Economy

In humanities, we have been studying econemy and were given an assignment to create a product, a good.  We had to pay for our own recourses (using Hum Bucks) and make something helpful to students.  Our group made a bag with pockets and a makeshift speaker.  This was to model Free Market Econemy.  Free market econemy is good because supporters believe that the governmanet should not tell people how much to make.  It is bad because it is based on supply and demand, therefore there is scarcity with certain recourses.  We modeled scarcity, and a real life situation is, when there is a popular invention and many companies want to purchase it, it becomes rarer and more people want it.  If I could do one thing to change this system, it would be to try and reduece the importance of supply and demand because it causes scarcity and prevents lesser companies from growing.  I am really enjoying this unit because we get to see and understand things that are happening in the real world.

Remembering

1)  What does Obama think Mandela’s death should prompt people to do?

 Although Mandela did pass away, his lessons did not.  Obama said that we should use what Mandela left for us to reflect on ourselves.  

2)  What does Obama mean when he says, 
     “We cannot allow our progress to cloud the fact that our work is not yet done?”

Obama is essentially saying that we can not always put ourselves first.  You have to help others, donate money and think of people other that you. 

3) When Obama says, 
     “Young people around the world – you, too, can make his life’s work your own,” 
     What does he mean?  How did Obama do this?  How might you do this?

He means that we should be inspired to make changes just like Mandela did.  It does not matter your age, as long as you are aware and are open to help.

4)  What are some of the problems the world faces today?  How can people stop them?

Some problems are poverty, hunger and multiple types of inequality.  We can try to stop it by donationg to different organizations that help.  If there are little things happeneding, you can be the one to try and stop them.  A lot of people think that if there are some organizations out there, they will stop poverty, but that is not true.  It depends on everyone working together. 

  
      

SUTTS Reflection

I thought that Step Up To The Stage was a very good experience.  I have learned so much, and would love to learn even more.  Now, I feel so much more confiedent and understand how I can improve myself.

1)  What are the qualities of creating a strong presentation?  (Content and Preparation)

Qualities of a strong presentation would be always being prepared, having evidence and visuals.  Also, making sure that you have minimal content and using key words.

2)  What are the qualities of delivering a strong presentation?  (Delivery)

Qualities of delivering a strong presentation would be having confidence, a good pace and volume, clarity and preparation.   

3)  What did you feel was one strength of your informative speech?

I think that my presentation was very organized and  I had helpful visuals too.  

4)  What was one area you feel you still could improve upon?

I think I could improve on talking a little slower and taking my time.

5)  What would you do differently the next time you have to present before an audience?

I would work on the clarity and volume of my speech.  I would also like to work on keeping my presentation about one thing, not going off topic.  
My Inforamtive Speech Presentation

Refleção dos Lendas

Na aula de portuguese, temos um projeto sobre lendas.  Estamos usando o site Calaméo para ver outras lendas e na final aula de portuguese, nos tinhamos uma "Classroom Assignment" que nos ir por outras pessoas na aula e ler os historias deles.  A historia que eu gosta de mais era do Homem do Saco.  Essa lenda e um ensinamento por que ele fala que voce presisa ficar obiedeinte com adultos. O homem do Saco e um homem que quando vi crianças brincando na rua no meio noite, ele te pegaram ele trouxe para casa dele e fiz sobão deles.  Essa lenda e um ensinamento por que ele fala que voce tem que ficar obediente com adultos.

Science Reflection

In this past unit of science, we have been learning about matter and it's building blocks.  Before this unit, I knew nothings about it.  Here are the things I have learned about:

Atoms

• Democritus and his theory 
• Atoms and what it is made of (below)
• Neutrons
• Electrons
• Protons
• Their arrangement 

States of Matter

• Gas
• Liquid
• Solid
• Plasma

Throughout this unit, I have learned about the importance of atoms and matter.  This unit was very interesting too because we got to watch brainpops and see interactives.   We did labs to see things visually. This was also a good experience because we got to organize ourselves the way we liked, and work together in our study groups.  I enjoyed learning about this topic because it was new to me, and I got to dig deeper and find out more and more.  I wish we could have learned even more about atoms!   Below is a short clip that my study group made.   

November Reflection

I remember in the beginning of the year, when people asked me if I liked math I would always put my head down and say no, I am bad at math.  But over these past 2 quarters I have realized there is no such thing as being “good” or “bad” in math.  I have always had trouble with math, but that does not make me bad at it.  It means that I have to put extra effort into it and try to improve my understanding.  I have realized that there are parts in math that are strengths to me, like rounding decimals to certain place values or doing long word problems and I have even improved on multiplying and dividing fractions.  I want to work on being more organized in prime factorization because I made an easy mistake that threw off my whole problem.  For the future, I will try to work on what I have trouble with as a whole and not just do certain things I am proficient in.  I will also try to persevere through situations.

Bouncy! Reflection

In science, we did a lab called Bouncy!, in which we learned about editing recipes using ratios to make homemade silly putty.  We had a table on our worksheet that said how many tablespoons of glue or borax.  We had 4 cups, and the 4th cup was the most successful, 5 tbsp of glue : 1 tbsp of borax.  Then, we had to edit the other three recipes so that they would all become perfect slime.  We mixed it up into one glob.  To see if it bounced or just fell, I took a bit of it, rolled it up into a ball and dropped it onto the table.  It rapidly expanded until it was flat.  I thought that this experiment was really fun and the whole time I was fully engaged.