Take your your kid to work day.

Driving question 🏎️: How does experiencing a workday shape our view of career choices? 

To answer the driving question How does experiencing a workday shape our view of career choices? I think it does because we can see what the job is like and see if I want to have that job and see if it is interesting. This job at the labs on hatchery is 50/50 with outdoor work and computer work. I don’t think I would enjoy working on a computer all day. But I think a balance is good.  

In this project we went to a place of work and experienced a day in the life of a job. I went to the Seymour salmon hatchery. It was a wonderful experience and I loved every minute. I learned so many things! Some things that I learned was you need to check if a female salmon was ready to spawn and you do that by feeling the belly and if it it jiggly like jello its ready but if it’s firm then its not ready yet. Also the males are completely hollow inside! But the thing I was there was the interview. There is the link to my video: 

We did many different things when we where there. My favourite part was going into the creek. Before we put on waiters and went in! It was so fun but we didn’t go in for fun we had to count and collect data. We didn’t get far until we had to stop because we saw a salmon that was dead. We collected the data then cut it in half. We do that because that’s how we show that that salmon was already counted. I never really thought about it but that makes sense because people could recount the salmon and mess up all the data. After we had lunch and filmed the interviews. We had to take pictures threw out the experience. For our video It had to be 3 min. So it was a challenge to fit everything I wanted in my video because there was a lot I wanted to show. 

Spawning

There where two salmon that where ready to spawn and you cut them open until their eggs fall out. Then you have to put the sperm in the eggs. Mix them around for like 30 sec then rinse them in water. You need to be really careful with them because they can pop really easily. After they are all clean we have to disinfect the eggs just in case humans gave the eggs any Diseases. 

Conclusion 

Thank you letter. At the end we had to send a thank you letter to our mentors. 

I am really proud of my letter because it came from my heart and I home y mentor likes it! Thank you for reading my post and I hope you enjoyed feedback is appreciated. Thank you!

Driving question 🏎️ 🏆 

How do we become the best versions of ourselves?

To answer this question we went to Alberta, we went there to hike make memories and get life advice. Now you might be thinking if you aren’t familiar with PLP did you just go on a vacation with your class? The answer is nope! We went to Alberta to get life advice from strangers. We had to film them and put all of the videos into one big video. 

Hiking  🥾 🏔️ 

We did many hikes this trip and I dont regret any of them! At the beginning of the trip everyone was dreading the 16.2k hike. But we took one step at a time. The first hike we went on was to the ink pots. That was a beautiful result, it was to amazing and I was so glad i got the chance to go on that trip. Another hike we went on a hike to the top of a mountain and it took about 3 hours, and we thought that was long? Well we were in for a real treat. When we where about half way I was with a couple friends and a little bird was chirping so we diced to take a little break and watch them and then one if the birds landed on my head! That was reall7y funny band i got more energy from that so I ncould keep hiking. When we made it to the top we saw another animal and that was a baby big horned sheep. Inside the building at the top we watched a movie and I with I could have taken a video of life advice because that would have been a great idea. The other hikes were also beautiful but the longest hike(16.2k) was the best! The location was lake Louise. It was the most amazing lake i have ever seen. We started going on a trail to another lake then we went up a really icy snowie slouch mix trail. We made it to the first tea hut, we kept kicking and we made it to a look out spot. We kept kinking and finally we made it our destination the tea house that wasn’t well known. There wher three other people (one group). I had hot chocolate. When we made it down we where so tired.

Other activities 🚤 🕳️ 

We did other things as well other then hiking and talking to strangers. We went to the only place on earth that is home to the little snails that are left of that species. The hot springs. We saw a hole in the ground and under that hole was a pool that looked so pretty but the bad thing was it smelt. It’s smelted like rotten eggs. It was so gross I could barely stand in the cave. But after we went in the hot spring. It was so nice it was naturaly heated and it was 40 degrees Celsius! It was almost too hot. The lifeguard said that everyone in the hot springs had to take little breaks to sit out or have a cold shower. Because at least one person everyday passes out because of the heat. One if the other really fun things was going to the glacier. We where on one glacier part of the Alaska ice feilds. After we went on the glacier the tour guid said the glacier will last about 60 years before the glacier is completely gone. Later on our trip we went on a boat on minawanka lake. We learnt many facts like one pack of wolfs live on one side and there is no wolfs on the other! 

