I need to know 20 things that are made from coal for extra credit for World Geography..Can you help me please??

I want to know if you found 20 items from coal. would you share them with me?
M Kuehn

Here's a novel idea...
How about if you each do your own work rather than trying to get out of it?

Isn't that what this site is for? For people to ask questions about things that are more difficult to find anywhere else?!! I think this site is the BEST for information on anything to do with school projects.. So all u out there who think those kids should "Do their own work" what are you doin here????That is what this site is FOR!!!! Learn from it don't discourage others from doing the same.

No, this blog is not for academic dishonesty.

Think of the assignment: Name some things made from coal. What does the teacher want? The teacher wants the child to learn all about coal, and then realize the answer to that question as a smaller part of that learning. They want the child to read an entire article about coal and think for themselves -- not get someone else to do the assignment for them.

Just giving the child the answer they want, without teaching them anything else about coal, does them a real disservice.

Anonymous coward,

Let's see: I want students to learn, so I have no heart??? Yes, of course, how hateful of me. Not to mention judgemental of you.

I've never said: "Scram kid, you bother me," as you falsely imply. Nor was my response given to "Chantal", as you also falsely assert. Look again.

Futher, the comment I responded to wasn't, as you yet again falsely imply, an open-ended request for assistance. It was a request to simply be told the answer, not a place to look for it.

I want to know if you found 20 items from coal. would you share them with me?

This is no different than one child asking the next: "What did you get for #4?" and then writing down whatever they're told. That's "cheating", last I checked, and, when rewarded, it's a damaging habit which will rob the child of achieving their true potential.

Nor, as you also falsely implied (is there anything honest or accurate in your argument?), was this request addressed to me -- it was addressed to Chantal.

Next, you seem to think I'm unhappy a child asked a question here. Of course not. Once again, you are simply distorting what was written: I'm unhappy one child was trying to copy the answer from another, rather than doing her own research.

That troubles me, and I'm sorry to see it doesn't trouble you; perhaps you didn't even notice that was going on. That speaks poorly of the consideration you put into making an argument which attacks and denigrates another person. Shame on you.

Or perhaps you did notice that, but you're a person who sees no problem with copying answers. Again, how sad.

Apparently, you feel that because I have posted something here, I have a responsibility to determine and post the location of the answer to any question a commenter may pose, any time such a question is asked.

Yet you posted here too, and could just as easily do the same work, and give the same hints, which you argue is very important to do. Yet have you done so? No, not at all. It was important for for someone else to do this -- just not your job.

Perhaps this is why you are so sensitive to a simple admonishment that people "do their own work" and be responsible. It's not the children you are defending, instead, it touches on your own ethic, your protest is based on how it made you feel, not what was truly best for the child.

Finally, you seem unhappy with the simple "do you own work" statement I posted here, and apparently want, instead, others to respond exactly as you wish them to. That comes off as intolerant; a person who is not happy until everyone is forced into her own mould.

Good luck with all that.

How do diamonds form fom coal?

ok... well can u plzz help me out a bit by tellen me how diamonds can come in different coulars? coz iv been looken 4 ages and all i know is that its an impurity... so plzz help

D'oh!!!! Man I spend too much time on anti Quixtar Blog, I was realy thinking it was about Quixtar Daimonds :) Same good ol time getting personal attacks just for nothing :)

Face it Tim, you do attract a lot of classics, no matter what you write about :-)

PS: Quixtar diamonds are made of lies and deception.

D'oh!!!! Man I spend too much time on anti Quixtar Blog, I was really thinking it was about Quixtar Daimonds :) Same good ol Tim getting personal attacks just for nothing :)

Face it Tim, you do attract a lot of classics, no matter what you write about :-)

PS: Quixtar diamonds are made of lies and deception.

Imran: I love it. Sometimes it hurts a little, but it's like having your own little fishbowl with Internet denizens in it. e-Monkeys. :-)

Brian: Diamonds are discolored because little bits of non-diamond stuff, called "impurities", get in them. Which kind of non-diamond stuff it is determines the color.

