Health/Bible

The verses 1 Corinthians 6:19 (Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own) and Romans 12:1(I appeal to you therefore, brothers,^[a] by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship) talk about respecting your body. How do you respect your body? Respecting your body can include protecting yourself from things that can harm you like Drugs, Smoking and Drinking alcohol. Respecting your body also means exercising and doing brain teasers or puzzles doing these thing can help your body as well as mind grow. 

Mental well-being

Understanding What mental well being is can be very difficult. Nowadays there is lots of stress about little things like tests and friends and jobs. Ways to promote mental health for you and others can include doing things to release stress like deep breathing staying calm and doing things to relax you. You can also try and learn new things learning new skills helps to challenge your brain and keep it sharp. Try to be active as being active can make you brain feel great. Connecting with other people can also help you to be social and can also help to relive stress.

Exercise

Exercising and doing activities that are active helps your body. Different activities help different parts of your body, for example, doing a fitness circuit exercises many parts of your body so it is a very beneficial exercise to do. Doing a fitness circuit can also help you build up stamina a little bit at a time. Doing competitive swimming can build up your arm muscles and your leg muscles. Another benefit is being able to control your breathing well. An emotional effect competitive swimming can have is it helps you to develop good sportsmanship.  Effects that doing yoga can have on your body include flexibility, the ability to hold a pose for a long time and it relaxes people. Being active can help your body to work better and help you to feel better physically and emotionally.

My favourite kind of exercise is running and swimming because it uses my legs as well as my arms.  I have recently discovered that I like basketball through Faith and Fitness.  I like being able to work with other people and to dribble down the court while communicating with everyone else to work to pass to them.  

Bullying, discrimination and stereotyping

     Consequences of Bullying, Discrimination and Stereotyping can be very big and some can be very small. Bullying is being mean to someone else and physically or verbally abusing them.  Discrimination is when you treat a certain type of people lower than everyone else.  Stereotyping is when you judge someone before you get to know them based on what other's think.  You don't even get the chance to know who they are because you have already judged them.
     If you are bullying someone or being bullied you could cause someone or be feeling like nobody cares about you can't do anything right and make them do things that will hurt themselves. Some ways you can stand up to Bullying, Discrimination and Stereotyping is by making the victim feel better after it happened, Telling the person to back off or telling an adult. NEVER be mean back as it will make you feel just as bad.  Bullying, discriminatiion and stereotyping is something that is happening more and more now days.  People are getting bullied if their hair looks funny or their clothes look different.  If everyone did their part to stop these issues then people would be happier and there would be less cases of suicide.  

Career

I visited two sites that take your personality and decipher what kind of person you are. they then take there information and tell you what kinds of jobs your skills could allow you to do.

Education Planner

and

Student Planner

     I was a Creative thinker. I now know that I have all the skills required to do all the jobs that I have always wanted to do like childcare, being a doctor or nurse, being a verterinarian or a baker.  I also know the jobs that I wouldn't be good at like being a plumber or electrician.  I like the kind of jobs where you have to interact with people and care or them.  I love baking, taking care of kids and helping others.  It's fun to think about what jobs I could be doing in the future and imagining that.

Goals

I wrote myself three goals for this year.  I've taken one goal and put it through the SMART goal process.

S-Starting my baking business
M-I will know I've reached my goal once I've made the posters, and started to get my first baking orders.
A-Set my prices-Make the poster-get poster to people-in my Grandma's complex and Dad's work etc.-start taking orders
R-This goal is very reachable especially with Christmas coming
T-I'd like to have my first customer by December

Earthquakes

    Set Your Table for a Sweet and Sticky Earthquake Shake

Introduction

The purpouse of this experiment was to see which soil was the best side to side earthquake conducter. We had 4 soils and fake peanut butter suger cube houses. My hypothesis is that the bedrock will be the worst conductor and the gravel will be the best conductor

Materials

To build the shake houses

-Butcher paper or newspaper

-Damp cloth to wipe your hands on

-Sugar cubes (approximately 600)

-Bowl

-Spoon

-Peanut butter

-Scissors

To build the shake table

-Packing tape

-Coffee can lid,

-Marbles, or any small balls of the same size (1-2 dozen)

