Geology

The Rock Cycle 

What makes a home earthquake proof?

Your house structure should be cross-braced (reinforced walls using two steel beams), shear walls (concrete walls with beams through), this reduces the rocking movement, and shock absorbers at the foundation (isolation base).

Aim: What makes a home earthquake proof?
Equipment:

• 4 pieces of paper
• 4 cotton buds
• 6 thin sticks
• 3 small + 1 large cork
• 2 foam plastics
• scissors + tape

Was it successful? Why? Why not?

Our candy house made it to second place. It is somehow earthquake proof compare to others. As I have observed, our base/foundation made our house prevent sliding off. Other's houses easily slides off because of the smooth paper underneath.

What do architects do to make super tall buildings safe?

They have to use thicker walls and and beams to support the tall building. The foundation of the building is really important, it helps stabilize the height and weight of any type of buildings. Bill Baker, the architect of Dubai's Burj Khalifa-the tallest skyscraper- said that the structure of the building should confuse the wind (Winds creates vortices when it hit buildings). They also used dampers (shock absorbers) to prevent shaking and earthquake.


for more inofrmation about the Burj Khlaifa architecture, please click here

Reflection

Today, I learnt that Hurricane Patricia didn't affect the populated areas in Mexico that much. Hurricane Patricia caused widespread mudslides, flooding, power outages on the unpopulated location. Storm Surge has also occurred. Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo are the most affected cities.

Class with Mr. Langley in Social Studies

Mr. Langley, an English Language teacher, came to our class today. Excitingly, he taught us how to form sentences really great. It helped a lot. Whereas these skills are hard to learn, it can become our habit to do this.

Reflection Blog in Research Extreme Natural Events

Finally, I now used my researched notes for our paragraphs. It is amazing to know that Hurricane Patricia was formed by the two systems of disturbance merged together. At the moment, help isn't needed. We're doing well as a partner. I can improve by helping my partner on her assigned work, too to have better work together.

Reflection Blog in Research Extreme Natural Events

I finished off my first paragraph today explaining how Hurricane Patricia is formed. From my perspective, we're quite doing well and some things are beginning to be crystal clear to me. Nothing didn't go well today. I'm gonna write my other paragraphs in the next lesson.

Reflection Blog in Research Extreme Natural Events

I read sites and watched news about Hurrican Patricia. I wrote notes for me to make it easier to write the paragraphs later on explaining how this monster hurricane formed. I learned a lot for our research.

So far, I'm doing well researching.

The sites I've read only showed minimal information about the formation of Hurrican Patricia but on the other hand, it gave me other things I need to know about, too.

For the next lesson, I think I should narrow my google search with specific questions or topics to quickly and briefly make my notes for my paragraph.