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The Seven-Part Research

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Quick Help Guide

Who will Washington pick second?

Who will Cincinnati pick first?

Create an outline that documents at least 3 facts from each president. Use a separate color to write down outside events that affected each presidency.

Extension: Write a three paragraph essay that makes an argument addressing this question:

Many people say the times makes the man. Do you think that is true for the first five presidents? Did the time make the president or did the president forge his own path?

Make an argument!!

Remember absolute values are really two functions. For example, if |x + 2| = 3, then we find both solutions by solving x + 2 = 3 and x + 2 = -3 (put x = 1 and x = -5 to the original equation to check yourself).

This is complicated, so it’s worthwhile to specifically consider linear functions. The derivative is the rate of change. For linear equation, the rate of change is the slope. So, if we need to take the derivative of y =|x + 2|, then we can see the slope is 1 when x greater than -2. The slope is -1 when x is less than -2.

Video Overview

This video shows how to find derivatives of linear and quadratic absolute functions.

The Redskins are on the Clock

Click here to enter the second pick.

2020 Draft

1. CIN: Joe Burrow (QB – LSU)
2. WAS: On the clock

There are some resources and a chatbox below. And, you can make some real money ESPN’s 18-question pick challenge.

Draft Order (ESPN’s list):

NBC Mock Draft from April 11

• Cincinnati Bengals: Joe Burrow.
• Washington: Chase Young.
• Detroit Lions: Jeff Okudah.
• New York Giants: Isaiah Simmons.
• Miami Dolphins: Justin Herbert.
• Los Angeles Chargers: Mekhi Becton.
• Carolina Panthers: Derrick Brown.
• Arizona Cardinals: Tristan Wirfs.

Shit talking encouraged below.

Photosynthesis is the process that plants use to turn solar energy into chemical energy. The sun is a very important ingredient for plants, but it is not the only ingredient they need to create chemical energy. Plants use carbon dioxide, water, and solar energy to create oxygen and a chemical energy called sugar!! Always remember that plants produce energy that plants and animals can use. AND, plants produce oxygen. Two things we cannot live without!

Plants have a special chemical called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll captures solar energy from sunlight. This energy is then combined with the carbon dioxide and water. The atoms rearrange to create oxygen and sugar. Think about it! We don’t need carbon dioxide and the sunlight is nearly unlimited. As long as plants have water, they can give us sugar and oxygen!

Photosynthesis creates almost all the oxygen we breathe. Oxygen is VERY important for our survival, we need to breathe air in order to live, and you can thank plants for giving you oxygen. Photosynthesis not only gives plants the energy to live, it gives us the air we need to breathe. Plants make and use the sugars to survive and grow! We also use the sugar in plants for energy when we eat lettuce and leafy salads. And, when I say we need sugar, I don’t mean the artificial, refined sugars in junk food. In order to be healthy and have maximum energy, we need to eat more foods with natural sugar like fruits. Unfortunately, you need to listen when people say you need to eat your fruits and vegetables. They are the best way to get all the energy you need to have fun!

Photosynthesis allows Plants to Live and Grow

Plants convert the stored sugar from photosynthesis to grow tall and make seeds and bloom beautiful flowers. Plants use the sugars from photosynthesis to make new plant cells. These new plant cells make their stems taller, their leaves wider, and their roots deeper. Plants even create special tubes that move water up from the ground into the leaves so photosynthesis can take place.

Why do we breathe Oxygen?

The air around us is made out of many chemicals. 78% of air is made of nitrogen, and 21% of the air is oxygen. Chemicals such as carbon dioxide and argon are also present in teeny tiny amounts (1%). Us humans need and use oxygen to live. The lungs are an organ in our body that carry out the process of gas exchange. Oxygen enters our bloodstream and into our lungs when we take a breath in, and carbon dioxide leaves our bloodstream and into the atmosphere. So, now you know how glucose and oxygen is broken down in our body to eventually energize our cells.

• Writing Page for Chapter 3

There are two big parts to mastering the Chain Rule:

1. Identify the chain rule is necessary.
2. Use the chain rule by taking the derivative of the outside function, then the inside function.

We use the chain rule to take the derivative of a function with two components.

Common functions requiring Chain Rule:

How to master:

1. Watch two of the three videos below that explain the Chain Rule with examples.
2. Complete the worksheet of quick practice to get down the steps.
3. Use quick practice to state whether Chain Rule is necessary.

Maintenance: Be sure you can quickly identify whether Chain Rule applies to functions.

NancyPi Describes Chain Rule

Organic Chemistry Tutor provides examples of the Chain Rule

Khan Academy has a great overview of the Chain Rule

Distrust Authority?

This hands-on example shows how the chain rule works using wheels representing each function:

• http://webspace.ship.edu/msrenault/GeoGebraCalculus/derivative_intuitive_chain_rule.html

Solar energy is an important part of the water cycle. The water cycle describes how water moves from the Earth, into the air, and back to the Earth’s surface. It is powered by heat from the sun. Without the sun, there would be no water cycle. The sun heats the water up and makes some of the water evaporate. When water evaporates it turns into a gas that goes up in the air. Eventually it gets so high that it can form clouds. When water is a gas it is called steam or water vapor. This water can condense back into water or even freeze into ice when it is high in the sky. It weighs so little that is able to float (for a while) because the sun is heating the Earth which continues to push air upward.

Water in clouds can eventually fall back to Earth as rain or snow. Water sticks to other water very easily. In clouds, tiny drops of water connect with other drops of water and get bigger and bigger. When they get too big, they will start to fall back to earth. If this water immediately runs into a river, lake or ocean, it is still in the water cycle. If this water is immediately absorbed by a plant’s roots, then it helps the plant make energy (more on that next chapter!). If that water falls in your mouth, it is delicious!

Think about the energy that this process takes! The sun is warming water on earth, which makes it move. As water drops get higher, they gain the potential energy to fall back to earth. When the drops get big enough, they fall back to earth. The energy from falling rain can move pebbles and dirt as water runs into streams. And, the energy stored in water can be used by plants to grow tall, make seeds, and sink roots deep into the earth. All this energy starts with the sun and is transformed over and over again. It’s a great example of how energy changes forms but never is destroyed!

Humans use water’s energy. Smart!

Humans have figured out that energy from the water cycle can be used to produce electricity. Hydropower is creating energy (such as electricity) from moving water. When water is released from a reservoir, which is a large lake that stores water, it enters a turbine. The turbine spins the water. The turbine is connected to a generator, so when the turbine spins the generator produces electricity. Hydropower uses energy to create work. That work is making electricity. Hydropower uses moving water, which we consider to be renewable (remember “renewable” from chapter 1?). Why is moving water renewed? Because the water cycle allows water to circulate across the earth all the time. The water cycle is an endless, recharging cycle, which makes hydropower a renewable energy source. 

The Environment & You

If you want to show some love to your planet, then try cutting down your shower time. According to USGS, old showers used up to 5 gallons of water per minute. Water-saving shower heads produce about 2 gallons per minute. Cutting back even a few minutes, can save many gallons of water. Which adds up over the years and decades you will be showering!

Topic for Another Day

Some readers start asking, where does the Sun get its energy? If you want to explore this idea, search for “Sun” and “fusion” to learn how the sun transforms energy from hydrogen into solar energy and helium.

Writing Topic

Do you agree solar energy powers the water cycle? Write a paragraph explaining your answer.