Comments for Thinking Allowed http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org Mrs D's science blog Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:31:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 Comment on Creativity with Carbon by MIKE DUCKWORTH http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/2010/02/19/creativity-with-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-1303 MIKE DUCKWORTH Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:31:54 +0000 http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/?p=645#comment-1303 <a href="#comment-1249" rel="nofollow">@Justin vK </a> Hi Justin I just had a look at your carbon essay. Pretty good, but what about respiration! @Justin vK
Hi Justin
I just had a look at your carbon essay. Pretty good, but what about respiration!

]]> Comment on Creativity with Carbon by Stefan G http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/2010/02/19/creativity-with-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-1283 Stefan G Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:23:14 +0000 http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/?p=645#comment-1283 Hi I’m Bob the carbon molecule. I here today to tell my story of adventure and terror. It’s the story of the carbon cycle. One day I was peacefully floating around on day talking to my friend Billy the oxygen molecule. Then all of a sudden I was sucked up with Billy into this scary plant. It was dark in there I was scared. I only had Billy and my new friends Jim the hydrogen molecule and Billy’s cousin Jeff the oxygen. We were scared, I knew that were trapped but this plant surprised me by changing us into glucose and oxygen. The plant used that for it food. To the plants surprise it was eaten by a cow. Again I am stuck in someone’s body. That cow was later shot dead by this human who took most of the corpse with him but left some to rot and decompose into the soil. Billy and I were separated then. I was left in the dead body and he was floating away free. But he’ll have 2 go through with the cycle again later on. Sadly my cycle is not over yet. It takes millions of years for the decomposers and the soil pushes the corpse down to the ground. I was turn to oil with the body. I was burn…. By those humans… It hurt! Then I was relised into the air where I met with Billy the oxygen again.:) Hi I’m Bob the carbon molecule. I here today to tell my story of adventure and terror. It’s the story of the carbon cycle. One day I was peacefully floating around on day talking to my friend Billy the oxygen molecule. Then all of a sudden I was sucked up with Billy into this scary plant. It was dark in there I was scared. I only had Billy and my new friends Jim the hydrogen molecule and Billy’s cousin Jeff the oxygen. We were scared, I knew that were trapped but this plant surprised me by changing us into glucose and oxygen. The plant used that for it food. To the plants surprise it was eaten by a cow. Again I am stuck in someone’s body. That cow was later shot dead by this human who took most of the corpse with him but left some to rot and decompose into the soil. Billy and I were separated then. I was left in the dead body and he was floating away free. But he’ll have 2 go through with the cycle again later on. Sadly my cycle is not over yet. It takes millions of years for the decomposers and the soil pushes the corpse down to the ground. I was turn to oil with the body. I was burn…. By those humans… It hurt! Then I was relised into the air where I met with Billy the oxygen again.:)

]]> Comment on Creativity with Carbon by Timmy Metzger http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/2010/02/19/creativity-with-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 Timmy Metzger Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:03:51 +0000 http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/?p=645#comment-1281 Hello, I am Vulcan the carbon molecule. I am one of many carbon molecules in the atmosphere. My journey started in the heart of a volcano, when I was shot up and into the atmosphere during a volcanic eruption. For a a moment, I really felt free. However, I was floating by when a plant absorbed me through photosynthesis. The grass need me to live, to produce its food and its storage of food (starch). I felt trapped, luckily though, I wait wasn't long. I was chomped on when a came along grazing. I was tossing and turning in the cows mouth when finally the grass I was trapped in was digested in the cows stomach. Again I was trapped. I felt like there was no hope. There was, however I had a feeling that my wait would be much longer this time. A wolf spotted the cow, pounced on it. The cow being a kindhearted creature, stood no chance against the powerful wolf. The wolf ravenously ate his meal. The cow i was trapped in died, and the bacteria and scavengers (for example I saw a Vulture) went to work. The cow and I, were slowly for many years, sinking and dissolving into the ground. In a way, this is like really slow quicksand. As of now, I am trapped in the Earth, still waiting for a chance to be shot up into the air again. So that I can another adventure, all over again. Hello, I am Vulcan the carbon molecule. I am one of many carbon molecules in the atmosphere. My journey started in the heart of a volcano, when I was shot up and into the atmosphere during a volcanic eruption. For a a moment, I really felt free. However, I was floating by when a plant absorbed me through photosynthesis. The grass need me to live, to produce its food and its storage of food (starch). I felt trapped, luckily though, I wait wasn’t long. I was chomped on when a came along grazing. I was tossing and turning in the cows mouth when finally the grass I was trapped in was digested in the cows stomach. Again I was trapped. I felt like there was no hope. There was, however I had a feeling that my wait would be much longer this time. A wolf spotted the cow, pounced on it. The cow being a kindhearted creature, stood no chance against the powerful wolf. The wolf ravenously ate his meal. The cow i was trapped in died, and the bacteria and scavengers (for example I saw a Vulture) went to work. The cow and I, were slowly for many years, sinking and dissolving into the ground. In a way, this is like really slow quicksand. As of now, I am trapped in the Earth, still waiting for a chance to be shot up into the air again. So that I can another adventure, all over again.

