My scientific summer

Science is everywhere. There is no escaping it. Simple activities, like writing this blog post, involve science (gravity, friction, forces- are just a few things that come to mind). Your task is to write about one activity you did this summer and tell me how science is involved. In class you received a handout with the criteria. If you misplaced yours, please email me so I can send you a copy. Remember to write about something you know. This is not meant to be a research project. This assignment is due NO LATER THAN Tuesday 9/11.

Below is my example that I shared in class:

Summer would not be complete without a vacation to the beach. This year my family decided to all get a house together in the Outer Banks. Thankfully, the weather was perfect for the beach. The weather was not too hot and we had only one day of rain. Our days were spent relaxing by the ocean and playing in the sand. My daughter loved the beach. Besides playing in the water, she loved to walk along the sand picking up seashells. To remember our beach vacation, I made a jar of sand and sea shells that she collected.

Sand is made up rocks and minerals that have been worn down by natural processes, called erosion. Since the Outer Banks is along the Atlantic Ocean, the ocean waves play a huge role in the sand found there. The waves carry and deposit the sediments along the edge of the ocean. Sand is fine grained pieces of sediment. The color of the sand tells a lot about the minerals that is made from. The sand in North Carolina is light, meaning it contains a lot of quartz and silica.