What I Thought

Dear Readers,
I really liked the idea of doing a blog. I've never really done blog before so at first I thought it would be complicated, but it was actually very simple and fun. My favorite part was everything, I just love typing and decorating, so this was perfect for me. I really was eager to do the blog gallery walk, when we looked at each other's blogs. I noticed some really good blogs with lots of interesting and true information, but I also noticed some blogs that had a little bit of information that wasn't even true. I can see how Mrs. Hicks feels when she grades things, depressed, weary, and furious. We almost had a week to do this and some people didn't even do anything, C'MON! I, myself thought I would never finish too, I was very frustrated and I worked on my work all the time. I'm was surprised when I found out that the reason for dark colored cars to be far more hotter than bright cars was because the Sun makes the atoms in them stir up and the darker it is the faster they stir up and the faster they stir up, the more energy they produce. I do admit I researched a lot, but It was all worth it to get a good grade. If it is you, Mrs. Hicks who is reading this, I hope you like it.

Thanks
Yours Truly,

Angela Liu

Why I Used The Pictures I Used

• All living things need the Sun to live and fish are an example of the many living things. Even though they live underwater, they really need the Sun. Fish also need the warmth from the sun and they need the water cycle, without the Sun there would not be a water cycle and not enough water
• I used Sun rays to let you see what they truly look like
• Of course, the Sun!!!!!!

Fun Facts

• The first solar furnace was built in France in 1714
• In 1878 in France a dish shaped mirror was used to focus solar heat onto a boiler, which produced steam to drive a printing press
• Solar collectors take up a lot of land
• Vacuum tube collectors have tubes that absorb the Sun's radiation and heat water that flows through another pipe
• A vacuum collector works better than a solar panel, producing temperatures up to 572 degrees Fahrenheit

Questions

Form: What is it like?

What is energy?

What are all the types of energy?

What is solar energy?

Function: How does it work?

How do we get it?

How is it used?

Change: How is it changing?

Is it renewable or not?

Will it ever run out?

Causation: Why is it like it is?

How does it keep us alive?

Connection: How is it connected to other things?

How is it different from other types of energy?

Perspective: What are the points of view?

How is it good?

How is it bad?

What do people think of it?

Responsibility: What is our responsibility?

What should we do know that we know about the goods and bads of solar energy?

Reflection: How do we know?

Why should we use it?

Solar Energy

Solar Energy

Energy is every movement from simple to hard. Some types of energy are fossil fuels, biomass, geothermal energy, wind, hydro power, nuclear, and solar energy. 93 million miles from our planet, Earth, is a huge ball of gas that sends out enormous amounts of energy each and every day. Almost all of our energy comes from that big ball of gas, called the Sun. The energy from the Sun is called solar energy. When you look up at the clouds in the sky, what do you see? Light, energy, rays shooting down to Earth. Well, these are light rays from the Sun to the Earth and sometimes you can't even see the light rays!The Sun is much, much, more powerful than you think it is!

Why Is The Sun Important?

We need the Sun. Without it we wouldn't be alive. The Sun always gives off huge amounts of energy everyday, but most of the energy goes off to space and just a bit goes to Earth. When you go outside on a morning or afternoon, the world is filled with light, without the Sun the world would be dark.Sunlight changes into heat when it hits things, so without the Sun we wouldn't survive the coldness. When the Sun hits an object, the atoms in the object stir up, the faster they stir the more energy they produce, that is why dark colored cars are always warmer than light colored cars. The Sun can dry things like clothes and heat things like water. Plants use light from the Sun to grow in the state of photosynthesis. Animals eat plants, and we eat plants and animals, so eventually we get the energy and nutrients. The Sun is what starts the water cycle and that is a lot of work to be doing. Fossil fuels are made from ancient plant and animals which can live because of the Sun.Think of a world with no solar energy, no light, no heat, no animals, no plants, no food, no cars, no electricity, no T.V and computer games, and worst of all, no me, no you, no anybody or anything. Solar energy is renewable, it lasts for thousands, if not so millions of years. Even though the Sun is very good and very useful, sometimes it can mean harm. If there was too much heat and energy from the Sun, ice in the North and South poles could melt and harm the animals and plants there and increase the ocean level.

Why Use It?

Everyday the Sun gives us 10x more energy than is stored in all the world's reserves of coal and oil. Solar energy does not pollute the Earth like fossil fuels do, and the pollution from the fossil fuels turns into acid rain which is very harmful to all living things and some non-living things too. You should use the sun's power whenever you can.

How People Used Energy

About 3,000 years ago a king's palace in Turkey was warmed by water heated by the Sun. Early farmers also preserved their food by drying them in the Sun, later on solar cells were created in the 1880s to change sunlight into electricity. Right now solar cells are not very common, but are still more common than they were in the 1880s.

What Do People Think Of It?

Not many people use solar energy because solar machines are very expensive, but I think that we should still use it. To save the Earth and to conserve energy! If you've never done it, why not try. The world is full of possibilities!!!