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Is Global Warming Happening?
Have you realized that Ohio (Braelynn and Meg's home) has set a record for 70 degrees in December? Did you ever think that it could be global warming? Well I have been watching the news everyday, and guess what broke my heart? THERE IS NO SNOW PREDICTED FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! I mean, what is Christmas without snow? And, studies have proved that the temperatures are starting to rise in colder places. That is our focus of the week!
-B-and-M |
What Causes the Sky to be Blue?
Why is the sky blue? Can't it just be black? It looks black in space! Well, it turns out that it's black because of methane gas in the atmosphere. The light reaching Earth has all sorts of color mixed together while some gases scatter some colors more than others, so blue light is absorbed by methane molecules and after that it is scattered around, making the sky blue everywhere but from space! That is our focus of the week!
-B-and-M
Mincraft: Good or bad?
If you have ever heard about Minecraft? There has been a few disagreements on if it is bad or good. Here are three reasons I found on http://www.foxnews.com. I changed the numbers and something in reason 2, so it is not exactly alike, but these are not my words.
1. It builds creativity. ''If you haven't played or seen it, Minecraft is a very blocky world in that everything is built from blocks. The ground is made up of blocks, trees are blocks, and even your character avatar is very blocky. You get progress in the game by scavenging or mining blocks of various materials such as stone, wood, lava, etc. You use these as the basis for your creations, or combine them in "recipes" to create more advanced materials, tools and objects."
2. It teaches real-world skills.
''One overlooked value of most strategy-based video games is resource management. The player has a finite amount of resources at any given time and needs to decide wisely how to use them most effectively. Do you use that wood block now to upgrade your ax for tree chopping, or save it for the house you're building? Do you spend your time mining or exploring for new resources? Even if they don't realize it, kids are learning cost-benefit analysis, such as when to save versus when to spend and other key budgeting and financial skills that are so important later on in life. Of course, they might need you to help them make this connection. Kids learn patience with Minecraft. It takes a while to assemble the resources you need, so instant gratification isn't an option. Any adult who has ever saved up for a car or a house down payment knows that patience is important. Kids learn perseverance through the game. For instance, your child might not build that amazing monument correctly the first time it comes tumbling down under its own weight. They can learn how to recognize where they made mistakes and try again. Kids also learn about teamwork. While Minecraft can be played solo, it also has online options. Given that it is online, kids can play with others from around the world. They can team up and learn how to work cooperatively to make amazing things. That also builds pride in cooperation with others. Of course, they might also learn how to deal with people who don't want to play nice. This is where parental monitoring is essential. If you want your child and friends to be able to play together, but not worry about strangers, you can set up a dedicated Minecraft server. It isn't as hard as it sounds, and it lets you set the rules and who can play."
3. Fun for the whole family. "I'm always a fan of parents playing video games with their kids. That way, you're right there to monitor the game, teach them to be good sports, or shut it off when their time is up or when they start melting down. Plus, there are plenty of fun video games that you might genuinely enjoy. The LEGO series, for example, is very clever and not too difficult. Minecraft is another fun one. You can sit next to your children and give them advice, or create your own character and jump into the game using a different computer or gadget. I know a few families who have Minecraft night and everyone joins in to work on a fun in-game project."
That was our focus of the week, come back next week for more!
B-and-M
What Is The History Behind The Rubik's Cube?
Who Made It?
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The Rubik's Cube was created in 1974, by a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture, Erno Rubik
Why Was It Created?
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Erno wanted to make a working model to help explain three-denominational geometry.
How Many People In The World Can Solve A Rubik's Cube?
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Less than 5.8% of people in the world can solve a Rubik's Cube.
How Many Faces Does It Have, and How Many Ways Can You Solve It?
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The original (3×3×3) Rubik's Cube has eight corners and twelve edges. Here is a paragraph from https://www.quora.com/In-how-many-ways-can-a-Rubiks-cube-be-arranged
"There are 8! ( 40,320) ways to arrange the corner cubes. Seven can be oriented independently, and the orientation of the eighth depends on the preceding seven, giving 37 (2,187) possibilities."
What Is The World Record For Fastest Completed Rubik's Cube?
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The Guinness World Records have confirmed that 14 year old Lucas Etter solved the cube in 5.09 seconds
Thanks for reading! Come back next week for the next focus!
-B-and-M
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The Rubik's Cube was created in 1974, by a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture, Erno Rubik
Why Was It Created?
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Erno wanted to make a working model to help explain three-denominational geometry.
How Many People In The World Can Solve A Rubik's Cube?
______________________________________________________
Less than 5.8% of people in the world can solve a Rubik's Cube.
How Many Faces Does It Have, and How Many Ways Can You Solve It?
___________________________________________________________________
The original (3×3×3) Rubik's Cube has eight corners and twelve edges. Here is a paragraph from https://www.quora.com/In-how-many-ways-can-a-Rubiks-cube-be-arranged
"There are 8! ( 40,320) ways to arrange the corner cubes. Seven can be oriented independently, and the orientation of the eighth depends on the preceding seven, giving 37 (2,187) possibilities."
