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June
15
Data Analysis & the language of Finance : Core Competency Reflection
June
11
COVID-19 Self-Reflection
May
20
Shakespeare – Graphic Novel
The graphic version of the story is a classic play by Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This story is about 4 lovers : Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, Helena. Like you may know from the graphic version above, there has been quite some conflict between the 4 friends. There has been some “fake love” happening, like the use of some love potions but like any other love story, the result is a happy ending. I used Pixton to do this project. Thankfully, I didn’t have any problems with using it. Thanks to the tutorial, I learnt how to use it well. I couldn’t find a lot of “ancient looking” people so I did use Lysander and Demetrius as modern looking people. I hope that isn’t a big problem. I found this project really fun and a good experience. I really suggest it and I might be using it for a future project of mine.
March
3
Lego Stop Motion – Block A
February
27
Community Connection
For this project: Community Connections, I chose to interview a person who had the same passion as me and that is Derek Epp.
Derek Epp is a professional volleyball player for the Trinity Western Spartans. He plays in the setter position and he and his team won multiple Canada West championships. He was on the youth national team and played for Team Canada National team. He is also the setter on the first all-star team for this year.
He is my role model because he is such a good setter and a good player in overall and I wanted to become a person like him. Not only is he good at volleyball but he is also a really good person in general. He is friendly and very kind. When I first contacted him, I thought he wasn’t going to respond since he’s very popular and he is busy with his volleyball life but very kindly, he decided to help me out answering a few questions for me. I am extremely grateful for this. I decided to contact Derek Epp because he was one of the best setters that I ever knew in volleyball. Of course, there are a lot of great setters around the world such as Micah Christenson, Bruno Rezende, and Benjamin Toniutti etc. but on that list, there was Derek Epp. I started to know him around an year ago when I actually started to get into volleyball as a sport to play even from outside of school and I knew he was close by and played nearby, I decided to go to one of his games and have a little talk with him. The biggest reason why I chose this individual is because he is my role model because he is kind, friendly, caring and most of all, a great teammate.
That is what the most important thing is for the sport and I want to be just like him. This interview opened up my relationships but also my confidence. It opened up more opportunities for me because I just started to play volleyball and I’m not amazing at it like my peers and all I thought about is that “Only the players that start when they’re really young are amazing at volleyball” but after I heard Derek’s story, I was inspired since he said that he started in grade 9 so it gave me more confidence of the chance of me getting better and having an opportunity on the starting lineup as the main setter.
There is no exact link/website to my interviewee so here, I just have the athletics website of Trinity Western. And to see his photos, you may just hover over the MENU button and click on the category of MEN’S VOLLEYBALL. Then you can see all the things on the website.
- Why are you passionate about your job?
“I think my passion for volleyball stems from an internal drive to pursue the best version of myself. I love to play the game, and it gives me the opportunity everyday to try and better myself as a player and as a human. It gives me more opportunities to make and work on relationships, to work on my physical fitness and health, and gives me opportunities to pursue the best version of myself as a volleyball player everyday.”
- What obstacles have you faced to get you where you are today?
“There have been many instances of adversity throughout my career. One of the biggest would be making the decision to leave home, and leave my family to come out to Trinity (Western University) to pursue my volleyball dreams. That was one of my hardest decisions I’ve had to make in my life, but also one of the best decisions I’ve made. There have been lots of volleyball specific obstacles, which can be overcome with determination, grit, and a love for what you doing.”
- What advice would you pass on to someone interested in what you are doing?
“As far as volleyball goes, I would suggest to get in the gym as much as possible. Get as many reps in as you can. Work day and night trying to perfect your craft. Be the first in the gym and last to leave, all the while being the hardest worker there. A quote I really like is ‘Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard’. How hard you are willing to work and how many hours you’re willing to put in is completely in your control and allows you to fully maximize the gifts that you have been given.”
- Would you be open to further contact from Riverside students and if so, how can someone contact you?
