Vancouver was founded in 1886 but what about the individual parts of Vancouver. As you know recently in class we have been looking at the history of Canada and specifically Vancouver. So a good way to show this was to be assigned to look into the history of specific parts of the city. For example one group looked into Robson Street. And we didn’t have to just find out the history but make a Namesake video out of information that we found. It was supposed to be based off of this video:
I was in a group with Hannah and Ruby We looked into the history of Stanley Park and I realized just how interesting it is. We created a Google Docs to compile all of our information as well as create our script.
After getting our first information we had a first draft:
The first draft needed to be revised because the audio was bad quality and overpowering. We fixed that all in the second and final draft:
Overall during this topic I learned some very interesting facts and had a good time creating it with my group. Until next post, thanks for reading.
So do you think that identical twins are truly identical? Well recently in class we have been researching that question. Starting off by looking at DNA which stands for Deoxyribonucleic acid. DNA is what carries your genes and your characteristics that make up you.
We learned lots of this in a crash course video on DNA:
We also learned and based a lot of our unit on the Teachers Website. It was a very helpful website that taught me a lot about not only DNA but also twins and how you get those traits.
A few of those traits were your hair type, eye color and even whether you have wet or dry ear wax, these traits are also known as mitosis. We also learned about Karyotypes, Pedigrees, Forsenic DNA and Meiosis. This was really interesting and taught me a lot of new things that I never New but had a great time learning it.
And what better way to show all of this then a podcast. In groups of two we were told to create a podcast explaining if two identical twins got married if there children would be identical, so would the cousins be identical. My partner was Sydney and we decided that we wanted to do a round table type interview between a scientist and a host. Myself being the host and Sydney being the scientist called Jane Goodall.
We layer out the podcast that listeners would send in questions and Jane would answer them. We both had a great time fighting the script as well as recording. All of the music is also made by me and the last voice in the podcast is Robbie. And so without further ado here is our podcast that we made on genes and DNA (listen until the end, there’s a surprise!):
Overall this was a fun project and a really interesting unit. I learnt a lot about just how we are made and how complex we truly are. Plus it will help to know this in the years to come.
Have you or do you have a job? Well if you do it’s important to know your rights as well as what to do and not do for your safety. And though I have not had a job yet (unless you count babysitting) I am planning to apply to one soon as a party overseer at community centers, and so it’s important for me to know these things. Luckily enough in planning ten currently we are looking at Workplace Safety in British Colombia.
To start off learning about this topic we looked at a video on experiences that people have had in the past. In this video it just showed how important the little things are and that one mistake could change your entire life. If you watch the video you will see multiple graphic incidents in which there were just simple mistakes gone terribly wrong.
After watching this video we were told to read and look at some informational documents about workplace safety. Anywhere from biological hazards to environmental hazards I learnt some handy and informative information. So what better way to show this then a short quiz like work sheet.
After learning all of this it made me realize that I have to go over things with my employer before I start the job to see specifically what i’m covered under and what safety equipment and knowledge is needed.
And to show all that I learned I made a mind map type image as to what I need to think of when I get a job. I used Sketches Pro to create this image.
Overall this was very interesting and I feel that I learnt lots about Workplace Safety in B.C.!
Angles are everywhere in our day today life. Looking at a building a table really anything but how do you find out what those angles? Well recently in math class we have been looking at trigonometry. Trigonometry is when you need to find the angle or a side of a triangle and you use a process to get the answer.
A description of trigonometry
In order to get to the answer there are multiple steps from the trigonometric ratio or a process called soh,cah,toa it all makes up trigonometry as a whole. So over the past few months we have been learning this. Starting off with a video explaining SOH CAH TOA. This was a good introduction to the unit since it gave us all a good over view of what the next few months would be about.
During this whole unit we were filling out a package about trigonometry and how to do it.
And so it was time to start the actual project. We were supposed to look into Solar Panels and what angle they should be at for it to be ideal. And not only make the solar panel but also a house for it to rest on. This was really interesting because we also learned the science and if at a certain time what angle the solar panel should be at.
Overall this was a really interesting project to learn about the math and the science. And I’m sure that this will help me in the time to come.
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