying siblings. Let's say your diary was open and on your bed, but you left it in your nightstand. You may want to find out who read it right? I know I would... not that I have a diary... because that would be insane! *rubs neck nervously and chuckles*

First we need to identify your problem. Problem: Someone read your diary and you have no idea who did it. Now let's put your problem in the form of a question. Question: Who read my diary and left it on my bed? Good! Now we can move on to the next step.

Te second step of the scientific method is forming a hypothesis.  A hypothesis is an educated guess. What's the info you are basing your hypothesis on? Let's just say the past. Your sibling always wants your stuff and steals from you, so you think your sibling did it. So, to recap, here is your hypothesis: I believe my little sister/brother read my diary and left it on my bed. See how I restated the question? That makes for good, solid answers!

Experiment time ladies and gentlemen! You guessed it! The next step is create an experiment. Here's what we are gonna do; we are going to take out our diary and leave it on your bed. Then you can hide a camera in your room and say that you are leaving to go to the mall or something. The camera will record anyone that goes into your room, and what they are doing in there. Don't have a camera? Just don't feel like going out?  Hide in your closet! Trust me it works, I''ve done it with my sibling. Now that we have created our experiment, it's time to test it out!

Now, as much as you wish to get your sibling in trouble if you find out it's them, you can't just burst through the closet like a mental patient. Wait until they leave. Yes, that means f they get to the part about you crush on that dreamy high school jock that never notices you, or the part about how unfair you parents are, let them read it. Odds are they'll get in trouble if they announce it. Any who, next we need to analyze the data. Gather any evidence you can. This isn't Criminal Minds, so you don't need fingerprints, just bring the camera downstairs and show your parents the footage. If you hid in the closet, you should probably take pictures with your phone, which, now that I think about it, should have been stated earlier... whoops! Oh well...

Last but not least is communicating the results! This time you can go to your parents and say that he/she looked in your diary. They are going to ask for proof, so remember the pictures or video, that is key to punishing your sibling. Once they have proof, something will be done.

See? The scientific method was easy to understand! You just needed a little guidance right? Well I hope this helped you understand it with our virtual experiment type thing. Here are the steps again just in case you need a recap; State the problem, form a hypothesis, create and conduct an experiment, analyze data, draw a conclusion, and communicate the results. There ya go! Hope it helped! xx - G