Poetry in Life
categories: English 11
From “The Sun and Her Flowers” by Rupi Kaur
Archive of ‘Grade 11’ category
Social Self- The Masks We Wear
categories: FS 11
Media Messages- FS 11
categories: FS 11
This Pepsi ad shows the famous actor, Sofia Vergara, dressed in blue drinking from a Pepsi can. The blue color of this ad is eye-catching, and cooling. They are using a-well known actress, a trick that is used widely throughout advertisement to further gain attention. On the left, the attention is directed to the skinniness of the can which is reflected in how un-naturally skinny her arm is. Her body is very dewy and has a natural-looking glow to it, however it is not very realistic. She is wearing a lot of highlighter and the glow is also most likely edited or enhanced. On the right, Sofia Vergara is wearing a slightly darker shade so that the viewer’s attention is directed to her low-cut dress, where the Pepsi can is strategically placed in the center of her chest. Again, her features like her collarbone and shoulders, are very prominent. Her hat is covering her face in both pictures in a very seductive manner, and her red lipstick pops out against the blue so that it matches the red of the Pepsi logo. The tagline of this ad “the new skinny can”, is quite disturbing. The media is, once again, presenting the idea of “skinny” as better, and an improvement. They are using a skinny woman in this ad as a sort of subtle reference to how skinny the can is, I don’t think that they would use someone with a wider figure, which is very upsetting. The unrealistic ideals that this ad is promoting in regards to shape and figure is used throughout many ads and is so subtle that one could hardly recognize it. This very skinny, prominent, and glowing women is what is often portrayed as beautiful, and even a drink ad can have a negative, unconscious, influence on young boys and girls that see this.
Values Mind Map
categories: FS 11
Now and Then
categories: FS 11
1980’s- Strict but simple, everyone had a role to do.
Now- Teens have hope, dreams, and a lot of ambition.
I noticed a lot of similarities and differences between these two eras. Pop culture, like fashion and music is constantly changing so that was quite a large difference. However the biggest difference I discovered was in the “every-day-way-of-life.” Schools were stricter and had more rules, and a lot of that was due to where my family grew up, but their chores and responsibilities were a lot more serious than mine are. I feel like a lot more was expected of them then there is for me. On the other hand, their society was very straight-forward: get married, have kids, clean, and cook, today there is so much more that you can do and those views are outdated. In today’s decade, a lot of people are able to express themselves the way that they feel best represents them. There’s a lot more acceptance and open-mindedness and I have the privilege of allowing to dress and identify as how I feel. While it would be cool and interesting to experience adolescence in the 80’s, I would rather grow up now. Looking back, with all the things we know now, I could see how people would want to live in the 80’s and rock the hair and the denim, but I like how much more creative freedom and ambition there is around today and I wouldn’t trade that.
What Darwin Never Knew
categories: Bio 11
How did the discovery of DNA prove that Darwin’s theory of evolution was correct and how does it change the way we view evolution today and into the future?
The theory that Darwin stated was an absurd one that everyone was skeptical about, at first. All of the living things on Earth shared a common ancestor, a prehistoric animal, the fish. Fish then evolved into all the creatures we have today. They did this through adaptation and mutation, new species blossomed as they evolved to survive the environments they were put in. Therefore, all species are related to each other because we share that common ancestor.
Once DNA was discovered, it proved that Darwin’s crazy theory, wasn’t so crazy. Darwin stated that we humans evolved from apes, and when the DNA was studied, an almost-perfect match was found between human DNA and ape DNA. We are in fact, very similar, genetically, to apes, so we must have had some state of our evolution through them. Furthermore, he was also correct about how all species were evolved from fish. When scientists discovered the Tiktaalik, a prehistoric fish, the species showed it was an underwater fish with four-legs. Therefore, we can conclude that the Tiktaalik was the transitional phase between other species and fish, and that it further explains how fish were able to get up on land, and evolve into what we are today. 
Biology 11- Six Kingdoms
Protista
Plasmodium falciparum
This parasite is a unicellular organism that causes malaria in humans. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito, and is responsible for about half of human malaria cases, causing one million deaths every year.
Theileria parva
This parasite causes East Coast fever in cattle, a disease that is very harmful to parts of Africa. It has genes that allow itself to enter a host, attach itself to white blood cells, and then take them over.