Of course, and my e-mail is derekepp98@gmail.com
- What inspired you to become particularly a setter for professional league volleyball
“The thing that I love the most about volleyball is how interdependent it is as a sport. You always need to be working as a team, one player can’t win the game for you. Going off of that, one of the reasons I fell in love with setting is that you are always in the middle of the action and the ball has to go through you every play. I was drawn to the amount of action and control you have over the game as a setter.”
- Was volleyball the number one priority for your future goal or was there another sport or anything that you wanted to do for a living
“I actually didn’t start playing volleyball seriously until grade 9. Growing up, I always wanted to be a professional soccer player. Soccer was my passion until volleyball took over in grade 9.”
Thank you for reading my Community Connections post. Hope you have liked it.
I have found all these photos on gospartans.ca and on the Instagram page of the Spartans
February
20
Immersion Clip
Pour Français 9, nous avons eu la chance de créer un projet où nous parlons des expressions de nos choix.
Pour le mien, mon sujet générale était à propos de la nourriture. Donc j’ai 2 expressions: Ramener à la maison le lard, et Glaçage sur le gâteau. Ça dit un peu du profil d’apprentissage à propos les expressions et ça dit un exemple pour chacun aussi.
J’espère que vous l’aimez et voici le vidéo.
November
28
Water Filter Challenge
The water filter challenge was a challenge where we got into groups of 4 people and had to achieve the goal of creating a water filter with limited and given materials. We were given a scenario: Each group is a company that filters water and our companies work for the headmaster, Ms. Yorke. She “hired” each group to make a water filter and. We can only succeed in our goal if the water is clean enough so that we can release it into the Pitt River. We were only given these materials: 2L water bottle, cheese cloth, cotton balls, silk, sponges, water filters (coffee filters), variety of carbon, sand and crystal beads.
We first tried putting everything because we thought that the more materials there are, the better it will filter because it has more layers but we were extremely wrong. It didn’t help at all. The first prototype was like this.
For the first prototype, we did very little research like what makes a water filter good, stuff like that but we didn’t go really in depth into the procedure of making a filter with a 2L water bottle and we just chucked materials in without creating layers. But for the second prototype, we did more research before we started to make our new prototype. We researched on how carbon and sand helps filter water and we got some inspiration from other people that made water filters on the internet too. A lot of people used carbon, sand, rocks, small pebbles and a filter on the cap and it was said that they “crystal clear” water. So we decided to put filter paper in between each material so it looked like this.
After the second prototype we collected the dirty water that was filtered and we compared it with normal tap water against the sun and it looked like this.
Looks pretty good right!? This was supposed to be our last one but since we had some spare time the day after, so we did extreme research and we dreamt of how we can make the best and most useable filter ever. We had a pretty weird idea. Since everyone on the internet and even sources say that carbon is very useful, we thought of only using carbon and putting a filter paper on the bottom. But since that idea was pretty wack, we didn’t choose to do it. There weren’t a lot materials left anyway so we couldn’t have done a lot of materials. We thought of having 3-4 layers. First being a cheese cloth so that it can filter all the big stuff such as little sticks and grass. Then we would have carbon and some sand so that it can remove the smell and can filter the water more and then filter paper on the cap to filter more. The third prototype looked like this.
We didn’t have a ton of materials than we had for the first 2 prototypes but we thought that it would be very effective. News Flash! It worked horrible because the smell was still there, the carbon didn’t really help, we didn’t have enough sand so it had no effect and the water was more yellow. Mission failed totally.
So after some group discussions and some votes, we chose to present prototype 2 as our final product. Prototype 2 was the most successful and the quality of the water was very good. Thing is that it takes up a handful of materials which will be disposed after 2 times of filtering because the materials will not be as useful as they did before when we did the first filter. It might not be good for the environment but since it’s for the well-being of the environment and so that the water in the river won’t be as polluted, this risk has to be taken. But since the water in the Pitt River is very clean, this won’t be happening. If we had rocks, it would’ve helped more to filter since it works like carbon so it filters well. We also did some comparisons with quantitative/qualitative aspects.