Banner in the sky 🪁

In humanities we did a project called banner in the sky. It was a book that we had to read, the main character was named Rudi. Rudi was a blond boy that was skinny and kind. He was poor and he only had his mom and uncle. Rudi wants to clime a mountain called the Citadel. But his mom and uncle wondnt let him go because that’s where his father died. After the book we got a person to do a character sckech.

Viral video!

Another video we had to make was our “Viral Video” we had to find a trend and make a video using that trend about our trip to Alberta. The trend I used was basically you lead to one side of the screen and you “fall”. I did this in many different places and they where all beautiful! I really enjoyed making this video.

Silent film 🎞️ 🎥 

The first stop in Alberta was called the three valley gap. It was kinda odd but if was cool. Nest to the hotel there was a ghost town! It was so cool the bell family moved everything the got there and made it look so real!

Conclusion

To wrap up this blog post, it’s clear that life advice holds significant potential to impact us in meaningful ways. As we’ve explored the driving question how do we become the best version of ourselves? By understanding the question more we can accomplish anything that can make us at our peak potential. Thank you for reading, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!

Intro

Well there is a first for everything! Todays first is the spring exhibition. For our exhibition we made ads. Now you might be thinking ads for what? Now I’m going to tell you! We made ads for Oregon coast. 

Driving question 🏎️🏁

For this project the driving question was how does language Inspire adventure? In this blog post I will be  answering that question to best of my abilities. To me adventure can mean many different things the word adventure to me means many different things. The first thing that comes to mine when I hear the word adventure is a forest. This is because I have seen many different movies that are adventures and most of them take place in the jungle/forest. The next thing when i think about it a little more is boating, because every summer we go boating with my friends and family. We always go somewhere new and Elsa and I always go exploring. Adventure for me can also mean exploring. If i where to think about it a little more some books come into mind, like the book that Gemma wrote. Or Amelia Airhearts story. Her plain crashes in the forest and a new adventure has begun, If she didn’t die in the plain crash. But when I think of the word adventure can mean many things! 

The trip to Oregon.

On the trip to Oregon we all had a great time. The purpose of his trip was to learn how language inspired adventure like the driving question. It was a great experience for me personally because I got to encounter new experiences and bond with my fellow classmates. It was also a great experience to learn about different parts of our world. As well as encounter it  for ourselves. On the trip we went on many different hikes. My favourite hike was to the knoll/ Gods thumb👍. Its called that because it looks like a thumb. We went on a hike to many different places and it was really hot. We also went on so many museums is crazy. My favourite one was the evergreen space and aviation museum. There was a lot of planes and I found that really interesting and we went on the Spruce goose. I think that was one of the highlights of the trip again another highlight of the trip was definitely because they were so long and they were so sandy it was amazing. Too many many buffets and my favourite one was the sushi buffet on the last day. I feel like our class really bonded on this trip, and I am really glad that I got the opportunity to go.

The exhibition 

This exhibition was really fun because we had some really great food like cake pops and brownies. My group was Brooklyn, Carmyn, Robin, Oliver and Sawyer. We did a great job I think. We had a really nice set up for our exhibition. It opened at 5:30 and ended at 8. My break was at 5:30. I think that was the best time to have the break because its in the middle of the exhibition so you can take a break and then keep working! It was a bit of a struggle to stay on task but I tried my best. The food tat everyone had looked so good!

conclusion

So how dose language inspire adventure? Well like I said it can be in many different ways but I think language inspires adventure because if people want to learn a new language then they can go travailing. Or if people went travelling they could be inspired to learn a new language. People can also just go places to see what that language sounds like? Thanks for listening/reading this years blog post on the spring exhibition! See you next year for this post!

