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 […]
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What’s Your Learning Style?
In math class, we took an assesment to see what our main learning syle was. The point of this was to explore different options that could help us learn better based on what learning syle we got. If you look at the picture below, you can see that my score showed that I was an […]
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 […]
Hour of Code Project
In OA we were given time to explore scratch and participate in the Hour of Code program. I chose to code a Google Doodle for National Cat Day. Using the graphics scratch provided, I coded the above project. I made it so that if you click on the cats, they have little speech bubbles with […]
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 […]
How Stopping Climate Change Can Save the Earth
This quarter in Science, we are learning about climate change. In class, we talked about the difference between weather and climate, The Greenhouse Effect, climate change and how we can stop climate change. After gathering information about these concepts, we were given a challenge to create a presentation that we could show to the […]
Economics: Behind the Scenes of a Lemonade Stand
In Social Studies, we are learning about economics. To do this, we are using the example of a lemonade stand. When we talked about lemonade economics, we learned about business models, profit, supply, demand, expenses and decisions that need to be made when running a lemonade stand. Our project was to create a plan for […]
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. […]
5th Grade Persuasive Letter Essay
Dear Cleveland, Each year, about 400 billion pounds of trash and litter get dumped into the ocean. That’s 1.5 million pounds per hour! Because of this, marine life is dying and the ocean may actually become more trash than ocean. Should that be happening? No, it should not. What did those poor creatures do […]
Scholars Seminar – Effects of Screentime on the Brain
In our Scholars Semeinar, we spent the year learning about the brain. We read articles about positive and negative effects of screentime on the brain. We also learned about the development of the brain. After we had gathered all this information, we split into groups to create a project about screentime effects on the brain. […]