kiontey001's blog

Today was a very productive day I got to work on my article. I'm just ready to get this one done so I can start editing others papers and make sure that they are all on the scijourner website just like everyone in scijourn.

 

KiOntey

It's about that time again to write another article describing my infamous ride alongs with the Saint Louis City Fire Department. So far I have been on about six ride alongs and I have learned many different things from the EMT and Paramedics that are working along with me so I can become the best medical professional that I can. But before any of that can take place I'm going to just keep writing about my experiences and stories that I have to tell about the different cases that I get within this city. So if you want to check those stories out you can go to http://www.scijourner.org and see what the other Scijourners and myself are all writing about!

 KiOntey

For the last couple of weeks I have been involved in the group SciJourn. Where we write science articles about different topics that we are interested in and what teens across the nation would be interested in. Of course when I was first introduced into the topic of Science Journalism I wasn't to excited because I didn't like the idea of science and writing put into one. But with much help of the supervisors and the other teens in my component I have developed many interesting stories on many different medical topics and interviews of popular people all over the St. Louis Area. So if you want to see more of the scijourn articles visit http://www.scijourner.org

 KiOntey

Hello readers and comment makers of the Youth Exploring Science website. I am KiOntey and this is my third year in the YES Program, I have had several experiences such as working with children with Cerebral Palsy, children from under privileged communities, and many different teens from all over the St. Louis Metropolitan area. There have been many difficult paths along the way from being the youngest person in a component to having the lead a lesson in front of younger people that are ready to learn anything that you put in front of them. But in the last couple of months there have been plethora of people that I have met such as doctors, health advocates, and many more teens. I am looking forward to having a great year and learning more than I have ever in the last three years. So I want to say to all the new YES Teens that this experience is a wonderful one and take advantage of all the opportunities that are placed in front of you and enjoy them because there are many students that don't have to same opportunities given to them.

 

KiOntey

Yes, it's summer time again for the Youth Exploring Science teens. And with a new season comes new teens and there are many new teens all over the Science Center and the Taylor Buliding. Many of our new teens are fun, happy, excited, and full of energy. That's what we need while we are taching many kids all over the St. Louis area. Personally I have an internship this summer and I'm not with the new teens :(. But this week I am working with the new teens and this experience has been just that an experience. They are full of energy and they are working very hard to learn how to teach just as well as the older teens. So we're half way through the summer so let's see what the rest of it brings to us.

This week we have done several things like work with the fish in the fish tank and worked with trying to figure out how to make a pump work and what inside it makes it work the way that it does. So first Frank, Josh, Robert, and myself took twenty five percent of the water out of the tank and refilled it back with tap water. And the reason that we took only twenty five percent of the water out was because if we took more than that out then the fish could most likely die because of the sudden change so we decided to change the water only once a month so the fish can get used to the changing of the water. Then after that I tested the level of the ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite levels in the water and so far the levels of nitrate and nitrite are very low at 0ppm and the ammonia levels are still pretty high at 0.25ppm. But we have to find a way to lower the level of ammonia in the water and raise the level of nitrate and nitrite in the water so the fish can survive for a long period of time.

Then after we got done experimenting with the fish we saw that the hand pumps that we use everyday are connected to the electric water pumps that we have in fish tanks. And the way that they are all connected is because they each have a piston that builds up the air pressure in for example a water gun so you can have a long shooting range from the water. And then we also learned that the way that the electric pump is different is because when it is plugged up and started then it runs on its own. But when we took these hand pumps apart we saw all to the parts of the pump that makes it go and work for anything that you want to work like a soap dispenser and a trigger spray. So go home and take apart anything that you can use that is a pump....but ask your parents before taking things apart or just completely breaking things.

Today in Yes-2-Tech we had so much fun I know its hard for you to believe when your not here but believe me it was fun. First we worked on the wind turbine structures, because we need something that can hold our turbine up and keep energy going into our greenhouse. Then after we came from break we learned that there are many ways to recycle and save our environment one plastic jug at a time. And we also learned that everyday things that we use such as milk jugs, plastic cups, and plastic bowls are just a few of the things that we can recycle and they can make up something that can be used in a different part of the country. I know that sounds like fun but the most fun part of the day was when we got to build another structure that went upward instead of sideways and the tallest structures were 84 inches and 77 inches tall. We had fun and learned that there are many different ways that we can have a structure stand on its own and new ways to find out the several different types of plastics that are recycled daily...so build a structure or recycle whatever you do just try to help us save our environment.

 KiOntey