Scientific Summer

Hi, My name is Sofia, I just came back from my summer. In my blog post I am going to share with you a few things that I did and how they have something to do with science.

As a few people may know I went to france, specifically Honfleur (close to Cannes) and to Normandi.
Some things/activities that I did was

• Canyoning/ Cliff Jumping: ,
• Fly Fishing:
• Jumping on the trampoline:
• Bmx riding:

First starting with Canyoning. Canyoning is taken place on high rocks and on water. To go canyoning we had to wear wet suits because the water was very cold. Now getting to the scientific part. When we jump off the high rocks plummeting to the water we start to yeah high speeds because of gravity. The higher the rock the more time gravity has to pull us down, we start to increase higher speeds the more time we are in the air. When we finally hit the water we will go under but then rise due to our materials in our body. But when we rise to the top and we lay on our backs we have a lot of buoyancy because of our wet suit. 

Now for fly fishing, fly fishing is all about the river ecosystem. River ecosystem - may fly larva is found under the rocks in streams with clean water.  The larva begin to hatch in May and are a preferred source of food for river fish.  Fly Fisher - people tie flies that mimic May flies to catch river fish such as lenox, trout, salmon, salmon, grayling etc.  So how it is related to science is all about biology.

Jumping on the trampoline is slightly related to science. Its mostly about forces and motion, my leg and ant the trampoline are the forces. When I jump I put pressure on my legs and knees which put me higher in the air. Me doing a flip is the motion. I put force on my knee and when I get enough force/air i get motion/flip.

Last but not least Bmx riding. The science in Bmx riding and Canyoning is very similar. When Bmx riding you do go off ramps and if you hit the ramp hard enough you get some air and when you are coming back down you are being pulled down by gravity. On a half pipe you got around the edges and when you are going to need a momentum between you and the bike.

So if you think about your summer, it could be as scientific as mine. See what you can find out!!

MY GOALS FOR 7TH GRADE

Hi, I just started 7th grade. What about you? My name is Sofia Infante and I am 12 and in 7th grade. This year I plan to be a lot more determined to get good grades, well better than last year.  I am going to do this by being willing to give my all into... well everything.

Last year we studied Forces and Motion and about the problems of Earth. Which was fun but this year I would like to add more exciting things to our school year.

This year in science I would like to learn about explosions. I think we are old enough to be able to make explosions such as coca cola rocket, vinerger bomb and so on. I think it relates to science because we have to try and find why it exploded. What triggered it to fizz or start to blow up.

So basically this year I want it to be the most exciting, the 1 where I try to work as hard as possible and the year I become a scientific 7th grader!!!