]]> Comment on Creativity with Carbon by Ethan Q. http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/2010/02/19/creativity-with-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-1278 Ethan Q. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:53:11 +0000 http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/?p=645#comment-1278 Hello there my name is Carbon the common molecule. I am first originated from the lights or the rays from the sun is being absorb by a plant a friend of mine name bob in a process in which everybody knows, PHOTOSYNTHESIS!!! Other than plants, Some other CO2 molecule friends of mine a from volcano explosions because as the volcano erupts a cloud of ash is formed in the air and in that cloud of ash is you guess it CO2. As soon as Bob the plant is being eaten by my neighborhood bully Sue the rabbit. But then the energy from Sue is now being transferred to one of my loyal teammates Bob the fox. But then suddenly Roger got a heart attack and dies. Then his energy is now being transferred by the other animals who are eating him. I will tell you this other story. At about 200 million years ago, my great-great grandfather, Richard is from a dead extinct stegosaurus which that dinosaur is turned into a thing called fossil fuel and now the humans are using it to burn for energy and my grandpa is free from that dreaded dinosaur. Back to Roger, as soon as the other animals eat Roger, they respirate and they soon release us CO2 in the air and finnaly I am back up here in the nice clean air. Hello there my name is Carbon the common molecule. I am first originated from the
lights or the rays from the sun is being absorb by a plant a friend of mine name
bob in a process in which everybody knows, PHOTOSYNTHESIS!!! Other than plants, Some other CO2 molecule friends of mine a from volcano explosions because as the volcano erupts a cloud of ash is formed in the air and in that cloud of ash is you guess it CO2. As soon as Bob the plant is being eaten by my neighborhood bully Sue the rabbit. But then the energy from Sue is now being transferred to one of my loyal teammates Bob the fox. But then suddenly Roger got a heart attack and dies. Then his energy is now being transferred by the other animals who are eating him. I will tell you this other story. At about 200 million years ago, my great-great grandfather, Richard is from a dead extinct stegosaurus which that dinosaur is turned into a thing called fossil fuel and now the humans are using it to burn for energy and my grandpa is free from that dreaded dinosaur. Back to Roger, as soon as the other animals eat Roger, they respirate and they soon release us CO2 in the air and finnaly I am back up here in the nice clean air.

