Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Flame test

Alcohol - blue
Barium chloride - dirty yellow
Boron - green
Strontium - crimson red
Calcium - orange
Sodium - yellow
Copper - green
Potassium - lilac/purple

Monday, July 18, 2011

Fields

Forensic Scientist
Morphologist (living organisms, relationships between structures)
Entomologist (insects)
Pathologist (medical diagnosis) (causes, nature, effects of diseases)
Coroner (violent, sudden or suspicious deaths)

Reflections about awareness test

When I focused my attention on the number of passes the white team made, I blocked out all other things and did not see the moon-walking bear until the video was shown to me a second time.

This shows me that I am not continuously aware of my surroundings and environment.

The case of the trash tosser

Suspects: Bull (Herbivore)

Raccoon (Omnivore)

Evidence: Fish bone, chicken bone

Trash Tosser: Raccoon!