For those of you with enough ethics to admonish those looking for an easy fix, I applaud your efforts. I grew up with books, not a chat room and agree that researching a topic is for the knowledge and growth of the child, not for the quick retreat to extra-curricular activities.
Having said that, I have a five year old wanting to know why a diamond as big as himself (50lbs) would be outrageously expensive. Any suggestions on a child-oriented site/book/activity to help explain the time frame/logistics behind the creation of a natural diamond?

As a teacher I would be happy for my students to find the simple answer to twenty things that are made from coal. After that I would ask them what seems interesting to them. Once they've nominated one of the things made from coal I would say...research so that you can teach your peers.
Just my two bobs worth

Diamonds are forever.

Since no-one will help on this topic and I can't see knowledge wasted I will give you a summary.

To understand where diamonds come from we should look at what they are made of. Diamonds are made up of carbon when it is under high pressure (about the weight of 180Km of rock pressing on it) and temperature 1100°C - 1400°C). This pressure and Temperature comes naturally deep within our earth and from the earths mantel.

Search the web for more in depth answers.

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i thought that if you put pressur on coal you make a diamonds

Wikipedia is a great resource though it (and encyclopedias in general) are not always reliably accurate. It usually provides some good suggestions at least for beginning your research.

go to;
www.wikipedia.org

type in;
coal
carbon
graphite
as search terms and read the related articles.

Good luck and study hard.

Interesting thought. Do you have any kind of link to the information, perhaps? Not that I don't trust you. But I've seen enough foul-ups in popular media that I'd just like to check things out before accepting the date given.

To Share-All

As a teacher I would be happy for my students to find the simple answer to twenty things that are made from coal.

If this teacher wanted the students to have the information, they would have given it to their students directly rather than having strangers solicit the information.

Knowing how to research a topic is more valuable than the knowledge itself.

Diamonds are forever.

That's marketing hype. Given enough time, some heat, and lack of pressure diamonds degrade into graphite.

Okay, geology and paleontology aren't my strong points but I found this;

Some diamonds, known as harzburgitic, are formed from inorganic carbon originally found deep in the Earth's mantle. In contrast, eclogitic diamonds contain organic carbon from organic detritus that has been pushed down from the surface of the Earth's crust through subduction (see plate tectonics) before transforming into diamond. These two different source carbons have measurably different 13C:12C ratios. Diamonds that have come to the Earth's surface are generally very old, ranging from under 1 billion to 3.3 billion years old.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#Formation

I haven't really been following the whole abiotic vs biotic oil debate too closely so I won't say more than that.

hey,

wat are ten things made from coal, could u help me out plz

thanxs
jay

Are diamonds really formed from coal? If so, why is it that coal, being organic, is not a mineral, but diamonds are? If they are made from something that is organic, are they considered organic? If they are, that would mean that diamonds don't fit the characteristics of minerals. Hum... How does this make sense?
Joy

My geography teacher has given us the question of are diamonds created from coal under extreme heat and pressure

Kathy - I'm curious what substance you think coal is made out of?

this inf o was really cool and learned alot from this but i got to ask what kind of coal is this made out of

Superman made a diamond from coal so it must be true

i want tah knOw the 20 things that coal is made out of...................

For the record, you're going to have to do your own homework.

that sucks for u i need to know 3 can u help me?

Way to go Tim, but I thought you could've softened the language against Anonymous from a full frontal assault to something like a gentle rebuke. It seemed like corporal punishment. I wholeheartedly agree with you but a tongue lashing was a bit severe, especially because I thought Mr. or Ms. Anonymous' reply was tongue-in-cheek.

First, I thank you for your comment: supportive bits and critical parts both. Feedback is always useful and welcomed.

I thought you could've softened the language against Anonymous from a full frontal assault to something like a gentle rebuke.

I think you've got a point: there was probably room for a bit of "tone smithing" there. Particularly in this example, I can see a number of phrasing I would change, in retrospect.

Yet on the other hand, I find it amusing what people notice. Not to complain, but to recap: Even after explaining why I think handing out the answers is unhelpful to kids, I'm accused of hating children and being bothered by them, of yelling at them, of being the kind of mean person who regularly receives coal in my stocking, of shirking my duties (not shared by the commenter, of course) etc. These are, quite frankly, a quite blunt set of rather personal indictments.

