Ans: When I see this viedo, I see a person dancing. I see that his spirit brings good spirit to other people who join in the dancing to create a combined effort. A combined effort brings teamwork and friendship.

2. What qusetions does this clip make you think about?

Ans: Who funded the trips to all these countries? Who is the dancing man? Why is he doing this? What does it mean?

3. Why do you think that we are showing this clip now:

Ans: I seriously have no idea. My best guess is that it is to promote a positive side of the world. In everday media accounts you could struggle to find any positive articles. I think we are being showed this clip to show that Media accounts aren’t always negative.

Find the following information:

1. what causes the defect
2. the symptoms displayed
3. propose what sort of lens may be used to correct each vision.

A1. For short-sightedness, the cause is usually because it runs in the family. It can also be an early symptom to show that someone may have type 2 diabetes. The scientific term for Short sightedness Is Myopia. The cause of this is that the light your eye takes in, has its focal point BEFORE the retina which gives a blurred image.

B1. The symptoms are that distant objects appear blurred while ones from short distance are still in focus.

C1. The type of lens that might be used to treat this is A concave lens because it gives a magnified view of a wide area. You can also get Laser eye surgery which is becoming increasingly popular.

A2. Long sightedness is also a condition that can be passed down from genes. Many babies are born with Hyperopia but it corrects itself as they get older.

B2. the symptom is that people cannot see things from a short distance because it is out of focus. This is why people need reading glasses.

C2. The lens that you may need to correct long sightedness is a convex lens because it creates a short focal point. You can also correct it with laser eye surgery

1. During this project I have actually enjoyed finding out how binoculars, telescopes, periscopes and other optical instruments work. They are alot simpler than I thought. I also liked making my own periscope out of 2 mirrors and a milk carton. What I didn’t like was being sick which meant I missed out on 3 days of school and had no idea when I came back.

2. What areas do you think you have improved in from project 1 to project 4?

2. I think I have improved on my ability to divide work and understand that some people’s maximum amount of work in a lesson might be less than mine. I have also been able to let others take the main part in presentation when I used to always want to do everything. 

3. What further skills would you like to develop over the next few projects?

3. I would like to develop the skill of catching up on work and trusting others.

1. Describe what happens inside water droplets to cause a rainbow and explain how you can tell whether a rainbow is a primary or secondary.

When it rains, the light refracts inside the water  droplets which makes the spectrum of light appear (rainbow).

Secondary rainbows are very rare and are when a second rainbow occurs in the sky. You can tell the difference because on a secondary rainbow the colours are backwards with Violet on the outside and red on the inside.

a.     describe how optical fibre may be used in medical applications

b.     identify the traditional medical techniques that optical fibres might replace

c.     Evaluate the benefits of fibre optic technology to medicine 

a. Optical fibres are a great new breakthrough in medicine and telecommunication technology. In medicine, Fibre optics are helpful because they are lightweight, flexible, strong and easy to manouver inside the body which is important when navigating the anatomy of a person.

b. The traditional medical techniques that fibre optics get rid of are huge holes in people during surgical procedures to find what is wrong with them. Fibe optics can be joined together and be connected to a lense which sends images of inside the person through a small cut in the person.

c. The benefits of fibre optics to medicine are great. Firstly the Size of them enables less invasive procedures to be carried out which get the sought out information quicker. They are also cheap to make which means medical bills and costs are lowered for people who undergo surgery with them.

2. The four stages in a critique are

·         An introduction which directs the reader’s attention to the publication

·         A summary of the article being discussed

·         Your analysis on the original text

·         Your evaluation

3. A critique can indeed be positive. If there is a 100% correct article that has been portrayed ethically and correctly then there should not be any negativeness.

4. Beijing, Is it a trap?

This story has been held out by an American show called, “In the know”. This issue has been discussed because the upcoming Beijing olympics are a very interesting topic in the news at the moment. However my view on this story is negative.

Clearly these people are dillusional in their stupid opinions of this story. Stating that the clay warriors are going to kill us, that the Chinese are planting hundreds of trees on olympic venues which will attract all the athletes because of air pollution and then once they are there, elite ninjas will kill them all. Do these people know what they are saying or being forced to ready a completely false script. In my opinion, there are no positives in this story except that know we know Americans are complete idiots if we weren’t sure before.

To end, I would even like to see this show put off the air because of how ridiculous it is and downright crazy.

2 year old donkey called up to play pro Donkey basketball league

This issue is talking aobut a 15 month old donkey who plays in the Donkey basketball league. He has been signed for a record 50pounds of food PER DAY to play in the big league.

