Tennis

Two things I think I am doing well with my forehand swing is getting the drive through the racket, letting it swing up, and being able to hit the ball because even though I am not doing the body rotation I still have as swing getting a good drive. Another thing I think I am doing well is stepping forward to hit the ball, and before I hit the ball I am in ready position because being in ready position lets you be ready allowing me to move around faster to hit the ball.

Two things I need to work on with my forehand swing is rotation with my body,  I will improve with this by taking a few practice rotation swings before I start playing to remind me and get used to rotating. Another thing I need to work on is instead of hitting the ball right underneath making it go straight up, I need to keep it low but just to the side. To improve this I will alway have my racket at the side in the position so when it come I just need to get a quick drive, so my aim will be better.

So What???

What is the relevance of demographics to your life?

The relevance of demographics to my life is

The relevance of demographics to our life is to know what to plan for the future. For example, if you know that the birth rate has increased in your country you would want to start building more houses and apartments so there would be more living space for families and people moving overseas. Also, if you know that there are mainly elders living you your country, say Japan for example, you might want to start building a few more retirement homes. There are many more examples, demographics is very important, especially for the government. It is something that the world needs daily to make new improvements, more land, and some new government/business ideas.


How will issues related to demographics impact your life now and in the future?

Our Earth is starting to get even more crowded, but with too many people it is effecting our environment. One main part that we are effecting in our environment, is the air we breathe daily. In many places our air is being effected by the government is burning down trees to make more land, using chemicals in the air to effect the weather, the gases we give off by driving our cars, buses, etc., burning certain objects giving off bad chemicals in the air and of course smoke. There are many more ways that we are effecting our environment, it will badly impact us now and in the future

Band: Ode To Joy

Metronome count: 100.

San Andres Fault, Transform Fault

For our project we decided to use San Andres Fault to show and explain a transform fault. San Andres Fault is known for having the most famous fault. A transform fault is where two rocks are side by side but the plate underneath each rocks are going into separate directions. So as you can see in the video the plate underneath, it is causing San Andres Fault to move so eventually in the future San Andres Fault will be from North America.

Amber, Catalyst 10, September 15, 2015

The sublayers of Earth starts with the inner core, then it goes to the outer core, to the Mesosphere, then the Asthenosphere, then the Lithosphere.

Age Of Ocean Floor Pre-Test

 1. Where are the oldest parts of the oceans?
The oldest parts of the oceans are the rocks and sands at the very bottom of the ocean because before there might have been the ocean water, there were always rocks built into the ground.


 2.  Do the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic ocean basins have the same age and patterns?
No, because each of the oceans were probably there years before the other oceans, but people don't know it. They definitely do not have the same patterns because each ocean has a different structure, currents, wind patterns change, etc.  

3. How does the age of the ocean floor compare with the age of rocks on the continents?
They could possibly be the same age because the rocks for the continents have always been there underneath the continents supporting it, and the ocean floor must have always been there because it is not like the people just placed rocks and sand at the ocean floor. Both of these items have excited forever and are a part of our natural earth, so I believe they are the same age.

Mathematical Reflections on Polygons

The common properties of polygons are...
 The common properties of polygons are a closed shape(no holes or intersections), a 2D shape, straight lines(no curved lines).

The measure of degrees in an angle tells me that the angle is ...
 An acute angle which is less than 90°. An obtuse angle which is greater than 90° but less than 180°. A straight angle which is 180°. Lastly, 360° which is a full turn.

Some of the common angles are...
Some common angles are 90 °(right), 180°(straight),  270°, 360°, 0°.

Some strategies to estimate angle measures are...
Using the initial side and terminal side is kind of a strategy, how to use the initial side is that the initial side always equals zero degrees, and then the terminal side is the angle so you have to guess that as close as possible angle, which leads to my next strategy, common angles. Using common angles are so helpful, so if you have an acute angle, first I would like to add in the 90 degree angle line then try to guess the main angle just by seeing how far away it is from the common angle. Using a protecter is the best one of all, how to use a protecter to draw an angle is first you draw a vertex in the middle of the whole. Then, draw an initial side line along the zero line on the protecter from the vertex. Then line up the zero line and the vertex to the whole and zero line. Find the angle you want then mark where that is. Lastly, draw a line connecting the mark to the vertex.