Heating Baking Soda 1.1
Robert Aquino                                     September 19, 2004


Tray Letter: F

Lab Partner: Logan Hoover

Purpose: To see what happens during the process of eating baking soda over a period of time.

Precautions: Goggles, Fire Hazard, Glass Hazard, Glass Hazard, Spillage, Backup Hazard.

Predictions: So far, I believe that when th e baking soda is heated, it will fully evaporate into the water bottle and push the water out of it.  The baking soda’s gases will need room int he bottle, so the water being pushed out will leave an adequate space for the gas to be stored. After all of this, I beleve that slowly, some baking soda will start to form again at the bottom of the tube.

Observations: Slowly, after we lit the alcohol burner, the water inthe water bottle starte to lower, due to what I think, is the gases of the baking soda. The tub has started to become lined with water,, obviously from the gases that are escaping from the baking soda. The water is slowly going down. It evantually stopped, and the water lining the tub is slowly dripping down into the baking soda. No new water is being “made”. The lab has ended.

Blue Dotted Questions:

-What do you observe at the bottom of the test tub? Near the top?

   At the bottom of the testube, nothing extremley exhilerating is happening. Most of the action is taking place at the top where moisture is starting to accumulate, due the gases being released by the baking soda.

-Does a gas collect in the inverted bottle?

   Yes, the water in th inverted bottle is being pushed out of it, so this means gasses are filling up that space.

-From where did the gas come?

   I think the gases came from the baking soda.

-From where did the droplets on the test tube come from?

   I think it came from a mixture of the water and baking soda gas mixing together, or just the heat of the baking soda and it’s gases created it.

-Is the color in the two test tubes the same?

   No, when we poured tea in testtubes that held the heated baking soda and one that held regular baking soda, the heated baking soda had a darker color, and the regular baking soda had a light color.


-If the color is different, can the white powder in the test tube that was heated still be baking soda? Why or why not?

   No, this white powder is not baking soda becase the regular baking soda and the heated “baking soda” would be the same color when tea was poured in if they were the same exact thing. So now, the heated substance is another “powder” all together.

-How can you compare the amounts of solid, liquid and gas you observed?

   You can compare them by finding their volume, in one way, to see if they each take up the same amount.

Inquiry:

If we did not use baking soda, but used another baking substance, would the results be completly different?

Conclusion: In conlusion to this lab, we saw that heating baking soda not only created gases, it changed the substance completly! This means that structure of the baking soda was changed by heat. Heat can do this to many different things, like when you fry a food, it is said that since the molercular structure is chaning, odd results can occur!

