So far, I have completed 1 full work of fiction as a part of my independent reading over the previous classes, and the work I have finished reading that has had the biggest impact on me so far is “The Hate U Give”, by Angie Thomas. Before finishing this book, I read a few other […]
4-Reflect and Share
Final Product My product is a jack-in-a-box, and the energy transformation of this toy is from potential energy into kinetic energy. When the lid is held closed, the spring inside the box is compressed which holds a great amount of elastic potential energy. When the lid is open, the spring extends and sprung out, which […]
3-Create and Improve
After finding all of the materials I needed, and planning out what my design would look like, I began starting on my product. Below are the processes of me making my product, and some of the problems I encountered in the process. Change of material for box In my first plan, I was supposed to […]
2-Develop and Plan
Some techniques I will learn and use: Watch the video with steps over again to make sure I have all of the procedures correct Try to use the bow saw to cut the wood by myself if the teacher is busy, so it can use less time and make my work more efficient Making sure […]
1-Define and Inquire
What is this engineering task? For this engineering task, we need to choose to make a toy that can convert energy, a renewable energy source and convert it to electrical energy, a device that can transfer energy or a device that can be used to learn physics. Engineering Plan My plan for this project is […]
Capstone Article
Poverty Today, there are 1 billion children all around the world living in poverty. In that, there are nearly 22, 000 children who are dying each day due to poverty. Global poverty has decreased by half over the last decade, but 71 percent of the population is still living on low income or poor conditions(Helpers […]
Mexican Revolution Journal
This unit, learning about the Mexican Revolution allowed me to learn many new things about the revolution that I didn’t know before. For this project, we were assigned to create a narrative journal based on a person that lived during the revolution, similar to the Russian revolution journal we did before. With this project, I […]
Mexican Revolution Common Craft Video
For this revolutionary unit, I chose the Mexican Revolution since it was the one I was interested and wanted to learn about. After learning in this unit, our task was to create a video talking about the revolution we chose. For me, it was the Mexican Revolution. In this video my partner Elaine and I […]
The 57 Bus
The book I read for this book club unit is called The 57 Bus, by Dashka Slater. This book is based on a true story that focuses on the topic gender identity. The book begins with telling a story of two high schoolers from different schools, Richard and Sasha meeting for the first time. Richard […]
The House You Pass on the Way- BookTalk
In this book, the author Jacqueline Woodson describes the importance of friendship and what it means to love someone. The main character Staggerlee lives in an African- American district with a white mother. She struggles finding a real friend that she can share her thoughts and feelings with after her friend Hazel stopped playing with […]