Bubbling Lava Lamp

Bubbling Lava Lamp

Problem:

It all started with just 2 simple ingredients to get my homemade lava lamp to work and just a little bit of heat and light. Each element helped create this lava lamp to become something cool and exciting to look at. But what really made this lamp turn into a real working lava lamp? Adding more dye affects the amount of bubbles in a lava lamp.

Hypothesis:

Adding more dye affects the amount of bubbles in a lava lamp.

Experiment:

1. Adding the same amount of water and oil to each of the beakers

2. adding 3 drops of dye to one of the beakers

3 have a flashlight underneath each of the beakers for a full affect

4. See the difference in each of the lamps

Materials:

1.  2 beakers (same size)

2. Any kind of oil

3. Water

4. Food coloring

5. Flashlight

6. Seltzer

Observations:

Lava lamp 1:   The lamp that doesn’t have the coloring has a smaller number bubbles than the one with dye.

Lava lamp 2: The lamp with the dye has more of a colorful effect with the heat and the bubbles. When we first added the seltzer, the gas bubbles had carried the water on the bottom to the top because it became less dense. Water and gas is less dense than oil. When the gas bubbles popped, the water became more dense.

Using seltzer added the bubbly effect rather than just having water on top of oil with food coloring.

Data:

For when we did the experiment with just water,oil and seltzer we got less of a reaction with the bubbles. This did not give it a lava lamp effect to it. When we had the experiment with the food coloring, water, oil, and seltzer it had more of a gas effect. having the bubbles start out big to the top and getting smaller as it decreased.

Conclusion: Having dye in the lamp has more of a colorful effect on the bubbles and how dense it got. Then having just water, oil and seltzer. Giving it more of a lava lamp effect.

Matter and Energy

Authors Note: In this project I tried to focus on combining more than one topic in a project. At first I was interested in figuring out all the kind of energy around us. After reading and researching I decided that I wanted to go more in depth with matter and energy. Looking more into energy, I found out information that I never knew about. Realizing that energy is all around us. 
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5 Themes of Geography

Location: There are 2 different type of location. One is called Absolute location and the other Relative location. Relative location is a place in relation to another place, while Absolute is the exact latitude and longitude of a place.

 Place: The human and physical characteristics of a location. Some examples are culture, population, climate, land masses.

 Movement: The travel of people and goods, such as trading. Examples of movement is immigration, airplanes, and the internet.

 Region: Region is the border or surrounding the location and how they interact. Mexico and Canada are in the same region as the United States, forming North America.

 Human Environment Interaction: How humans interact with the environment. An example is pollution, people throwing their trash in bodies of water and just plain littering.

 Ireland

 Location: Ireland is west of the U.K., North of Spain and France. Which is the relative location. Ireland’s absolute location is 14 degrees north and 67 degrees south.

 Place: Ireland’s main language is English and Gaelic. They are known for the Blarney Stone, Blarney Castle, and the Cliffs of Moher. These features are human characteristics. Ireland’s physical characteristics are their rivers and their lowlands, high, and middle. The main religion is Catholicism.

 Movement: The travel in Ireland is pretty much the same as it is here. The one thing with car travel there is that they don’t have a lot of roads and highways which makes gas and cars more expensive.

 Human Environment Interaction: People in Ireland grow a lot of crops which help the soil, and makes food for animals. When Ireland gets lots of rain their land gets flooded and destroys most of their crops, reducing food. Region: Ireland is a part of the British Isles, which is a region that contains islands that lie on the northwest coast of Europe.



 

Through The Years Of Band

March 6th was a very memorable time for me. The seventh and eighth grade band had put our spring concert on. Each Year putting on two new a beautifully done concerts bring joy to me and to hopefully the audience too. I love getting to know a new piece of music each winter or spring for our annual winter and spring concerts. I like doing band right now and I hope I carry this on for awhile.

