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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Paleo-Indian Mounds

Ocmulgee National Monument

Ocmulgee National Monument preserves traces of over ten millennia of Southeastern Native American culture, including mounds built more than 1,000 years ago by the South Appalachian Mississippian culture.These include the Great Temple and other ceremonial mounds, a burial mound, and defensive trenches. They represented highly skilled engineering techniques and soil knowledge, and the organization of many laborers. The site has evidence of "17,000 years of continuous human habitation." The park is located on the east bank of the Ocmulgee River.

learn more: National Monument

Sunflower Project

Towards the end of the semester we were given a sunflower seed to grow. Unfortunately, my sunflower did not grow. I watered it daily and left it in the windowsill, but it still did not grow. Now it is all dried out and definitely dead. I don't think that my flower received enough sunlight to grow healthily. This was supposed to be our "child" and we were supposed to look after it. I guess this means I will not be a good mom.

This is what my sunflower should have looked like:

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Mitochondrial Eve

Mitochondrial Eve- the theory geneticists concluded that every person on Earth right now can trace his or her lineage back to a single common female ancestor who lived around 200,000 years ago. Because one entire branch of human lineage is of African origin and the other contains African lineage as well, the study's authors concluded Africa is the place where this woman lived.

Chinese

You can tell this woman is Chinese and from asian decent mainly from her almond eyes. Also, her hair is black, which is another trait that the Chinese carry. Her eyes are dark dark brown, or maybe even black, which also accompanies the dark hair. Her skin complexion is tan.

African

This girl is from an African tribe. You can tell by the way she is dressed, which is a very big part of the culture in Africa. She has black skin, black hair, and black eyes. Also, her lips are bigger than an average american person.

Indian

This is an Indian woman. You can tell by her dark hair, dark eyes, and tan skin. Indian people look unique. They have bigger features, like their nose. Indian women a lot of times have a red dot on their forehead, which makes them very distinguishable.

Mexican

Mexican people are very easy to point out among other Spanish people. They have very tan skin and dark features. Dark hair, dark eyes, dark eyebrows.

Swedish

The Swedish people are usually blonde hair with blue eyes and tan skin. As depicted in this picture, they are all blonde.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Rose Hill Cemetery

Duane Allman (1946-1971)

Duane Allman was born Nov. 20, 1946 in Nashville, Tennessee. He died Oct. 29, 1971 in Macon, Ga. Duane was buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Ga. His death was caused by a motorcycle accident. Duane was trying to swerve to avoid striking a truck at an intersection, and ended up striking the back of the truck. Duane Allman was part of the Allman Brothers Band. The brothers got the inspiration to start the band after taking a family vacation and stopping to see B.B. King. There is now a road in Macon called the Duane Allman Boulevard. For more information on Duane Allman go to this link: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1189.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Mineral Soil

MINERAL SOILS:

Soil Texture Diagram

Soil Texture Identification Diagram

12 Soil Orders of the World

To find out the names and meanings of the 12 orders of soil taxonomy, click HERE.

12 Orders of Soil Taxonomy

The predominant soil in Georgia is said to be sand, clay, and loam. To find out about this, click this link: Predominant Soil Type in Georgia, USA.

Minerals and Rocks

MINERALS:

Minerals are the building blocks of rocks. The main minerals of Earth include quartz, feldspar, hornblende, and mica.

This mineral is Quartz. I chose it because it is the most common mineral.

Quartz Mineral

Quartz Mineral Structure

To find out more about the mineral quartz, you can click HERE.

Rocks:

Rocks are the more complex structures, being made of minerals. The main rocks we see are granite, diorite, sandstone, kaleonite, coquinas, and limestone. However, there are three types of rocks: igneous rocks (rocks cooled from lava or magma), metamorphic rocks (igneous rocks that go through changes to make a re-crystalized rock), and sedimentary rocks (sediment that molds together to turn into rock).

This igneous rock is granite, which is a mix of the minerals quartz, feldspar, and hornblende. The metamorphic rock I chose is gneiss, which is a metamorphosis of granite. This sedimentary rock is the coquina rock, which is made of sand and shells.