Gardner,+Ryan

I read the Harry Potter 1 article and I found it very cool. I never actually read all of the Harry Potter books however I saw the movies and I know the chemical things that they are talking about. I think it would be really cool to learn about these different chemical reactions and then do them ourselves in the classroom. After that it would be cool if we could go back and watch the clips of the movies where they show these reactions and see how what we are learning in class can be incorporated into movies and other things outside of the classroom.

Ryan, Good thought! I'll have to look into that. Anything specific? Chemical things is too general. 4 stars. MW

2/8/11 Redefining The Kilogram

I thought it was pretty interesting that the Kilogram is the last piece of the International System of Units that is still defined by a physical artifact and not a unvarying physical property of nature I thought this because I thought it was weird that they all have physical properties of nature the don't vary except the Kilogram.

I also thought that it was very interesting that the international prototype of the Kilogram has lost weight. I think that proves the point that they need to make the Kilogram international prototype an unvarying physical property of nature. This is pretty relevant to this lass because we measure a lot of things and if our Kilogram is not the same it could mess up some of our investigations.

It is also kind of interesting that this doesn't really matter a whole lot to anybody except metrologists who are involved in the science of measurements so we don't really have anything to worry about because it won't be a huge deal if we don't get the exact weight.

Ryan, Well I guess it could have a trickle down effect if the mass gets messed up. Good post! 5 stars. MW

2/25/11 Motion Detectors I found it interesting how there were three different motion detectors. There are some that can tell when you walk past it by using infrared radiation, some that can monitor reflection pattens, and some listen to warmth. I think that all of these work in a very interesting way and would be cool to find out which one would be best used in different situations by doing different tests in a lab. I think it all kind of relates to chemistry because most of them have to do with radiation or some kind of ray, and it would be interesting to find out how these rays are made and from what particles they are made from.

Ryan, It just so happens we will be studying these particles(photons) in class. Good post! 5 stars. MW