]]> Comment on Creativity with Carbon by Adrian W http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/2010/02/19/creativity-with-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 Adrian W Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:56:13 +0000 http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/?p=645#comment-1275 Once upom a time, there I was sitting down with my two beautiful oxygen sisters listening to my dad. He told us a story that every carbon is going to have journey that they will never ever forget. Suddenly he changed the topic and he says that we are going to a vacation site which said to be the most adventurous vacation site ever which is forest. I remember that my teacher told me that plants are the most dangerous thing on earth and they can me really fast. I got scared for a second. Then the next day, here I'am in the forest with my family. My sisters and I decided to take a walk around to find a beatiful plant. Suddenly, a really beautiful plant came out so we went closer and closer towards it. Then, out of nowhere we felt that something is pulling us with a really strong power. It tried to seperate me from my siblings, my lovely oxygen siblings. Eventually, I sucked inside that plant. There was a path inside that I have to go to. Then, something pushes me really fast to get through that path. I'am stuck here now, alone. Suddenly, I found some new friends inside. I have 5 new carbon friends, 6 oxygen friends, and 12 hydrogen friends. I feel really happy now. We are getting along really well, so we decided that from now on we are bestfriend and we won't leave each other for any reason. One day, I feel really sleepy, so I decided to take a rest for awhile. (sleeps for 200 milion years). I woke up in a day where I don't know where I'am. I'am alone again and lonely. Suddenly, I hear the voices of my siblings. I try really hard to find them. Suddenly, they appear out of nowhere. I'm really happy that we are back together again now. Then, I start to feel that my siblings and I are in something that is shaking and is really hot. Suddenly, there is an explosion in that place. My siblings and I got pumped out with a lot of lava and ashes. Finally, we breath the fresh air again. We decided to go straight back home and tell our parents about our journey. Now I understand about the journey that dad talked about earlier. Once upom a time, there I was sitting down with my two beautiful oxygen sisters listening to my dad. He told us a story that every carbon is going to have journey that they will never ever forget. Suddenly he changed the topic and he says that we are going to a vacation site which said to be the most adventurous vacation site ever which is forest. I remember that my teacher told me that plants are the most dangerous thing on earth and they can me really fast. I got scared for a second. Then the next day, here I’am in the forest with my family. My sisters and I decided to take a walk around to find a beatiful plant. Suddenly, a really beautiful plant came out so we went closer and closer towards it. Then, out of nowhere we felt that something is pulling us with a really strong power. It tried to seperate me from my siblings, my lovely oxygen siblings. Eventually, I sucked inside that plant. There was a path inside that I have to go to. Then, something pushes me really fast to get through that path. I’am stuck here now, alone. Suddenly, I found some new friends inside. I have 5 new carbon friends, 6 oxygen friends, and 12 hydrogen friends. I feel really happy now. We are getting along really well, so we decided that from now on we are bestfriend and we won’t leave each other for any reason. One day, I feel really sleepy, so I decided to take a rest for awhile. (sleeps for 200 milion years). I woke up in a day where I don’t know where I’am. I’am alone again and lonely. Suddenly, I hear the voices of my siblings. I try really hard to find them. Suddenly, they appear out of nowhere. I’m really happy that we are back together again now. Then, I start to feel that my siblings and I are in something that is shaking and is really hot. Suddenly, there is an explosion in that place. My siblings and I got pumped out with a lot of lava and ashes. Finally, we breath the fresh air again. We decided to go straight back home and tell our parents about our journey. Now I understand about the journey that dad talked about earlier.

]]> Comment on Creativity with Carbon by David A http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/2010/02/19/creativity-with-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 David A Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:50:30 +0000 http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/?p=645#comment-1272 Many years ago I, carbon dioxide, went on a crazy adventure. I was just floating around minding my own business when a plant asks me if we should hang out. The plant seemed like a nice guy so I agreed. Little did I know that the plant was actually going to swallow me and some of my buddies. When inside the plant I, carbon dioxide found myself transformed into glucose. As time went on I was exhaled by the plant causing me to turn into oxygen, a part of my old self. But just when I thought the ride was over a dog had inhaled me! I thought to myself "I want to go back to being a carbon dioxide, this isn't fair I miss it!" To my surprise this dog was about to exhale me and I couldn't be happier, respiration had taken place and I turned back into carbon dioxide!. A little while later I thought of my adventure and realized that what I went through wasn't that bad and it could help people,(animals too), out if me and my friends all pitch in and go through the cycle. But those people have got to start giving us more opportunities and stop relying on those car things. But who knows maybe in the future they will figure it out and go green. The End... Many years ago I, carbon dioxide, went on a crazy adventure. I was just floating around minding my own business when a plant asks me if we should hang out. The plant seemed like a nice guy so I agreed. Little did I know that the plant was actually going to swallow me and some of my buddies. When inside the plant I, carbon dioxide found myself transformed into glucose. As time went on I was exhaled by the plant causing me to turn into oxygen, a part of my old self. But just when I thought the ride was over a dog had inhaled me! I thought to myself “I want to go back to being a carbon dioxide, this isn’t fair I miss it!” To my surprise this dog was about to exhale me and I couldn’t be happier, respiration had taken place and I turned back into carbon dioxide!. A little while later I thought of my adventure and realized that what I went through wasn’t that bad and it could help people,(animals too), out if me and my friends all pitch in and go through the cycle. But those people have got to start giving us more opportunities and stop relying on those car things. But who knows maybe in the future they will figure it out and go green. The End…

