Friday, April 28, 2017

Radio

In the last few weeks I learned about Radio. Radio is very exciting and technical. Here are some of the thing I learned. 


Radio waves are electromagnetic waves which are moving electrical fields.(moving energy) They can move through solids, air, space, ANYTHING!

Here's what a wave looks like:




Waves can be different sizes but are all the same shape. A.M. radio waves have a wavelength of about 10 meters. F.M. radio waves are about 10 cm from crest to crest. This picture is about different sizes of waves. It lets you see about how big (or small) the waves are and their names.




My field trip to Moody Radio.


My field trip to Moody Radio was very exciting! We saw many studios, and we were even recorded to be played on the radio. We talked into the microphones and were shown how to prerecord audio tracks. We were shown how they do very technical things that I can't remember.

Moody Radio is in a 10 story building. It needs three of those floors for all the people and studios. There are people that work in the office doing things like helping radio guests, responding to emails from listeners, and scheduling the broadcast. We watched the sound engineers, the weather and traffic announcer, and someone who was talking on the air as part of a talk show. My favorite part was seeing all their studios.

         Here we are with our tour guide Jon Hemmer. His voice tracks play on Saturdays and Sundays in between the scheduled shows.






Mr. Hemmer is showing Toby (and the rest of us) how to make a voice track.
Recording into the microphone.

I have created a diagram that shows how the sound from the radio station get to my house and in my ear.  It starts at the man standing at the microphone.



Hope you enjoyed!
😃 The End ðŸ˜ƒ

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Muffin Mayhem!



Welcome to Katie's Corner! 

I started a blog because I wanted to show people what I'm able to do and what I'm doing in school, the kitchen, my room, and outside! I like to do lots of things. I especially like to invent things, such as recipes. I mostly make things dairy free & gluten free so most of my cooking is made out of interesting things. (My sisters and mom are dairy free and gluten free.)

 Apple Cinnamon Muffins

These muffins are really good with butter. I like to make apple cinnamon things a lot. Muffins are really good with apples and cinnamon. You can tweak muffins very easily to make them fit your taste.

I used one sweet potato as the sweetener in my recipe. You can also use two or three ripe bananas.   
You want to poke the sweet potato a couple times then cook it on high in the microwave,
for 4 minutes.  When it is cooked you can put a fork all the way in easily.
                                              Peel skin off one apple. You choose your type of apple.
 I used a Granny Smith

                                              Chop apple nicely into bite sized pieces. Set aside until the very end.

Put all the following ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
  • 1 cooked sweet potato without skin
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 1\4 cups oats
  • 1/4 cup almond milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt 
  • 4 tablespoons peanut butter
DO NOT ADD CHOPPED APPLES!! (ADD AT END!!)
blend until smooth.

Add apples and mix them in gently.

                                                      Goof off and have some fun!

                                Put in one 12 muffin tray and cook in oven for 22 minutes at 350 °F.

Finished product! enjoy!

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