Day 168

7 x7 Seven Subjects & 7 things I learned Day 168

1.       Math

a. Today in math I practiced graphing inequalities.

b. -4 < y <- 5

c. The graph I made for the problem up above has the -4 circle on the number line not completely colored in because < means we can’t include it, where as the circle for 5 is colored in.

d. 6 > w

e. I created a number line going from -4 to 6.

f. -9 <- x I created a number line going from -9 to -12

g. 2 < n < 3 crossed circles going from 2 to 3.

 

2.       Science

a. Boning rod: A tool with three pegs of equal height, two connected by a cord and one loose. IT was used to level a stone.

b. Caisson: a large tube-shaped structure used to build tunnels.

c. Capstone: A pointed stone with a plug on the bottom. A capstone was placed at the very top of each pyramid

d. Faience: A material made from a powdered stone, used to make jewelry.

e. Plumb line:  A simple tool that can be used to establish a true vertical.

f. Shaduf: a weighted pole used by ancient Egyptians to raise water.

g. Veneer: a thin layer of expensive wood laid over cheaper wood to produce furniture or other wooden items at a lower cost.

 

3.       History

a. I learned that in 34 bc, Antony conquered the kingdom of Armenia and Cleopatra arranged a victory festival even more splendid than a Roman triumph.

b. Cleopatra named the day a great holiday and all the people of Alexandria celebrated.

c. Antony gave each of his children a land to rule, he told everyone from them on that Cleopatra was known as the, “Queen of Kings and Mother of Kings”

d. That saying made him very popular in Egypt.

e. During Cleopatra’s reign she gave herself additional names as her confidence increased.

f. One of her names was Philopater, (father loving) to show her respect for her father Ptolemy XII. Later she added thea neotera (The younger godess) and in 34 bc she officially became Nea Isis, (new Isis)

g. The Roman people did not like how Cleopatra and Antony held the grand festival of the conquering of Armenia in Egypt and people started to spread bad rumors about Cleopatra.

4. Language

a. La senora Conejo tomo una canasta y un piraguas y atreveso el bosque hasta llegar a la panaderia. Mother rabbit took a basket and an umbrella and then she crossed the forest to the bakery.

b. Pompon, Moliita y Cola de Algodon que eran conejitas muy buenas. Pompom, Molita, and Cotton tail were very good little bunnies.

c. Fueron a recoger moras por el sondero. They were collecting blackberries on the trail.

d. Pero Pedrito que era muy desobe. But peter, was the littlest of them all.

e. Diente, corrio derechito a la huerta senor Gregorio Peter ran straight for the orchard and into Mr. Gregory’s garden.

f. y se escurrio por debajo de la cerca. And he scurried below the fence.

g. This book was written by Beatrix Potter.

 

5. Reading

a. The next night of crossing over, Finn and Philby went to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad to try and find the next clue, stone. Everything was good and when they found the three letters they were looking for, they continued until a big T-rex started chasing them down the rollercoaster track.

b. The DHI’s decided that Mickey’s not so scary Halloween festival was the perfect place for maleficent to blend in and go through with her plan and they were right.

c. The DHI’s learned that Jez worked for maleficent and they were both planning on capturing innocent mortals and storing them in a jail cell under Pirates of the Caribbean.

6. Writing

workbook

7. Art

a. Read Act 1 of Mary Poppins again.