Blog 7

In thuis week of Genius hour i worked on my final project. In my final project I made two posters and a model. One of my posters had all of my information that I needed for that final project. The other poster had what my project would actually look like n real life. The model wasn't good to be honest though. I tried but I don't make fidget spinners so I didn't know how to make my model spin like an actual Tornado Stopper would. Overall, good final project in my eyes.

Blog 8

My porject overall went well. I liked that we had a good set up tp go by like research then docs to blogs all that good stuff. I also liked how we got a lot of time to work on the project in school then at home. At home I probably wouldn't have got anything done because I had no one to tell me I had to finish until I got to school. 10 weeks down of genius hour wasn't bad. I didn't like how some people got mixed up with the blogs and the due dates because that just made Mrs Pressey repeat herself a few times. My project went well though. I didn't have anything that was late or that I had to make up. Genius Hour wasn't that bad.

Blog 6

My progress is going good. I haven't missed ny of the blogs or assignments that have been posted throughout the weeks we have been doing genius hour. I have an idea for my final project but I don't know how I will buikd it yet. I will build it with in the time frame we have of genius hour.

Blog 1

Tornadoes are created by warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and cold air from Canada. When these two air masses meet, they create instability in the atmosphere. A change in wind direction and an increase in wind speed with increasing height creates an invisible, horizontal spinning effect in the lower atmosphere. Rising air within the updraft tilts the rotating air from horizontal to vertical. An area of rotation, 2-6 miles wide, now extends through much of the storm. Most strong and violent tornadoes form within this area of strong rotation.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

If you are at home during a tornado:

Go to a windowless interior room on lowest level of your house. Go to a storm cellar or basement if your house has one. If there is no basement, go to an inner hallway or a smaller inner room without windows, such as a bathroom or closet.Get away from the windows.Go to the center of the room. Stay away from corners because they tend to attract debris.Get under a piece of sturdy furniture such as a workbench or heavy table or desk and hold on to it.Use your arms to protect head and neck.If you are in a mobile home, get out and find shelter elsewhere.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

  My natural disaster affects people because it can tear through the ground and people’s houses. Also, it can pick up cars off the ground and throw them up to a mile away. The wind force can break through windows.
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

My natural disaster can cause loss of life or injury. Economically, it can tear through houses which costs a lot of money to rebuild or buy a new house and everything inside. Tornadoes can cause damage to cars by pushing them over or picking them up and dropping them. This is expensive to repair or buy another car. Anything you leave outside can get destroyed by a tornado which will cause economic damage.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

Blog 5

     The pros of my pitch were that I got a lot of things said throughout the pitch. I only needed 2 more things done for me to get a 100%. This is a pro because an 80% is still good considering nobody in the class got a 100% so i'm up there. The cons of my pitch presentation is that I didn't get everything through. I didn't use a picture which some people may still be confused on what my project is going to visually look like. Also I did miss if it is cost affordable or not. I answered that when a question was pulled after my pitch but I didn't get through it fast enough to explain that.
     The pros of my mitigation technology is that it will be very useful. I am using a improved wind turbine for my mitiation technology.  This is a pro because it actually will make a difference. I know that it will make a difference because it will be just like my final project. This leads to the cons also. If the wind turbine doesn't work like it breaks down that is the only con I can think of.
     The pros of my final project is that it gets my point across. If I demonstrate my ptoject to the class then people can see it and it can spread like a wildfire. THe cons though is that if it doesn't do a good job in the final then it won't work in real life.

Blog 4

      I could use a wind turbine. Wind turbines are not used for tornado mitigation techniques but they can work. What I am planning to do is have the wind turbine mis direct the wind from the tornado zone and possible stop the tornado. https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1904-25045-0186/fema_mitigation_ideas_final508.pdf
     I can make the wind turbines stronger so when a tornado is coming they should have a sensor for the strong winds coming towards it to completely blow the tornado off course. https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1904-25045-0186/fema_mitigation_ideas_final508.pdf
     My technology is possible because they already exist. I am just making a different purpose for them and making them but stronger. https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1904-25045-0186/fema_mitigation_ideas_final508.pdf
      Yes it is affordable because they already exist so I can just make them  more powerful. There are so many wind turbines in the world that more of them wouldn’t do economical damage. https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1904-25045-0186/fema_mitigation_ideas_final508.pdf

Blog 3

In my own words mitigation is making the natural disaster less destructive. By this I mean you make the disaster have less of an affect on the environment around you.

https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1904-25045-0186/fema_mitigation_ideas_final508.pdf

I can make the wind turbines stronger so when a tornado is coming they should have a sensor for the strong winds coming towards it to completely blow the tornado off course.

https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1904-25045-0186/fema_mitigation_ideas_final508.pdf

My technology is possible because they already exist. I am just making a different purpose for them and making them but stronger.

https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1904-25045-0186/fema_mitigation_ideas_final508.pdf