]]> Comment on Creativity with Carbon by Gaby M http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/2010/02/19/creativity-with-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 Gaby M Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:33:03 +0000 http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/?p=645#comment-1270 One day, as I was casually floating about, I felt a sudden rush of wind pulling me towards a mighty acacia tree. I tried to resist, and held on to my friends around me, but had no such luck and was sucked into the leaf of the tree. Inside the tree, it was much darker than I expected, and very different from life in the sky. I soon found my mother, who explained to me the the sun and the mighty acacia tree forced me into its pores in order to find food. Once i found the rest of my family, we decided to go exploring, where I found new friends of my own: hydrogena and oxygeno. Quite lost, they asked me if i could join them in finding families of their own (including all 9 of hydrogena's siblings). Everybody found each other, we decided to stick close, and link ourselves so that no one would get lost. Oxygeno's wise mother said that together, we formed something called glucose. Suddenly, I heard a cacophony of noises around me, which I deduced was the sharp tearing of the acacia tree's leaf. I was once again separated from my family and friends and stood closer to the giraffe, as I anticipated what it would be like inside a giraffe's wet mouth. However, once the giraffe took hold of the section I was in, i was once again free, roaming the skies I was familiar with once again. Although a bit sad that it was the last time i saw my friends, I do have to say that it is good to be back. One day, as I was casually floating about, I felt a sudden rush of wind pulling me towards a mighty acacia tree. I tried to resist, and held on to my friends around me, but had no such luck and was sucked into the leaf of the tree. Inside the tree, it was much darker than I expected, and very different from life in the sky. I soon found my mother, who explained to me the the sun and the mighty acacia tree forced me into its pores in order to find food. Once i found the rest of my family, we decided to go exploring, where I found new friends of my own: hydrogena and oxygeno. Quite lost, they asked me if i could join them in finding families of their own (including all 9 of hydrogena’s siblings). Everybody found each other, we decided to stick close, and link ourselves so that no one would get lost. Oxygeno’s wise mother said that together, we formed something called glucose. Suddenly, I heard a cacophony of noises around me, which I deduced was the sharp tearing of the acacia tree’s leaf. I was once again separated from my family and friends and stood closer to the giraffe, as I anticipated what it would be like inside a giraffe’s wet mouth. However, once the giraffe took hold of the section I was in, i was once again free, roaming the skies I was familiar with once again.
Although a bit sad that it was the last time i saw my friends, I do have to say that it is good to be back.

]]> Comment on Creativity with Carbon by Carlo Cabahug http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/2010/02/19/creativity-with-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-1269 Carlo Cabahug Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:37:33 +0000 http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/?p=645#comment-1269 Hello, I am carbon dioxide, and I will be telling you about my life. Okay, first I was just floating around with all my friends but then this plant came out if nowhere and just sucked me up into him, and used me and my friends just so he could make starch for himself. So sadly me and my friends were turned into starch and just used up like we were nothing. Millions of years passed and that plant died and decayed. Years and years passed, and layers of layers of water and soil crushed me and my friends until we turned into this black slop, that humans call oil. However, one faithful day I started to see a bright light, it was freedom! These, humans dug us up, however it was only, yet again, to use us for someone else’s needs. They forced us into some strange machine and inhumanely ripped apart what we were and made us into products like petrol and petroleum jelly. However, as these humans used us up in their cars and factories we were finally released back into the atmosphere free at last. But then after a few hours, I was sucked up again by yet another plant… and the cycle continued. This time however that plant was eaten up by some animal and not only was I turned into starch, I was digested and after a few horrible hours inside that animal, that animal released me back into the atmosphere through respiration and again, I was free. Eventually though, some other plant will suck me up yet again and then who knows what will happen to me next time… Hello, I am carbon dioxide, and I will be telling you about my life. Okay, first I was just floating around with all my friends but then this plant came out if nowhere and just sucked me up into him, and used me and my friends just so he could make starch for himself. So sadly me and my friends were turned into starch and just used up like we were nothing. Millions of years passed and that plant died and decayed. Years and years passed, and layers of layers of water and soil crushed me and my friends until we turned into this black slop, that humans call oil. However, one faithful day I started to see a bright light, it was freedom! These, humans dug us up, however it was only, yet again, to use us for someone else’s needs. They forced us into some strange machine and inhumanely ripped apart what we were and made us into products like petrol and petroleum jelly. However, as these humans used us up in their cars and factories we were finally released back into the atmosphere free at last. But then after a few hours, I was sucked up again by yet another plant… and the cycle continued. This time however that plant was eaten up by some animal and not only was I turned into starch, I was digested and after a few horrible hours inside that animal, that animal released me back into the atmosphere through respiration and again, I was free. Eventually though, some other plant will suck me up yet again and then who knows what will happen to me next time…

