November 1, 2016

The Atomic Model

My Tinkercad Atom Rutherfords Atom Rutherford

When I made this in Tinkercad, (a 3d website) I was thinking about the protons and neutron so I made many different colored balls of energy. I also showed them being connected with the black things in the middle. I think my model compares to Rutherford’s model in 1910 because like mine, he included protons and neutrons in the same format as my tinkercad model you see above. Rutherfords model was called nucleus. In Science class I have learned that the atom is a ball of energy surrounded by electrons and we do not know what speed or where exactly. I’ve also learned that atoms make up everything, me you, earth, the universe, everything! Atoms came from the big bang, the start of life, planets, stars, the thing that made the universe, not empty. Also atoms are made up of electrons and protons. It looks like this:

October 6, 2016

In my zoetrope there is a line going across and it is making the sad emoji, happy. It goes from blue to yellow. I liked doing this because It was fun to learn about animations and how disney started. I also liked making my own animation without technology. I think this is a good example of my best work because I spent a lot of time trying to make the yellow and blue bold and the line SUPER bold and that is what I was going for. I think in my next project I am going to do a back round because my emoji is in the middle of nowhere.

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September 28, 2016

French Reflection

My favorite activity in French was bingo because it was fun to compete and stuff like that. I also enjoyed it because I like board games and it was a fun idea to make bingo for french numbers. I learned more about numbers with this game. We learned lots of 2 digits numbers and the listened to numbers 1-99. I also enjoyed simon dit. I liked it because it was a fun game to play and I never got out and also it was cool to see a game I play in English in French.

September 13, 2016

Summer Book Review

My Rotten Life

By David Lubar

I read My Rotten Life by David Lubar. This book is about a kid called Nathan, who lives in a small town. He has a best friend called Mookie who is obsessed with zombie movies. After having a very bad day at school being bullied, Nathan runs into a small girl called Abigail. She says she can take away bad feelings with a potion her and her uncle made, but it’s not tested. Nathan takes the risk, but it goes terribly wrong. Nathan turns into a half dead accidental zombie.

Nathan made a big decision to try out the potion, but was it a good idea, or a bad one? He makes a friend and becomes a hero. He made a decision that changed his fate and his friends fate. Nathan risks his life for his friends, now his normal life will not come back. ‘You’re a zombie,’ Mookie said. ‘Forever.’ He was right. There was nothing I could do about it. No way I could change what I’d done. There was really only one thing to say. I spread my arms and said, ‘I’ll live.’”

I did enjoy this book because it was about zombies and science fiction along with friendship and heroism. Science fiction because there is potions, heroism because Nathan saves someone’s life and friendship because they make a new friend. So if you like zombies, science fiction, heroes without powers and friendship this is a good book for you. But mostly zombie lovers. I would say that because Nathan is a half dead zombie. I would rate this book 3 stars.

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July 1, 2013

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