Hello it’s T-Pol time! So let’s cut to the chase. Thank you for coming to my presentation of learning. I am the expert on my own learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my own learning. You can expect me to give an honest evaluation of my progress. We will discuss my strengths and opportunities for growth. Thank you in advance for listening and for offering feedback that I can use to improve as a learner.

I first thing I would like to talk about in agency is seeking help. When it comes to to seeking help I am really good at asking for help. I know when I’m stuck and need help. I can go up to a teacher and ask for help. I will also be respectful when I receive feedback. That leads to the next subject. Receiving feedback, I can hand something in and get feedback to change my work to make it the best of my abilities.

The next section is engagement. In this section I will be talking about Helpfulness. To define helpfulness it is to be Helpful to other learners in creating a positive and supportive learning community. I am really good at making a positive learning community, as well as helping others understand the assignment. The last subject in this section is reflection. I can look back and make sure all of my information is correct about my post. I can also look at the first post I did and look at the most recent one, I will be able to tell the difference with my personal growth. 

Preparation, in school. In school I will be at Class on time and ready to learn. I would have my iPad charged (No juice, No use!) Our class norms! I will also bring a good attitude to my school and classrooms. Outside of school. Outside of school is a a little different story. I will get to everything on time. (Most of the time). But consistency might be a bit of a struggle for me. I am trying to get better at it but I think that is one of the things that need time to work on.

Communication and collaboration with teachers can mean many different things but to me it means communicating with teachers proactively and directly (not through parents). I can do that in many different ways. The first way is by going to school and having a discussion with them. Or talking to them with technology. Talking to teachers can be difficult with technology because you could get distracted by the power of the internet. 🛜 

Humanities, humanities is a really hard subject for me. I get really stressed when I have a lot of work to do in little time. I deal with my stress by taking little breaks. The most recent projects we did was called The wilderness must be explored! 🏔️. The Driving question was how can language inspire adventure. In this project we had to make ads that were for Oregon. If you’re wondering why for Oregon that’s so random. Well it’s not, as a class we all went on a field trip. It was the best field trip ever! We did so many fun things and I thing that trip made us all bond as class. I really enjoyed that trip although the work was a bit overwhelming I did get it done and I’m really happy with how my book turned out. I think my humanities skills have grow since last semester because I am getting my work done and handed in on time. Last semester I would completely forget about assignments that were due a week ago. And I would leave projects to do last second. Or do them but just not hand them in.

    https://read.bookcreator.com/prQ3O9iEUFYJk9rG1aBTR9Hr8OJ2/EKJQdD-_TMmGI1FJwv36dg/tWndBEnpRl6UJW3N3F1J8w

My book ⬆️

Science 🧫 

In this semester we had science. It was a new experience for me and my class mates as we entered the world of science. I love science so I was exited for this. I don’t really know how to compare science but I think I did well in science this year because I handed everything in on time and worked really hard on all of it. But I think I really liked science and I’m exited for it next year! Yesterday we dissected sheep eyeballs. It was really fun/ gross. I in joyed it but I wish it didn’t smell so weird and didn’t give me a headache. But I think I am ready for next year!

    My ad for science!

September

In September I want to get all my work in on time and my work to me the best of my abilities. I also plan to get proficient in all of my classes. That is my goal for next year. To complete my goal I will create a detailed schedule and set specific, achievable milestones for each class. I’ll allocate dedicated time for studying, assignments, and reviewing material to ensure I understand the content thoroughly. Seeking help from teachers and classmates when needed, and using resources like textbooks and online tutorials, will also be part of my strategy. Regular self-assessment and adjusting my study techniques will help me stay on track and improve continually. By staying organized, focused, and proactive, I am confident I can meet and exceed my academic goals.