-Shallow box, like the lid on a board game box

-Tray

to make the soil trays

-Play-Doh®

-Flour (3 ½ cups)

-Salt (½ cup)

-Oil (3 tablespoons)

-Water (2 cups, boiling)

-Grape-Nuts cereal (1 box)

-Cornstarch (1 box)

-Water (approximately 4 cups)

-Bowls (2); for mixing Grape-Nuts with water, and cornstarch with water

-Spoon

-Fork

-Trays (4); any shallow nesting trays that are bigger than your test houses

to test the houses

-Stopwatch

-Lab notebook

-Camera (optional)

Procedure

Building the shake table

1. Cut off a strip of the packing tape and form it into a loop with the sticky part on the outside.
2. Attach the tape to the top of the coffee can lid and the bottom of one of the trays so that the top of the lid is stuck to the bottom of the tray.
3. Dump the marbles into the game box lid.
4. Set the tray with its attached coffee lid so that it is resting on top of the marbles. The lip of the lid should be resting on the marbles. This tray will hold your other trays as you perform each trial. Now you're ready to shake the game box side to side to create your P-waves. Continue with the rest of the steps first.

Building the test houses

1. You can build any shape of houses that you want, but keep in mind that you will need to build 12 of them, they should all be exactly the same, and they must fit inside your trays.
2. First, spread out some butcher paper or newspaper to make cleanup a little easier. Keep a cloth or bowl of water around to clean your hands if they get super gooey during the building. You should also make some clear space on the table or another counter for your completed houses.
3. Dump out some of your sugar cubes into a pile on the butcher paper or newspaper. You have a lot of sugar cubes and a lot of houses to build, so don't dump them all out at once.
4. Scoop out some peanut butter  into a bowl and put it next to the sugar cubes.
5. Now start dipping sides of the sugar cubes into the peanut butter and sticking them together. The sugar cubes are like little white bricks, and the peanut butter is like mortar. Build your first house on a section of paper that you can cut out when you are finished. Continue until you have created your first test house. Don't eat more than you build!
6. Cut out the paper around the test house and set it aside until you're ready to test.
7. Repeat steps 3-6 until you have 12 test houses that are built exactly the same and are all on their own pieces of butcher paper.              

Preparing your soil trays

1. You will be preparing four trays for testing models of four different soil types: bedrock, gravel, alluvium, and sand.
2. To prepare the bedrock model, fill one tray about half full of Play-Doh (either store-bought or homemade).  
3. To prepare the gravel model, pour dry Grape-Nuts cereal into another tray until it is about half full.
4. To prepare the alluvium model, mix about 2-3 cups of dry Grape-Nuts cereal with about 1 cup of water and pour the mixture into another tray until it is about half full.
5. To prepare the sand model, you will need a ratio of about two parts cornstarch to one part water. Put 3 cups of cornstarch in a bowl. Slowly add about 1 ½ cups of water to the cornstarch, mixing as you go with a fork or with your hands. You will know that you have the right consistency of the cornstarch mixture when it is firm enough to support a test house, but still liquid enough that you can press your finger slowly down into it.

Testing your houses

1. Now it's time to try this out! You finally get to shake your test houses on the four different soils.
2. Begin trial 1 with bedrock. Slide a test house and its paper gently onto the middle of the bedrock tray. Press the house down slightly into the test soil so that there is good contact between the test soil and the test house, and the test house does not slide around on top of the test soil during testing.
3. Place the prepared bedrock tray into the empty shake table tray. The bedrock tray should "nest" snugly into the empty tray in the shake table.
4. Have a helper time you shaking the box lid for 20 seconds. When you're ready to start, have the helper say, "Go!" and start a stopwatch.
5. Now shake or vibrate the game box lid from side to side very rapidly until 20 seconds have passed and your helper says, "Stop!". During the shaking, your hands should move from side to side no more than an inch or two, and you should avoid letting the tray bump the sides of the game box.
6. Take photographs for your display board, if desired.
7. Remove the prepared tray and the broken test house.
8. Repeat steps a-e for the three remaining soil types: gravel, alluvium, and sand. Be sure to record your results in your data table after each shaking test.
9. Repeat "Testing Your Shake Houses" steps 1-4 for two additional trials per soil type so that all 12 houses are tested. ecord the number of broken or fallen walls in your data table.                         

