Health Test

Sukhsagar

In health we are currently learning about the skeletal system and its joints. We have a test on Nov. 19^th/13 on the things we are learning. We need to all the parts of the skeleton and their scientific name for them. We also need to know the joints that we have taken notes of in the class. We also need to know where all the joints and bones are located. The joints that we have learnt are:

1.     Saddle joints: allow for back and forth and side to side movement (the thumb).



2.     Ball and socket joints: allow for a wide range of movement and rotation (shoulder and hip).



3.      Candyloid joints: Allow for movement but no rotation (jaw and fingers).



4.     Hinge joints: Allow for movement much like that of a door hinge (knee and ulna).



5.     Gliding joints: Allow bones to glide past each other (ankles, wrists and spine).



6.     Pivot joints: Allows bones to spin and twist around other bones (neck and radius).



The basic parts of the skeletal system and their scientific names are: Cranium (skull), mandible (jaw), clavicle (collar bone), scapula (shoulder blade), sternum (breast bone), ribcage, humeras (funny bone), vertebral column (spine), radius (to the thumb), ulna (the pinky), pelvis (hip bone), femur (thigh bone), tibia (bigger), fibula (smaller), patella (knee cap) and phalanges (hands and foot).

In the Philippines typhoon Haiyan hit in the Eastern Visayas region ,Western Visayas region, Central Visayas, other regions and the Philippine national. In the Eastern Visayas region the typhoon left 3,725 dead, 17,821 injured and 1,574 missing. The Western Visayas region had 161 dead, 228 injured and 19 missing. In central Visayas region, which includes Cebu had 74 dead, 102, and 5 missing.  In other regions they are 16 dead, and 24 injured.

Many countries have being helping the Philippines such as Australia, Japan, Indonesia, UAE, U.S, U.K, and Asia Development Bank. Australia gave 9.3M including medical staff, shelter materials, water containers and hygiene kits. Japan gave 10M, including tents blankets and 25 medical staff.  UAE gave 10M in humanitarian aid. U.S gave 20M in humanitarian aid, 90 marines, aircraft carrier plus logistics support. U.K gave 16M including emergency shelters, water and household items. Asia development bank gave a 500M emergency reconstruction loan and 23M in grants.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/18/philippines-typhoon-update-haiyan_n_4295374.html
Nov 19,2013 9:38

http://bbcwatch.org/2013/11/14/which-country-is-absent-from-the-bbcs-list-of-international-aid-efforts-in-the-philippines/

Nov 19,2013 9:35

By: Thokozile Zulu 8A

 

ELA Class

            In ELA, we are currently learning about poetry and how to use different forms of writing in our poems. We have learned about different things such as alliteration, which are a sound device, metaphor, allusion and etc. Alliteration is when you have two or more words in a row that start with the same letter or sound at the beginning of the words. An example would be fast and furious. Metaphors are a figure of speech in which a term of phrase is applied to something to make it sound similar to something else. ­_­Allusion is a form of writing in which you make a small reference to a person, place or something that happened. An example would be the title of a song that most people know as Beauty and a Beat. It makes a small reference to the old fairy tale, Beauty and a Beast. In ELA, we have gotten an assignment to make four poems. We have to make two haiku's, one concrete and one regular poem.

           

In ELA, we also have been assigned to make a plan for a story that we would write in the future if we wanted to. The plan consists of the regular topics such as setting, characters, plot, problem and solution. We have also received a handout for character development. We got a handout for what we should do if we ever wanted to write a novel with chapters. It tells us what each chapter should be about and what we should try to include in them. This so far, doesn't have a due date but we are going to get a couple of classes to work on it so it should be fun.

Remembrance Day Blog

     On November 8th we had a Remembrance Day Mass for grades 7-12 we talked about people who fought for our freedom, and why the soldiers sacrifice their lives. We should be thankful because without the soldiers we would not have our freedom, we would not get to live the way we live now, and we would not get to believe in our own religion.           
   
     On the Same Day at 3:15 pm we had a Remembrance Day Ceremony. There were Cadets that opened the Ceremony. We sang O Canada. There were poems, and speeches from grades 6-12. They were all good, except for one that was really long and I couldn't even hear it. Then we listened to God Save the Queen. Then the Ceremony Finished.

Science Project:

Mr.R has recently told us about an upcoming project.

 

 

 

 

 

 For this

 

 project we are to partner up into 2-3 people per group and build a

 

 boat, this boat is not supposed to be more than 30cm long or wide.

 

 You can not bring in a pre made boat and you can not just cut a pop

 

 bottle in half, you must make your boat look like a boat. You are

 

 supposed to write a write up about your boat about what it is  made

 

 of, who was in your group,ect. The project is due on the 20 and the

 

 write up is due on the 25 of November.

 

 

 

 By: Madison

 

Shelter Project By Noah M.

In Social Studies we have to create a shelter of the four choices. The choices are: 1. A tipi, 2. A cave, 3. A lean to, and 4. A hut. For this project we must be either alone or with a partner. We have to create a diorama. It can be no bigger than 30 cm x 30 cm. It can be a liiiiiiitttttttttttlllllllleee bit bigger but not too much. It can't be too big because Ms.Costanzo's room is small.  I am with the Shikster for the project.

IT IS DUE ON NOV. 20th!!!!

Science test. 
I will talk about the science test. The science test will be written today, October 31st the day of Halloween. The science test is about our unit in fluids.
It will be on density calculations.
-For finding density the formula is M÷V (Mass divided by Volume)
-For finding mass the formula is DxV (Density multiplied by Volume)
-For finding volume the formula is M÷D (Mass divided by Density)
-For the Density just draw the triangle that Mr. R has shown us.
The test will also be on
-bouyancy
-vocabulary.
 

If you want to do well then we were suggested to do the review with the vocabulary and questions. Hopefully you'll do well. If you have any questions then you should ask Mr. R on Edmodo (you should have an account by now.)
 


http://listverse.com/2013/07/09/resend-10-modern-child-prodigies/
http://teaching.monster.com/training/articles/9738-tips-for-an-a-science-fair