1/28/10 (Night)

tonight i worked on the procedure and i tried to figure out what i am going to do with my coral like what i'm going to put it in so that i can measure it

1/28/10

Today in class i worked on the insta ocean stuff and i was learning how to use the refractometer today i really worked hard to get even further in my procedure and setup.

1/26/10

Today i wasn't able to meet with you in class so i'm coming at the end of the day to come and see and ask questions about what to do for my Experimental Design

1/25/10 (Night)

Tonight i put the finish touches on my research paper. I had to add parts here in their for the explaining variables part and explain the relationship between the two variables. I also had to add in the bibliography to the end of my piece so that it would be ready for submission.

1/25/10

Today in class was the last day to work on the research paper in class. I used my class time to ask mrs. weissman some last minute questions and so that i could fix and put dates in for my in-text citations. I also saw mrs. weissman today

1/21/10

Today during class i was finding new websites and research for my paper to explain what it is exactly that zooxanthellae does for coral. Today was a productive use of class

1/20/10 (Night)

i was still kinda confused even though i got to talk to you today during class so i'm going to elaborate more on my variable tonight and continue to talk about the coral

1/20/10

Today in class i had a question about the research paper however i wasn't able to ask you about it because i was really low on the list. So my question if you answer it is what exactly are we supposed to do to summarize and the variable and explain the proposed research

1/19/10 Day

Today i did more research on my topic so that i would be able to add onto my research paper later and now. my research helped me not procrastinate during class.

1/18/10

Yesterday i went skiing so i didn't do any work so today i really had to crank out some ours i've been up since around 10 doing work on this project and i've noticed a good tip is that once you start writing you can really figure out what's needed for you to research. But so far this paper is going well

1/16/10 Night

Today i worked on my research paper since i had gotten all of my information during school. I started out looking at the background research papers that have already been written. They were good help for how to start out the paper.

1/15/10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/wea00/wea00166.htm

Citations for two websites and right now i'm waiting to meet with mrs. Weissman

1/14/10 Night Reply

Yes, i looked into the heaters used for my experiment and my mom has already purchased one. I also have one more question but ill just ask you tomorrow

1/14/10 (Night)

Tonight, i did research on Coral and the Ocean so that this weekend i will really be able to begin my Research Paper. I missed you mrs. Weissman :'(

1/14/10

Today i sat with Gina Guccione and was able to get a lot of work done. Mrs. Weissman was not here today so i wasn't able to conference with her. Tonight i will continue to work

1/13/10

Today i once again did not get to see Mrs. Weissman however i will go see her tomorrow to ask questions about the research paper. Also tonight i'm going to do more research on my topic and conitnue to progress forward on the paper

1/12/10

I didn't need to go and see mrs. Weissman today because i knew exactly where i needed to be. Tonight all i really need to do is research and find some additional information on my topic so that soon i will be prepared to start my research paper

Intern Application Sheet 1/11/10

So today i had to work on the Intern Application sheet. It was a lot easier then i thought it was going to be especially since the first part needs to be about 400 words. today with mrs. Weissman i figured out my topic so i feel like i'm on the right track

Meeting with Mrs. Weissman 1/11/10

Today i met with Mrs. Weissman to figure out ways to do my experiment. She told me that there are these types of coral chips in the Pet Store and we can use those. Also we can buy heaters that we could put in the little container of salt water to keep the heat of the water up. Also i hope to figure out a way to keep the water chilled.

Meeting with Mrs. Weissman 1/8/09

Today i learned that im going to need to switch my topic for me to be able to continue my research. It needs to be i put CO2 into containers with plants and see if some of the plants cannot produce O2

Topic Ideas

Today i continued on my topic hunt and I'm pretty sure i have my top 3

1. The effect of to much salinity in soil

2. The effect of carbon dioxide on plant height

3. the effect of acid rain on building materials

I will most likely go with number and i hope i can come see you tomorrow to get some more help with figuring out how i will test my topic.

New Question Templates

1. How does x affect y?

2. How is X related to why

x= independent

y= dependent

3. At what point does X affect Y?

4. What are the implications of X to Y?

5. At what point does X not Affect Y?

6. Why does X affect y?

Today 1/6/10 I saw Mrs. Weissman. What i learned from Mrs. Weissman is that i need to look up what Acid Rain affects and what land material it affects for example wood or bark.

Biotic and Abiotic Factors

Biotic Factors:

1. Famine

2. Lack of food

3. Disease

4. Predation

5. Old Age

6. Injury

Abiotic Factors

1. Rock

2. Snow

3. Weather/ Climate- temperature extremes

4. Drought (Lack of water)

5. Flood- too much water

6. Water

7. Natural Disasters

8. Elevation

9. Lack of space

10. Lack of shelter

11. Salinity (water depth)

12. Sunlight

13. Acid Rain

14. Humidity

15. Air Pressure

16. Air pollution

17. Soil

18.