Data

Number of broken walls      Bedrock       Gravel      Alluvium     Sand

Trial 1                                         4                   4               4                4 

Trial 2                                         4                   4               4                4             

Trial 3                                         4                   4               4                4

Sum of trials                               3                   3                3               3

Average of trials                         4                   4                4               4

Conclusion  

 My hypothesis was correct because the house in the gravel fell almost instantly but the bedrock house stood a little longer. If I did this again I would Build a bigger house because when I Built a small house it didn't fall and when I built too big of a house it just collapsed. this relates to how when engineers build more compact house with stronger materials on a firm foundation they withstand better in an earthquake. This experiment is a perfect stimulation of a real life earthquake.

Dirty Feet

On Sunday me and Mommy did a 5 km run. At the beginning I felt like I was going to die but I persevered and finished! After the run I got to jump into the lake. I met both my goals of finishing and not coming in last!

This was a fun experience and I hope to do it again next year. 

Babysitting Course

Last week I did a Babysitting course. We learned about taking care of babies, scenarios and First Aid. On the final day we did a test and I got 94%. This was a fun experience and now I will be able to Babysit and make money.

Summer Day Camp

Last week our church had summer day camp.  I got to go and help by taking pictures.  They will be making a slide show of my photos to play in church!

Soccer Camp

This week my little siblings did Soccer Camp. I got to help out in the kitchen. I  hung out with a  bunch of little kids and helped get snack ready for the Soccer Camp kids.I love volunteering and helping out with little kids. This was a fun learning experience and I hope I can have another opportunity to volunteer like this again soon!

Iced Tea Stand and Fundraiser

On Saturday we had an iced tea stand.  I also made bracelets to help raise money for Justice.  Justice is our friend from 100 Mile who is fighting Leukaemia.  We made $67.45.  We just found out today that he is in remission!

Serving Project

Recently we did a serving project at the Seniors Home. We made rice crispy treats for the Staff

and bracelets for the Residents. The staff and residents loved their goodies.

We made 50 Bracelets!

 Making Rice Krispies

 Frosting😃

Handing out the treats

Cooking Challenge

For our cooking challenge, we were attempting to make a meal for 7 kids and 3 adults and only $10.  

We had been studying how to budget so we created the scenario.

We bought macaroni & cheese, garlic bread, cheese and carrots.  It was an orange meal!

We learned that it is hard to buy food for a whole family on a small budget. 

 We ended up spending $10.58.

It was a fun experience!

Picking out our food.

A little mishap along the way.

Gymnastics

Recently I have been doing a gymnastics class.  We have been learning how to hand stand, cartwheel, do the bars, trampoline, faults and beam.  I go with my friends Emily and Lizzie.  The most difficult thing is the bars because we have to learn to do things like "skin the cat", pull-overs and chin holds.  I've been getting better at cartwheels and handstands.  This has been a really fun experience because I've been able to see the hard work it takes to be a gymnast.

Cave Art

Original Art

Original Art

My Art

Early Greek Puzzle

Science and Technology

• • ●  What role did architecture play in ancient Greece? What are some of the buildings and monuments that stand out to you? The Ancient Greeks were one of the cultures that were important in modern culture. The Acropolis.
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    ●  Who was Archimedes? How did his scientific advancements impact the world? The most important greek mathematician and inventor. His development of inventing and math helped to create modern math and inventing.
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    ●  Which of Archimedes inventions or discoveries do you find most impressive? 
    His discovery of the relation between the surface and volume of a sphere and its circumscribing cylinder.
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    ●  Who was Aristotle? What impact did he have on the world of science?
    He was the first scientist in Ancient Greece. His ideas of science and philosophy helped to shape what we know today.
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    ●  Does it surprise you to learn that ancient Greeks were fairly advanced scientists and architects? Why or why not? It surprises me that the greeks were advanced scientists and architects because, at that point of time they would be at war with the Spartans and I don't think that they would have time.

  
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    ●  In your opinion, what helped the ancient Greeks to become scientists, philosophers, and architects? The fact that all other societies were staring to move in that direction.
    