Robert Aquino History


Property. A word today we know only as one’s land, house, car, etc. But what if it meant people? What if human beings were degraded down to only being as property? One does not have to imagine, because this was nothing but reality to african slaves. “Examine their teeth just like they was a horse, and talk about the kind of work they would be fit for and could do.” This quote is from “Morris Hillyer’, who is desribing how the property was examinded and how low it made the slaves feel. I, for one, have never expirenced rascim in which we are studying now, and probabbly never will. But if I had to stand there and watch people inspect every part of these humans, I would feel disgusted. No one wants to be standing on a block, all eyes on you, and nude. No one wants that type of ridicule or wants to manifest the hate that would come from the situation. And then the worst was yet to come. Being bid on. Who would ever want to know that they are worth money? Though, today, people are paid high salaries, that does not mean someone can buy them for that amount. I believe that bidding on humans is one thing that should be regretted greatfuly, for it is putting a price tag on a human life, which is truly priceles.
Family, it’s something we all know and never want to let go of. Being with your family gives you a sense of joy, and happiness. But during the slave trading, families were split without a secodn thought. While many people were fooled into thinking that the slaves were well fed and treated very well, the real story was depressing and hoorifying at the same time. “He feed that one good for a few days, then when he goes to put ‘em up on the auction block he takes a meat skin and greases all around that nigger’s mouth like they been eatin plenty meat and such...” This is from “Jenny Proctor” and from the sound of it, the masters would need to fool people into the fact that the slaves were treated excellently so that they would work very good for their next master. But who wanted to be fixed up just to be sold? Imagin being placed on E-Bay? And then having something done to you to make you look like you’re worth something. Making the slaves seem “enhanced” obviously shows the slaves they are nothing and are just a good source of money. This passage makes me feel depressed in a way. Who would want this done to them? “Sometimes he sell the babes from the breast...” Family being split up. This is one of the more depressing topics. The seller’s would not care about family, just as long as they made a nice, hardy profit off of there slaves. If that meant selling a whole family, so be it. Greed is so heavly influenced in these times, at times it is overwhelming.
Being faced with going to different places, slaves are scared, yet willing, to see their family members. Sometimes owners try to lure the salves into their plantation by telling them that some of their family is there before they are bought. This is the case in the “Anonymous” story. The man tells her that her sister is down in Mississippi, that he has better food and such, but she refuses to go. This makes me feel happy, since she was spekaing out and not letting anyone tell you what to do. But then, at home, she is whipped, and regrest not going with the man. Soon after, she is finnally bought by the man, but tries to run away. She does this unsucsefully, however, and finally is brought to Mississippi. Though no one really had any say in where slaves would go, the feeling of an african telling others how they feel and what they want to do is a an enlightening thing for a time back then, since they had no say. But the most truly interesting expierence was the case of “Amistad”, one of the best stories known to man dealign with slavery.
Cinque, a slave who knew nothing about what was going on during the time he was captured and put on a ship, was one man who did not want to be put in slavery. He was an illegal slave, being captured and sent to countries for their own profit. But during this hard-hitting and gripping movie, I was fully moved into another spectrum on how slavery affected everyone. During scenes in which we saw slaves being discarded like trash, I had to sit and think about “Why?”. I cannot comprehend the meaning of this, since it was such a graphic scene. It did not leave time for me to think, the action just happened. The men and women being attached by chains to rocks and thrown over board nude to drown was such a depressing scene, it makes you just want to cry. The graphic nature used in this scene and many others made you really understand the pain and cruelty that these people had to deal with. Not only were the slaves treated like dirt, everyone looked upon them to be that and only that. Amistad was so moving, that this essay is even hard to write, for I cannot put my thoughts down on this paper good enough. Just seeing these terrible events happen can change anyone’s look on life and how precious it is. Not only were we making a huge mistake by enslaving these innocent people, we had do regret at the time. Slavery was like food, it needed to be traded for money and profit. Amistad made me want to learn more on this hard-to-grasp topic. But now after watching this movie which inspired hope and sadness on me, I come to realize that this was an error of our ways that we cannot fix and not hide, because it is so important in history today. Though rascism continues, it is not as bad as it used to be, but the smell of hate still lingers, and one must wonder, “Have we learned from out past errors?”

So now, I'm guessing this is gonna be my official movie page. Here's the scoop:

I'm thinking of some new movies, and right now, I'm just making movie posters for my ideas. Atleast one or two of the movies will be made...maybe all, though.

Here's the link for the page with pictures of the movie posters:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/90508205@N00/


So far, a few movies are being thought of:

Soda: A comedy about friends who grow up in the 80's, and how they effect eachother in their life ahead. (Comedy)

Slaughter City: The murder of three teens ignite flames of rascim and hate in a small town. (Drama)

Rewind: Two brothers and a sister must unravel the secret of the house they now live in which once hosted to the murder of an entire family. When they find a tape of the murder, they realize they are closer to the horror than they expected. (Horror)

Who knows if they'll be made. Right now, Soda is the only poster I have up, but in a few minutes, the others will be up.

Later, and check out the picture site.

Ok, summer's dead. Time to start blogging again.

So let's start:

My cell is broken, so now I have to get a new one. A new LG, no one has it yet...yay! Anyway, this summer was really fun. I mean, I saw mostly everyone, but now i'm dreading the school year. It's gonna be lame.

So besides that, guess what I heard.
THERE ARE RABID RACOONS IN OLD BROOKVILLE!

ARGHHHHHH!!!