Conclusion

Thank you for listening and providing feedback to help me grow as a learner. I will take your feedback and store it in my brain for next years achievements.

Hello this is a new kind of post. This one is about science.

💉Understanding Vaccines: A Vital Tool for Public Health💉

Vaccines have been one of the most significant advancements in modern medicine, saving millions of lives annually and helping to eradicate or control many infectious diseases. Understanding how vaccines work, their benefits, and the importance of vaccination can empower individuals to make informed decisions about their health and contribute to the overall well-being of society. People also think vaccines cause autism. But they are so wrong! Autism is a disability from birth. I made an ad to prove that vaccines don’t cause autism.

That ad was my favourite because it is my style and the colours look really nice together. Other mini projects  we did was the bacteria slides. Now they were funky! When the weeks went by the turned out to me so gross! They also smelt like spoiled mink and meat. It was nasty! Here are some photos!

this was the bottom of my shoe there where many different colours and shapes. I tossed those shoes out! We also did many other experiments. But this one was by far the best one. In this one we had to find a surface to swab. For me I chose the bottom of my shoe because I thought it would be really disgusting. It was. Over a couple of days you could start to see the growth on the sides but then over a couple of weeks it was like a rainforest of life. It’s crazy how you can’t see anything on your shoes that is visible to the eye. But if you were to put your shoe under a microscope it would be amazing to see how much bacteria called your shoe home. Now to answer the driving question How does our knowledge of cell biology contribute to public health? To answer that question I think our knowledge help public health because scientists can help people get better of prevent people from getting sick. They can also teach people that a getting vaccinated will actually help.

Introduction 

It’s been a little while since my last blog post! I also noticed there are people visiting my blog from all around the world, which is pretty cool, so hello! Anyway I should keep on track! The driving question for this project is what was the consequences of colonization? Well I will be answering that question in my own words. This project was about colonization and how it impacted the indigenous peoples. In this project we had to make a keynote presentation and present it to the grade 11 who where studying indigenous peoples as well. The first step was note making. This means we Took articles and where writing down the important stuff.

The keynote 💻

The keynote didn’t take as long as I expected it too. This is because we presented with our groups. Madeline J and Ella H where in my group. Our two main focuses where Indigenous architecture and recourses. We had 14 slides including our Kahoot! Slide. We where presenting to the grade 11 BCFP class.

individual keynote!

The rules where the keynote was 2 slides and 3 words on each slide.this was a complicating situation. 

The thinking 🤔 

I was confused because how are you supposed to answer this: what where the consequences of colonization? To me the consequences when very diverse. But mostly land destruction and taken culture ways. 

The keynote 💻

The keynote only took like an hour because it was only two slides! But I made presenter notes. Those are notes that you can see but the audience can’t see them. The presentation had a time limit of two minutes. I don’t know how long I took but I do know that some people went over 2 minutes. Colonial Architecture 🏠🗿

Colonial powers often imposed their architectural styles upon the territories they colonized, leaving behind structures that reflected their cultural influence and power dynamics. From the neoclassical buildings of British colonies to the Spanish colonial architecture found across Latin America, these structures serve as tangible reminders of the colonial past. The architectural landscape often mirrored the hierarchical structures of colonial society, with grand governmental buildings and opulent residences juxtaposed against more modest structures occupied by the local populace.

Resource Exploitation 🐟🎣🗿

Colonialism was often driven by the pursuit of natural resources, leading to the exploitation and extraction of valuable materials from colonized lands. Whether it was minerals, timber, or agricultural products, colonies were viewed as sources of wealth to be exploited for the benefit of the colonial powers. This resource extraction had profound environmental and social consequences, leading to deforestation, soil degradation, and displacement of indigenous communities.

