1. Math
a. In Math today, I started my new algebra
book by Danica McKellar, “Kiss my math”
I learned about integers,, changing subtraction to, “adding a negative” when
you need to. 9 – 15 + 7 = ?. First I rewrote the problem so there was no
subtraction. 9 + (-15) + 7. Then I focused on the 9 + (-15) part. I know that I
will get a negative answer because the -15 is stronger than the 9. So I
subtracted 15 – 9 = 6. So = -6. So our problem becomes -6 + 7 = 1. So the
answer is 1. 9 -15 + 7 = 1
b. 3
– 5 + 4 = 2.
c.
-3 – 5 + 4 = ? First I got rid of the subtraction, -3 + -5 = -8 + 4 =
-4. Answer = -4.
d. -3 – 5 – 4 = ? Change into “adding
negatives.” -3 + -5 + -4 + -12. (Easy!)
e. Then I listed integers from least to
greatest: -5, 3, 0, -12. To: -12, 5, 0, 3.
f. -4, -7, -10, 6. To: -10, -7, -4, 6.
g. 7, -8, 2, -1. -8, -1, 2, 7.
2. Science
a. In Science today, I learned that in 1684
the questions of “Why the planets orbit the sun? and “What keeps them from
flying off wildly into space? Were considered.
b. Newton believed that there was some sort
of force keeping the planets connected to each other, he just wasn’t sure what.
c. Newton turned his book about his idea of
the force into one of history’s greatest books, “ The Mathematical principles
of Natural Philosophy.”
d. Edmond Halley and Sir Issac Newton
became partners by the year of 1684, they worked together to discover the
force. Newton and Halley worked together to create the book, “Principia” which
explained Isaac Newton greatest discoveries the three Laws of Physics.
e. Definitions of Physics:
Matter- anything that takes up space,
Mass- the measure of a quantity or amount
of matter,
Momentum- the quantity of motion, which is
the product of velocity and mass,
Inertia- the power by which an object , if
it is at rest, stays at rest, or if in motion, will travel in a straight line.
Force- an action applied upon a body
Centripetal Force- an attraction toward the
center of something, (as in gravity)
f. After Newton set these definitions, he
established the three laws of motion: The Law of Inertia: An object in motion
will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. An object at rest
will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Law of acceleration: The rate at which the
momentum of an object changed is proportional to the force acting it.
Law of Action and Reaction: For every
action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
g. The three Laws of motion served as a
stepping point to the Universal law of Gravity.
3. History
a. I learned today in Government about State
Governments.
b. What is federalism? The dual system of
state and federal government systems.
c. How is a state government like the
federal government? The state government is a lot like the federal government
because it has the three branches of government, executive, judicial, and
legislative. And the State government has an elected official for the executive
branch called a governor, which is like the president.
d. If there is a disagreement between a
state law and a federal law, which one wins? The federal law, because the federal
government of the nation overpowers the government of the state.
e. What is a motto? A sentence or phrase
used as a guiding principle.
f. Give some examples of state symbols,
State flag, State flower, State tree, State bird, State motto. Maine’s symbols
are: State flower: White pine cone and tassel, State tree: Eastern white pine,
State bird, chickadee, State motto, “Dirigo.”
g. Why do states have state symbols?
Because the plants and animals could be native to the state, while others could
be rare to find in the state.
4. Language
a. In Spanish today I learned about the
weather: ?Que tiempo hace? What’s the weather like?
b. ?Que tiempo hace? What’s the weather
like? Hace frio. Hace sol. It is cold. It is sunny.
c. There are several ways to talk about the
weather in Spanish. You can use “hace” followed by an adjective. Hace callor.
It’s hot.
d. You can also use “hace” followed by a
noun: Hace sol. It’s sunny, Hace viento. It’s windy.
e. Sometimes you can use a vern: Esta
lloviendo. It’s raining. Esta nevando. It’s snowing.
f. You can also use “esta” followed by an
adjective. Esta nebulso. It’s foggy.
g. OPther words and expressions to describe
the weather are: Las estaciones. The seasons.
La primavera. spring.
El verano.
summer,
El otono. Fall
El invierno, Winter,
El arco iris. Rainbow,
Hace buen tiempo, The weather’s fine
Hace mal tiempo, The weather’s bad,
Hace 54 %f It’s 54 degrees Fahrenheit.