When the first seventh grade piece started to play which was Knights Of Destiny, I got a little jumpy because at some moments I didn't know what was going to happen. Especially when we started to play our next piece our next piece Space Journey. I had a lot of shivering going on while playing and listening to this piece. When the flutes, (which I play) started to play their own little solo, in the second movement I was very speechless. The way that we played was magnificent. At the end the band had played a piece called Zoom! It was very fast moving and exciting to play and listen too. Plus was one of the longest pieces. If I had to pick one piece that I didn't enjoy to play or listen to as much as the others it would be Abandoned Treasure Hunt. In some of the sections it was very well done but got very annoying at sometimes. But was very well done.

The eighth grade part of the concert was very good in my opinion. All of the songs were very well done and very enjoyable to listen to. I found that my Favorite piece through their portion of the concert had to be Mars. It was very upbeat and entertaining to listen to. As I saw through the band there were a lot of flutes which is very hard to balance with the rest of the band because of their high pitch sounds. The Eighth grade band did very good balancing their sounds throughout the band. Each piece left me wanting more of them.

Sometimes I can find my self just playing random notes at home thinking that I am playing for royalty. I always enjoy showing my friends and family my new music and playing for them. Band has been a big part of my family because my uncle was a band director for his school in Illinois. When I first set my eyes on the flute I knew I had to play it, even though my first sound that I made out of it wasn't perfect.  In conclusion I am dedicated to my flute and I hope I carry on the tradition of playing an instrument to my kids too.

The Unsinkable

Authors Note: In this piece I did a stream of consciousness. At first I had no idea what to write but then I sat down and thought really hard about a subject. I thought of this cruise story because I was watching the Titanic a couple of days ago and reminded me of it. 

As the cruise ship sailed through rough water, and all the passengers were comfortable seated, we sailed out of the harbor and into the open sea. The waves were strong, but the wind was even stronger, allowing us to steer our way along the coast, following the outline of the shore. Each minute the wind and  the waves got stronger and stronger until the ship gave up. The Ship was slowly sinking in the freezing shinny water as we yelled for help. All nightmares of what could happen came to reality.

The screaming of all passengers on the ship frightened me even more than expected. Yet I was prepared to die this very moment. Everyone clinging on to the railings of the ship hoping not to go down. I was eight years old at the time so i didn't exactly know what was going on. All thoughts were racing through my tiny brain thinking if this is for real or just a dream.

 My mother grab my hand and took me to the front of the ship which was peeking so high in the air you could touch the clouds. Seeing most people grabbing on to anything they could find to support them selves up but failing to hold their weight and falling into the crystal iceberg cold water.

The captain ordered everyone to find as many life jackets as they could and put them on themselves and loved ones too. From the height were I was you could see everyone in the frigid water gasping for help as they slowly started to drowned. While I was looking at this terrifying sight, my mother told me to close my eyes and imagine that i'm back home with my friends playing in the park. She was hoping that this would distract me long enough till we found a life boat ourselves. She had dragged me along searching high and low for any kind of safety jacket or boat but luck did not struck us.

We had finally found an old lady who was struggling to get into a small life boat that was a bout fit for four. Her and my mother made an agreement that is she helped the old lady into the life boat then she would let us come along. The boat plopped into the freezing ocean and we headed straight north, hoping that we  would come along land eventually. As we sailed out I could still here the screams and yelps for people to come save them. The old lady and my mother told me just to close my eyes and fall fast asleep. 

I awoke by the screaming of a young man's voice asking if anyone was in the boat. My Mom had squealed as load as she could and answered back "Were over here, follow my voice." The man did so and eventually putting us on his bigger fishing boat. We all had wondered what a fisherman was doing way out in the middle of the ocean, but we didn't care, as long as it brought us to safety. It took us about 2 days to finally find the  bay of Boston Massachusetts .  Each of us took slow careful steps off of the rocking boat. We were relieved to see all of the shinning towers of  Boston but I was still in shock about the sinking of the ship. My mom had told me that the people are in a good place and you now have many angels looking over you. I felt a little better but knowing that me, Ally Johnson could have been killed on that ship made me appreciate what I have and I will always forever love my life and everyone in it.