Conclusion

The architecture of colonization stands as a testament to the complexities of power, identity, and resource exploitation. By examining the intersection of architecture and resources within the context of colonization, we gain insights into the enduring legacies of colonialism and the ongoing struggles for decolonization and cultural autonomy. As we navigate the complexities of our built environments, it is imperative to confront the historical injustices embedded within them and strive for a more equitable and sustainably.

The success criteria.

Be sure that your **Reflective Post** includes:
✅ The story of your process throughout the project
✅ Evidence of your learning throughout the project
✅ Final Keynote and presentation reflection (photos!)
✅ Embedded links to your group members blogs
✅ Reflection of your Individual Keynote
✅ The DQ and your answer to it
Be sure to PROOFREAD your post prior to posting your final link here!

my team mates ❤️🤗

http://www.blog44.ca/madelinej/

http://www.blog44.ca/ellah/

Mpol

An Mpol is a mid year presentation of learning. So I have to show you all of my work that I think show my learning best this year so far. Thank you for coming to my presentation on learning. I am the expert of my own learning I am also responsible and accountable for my own learning. You can expect me to give an honest evaluation if my progress. We will discuss my strengths and opportunities for growth. Thank you in advance for listening and offering feedback that I can use to improve as a learner. I will start of with of Maker

The first thing that I will talk to you about is my user manual. 

This is basically a guide that tells you all about me. It will help you understand what I’m like and  what I’m interested about. It was fun making it because I know me best and I could put anything I wanted into it. The next thing I would like to talk about is my learning plan. I have made a learning plan for myself and others. It shows my goals and other things.

Humanities (the hardest subject in my opinion) 

The thing that I would choose to show my work is my mind node. 

This mind node was about world you had to have different aspects of worldview. I think it was best to show because it really thought me about worldview and helping me understand worldview. 

Science 

For science I’m choosing the video game. We had to make a video on atoms and it had to shown our knowledge of atoms. I made two because the first one didn’t really show my knowledge so I made another to really show my knowledge. So I would get full marks. I will also talk about my humanities project called working with words. In this project I will be talking about the poems I made. I put all of the poems I made into a book.

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/973695976/fullscreen/

(Video game link)

My favourite poem was one of my haiku poems. They where really fun to make. This is coming to the end of my first ever Mpol. Thank you for coming and listening! See you next time bye! 🍕🍟🍿

Welcome back to another blog post.

 This one is about Humanities and another project. I have been working on this project for like a month. This project is about the European exploration. 

The European exploration is when the European invaded the First Nations and other countries  and claimed them. The europeans believed that they had to spread Christianity all across the world because it was gods wishes for them to spread Christianity. They took it upon themselves to spread it, and they believed that people that didn’t believe in God were bad people and had to believe in God to get rid of all their sins. When the Europeans got to the first nations land day, they wanted to trade for Beaver. Skin. Because beavers skin was very rare in Europe so they could bring the beaver skin back to Europe, and get rich. But after all the trades they thought that they were better because they were white and the first nations people were darker skin than them so they believed that they could take anything they wanted from the first Nations. When the first nation said no. They broke out into a war kind of. The Europeans won and took over the land. There was many things that we had to do in this project. We made a story and we had to make it into a video! We also got pirate packs from white spot. It was the best. I got a grilled cheese and fries. Of course a chocolate coin! The driving question was how can we use storytelling to investigate what sparked global exploration and under stand its impact. I would answer this by saying that I think we can learn about this in many different ways like watching listening and understanding. In this project we also had to draw a bunch of pictures for our video.This is all of my drawings:

This is basically a recap of this project. See you for our next blog post! Bye Bye!❤️   

My poems!

Hello, This blog post is about all of the poems that I have made.

Here is my book:

I am really happy with my book because I put a lot of effort into making it really nice.

