Monthly Archives: May 2023

Energy Fluency Project

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Dear Honourable George Heyman,

I have been researching about automobile smog and what its affect on the earth including its affect on our health, a solution, and if electric cars are beneficial to decrease air pollution. I have learnt that there are many affects that many people may not know about and how bad car pollution has done to the earth and humans. Although I did learn that EV cars is an alternative for gas running vehicles, its still will cause many problems for the earth and us people. Many people can start to make a difference right now by taking public transit, biking, walking, or carpooling to your destination. it will reduce the amount of cars on the road creating less exhaustion in the air. Lastly, auto mobile smog will cause many problem to our health. If we continue to ruin the earth, we will also ruin ourselves such as heart and lung disease. I believe that we need to act fast by using alternatives before its too late and hope that we can all contribute to create a healthier future.

 

 

1) What questions did you need to research in order to create your sway? 

ASK

Questions I needed to research in order to create my sway was to ask specific questions such as

  • What does car pollution do to our health?
  • What are solutions to reduce automobile smog?
  • Are electric cars better?

2) What new or familiar digital tools did you try to use as you worked through this project?

ACQUIRE

Some new digital tools I tried to use was Sway and Gale Engage. Ive never used sway before and it was pretty easy to use but for Gale Engage it was kind of tricky to find exactly what you were looking for.

3) What was the process you used to investigate the topic and how did you verify and cite the information you found?

ANALYZE

The process I used to investigate the topic was to read up on Gale Engaged because it is a trusted website and a lot of the facts are true. How I verify and cite the information was to scroll to the bottom of the article and then copy and paste the MLA citation into a separate word doc so I can put it into alphabetical order at the end.

4) How did the process of completing this challenge go? What could you have done better

ASSESS

The process of completing this challenge was difficult because I didn’t have good start since I was very new to using both Gale Engage and Sway so it was challenging to read up on information that I could use in my Sway. What I could’ve done better was to try harder to read more information because it was hard for me to find but if I spent a little more time maybe I could’ve wrote more.

 

 

Stop-Motion Mitosis/Meiosis Animation Project

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1. Was mitosis or meiosis easier to model?

Mitosis was easier to model as it had an identifiable start and finish. Since meiosis one and two are linked, meiosis is more challenging to model. In contrast with meiosis, that must be revised as it takes too long to illustrate both parts, mitosis may easily fit within one class block.

2. What was the most challenging thing in making your movie?

The most challenging aspect of this project was editing the final clip. This was the most challenging because with the drawing portion we had examples to base it on but with the editing we had make it up as we went.

3. What was the easiest thing to do in making your movie?

The schedule sheet was the easiest component of this assignment to complete because we had already gotten the unit package that included a breakdown of each mitosis and meiosis procedures.

4. How could you improve your movie?

we could prove our movie by putting all the photos in the same position.  When we were taking pictures, we used the stand but between the days the other classes would use it and it would change positions. Although we did try to keep in the stands in the same place it didn’t turn out how we wanted too.

 

5. Thinking about how you worked with your partner(s), what were some of the challenges and successes of working in a group?

When working in partners there can be challenges with someone not being there for the day because then you must do all the work for that day , but we didn’t struggle with this. If I remember correctly, it was only one or two days one of us were not there or late. When working in a group it makes the project easier because if you’re not sure of something instead of stressing about it you can ask your partner and they can help you with it.

6. Why is Mitosis important? In other words, what is the point of cells performing Mitosis?

New cells that are genetically identical to each other are produced throughout mitosis. Mitosis encourages development of cells and healing of tissues.

7. Why is Meiosis important? In other words, what is the point of cells performing Meiosis?

The biological process of meiosis is crucial to guarantee that all organisms generated via sexual reproduction have the proper quantity of chromosomes. Meiosis additionally generates variation in genes through the process of recomination.

Substance Abuse Role Play Assignment

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  1. What are the influences involved in your role play? (i.e., difference of opinion, going against your values, pressure from friends, pressure from a dating partner, etc.) 

The influences involved in our role play was someone thinking using steroids are okay while the others were against it. Tiana played the person who was peer pressuring Char, the person who didn’t feel comfortable taking it. Belle played a person who was defending char and telling Tiana it’s not okay to force someone into using steroids. 

 

  1. Write a script for your role play (on a separate sheet of paper).

 

  1. Explain how your conflict/issue was resolved. What skills were used to resolve this conflict/issue?

Our conflict was resolved after Belle used communication to tell Tiana to stop trying to give Char steroids. The skills used was communication and self-control because Char didn’t let Tiana force her into using steroids and belle used communication. 

 

  1. How would using these skills make the person in the role play more resilient?

These skills would make the people in the role play more resilient because they know what’s right and they would stand by that even if they get pushed down for example Char, she knew what Tiana was forcing her to do was wrong and made her feel bad for not doing it, Char still believed that steroids are bad and used her self-control to be more resilient 

 

Novel Study Tableaus- “The Marrow Thieves”

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Image 1:

In the photo, Christian plays Mitch who gets taken by the recruiters (Char and Isaac). The recruiters are pointing at Mitch to show they found/caught Mitch. It fits the plot point because Mitch sacrifices himself in the beginning of the book, so Frenchie doesn’t get taken too. This event is also what starts off Frenchie’s journey which is another reason why it fits the exposition since that’s what makes the story start.

 
Image 2: In this scene Christian is playing Miigwans, Char is playing Minerva and Isaac is playing Frenchie. This takes place in the middle of a forest. In this tableau Frenchie is found very sick by Miig and Minerva. They help him by taking care of him and feeding him until he is healthy.
Image 3: In the scene where Riri dies, it is the rising action. The scene shows linc choking riri, and a tree in the back. Christian is playing riri, isaac is playing linc, and char is playing a tree. The setting is a cliff on a mountain.
 

Image 4:  In the photo, Frenchie (Isaac) and Miig (Christian) are sleeping in an abandon barn while Minerva (Char) sacrifices herself by moving the ladder and leaving to show herself. Minerva played by char, is walking away while Frenchie and Miig played by Christian and Isaac are sleeping. This fits the plot point because it’s a rising action and an event that happened before the climax. This event is what made the climax build up to what happened.

 

Image 5: In this image Christian is playing a tree, Char is playing Frenchie’s dad and Isaac is playing Frenchie. This takes place in a forest outside of a sweat lodge. In this scene Frenchie finds his dad after many years of not meeting him. This scene fits the plot because it’s close to the climax and after this scene the book has many important things happening.
Image 6: This scene is played by Char (Minerva), Christian (Rose) and Isaac (Frenchie). This scene takes place on a road by the forest. In this scene the group finds the van that Minerva is in. They manage to free her but she dies. This fits the climax because it was a major event of the book.
Image 7: This scene is played by Char (Minerva), Christian (Rose) and Isaac (Frenchie). This scene takes place in a forest. This is shortly after Minerva dies. Rose and Frenchie choose to cut their hair in honour of Minerva. this event fits the plot because it was after the climax but it wasn’t the ending.
Image 8: In the scene where Isaac is playing Isaac, Christian is playing Miig, and Char is playing Rose. This scene shows Isaac and Miig reuniting after being apart for a while. This scene takes place in a forest and is the concluding part of the story. it fits the plot because it was the ending to the book with still a important event.