Frankin Roosevelt and Modern Day

   So this blog post is going to be slightly depressing. Do you remember this guy?

 

 

 

    Yeah, FDR, you know the old president during the Great Depression? Ok, let's just pretend you know. Anyway, as you may know, he died from the disease polio. So, what does polio have to do with modern day when people thought it was extinct? Because it's still a threat.

 

 

    See, polio was extinct in the United States. Some parts of the world still have polio, like Nigeria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. The spread of this disease can be spread through travel and insect mating. Vaccines and immunization is becoming more common because the epidemic is becoming more nessacary.

 

    But what exactly is polio? Polio is a disease that can affect nerves and can lead to partial or full paralysis. Could you imagine what it would be like to not move your legs or even arms? It would be horrible.

 

    Well, in the 1980s, polio killed and/or paralyzed about 350,000 people worldwide per year, but now this number has been greatly reduced. 407 cases were reported in 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Polio vaccines can be given at particular doctor's offices.

 

 

 

 

 

   Sorry, I know there wasn't a whole lot of personality in this... mainly because this was a more serious subject. Anywho, the Question of the Post is what do you think the most terrifying disease is? And on that happy note, here's the link.and all my pictures are a Ctrl+Click away! Have a great week! xx-G

Keep Calm and Ride The Roller Coaster That Is Life

    Yes that is a Zayn Malik quote because why not? So this week we are discussing waves. You know the things that go up and down?

  Ok, not like that, necessarily... More like this:

 

 

     Ok, one more time let's try it one more time....

 

 

 

 

   Got it! Finally right? So what are waves? Waves are anything that transfers energy from one place to another.And there are two types: mechanical and electromagnetic. Let's talk about mechanical first.

 

   Mechanical waves need a medium to go through. Sound and seismic waves are mechanical waves because they need to move through something. All this talk about mediums, I bet you're wondering where large and small are right?  Well obviously you have no idea what type of medium I'm talking about. This type of medium is a kind of matter disturbed by energy. So water waves move through the medium that is water molecules. I guess you can say that information made a....

 

 

 

   Splash! Sorry, I had to. God I'm horrible. Now for an electromagnetic waves! Electromagnetic waves are waves that are produced by the acceleration of an electric charge. At least that's what this website says. These waves don't need a medium to go through. See the difference?

 

    Ok so now I have to show you something else. Don't worry, it's easy. Kinda.

 

    Next we are going to talk about transverse and compressional/longitudinal waves.

 

 

 

   Wee! Ok enough joking around. I'm saying ok a lot... Moving on. Transverse waves carry energy (like all waves do) at a right angle towards energy. Therefore they travel in that ^^^^ pattern. Compressional or longitudinal waves are shock waves that compresses the medium which it is transmitted through. Again, at least that's what this website says. 

 

So the next few, since I'm lazy, I'm just going to put in bullets.

 

• The top of a wave is called the crest
• The bottom of a wave is called the trough
• The middle of a wave to the crest is called the amplitude
• Wavelength is how you measure the amount of energy or the size of the wave is measured from crest to crest, or trough to trough.
• Then there's frequency. If you have a high frequency, then you have a high wave with short wavelengths. If you have a low frequency, then you have a low wave with long wavelengths.
  
  I hope that made sense.

 

Visual time!

 

 

 

 

 

   So I'm about to show you something awesome.

 

 

    Well the gif does two things. 1) It kinda gives you a glimpse into the fun fact I'm about to share and 2) It kinda reminds me of a friend when she gets angry. She knows who she is.

 

     Fun fact about vibration: Vibration makes sound because the sound is vibration! Ok let me explain before you go all, "What the heck is wrong with her?" A lot actually, but that's beside the point. Sound is caused by the vibration of tiny particles. So yeah, vibration is sound.

 

     So I hope I helped! I've been sick for the past few days and I still kinda feel like crap. Sorry if this post wasn't as good. Any who all of my information came from here! As per usual the pictures are just a CTRL +Click away! See ya next time! Byeeeeee xx-G

Laws That Can't Be Broken



Hey guys! Welcome to rules that can't be broken! Remember how I told you that we were going to talk about Newton?  You don't remember who he is? Well if you must have a picture.... 