]]> Comment on Creativity with Carbon by Agustin http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/2010/02/19/creativity-with-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-1268 Agustin Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:01:29 +0000 http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/?p=645#comment-1268 The Carbon Story On a bright and sunny day and atom of carbon, joined to carbon dioxide, was floating on the air above the pine forest. When it descended it was sucked through the pores of a green leaf and mixed it with some water. Suddenly, it was transformed into glucose and joined other glucose molecules. Some of the other glucose structures were burned, the carbon panicked as it didn't want to be respired. But then, it joined other glucose molecules to construct starch. Then, it felt movement outside, something was crawling closer. An old animal ate the plant and swallowed the carbon in the glucose to its stomach. Anyway, the old animal choked on the food and died. After some time, the carbon in the animal was absorbed into the ground, deep into the Earth`s mantle were the carbon was added onto the mixture of magma. Finally, the carbon turned back onto its initial state when a volcano erupted making a large cloud of ash. The Carbon Story
On a bright and sunny day and atom of carbon, joined to carbon dioxide, was floating on the air above the pine forest. When it descended it was sucked through the pores of a green leaf and mixed it with some water. Suddenly, it was transformed into glucose and joined other glucose molecules. Some of the other glucose structures were burned, the carbon panicked as it didn’t want to be respired. But then, it joined other glucose molecules to construct starch. Then, it felt movement outside, something was crawling closer. An old animal ate the plant and swallowed the carbon in the glucose to its stomach. Anyway, the old animal choked on the food and died. After some time, the carbon in the animal was absorbed into the ground, deep into the Earth`s mantle were the carbon was added onto the mixture of magma. Finally, the carbon turned back onto its initial state when a volcano erupted making a large cloud of ash.

]]> Comment on Creativity with Carbon by Ines Tambunting http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/2010/02/19/creativity-with-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 Ines Tambunting Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:29:47 +0000 http://dickinsonn.ism-online.org/?p=645#comment-1267 Ines Tambunting Once upon a time in a far away land called Pangaea. I was a carbon molecule that was in the air. People thought that I was crazy but I saw a big ball of light coming toward Pangaea. They said that they could not see it and then the next day the big ball of light came hulling down at us. And then I got sucked in by a dinosaur into his lungs. He could not release me in time for me to get out of his body and into the air again so I got stuck in his body. When the volcano beside us started spewing lava it covered us. And I was stuck there for centuries, until one day a big pie ran down beside me and I went up it. Just to find out that I was in a fossil fuel plant. I was able to escape just to be respired by a worker and I never left his body again. Ines Tambunting

Once upon a time in a far away land called Pangaea. I was a carbon molecule that was in the air. People thought that I was crazy but I saw a big ball of light coming toward Pangaea. They said that they could not see it and then the next day the big ball of light came hulling down at us. And then I got sucked in by a dinosaur into his lungs. He could not release me in time for me to get out of his body and into the air again so I got stuck in his body. When the volcano beside us started spewing lava it covered us. And I was stuck there for centuries, until one day a big pie ran down beside me and I went up it. Just to find out that I was in a fossil fuel plant. I was able to escape just to be respired by a worker and I never left his body again.

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