So, any way,
this summer was fun, I saw everyone, movies, party with Kill Bill 2, sooo much fun..:)

So now the school year is starting, I'll try to write in this thing from now on.

Just to lighten up the situation, here's alist of movies I'm pretty damn excited for:

The Grudge (October 22)
Has Sarah Michelle Gellar in it, she's hot and the movie seems pretty scary.

Resident Evil 2 (???? This Summer) Finnally.

The Ring 2
2005, but worth waiting for.


So that's it. I'll update you guys on everything else next time.

Lata,
Rob, Robbie, Robert, Roberto, Elfo.
The many different names of Robert A. Aquino.

I'm back! So far the summer has been work and hanging out with my friends. Finnally, work ended and now, I got the whole summer left, and a paycheck in my pocket. So tonight, I'm planning on going to the movies, but it probabbly won't happen. I wanna see Kill Bil Vol. 2, it's on DVD. I guess I'll invite some people over to watch it.

Now, On a lesser-liked topic...school. Why? Why do we have to go back. Only one good thing. Fall, Halloween...and that's it. And seeing everyone again, evern though we all get to see eachother over the summer.

But it's really way to short, the summer need to be extended. Why is it so fast, but the fucking school year must be a long, drawn-out shit hole? Oh well...not like we could do anything.
Heard this really cool song...forgot who sung it...and the name. She's like "I remmeber the time I saw you spinning with your hands above your head and you tried not to look down but you did and you fell."

Good song.

You know what I don't want?
To wake up at 40, and coming to the bitter realization that I work at a shit hole job and I'm not happy with my life, and even though I'm practically done with it, aren't where I wished I would be, and didn't accomplish my goals.

But fuck that, I'm only 13. Have a loooong way to go.

But really, even when you think, it scares you. So that's my reason for not thinking.


And condoms. Yes, those are good things. I heard that in Africa, the normal life expectancy is now only 33, due to AIDS.

So condoms, my friends, are your friends.

And yes, that came completley out of no where.

Holy shit...i knew it...im typing this from my sis's comp, i got mine taken away, along with my cell and other shit.....urghh...cal my home phone. huess the blogs wnt be updated for awhile.

It's Thursday, had to go to work again...but let me fill you in where i left off. Tuesday, the girls DID come! HOOORAY! so it was fun, alison jumped in the pool wildly, for no apparent reason.,....and baked kick-ass cookies.

err...wednesday....sat on my ass and watched TV.

but tuesday was fun, everyone had fun...laughed...cried...no, no crying. its was just fun.


logan told me i said it was wednesday, the party...though i never said that.

today i went to work. be and trish, one of the secreteries went to get candy. so we're walking, and i see this kid runnin with a blue glass bottle down the block, running towards us. so i say to trish "that's hypnotiq" (hypnotiq is a liqour.) so then these two guys with wooden sticks run after the kid, who turns left. he runs down the block, and as we go to the crossing thing, we see the kid running with th eguys follin him. he was underage and stole liqour from a store. then this bike goes right past me and trish, trish yells "OW!" the guy ran over her foot. we were laughing so hard, that was the highlight of my day.

Had to go to work today w/ my dad...boring. so nothign fun...except tomorow is sams party and a certain someone had to ruin it. so i heard.

so it goes that a certain mom with evil intentions said she would try to get none of the girls to go to the party unless there were shaprones and a lifegaurd. sams parents r gonna be there...but out of 10 girls who WERE comin...only two are now. she had no right to do this. I mean, both sams parents wil be there...and sams dad was a pro lifegaurd. gimme a break. she ruined it. they say it was...im not gonna mention, sam know and is trying to get everyone back. this sucks...i mean coem on! its not her party, she shouldnt tell people lies...man, that sucks...mind ur business...pleas? lol. i dotn wanna mean, but this isn't fair...no girls? come on.

