Category Archives: Social Studies

Chapters 6-7, Book of Esther

Haman wanted to be the second in command. So, Basically, there is an evil guy who wants to kill all of the Jews in Shushan. Mordechai found out about this event and told one of Esthers Eunuchs, which told Esther, which described to the king how evil Haman is and his cruelty to the Jews in Shushan. As soon as the King found out about how evil Haman was, he started to put together the puzzle pieces on how Haman had had a 75-foot stake that Haman would have used for Mordechai, but instead, the King uses that same stake to hang Haman.

Book Of Esther, Chapters 4 & 5

In Chapter four and five, Mordechai is mourning and covered ashes and ripped rags. He is disgusted upon what Haman has brought to him. His death with and all of the Jews in Shushan will be hanged and killed. Then later, Mordechai informs Esther’s servent about how Esther needs to approach the king and takes the risk of being killed. She approaches the king and requests an invite for a wine party held by Esther. Then Esther will tell the king about the murder of the jews.

Food Web Reflection

Today our class made a foodweb with strings and pieces of paper that tell us who our predators are and what our animals were. I thought it was really cool because you could see how many connections each animal had and what kind of interactions they had. Another thing that I thought was really cool was that when one animal died it affected almost all of the other ones that have for instance Yellow Perch as a predator. I wonder if a certain animal could make a whole new food web. I thought that this was really cool and fun!

First Chicken Plan

How did your research guide your plan? It guided me in a way that if I forgot something I could just go back to it and basically just rewrite it so that I could have it in my actual plan because then I could just use it to guide me threw the process.

 

What information do you still need to find? I am actually done with my research and finished all of the stuff that I need to find so that I can mummify the chicken.

 

What new information did you find as you planned? I basically didn’t know anything about mummy’s or how you mummify something or someone.

 

How do you think this plan will work with your group members? I think that we all have the same plan so it will go pretty smoothly.

 

 

How can you make sure every person’s voice is heard in the group? We can each have a different role in making the mummy chicken.

ETC- 7 week reflection

I noticed that my teamwork has been a lot better independently wise. I am now good at working in groups and helping others. I think the people I have been working with are really nice and smart and we all get a part in the group. My favorite challenge was the pringles challenge because we all worked together and even though we didn’t finish we got close and kept on going.

Dissection Week

Mostly this week we dissected and learned about fish. We dissected Perch and Sea Lamprey. The perch was more thick and big while the Sea Lamprey was very long and skinny. We had about 3 female perches and 6 male. And we had 2 female Sea lampreys versus 7 males. I learned that the Sea Lamprey sucks other fish’s blood instead of eating them. I learned that Perch’s come in all shapes and sizes. (Our’s were relatively small. I first didn’t like the Sea Lamprey but as we dissected I thought it was really interesting. I wonder if the SeaLamprey and Perch get along.

5th/6th Retreat

At about 8:15 we got on the bus for an hour to Lake Geneva Canopy Tours Zip Lining. The first things we saw when we got there were 2 contemporary lodges and a 1220 foot Zipline that was 3 stories high or 60 feet high. From 9:30 to 12:00 we were split into 2 groups and about 3 teachers per group. One of the activities we tried to do was there were 2 strings and 2 people and we had to attempt to get them free without breaking them. Another activity was when we had to jump across a certain amount of space with a rope and we couldn’t touch the ground while landing on the log. At 12:00 we ate lunch and at 12:30 we had a talk about the expectations and then we got our gear on! We were split into 3 groups (I was in group one) and took a tractor with a trailer on the back to the zip line area. Before the ziplines, we had to practice taking off and on the hooks and braking. The first couple of zip lines were 50 feet then it went to 100 then to 120 and then was the jumbo big one. I am afraid of heights and falling so I had a little bit of anxiety but went for it and it was so fun and regret not wanting to go! I had so much fun with our guides, teachers and classmates and thank you so much LGCT for having us!

High Holiday Project Brainstorm

What do I know about my topic? Describe all the details, information, ideas that you do know. I know that forgiving others is showing gratitude.

 

What are 10 other questions I have that I need to research for a further study? What is forgiveness? How can we show forgiveness? Why forgiveness? Why do we show forgiveness on the high holidays? Why are they called the high holidays? What are the names of the holidays that are in the high holidays? What is Yom Kippur? What is Rosh Hashanah? What does Rosh Hashanah mean?

 

Where will I begin to look for those answers? I will research on the internet and in books.

 

What help do I need to move forward in my project? The help of me and my partner.