**Pressed the Save button instead of the Publish button** This is my Juxtaposition image. We only made one draft because I didn't know that we were making a second one. In the image we made fish that had adapted to an environment that was full of trash. We used Photoshop and sourced images off of google. I am not very proud of this product because I feel like at this point it is fairly rushed. I think that if I could spend a couple more hours on it I could make it into something that I am proud of. I am fairly confident using Photoshop so I didn't learn much but this draft is definitely not a good example of my skills.
There is many things that I am proud of this week in the area of math. Throughout my high school experience, I have felt that we learn math concepts just to say that we have learned them without also learning how we can apply these concepts real life. In the last week however, I have applied mathematics to one of my future projects which is to get scuba diving certified. This week, I calculated the pressure that is applied to a person given their depth in a body of water. I have also learned a lot about the properties of water. Water is made up of two different atoms namely hydrogen and oxygen. Two hydrogen atoms are covalently bonded to one oxygen atom. This causes the oxygen atom to have more electrons than protons which gives it a positive charge and causes the hydrogen atoms to have more protons that electrons which gives it a positive charge. This is called a hydrogen bond. This hydrogen bond is why water is the best solvent known to man; Any molecule that has a polarity (either positive or negative) can break these hydrogen bonds and can dissolve in water. Water also has a high heat capacity. This means that water can hold temperatures without much fluctuation. This is why places like San Diego does not experience much fluctuation in temperature while places like Nebraska does. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere greatly affects our oceans. CO2 has a slight negative bond which means that it is hydrophilic (can dissolve in water). This hydrophilic nature causes the oceans to absorb 93% of all carbon dioxide. This causes the oceans to have a lower ph level (more acidic) which can harm marine life. While there are many marine organisms that can use carbon dioxide such as algae, there is not enough to keep up with the high demand. So far we have emailed multiple people in the field of shark tagging. We have emailed multiple institutions such as Monterrey Bay Aquarium,
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Semester AzulThis semester I am in Semester Azul which is a class with around 20 students of all high school grade levels. We are exploring the vast mysteries of the ocean learning about the ecosystems, climate, and human influence. I hope you enjoy my progression!. Archives
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