So today, me and eric planned to see jen and nicole, two girls we met last night at glen cove. They couldnt come, so we invited sam and dan and reid.
reid couldnt come, so eric left later on to go to his concert, and me dan and sam saw a movie...garfield....ouch.

sam has to stay over, cuz his parents r havin a party but hes sleepin over.


so last ngiht me and eric went to the movies, met these two hot girls. nicole likes me and jen lieks him, so we wanna se them some time..


oh, what fun.

So today, me and eric planned to see jen and nicole, two girls we met last night at glen cove. They couldnt come, so we invited sam and dan and reid.
reid couldnt come, so eric left later on to go to his concert, and me dan and sam saw a movie...garfield....ouch.

sam has to stay over, cuz his parents r havin a party but hes sleepin over.


so last ngiht me and eric went to the movies, met these two hot girls. nicole likes me and jen lieks him, so we wanna se them some time..


oh, what fun.

So today, in the morning to the afternoon i went to the mall, got my iPod, then got some other stuff, went home. sam t picked meh up, and we (my sis, cookie, sam, brooke) drove to the beach. Holy shit it was hot. So then we go back to his house, broke one of the samurai swords, hung out, it was fun. Sam changed the date of the party it's either this friday or monday of next week. its def. at 12:30 in the afternoon thhough. So it was gettin dark, i was about 2 go home. we got two cokes, shook em, and sam yelled "heres to summer" first time, nothing. got others. shook em. sam yelld "HERE'S TO SUMMER" They fucking exploded. and then sam somehow got a second explosion all over him.

the summer has officialy begun.

this summer is gonna be bitchin'....

The last day of school! It's an awesome feeling, yet said, since Ms. Vidal is leaving. Today was Christina's b-day, so we all went to bennihana, including caty, and two other of christina's friends. It feels awesome to be out. This summer will be fun. I'll miss everyone, though. Found out this sunday ain't father's day, so i can go to sam's....partay. lol.

any way, im hoping things get even better, but right now, its fun.

getting my iPod tomorow, so thatll be an adventure


peaaace

**OH YEAH....KRIS WILL BE BACK MID-SUMMER, DUE TO THE FACT HE DOES HAVE THOSE FANS WHO CARE, SO HE WILL BE BACK MID-SUMMER...HE NEEDS "ALONE TIME" RIGHT NOW....BUT HIS NEW BLOG WILL START RIGHT WHERE HE LEFT OFF...TELLING EVERYONE TO FUCK OFF. (Lol)**

Today was fun, since it is the second-to-last day of school.

We went to...(dun da da dun) UNITED SKATES OF AMERICA...
pretty fun, with tag and going fast and shit, yay.

i just started "Samurai High", it's in place of kris, since it is now GONE...yay..


COME ON PEOPLE, you can post comments to anything I write, in Samurai High and here, just click on "(Insert Number) Comments" and press post comment or sumtin.

anyway, so then I went out to eat with my sis and mom, i wanted to get the iPod today, but no. we just cashed my checks, so i have a alot to spend now. Its fun...i dont no what though

and yes, reid HAS dropped his kids off at the pool..


ahaha lol

right....so yesteray was blue and gold day.

damnit, gold won, now don't that suck???

anyway, after that, reid came back with me to my house, we were both drenched in lemondae and orangejuice. it was so gross. and b.o., which made it worse. so after that we went to the diner. logan and sam t met us there, and katy grasso and christina bello did too. micheal made a quick appearance, but for some reason he left soon after he got there. it was wildly funny, the jokes were great. after that, we went back to sam t's, we went to UA and saw "day after tomorow." it was ok. corny ending though. after that, me and logan and reid went back to my hosue, were they would be picked up, logan's bro picked him up, and reid's parents picked him up, so over all, it was a pretty fun day. that night i went to see a movie wit christina, caty, danielle (chris's sis, 21) and mi hermana. we saw raising helen, stupid, not worth it.


so today (it mornin) im going to ihop wit da bellos and katy and mi famila.

yay.

peace oot



ok just got back form ihop, katy couldnt go.

i dunno if im happy right now, or depressed.
but thats it i hate kris so much, it makes me feel so depressed for some reason.

thank god i ended it, i cant keep thinking such terrible things anymore.

