Going to the museum was very interesting, our assignment was to find evidence to support Al Gore's assertions in An Inconvenient Truth. This assignment was cool, it made me wounder, I'm I treating the planet good or bad?
My pale, Chavon and I group together and some evidence we found was the forces that affect climate, how the sun's brightness and the earth's orbit and tilt relative to the sun influence the amount of solar energy that reaches earth. Also, we discovered that scientists believe that due to human activities the atmosphere, carbon dioxide has increased, meaning the atmosphere is getting warmer. Many factors influence climate such as the atmosphere, the ocean, the solid earth, and life itself. Some elements of life are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and phosphors.
After learning about the earth, we walked around the museum and stopped at the African People , which we really had a connection to. So we focus on every installations and pointed out logos, ethos, and pathos. One installation was the Spirit World:
Logos= Focus for religion life in traditional Africa, explained the world of the living and offered hope, encouragement, promise of afterlife, affirming a power greater than man's
Ethos= Night blue, with mask , sculptures, chair symbolizes African cultural in the spirit world.
Pathos= When i was analyzing the window I had goosebumps because just thinking about people contacting the afterlife is scary.
Another was the Pokot Women, this installation was about how the Pokot Women was defined and their lives turning into a women.
Logos= At puberty they undergo a clitoridectomy, in public to show there strength and there new found statis as a women.
Ethos= It had belt and apron, which the women wear during their pregnancy. Red necklace which symbolizes the uncircumcised girls and a charm necklace that represents good luck to married women. A special knife to cut the clitoris and aluminum bracelets.
Pathos= Even though this is the Pokot Women's religion, I felt disturb because just thinking about pain is unbearable.
Learning history can be interesting, at the same time breath taking.
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yes our trip to the museum was very interesting, and exciting..we all learned alot about different topics and issues that we didnt even knew exist...we had a blast!!
as Chavone said that trip was fun, especially when we left the museum. lol. by the way both Chavone and I have been checking out your opening statement and we thought it looked very familiar...lol
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