5. Reading
I just finished reading the World
War II scrapbook of Louise Krueger’s called “Best Friends forever.” This book
is about two fourteen year old girls, Louise Krueger and Dottie Masuoka and
they were best friends. Dottie and her family were sent to a Japanese
Internment camp in 1942 and Louise started the scrapbook to save all of the
letters and drawings Dottie sent her. As well as putting all of Louise’s own
activities in it. She started the scrapbook with the News headline of the Pearl
Harbor attack and the Poster for Japanese Americans to be rounded up and
evacuated to camps. Good thing this was only done in the Western part of
America, but it was still awful.
The first letter Dottie sent,
explained where she was sent to, an abandoned fairground in western Washington
state. She said that she felt like a horse, because their “houses” were inside
long stable like structures and she was rooming with many other people as well
as her whole family. She told Louise that the “stables” were so close together
that she could hear every word that her neighbors were saying clearly. Dottie
also explained that when she told her grandfather that she was not just
Japanese, but Japanese-American, he got very angry with her and didn’t speak to
her for almost a month! But it wasn’t just Dottie who got treated badly…so did
Louise. Louise’s “ex-friends” as she called them, didn’t speak to her because
she was nicknamed, A “Jap-lover” because she still was friends with Dottie.
Since, Louise was bored without
Dottie to hang around and she had no other friends, just “ex-friends” she
decided to volunteer for the Junior Red cross. One of their assignments was to
go to the hospital and find a War survivor that was handicapped and write letters
to their parents telling them that he was ok. Louise was going to interview a
soldier named, Nick Rossi, a soldier who lost both of his eyes in the war. She
wrote the letter and came back to the hospital and visited him often. But,
Louise was still bored, she convinced her dad, the journalist, to do a story on
Camp harmony and let Louise go to visit Dottie. She did get to go visit Dottie,
but only behind the fence, with guns shooting at her the whole time. Louise was
confused why they thought we would harm the Masuoka family, if they were
already harming them by locking them up in this prison-like camp.
Louise Krueger, sounds like a
German name right, why didn’t they lock their family up too? They didn’t, but
other terrible things happened. The Krueger family got Rocks thrown through
their windows with notes attached to them saying things like, “Go back to
Germany, Nazis” it was awful. Same thing happened to families with Italian last
names, and even French last names. Sometimes I think the Americans were almost
as bad to their people as the Germans treated the Jewish people, and handicapped,
but I know nothing was as bad as that.
Dottie and her family got transferred
to another camp after a year or so, and Dottie’s cousin was let into the
military. I thought to myself as I was reading this, “So they let Japanese
people fight for the American army but they don’t let them live freely in it?” I
think the Americans were being a little bit too cautious here. Dottie and her
family got transferred to a camp in Wyoming. The book didn’t say when they were
coming back it ended before the end of the war. But it did end with the notice
of Louise and Dottie always being best friends forever. This book taught me all
the history of World war II from a normal American’s life and A
Japanese-American in an Internment camp.
6. Writing Email to Danica McKellar
Dear Danica,
I am Sophie Calderwood, a seventh
grade homeschooler from Brunswick Maine. I have just finished reading your
first book, “Math Doesn’t Suck.” I am
writing to tell you that I enjoyed it…A LOT and it has helped me understand
math so much better! Since, I am homeschooled, I don’t take tests or have homework,
but, every day I do a 7x7 blog called Ihomeschool to show my readers and family
what I learned that day, 7 facts, 7 subjects. My readers said that it looks
like my math has really improved thanks to your tricks and techniques. I have
also been doing this thing I call, “Math posters,” where I illustrate the ideas
and methods you have for each chapter and use them the posters for my blog. My
favorite posters were the birthday cake method, the order of operations, and “a
choreographed routine.” You have helped me so much! I’m looking forward to
reading, “Kiss my Math.”
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Sophie <3
Slideshow of Sophie's Math Posters --Final Project for Math Doesn't Suck
7. Current Events : Follow
the links, read the story, watch the videos, and provide two points of interest
in complete sentences.
b. On February 15th, An Asteroid came on a close
path of 17,100 miles near Earth. This article explains that there are a lot of
asteroids that have a route of coming this close to the Earth with a
probability of an impact which is very, very low.
c. Scientists have been studying another asteroid called,
Apophis which shows small indications of it hitting the Earth in 2029, or 2026.
I also read about the first asteroid ever discovered, the asteroid Cerus
discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801 actually being a dwarf planet.
e. In Russia, a large meteor hit injury over 1,000 people.
But that’s not all this meteor is famous for. The meteor has been recorded as
the largest such object to hit Earth in over a century.
f. The meteor was about 55 feet in diameter and weighed
about 10,000 tons! People said that the meteor was like “a fire in the sky” as
it blinded many people as it impacted.
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