Category: Science

There is a great old book called “The Science of Getting Rich” written in 1911 by a man named Wallace Wattles. The book was the inspiration for “The Secret” a movie all about the law of attraction. Although “The Science of Getting Rich” is about the law of attraction, it never calls it that, even so this book is perhaps the best reference about using the law and putting it into action in your life.

Basically using the law of attraction boils down to setting up a daily cycle in your life.

Steps To Success UsingThe Science of Getting Rich

1.Visualize an outcome see the result 2.Take note of the ideas that come to mind 3.See the world in the context of this vision 4.Notice new things, create a mindset that appreciates things rather than discounts them 5.Add in these things to your vision and let the vision morph 6.Take action in anyway that you can on these ideas and on your vision 7.Repeat morning and night every day

Science of Getting Rich Lifes Compass

In The Science of Getting Rich, Wattles states: “You must form a clear and definite mental picture of what you want; you cannot transmit an idea before you have it yourself. You must have it before you can give it; and many people fail to impress Thinking Substance because they have themselves only a vague and misty concept of the things they want to do, have, or to become.”

If you close your eyes right now can you see a picture of what you want in your life? Can you step into it and feel, smell, and hear? Wattles says: It is not enough that you should have a general desire for wealth “to do good with” everybody has that desire.

The Science of Getting Rich talks about a sensory rich vision as the first step. This is a vision powerful enough to inspire and motivate you to take action to make the vision a reality. How can you have something if you dont really know what it is. Vague or general ideas are no different from seeing something on TV and then the next day trying to describe the show to a Friend. You have some of it but much of the detail is gone.

Future Vision The Science of Getting Rich Style

In your vision the only way to fill it in is to go through it over and over, perhaps take some notes. Include in your notes how it makes you feel? What do you hear? Who is there with you? Is the scent of sandalwood in the air? Experience it all, put it all down and on successive days fill in the details and intensify the vision. Spend time contemplating this picture.

As you go through the day find moments to bring your vision to mind just long enough to appreciate it and be grateful for it. Continue this process as the first step of the law of attraction daily cycle.

Learn to use The Science of Getting Rich as your own secret weapon and as your key to success and creation.

I usually talk about my own experiences and I hope that helps you, but this article will be different. I will go in dept into the science of studying and study habits to demonstrate how crucial these two factors are in affecting the academic success of a student.

This topic came up because I realized that everyone learns differently. I am more comfortable with music in the background and I learn better when I have good notes. Every new student will suffer a little until they determine their optimal learning ways. I’ve noticed a lot of my friends having better grades in third and fourth year even though the courses are more difficult. For this reason, I’ve decided to do some research on study habits and learning from scientific journals and have it presented here.

During the research, I realized that there are many studies from the 70-s until a few years ago that looked into the correlation between the amount of time spent studying and the grades of the students. You would think that a majority would come to the same conclusion, but unfortunately, half concluded that studying more leads to higher grades and the other half concluded that studying more either doesn’t have an effect or leads to lower grades. After this conclusion, I realized that I was looking at the wrong subject!

One interesting journal titled -Students’ approaches to study in introductory accounting courses- (Elias, R. Z., 2005) brought up an interesting point. The author talked about two approaches to studying. The first approach was called deep and the other was called surface. A deep approach was when the student looks at the material and tries to understand the concepts and the workings. This results in someone who knows the material and can make connections on related concepts with relative ease. The surface approach is used by students who want to meet the course requirements. This includes only learning the concepts covered and not covering any other theories in detail.

The deep approach is great for courses that require a lot of abstract conceptual thinking and assignments like essays and explanations where the student has to demonstrate that they can competently explain the theory. The surface approach is also useful. It can be used by students to attain great marks in courses that are heavy in multiple choice or set arithmetic. This can easily skew results because students who succeed in courses that simply require the surface approach will spend less time studying. Therefore, it is clear that the amount of time spent studying is not important, what I should be looking for should be how different types of studying affect a student’s grades.

