Cloud Watching

Posted on October 30, 2020 by hcelona

When I was little, I used to look up at the sky and determine that a cloud looked like an animal or a different shape. I am sure a lot of us have this memory from our childhoods. As I got older, I looked at the clouds less frequently, but I can still look at the clouds and pick shapes out of them every once and a while. After reading clouds, it gave me a newfound interest in cloud watching. There are several benefits to cloud watching. It causes you to relax and destress and forgot about life’s problems for a short time. It can give us a needed break from the pressures of life. It provides us with a chance to use our imaginations and is a recommended activity for children and adults. It can also help us to be more focused. Just looking at a cloud and focusing on it can help us become more aware and focused.

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Stones

Posted on October 29, 2020 by mdipalo

Oh my goodness I am so sorry I meant to post this a while ago! But what first came to my mind when reading the stone unit was the Grand Canyon. My cousins actually took a trip to the Grand Canyon a little while ago before covid hit and they said it was surreal. I was really interested so I did some research and found out that the Grand Canyon was ten miles wide and one mile deep! Also I found it really fascinating to see all the fossils that have been found there. This includes the brachiopods, crinoids, bryozoans, ferns, burrows of animals, sponges, cephalopods, tracks, coral, and trilobites just to name a few. The layers of the rocks in the Grand Canyon include the precambrian basement rock, bright angel shale, redwall limestone, supai group, hermit shale, coconino sandstone, and the kaibab limestone. The precambrian basement rock was said to be formed 1.8 billion years ago which is the oldest rock there! The newest rock there is about 270 million years old which is the kaibab limestone, and that is the rock that people walk on. I have definitely added this place to my list of places I want to travel too! It is just so beautiful, below I included a few pictures that I have found online that capture its beauty!

Grand Canyon National Park to offer free entrance fees for Earth Day
Canyon Programs – Twosco Travel
Things to do at the Grand Canyon | Official Travel Site for Scottsdale, Arizona
5 Best Spring Hikes in the U.S. | All Sports Wiki
The Minimalist ☆ LAS Airport & Strip 2 Miles! - Apartments for Rent in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

 

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Heat and Cold

Posted on October 29, 2020 by wcturgeon

“Between the melting and the freezing, the soul sap quivers.”  T. S. Elliot, as quoted in Macauley on p. 207.

Heat and cold, while relative experiences of molecular movements and atmospheric states, are an intimate part of our every moment.  We all know how cold some of the  classrooms can be here. And perhaps a scant three months ago you might have been complaining in the sweltering heat.  We people who live in temperate climes love the middle states: spring with its welcome warming and autumn with its cooling breezes and crisp clear nights.  But what of our fellow humans and mammals that live in extremes?  What is life like in the tropics?  In the far northern (or southern?) extremes of the planet?

Greta Erlich, a writer and novelist, has explored living in northern Greenland.

How many associations can you think of or find for the terms of heat and cold?  Consider the following links as suggestions:

yoga,  Heraclitus,  Innuit world,  technology,  foods,  McCluhan,  Emerson,  Greek physicians,  colors, moods.  Others?

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