Mythbuster 1/14/13

Name one or more of the myths in todays episode:

• Can a cellphone make a gas station light fire?

Explain why these myths were labeled busted confirmed or plausible:

• The cellphone one is busted because there is not enough static electricity.

Pick one myth that you saw today and explain a different way that you might test it:

• I don't think that I would change the way they tested it.

Put down a myth that you think should be tested:

• Can you really shop till you drop?

Reflection

My reflection is that we made a poster about newtons 2nd law and we made a skit also. In our group we had good work progress. Our group works really well together!

My self rating is 4/5

We did get a little distracted but we finished well!

Mythbusters 2nd video

1. What myths were presented in the video?
Can pepper spray and a stun gun make a human light on fire? and Can a firework lift a human up in the air?

2. What do the words busted, plausible and confirmed mean?

Busted:

Means not possible or to be proved wrong.

Plausible:

Seeming reasonable or probable.

Confirmed:

firmly established in a particular habit, belief, or way of life and unlikely to change.

3. Which myths were busted, which were not?
 The first myth was plausible and the second myth was busted.


4. What would you have done differently in any of the experiments.
I do not think I would do anything different to any of the myths.


5. What myth would you like them to bust?
Is there a way to make a human fly?

Mythbusters

1. What myths were presented in the video?

Can a fist punch a car hard enough to make it flip? and Can 500 soilders use mirros to light a ship on fire?

2. What do the words busted, plausible and confirmed mean?

Busted:

Means not possible or to be proved wrong.

 

Plausible:

Seeming reasonable or probable.

 

Confirmed:

firmly established in a particular habit, belief, or way of life and unlikely to change.

3. Which myths were busted, which were not?

Both myths were busted.

4. What would you have done differently in any of the experiments.

I do not know what I would do different.

5. What myth would you like them to bust?

Is there a way to make a human fly?

Mythbusters

1. What do you think the word adhesive means?
To hold together.
2. How does a potato cannon work?
Well they put a potato in the canon and they make it have a spark.
3. How did the duct tape potato cannon work compared to the real one?
It worked about the same way.
1. How did the duct tape work with lifting the car? 
It actually worked and had it up in the air for a while.
2. How did the duct tape work with repairing the boat?
It worked when they repaired it on the dock but when they repaired ti in the water it didn't.
1. Does a duct tape cannon work? 
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2. Can you really build a duct tape boat? 
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3. Name 3 or more things that you think you could make with duct tape.
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Axolotl- the final project

The story:

• Lake Xochimilco then and now
• What can we learn from this?

The four cs:

• Cold Water
• Clean Water
• Calm Water
• deChlorinated Water

The Right Filter:

• Use a sponge filter to keep the water from moving to much

Food!:

• Axolotls can smell their food
• It should be soft and sink
• I don't use live food
• No bait worms or outside sources of food
• Blood worms, newt and salamander food, and river shrimp are good food.

Aquarium Friends:

• Ghost shrimp
• Snails
• No other fish
• Other Axolotls

Problems:

• Use big gravel 
• use big gravel or none
• Gill infection 
• water too warm- put in fridge
• Missing limb-
• put in fridge

Egg Drop

My favorite egg thingy was Lawson's he had balloons tied to the egg. His also survived. Hanna's didn't survive, it was an egg in a peanut butter jar. I loved the egg drop it was very fun to watch!