The Holocaust

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The Sacrifice

Authors Note: It was hard at first to come up with this one great topic to come up with, but my hard  thinking payed off. My Idea for this story was to try put me in Army wife's perspectives. At first it was very difficult to put myself into their shoes but after awhile it felt easy to to write about it. In this writing piece I tried to write as if I was an army wife, which was very difficult for me to do.


Each day waking up and not seeing your husband is the most heart breaking feeling. It gets difficult once other parents ask my children where their dad is and they have to say "dad is away in the army." And all the parents give them sympathy.  It's also really hard for my children that their dad always misses their birthdays, concerts, and parent conferences but I tell them that their dad is not going to make it.

My husband and I don't get to talk to each other very much, because their base does not have telephones. So the only way of communicating is through Skype, even though the picture is blurry the kids and I still get to talk to him. Which they appreciate very much. We only get to skype him once every few weeks. That isn't very much but at least we get to see him. And that is all that matters to us.

 I never imagined being an army wife when I was younger but I have learned so many things from it. Throughout my life I always took freedom for gran tit, because I never had any of my family members in the army. Now I know that at any time of the day my husband could get killed in battle. So my kids and I pray for him every night before we go to bed. Now I know what is going on in war without having to watch the news. Every army gets informed with what is going on in war so we know what's happening.

When that one day happens were the sun is shinning down on us and the sky is as blue as the sea I know that this is the day where it all stops. All of the crying of hoping that he every father comes home to their children. And nervousness that we don't lose the war. And most importantly that we don't lose him. The thought of not seeing him for the rest of our lives would destroy our lives forever. And I'm sure any of would take that one sacrifice to save him.

Special Bond

Authors note: In this writing piece I was trying to focus on describing my family members in a different way. I thought that most people describe objects as big, small, skinny, fat.. Instead I decided to use more descriptive words. It was very easy to write about brothers because I see them everyday and get a new perspective of them.

I always wanted my life to just be my mom, dad, and me. As years went by  however, I realized that I was stuck with them my whole life. Yet my brothers are there for me sometimes, it always feels that their there to come up behind you when the time is right and embarrass you.

In some cases my brother Matt is more mature then then the rest of us because he is older. When he has the time to he likes to surprise some one with a pop of silliness. Daniel on the other hand is more of the outgoing one, he's the one that's not afraid to speak his mind.

 If something is right he will speak up.  For example, when we went out for dinner I suggested we go to Bravo, Daniel had a different idea. He wanted to go to Asiana's so he blurted out while we were deciding and he had to make sure he got his way. After blurting out in the middle of our conversation that he would like to go to Asiana's, he then had to make sure that his plan was carried out, forcing us to eat at the popular Chinese restaurant.

My favorite topic with both of them is their relationship status. Matthew, which is 18 has had many girlfriends before. He is not afraid to talk up to a girl. Where Daniel thinks that each girl that he meets, is considered a girl/friend. He treats most girls as just one of the guys. Matthew had currently broke up with his girlfriend named Becky Dual because of college starting. I had figured this all out from clues of him not visiting her and phone calls. It's just a special bond that me and my brothers have together and will never lose…..Hopefully.

Memorable Vacation

Authors Note: Over the weekend I processed an idea on creating a story about a memorable vacation.  This Blog post will be a personal narrative about my trip to Orlando, Florida.  In this  piece of writing, I tried to focus on editing my writing for run on sentences.  In addition, I will work on developing a good conclusion.


Every five years my family makes a pilgrimage to our favorite vacationing spot, Walt Disney World in beautiful Orlando, Florida.  Last year we continued this tradition in May over the Memorial weekend.  This was an especially memorable time because we celebrated my parents twentieth anniversary.