Everyone in my group worked really well because nobody drifted off and everybody worked really hard to achieve our goal. Everybody was assigned jobs and everyone did their parts and were not late. Nobody got distracted mid-way our work and everyone was inclusive too. I really think that we built a very useful and portable water filter and we think we fulfilled to achieve our goal and our challenge. The part that I think we did very well on is that we thought of is that we decided to put water filters between every different material. The part that is a bit disappointing is that while we were doing research, we learnt that more the carbon there is, the cleaner it gets and the less smell there is. Also, it was also disappointing that we didn’t have rocks/pebbles as our materials. Because while doing research, we saw that a lot of people used rocks as their first layer so that was disappointing. Other than those, we think that we made a real good filter and we think it’ll be useful for future filter jobs.
November
15
Chemical Change
Purpose: To observe a chemical reaction and identify the materials that are produced
Procedure: Refer to 3-3C Observing changes in matter.
We did everything the same as the instruction sheet told us but we made a couple of changes: Step 1 said that we had to pour 25mL of each chemical but instead, we poured 10mL of each. Step 1 said that the 2 chemicals were Calcium Chloride and Lithium Carbonate but instead we used Strontium Chloride and Sodium Carbonate.
Part 2 says to put in a wooden splint into the test tube and leave it there until we start firing things up, but we did not do that. We just skipped that part.
Data & Observations:
The properties of Strontium Fluoride were not very special. The state was liquid but did not have any special attributes to it. It was a clear liquid, it had no smell to it and seemed like water.
The properties of Sodium Carbonate were no different than Strontium Chloride because it also did not have any special colours or even a scent. You cannot differentiate water and these compounds with each other.
After we mixed the 2 substances, it had a cloudy look to it and seemed like milk and also it did not have any smell to it.
After we filtered it using a ring stand and a funnel, It still had some cloudiness to it but much more less than before. And we the powder that was caught in the filter is also being used as well as the unknown ion.
Flame time:
We started with the unknown ion (the mixture between Strontium Chloride and Sodium Carbonate). We got the filter and an inoculation stick, we dipped it into the unknown ion liquid and then rubbed some of the unknown ion powder too from the filter and put it above the bunsen burner. While it was burning, it burned in a orange colour.
For the next burn, we did the same procedures but instead of the unknown ion powder, we put Strontium Chloride powder on and then put it above the bunsen burner once again. This time, it had a powerful red colour while it burned.
Next and final one was having Sodium Chloride powder on. The burning of this was not very cool or special. It burned in a orange flame just like the unknown solid. It just had a normal flame but the only difference is that it was a much more bigger flame than the others. It might seem boring to others but to me, I think this an amazing experiment.
Analysis:
The reactants in this mixture were Strontium Chloride and Sodium Carbonate and the products are Strontium Carbonate and Sodium Chloride
Conclusion:
By looking at what colour the white powder burned at, we could make a pretty close guess that the unknown solid contains or even is Sodium. Because when we burned Sodium Chloride, it burned the same colour as the unknown solid so we make a rough guess that the unknown solid contains Sodium. If there were Strontium present for example, the flame would have more of a red flame rather than a yellow flame.
November
10
Everything I Know About Exponents
Describe how powers represent repeated multiplication
The power represents how many times you multiply the base by itself. For example : 2 to the power of 3 = 2 x 2 x 2 = because the base is 2. The answer will be 8. Therefore, powers represent repeated multiplication because the power shows how many times you have to multiply the base number by itself.
Demonstrate the difference between two given powers in which the exponent and the base are interchanged by using repeated multiplication, such as 23 and 32.
Because the powers show how many times the number has to multiply by itself, in repeated multiplication, it will look like this.
Just because the powers and the bases are interchanged, doesn’t mean the answer will be the same.
Explain the role of parentheses in powers by evaluating a given set of powers such as (-2)4, (-24), -24
When the base is in brackets and the power is not, multiply that number exactly in the brackets by whatever the power shows. When the power is also in brackets and the base is a negative number, the negative symbol is the coefficient. For example, -n3 = -1 x n x n x n. For -24, it would be the same answer as the one before.
