Welcome to my grade 9 mid-year presentation of learning. This blog post is to demonstrate my learning over the last few months and to express where I had successes and FAILs. This post is not related to any class or project, I am merely expressing my thoughts on the learning I have done this year. […]
Category: Reflection
Thought 30: Chemistry Stories
Thought 30: Chemistry Stories ⚛️ 🚨SOUND THE SCIENCE ALARM NEW SCIMATICS BLOG POST 🚨 This project was all about chemical bonding. To explain the process of how 2 atoms can share their electrons, we were tasked with making an animated video that demonstrates both ionic and covalent bonding. I decided to use Gold Cyanidation as […]
Thought 29: Working with Words 📝
Thought 29: Working With Words 📝 To read or not to read; that is the question for poetry. Before this project, I would have chosen not to, but after writing a book on poetry the answer, is maybe. For this joint PLP 8-9 project, we were tasked with writing a book about poetry, to express […]
Thought 28: Revolutions on Trial 🐖🇺🇸
Thought 28: Revolutions on Trial 🐖🇺🇸 I was brought to court, but for a completely different reason than I was expecting. This project explores revolutions and the legal system. We started this project with a Nation X simulation. I have no idea what Nation X is because I was not at school that week. The […]
Thought 27: Correlation Vs Causation 📊
Thought 27: Correlation Vs Causation 📊 How are correlation and causation different? This project was all about surveys. Surveys are important ways to get data to help us understand things. The survey questions I chose, will NOT help you understand things. We were challenged with surveying the class, and find correlations and causations in our […]
Thought 25: Take Your Kid To Work Day
Take Your Kid To Work Day 💼 2 weeks ago, I participated in Take Your Kid To Work Day 2021, an annual event were grade 9 students get to spend a day at their parents workplace to experience what its like on a job. My parents own an operate Dip Co. Delights, a local sandwich […]
Thought 24: People and the Environment 🐵
Thought 24: People and the Environment 🐵 “How do people and the environment affect each other?” We were asked this question on day 1 of this project. To answer this question, the class was challenged with writing a letter to a politician, and convince them to make changes in their policies. As someone who doesn’t […]
Thought 23: Guess Who’s Back?
Thought 23: Guess Who’s Back? The time has come for my first blog post of PLP 9. For our first project of the year, we had to make a board game using laws of exponents. My partner for this project was Colton. I will link his blog at the end of this one. Our game […]
Thought 22: Comic Cells
Thought 22: Comic Cells How do cells and diseases interact? Welcome to the final project of PLP 8. This project was all about cell interaction. We had the task of creating a comic book about cells, diseases and bacteria. I chose to make my comic on how heart disease attacks your body and how you […]
Thought 21: Ultimate Design Challenge 📝
Ultimate Design Challenge How can we design an object to optimize its shape? Design is important. Design is professional. Design is the form in which we determine the visual and functional value of an object. For this project, we were to take an object, and optimize it’s design for maximum surface area or volume. We […]