Wednesday, April 7, 2010

War Games

5 Things about the movie War Games-

1. The missle control center got a message from the "president" saying they had to launch a missle.

2. The plot of the ovie takes place before the cold war ended.

3. The WOPR does everyhting, and it is the key of the war.

4. The WOPR took over the mens jobs at the missle launch center

5. The boy in the movie was obsessed with computers

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Manhattan Project II- Mar 3

5 Facts about the Manhattan project:

1. When mixed, Plutonium becomes a solid.

2.An atomic bomb is safe if you don't put it fully together.

3. The kid decided he wanted to create an atomic bomb for the science fair.

4. He bought explosives from a man in the army.

5. I didn't get for enough for this one.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Manhatten Project- Feb 27

Five things about The Manhattan Project:
  • The movie is about a boy who steals a dose of plutonium from a top secret lab, well not that top secret if he accessed it.
  • The boy doesn't realize he has stolen the purest plutonium ever made.
  • The uses of plutonium are weapons and nuclear energy.
  • It just so happens that the boys mom is dating the scientist that gave the boy a tour of the lab in the first place, and if the scientist hadn't been more suspicious about what was in the containers, the boy wouldn't have stolen the plutonium.
  • Plutonium is a very radio active chemical element, which they needed for the lasers they were creating In the movie.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Atomic Theory- Jan 17

Things I Didnt Know:

1. Matter releases energy in even parts.

2. It takes 2 seconds for light to travel from the Earth to the Moon.

3. The bigger the mass the more energy.

4. Energy= mass(the speed of light)2 -that 2 means squared.

Thats what E=MC2 means!

5. EMR= Electromagnetic Radiation.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Atoms and Molecules- Jan 6

1. Atom is Greek for-

Uncuttable

2. What is in the middle of an atom?

In the middle of an atom you have a a very heavy particle called the nucleus.

3. What do protons and neutrons look like?

Nobody knows what they look like.

4. All matter is made up of ______ and ________.

atoms molecules

5. The difference in metals is what?

The number of protons in the nucleus.

6. Everything in the universe is ____________.
Energy or matter

7. What is the key to life?
Carbon is the key to life.

DNA disadvantages

DNA disadvantages

It Reads

Were taking back your first place ribbon--- we found traces of your parents DNA all over your science fair project.