Grade 9

In my math class, we completed a finance budgeting project.

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In my math class, we are studying how statistics can be misleading.  We were assigned to find a current day headline, graph, media story that uses statistics in a misleading manner and explain why it is misleading.

This one has the correct figures, but that big headline makes you think that 5.3% of children get spinal cord injuries making it very fear based on parents.


The real figure is about .0000003% (based on 2000 injuries per year out of a population of around 74,000,000.

Fox News Misleading Graphs.

Fox News showed this chart of what would happen if the Bush tax cuts expired. The scale starts at 34 to make the stats look way larger than they actually are.

what role do statistics have on our society?

In my opinion, statistics play a major role in our society, it gives people more of a choice. People don’t always get choice and when they do  I think that they should use it to their advantage. People can get very angry when they don’t feel heard and that can result in many consequences. In our society people nowadays spend most of their time on technology and don’t often give things a second thought. with statistics, people have the option to make decisions for themselves and the community. Although, there are some negative things about statistics, people who don’t vote or make an impact often make the survey or statistics inaccurate if the voting doesn’t have proper standards.

What have I learned from the article about the importance of statistics in our society?

statistics play a huge role because they provide solid information for the person receiving them, they can give solid information for the person’s research. Data provides the opportunity to back up information for example evidence. Without proper data, people are forced to make decisions and choices by making educated guesses based on the case. Which might result in consequences that affect other people in negative ways.

There are also some problems with statistics;

This may not be the questioner’s fault but sometimes the vote and or poll can be represented in an incorrect matter. People can make mistakes and errors in their question causing the results to be inaccurate.

Here are some factor’s

Bias                             – does the question show a preference for a specific product?

Use of Language         – Is the question presented in such a way that people understand what is being

asked?

Ethics                          – Does the question refer to inappropriate behaviour? Ethics involves judgement of

right or wrong. For example, cheating on a test is considered wrong.

Cost                             – Does the cost of the study outweigh the benefits?

Time and Timing        – Does the time the data was collected influence the results? Is the timing of the

survey appropriate?

Privacy                        – Do people have the right to refuse to answer? Are the responses kept confidential?

Cultural Sensitivity     – Might the question offend people from different cultural groups?

  86% of statistics are made up on the spot, you know – the remaining 24% is mathematically flawed.

In my math class, we are learning about how factors can affect data when doing a poll.

Should Christmas break be called winter break to avoid hurting the feelings of people who are different?

this question has a couple of influences, primarily this question has a cultural factor and it doesn’t respect the people who don’t celebrate Christmas, even though the question should be making a rightful change.

• Cultural Sensitivity

this question also has an ethical violation, it isn’t right to make an assumption that people who don’t celebrate Christmas is wrong and or different.

• Ethics

this question should be reworded to;

In your opinion, should Christmas break be changed to winter break? because of the large number of people who don’t celebrate christmas.

In science Honours 9 we created a video to demonstrated Meosis.

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today in math we used desmos to demonstrate scale factors.

In my science class, we were assigned to research a cell and write a story based on their perspective.

part 1;

Hello! Greetings from the inside of the human body, also known as my host, Claire. Now, you may be wondering what’s my name?, and what am I? Well, I’m known around here as Melanocyte, and most people call me Mel. My job is to make you look like you. I have many locations with many cells that are just like me. I’m mainly located in the deepest layer of skin, the epidermis, you can also find me in hair follicles and the middle layer in your eye know as the uvea. 

I have many responsibilities, my friends and I have the job of distributing melanin, which is pigmentation. So the reason why you may never tan or just seem to gain a perfect natural glow over the summer is all thanks to me. My primary function is to pigment your distinct features on your body, your skin, eyes, hair, etc. So, when do we occur? Primitive melanocytes first appear in the skin during the eighth week of fetal life, but at that time they produce little melanin. Only after you are born normal melanocyte cells begin to function in the right matter. In the skin, I form a bond with the keratinocytes which are the cells that make your hair. So, what do I look like? Well, I’m not a super fancy cell, I’m on the primitive side. I have a nucleus and other organelles such as Phaemelanosomes, eumelanosomes, Eumelansomes. Cells like me can have plenty of friends or little depending on their host’s genetics.

picture link;  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

part 2;

What questions did you need to research in order to research your topic?

• What does the cell look like?
• Where is it located?
• Is this cell’s role necessary?
• Are there any consequences to your body if the cell is not in the body?
• what is the primary function of the cell?
• does my cell use other cells to do its job?

what digital tools did I use to create this project?

• Gale Engage Learning
• EBSCO Host
• Science in Context
• google scholar
• science Direct

what was the process I used to investigate my topic?

• Asked questions about the cell.
• Acquired Information about the cells.
• Analyzed Information collected to verify legibility.
• Applied information to answer questions.
• Assessed information to create cell story.

how did I verify my information I found

I read a various number of articles on the school proofed websites to check if the information was consistent and made sense. I also researched other websites found on google to check for consistency.

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

I found this project to be quite straightforward and very understandable. The library research resources made it much easier to find information and learn about my cell. Nextime, I could’ve spent more time and go into more depth but due to personal circumstances, I wasn’t able to in that amount of time. I spent a large amount of time researching and not enough time writing my story. overall, this was a pretty understandable project for me in my perspective.

references;

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=Reference&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CCV2430500253&docType=Topic+overview&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=&prodId=SCIC&contentSet=GALE%7CCV2430500253&searchId=R1&userGroupName=43riss&inPS=true

https://www.britannica.com/science/melanocyte

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996377/

https://www.promocell.com/products/human-primary-cells/melanocytes/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022202X15344997

In science honours 9 I created a sway presentation to demonstrate my learning of an inquiry project. Hope you enjoy!

how does electricity impact our hearts?

our hearts are the organs inside of our chests that help keep us alive. The contraction pumps blood through the circulatory system to keep the rest of our bodies healthy and happy. The only…

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Attached is my core compatacy for my second unit of health. 

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In my math class, we are learning about graphing and recognizing patterns with linear equations. attached is a project I did to compare wages while using Linear relations.  Math-9-Linear-Relations-Study-McArthur-1atjp6g-qpxo4z-20zvyl8