What made planning the trip exciting was that I had a say in where we would stay and do.  It was unanimous among the family that we would go back to the Saratoga Springs resort and get the Park Hopper passes.  In addition to going to our old favorites, I suggested visiting a new park as well.  Discovery Cove had been a park that I had been interested in visiting for some time. The park turned out to be more breath taking than seen on t.v.

When at Disney, the first park we went to was Epcot.  We enjoy the performers, shopping, a great meal and of course, the fireworks!  I want the next day we ventured out to Animal Kingdom.  Our favorite ride was the Kali Rapids.  Getting soaked felt great in the hot weather.  The most memorable event that day was when my father and brother got stuck on the Mount Everest ride.  It took some time to get them down.  Of course, we went to the Magic Kingdom where we spent hours waiting in lines to ride some of the best roller coasters like Space Mountain and the Rock and Roll Roller Coaster.  A trip to the Magic Kingdom wouldn't be complete without staying at night to see the Electric Light parade and the fireworks.

To wrap up our trip, we had a nice lunch at an outdoor cafe to reminisce about this trip and previous ones.   The extended weekend sure went fast!  Disney World is surely the place were dreams come true.  Each trip creates new memories and brings back old ones.  I look forward to the next trip four years from now.

My Sisters Keeper Analysis

Authors Note: Trying to figure out what to base your first writing piece of the year is some what difficult. Time after time trying to come up with a good topic to base your story on is frustrating at some points but if you think deeply about what you have more information on you can come up with that one special topic. My mind had kept on going back to My Sister's Keeper because I could go more in depth with My Sister's Keeper then any thing I've done so far. My goals for this piece were not to summarize but to describe in this writing piece.  

The Genre of "My Sisters Keeper" is more of drama then anything else. The book is mainly about two sisters, Ana and Kate. Kate had been diagnosed with Leukemia and ever sense Kate's been diagnosed, Ana has had surgeries, shots, and transfusions to help Kate. Each chapter gives me more of a glimpse of reality than fantasy proving that this happens to some families.I do not know any families that have gone through this devastating feeling.

Throughout this book I had found interesting is the language that they use. In some cases people don't mind the swearing in the book. In my case I would choose different descriptive words rather then using swearing. Sometimes I ask to myself why would an author put that in a book?

In one chapter Anna had killed Kate's fish and I had wondered, 'What is the big deal?' Most fish just die in a week or two.I thought that this chapter was not necessary to put in the book, but maybe in the end it has to do with something. I don't know what it would be used for in the end as some big suprise so I guess I'll have to wait and find out.

At the end of the book I was hoping that Kate ends surviving leukemia. I was wondering what would happen if she didn't survive in the end. How would her family react to this crises? And how would Ana take Kate's death? If one person in the family would be the most devastated I think it would be Ana. Ana has had surgeries, shots, and transfusions for Kate. She had done so much for her in her life. I know some of guesses aren't going to be true but I hope most of them will be.
   
   

First peak

This Chinese toy reminded me of mardi gras. All of the fun colors in the toy represent peoples costumes plus most people wear masks with feathers on it to hide who they are on this day. Mardi gras is french for Fat Tuesday. This day falls on Tuesday, which is the day before Ash Wednesday. Some people prefer to say that Fat Tuesday is to eat fatty, foods or to confess/give up things before Ash Wednesday. Many people dress up with fun scarves, masks, shoes, etc.

The most popular places that throw big celebrations is New Orleans, Venice, and Spain. In Medieval times, carnevlevarium means to take away or to eliminate meat. A lot of historians think that the first actual American Mardi Gras was created n March 3 1699. This had happened when the French explorers Iberville and Bienville landed in Louisiana, What is home of the lighting city, New Orleans. 1827, a group of students decided to celebrate  Mardi Gras dancing on streets of New Orleans dressed in coustumes for fun.People started to wear crzy costumes on this event.

 My first glance at this pig reminded me of bacon.bacon is a cured meat that is from pigs.It is cured buy using quantities of salt. In the United States bacon is usually only made from pork belly, which is the pigs belly. There is also other kinds of bacon like turkey bacon and Canadian bacon.You can eat bacon in any kind of food, such as BLT, Omelet, Rumaki, Tenderloin, Potatoes, Cob salad.

