Cycle 2_Week 2

If I were to create a game it would be called Survive The World. Before you play, you get to name and pick the gender of your character. Then you give them an outfit to wear before you start the first challenge. First, your character starts off in a place called Ice Landic Wonders. Ice Landic Wonders is a deserted ice land and your character has to survive and reach main land with only supplies from your old broken down pick up truck. Sadly, the supplies aren't packaged and manufactured. You only have the hub cab, wires, oil, old clothes and the insulation in the car's seats. Then you're off! You also have to out run (or slide) leopard seals. When you reach main land, you are then transported off to a tropical island. You think it's deserted but yet again you're in trouble. You need to learn how to avoid the killer natives poisonous animals and insects. Then you are transported to a desert, after which is an active volcano, then in the middle of an ocean. There are levels after levels and there will always be new challenges added. The things you could learn in Survive The World are how to survive in different areas of the world. Remember the seat's insulation? You could rip that out and wrap it around your feet to avoid frost bite. The message my game sends to the players is tho always be prepared in difficult situations and to make the best with what you have. You could overcome these challenges by looking through the supplies you are given through each level and working with them. What makes my games fun are that challenges and the actual facts you get from the game. Also the adrenaline rush. ( Like being chased by natives or an ice monster.) I'm sure they'd love my game! I know I would.

Cycle 2_Week 1

One game I usually play is Spider Solitaire and regular Solitaire on the computer. Sorry there is no website for it. It's just in the games section in the programs on the computer. The goal of these games is to try and get all the cards in order. It can be difficult but most times for me it's not. What I learn from playing the game is the be fast and to be quick with my brain. This game can be used educationally by memorizing numbers.


Next, there's Boggle. Once again there is no website. This game can be played on the DS or with the regular board game. The goal of this game is to be the person with the most words in the jumbled letters. That's only if you're playing with others. When you play with by yourself, you just try to get as many words as you can. What I can learn from this is many different words. This can be used educationally for you to expand your vocabulary.


Another game I play is called Cooking Mama. Once again there is no website.(That I know of.) The one I play is for the Nintendo DS. I play Cooking Mama 1 and 2. This games can be educational and occasionally frustrating. It's frustrating when I don't get it right. What this game can teach me is how to cook foreign dishes. It's pretty fun.

There are tons ore games but if I wrote them all I wouldn't have time to finish. So I hope you liked it. These games are just a few of the many games I play. Some of the games I play are educational. Others are just for fun. So this concludes my blog.

My Reflection

Overall during these last 6 blogs, I've been partially correct. The only thing is sometimes, I'd leave out some information on how to solve the problem. Through out this unit, I've learned a lot. I've learned about all of the different types of energy, and the one essential law to energy. To me, I think my blogs could have been better. I think if I researched and understood the topic a little more, I could have gotten every aspect of my blogs correct. For example, when I did a blog on Week 5, I was incorrect because it was an energy conversion, not Kinetic energy.( The when you put the cup on the table topic.)When I read my comments, overall I was told I was good but that I could've done better. And I always strive to do better. What I can do in my next cycle of blogs is to research and comprehend a little more. Then, I'll understand the science behind our topics. I'll also be able to write better blogs and receive better comments. This concludes my reflection on my blog status.

Week5_Prompt#2

The reason why the cup got more kinetic energy is because when you out the cup on the table it received more kinetic energy. The formula for kinetic energy consists of speed and mass. (You multiply speed times mass.) So when you put the cup on the table, it's speed times its mass gave it a higher kinetic energy amount. The table lost kinetic energy because when the cup came down, some energy was transfered to the cup. So in conclusion, the cup got more kinetic energy and the table lost some.


Resources


Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. (2008) What Is Energy. Austin, Texas. Harcourt Education Company.

Week4_Winner Takes All

The problem the Design Squad had to solve was to make a a sled, but it had to be able to ride through grass instead of snow. It had to be man maneuvered. They had to find the right materials for the sled to go down the hill. At first, the red team tried out all of the different sleds to see which would be able to slide down the hill. None of those prototypes worked. Then ,they decide to try and make a sled with wheels. The blue team are going to try that idea too. Then someone came up with the idea of doing the sled in sections. She said it would have 3 sections and be able to twist and turn. You'd also be able to hook on sections. During this challenge the Design Squad listened to each other's ideas and made great suggestions. They brainstormed, and corrected each other, and were a great team.

I would approach this problem by riding the different sleds down the hill. Then, I'd brainstorm until I came with a good idea. Then, I'd build a prototype and ride it. If it didn't work, I'd go back to my ideas and find out what went wrong. If all went well, I'd build the real deal and test it to make sure it works. That's how I'd approach the problem. What I learned from this episode was to work together with your teammates. Listen to their ideas and they will listen to yours. I also learned that everyone has good ideas so you should listen.

Week3_Prompt2

The reason the air around the surface of the water got cooler is because of evaporation. Since the water evaporated, the energy (and heat) decreased. Since the heat from the water decreased, so did it's surroundings. Basically, this is endothermic. (Because it gave off energy to it's surroundings.) So in conclusion, the air got cooler because of it's endothermic enegry.

Week2_Prompt#1

The energy from the ball dropping didn't disappear. My reason is because of the law of conservation of energy. According to the law, energy cannot be created or destroyed. So my friend was incorrect. Energy may not be able to be created or destroyed but it can be transferred. So when the ball reached the surface of the floor, it transferred some it's energy. This caused some of it's amount of energy to be reduced, making it stop bouncing. So in conclusion, the energy didn't disappear it was transferred.



Resources

Holt, Rinehart, & Winston. (2008) Conservation of Energy. Austin, Texas. Harcourt Education Company.