exams

I believe we have exams for the same reason we have averages. The whole point is to summarize what you have learned from that certain class into one test or grade. They help you wrap up the whole curriculum and prepare for the next class (if the class you're taking is a prerequisite). Exams also help you to prepare for when you have to take short courses and have to study a whole bunch of stuff you don't know in a short amount of time. Plus it gives the teachers a last chance to torture their students.

Favourite Learning

My grade eight year is almost over and so far I've learned a lot. One of my favourite learnings about atom structures. The science behind it was fascinating because it described why certain things existed and why they were the way they were. Especially when it came to the bonding chapter when I looked at the reason water has so many special qualities because it's a polar bond. I look forward to hopefully finding out more about how atoms work and their smallest parts.

Word

Words are used every day. People say words can be a powerful weapon or something great to brighten someone's day. My view on it is that they are simply a tool, and like a tool, they can be used to destroy or construct. Nowadays you see lots of "verbal warfare" where people just go back and forth at one another using their words to destroy. This is often seen in lots and lots of TV shows as a form of entertainment the most infamous being Jerry Springer.

ernfrirood light

Infrared light has a frequency below what we can see in the visible spectrum. It is often used for heat imaging cameras and night vision goggles. Almost everything emits infrared light of some sort. Infrared is also used in TV remotes and some fiber optic cables. Infrared is also used to discover different parts of the universe.

redbull jump

Felix Baumgarter jumped from a space balloon and broke the speed of sound. That took a lot of science. I'm not sure how he could go so fast while spinning but it's amazing. I wonder how fast he could have gone if he hadn't spun out of control and stayed aerodynamic.  I also wonder if the scientists assigned to this project or something knew that he would reach that speed. Nonetheless it was a cool thing and I'm glad he did it.

Viral Soldiers

Jyoti Madhusoodanan writes in the article "Viral Soldiers" that the future of fighting bacteria may just be viruses. Also known as "bacteriophages" these viruses attack bacteria and input their own genetic code. After the bacteria has made as many viruses as possible, it explodes and releases all of the new bacteria inside of it.  Bacteria is not as new of an invention as we think. It has been recorded as useful as early as 1610.  Back then they used viruses found in feces and used it on diseases including dysentery and staphylocuccus skin infections. I'm not sure if this is going to work, if it's gonna be a distant future, or if it's simply jibberish. I hope that it will work soon because of the of the biotic resistant bacteria forming.

Madhusoodanan, Jyoti. "Viral Soldiers." Scientist Jan. 2016: 26-33. Print.

waaaaaaves

Looking at all of the different wave pool technologies and all the different ways that waves can be made to look at and study the way water behaves. I think that there are many benefits to this just because water is what makes up a large part of our planet and I figure if we find some major beneficial discovery, then it would impact us a lot. I also think that they are pretty to look at. It's interesting to see that most of the wave pools or wave tanks or ripple tanks or whatever they're called (wave-o-matics?) are in Japan, Britain, or Norway. I'm not sure if this is because of the funding that is set apart for science or because they are interested in this more than other things.