    
    
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    ●  What kinds of scientific knowledge did the ancient Greeks have?
    They knew that the world was round and that the earth revolved around the sun. 
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    ●  Why do you think some inventions and technologies last longer than others?
    Because they are more commonly used and work perfectly well.
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    ●  If you have previously studied a different ancient civilization, how is Greece
    similar or different in this area? (Describe and explain)
    Ancient Greece was the main founder of modern science and such. Other ancient society's at the time were starting to develop like the greeks but were never as advanced. 
   

Properties of Atoms and Molecules

Atoms and Molecules

-Intro to Chemistry
1. What is Matter?  Anything that has mass and takes up space.
2. Does air have mass?  Yes
3. What do chemists study? What thing are made of, how they react to one another, and how they react to the environment.

-Atoms
1. What is an atom? The building block of life everything is made up of atoms.
2.  What are the three parts of an atom? Electrons, Neutrons, and Protons.
3.  What electrical charge does each part of an atom have? Electrons=Negative Charge, Neutrons= Neutral Charge, Protons=Positive Charge.
4.  What is the nucleus of an atom? the nucleus is the part in the centre with the Neutrons and the

Protons.
5.  What part of the atom determines what type of atom it is? The number of Protons in the Nucleus.
6.  What is a valence electron? the Electrons farthest from the Nucleus.

-Atomic Mass
1.  What are the three particles that make up an atom? protons, neutrons and electrons
2.  What is the atomic number of an atom?  The number of protons in the atom.
3.  What is the atomic mass of an atom?  the protons and neutrons added together.
4.  How can you determine the number of electrons, protons, neutrons in an atom if you are given the atomic number and atomic mass? Take the number on the top of the periodic table of elements that is the amount of Protons  The number of Electrons is equal to the number of Protons so you now know the number of Electrons and Protons. Now take the number of Protons and subtract it from the atomic mass and you have your answer.

-Molecules
1. What is a molecule? A group of Chemically connected atoms.
2. What is a diatomic molecule? When two atoms of the same material combine.
3. What is a compound? When two atoms of different elements combine.

Elements

-Periodic table of elements
1.  How many valence electrons do the elements in each column have?
2.  What four pieces of information are included for each element in any periodic table of the elements? The name, the symbol, the atomic number, and the atomic mass
3.  What do all elements in a column on the periodic table have in common? The number of Electrons.

-Metals
What are the six characteristics of most metals? Silvery Luster on the surface, Solid at room temperature, Malleable, Ductile, Good conductor of electricity, tend to be very reactive.
How many valence electrons do most metals have? Three.
What is a metalloid? A diagonal line of metals.

-Nonmetals
Wat are some common characteristics of nonmetals? They generally  do not have a silvery luster or shiny appearance. they are poor conductors of electricity, at room temperature some nonmetals are solid some are liquid  but most are gasses.
What is the most common state, solid, liquid, or gas, for nonmetal elements? Gas.
Why are halogens very reactive? Because they only need one electron to fill their outer shell.

Why are noble gases very non-reactive? Because they have a full outer of electrons.  

Experiment 

We first soaked half of an egg in toothpaste for three days

Then we put the egg in vinegar for a day.

At the end of the day half of the egg caved in and the other half stayed strong.

-Hydrogen

1. What is the most common element in the universe? Hydrogen.

2. What is the atomic structure of hydrogen? 1

3. What is the atomic number for hydrogen? 1

4. Why is hydrogen sometimes grouped with alkali metals? because hydrogen can give up one electron.

5. Why is hydrogen sometimes grouped with the halogens? Because hydrogen reacts like a halogen.


-Carbon
1.What is the atomic number and atomic structure of carbon? 6, 12.
2.What makes a compound an organic compound? A compound made out of carbon.
3.Name two common forms of carbon. Diamond, and graphite.
4.What is one by product of buying coal? Carbon Dioxide.



-Oxygen
1.What is the atomic structure of oxygen? 16
2.How is ozone different from the oxygen we breath? It filters out radiation from the sun and it is toxic.