Fungi
Cantharellus cibarius
Chanterelle mushrooms are a species of wild mushrooms that can be safely eaten. They are usually either orange or yellow and have a unique fruity smell and taste. They are common in many places, such as Europe, North America, Central America, Asia, and Africa. Chanterelles tend to grow in clusters in mossy areas of the confierous forest, but they can also be found in birch forests and beech forests.
Rhizopus stolonifer
This type of mold is more commonly known as “Black Bread Mold”. It is one of the most common fungi in the world, and has a global distribution. It decomposes stored food, and it can reproduce both sexually and asexually.
Archaebacteria
Pyrococcus furiosus
This species was first discovered in Vulcano City, Italy. It thrives best in extremely high temperatures.
Thermoplasma acidophilum
Also thrives in high temperatures, and grows optimally at 56 degrees C. It doesn’t have cell wall, so the cell membrane is directly exposed to the outside.
Eubacteria
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis is very harmful and is involved with many forms of plauge. Ex: pneumic, septicemic, and bubonic. It was transferred through China by rats on steamboats and the diseases spread from there. This deadly bacteria is related to the Plauge of Justinian, the Black Death, and the Third Pandemic, therefore it’s safe to say, it’s caused a lot of damage to us humans.
Streptobacillus moniliformis
S. moniliformis causes diseases like Rat Bite Fever and Haaverhill Fever, usually transmitted through the bite of a rat. However, some people are infected by drinking infected water or close contact with rats. The diseases cause high fevers, rashes and hemorrhaging vesicles.
Plants
Marchantia polymorpha
More commonly known as the liverwort, this plant has a wide distribution around the world and has many sub-species. It is found worldwide and can thrive in both arctic and tropical climates. It grows on moist soil, often on bogs and banks of streams, and in man made habitats such as greenhouses and gardens.
Amorphophallus titanum
This plant has the nickname of “The Corpse Flower” because of it’s unique smell, described as “rotting flesh”. The plant produces this smell in order for beetles and flies to be attracted to it and pollinate it. They only grow in Sumatra, Indonesia, on limestone hills and in openings of rain-forests.
Animals
Chlamyphorus truncatus
The Pink Fairy Armadillo is the smallest species of Armadillo. It is desert-adapted and native to Argentina’s sandy dunes and scrubby grasslands. It’s diet is mostly composed of insects, worms, snails, and plants. They do not live well in captivity, and are on a decline in population.
Gypaetus barbatus
The bearded vulture is a unique bird of prey that lives in the mountainous ranges of Europe, Africa, and Tibet. It’s diet consists of mostly bone, and when hunting prey, it disregards it’s meat and eats it’s bone marrow, instead. It is the only bird that can live off of bone marrow, and it’s teeth and mouth have adapted to be able to swallow and chew through large bones. The species is locally threatened, with probably fewer than 10,000 pairs worldwide.
Exploring Quadratic Functions
categories: Math 11
- What is a quadratic function?
A quadratic function is a relation that can be written in standard form:
Where a is not equal to zero.
Example: - Using desmos, graph:
The sliders are at a=1, b=0, c=0 in the photo below, the graph is shown and you can see clear symmetry.
- a Now, a < 0, so I filled it in with -6.
Now the equation is
The graph now has a maximum point of zero. That’s the highest point that the graph goes to. Since the graph infinitely continues, there is no minimum point.
b. when a > 0, the graph is switched. I made a = 8. The lines on the graph now start at zero, and expand outwards toward the positive. The minimum point is zero, and there is no maximum point.
c. now -1 < a < 1. So, a is just zero. The graph is identical to the first graph, since it’s just representing the original standard form equation.
d. when a < 1, i chose -5 to be a. It looks similar to the second graph.
- By changing a into a positive, the shape of the graph opens up into the positives.
By changing a into a negative, the shape of the graph opens down into the negatives. - When changing the value of b, the shape of the graph’s symmetry changes.
- When changing the value of c, the y intercept changes.
- An equation where the curve just touches the x axis:
- An equation where you can get the roots of 1
An equation where you can get the roots of -1
- An equation where he curve does not cross the x-axis
