Week 1 in Precalc 11 – Radicals

Radicals indicate the root of a number and use the index and the radicand. The index indicates how many times you must multiply a number by itself to equal the radicand. When the index is not visible, it is assumed to be a 2. A square root of a number is a number that when…

Astronomy Wonder Project – Spherical Celestial Objects

What are the forces that cause celestial objects to become sphere-shaped? Planets and stars become sphere-shaped because of gravity. Big objects in space have gravity pushing down to the objects’ center, causing a sphere shape over time from all directions. But they’re not all perfectly round. The spin of these objects affect the shape that…

English 10 Core Competencies Reflection

This semester in English, I think I was pretty good at Communication. When we had our novel study, I contributed to the discussion quite a bit, and for our illumination poetry, I communicated well with my partner and during the presentation. The only thing I was maybe weak in was the spoken word, which I…