Venezuela and The Enlightenment [BP 8]

(1) Venezuela is experiencing mass demonstrations to protest high unemployment, a failing economy, and increasingly high murder rates. The citizens are marching on the streets, and have been doing so since February 12, 2014. The country has just over 29 million people and its new president is Nicolas Maduro

(2) The Venezuelans are unhappy because many are unable to find jobs to support their families, and for those with jobs, they are unable to get the things they need because store shelves lack products for them to purchase. In addition, the murder rate has been on the rise, and people are taking to the street to show their displeasure with the current government, led by President Nicolas Maduro. (source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/24/world/americas/venezuela-protests/)

(3) President Maduro has been for 10 months, after the death of President Hugo Chavez... Hugo Chavez was ... (source: http://goo.gl/BcFzu6)

(4) The opposition in Venezuela is led by ...

(5) This demonstration is similar to the French Revolution because...

(6) Venezuela will protest more and more citizens will be killed. More violence will lead to the current administration to leave power, and a revolution will occur. 

How the earth's oceans were formed (two theories)

Illustration by Danny Blas 2014

Essential Questions

1. Why didn't early Earth have an ocean?
2. What are, and describe, the two theories for how the oceans formed?
3. Where on earth did life begin?

Early Earth? Oh, Hell No!

Early earth by Danny Blas

Early earth was hellish. The place had no life, no cool malls to go shopping, and definitely no Mexican food. Hellish.

The lighter elements on early earth came to the surface; whereas the heavier elements sank towards the middle of the planet.

[Here is where I will describe how the moon formed]

[Here is where I will describe the composition of early earth's atmosphere]

[Here is where I will describe what happened after the hellish conditions subsided]

[Here is where I will tell the age of earth] 

Enlightenment and The Arab Spring

The Enlightenment was basically about the individual. Back in the early days before the American Revolution, scientists, using telescopes, discovered the earth was not the center of the universe. This new discovery led to people questioning the authority of the Church, and the Bible.

Looking through a telescope caused a lot of problems

The Jasmine Revolution was the revolution that took place in Tunisia. This revolution shared similarities with The American Revolution in that both wanted freedoms from the oppressive and corrupt leaders that had rule over the citizens.

The Jasmine Revolution in 2010

Galaxies in Five

Galaxies make up most of the visible matter we can see in the universe. There are billions and billions of galaxies in the universe. Galaxies are defined as a collection of stars, gas, dust, and planets, and they come in three versions.

Spiral Galaxy

The first type is a spiral galaxy. This type of galaxy has three visible components: a bulge, a disk, and a halo. This type is what the Milky Way is, the galaxy earth is in.

Elliptical Galaxy

An elliptical galaxy is...

Irregular Galaxy

An irregular galaxy is ....

The earth is located in a galaxy called ...

Your First Blog Post - BP1

1. All blog posts require high-quality writing and at least one image

2. Create a new blog post by clicking on the orange button (see image below):

3. Open a new tab, and go to images.google.com and search for an appropriate image for your blog post. Click on the View Image button to see the image in full size

4. Copy and paste the image URL

5. Go back to the first tab and Click Insert Image

6. Select From a URL and paste the image URL in the top box, and click Add Selected

7. Give your blog post a Post Title (same title as on your bellwork inventory) and begin blogging your Page 4 homework

8. At the end of the day, always click Publish to save your work.