According to me, this competition could be a case of animal abuse. Not just talking about Scraps the donkey himself, but the whole competition. The fact that there is camera flashes, loud noises, the donkey’s play on a hard surface and the basketball going past donkey’s head in every game, could be a safety problem for the donkey and the people riding them.

At the start of this article I was trying to be positive but thenn as I started to write, I could see no positives in this Donkey basketball league. Therefore my stance on this issue is that the game be scrapped.

2. Describe one media account of this issue
their pay conditions.
3. Where did you get this media account from?
4. Is this media account correct or reliable? Why?
5. Where else might you be able to find more information about this issue?

Issue #1

1.Emergency services have their own emergency

2.One media account was that the state emergency workers have gone on strike in the City to rally about their pay conditions.

3. I saw this story on Either Today Tonight or the 6:oo news on channel 7 with Ian Ross

4.This media account is correct because it has been extensively covered and it shows people rallying about their pay conditions

5.To find more information about this issue, I could search on the internet or newspapers, also the newspapers websites and perhaps different news reports on television.

Issue #2

1. Lion love

2. I saw this on Today tonight at the end of the show, it was two men who bought a lion so that it wouldn’t be stuck in its cage and killed for its fur, they always exercised the lion and grew a great bond..but the right thing was to let it back into the wild which is what they did. After a few years the men went to Africa and searched for the pride of Lions, once their Lion saw them he came over and jumped on them and started to wrestle and lick them, it had not forgotten the men and he even brought over his “wife” to meet them.

These mens morals in freeing then Lion is a great example of the good in today’s society.

3. I saw this Moral Issue at the end of the Today Tonight show just before they went off air. It was the last story they ran tonight

4. The media account has not been changed because it was a youtube video which had received millions of “hits” which is why they showed it. To give the viewer a nice warm feeling before they went off the air.

5. To find more information on this story I could look for the youtube video because during the video there were subtitles that told you what was going on but in 7’s broadcast some of the subtitles were cut off but I still got the “jist” of the story

During this lesson I have learnt how the Media twist the stories so that they can attract an audience. I have also learnt that anyone can do it and it might not even be intentional.

2. Identify TWO areas you want to concentrate on during this project that you think need a greater improvement from the last project.
During this project I will need to improve my ability of finding the changes and picking up what is wrong in the stories. I will also need to learn not to believe everything I see.
3. Discuss TWO ways in which your group could resolve any disputes during this process.
During this project we can give out warnings and make everyone accountable for their actions so that nothing goes wrong.

2. What did you NOT like about the wikispace project? explain

3. What did you find hard about working in groups?

4. How did the wikispace keep everyone in your team accountable

5. How could you improve your presentation?

1. In my project, I liked the fact that wikispace had a history. It meant that it was obvious that Zac did absolutely no work.

2. Even though there was a history tab, I didn’t like a particular persons work ethic. I was also a bit touchy with the other ones, because all he did was copy and paste.

3. When we were working in groups, I found it hard that I was the only one doing good standard work.

4. It kept everyone accountable because it was very obvious with who did do work, and who was lazy and unco-operative.

5. I think I knew my topic well but my other group members did absolutely no research for themselves and had no idea about what they were talking about.

-         What does the telescope do?

-         Where can the telescope be found?

What is Hubble’s law? 

1. Hubble’s involvement in space research was creating a telescope and creating his own law on space.

2. The telescope is mainly used to see visible light and near-ultraviolet light in space.

3. You can find the telescope aboard the space shuttle “discovery”, it is outside the Earth’s atmosphere which allows it to take super sharp pictures without having background light.

Hubble’s law is that the further away a star or something from another galaxy is, the faster it is moving.

Journal 2

What contribution did the following scientists make towards the big bang theory?

-         Walter Adams.

-         Ralph Alpher.

-         Robert Dicke.

Walter Adams:

Journal 3:

-         What do you think the Phoenix will find?

-         Do you think as a planet we should be researching other planets? Why/ why not?

-         Any other comments.

1. The newly landed phoenix, I think it will find the different types of rocks that are on mars, the makeup of the atmosphere, and try to find if there is any liquid water.

2. As a planet, I think we shouldn’t be researching others. The reason we are researching other planets is to see if we would be able to live on them. As a planet we should be responsible enough to take care of what we have and to use the resources wisely.

3. We are wasting time and not thinking about the future of our planet. How about we stop looking for a place to run and start to fix the impending problems of climate change and resource shortages.

Journal 4

Investigate how Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars in 1967. Write a short account of this event.