 

 

See? The over-achiever is back! This time he created three rules, or laws, that can't be broken. If you read my blog on Newton, then you'll remember that he created three laws of motion. Let's take this step by step shall we?

Rule #1: Every object persists in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless it's compelled to change that state by forces impressed on it. So basically nothing is gonna move unless you push or pull it. And nothing is gonna stop moving unless you push or pull it. You want examples? Since you asked so nicely!   =)

Let's use your phone for example. If I hold it up in the air, it isn't gonna move until I drop it (or push it down, whichever you prefer). Now that phone is gonna stay where it is until you push or pull it. Got it? Good. 

Rule #2: Force is equal to the change in momentum per change in time. For a constant mass, force equals mass times acceleration. In simpler terms, kicking a basketball and a bowling ball with the same force is gonna hurt. Besides it hurting, the basketball will go farther. Why? Because it is lighter than said bowling ball. Now if I push the bowling all with more force, it will move just as far because there was more force. And the rest is just the formula F=m*a.

Rule #3:  For every action, there is an equal and opposite re-action. So again to put it simpler terms, for every force there is a reaction that is same in size, but opposite in direction. An example would be doing a belly flop in a pool. When you jump, you land in the water, it makes a splash. Let's just say the bigger you are, the bigger the splash. Now, here's a hilarious picture. Not really. But kinda. And something really cool below. Both show the third law. Role the pics!

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking at my extremely short blog post. I know there wasn't a lot but still remember....

 

 

 

So all of my information came from here. All the pictures are just a Ctrl +Click away! Thanks for viewing! xx -G

I Will Try Defying Gravity!

None of you undrstand my title do you? Seriously? You don't even have to understand the musical but the song has been on Glee so many times... wow. Ok then. Rude. For the vass majority of you who don't know, Defying Gravity is a song from the broadway musical 'Wicked'. Love it so much! For those of you who used context clues, yes we are talking about gravity! So let's dive in. Wait! Safety first.

 

 

 

Ok now that every one is safe let's explore gravity! Now what exactly IS gravity? I'm glad I pretended you asked! Gravity is a force pulling on all objects in the universe. I'm serious guys. Everything. As in the Earth, a dog, a tree, the moon, the Sun, and even you. Before you complain in my comments, no I did not just call you fat. Again, I'm accepting of all people shapes and sizes.   =)



For example, is I drop a teddy bear off the roof of my house then it's gonna fall. Although it would be pretty awesome if it floated. Seriously a floating teddy bear, just think about that. So I trust you all remember Newton. No? You need a picture you say? Well sure. ^..^

 

 

 

Now do you remember them now? Just so you know I'm going to be using this a lot. If you read my blog post about him, then you remember me saying he had a miracle year. Well during said year an apple fell on his head and somehow he said "Wow this has to have something to do with how the planets work! OMG I have to write this down!" or something like that. Well that apple was being pulled by gravity and his gigantic head was in the way from it falling to the ground.

 

 

So another man had a giant influence on gravity is Galileo. Odds are you've heard his name but haven't ever seen his face so here ya go.

 

 

 

 

 

Catch ain't he? I don't know about you but to me, he looks very angry. I would be too, granted, if I worked ridiculously hard in science and all I get is my name featured in the Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. Not that it isn't an awesome song... just sayin', give credit where credit is due.

 

 

So how exactly did Galileo Galilei (go on say it several times 'til it gets old, you know you want to) contribute to gravity and discoveries and all that jazz? Well there was once a philosopher named Aristotle and he thought heavier objects fell faster than lighter objects. Ol' Gal here decided to prove him wrong and everyone knows how great things go when you try to prove someone wrong in science. Basically this dude goes to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa with items of different sizes. Then he drops said items at the time and the same height. He then find out that he was right and Aristotle was wrong. You go Galileo! (Mean Girls reference there)

 

Wanna know something cool and slightly creepy? On the exact same day that Galileo died, Newton was born. My mind = Blown.