Explain the exponent laws for raising a product and quotient to an exponent.
Product law : When there is multiplication between exponents and the bases are the same, we can leave the bases and we add the powers by themselves. In a longer version, it is not simply adding them together. When the example is the one shown below, it’s basically (x . x . x . x . x) . (x . x . x). After that, you would add all the x‘s together and get a result of x8. If we did it the longer way:
For example: 34 x 32
= (3x3x3x3) x (3×3)
=(4 threes and 2 threes)
=6 threes
=36
Example:
3(x4) x 2(x2)
=(3 x 2) x (x4+2)
=6x6
Quotient law : When it is dividing and the bases are the same, you subtract the powers by the first one and the next one. Again, for this you would do the same thing to find out why it’s 5 – 3. (x . x . x . x . x) ÷ (x . x . x). Then you would do subtraction 5 – 3 and get a result of x2. If we gave an example with a coefficient, it would look like this:
(15x5) ÷ (5x3)
(When evaluating the coefficient, you would evaluate it like normal division ex. 15 ÷ 5 whilst you do the quotient law on the x’s)
= (15 ÷ 5) (x5-3)
= 3x2
Use patterns to show that a power with an exponent of zero is equal to one.
The best way to explain it is when we use the quotient law. When it is x3/x3 it will equal x0 because it is x3-3 so it will equal x0. If x was 2 then it will be 8/8 but 8/8 equals 1 because there is one 8 in 8. Therefore, any exponent that has a power of 0 will equal to 1. Also x cannot equal 0.
Use patterns to explain the negative exponent law.
Whenever there is a negative exponent, we do not do the same that we would normally do with positive exponents but instead we make it into a fraction. If it was
x–n, we would try to get rid of the (-) sign so that we could actually solve the equation. To make it into a fraction, we discard the negative sign and put “1” as the numerator of our fraction. Just like the one shown on paper below.
The reason why we make it into a fraction is not simply getting a one. We’re actually finding the reciprocal of the negative sign which is 1. the negative sign is basically a coefficient of n.
I can identify the error in a simplification of an expression involving powers.
For most of the time, I can identify what mistakes I’ve done or what others done when they ask to review their quizzes or tests. When I have to identify the mistakes regarding the power law, product law, or the quotient law, it’s easy for me because it’s just the matter of adding, subtracting and multiplying which is a basic skill that we learn in elementary school. But when it’s the answer of a long and big question, I lack a bit of confidence because I have to go through all the steps again to verify. Also, sometimes I might make some mistakes too because no one is that perfect and I’m not a math teacher also.
For example, in a quiz in exponents that we got back, we had to correct our questions that were wrong but I never asked the teacher of what I got wrong. I knew right away what I got wrong and did the corrections without any struggle.
The question was:
x5 ● x3. As my wrong answer, I subtracted them so I got x2 instead of x8. Cool thing is, I knew exactly what I got wrong and didn’t need help unless I got something wrong that I really don’t know about.
Determine the sum and difference of two powers.
For example, we have this equation : 32 + 23
Using BEDMAS, we would first solve the exponents. So, it would be 9 + 8, then we would do the addition so it would equal 17.
For 32 – 23
It would be 9 – 8 so the answer would be 1
Use powers to solve problems (measurement problems)
If we are trying to find the area of a rectangle and the shorter side equals x4 and the longer side equals x7, we would use the product law since we are trying to find the area.
Applying the order of operations on expressions with powers involving negative exponents and variable bases.
When it is a negative power, we cannot do the same procedures as we would do for normal positive powers. When it is a negative power, we get the reciprocal of the power which in this case, would be 1/3 because that is the reciprocal of 3. Then we would keep the x with the power and it would turn into a fraction like the image above.
Another one for practice is this but it is a bit more hard.
1: You simplify the negative exponent on the top and move the x3 to the denominator, you use the product law to the ones in the brackets
2: Still on the denominator, use the power law to find a single power
3: Use product law to multiply the two powers on the denominator
4: Evaluate the exponent
Core Competencies Reflection
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