Days 79 & 80

7 x7 Seven Subjects & 7 things I learned  January 16 & 17, 2013                   Days 79 & 80

1.       Math

a. I learned about unit multiplication today. Where you use multiplication for all the units of measurement to convert into another unit. How many centimeters is 4 feet? 121.92 centimeters

b. How many kilometers is 6 miles? 9.65

c. How many meters is 5 feet? 1.524

d. If 3 purses can be traded in for 10 bottles of nail polish, than how many bottles would you get if you traded in 42 purses? 42 purses = 140 bottles of nail polish

e. How many gallons is 36 pints? 4.5 gallons = 36 pints.

f. Unit multipliers all have a value of 1. Unit multipliers take you from one unit to the next, they don’t change the amount of the thing you are converting, just the units that the amounts expressed in.

g. When using unit multipliers, units cancel away just like factors do.

2. Science

a. Isaac Newton began his studies at Cambridge, he was interested in learning how the ancient Greeks worldview, especially Aristotle.

b. Aristotle pictured the world in two parts, the earth and the moon, and then the celestial region, “Outer Space”. He figured that the Earth and moon were in the center and everything else, including the sun, traveled around the Earth.

c. When Isaac Newton cam to Cambridge, Aristotle’s earth-centered-universe began to drift away.

d. Galileo Galilei was a professor of Mathematics in Venice Italy from 1592 to 1610.  

e. In 1608, Galileo learned about the telescope and used the instrument to do astronomy research and discovered something quite interesting.

f. The moon was not as perfect as Aristotle had said it was actually bumpy and full of craters, and Jupiter had four moons!

g. The people of Rome didn’t believe Galileo’s stories and said his studying was a “crime”, so they sent him to Rome to face his accusers in a religious trial. Galileo died in 1642 Newton was born less than a year later. 

3. History

a. After the attack of Pearl Harbor, Americans were afraid of another attack, so at night they had to black out there windows and street lights in the town to make targets harder to see for bombers.

b. Fortunately further attacks like the one at Pearl Harbor occurred in the United States

c. The British government believed that the Axis powers planned to use poison gas on civilian population, so it gave gas masks out to everyone living in Britain. By 1940, the British government issued 38 million gas masks.

d. Adults were given black gas masks, but children were given colorful ones that were called Mickey Mouse Masks.

e. The bombs that the German Luftwaffe ordered in London lasted for 57 consecutive night s, it was called the Blitz.

f. The British government began distributing metal shelters called, Anderson Shelters, there were nearly 200,000 Anderson shelters built.

g. British citizens experienced blackout periods as well, and faced many devastating German air-raids, but in one way, they were prepared.

4. Language

a. !Hola! ?Como te llamas? Me llamo Sophia. Hello! What’s your name?

b. ?Cuantos anos tienes? Tengo doce anos. How old are you? I’m twelve.

c. ?Coma se llamas? Se llama Maria. Tiene ocho anos. What’s she called? She’s called Maria; She eight.

d. To say how old you are in Spanish, you would use the verb tener. (to have)Tiene once anos. She is eleven. Tengo Nuevo anos. Im nine.

e. In Spanish you don’t have to start a sentence with me or you or him or her because the verb suffix makes it clear who you are talking about.

f. To say what you are called in Spanish, you would use the verb llamarse .

g. I learned the numbers eleven and twelve in Spanish today, once and doce.

5. Reading

a. The Amazing Amadeus is a biography about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

b. A prodigy is a young person who shows exceptional talent.

c. Wolfgang’s father, a composer, was named Leopold.

d. The opera Don Giovanni is by Mozart.

e. Mozart composed 41 symphonies

f. What can you tell about Mozart’s personality from this biography? He was irresponsible with money and had poor health

g. Mozart was born in Salzburg Austria in January 1756

6. Writing

a. I learned about comma splices in Grammar today. Mrs. Baker was a librarian; she gave me a library card. Mrs. Baker was a librarian, she gave me a library card. Mrs. Baker was a librarian so she gave me a library card.

b. Two ways to fix comma splices are to but a coordinating conjunction in between the two phrases or a semicolon.

c. Harry Potter is a wizard, he attends Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry Potter is a wizard; he attends Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry Potter is a wizard and he attends Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry.

d. Fred Flintstone is a caveman and he has a pet dinosaur, this is not accurate because dinosaur would have been extinct at the time of Fred Flintstone. Fred Flintstone is a caveman and he has a pet dinosaur; this is not accurate because dinosaur would have been extinct at the time of Fred Flintstone. Fred Flintstone is a caveman and he has a pet dinosaur but this is not accurate because dinosaur would have been extinct at the time of Fred Flintstone.

e.0x1x2x3x4x5x6x7x8x9= 0 I got the answer as soon as mom was done saying the question. This was for Critical Thinking.

f. For Shakespeare I re-wrote a scene from Harry potter about the Death eaters planning revenge on Harry potter.

g. Wormtail: My lord, we will get you your revenge on the boy. He shall finally be lured to you.

Voldemort: Good Wormtail, you have been a faithful servant, but I must warn you, your life may be risked I the process

Wormtail: I will take any risk for you to gain your power again

Voldemort: Good brave Wormtail, at least you are a servant who is not a coward like some people (slight smirk) (rips off Lucius’ hood)

Lucius Malfoy: My lord please don’t

Voldemort: Avodica-voda!!!

Lucius Malfoy: Expelliamus!

7. Art

Sophie spent a good couple of hours working on a lovely painting of a parrot in the Pointillism style. She worked so hard on it and did such a good job that we agreed it “counted” as this section of her 7 x 7.