Sunday, October 23, 2011

Silly Putty Reflection

In class, we did an experiment and made some sort of silly putty. o make the silly putty, we mixed baking powder in water and we poured glue in a cup, we added the water to the glue and mixed. After we added acid to make it less sticky. I realized that if you did not put the right amount of each ingredient, the experiment did not work. The silly putty was either too liquid, in that case you needed to add some glue, or if it was too sticky, you had to add some acid. If you put just the right amount, at the end, the silly putty bounced off the table or the floor if you threw it hard enough. 

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Current Event #2


A Friend Like Me: When Given More Choices, People Pick Friends Similar to Themselves


A recent study shows that students who are around more people, choose friends that are similar to them. It can be deciding what to eat, what to do, where to live or even who to hang out with we like to have many choices. You would think that being around more people would influence your choice of friends and you would have more and they would all be different but no, the study says that in larger schools, people tend to hang out with others who are   similar. If you are in a smaller school, you are more likely to hand out with people who are different because you don't have much choice and you usually create dissimilar- but closer- friendships.