Dear Canada Reading list

1. A Prairie as Wide as the Sea the immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherill
2. Not a Nickel to Spare The Great Depression Diary of Sally Cohen
3.Orphan at My Door The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope
4. A Trail of Broken Dreams The Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer
5.Brothers Far From Home The World War 1 Diary of Eliza Bates
6.Footsteps in the Snow The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott 

Malala Yousafzai

I recently read a "What in the world?" article about a girl named Malala Yousafzai. She was a woman rights activist. She fought for women's education in Northern Pakistan. When she was 19 she was invited to Canada to receive an honorary citizenship from Justin Trudeau.

"Let future generations say we were the ones who stood up.  Let them say we were the first to live in a world where all girls can learn and lead without fear."    

Moving to Kelowna

I recently found out that we were moving to Kelowna. When I found out I was really disappointed but then Mommy told us more about Kelowna and we were not so disappointed. When we move I will miss my friends but I think it will be a fun adventure.    

Well-Being

   To be a healthy person you need to eat well, exercise and keep your mind healthy.  Exercise, eating well and keeping your mind healthy are all connected.  Keeping good mental health includes mind exercises, reading your Bible, praying and keeping a good perspective.  Some things that benefit physical health are staying away from junky and sugary foods, eating the main food groups, drinking water and exercising.  They are all connected because they all help benefit your boy so you can stay healthy. Some thing that do not benefit your health are drugs, alcohol and junk food.
   You can make good choices by saying "No" when someone offers you drugs and alcohol and staying away from junk food.  You should try and exercise at least 30min. a day.  

Refugees

My current Social Studies project is on Refugees.  A helpful book that I read during my project planning is called, "World Issues, Refugees" by Clive Gifford.  This book has personal stories, key debates and facts.  One thing I learned from this book is that some famous composers were refugees as well as Albert Einstein.  Another thing I learned is that many people try to travel illegally to another country to gain safety from war.  In that case the person usually gets sent to court or to jail.  I will share more in my report that is due at the end of the month.

Science Center

Last week we went on a trip to Kamloops.  We were able to visit the science center.  It's called The
Big Little Science Centre.  A really interesting activity I did was a create a face website.  You can create any face in the universe.  Police use it to find criminals.  The witness describes the person and the police rebuilds the person.

There was also a pet lizard that I got to pet.  The skin felt scaly especially since the lizard was shedding.

Newtons Laws of Science

1. Law of Inertia

Inertia is why things that are not moving prefer not to move unless you add a big amount of force. Inertia is also when something is moving but prefers to stay moving. Another form of inertia is when something is going really fast you can't turn. One thing is for sure without inertia we could not turn, stop, or go properly. 

The experiment we did demonstrated the law of inertia.  First we stacked up five pennies and then we took a separate penny and flicked it at the stack. The penny we flicked at the stack knocked the bottom penny out of the stack and sent it flying.

2.  Newton's Second Law

Newton's second law states that force is what causes an object to change speed or direction.  Objects with greater mass require more force to move it than objects with less mass.  There is a formula for this law.  The formula is F=m x a.  That means that force is equal to the mass times acceleration.  An example of this law is the experiment we did.  We balanced an egg on a paper towel roll and put that on a circular pan.  We put the circular pan on a cup filled with water and we took our hand to bang the circular pan.  The egg fell into the glass of water while the paper towel roll and circular pan went flying.

3. Newton's Third Law

Newton's first law states that for each reaction there is an opposite action.  An example is a rocket flying into space.  The only reason the rocket can go up is because the gas is pushing against the launch pad.  The opposite action is that the rocket shoots into space.  Another example is when you bump into the wall and get pushed backwards.  That is because the wall is pushing against you in the same way that you pushed against it.  An experiment that we did that illustrates this law is when we pushed a skateboard against the wall, the skateboard flew away from the wall.