Category Archives: Grade 9

CBL – Engineering Brightness 1

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Alyah Gingras

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The skype experience with Eladio and Dennis really opened up my eyes to the issues surrounding light poverty. It was very interesting seeing how different our 2 countries are. The chat was very informative and I actually learned a lot about life in the Dominican.  Our idea is to collaborate with Alhan, Ben Zac and Josh to create shakable lights. We are two teams of four and we would work together to make our hopes and dreams become reality. Ashiana, Marwa, Jayden and I are working on fundraising and raising awareness for this cause. We have connected with Eladio and Dennis to see if they could help us out by creating an informative video that we could show to the students at Riverside Secondary.

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Our group has talked to many different people who have helped us to get where we are. Eladio and Dennis have played a huge role in helping us understand what we need to know and guiding us towards greatness. My groups interest was more in fundraising and raising awareness for this project but it works out to our advantage because the group we are collaborating with is all about the building and engineering aspect of it. We have come a long way with our fundraising ideas and how we go about to do these things. We have decided on doing a Christmas themed photo booth where students can come with friends and get their picture taken. The whole process of collaborating with friends and coming up with these ideas that can change our world in such a positive way is truly a great experience

What are your groups plans to help address light poverty in the Dominican Republic?img_2982

In the beginning we had brought up ideas like a car wash or a bake sale but we felt they were too simple and basic. So we decided to step it up and create a Christmas themed photo booth. So far we have made a request for this to be announced over the PA system in the mornings for everybody to hear, talked to school staff members to help with our arrangements and so on. I feel our group works really well together and we haven’t had many issues working on this project. We have had much help from Mr.Robinson and many other influential people.

Currents from the Kitchen

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  • What kind of circuit will produce electron flow in your fruit/vegetable cell?

A series circuit because there is only one path for the electrons to flow.

  • If your bulb doesn’t glow, how can you find out if electrons are flowing?

The fruit may not allow the electrons to flow. The fruit may act as insulator instead of a conductor

  • If your bulb doesn’t glow, why not?
  • There isn’t enough electricity to create light energy

The electrons from the fruit just don’t create enough voltage to power a lightbulb.

  • How can we modify our experiment to improve our results?

We can use multiple fruits with a higher voltage together in series and maybe that would improve the level of voltage

  • What is causing electrons to flow in this experiment?

The nail and copper wire.

  • How can I use this in my everyday life?

I don’t see this being very practical because there isn’t enough energy to power a tiny bulb so there is defiantly not enough power to light a full sized bulb.

Electricity Mind Map

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new-mind-map

1.) what is the most powerful source of energy

2.) How is electric current measured?

3.) How many diffrent types of electricity are there?

4.) Is a parallel circit or series faster

5.) what is the best conductor of electricity

6.) what is the most common source of electricity

Governing Quebec paragraph

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As a British official, I realize that there are many alternatives to governing Quebec. I have chosen the policy of isolation to ensure the colony is properly run. If we can create separate territories everyone would have their own space and freedom within the government controlled reserves. This way, there are no fighting over which religion should be followed by all or which parts of a religion would be left out to form a new one. I feel like making everyone learn new laws and practices would create many complications and be a hassle for everyone. With this plan, there would be little to no change that the people would have to go through and sometimes change can have a negative effect on people. Doing it this way will create no conflict between which would be very good for the communities. If everyone has to get used to a new system and a new way of living there may be many people who would be confused and angry. As I have outlined above, I believe the best policy for governing Quebec is Isolation.  This will ensure that the colony will remain under British control and provide wealth for our glorious country.