Thursday, May 21, 2009
Rice Counting
We wanted to know how much rice a single person eats in a single meal. We guessed that one cup is about right. So we calculated that 1 cup of cooked rice is about 5000 grains.
Then since we were on a roll we calculated some prices for mulch. One cubic yard is 27 cubic feet. We learned that it is much cheaper to buy mulch in bags then having it delivered in bulk.
discovery world
David and I went to Discovery World on Wednesday 20th of may. At Discovery World I used the dream machine to make a little foam fish. Then I went to the driving simulator, and I only flipped once. After the simulator we went to the aquarium where we both drove a little under water bot around a little tank of water and David petted the fish. After Discovery World we went to see Star Trek.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Water Testing for Dissolved Oxygen
David and I did water testing on the
We did the testing at 11:30 on 5/19/2009.
We needed to do the testing to make sure that the river is healthy.
We used a Hasch water testing kit. Here are the results
Facts
Dissolved oxygen | |
# plastic measuring tubes | 2 |
#titration drops | 23 |
MG/L | 11.5 |
% saturation | 110 % |
Turbidity | |
Rep. 1 inches above target | 16 inches |
Rep. 2 inches above target | 15.5 |
Ave. inches above target | 15.75 |
NTUs | 15 |
Water Temp. | |
Degrees f | 60 |
Degrees c | 15.6 |
Current Weather | |
Air temp. f | 72 |
Air temp. c | 22.2 |
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Welcome to My Milwaukee Visit Blog
welcome to my blog of my trip to Milwaukee.
I took the train from Minneapolis Minnesota to the Milwaukee station.
After I got to David and Diane's house we took a canoe trip down river to the dam.
On Sunday May 17, 2009 we took a canoe trip down the
As we padded down the river I noticed that most of the islands were very wild and the shore was covered in crusted mud along with rocks. Most of the houses along the river were very well kept up and a lot had boat houses. We also saw lots of ducks and geese.
We left the river before the dam. The dam consists of 4 parts;
- The concrete and metal part (the main part of the dam)
- The spillway
- The shark’s teeth
- The portage