Ihomeschool: Day 50

7 x7 Seven Subjects & 7 things I learned November 15, 2012 Day 49

1. Math

Math Posters

2. Science

a. Cells have an orderly arrangement of parts. Each part has a specific job or function, this shows that cells show organization one characteristic of a living thing.

b. Cells obtain energy on their own; they obtain energy from light or nutrients and convert it into useful forms of energy. This helps show that cells show energy transfer one characteristic of a living thing.

c. Cells automatically control the kinds of substances they take in using the membrane. This shows cells have regulation one characteristic of a living thing.

d. Cells can only grow so large but they do grow by expanding the membrane just before it reproduces. This shows that cells have growth one characteristic of a living thing.

e. Cells reproduce by dividing in two; this shows that cells reproduce one characteristic of a living thing.

f. Cells behave by communicating through chemical or electrical signals, this shows that cells have behavior one characteristic of a living thing.

g. I think the most important characteristics of knowing something’s alive is growth.

3. History

a. I learned that the Welsh ruled most of Britain until the Romans barged in!

b. In AD 43 Claudius ordered an invasion over all of Britain. The Romans drive the Britons out of England. The only place they can go is west to Wales. Among them is Caratacus who was from a tribe north west of London. He was defeated in England.

c. In 313 Christianity has started to become the number one religion in Wales.

d. In 496 Brit hero King Arthur is defeated at Mount Badon.

e. In 589 Bishop David dies, he will live on as Saint David …. The patron Saint of Wales.

f. In 850 there is the first report of a Viking attack in Wales!

g. In 1063 The last king of Wales Gruffydd dies…

4. Language

a. Brassica est in mensa = the Cabbage is on the table!

b. I learned about Baucis and Philemon and Mercury and Jupiter

c. The myth Baucis and Philemon is about an older couple who get a visit from two strangers, Baucis invites them to come in and eat, it turns out that the two strangers were really Jupiter and mercury and they have a huge feast and eat everything in sight. Jupiter thanks Baucis and Philomen for their Generosity with a wish.

d. Baucis in culina laborat. Philomen in horto laborat. Baucis is in the kitchen working, Philomen is in the Garden working.

e. Iuppiter intrat et circumspectat. Mercurius intrat et circumpectat. Juppiter enters and look around. Mercury enters and looks around. (Mercury is a COPYCAT!!!)

f. Cibus et vinnum sunt in mensa. The food and wine sits on the table.

g. Iuppiter sedet et bibit. Mercurius sedet bibis. Jupiter sits and drinks. Mercury sits and drinks. (Again with copying Mercury!)

5. Reading

a. I had to find similes in a story about Tsunamis

b. Tsunamis have stormed like angry monsters in many places around the globe,

c. Some of these waves look like four-story buildings

d. After the Japan tsunami people said that it looked like a giant had come and pounded the houses flat.

e. An underwater landslide is hidden, like a secret.

f. The loose sediment cascades down like an avalanche.

g. The rocks roared in the bay like a herd of buffalo.

6. Writing

In my classroom there is a wall to the right of the door. It is painted mint green three quarters of the way down, and when the green stops there is a three dimensional wooden rail that separates the green from the white on the bottom of the wall. There are three guitars hanging on the well, on the far left there is a yellow colored six-string guitar. In the middle there is a very small little red one with eight strings. And to the far right a golden-orange colored large one almost identical to the yellow one. In the left corner there are pictures hanging on the wall of my mom and dad when they were young and pictures of Calderwood Road and Calderwood place. There is a patriot’s poster and Hockey pictures and a brown piece of fabric with my dad’s sports achievements on it. There is a drawing my dad made of Jimi Hendrix and my dad’s technical University diploma.

e. I learned that you use the word amount when you are talking about many things that you can’t count and number when you are talking about things that you can’t count

Here is a paragraph using the words amount and number each 4 times:

Today I am going to go to the grocery store. I am thinking of buying a large amount of organic food, and only a number of boxed processed foods. First I am going to the butchers to but some Turkey for the main course, I will but a number of carrots and some broccoli. I will but a small amount of lettuce because not everybody in our family likes salad. I bought a number of sugar cookies and a moderately large amount of pie. I will buy a few potatoes and a number of soda cans and then I will be done shopping. I wonder what the total amount of money will be?!

7. Art

Web Quest: Art Styles Realism

1. Read chapter for Realism in Name that Style book.

A. List 4 characteristics of the Realism style:

1. Ordinary people and everyday activities

2. Sometimes ugly or distasteful subject matter

3. Implied criticism of social conditions

4. Influenced by photography

2. FTL: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rlsm/hd_rlsm.htm

A. What is the basic time period of the Realism style? 1840

B. What style does Realism reject and why? Idealized classicism and Romanticism because all were based on direct observation of the real world

C. Who is Coubert and how does his art epitomize the Realism style? He paints history