tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191753351225443854.post6162715996372820879..comments2015-11-19T05:11:31.981-08:00Comments on Core Earth Science Honors I: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08576127734266494869noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191753351225443854.post-49012919877483041702015-11-11T17:50:49.793-08:002015-11-11T17:50:49.793-08:00Lily did a great job summarizing and critiquing he...Lily did a great job summarizing and critiquing her article. One thing I was impressed by was how the scientists were able to conclude that they found some living things, after they realized what they once thought were mud chips were actually not. Through this review I learned that x-rays do not work for everything, as they did not work for the organism fossils that were made of calcite rather than bone (because calcite is also in rocks). Lastly, I learned that these fossils date back before other samples by 70 million years! <br />Many things captured my attention throughout this review. I thought it was interesting how the oldest form of animal life was found in Australia. This is because Australia is the smallest of the seven continents. I also found it interesting when she made reference to how Adam Maloof talked about how no one expected to find animals living before the ice ages, because somehow they managed to. Lastly, I agree with Lily, when she talked about how her article included many facts, and a lot of evidence. I was really impressed with how she ended her review, as her opinion of the article is well presented. Another thing I believe is well presented, is when she talks about how the discovery is important to our society. She provides evidence to support her point, which made me realize she really knows what she is talking about. The only suggestion I would make, to produce an even better review would be to elaborate on the quotes she added. She took two great quotes from the article, but instead of explaining what they meant, she just used the quotes to explain what she was talking about. Overall, Lily wrote a great review of her article, and kept the reader eager to read more. Great job! Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00215328025874116907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191753351225443854.post-5805704228361106742015-11-11T15:19:21.289-08:002015-11-11T15:19:21.289-08:00This is a very interesting current events review t...This is a very interesting current events review that was well written and descriptive. I had never thought about fossils that were from before the ice age and this really got me thinking about where we came from and what was here before us. I was interested in how the fossils were analyzed seeing that they couldn’t use x-rays. I was also intrigued by the fact that these fossils are seventy million years older than any other found and why we haven’t found any that were somewhat close to the age of these found. Your analysis of how this affects the world was very thoughtful and it was interesting how you had two different thoughts on ho how it affects us; the new form of analysis and the new views of evolution.<br />Lily, you did a great job making things easy for the reader to comprehend and explained your thoughts very well. This is a very interesting topic, and I feel that your report captured the important parts of the article in your summery. I felt like the part about making a three-dimensional model of the fossil was interesting, but I think you left the reader hanging. You could have improved your report by adding information on how the model was used to predict the age of the fossil. I was also wondering what the scientists were going to do with the fossil. Such as, were they going to put it in a museum or keep it in labs and perform more test on it? It was a very interesting report and I thought it was overall very well written. Nice job Lily!<br /> <br />Timothy Cushmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478804255141466673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191753351225443854.post-5992511941795189232015-11-11T15:18:29.978-08:002015-11-11T15:18:29.978-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Timothy Cushmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478804255141466673noreply@blogger.com