 

And just when you thought Newton was done being an over-achiever, he goes and contributes to gravity. Newton decided that gravity depends on two thing, mass (the amount of space an object takes up) and distance (that should be self-explanatory). The bigger the object, the stronger the gravitational pull. The farther away the object the weaker the pull.

 

 

Ok so let's go back to that whole fat concept.

 

 

 

In all seriousness, you aren't fat because I hate you, you probably aren't fat at all. But if you think you are you should blame gravity. Why you ask? Because weight is actually the percentage of you that gravity is pulling on. There is a giant difference between weight and mass. See, if there is a tiny ball of steel and a large teddy bear, the ball of steel has more weight, but the teddy bear has more mass. So no you aren't fat because I hate you (which I don't) you're fat (or skinny) because GRAVITY hates you.

 

 

 

 

 

Gravity is very important in multiple ways. It may have kept George Clooney alive.... comment if you go that. But in all seriousness again, it is very important. It kinda lets us STAY on Earth, and I don't know about you, but I like the whole staying alive thing. So wherever you are remember

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you guys had a wonderful weekend! Mine was pretty awesome and interesting. I witnessed a 13 year old boy being mobbed at North Point. That was funny. It also made me lose all faith in humanity. But more funny. Anywho, all my info is from here. All the picture either have hyper links or they're just a CTRL + Click away. Hope you learned something from me! I'm just gonna pretend that I'm not bothered by the fact that Newton has more voluminous hair than I do. Bye until next week! xx-G

 



Star Wars and Band References!

There are going to be a lot of puns in this one, so hold onto your hats! Or I guess the most socially acceptable head wear are beanies and snapbacks, so hold onto those! This time we will be discussing force. If you read my last blog post, you'll know that I'm about to make lots of puns. Shh... Just Go With It. Yes that is an Every Avenue album. Look it up, they're a good band.   =)
I have to give you a little background review so...

No we are not talking about the Skywalkers' use of the force (although Luke is pretty adorable), we are talking about the scientific, REAL force. The one in REAL life. Did I mention this one is REAL? Ok good. Back to force.

Force is the push or pulling of an object. To be more fancy, force is any influence that causes an object to undergo a certain change, either concerning its movement, direction, or shape. Basically, anything that causes change to happen. Get it? Got it? Good.

Moving on. Ok so I thought I wasn't going to be able to reference Teen Wolf, but I guess I can. Knowing some people will skip this paragraph, I'm not going to include pictures of the Carver twins that I'm going to be using. Let's say Aiden and Ethan combine to make that giant Alpha werewolf thing. Now Derek is an omega, so he's tiny and weak. The twins can grab him and fling his across the room, and Derek can't do anything about it. That, my friends, is an example of something influencing Derek's movement and position, therefore it is force.

Now for those of you who skipped the paragraph up there ^^^, I have a picture for you.

See this number 1 dude? Ok well he was holding a rubber, yellow ball. He was bored and saw a squirrel. Since he was bored and wasn't thinking clearly, he threw the ball at said squirrel, injuring it greatly and making it very, very angry. He changed the position of the ball, therefore he applied force. Next and final example. Hopefully, you had/have a wonderful childhood, and you played with Play-Doh at one point in your life. Now let's say you make a ball and flatten it. You applied force by trying to make an inedible pancake. Good Job!

What exactly do you measure this with Gabby? I'm glad you asked random internet person! Now you remember when I showed these two dashing fellows in a previous blog post?

Ok I will openly admit that I chose the comparison because let's face it, Lahey is adorable.

Anywho, Newton is going to come up a lot in the next few blog post so beware. Force is measured in Newtons. But what are Newtons? Newtons are the units used to measure force. The formula involves multiplication (shocker considering all of the other formulas we've done involves a / b = c), so put your thinking caps on. The formula is F=ma.

 

Knowing the people who are going to be viewing this are most likely in my class and are laughing at this, I chose a picture that was both educational and slightly funny!

Okay so I haven't told you everything yet. Actually, I'm no where close to being finished so get comfortable m'kay? About net force next, we must talk. (Yoda reference, don't laugh I'm a geek at heart okay?)