-Ionic Bonding
1.What is the main feature in a atom that determines how it will bond with other atoms? The number of valence electrons.
2.What kind of bond is formed when one atom gives up electrons and the other atom takes the electrons from it? An ionic bond.
3.What is electronegativity? The ability of an atom to attract electrons.
4.Why are compounds that are formed when one element takes electrons from another called ionic compounds? Because an ion is formed when electrons are added or taken away.
5.What are some common characteristics of ionic compounds? -different negativities -one has high electronegativity other one has low electronegativity -ionic compounds have high melting points.
6.Which element has a higher electronegativity chlorine or potassium?  chlorine


-Covalent Bonding
1.What is a covalent bond? When atoms have a similar amount of valence electrons and do not give them up but when they bond they share electrons.
2.What are some common characteristics of covalent compounds? They are strong and flexible, they are lightweight, and do not dissolve easily in water.
3.What is the most common covalent compound on earth? Oxygen.


-Metallic Bonding
1.What is the free electron model?  Metals that share electrons on a grand scale.
2.How many valence electrons do metals usually have? 1 2 or 3
3.What are common characteristics of metallic compounds? Metals do not form ionic bonds with other metals.  Metals do not form covalent bonds.


-Mining & Metal Alloys
1.What element is combined with most metals to form metal ore? Oxygen
2.What must be done to metal oxides to obtain pure metal? They must be smelted
3.What is an alloy? A metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.
4.Why are alloys produced? Because alloys are more resilient and easier to work with.


-Crystals
1.What is a Crystal? Solids whose atoms  are arranged in an orderly pattern.
2.How do Crystals form?  Some materials for crystals when the liquid form freezes or becomes a solid.
3.What is an artificial gem?  An artificial gem is a gem that is produced by the same chemicals as a natural gem and are melted and cooled very slowly, sometimes under pressure.
4.Where would you look to find Crystals?  Among rocks and minerals.


-Ceramics
1.  What is a ceramic?  A ceramic is a non organic, non metallic material that is formed by heat.
2.  What are some examples of traditional ceramics?  Pottery, brick, porcelain and glass
3.  What makes ceramics hard?  The clay inside.
4.  What are some advantages of modern ceramics?  They can make article joints in medical procedures, as heat absorbing tiles in the underside of the space shuttle, or for tools.


-Chemical Reactions
1.What is a chemical reaction? A chemical reaction occurs when atomic bonds are formed or broken.
2.What are the initial ingredients in a chemical reaction called? Reactants or Reagents.
3.What are are the resulting substances of a chemical reaction called? Products.




-Chemical Equation
1.What is a chemical equation? A method of describing what happens in a chemical reaction.
2.What are the elements or compounds on the left side of a chemical equation called? The reactant.
3.What are the elements or compounds on the right side of a chemical equation called? The product.


-Catalysts
1.What is a catalyst? It is a substance that speeds up a reaction.
2.How does a catalyst work? It reduces the amount of energy needed in a reaction causing the process  to speed up.
3.What is an inhibitor? A negative catalyst.
4.What is a enzyme? A part of a cell that helps to speed up bodily reactions.

Horse Job

Last Monday I got to go to my Dad's friend's house.  I got to help out with the horses and do things like brush them, feed them and give them treats.  I also got to go on a 45min trail ride.  I think it was a really fun experience and I can't wait to go back again.  My goal is that I will learn to ride well from this experience and that I'll learn how to take care of a horse.

Science Experiment

Experiment #3 Bring Back The Substances

Here’s what you’ll need:

•2 tablespoons of flour

•2 tablespoons of salt

•Clear drinking glass,washed and dried

•Clean spoon

•Hot tap water

•Coffee filter

•Wide-mouthed jar

•Rubber band

•Shallow dish

Instructions

1.  Add the flour and salt into the glass.  Stir well to mix them.
2.  Fill the glass with hot water.  Stir well.  Let the glass sit for 20 min.
3.  Collect a spoonful of water and taste it.  
How does it taste? Very Salty
 What happened to the flour?  It sunk to the bottom
4.  Put the coffee filter.  Hold the sides and attach with an elastic.
5.  Stir the mixture to put back the flour back into suspension.  Pour slowly to allow water to pour through the filter.
6.  Pour some of the liquid into a shallow dish.  Put the dish in a sunny spot.  What do you see once all the water is done.  Salt particles

Hypothesis
The water will evaporate and leave the items that didn't get filtered in the dish.


Conclusion
Salt dissolved into the hot water and when you put it in the coffee filter it filtered out the flour but since the salt was dissolved, it was able to pass through the coffee filter.  When you put the dish out in the sun, the salt particles were able to re-join.