The most informative journal which I’ve encountered was titled -Performance of College Students: Impact of Study Time and Study Habits- (Hudson G. I. et al., 2010). This article looked at three different factors of studying that can affect grades,

1. Ability to concentrate while studying and in class
2. Access to good notes (or able to take good notes during class)
3. Proper scheduling of the term

It concluded very nicely that, -the quantity of time spent studying has an influence on performance, but this influence is moderated by a third variable, the study habits.- With respect to the three factors, it was determined that students who could concentrate properly had more effective study sessions, therefore they could spend less time studying and still attain good grades. An unexpected conclusion was that students who had access to good notes and spent less time studying had higher grades. This was argued true because of the concentration factor. Good notes play a minor role because without having the ability to concentrate, you will have a difficult time receiving higher grades.

Another interesting conclusion was that students who finished assignments at the last second had higher grades than students who planned well. This goes exactly against my previous post (which shows you that you should only look at these posts as just references). It was discussed that students who cram a lot are upper year students with more experience. I personally do not agree with this and believe their argument as being a large pile of bull____.

This idea of procrastinating and getting higher grades intrigued me. So I set out on some more more research and came upon another journal article. It was titled -Procrastination, participation, and performance in online learning environments- (Michinov N. et al., 2010). Although it looked strictly at the online environments, I decided to look at it. It concluded that students who procrastinated less were more successful and also less likely to drop out. The reason for this was that procrastinators did not interact in the online forums and therefore were put in a position to fail. I looked at other articles and they all pointed to this conclusion, therefore I guess we can conclude the same right? Wrong!

Being an engineering student myself, it wouldn’t feel right looking at one perspective, so I wanted to give my input. I believe that procrastination can be useful sometimes. Sometimes a task is not important and it keeps getting tossed further back into the queue because other important tasks come up. I have no problem with this type of procrastination because it still leads to completion of the assignment and it works well with a properly organized student. The bad type of procrastination is when someone has nothing to do, yet they still wait until the last second. This large amount of wasted time will come back to hurt the student and it will show in their final grades.

Please remember that you can easily find studies that prove these wrong. I only suggest that you read every study and see if you agree with their testing methodology and their conclusions. I cannot post the articles on my blog, but most universities should allow you to access these journals through the library.

If youre looking for a unique, fun birthday party idea, think about including science presentations. Kids will love seeing and participating in experiments that make objects do fun things or liquids start to foam. Best of all, the kids at the party will be learning something even if they dont realize that they are because of all the fun they are having.

A science theme can be a great choice if your child is interested in science or a particular branch of the field. Curious kids will also love seeing all the cool experiments that you can do with household items. If your child loves science class or cant get enough of sci-fi programs on TV, you may want to consider this party idea. Youll have more luck with slightly older children than younger children who wont be able to pay attention for longer periods of time.

If you want, you can have lab coats, clipboards, and funky glasses for each child to wear while they conduct or watch the experiments. Have test tubes for the kids to drink out of and make fun food that has a science theme. Try “brain” spaghetti or “dirt” cake with gummy worms as some examples. You can also create fun science related games like have a scavenger hunt for dinosaur bones.

You may find that there is a company or organization in your area that you can hire to come out and do the experiments for the group. Although youll have to spend more money by hiring someone else, you also get the benefit of having some experienced lead the group through the materials safely. The company may have different themed programs for you to choose from to best match your childs interests.

If you can, try to arrange to see a presentation by the person youre thinking about hiring so that you can be familiar with the experiments and have an idea of whether the program will interest your child and his or her friends. Some companies or individuals offer programs at schools and libraries and you may be able to attend one to check it out.

In the event that you dont find a company or individual near you offering this service or you just want to do it yourself, youll find plenty of resources on easy and fun experiments that you can do with kids. Check out books at your local library and look online for additional resources. Try to match the experiments to your childs interest and level of understanding whenever you can.

Youll want to have someone fun and charismatic do the presentation. If thats you, go through your presentation and the experiments several times so that you know the material. Youll also want to spend some time thinking about potential aspects that could go wrong and how youll handle it. Always keep everyones safety at the forefront of your planning.