And I agree I could have reworked my response a bit, tonally — BUT, it makes me wonder, how far does one have to go? And how much of it was wrong tone, versus: "Well, please suppress that content. It makes me uncomfortable when you say it, no matter how nicely."

And regarding tone, I agree, but what IS the standard? Perfection? If you read back a bit, I had just explained, rather nicely, my concern for kids which motivated me to refuse to answer. See the comment right above Anonymous's. And what response did that "nice answer" generate? Yet another accusation of being harsh, mean-hearted, and lazy.

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I'm increasingly convinced the rules are this: We mentally lump people into "good" or perhaps "responsible people" and "bad people." We're conditioned hold the "responsible people" to a standard of nothing less than perfection, while we hold the "bad people" to no standards at all.

Hamas, unprovoked, lobs missiles into Israel, hey, no problem. The press won't even cover it. Israel responds, taking out a missile battery (an alleged "bystander" was killed!), and the front pages are covered with endless charges and complaints about a lack of "proportionality." We expect perfection from Israel, and hold Hamas to no standards at all, or, if we do, perfunctorily, so we can get to the all-important "BUT" without losing our moral credibility.

I'm regularly accused of all manner of evil. Or I see others being accused in rather dire terms: Dick Cheney is greedy and corrupt, the US funds genocide around the world, etc. Write a fact-based response -- even if it includes ZERO personal comments (see the first several comments) -- and you're in for moralistic tut-tutting and clucking. You're broken one of society's unwritten taboos.

It seems sometimes that offering a effective evidence-based answer is, itself, the real offense. (And never, never point out that the person is guilty what they've just alleged.) We're not supposed to take the attacker seriously (oh, they were just joking!) (really?) but we take the response completely seriously, and weigh it endlessly.

I thought Mr. or Ms. Anonymous' reply was tongue-in-cheek...

Case in point. No doubt the comment about receiving coal was tongue-in-cheek, but the underlying accusation of meanness was also reflected in the rest of the comment, which wasn't at all tongue-in-cheek. Anonymous really did believe it was my obligation (but not hers, of course) to act as a reference librarian, and really did seem to think I was being unduly harsh for suggesting students complete their own assignments.

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Ryan, on the other hand, has bent over backwards to do everything she said the kids wanted. And what do we see in the mean time? A continuing stream of commenters who are so dreadfully lazy they couldn't even read his attempts to help and follow the link. (Or even bother to spell their request for help correctly.)

Much less a "thanks!" to him.

IAN - Perhaps 'getting caught' is not what Tim is worried about? Having been a teacher myself, I'd never let a student cheat.

But again, if you're looking for information on coal why not just type 'coal' into wikipedia. This really shouldn't be so difficult that you need help from bloggers. If your teacher wanted someone to just tell you the information, they would have just told you themselves. (And why does this site attract so many kids too lazy to do their own homework?! Man...)

It's nice to read someone who questions things. I hope you will choose the topic of dinasaurs and fossils. Fossils are not bone at all but a copy replacement made of minerals during fossilization. I just learned by doing my own extensive research that on record scientists dont have the actual bones of dinasuars just their fossils(from one piece to the entire dinasaur). The bones wouldnt have lasted so many millions of years. Fossilization is a very rare and complex process which would make it near impossible for so many different species of dinasaurs including their eggs to be found. If anything a toe or a tooth here and there might be found fossilized but not an entire dinasaur, eggs with the embryo inside or especially mass grave areas. It's amazing that so many dinasaurs after they died fell into a river or body of water, sunk and got covered -especially since dinasaurs didnt all live in the same area or era- to be fossilized, That would mean the perfect catastrophic events happened to cause the perfect conditions of immediate buriel by dirt or water so these dragon like creatures ( myth for centuries) could survive being eaten by predators or the rotting process. As we see now most animals when they die in the wild are eaten by predators or rot quickly so very little is left behind to meet the near impossible conditions of the fossilization process. I learned a lot more but will not go on and on.

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