This week in math class, we challenged to solve one of four different math problems that dealt with equations and inequalities. The goal was to go in depth in finding the solution to the problem and then reflect on how we solved it. I chose to complete a Desmos Activity called Racing Cars! that was […]
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Persuasive Speech To The Elders
The Giver is a book by Lois Lowry that takes place in a utopian society. All of the citizens in the community are taught precisely how to act, and everything and everyone is the same. As one of the Final Products for my Dream On: Imaginative Narratives project, I had to write and preform a speech about three […]
What’s In Our Water? – 8th Grade Science Fair
This year, for the eighth-grade science classes, our school held a Science Fair. We were challenged to come up with a topic that interested us and then research it and learn more about it. Then, we designed and conducted an experiment around that topic. While completing our experiment, we collected data that we would later […]
Linear Slalom! Desmos Graphing Activity
Today in Math class, our assignment was to chose one of four different graphing problems. I chose to do an activity on Desmos that dealt with graphing linear functions and writing equations for them. The activity was called Linear Slalom and it challenged me to graph lines that pass through ‘gates’ (represented by two different points). […]
MATTER matters! Separating Seawater Lab
In our latest science project, a few of my classmates and I did a Separation of Sea Water Lab to learn more about the matter and all of the different forms it takes. The goal of the lab was to take a flask of seawater and separate it into three different substances: salt, water, and sand. […]
CHARGE! Desmos Graphing Activity
This week in math class, we were challenged to solve one of the four problems that were introduced to us. I chose to do an activity on a graphing and mathematic website we often use in class called Desmos. This activity was called CHARGE! and was about how long it takes a phone to charge. […]
An Unusual Pattern
Today in math class, we were given the assignment to chose one of five sequences and analyze them. The problem I chose is called An Unusual Pattern which was a sequence of orange, blue and green squares that increased with each term. For this assignment, I had to choose 3 values from the sequence an figure […]
Student Showcase
At our school, we are having a student showcase. This is our chance to show what we have worked hard on and are most proud of. We were told to select two items that we had made during the first semester, atleast one of which had to be curricular. I chose to showcase my […]
The Finest Moments of The Finest Hours
The movie the Finest Hours is about a rescue mission led by Bernie Webber that saved over 30 men from a ship that split in half. Everyone expected Bernie and his crew to fail so when the crew came back alive with 30 survivors on a rescue boat built for 12, the world was in […]
Do you have a super heavy backpack? Then you need a Rollie Pack!
Do you have a super heavy backpack and do you ever get tired of lugging it around? For a school project, we had to create an invention that help or entertain others. Our invention was backpack to help with posture and to solve that problem of super heavy backpacks. We call it The Rollie Pack. […]