so ill start a new story, a happy, funny one.

whatever, ill see you all lata.

man, its been awhile since my last entry. ok, kris is gonna be done. one more entry 'till he's gonna be gone. well...today was adventure land. rumours and shit, but we may never know....ahahah. i'm listening to the strokes, reminds me of teh beginnng of last summer. reid had just given me the CD and it was my favorite songs all summer. man, i kinda miss it back then. i sound so old, jesus. this year was fun, me and sam t ended on a good note, i hope it stays that way. next year will be fun. reid and i have the plan, 9th grade will be so awesome (IF nina stays...)ahahah. this summer, im joined at the country club, so ill be there some days...read more about my shit summer below. i may go to friends camp, if its not 2 late.

oh god, the strokes reminds me of last summer, all the times i went out 2 the movies.
"just take it or leave it (reapeat 7x)"
good song, damnit.

BLUE AND GOLD TOMOROW!
blue rules...period.

reid is my lunch partner, he wants a ham sandwhich, i forgot wat i wanted, but i need to tell him tomorow.
degrassi was back on tonight, fun and more.

uhh...mayen mayo was a huge hit/sucsess. made 73 or somethin dollars on the tapes. logan is buying one tomorow, adding to the money. ill get an iPod. i have to be a CIT at portledge camp, gd damnit......fuccccckkkk.

man, the summer is gonna be fun...party again, i promise.


peace out bruda...

everything feels so weird.
it's like people are turning on everyone, no is the same.
something is wrong.

best friends are best enemies now.
no, i'm not bitching about me and sam.

its different. people are acting strange.
its like everyone thinks they're someone they're not.

and it really, really bites.

oh well. nothin' i can change.

this weekend, me and reid saw kill bill vol. 1.
well, he saw half of it, i saw all.

next friday, we're gettin everyone.

oh well.

so it's odd, yet at the same time fine,

detention was fun actually.

we talked, and thats all we really did.

we talked with the ninth graders...
me and reid now officialy no everything...
even more than we wanted too.

The count down is on. To what, I will not say. Until the day arrives.

Days left: 8 (I think.)

Biddycam is probably one of the most genius sites on the web. Watching old people was never so appealing, until this blessed web site came to be. The thrill of hoping you might get some camera action is just so freakin' great. Better than TV? Yes.

well
ahahah
ryan thought kris's journal was mine, and thought what happened to kris happened to me.
ahahahaha sorry ryan, i'm not gay.

on that note, i really miss amy.

all i have of her is the pic of her.
i miss her so much, its hard to think about anything else.

Let's see....

Me and sam t. were friendly today. I hope it stays that way.
Hopefully no school tomorow. I'm hoping so badly.

In sports, we played dodge ball. Arron, being the slick one he is thinks he's gonna hit me so many times and hurt me. Uh, well, for starters, he cant even throw a dodge ball, and second, he hit me....twice....no once. In the leg, and that's all. And I was out only three times. Him? 'bout twenty times.

Wooooow. What do people see in him? He's scared. And he knows it.

Don't people understand how hard life is?

Can't they cut you some slack, so you don't feel so much hatred inside?

I just can't deal anymore.

I mean, what do I have do to do to make them all just shut the fuck up. Aarron, that bastard, now Millard, that fuck. I can't stand people anymore. What is it now days?

I hate this.

Do people realize what they do to me?

It's like you hear all these names.
Then one day you wake up, and look in the mirror,
and believe what they say, and think that you're really what they call you.

I don't want to give in, but it's going to far.

I hate them.

I need salvation, I need mercy.

It sucks.

I wouldn't hurt anyone, but why do they have to judge me?
I wish everyone could understand that I'm not what they think I am.

I wanna just cry.

I wanna just fall down and cry.

I wanna just fall down and cry, hoping someone will rescue me.

Today, nothin much.

Hahaha.
At the basket ball game, Erik told me that Aarron said to him that if I booed Aarron, he would say to me "Suck my dick."

Ewww.

At least we now know his true sexuality.