Week of April 20-24
“Artificial Intelligence: SOPHIA the Robot“
Reading and Brainstorming| Read the article (link below) in NewsEla titled “Robot says artificial intelligence is “good for the world.” Complete the questions in detail and in complete sentences. Comment your answers with numbers (example: Part A: 1., 2., Part B: 1., 2., etc…)
Questions
A. Sophia’s creator says that many people may lose jobs because of AI technology, but “he insisted that there are more benefits that will come from artificial intelligence.” Some examples are that the robots can help people with health and with teaching them.
- We made the robots. What can robots teach us? (your own ideas)
- How can artificial intelligence robots improve our lives? (your own ideas)
B. People fear that they will lose control if artificial intelligence gets better.
- Why would humans be scared if they lost control to robots? (your own ideas)
- What is the difference between robots and people? What makes people unique? (your own ideas)
C. Sophia’s creator said that it could be dangerous for robots to help humans with important projects, especially if they can think and feel with their emotions. They might decide they do not like working for humans.
- If robots don’t want to work for humans, who will be their boss? (your own ideas)
- Sophia is a citizen of Saudi Arabia. If she became a United States citizen, should she be allowed to vote? Why? (your own ideas)
To read the article, click HERE.
(Class code: J7TF2U)
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EXPERIMENT TIME
Jumping Pepper
Water surface tension science experiment using these materials:
White Plate, Water, Black Pepper, and Soap. Simple!
Watch the black pepper scatter as you break down the water surface tension using soap. Easy to follow demonstration which makes a fun magic trick.
Show-off your jumping pepper on ZOOM meeting this Friday at 11:30!
UCA Connect 
1) vault toilets in pipes
2)It does not flush
3) the blue jay because of its pretty color
The main idea of this article is that parks in all 50 states now have screens to protect the owls. A boy scout helped install 21 screens in Utah. The owls will be protected by the screens.
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laila’s comment is above
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Good answers, Laila! For number 2, remember it doesn’t flush or use water, but instead it drops into a tank in the ground called a vault. Awesome job! Hope you enjoyed the article and experiment! –Mr. Lewis
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1)B
2)C
3)D
4)A
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Thank you, Laila! –Mr. L
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I wet a board. I put the dry paper on top of the water then I flipped it over to let the other side of paper get wet.I took another dry piece of paper and wrote on it. I put the dry piece of paper on top the wet paper. I waited a few minutes. I took it off put it in the sink. The words printed on the other paper.
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Cool! I’m glad you got it to work! It’s a fun experiment!! Great work!!! –Mr. L
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A.1- They can help with health and teaching them.
A.2- That the robots can teach many things to us.
B.1- The robot’s emotions will turn against humans.
B.2- Robots have a computer system and we do not.
C.1- There will be no boss they will work by themselves.
C.2- Yes why is because she works for the humans.
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Great answers, Laila!! Awesome thoughts. Can you add a little B2? What do humans have that robots don’t? –Mr. L
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1) The two choices that God gave people were to worship and love him and talk directly to him.
2)The earth is 4.54 billion years old.
3)Adam and Eve are the oldest descendants. Adam and Eve are in Genesis in the bible.
4)Noah’s Ark was longer than a modern football field.
5)The pyramids are in line with the compass points.
6)Khufu’s pyramid was the tallest pyramid. It was 140 meters tall.
7)People were smart in ancient days as people nowadays because they did not have what we have.
8)If you throw a boomerang it comes back to you.
9)God gives us peace.
10)God sent Jesus for our sins and gives us forgiveness.
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1) tropism is the scientific name for how plants move towards the things most essential for their survival
tropos means turning
2)geotropism is when a plant can sense the pull placed upon it due to gravity
3)phototropism is when light falls upon one side of the shoot
4)phototropism
5)sunlight cows chickens potatoes
6)plants go through photosynthesis to store up energy from light
7)oxygen, molecule, starch and sugar
8)No
9)Jesus
10) I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life
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1.Tropism- When plants are drawn to sunlight and water.
Tropos-greek for turning
2. Geotropism- THe growth of a plant in response to gravity
3. Phototropism-The growth of a plant in response to light
4. Leaves grow flat and not curly because parts of a curled leaf would not get much sunlight. Leaves need sunlight to grow. Geotropism causes leaves to grow flat.
5. Sunlight, Food, Water, Plant
6. Plants go through photosynthesis to store up energy from Sunlight.
7. The Hydrogen and Oxygen from the water molecule can combine with the carbon dioxide to form starch and sugar, which gives us such as from fruits and potatoes.
8. No.
9. Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ
10. John 8:12..When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world”.
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The above post belongs to Me.
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1. Tropism is when plants are drawn to light and water.
a. Tropos means turning
2. Geotropism is when a seed germinates, the roots will always grow down and the stem will always grow up, toward the light. The plant can sense the pull placed upon it due to gravity, and will direct root growth in the direction of that pull.
3. Phototropism is when the light falls upon one side of the shoot, the other side will grow faster to bend the leaves towards the light.
4. Leaves grow flat instead of curly because they need sunlight to grow, curly leaves don’t get much sunlight.
5. Food, water, sunlight and plants gives us energy to live.
6. Photosynthesis and sunlight
7. Oxygen, molecules, starch and sugar
8. Life is not possible without God’s design.
9. We need Jesus to have a Spiritual light in our lives.
10. The spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. John 8:12
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True or false
1. false
2. true
3.false
4.true
5.false
5-10
5. It’s man-made by people that’s why it can’t make itself.
6. No, because it’s unreal and it doesn’t make sense.
7. God made everything on time without going back.
8. God has always existed, and God has power people do not
9.billions of years ago
10.it’s a real story
1-2
1. The left is daytime the right is night time
2. two
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1.False
2.True
3.False
4.False
5.False
God saw the light and said, the light was good.
6. A house can’t make itself, because it is not a person.
7. A big green forest will not appear by blowing up fireworks, because God is the creator of the Universe.
8. God created the universe in one try, and it was created right.
9. God has always existed, and did not have parents or creator.
10. Creation week happen about six-thousands years ago.
11. The Creation Account is a reliable record of what actually happen.
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1. False
2. True
3. False
4.False
5. False
6. In order to build a house, a human being with arms, legs, and/or machinery is needed.
7. God made it perfect the first time.
8. God has always existed. God does not have parents or a creator.
9. Creation week occurred about 6000 years ago.
10. The Creation account is a reliable record of what actually happened.
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1. The right half of the experiment is light, the left half is dark. 2.1 spin
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1.The right had light and the left was dark.
2.One spin is one whole day.
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