What Is The World Record For Fastest Completed Rubik's Cube?
__________________________________________________________
The Guinness World Records have confirmed that 14 year old Lucas Etter solved the cube in 5.09 seconds
Thanks for reading! Come back next week for the next focus!
-B-and-M
What Is Dark Energy?
Dark energy is an unknown form of energy which is hypothesized to permeate all of space, tending to accelerate the expansion of the universe.Dark energy is the most accepted hypothesis to explain the observations since the 1990s indicating that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.
"Assuming that the standard model of cosmology is correct, the best current measurements indicate that dark energy contributes 68.3% of the total energy in the present-day observable universe. The mass–energy of dark matter and ordinary (baryonic) matter contribute 26.8% and 4.9%, respectively, and other components such as neutrinos and photons contribute a very small amount.[2][3][4][5] Again on a mass–energy equivalence basis, the density of dark energy (~ 7 × 10−30 g/cm3) is very low, much less than the density of ordinary matter or dark matter within galaxies. However, it comes to dominate the mass–energy of the universe because it is uniform across space" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_energy). Personally, I think dark energy is one of the coolest things out there. My opinion soon changed thought. I was watching "How Was The Universe Created" and found out something shocking. There is two ways that our galaxy, the Milky Way, will end. We are on the crash course for another galaxy (Andromeda to be exact) and we will get thrown out in the battle. The other way involves dark energy. It could possibly rip all of the universe into shreds. Anyway, did you know that people accurately estimated that there is 68.3% of dark energy, 26.8% of dark matter and 4.9% of ordinary matter in the universe? Pretty cool, right? There is two forms of dark energy, cosmological constant and scalar fields. You can go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_energy for more!
Come back next week for a new focus!
-B-and-M
"Assuming that the standard model of cosmology is correct, the best current measurements indicate that dark energy contributes 68.3% of the total energy in the present-day observable universe. The mass–energy of dark matter and ordinary (baryonic) matter contribute 26.8% and 4.9%, respectively, and other components such as neutrinos and photons contribute a very small amount.[2][3][4][5] Again on a mass–energy equivalence basis, the density of dark energy (~ 7 × 10−30 g/cm3) is very low, much less than the density of ordinary matter or dark matter within galaxies. However, it comes to dominate the mass–energy of the universe because it is uniform across space" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_energy). Personally, I think dark energy is one of the coolest things out there. My opinion soon changed thought. I was watching "How Was The Universe Created" and found out something shocking. There is two ways that our galaxy, the Milky Way, will end. We are on the crash course for another galaxy (Andromeda to be exact) and we will get thrown out in the battle. The other way involves dark energy. It could possibly rip all of the universe into shreds. Anyway, did you know that people accurately estimated that there is 68.3% of dark energy, 26.8% of dark matter and 4.9% of ordinary matter in the universe? Pretty cool, right? There is two forms of dark energy, cosmological constant and scalar fields. You can go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_energy for more!
Come back next week for a new focus!
-B-and-M
Focus of the Week-7/26/16-Why Is Earth's 32 Degrees Axis Tilt So Important?
Earth's axis has a 32 degrees tilt, so we aren't spinning exactly perfectly, if you know what I mean. The tilt is very important because it brings our seasons. Without that tilt, there would only be two seasons, Summer and Winter. If there is 365 days in a NORMAL year, that would mean that each season would be 182.5 days, so the math if you don't believe me. That many days too cold and too hot? Count me out. So for any of you who think the tilt is pointless, think again.
Come back next week for a new focus!
-B-and-M
Come back next week for a new focus!
-B-and-M
Focus of the Week 10/5/16-How to find mean, median, mode, and range
Mean, median, mode, and range are all part of Statistics and Probability. Here are some explanations on how o find them.
Mean(average)
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Definition: the quotient of a set of numbers when the sum of all of the numbers in the set is divided by the number of addends.
Kid language translation: Add up all of the numbers that you have in a data set, or group of numbers, and divide the sum, or how much you get by adding all of the numbers, by how many numbers that you have,
Example: 5,23,45,7,6 = 5+23+45+7+6=86 divided by 5=17.2
Kid language translation: Add up all of the numbers that you have in a data set, or group of numbers, and divide the sum, or how much you get by adding all of the numbers, by how many numbers that you have,
Example: 5,23,45,7,6 = 5+23+45+7+6=86 divided by 5=17.2
Median
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Kid language translation: arrange your data set from least to greatest. Starting with the numbers furthest to the left and right, start crossing out the numbers until you come to the middle number. If you are left with two numbers that are different, add them up and divide them by 2. If you are left with the same numbers in the middle, it is that number.
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Kid language translation: arrange your data set from least to greatest. Starting with the numbers furthest to the left and right, start crossing out the numbers until you come to the middle number. If you are left with two numbers that are different, add them up and divide them by 2. If you are left with the same numbers in the middle, it is that number.
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