Latin America Unit Reflection

I think that the Latin America unit was fun and interesting. I learned a lot about what history really is and that the history we know might not be true. Three things I learned are how history is not a straightforward story, that you should use the resources you're given and that team work in some situations is much better.

I learned that history, depending on the writer, will not be the same. It will be changed in the favor of the writer's country. This leads to multiple versions of history. For example, if you grew up in America, you were probably told about the great adventurer Columbus. You were also told that he did good things and that the natives were happy to see him. Well, trustworthy sources like historians or Columbus himself wrote that the natives were actually taken as slaves and had their land taken from them by force. The slaves were tortured and killed if they didn't do their work well or sometimes just for fun. This is really different from what most people were told and shows how writers can change history.

I also learned that a team can help a lot and that you should use all the material that is given to you. Working as a team for the living timeline was necessary because there was more than one character in my play. This gave me an opportunity to work as a team, it helped me see how helpful partners are. From moments when I was stuck and couldn't find ideas to the filming and playing in general, not having a team would have made this project almost impossible. I have also learned that you should use anything you have at your disposal to make your work better. At the start of filming we chose not to use the green screen room because it would not be worth the time. This proved to be wrong because the modern atmosphere the school provided made it difficult to capture the feeling of the 1820. We chose to scrap the first video and use the green screen instead, and we saw the quality of our video go up. We were able to capture the 1820 feeling and make things, like the sound, better.

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A challenge that still stays is the language barrier. I speak French so writing and speaking in English is harder for me than for most people. This can be seen in any of my blog entries or school texts. This is a challenge I'm working on overcoming everyday by practicing my English and having a tutor to help me. It makes this project that much harder because it required me to write two texts and to speak in English for the video.

If I would have to do this project again, I would probably go directly to the green screen instead of wasting time filming outside. This would have given me more time to film and edit. I think that our video was good, but it would have given me more time to redo scenes that did not turn out good in the final product. (Zooming problems)

This unit helped me see that history is not always straightforward. That makes me a better person because it makes me question everything I read or am told. This, I think, could improve the world enormously if everyone would think about what they read or were told to see if it made sense.

CHAPTER 4 MATH

This unit we have learned about slopes. This was a new experience for me.

I have learned how to calculate a slope using the rise over run technique. It works like this. You take 2 points on a graph, for example (2,5) (5, 8) and you place them like this.

This gives you the slope (m) of the line or in the case of the example, 1. 

The slope can be used to find a line using this equation.

In this equation y= the # of the y axis you're using/looking for,

m is the slope we found earlier,

x is the number of the x axis you're using/looking for,

and b is the y intercept or where the line crosses the y axis.

In our example it would go like this

y=1x+ 3*

*found by putting coordinates on the board and extending lines.

With this equation, I can now find any y or x on my graph.

5 =1x + 3 x=2 if y= 5

y =1*4 + 3 y=7 if x=4 

This helps you find any line semi easily.

The end of chapter project was the stained glass project.

In the project, we drew lines that were positive, negative, parallel, perpendicular, 0 in slope or undefined. After having calculated the lines, we painted over the space in between the lines to give the project a stained glass look.

I have learned a lot in this unit and for that I have to thank Mrs. Roth.

      

Science reflection

What I have learned. This unit I have learned about reproduction. I have learned the types of reproduction or fragmentation, Binary fission, Fertilization, Spore formation. This helps me understand better multi celled organism reproduce and shows me the diversity of reproduction. We also learn about the stages of mitosis or prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase. This shows me how single celled organisms reproduce, giving me a greater understanding of our world.

The big challenge was that I missed 4 days, so I need to catch up what I will do is ask my teachers for help they can reteach me what I have missed in extra help. I will also use my weekend to do all the work I missed in class. I think that with a little effort and help from my teachers and parents I will be able to catch up by next week.

What we have learned in class applies to the real world because biology everything from animals to bacterias even humans. A great example of biology in the real world is the new use of stem cells. Now scientists can create new body parts from hearts to hand to skin this new discovery is saving millions of lives every year. Biology is the key to stoping any disease and saving lives. 

math reflection

In this unit we studied solving solving equation. I learn lots of new things and refreshed the terms in my head. At the beginning I could not remember any of the terms. To remember I used common parts of those equations. For example, I said multiplicative inverters and additive invert always have a number going over the equality sign. I remember that associate and communicative have been often together because before you, associate you need to communicate. All though This unit was hard I think I did well because of the help of my parents. If I was going to take this class again, I would ask the teacher to explain more because I was lost in the homework if it was not for my dad. It would have been better to have focused on in class learning than on the homework to learn.

I personally did not enjoy the great equation race because it was to me not really useful. I would have preferred in class learning then the G.E.R because personally I did not have an easy time whit this unit and I think that a teacher's help would have been appreciated ( I could not come in extra help because of tutoring). But there was a good side to the G.E.R it helps everyone find their place in the group and participate.

This unit all though hard was fun and I think that I did good. The only suggestions I would make is more in class learning.