Riccardo's Science Blog

Our Charity  Fair Tri-Fold  Summary : Human trafficking is one of the biggest problems that it is not publicly talked about. Human trafficking is modern day slavery, and yet we don't inform the public about it. Our charity, World of Children, has honorees that work to rescue and rehabilitate victims of child trafficking so that they are safe, supported, and have the opportunity to rebuild. Ever charity fair is unique, and there are new experiences to be learned every year. This year, the selection of the charity was even more important than in previous years. Therefore, we had to spend more time and we realized that not all charities post tax and revenue information. We also used our strengths to improve things such as our instructable and out product. We had to be flexible, so when had to change our unit of measurement, or we had to use unique tools in replacement for other things. All for all, charity fair is a different experience every year, but this was ...

WAC #2 - Should We Bring Back Extinct Species? Riccardo Gavardoni 8B What is de-extinction? De-extinction is the process of resurrecting species that have died out or gone extinct. Although once considered a fictional topic, the possibility of bringing extinct species back to life has been raised by advances in selective breeding, genetics, and reproductive cloning technologies. Why do we want to bring animals back? Some species can help restore the environment. Some scientists claim the woolly mammoth could help restore the tundra, and even delay global warming. Due to the fact that ice is melting and the soil under contains carbon which would release if more ice melts. The woolly mammoth could theoretically “punch down the snow in the winter time allowing cold air to come in and in the summertime, they would knock down trees which are very absorbent and release the grasses,” said Steph Yin in We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species. Extinct species has some risks however, t...

Summary : De-extinction is the process of resurrecting species that have died out or gone extinct. Although once considered a fictional topic, the possibility of bringing extinct species back to life has been raised by advances in selective breeding, genetics, and reproductive cloning technologies. Scientists are working to raise an enormous amount of money in order to perform de-extinction on animals such as the woolly mammoth. Some scientists claim the woolly mammoth could help restore the tundra, and even delay global warming. Due to the fact that ice is melting and the soil under contains carbon which would release if more ice melts. The woolly mammoth could theoretically “punch down the snow in the winter time allowing cold air to come in and in the summertime, they would knock down trees which are very absorbent and release the grasses,” said Steph Yin in We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species.  S&EP-Communicating Information: Using the platform KQED, I was a...

Summary : Air pollution can be caused by many things and harms the environment in many ways. One of the biggest ways we pollute is through the carbon footprint when buying goods. Goods are transported through vehicles such as planes, cargo ships, trains, and most commonly, trucks. When you order things online or even buy them in store, they most likely come from out of the continent depending on the item. This is a big problem since planes emit 0.8 g of CO2 per mile, the most of any transportation. One way we can reduce these emissions is stores can buy in bulk, which gets them more product for less money, and less transportation is needed. or the consumer can buy things locally. This helps because if you check the "made in" tag or you purchase at things like farmer markets, it saves the atmosphere a lot of CO2. S&EP - Using Models : I used models when my group and I created a map to show the journey it took to create our fortune cookies. The map shows how different...

Picture of Victor Nguyen's FLUXX cards in play. Summary: Fluxx is a very interesting, unique game. It is different from most other card games, in that the rules and the conditions for winning are altered throughout the game, via cards played by the players. Fluxx has a basic set of cards. There are new rules, goals, keepers, actions, and creepers. A game deck consists of 84 to 100 cards with four different card subtypes printed on them, New Rules, Keepers, Goals, and Actions. Starting with a simple Basic Rule of 'Draw 1 card / Play 1 card', players will draw then play a card to and from their hand. New Rule cards will change the rules mid-game, oftentimes changing the number of cards you draw, the number you play, the number of cards in your hand and so forth. Goals are cards that lay out the victory conditions for the game, consisting of two or more Keeper cards that must be in front of the player on the table while that Goal is active. The Keeper cards are various...

Question : Which of the following questions can be answered by studying these fossil layers? Wrong Answer: What are the common ancestors of fish? Correct Answer: Which organisms lived before/after/or at the same time? Why the correct answer is correct: The reasoning as to why "Which organisms lived before/after/or at the same time?' is the correct answer is because you can use relative dating to see which organisms are younger or older compared to one another.

Summary : Fluxx is a very interesting, unique game. It is different from most other card games, in that the rules and the conditions for winning are altered throughout the game, via cards played by the players. Fluxx has a basic set of cards. There are new rules, goals, keepers, actions, and creepers. A game deck consists of 84 to 100 cards with four different card subtypes printed on them, New Rules, Keepers, Goals, and Actions. Starting with a simple Basic Rule of 'Draw 1 card / Play 1 card', players will draw then play a card to and from their hand. New Rule cards will change the rules mid-game, oftentimes changing the number of cards you draw, the number you play, the number of cards in your hand and so forth. Goals are cards that lay out the victory conditions for the game, consisting of two or more Keeper cards that must be in front of the player on the table while that Goal is active. The Keeper cards are various people and items that go along with the game's the...