There are also many different cuts of bacon such as Middle bacon, Back bacon, Cottage bacon, Jowl bacon, and Slab bacon.In the United Kingdom & Ireland, they either grill or fry their bacon and in Japan their bacon is usually smocked. Australia & New Zealand usually use middle bacon; however, in the United States we use all different types of bacon. Bacon is a processed meat and half of its calories come from saturated fat which increases your bad cholesterol.

 

       

The sight of this seashell reminded me of different oceans. There are 4 different oceans on Earth, Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian ocean. All ocean's are salt water based. In the United States, Hawaii is surrounded by an ocean called the Pacific ocean. The ocean is a home for many sea animals, like sharks, jellyfish, sea turtles, sea horses, stingray, etc. Sea creatures arent the only ones that like the ocean. People who live anywhere near an ocean like to cool off on a hot summer day by taking a dip in the ocean. Some people also like to fish in the ocean too.

The largest ocean is the Pacific ocean, North America, Australia, South America, and Asia border this ocean. Asia, Africa, and Australia border the Indian ocean. Atlantic is bordered by North America, Europe, South America, and Africa.Arctic ocean is surrounded by North America. The Southern ocean i surrounded by South America and Antarctica.Oceans are 3/4 of Earth and we need to take care of them. Many kids and adults make programs to go clean up our beaches or people sometimes just do it for fun too.After all mostly everything ends up in our oceans.

Fall DWA

The cold chills of a fall breeze tingling down my spine and the strong sent of fear coming off of my partner. The stench intensified as we got closer to the power source. Me and Lucas, my partner who is currently drenched in fear, having been preparing for this moment in spy training our whole lives. We have yet to discover what this powerful source is capable of doing.

Lucas and I decided to search for clues. When we were walking we stumbled upon some ripped wires and some sparks. We had thought in our heads that those were left over from the power source. Instead, It turns out that those broken wires and sparks were just from a normal citizens light post.

              The next search was a complete success. We found one clue after another. They each had something in common. They all involved something with pets. From one saying “The greatest pet is the on that you pick out together with your family” to the last clue saying “All animals meet on one street, greens street.”

            Nights after nights trying to put all clues together so they would make sense just got exhausting. Lucas and I decided to bring in help. The next day we called up our friends who is also a spy like us to crack these clues. In an hour we heard the door bell ring. We were greeted by a polite hello by Sam. After greeting one another we got right down to business. Minutes by minutes kept passing by but we had no luck. Approximately five hours after we started, a brilliant idea popped into Lucas head. The last clue had said “All animals meet on one street, green street.”  Lucas knew that in Boston Massachusetts they had a pet shop on Green St. We decided to take this chance and go find this power source.

            It had only took us five minutes for us to find gremlin’s pet shop. Our detector was going off crazy but there was no sight of the power source. We decided to go inside to take a better look at things. Lucas kept on sneezing while we were by the cats and distracted him from his work. Finally he snapped out of it. I went over by the dogs to see if the detector went off over there. It did but we don’t know where it is. The strongest is down under me. How is that possible? There must  be some way to get down there. Lucas and I searched for a secret door way, I had no luck finding one. five minutes Lucas stumbled upon dog food and picked it up. When he had picked it up it opened a secret door. We went in about a mile and started hearing a beeping noise followed by sirens. Lucas gave me  this nervous look when he heard the noises. I told him to keep walking with his eyes peeled for anything. We heard a noise again but this was no siren or beeping it sounded like big booms. We dashed out as quick as we could but we didn’t make it back. Rocks after rocks were pilled upon us, struggling to get out. Lucas got out first and helped me up. We were both severely injured by the heavy rocks. Me and Lucas had just realized that the power source had turned on an alarm and hit a self destruct button to cause all of the rocks in the cave to fall. Then and there we realized that this was truly mission impossible and we had failed.