March 21

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.

 

March 4

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:

  1. Fractions are pieces of a number.
  2. There are 4 types of fractions, zero, proper, whole, and improper fractions.
  3. You can add fractions together.
  4. A fraction comes in two parts, the numerator, or the top number, and the denominator, the bottom number.
  5. 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.

January 31

חורף וקיץ

יש לנו חורף ויש לנו קיץ

בחורף אנחנו יושבים בבית

בקיץ אנחנו אוכלים גלידה

בחורף אנחנו רוצים חם סליחה

בחורף אנחנו צריכים כובע

את צריכה את זה אמרה מאיה לנועה

בקיץ גשם זה מה אני רוצה

בחורף שלג זה מה שיורד

January 31

Update-MATH!!!!

Hello! This morning we practiced our times tables with dice! Instead of normal dice though, I used nine sided dice to get random numbers to multiply. I have no idea why we need to practice our multiplication when it has been hammered into our long term memory, but hey, at least it’s fun!

Thanks for reading!

noag18

January 31

ICE CREAM!!!!!

Ice Cream Experiment – States Of Matter

 

Items:

  1. ¾ cup cream
  2. 1 tbsp sugar
  3. ½ tsp vanilla extract
  4. 1 ½ cups ice
  5. ¼ cup salt
  6. Large plastic resealable bag
  7. Small plastic resealable bag
  8. Plastic spoon

 

Process

  1. Combine sugar cream and vanilla extract in small resealable bag
  2. Combine ice and salt in large resealable bag
  3. Place small resealable bag in large resealable bag
  4. Seal both bags tightly and shake for 8-10 minutes
  5. Open both bags and enjoy delicious results

 

Reflection

I had quite a lot of fun and learnt quite a bit with this experiment. The combining of the ingredients was a fun way of doing chemistry and the ice cream itself had changed states from liquid to solid. Sadly my ice cream turned out to be more like whipped cream because it did not freeze and the shaking made it foam up. Next time I think I should shake it for longer and add more ice.

Thanks for reading!

noag18