Net force net force..... How to explain net force. Maybe this picture will help, yeah?

Doesn't help? Ok well... umm... let me see how I can help. See, net force is the overall force acting on an object. Gravity, believe it or not, is not the only force acting on us. If it was, then we would go right through the Earth and that would terribly and horribly painful. But the resistance force and gravity have to be balanced or else one would win and we would either float or sink. That's a song by Fall Out Boy by the way. Look it up on YouTube, too. 

Balanced forces are forces that have the same acceleration and the cancel out. The result? You don't move. Unbalanced forces are one having more (here's that word again>>>) Newtons than the other and that result is you moving. 

Okay stay with me because we're almost done here. Last thing we have to talk about is thrust.  Yes, you read it correctly, thrust. Thrust is a reaction force that results when accelerating mass goes in ONE DIRECTION (bwhahahaha =P). Want examples? Look at the picture of net force and the one below ^ ~ ^

 

Okay that was a very long blog post wasn't it? Dear lord. One final note, nothing big or anything.  Just a little fun fact; Centripetal force! What is it? It's a force that makes something follow a curved path. Like in the superhero movies like Batman where he uses that grappling hook and shoots it at a giant steel pillar thingy and it turns his car in a complete circle to make a U-turn. There is totally science in superhero movies. Cool huh?

So I hope you liked my blog! There was a lot of information on this one, so sorry if you thought it was really lengthy. That and I'm a rambler so it may have been random stuff. Any who, links to info are here and here! Links for the pictures are the same as usual, CTRL + Click. Have an awesome week and I'll see you next time!

xx-G

5 Seconds (of Summer)

Disclaimer: I apologize in advance for any terrible jokes in the following blog post. All jokes are original, so if seen on someone else's blog, know that they are ORIGINALLY mine. That being said, I do not own any of the bands or songs in the following post. Thank you! And everything in caps are the puns. I'm not crazy, just overly enthusiastic.

Hi guys! I guess you could say this time we are learning about a LITTLE MIX of motion and direction! So, WHY DON'T WE GO THERE? This is gonna be awesome.

So, this blog post is all about acceleration! This SUMMER IS SET TO GO BY IN 5 SECONDS with what I'm about to teach you! Wow, that was bad. That was two in one by the way. Anywho, acceleration is the change in velocity divided by the time it takes for the change to occur.

Since I know how much you guys have been missing my Teen Wolf references, here we go with one. That is a picture of Stiles/Dylan O'Brien's car. Now much like velocity, acceleration has direction. To speed up, Stiles car has to be going ONE DIRECTION velocity and acceleration wise. Bwahahaha =)

Now how's about we use a different car for the next example, yeah?

This is Derek/Tyler Hoechlin's car. Well his second one... the first one Allison kinda destroyed. Season 2 Episode 7 in case you wanna find it. So to slow down Derek's car he would have to make the acceleration and velocity go in two different suggestions. Believe it or not you can slow down or speed up on EVERY AVENUE! HAHAHA! Speeding is not okay, even to make some MIDNIGHT MEMORIES. I'm having fun with this in case you couldn't tell. But seriously don't use this to become a RUNAWAY BABY!

Last is change in direction. Velocity changes direction and so does acceleration. It changes the angle of acceleration so it's at the same angle as the movement!

Now let's graph acceleration!

I guess the formula for calculating acceleration would help a lot huh?

There you go you little poofs! Ok now YOU & I can graph acceleration. Now knowing you people are probably like me, you most likely won't to do any actual math. Luckily, I think I can just show you this and you'll get the jist of it, yeah?

See, not that hard. Positive looks happy, like Louis Tomlinson pulling a prank on the entire One Direction staff including the boys. The negative looks sad, like Liam Payne when he's with Sophia Smith. OH!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHA BURN!!!! CAN I GET A VIRTUAL HIGH-FIVE FOR THAT ONE PLEASE!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

So that post went by in 5 Seconds (of Summer)! Now that you've learned all the LITTLE THINGS about acceleration here's a tad bit of extra stuff. The acceleration of a free-falling object is constant! So if I push you out of a plane, you'll have a constant acceleration and you'll pass out from pure shock, but not before you curse me out for stealing the only parachute and pushing you out there without one.   =) I'm fabulous. 

