TRANSFORMERS

This is a picture of a transformer right outside of my house! I went outside of my house this morning and saw this transformer. I immediately took a picture because I knew this would be great to use for my journal. My whoe life I never realized there was a transformer right outside of my house. Thanks to Mr. Kohara and physics, I not only know that there is a transformer outside my house but how the transformer works. Electricity basically needs to be transfered from the power source to places like my home. The energy that the source sends out is much greater than what our houses need. That is where the transformers come in. It basically transfers the energy from a high voltage and steps down the voltage to the standard voltage of 120V, which our houses require. If it was not for the transformers, all our houses would be on fire because then the energy sent from the source would go straight to the houses and exceed the voltage in which the houses can handle. Thanks to the transformer, my house can safely use the energy without having to worry about creating fires from too high to handle voltages.

My impressions on this course  up to this point is pretty good.  I am not a big science fan, so coming in to this course, I assumed the worst.  But, after a quarter, this course is turning out to be a fun one.  I am going to admit that I have a hard time understanding science.  But one thing that this course has done was made science fun and interesting.  Therefore, it is now at least a little easier for me to learn and understand science.  Basically what I am trying to say is that this is probably the best science course I have ever taken.  I think the reason why this course is so interesting is the fact that we can relate what we are learning to our daily lives. 

My goal here are to gain knowledge that would help me with whatever physics-related encounters jump at me in my life.  I am hoping to apply what I learn here in this course to my life.

As of right now, I feel like I am falling behind.  After the trip, I missed a lot of work.  I am trying to catch up as well as do the work that is for that day.  As soon as i get settled with everything, I feel that I will be on the right track.  Though before the trip, I feel that I have been doing well and trying my best in the class.  I will continue to stay positive and work hard.