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=Boricua Science Class Student Work Space=

Student Name:
Velissa Rodriguez

End of Term Reflection
Here are some of the activities we did in class this term: Harper's Magazine ("Boots on the Ice"), Hurricane Evacuation Plan, Designer Babies (GATACA), Genetic Diseases, Evolution Movies/Research, NYT Science Reviews, Punnett Squares, Chemical Bond Diagrams, The Periodic Table, The Birth and Death of Stars

[insert text here] [insert text here] Computer Class = [More/Less] Videos = [More/Less] Student Group Activities = [More/Less] Evaluations = [More/Less] [insert text here]
 * What 2-3 activities did you enjoy/learn the most?
 * What 2-3 activities topic did you find the most difficult to understand?
 * Describe how could we improve this course in the future
 * Explain why you enjoyed, or why you struggled through, this class, offering whatever insights you may feel are valuable:

Name of Disease
Cerebral Sclerosis

Symptoms

 * 1) TSC1: coughing and breathing problems
 * 2) TSC2: coughing, chest pain, and lung collapse
 * 3) [Type here]

Genes

 * 1) Tuberous Sclerosis
 * 2) Tuberous Sclerosis 2
 * 3) [Type here]

Cytogenetic Location
(TSC1) 9q34 and (TSC2) 16p13.3

Base Pair Sites
1) 134,756,556 to 134,809,840 2) 2,038,599,to 2,078,712

Community
Staten Island: Mariners Harbor

Evacuation Center
b.not to overcrowd the room c. be prepared with your essentials needed d. stay close as possible to your family so you wouldn't be terrified of the situation with strangers
 * 1) Location – I.S. 51 middle school
 * 2) Implemented Plan – a. to place everyone in areas with less windows or glass in the room

Your Evacuation Plan
__Go Bag:__ flashlights with spare batteries, non- frozen food, water, spare clothes with essential needed. __To meet up with my family:__ i would be precise with my destination and location. specific with details of my description, give them an accurate time where to meet, and try to reach them on their cell phones (if there is no power outage)

#1: Earth Quakes
In the book, it states that earthquakes are usually read in magnitudes. An instrument known as the Magnitude scale determines the energy release of the earthquake. the higher the number, it can be most damageable. Another instrument called the Richter Scale it determines the rate and the amount of ground motion.
 * 1) Summary – In the article, it vividly discusses how earthquakes are caused due to the earth's surface. It involves the tectonic plates and may be affected due to resistance of friction. The "shaking" feeling that we feel is caused by energy waves that travels through the earth's crust. The earthquake's magnitude is measured on how the shaking it creates no matter the location.
 * 1) Book Citation – pages 345-346
 * 2) Personal Interest – I learned that earthquakes that are destructive can also be compared with tsunamis but that is usually rare. the powerful earthquakes that occurred was December 2004. It had triggered the Indian Ocean tsunami and was measured 8.9 on the magnitude scale. There is no earthquake greater than 9 on the magnitude scale has ever been recorded.

#2 Gravity: Einstein was right on Gravity Velocity
The book mentions that gravity is the most obvious force that is present in our daily lives. Without that we would be floating everywhere. Newton agreed that when the moon goes around the earth, then it is not moving in a straight line. he followed the laws of motion, and the first one states that the force is acting upon it. __[G x mass1 (kg) x mass 2 (kg)]__ [Distance (m)] ^2 The law states that the greater the object, the further apart they would be; and the less apart the closer.
 * 1) Summary – For the first time, scientists measured the speed at which the force of gravity moves. they concluded that Einstein was correct. Einstein assumed that gravity moves at the speed of light, but no one has measured it until now. Scientists were observing the radio waves when Jupiter passed in front of the distant cosmic object. Scientists said they determined the gravity propagation speed equal to the speed of light. Their findings was within an accuracy of 20 percent; which they felt good enough to result that gravity's velocity is indeed equal to the speed of light. This measurement was made September 8th using strong radio telescopes. (these radios are usually sensitive to the slightest defection of radio waves caused by the planets gravity.
 * 1) Book Citation – pages 42-44
 * 2) Personal Interest – I learned is that the planets orbit could be understood if gravity was not restricted to the surface of the earth, but if its force was found throughout the universe. He formulated an insight known as "Newton law of universal gravitation.

#3 Acid Rain: State closes coal-fired plant that failed to limit emissions

 * 1) Summary – On may 10, 2007 a company that owns 2 local power plants settled their lawsuit with new york state by agreeing to install 100 million worth of pollution control technology on one of them, its coal-fired plant here or shut it down. Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said that the state was forcing the plant to close after Mirant, New York failed to reduce emissions with new technology. The emissions from the 350- megawatt Lovett plant are linked to **acid rain and smog.** At the time of the settlement, state environmental officials said the emissions from Lovett alone, which looms over the West bank of the Hudson River, represented a quarter of the sulfur dioxide and almost a third of the nitrogen oxide released by electric generators in 7 counties in the Hudson Valley. In the book, the emissions of nitrogen compounds, sulfur dioxide, and hydrocarbons will increase the number to a more serious environmental problem for us. Air pollution plays a role in it; yet air pollution is effected by the "bad ozone" that is a major product of modern urban air pollution associated with photochemical smog. the long terms problems that the cities may face are the presence of nitrogen ans sulfur compounds in the air. when these compounds are in the air, they interact with water, sunlight, and other atmospheric chemicals to form tiny droplets of nitric and sulfric acid. this is also known as "**acid rain**".
 * 2) Book Citation – pages 399-401
 * 3) Personal Interest – I learned that the response of the government to urban air pollution is reducing the levels of emissions associated with the burning of fossils fuels. California was one state that was recognized with this issue and now has a strict regulation on average automobile emissions that are encouraging the production of hybrid gasoline. Acid Rain and air pollution are moderate environmental problems. The costs of dealing with these problems however are considerably higher costs or reversing the depletion of the ozone layer. Acid rain may cause excursion damage to forest an lakes; and such local climate changes.

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