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Blog-Log 2 – The Results of Dying Coral Reefs

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The other day, I was having a conversation with my friend about how you can adopt a coral. This was my first time hearing about it which made me want to learn more. I found this article titled “Coral Reefs: we continue to take more than we give.” I really enjoyed how the author was very straight to the point and informative. Coral reefs house 25% of all marine life, it offers food, medicine and environmental protection, it reduces the damage of storms. The article indicates that coral reefs are slowly degrading because of climate change, ocean acidification, destructive fishing and multiple other reasons. We are constantly being told lately, especially in the media of how our Earth is slowly dying, but it’s rare for anyone to be informed on what we can do to help prevent it. By adopting a coral it’s a contribution to help our earth. The reefs are contaminated by over 11 billion pieces of plastic, leading to coral diseases. If greater action is not taken, we will lose all our reefs along with many marine species by 2050. When adopting a coral they plant a new one were the dead coral is to help it regrow. This article illustrates the importance of our reefs.

Electricity Project and Reflection

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 Our collaboration and project went well overall, we had a few struggles and complication but it turned out well. We divided the work equally and easily communicated how we were going to do so. The only information that we couldn’t find was how electrons flow. Something that we could change for next time is to set deadlines for different parts of the project to be done.

App Review

DEFINE: I need to find an app to help me learn and memorize the names of the elements on the periodic table, what periods and grounds the elements are in and their atomic mass.

DREAM: Find a way to quiz myself on the elements of the periodic table through a digital way being able to easily understand it.

APP: Periodic Table Quiz

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DELIVER: The app that I discovered is called “Periodic Table Quiz”. It’s very easy to understand, and has many options on what to learn.  If you go into the play option there is 27 levels.  There’s 6 different options of what to get quizzed on. The first is name to symbols, the second is symbols to names, the third is the atomic number, fourth the periods, fifth is groups and the sixth is blocks. When I choose to do a quiz it tells me the instructions right before I start which I like a lot. Then is has the name of the element or symbol and it gives you 4 options to select from, if you get it right you move onto the next question, if you get it wrong you stay on the same one until you get it right. There’s also a learning option, it was the same questions as the play option but this one doesn’t time you, it does give you a percentage on how many you get right.

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DEBRIEF: Overall I enjoyed this app, it helped me memorize information about the elements in a fun way. The only think I would change is to add chemical compounds into the play option.