I did about 15 poems I think. The first one was my simile poem. All of my poems are based off of my world view. The second poem is my metaphor. I enjoyed making some of my poems because they were entertaining and I can learn more about my self. The third poem I made in this book was my sound poem. It was probably the easiest poem I made because you just put a bunch of words into a poem. This was my favourite poem to make. The next poem is my three haiku poems. They were fun to make because I can just find words that describe my world view and make sure they are the right syllables length. Next is my experiences poems I liked making this one because it was like a day in the life of me on my boat! I love boating. The last poem that I made was my about me poem this was hard to make because I didn’t understand how to make it. But I did and I think I did something wrong but it’s ok. The driving question was How might I write poems that I enjoy and shows who I am. I will answer this by saying that I think I will write poems that I enjoy by doing each poem correctly following the poems stricture. The second stepping stone for me is to really dig deep into my feeling and find perfect words to match them. The last step is to get all of the words that I think describe me and what is happening in my life that I want to share and put them all into a poem. That’s all for this blog post see you later!

                                                            2023 winter exhibition

A winter exhibition is pretty much what it sounds like. For our first ever exhibition, it went pretty good. We made a triptych, a triptych is a piece of art that is made from 3 pictures or paintings. We had to make a triptych from scratch, it was harder than it sounds because we are in the triptych. This means we are the ones acting out the triptych. You might be thinking, “What! That makes no sense!” But, I will explain it better later on. We only had a few weeks to make triptych. This is how me and my group made ours.

Preparation.      

This was a really big part of our triptych journey because of what and how we are going to to make it. First, we had to do research on what a triptych was and saw pictures of others people’s triptychs. This took a long time. Then we got put in our groups. My group had six people. We had to include some of our pictures that we made. Here’s mine 

Some people took charge and where the group leaders, while others worked on the things they knew what to do. We all helped on the project. It was very stress full because some people didn’t have parts of their costume. But luckily other people in the group did have the parts. 

In the making.

This step probably took the longest time because we had to make all of the props we had. We had to make buildings and more stuff for our triptych. For our three sections of our triptych we had to do medieval, Renaissance, and modern. For our medieval picture we did a kind with a noble next to him with two knights fighting all posing for the painter. In the Renaissance time we did the printing press and people holding signs fighting for women’s and black rights. Last but not least our modern piece. We did a person taking a picture of a girl (me) walking with a shopping bag on the phone. Then the others where on a laptop and a president with their fans. For Medieval we had to make a hat for the Nobel. We also had to make armour for the nights. I (the king) stood on a chair looking at a map that we made as well. The painter had a canvas and brushes. This was our plan:   

                                              Medieval    Modern  Renaissance                           

Rehearsals.          

We had to practice our triptych to perfect it. This didn’t take that long because we knew what we were doing and it wasn’t that hard the thing that we had to practice the most was probably the costume changing. This was a big part of our triptych because we had to preform it many times. My group was really Cooperative. We had to layer on all our costumes together. We had to be really quick to change because we only had 20-30 seconds to change because speaker was talking. We practised it many times but we never went through it more than once. We would go through it all ones from medieval to modern but never back to medieval. I think we should have done that many times to get use to the feeling of changing really fast. I think I bonded with the people in my group because we didn’t argue or be mean to each other. I definitely  think we all got to know each other more.

The big day.

I think this was the most stress full day because we didn’t know what was happening and we where all scared. The worst part was probably one of our teammates got sick and went home so we where missing one so we had to make a plan to do it without them. When we where setting up it was a little bit hectic. But the then dinner arrived and we went down to the cafeteria. The food was not great but at least we got food. Then when we came back it was already 5:30 so people where coming in. We preformed around 15 times. When it was time for everyone to leave we cleaned up but I had to go early because I was going on a plane at 8:30 the next morning. 

To answer the driving question 

What I learned from this was that if you have a plan you can’t always stick to it. So you have to be prepared for anything. Also, you have to acknowledge other people’s opinions and feelings. If you have a plan you also have to listen to others opinions to make our plan better. In conclusion I think I have learned a lot from this experience and I will use the knowledge for the rest of my life. I also think that this was a really great learning opportunity and experience for me and my group.