Tuesday, April 15, 2014

think like the mountains


People don't really take time to really view and hear the mountains and what is all around you.
This article shows what it's like to be like the mountains. All the animals and everything that we don't really see in everyday life. We take don't really see what it's like to listen to nature. This article shows how to listen to animals like a mountain and hear the trees blow in the wind like a mountain.

When I read this I really thought hard about this. It is really true how we don't really take time to listen to what is around us; and if i listen I can be like a mountain and listen to everything around me and just embrasure it.


Exoneration

Back before DNA profiling was invented, many people were falsely convicted of crimes they didn't do, but since DNA profiling is now a thing, prisoners that were wrongfully convicted are now being set free thank to DNA profiling. 

 We have heard many stories of people being put into jail for something that they didn't do. These stories have helped me see how crazy this stuff is. One of the craziest stories was when 3 teenage boys were accused of killing and raping a white women. The police made them sign a confession form by force and then made up a crazy story to go with their confession. when they were in prison all the other inmates hated them. they would beat and stab them many times through out their years of prison. After i think 20 years the real murderers confess to the crime and the 3 boys were let free into the world. These now men had to learn how to drive, how to write checks, and learn how to get a job. This ruined their lives to go anywhere in life.
DNA profiling has become a crucial part in crimes now vital to investigations; and since this prisoners have been lining up to be exonerated and have overwhelmed the people who are doing it. What they do is they recessive the letter from the prisoner to be exonerated and then they find the case and see if there is any signs of DNA in the crime scene. After that they see if the DNA matches the prisoner and if it doesn't they try to find the real criminal.

This was a really fun thing to learn about and how these investigators do it. It is also very interesting hearing about the stories about what it was like to be wrongfully convicted and how it was being let out. I really like learning about this and all this is very interesting to me.

Monday, April 14, 2014

meal planner for chimps

There is a place in Tennessee that houses chimps and other monkeys. They have a lot of things to help care for the chimps. In order to keep have these things people donate what ever they want to the chimps. People donate things like toys that they can play with, food, and recipes for the chimps. We donated little paper things that had stuff on them for the chimps to play with. After that, we started making recipes for the chimps. 

What I did was make the super duper food pile for the chimps. It had waffles, peanut butter, a banana, Greek yogurt, turkey bacon, apples and blueberries. with that I had to calculate the right amount of fat, protein, calories, and other stuff so that they were just right. then we made recipe that described how to make it.

This was a really fun experience and I learned a lot from it. It challenged me with math and stuff to make sure the food was perfect for the chimps.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

 Ted talk on cancer                                                                                                             By Max Ickes



              Can we eat to starve cancer? Is there way to stop cancer before it gets to be a problem. There is a substance that is called antigenisis. This is found in natural foods like vegetables and fruits and can help fight cancer. This is a new study in cancer that helps stop cancer before it gets deadly. this is a great breakthrough in cancer science. This can bring down cancer patients and stop the high number of people with cancer. I thought this was very interesting and very cool to learn about. I didn't think eating certain foods would starve cancer. I thought cancer as only curable through extreme treatment. I feel like this has made an impact on me to eat more natural healthy foods so I don't get cancer. I think that everyone should know about this and action on doing it themselves.