Innovation Day Reflection
Innovation Day Reflection
The Solar Powered Street Lamp
Hello readers. Today we had Innovation day! Parents, teachers, siblings, or anyone curious about it was able to come, and they sure did! Now I will tell you about how this went and the process behind it. Let’s start with the problem that we were presented with:
“How can we provide electricity to community outdoor spaces in an energy efficient way that still maintains the safety and “fun” aesthetic of the space?”
The way we solved this problem was with a solar powered street lamp. We did a good bit of research, writing and our fair share of arguments, but finally we finished the information for our poster board. Now we had to make a model. It took time, work, cardboard, bottlecaps, and an excessive amount of hot glue, but finally, we made our model. It took a while, but finally we got our information on paper after 3 reprints! Once we FINALLY finished putting our board together, we were ready to present. This project went pretty well in my opinion but my group was always arguing and it was really getting on my nerves. All in all, I believe that this project could have been better, but it was beyond what I first thought it would be.
פרשת כי תשא
Today, in Jewish studies we learnt about the golden calf in Parashat Ki Tisa. The jews were worshipping a golden calf and thus going against Hashem himself. Of course, He was angry. And by angry I mean REALLY ANGRY! Moses came down from mount Sinai and was absolutely furious, but he cooled his head and prayed on behalf of his people. Hashem said they were forgiven a long as they displayed good characteristics. This can still be applied today. After all, the Jews didn’t mean any harm themselves, because at heart they were well, Jews! Their behaviors and characteristics didn’t match up! After all, you show behaviors, but characteristics show you. This also goes for some people. Instead of immediately judging people by their actions, ask why did you do that? Then you are seeing more than just the tip of the iceberg. People have different characteristics, good and bad. For example, Some characteristics my friends have labeled me as kind and intelligent. By some, I have been called antisocial. Some characteristics can change, and some stay for life. Just try to realize your mistakes and bad characteristics so you can change and grow as a person.
hope you enjoyed!
Fractions, Fractions, Fractions!
More fraction work today! We used a website called Fraction Matcher to practice identifying equivalent fractions. I was doing mixed numbers and I tell you it was HARD!
Here’s me trying to figure out how to match 1 4/6 to coloured circles.
Fractions
Fractions
Today in math, we did a fractions review. I knew what the rest of the class was learning, so I decided to do some enrichment work involving these fascinating fractions.
Five Fascinating Fraction Facts
So you don’t get lost, here are five fascinating facts about fractions:
- Fractions are pieces of a number.
- There are 4 types of fractions, zero, proper, whole, and improper fractions.
- You can add fractions together.
- A fraction comes in two parts, the numerator, or the top number, and the denominator, the bottom number.
- multiplying or dividing a fraction doesn’t change it’s value if you multiply the numerator and denominator
What I Did
I applied my knowledge of fractions to this type of square.
It is like sudoku, but instead of not repeating numbers, each possible line has to add up to the magic number on top.