Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms

It was the middle of winter. The rain was pounding on the roof. The TV was glitching out at times and big flashes of light would appear outside.
I was scared out of my wits as thunder bashed making the house shake violently. Lights flickered, people yelled in the streets. Had this been the start of a horror movie come to life? Would my life come to an end later that night? ...

My Heat Transfer Experiment- Inquiry C1 / D1

Inquiry B2- Explain how energy is transferred between states of matter

Heat transfer can take place through three mechanisms. Convection, conduction and radiation. In conduction,heat is transferred with direct contact between objects. Because direct contact can happen in solids, liquids as well as gases, conduction can take place in all three states of matter. Conduction is better in the solid state more than the other two states though. If you heated one end of a metal stick, the other end will also feel hot after a period of time because of conduction.

Convection is the transfer of heat energy through fluids. Convection cannot take place in solids, since solids are not are not fluids. Because of this, convection can only happen with liquids and gases. The boiling of water in a pan happens because of convection.

Radiation does not require any need for heat transfer. However it can transfer heat, but it can happen in a vacuum. It does not need any objects or fluids to transfer heat unlike the other mechanisms.

Hurricanes

Hurricanes

Houses helplessly toppling down on each other.

Wind violently pushing down anything that´s in its path.

Floods gushing along streets and roads.

Citizens waiting in long lines to get into the supermarket.

Trees snapped dead into pieces and halves.

People in horror from the devastation.

Buildings collapsed over roads and homes.

Families await in hotels for the storm to go.

My spring

The beginning of spring

The thunderstorms are here no longer. Yet all the trees are not bare. Although all, the flowers have not blossomed, it does not mean spring is not here. The hot sun shoots rays over the bright green and blue earth. Now the flowers spring to life, and the blossoms on the trees dance in the delicate wind. For, now the animals wake from slumber with, a newborn child.

The grass eats the mud, wanting more space to grow. This all happens in the beginning of spring so I better let you know, plant flowers in your garden, and let them grow and grow.