Monthly Archives: March 2023

Small But Mighty 🦠

From January till March, our Science class has done many assignments to conclude our first science project, Small But Mighty. This science project has been about learning different cells (specifically cells in our immune system), and their purposes and how they keep us healthy. The projects was split up between 4 smaller assignments. 

The first assignment was hands on, and was a great introduction for our learning of cells. We all had the opportunity to learn how to use a microscope, and got to look at bacteria that we interact with everyday. I decided to compare the different bacteria that grows on the toilet seat, vs bacteria on a toilet handle.  

Day of swabbing

5 days of bacterial growth

 

After a few weeks of learning the basics, we learned about different types of immune cells. To assure our understanding of the immune cells, everyone got to create character card based off of each immune cell. Each character card had to state their functions. All of my characters were based off of Mario Cart Characters.

*this was probably my favourite assignment from this project*

Our 3rd assignment was collaborative. We were asked to create a poster that would educate people away from specific medical myths. Annie and I chose to make a poster clearing the rumour that vaccines cause autism.

Our poster

The last task was to make another poster incorporating bacteria drawings drawn by younger kids from elementary. The posters goal was to be medically useful, while still being clear and understandable to a broad age range.

Overall, Small but Mighty was an extremely fun project to kick off our 2nd semester, and I am so excited for the rest of grade 8 science!

Travelogue Reflection

For the past week we our humanities class has been working on making a travelogue. We were asked to write a maximum 200 word travelogue, and create our stories into a short book with resting images. Our travelogues were based off of impactful explores and their accomplishments. I chose to write about John Cabot and is journey finding Newfoundland. The making of this project was fairly simple and quick, however, the research process took much more time and focus. While researching and beginning my story, I ran into many bumps. I often lost focus and drifted off task, dragging the quality of my work down. Quickly, I revised my work until it was something I was proud of. 

Putting aside my personal flaws, I learned so much from this project. I learned the reasoning of  exploration, and how our early discoveries have effected us today. If I were to do this rope next again, I would make sure to put in my 100% effort, and remain focused.

 

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