Turning salt water into salt

Here is a short video that I edited for my science class, I enjoy filming and editing so this was a fun project for me to do. Enjoy!

By:Beth Eames (Junior Blogger)

The Ultimate Pop Culture Queen: Marilyn Monroe

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” 

                                                 - Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was born, Norma Jeane Mortenson, in June 1926. Her father was unknown and as a child, she spent many years in foster homes because of this.

Monroe married Jimmy Dougherty in 1942 and when he left to go to the South Pacific as a soldier in the Second World War, she joined a local munitions factory in Burbank, California. It was here that Marilyn got her first big break. A photographer, David Conover, was covering the munitions factory to show women at work when he was struck by the beauty and photogenic nature of "Norma," and she became a central feature of his photo shoot. This not only enabled her to pursue a career in modelling, but she soon became featured on the cover of many well-known magazines!

The year 1946 was a pivotal year for Marilyn as she divorced her young husband and changed her name from 'boring Norma Baker' to the more glamorous, Marilyn Monroe (a name she actually took from her grandmother). She began taking drama lessons and got her first movie contract with Twentieth Century Fox, a huge production company. Her first few films were low key but it gained her more prominent, now iconic, roles in films such as: All About Eve, Niagara, Gentleman Prefer Blondes and How To Marry A Millionaire.

Article written by: Deanna Miller

Jobs of the Future!

So seniors, have your parents been nagging you about what you'll do when you leave secondary school? There are a lot of crazy jobs that are going to randomly spark up in the future, some that we've never heard of and some that sound like they've come out of a futuristic sci-fi film, so it's best I prepare you for what's about to come.

Medical roboticists sound a lot like the doctors from Star Trek, but they're a little more toned down than that, yet still as brilliant. Medical roboticists are the people who are responsible for designing new prosthetic attachments that make the lives of millions much easier. They also made the futuristic looking physical therapy exoskeleton which allows paraplegics to walk again; these science-minded geniuses are going to be so useful in the future. Stay tuned for Paralympics 2030, it's going to be entertaining.

Another out-of-the-box science occupation of the future is a nanotechnologist. You've probably heard of nanotechnology, everyone was talking about it until string theory came about, and then the world's obsession changed. For those who don't know what nanotechnology is, it's the manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular and super molecular scale (if I'm going to be honest I didn't even know what it was, I just heard it on a television show once and it sounded cool so I Googled it). The birth of nanotechnology dates all the way back to 1959 and the field has rapidly progressed since then. There are now super light-weight, mega-strong nanomaterials which are being used in healthcare, electronics and other areas. The newest thing I've heard of with nanomaterials is The Shimizu Mega City Pyramid, a project aimed at solving the issue of overpopulation in Tokyo. Since the pyramid is going to be so large, I believe there is no material that is more suitable for this project as nanomaterial. So I guess the more people on that, the quicker there'll be a giant pyramid island on Tokyo Bay.

So what we've learned today is that if you decide to be a Nanotechnologist or a Medical Roboticist, or neither, you are going to be witnessing the world change right before your eyes.

I Wrote a Poem!

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We have the responsibility,
the knowledge and capability,
not to mention,propensity,
to help improve our community.

We need to solve the adversity,
 get rid of the ferocity,
 respect each others dignity,
and understand our morality.

We’ve shown our versatility,
mobility and availability,
we must show great hostility,
to violence and vulgarity.

Let’s display our integrity,
get rid of negativity,
embrace potentiality,
and always have positivity.

I wrote this for my English assignment! It's about the responsibility we have within our society to make real change happen!

By: Beth Eames  [Assisted by: Meghan Pace & Jamar Beckles]

A Make Believe Smoothie Co.

For our English class, we were asked to pretend we were the owners of a new product/service and had to create a promotional campaign to persuade customers to use our product! Here's what I created:

Post By: Maggie Beehler

Say hello to the Cave of Crystals!

Here are five facts about the Cave Of Crystals:

1. The extraordinary Cave Of Crystals is located in Mexico. 
2. Discovered in 2000 by a pair of brothers drilling thousands of feet below the ground there names were Juan and Pedro Sanchez. 
3. It has been forming for over 500,000 years!
4. You can only be in the cave for up to 10 minutes because of the   intense heat of 137 degrees Fahrenheit.
5. One of the biggest crystals found in the cave was 39ft in height, 13ft in width and 55 tons!

Here is a quick link to a YouTube clip of the cave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcWKZ-USkfE

Have a great Bob Marley Monday!

 

 

   

By:Beth Eames