Science presentations make a great addition to many birthday parties or other events where kids will be present. If you think your child may be interested, investigate whether this will work for your situation. You can find some fun, easy experiments to do with your child and his or her friends and the party will be different than everyone elses.

Bacteria play a very important role in the decomposition of organic materials. This simple observation leads the inquisitive mind to wonder if it also plays a role in the decomposition of inorganic materials, such as metals. In this science fair project students will be exploring the decomposition properties of bacteria to see if it impacts both organic and inorganic materials.

Hypothesis

The hypothesis for this science fair project is that bacteria speed up the rusting process. The dependent variable in this hypothesis is the rusting rate and the independent variable is the presence of absence of bacteria.

Supplies Needed

To complete this experiment students will need at least two pieces of iron, a bacteria sample, an anti-bacterial solution and a digital camera. Students will also need to create data collection sheets. These sheets will have spaces for the date, the test number and a description of the rust stage.

The Experiment

There are two experiments that need to be set up. The first experiment is the control test. This test will be set up so that no bacteria are present on the iron sample. To accomplish this students will need to wipe down the control iron with an anti-bacterial solution. The iron will then be wiped down and dried on a daily basis to prevent the colonization of bacteria. This test will be left outside to rust naturally.

The second experiment is the test experiment. It will need to be contaminated with a bacteria culture. It will then be left outside to rust naturally.

Collecting Data

The data that will be collected will primarily be observations about the progress of the rusting process. Each entry will need to identify the test, the date and the amount of rust that develops. Students will want to make note of any initial signs of rusting, they will need to measure rust spots and they will need to measure and not any holes that develop.

Analyzing Data

After data has been collected the student will need to analyze their results. First of all they will need to organize their data. This will involve the creation of tables. In the first column of the table will be a list of important developments in the rusting process such as discoloration, holes, flaking and stability degradation of the iron. The second column will contain the heading of control and the third column will contain the heading test. Students will then write down the number of days it took each test to develop the condition in the first column.

The next step is to compare the progression process rate between the control experiment and the test experiment. To prove the hypothesis true the data will need to show that the presence of bacteria speeds up the process of rusting. If the data does not show this trend then the hypothesis can be deemed to be false.

Drawing Conclusions

The analysis of the data that was collected will be used to draw conclusions. To be scored well at a science fair, the conclusions need to be logical and they need to be supported by both the data collected and by the background research done by the student. Students can make references to their background research to support the validity of their conclusions.

Among the topics of interest for students who wish to create zoology science fair projects those that involve ants are the ones most students will choose. A zoology science fair project will demonstrate the knowledge that students have learned regarding some particular type of animal. Ants hold a great fascination for children and adults alike. These amazing little creatures are communal and depend on each other for survival. Very seldom do we see a single ant. This type of living system makes ants a favorite topic for zoology science fair projects. Students can choose any number of subjects related to ants or any other animal to study for their zoology science fair projects.

One of the most interesting subjects that students study using ant populations is in the area of food choice. While most people are familiar with ants as uninvited guests at picnics, most people know very little about these tiny creatures. A zoology science fair project will use different foods to see which flavors, if any, the ants prefer. Students will conduct experiments and collect the data from these experiments in order to make a presentation for the zoology science fair projects. This data will then be used to compare different types of foods. It could then be used in supplemental studies to compare the flavor choices of different types of ants. These little creatures are more than willing to participate in these types of experiments because all that is required of them is that they eat!

Zoology science fair projects can also be performed on microorganisms such as bacteria. The zoology science fair projects can also be based on the osmosis and diffusion that is present in living cells. These types of zoology science fair projects are particularly suited to computer-generated presentations. Since these organisms and processes are too small for the human eye to see, students often have a difficult time grasping the concepts. Zoology science fair projects are a great way to demonstrate these types of scientific phenomenon. The presentations bring to life all the tiny components involved in the life experiences of living creatures. These and many other topics, such as the study of environmental changes for marine life, the effects of chemicals on animals, and how different conditions affect growth rates, can be explored with zoology science fair projects.