Gigi Pennoyer Why Icicles Look the Way They Do
Chemistry Current Event By:
James Gorman
Gorman, James. "Why Icicles Look the Way They
Do." The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Mar. 2015. Web. 18
Mar. 2015.
The article I read was about icicles and why they look the
way they do. We see
icicles very often in the winter, and no one knows why they look the way they
do. Stephen Morris and Anthony Chen are both scientists who studied icicles.
Dr. Chen created, “the most elaborate study of icicle morphology ever done,”
said Dr. Morris. The two scientists had first
created stalactites, and then they changed to research with icicles. They were
growing icicles in refrigerated labs, and this made it hard because there was
no airflow to the icicles while they were forming. Since there was no airflow,
the icicles were growing many legs. The scientists heard from other scientists
that the ripples in icicles formed because of surface tension, but Dr. Chen and
Dr. Morris found out that the ripples were not an effect of surface tension,
but formed because of the waters impurities. Also in the experiment they found out that the
space between the ripples does not change based on the amount of impurities in
the water, there is always about one centimeter in between each ripple.
One way that icicles affect people is
they cause damages to houses. When icicles build up in size and weight on roofs
they can damage the building its on, which can result in expensive fixes. Icicles can also be part of an ice dam, which
forces water back up and under the roofing into houses, causing mold and
structural damage. When they build up to
great sizes and weights they can pull off parts of the roof. Also serious
injuries can be caused by falling ice, including death. For example, this
winter three people have been killed by icicles in Moscow according to the
BBC. And signs warning of falling ice
can be seen around high rise buildings in big cities like New York and Chicago.
I liked this article and I think it
was well written. One thing I think that I think could be changed is the flow.
I don’t think it was written in the right order. It went from one thing to
another and then back to what it was talking about before. Another thing I
think the author could have added is some more detail about the experiments he
and Dr. Chen did with icicles. He didn’t have much information about when he
made the icicles, he mainly had information on the findings of the experiment.
Link to article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/science/why-icicles-look-the-way-they-do.html?ref=science
Gigi's article was very interesting to read. I was very surprised to read that airflow affects how many legs an icicles grows.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed how Gigi included a lot of information from the text to explain the article. I also really liked how Gigi came across writing her article. It was written in a very informative way which helped the reader to understand it easier. I also enjoyed how Gigi included the dangers of icicles to people in their personal lives. If there was anything I would suggest to improve it would be to use strong vocab to help with expressing the thoughts. I would also make a stronger topic sentence because the topic sentence is a reflection of the article and Gigi's topic sentence makes it seem as though the article isn't strong enough. However, with all that being said I though Gigi wrote a good article overall.
Gigi wrote a very thoughtful review on the article "Why Icicles Look the Way They Do” by The New York Times. I thought she presented the studies done by Dr. Chen very well. In addition I liked how she went into detail about the scientists growing icicles on refrigerated labs. I also enjoyed how she talked airflow, and its effect on icicles. The review could be better if she gave more background on the actual experiment. I also would have liked to know more about the people who actually conducted the experiment. I was impressed by how much detail she was able to portray in her review on the article. I learned a lot about icicles and how they form.
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Gorman, James. "Why Icicles Look the Way They Do." The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Mar. 2015. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
Link to article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/science/why-icicles-look-the-way-they-do.html?ref=science
Gigi's article review was very informative and shows that she knows the topic. The article was "Why Icicles Look the Way They Do" by New York Times. She showed how the studies and experiments done by the scientists which provide interest to me. It was cool how she included that scientists could grown icicles in their own fridge. I never knew that the airflow in an area could affect icicles and how they look. I think she could of added more personal experiences with icicles. Also, I would like to learn more about how they made their own icicles. Overall, i was very impressed of all the detail Gigi had put in. Also, I learned a lot more about icicles.
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Gorman, James. "Why Icicles Look the Way They Do." The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Mar. 2015. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
Link to article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/science/why-icicles-look-the-way-they-do.html?ref=science
Gigi's article was very interesting to read. I was very surprised to read that airflow affects how many legs an icicles grows. I liked how Gigi referred to the text to help explain the article. I also really liked how she described how the icicles were formed and shaped.. It was written in a very informative way which helped the reader to understand it easier. I also enjoyed how Gigi included the dangers of icicles to people in their personal lives. If there was anything I would suggest to improve it would be to use strong vocab and use a quote from the article to help with expressing the thoughts. I would also make a stronger topic sentence because the topic sentence is a reflection of the article and the sentence also needs to draw the reader in. Gigi wrote a great article.
ReplyDeleteGorman, James. "Why Icicles Look the Way They Do." The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Mar. 2015. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
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Gigi’s review article on, “Why Icicles Look the Way They Do”, was written very well and was interesting. Throughout the article Gigi achieved many aspects in making the current event good. Gigi used many quotes and textual evidence to help explain the aspect on why icicles grow the way they do, by doing this it allowed the reader to understand the icicle growing process. Gigi also provided many different ways on how the icicle could affect someone’s life, with this information the viewer is able to understand why icicles are so bad. The viewer is also able to understand the plot of this article because Gigi explained everything well. Although Gigi’s current event article was proposed very well, there are some things that she could have done better. One thing that could have been carried out better was the actual explanation on why icicles grow the way they do, there could have been more to help clarify the reader. Also, she could have provided more of the experimental background. I was very pleased after reading this article because I was able to gain more knowledge on icicles and why they grow a certain way. Overall, Gigi wrote a great current event review and I was able to learn more on the icicle topic.
Gigi did an excellent job on her current event lab report on the article “Why Icicles Look the Way They Do” by James Gorman. When she relates the article to society, she does an amazing job of providing an in depth explanation on the dangers of icicles and their potentially harmful effects on houses. I loved how she referenced another article that described a recent event related to her topic. I also agree with Gigi’s critique of the article when she states that the article was disorganized and lacked a proper flow, Gorman’s article was indeed hard to follow because throughout the article he added random details that interrupted the consistency of the writing. This current event report could have been better if Gigi had included the purpose of the scientist’s experiment because it could have helped to clarify some of the points she made. She also could have changed some of the word repetition at the beginning of her review. From reading this article and its review, I learned that no matter how impure the water is, the ripples in the icicles are always one centimeter apart from each other.
ReplyDeleteGorman, James. "Why Icicles Look the Way They Do." The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Mar. 2015. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
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Gigi did an incredible job when writing her review on the article “Why Icicles Look the Way They Do” by James Gorman. There were many parts of her review that I enjoyed, one of which being the way she provided textual evidence to teach the reader about why icicles grow the way they do, doing this allowed the reader to gain a very good understanding of the icicle growing process. I also really enjoyed the way she explained the dangers that icicles bring to houses. I also loved how clear Gigi wrote the article, it allowed the reader to follow and not get lost. Gigi's review could have been better if she explained what purpose the scientists experiments stood for, it would have made some of the points she made easier to understand. Another thing Gigi could have changed would be the word repetition throughout the paper. One thing that I learned from this article was the impact a single icicle could have on a person or their home. I really enjoyed reading Gigi's review, she did an incredible job.