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Sorry if I seem a little random, I'm finishing this at like 11:00 at night on a Saturday while texting 8 different people at once.... The beauty of multi-tasking.All the information came from Brain Pop and the picture links are just a CTRL + Click away! Alright then, I'm gonna leave... maybe go get some food. Food is good.  Byeeeeeee! xx- G



Motion, Speed, Velocity Oh My!

Hi guys! Long time no see... So this post would have been up a lot earlier, but a pipe burst happened at my school, so I didn't know what the topic was going to be. Now that I know it's motion, speed and velocity, this should go by fast! Dear lord, I've caught Maddie's bad-joke-syndrome... (Sadly there were no Teen Wolf references to make on this subject *cue sad face*)

I bet you think when you stand still, that you are completely motionless right? Well you're wrong. Even when you aren't moving, you're moving. When you are moving, you're moving. No matter what you do, you will always be moving, period. Confused yet? No? Let me try again. Trees on Earth are moving, your school is moving, even the cement on the ground is moving!  By now, dear viewer, I'm going to assume you are confused about my paragraph. This is good; we are making progress.

 

Even you don't have to dance with a cat to be in motion. That's just ridiculous.

 

 

But on a more serious note, motion is movement. It occurs when something changes position relativity to a reference point.  See that girl up there? ^^^ Every time they move, they are showing you motion. In fact, even f you aren't moving, you're moving. Your blood is rushing through your veins, your cells are moving, your lungs are pumping oxygen and carbon dioxide through out your body, and your brain is constantly working... unless you're a zombie.. which would be creepy.

 

Next we have something equally important: relative motion.

 

 

Relative motion helps determine if something has changed its position. What would also help with that would be a point of reference. I guess we could use a human as an example. Not just any human though, let's use Harry Styles. If Harry stands by a door and doesn't move, then he takes a step to the left, he changed his position. I can tell he moved because he is no longer near the door. This makes the door my reference point.

 

Next, we talk about distance. No, that doesn't mean I'm talking to you about how much effort it takes to run a few miles (which is a lot). Distance is the entire length something has traveled to get from Point A to Point B. The next crucial traveling term is displacement. Displacement is the difference in position between an object's starting and ending points. Still hard to understand? Ok try this example. We're going to use Harry Styles again, so here we go. If Harry has to get from his house to the studio, he can't just walk through buildings and things to get directly to the building now can he? Nope. He would drive his car on roads to get to the studio. Let's say he plugs in his GPS and it tells him that the studio is 3.7 miles away. Well, that's not entirely true. The GPS told him the distance. The studio is actually 1.4 miles away, but he can't go in a straight line. Therefore, the 3.7 miles to the studio is the distance and the 1.4 miles is the displacement. Now if you zoned out and/or skipped my example at the words 'Harry Styles' then here's a picture.

 

 

 

Easier? Good :)

 

 

 

Next we have the discussion of speed. This can often be confused with velocity, but I'll explain that later. Speed is the distance an object has traveled in an amount of time. To determine speed you have to use a simple formula.  There is also a thing called average speed which uses the formula before. Instantaneous speed is the speed that object goes at during a certain point in time. So, I'm bringing out Harry again, if Harry says he's gonna run two miles in 18 minutes than the answer to that would be the average speed. (Calculate that yourself because I am very sick right now so...) But when Harry slows down in the middle and speeds up again, that would be instantaneous speed!

 

 

 

 

Velocity is the last subject we have here. Velocity is an object's speed and direction of movement. It actually has the same formula as speed. The difference is When you describe speed you say "65 Miles Per Hour" with velocity, you say "65 Miles Per Hour West".

 

 

So, I hope you enjoyed my blog! The hyperlinks are blue, and any pictures that don't have one are linked. All you have to do is press CTRL and Click the picture at the same time. Have a nice day/night! xx - G