Health Project

      For the health project, we had to make a video on how stress and exercise affect a system. I was partnered with Ranshika, Takdir, and Amrit.

      We filmed at Ranshika's
house and outside of his house. We had an awesome time filming it because it was fun and hilarious. I was being random
by walking around on their fence, and I
got watched by his neighbours.
They thought that we were crazy. One
of the ladies watching us was holding a
cross.

Thank you for listening to my presentation.

Social studies Greek Title page

   In Social Studies, we are starting a new unit about Greece. Ms. Costanzo gave us an assignment to make a title page for Greece. You had to have five pictures, and a paragraph for each picture. We were only allowed to use pictures, and the information from the social textbook. There were a few pictures you could've drew, like the Spartan soldiers they were a strong military , an Acropolis a refugee when war would happen then later on it became a worshipping place, a Parthenon which was a temple for the goddess Athena, the clothes that the Greeks wore, and the Trojan Horse a war to get back Helen from Paris. They all had good information, which were easy marks if drew the picture well, and had information. 

Religion field trip

               

RELIGION FIELD TRIP

                On May 1^st the grade eights and grade sevens went on a field trip to a Cathedral. We took a bus to get there. When we got there we went to the basement and sat in a circle. We had to say our names and say our favourite movies while we waited to go upstairs. We also played this other game where we had to guess who started doing an action. After that we had to go upstairs and sit down to listen to songs and stories.

                There were two guys who were telling us stories about their lives. They played decent music. My favourite song was the one about the peanut butter sandwich. After an hour or two of listening to the guys, we went back to the basement to eat our lunch. We stayed down there for a while talking to our friends. After a while of staying down there, we had to go back up to listen to more stories and music. After that, we got on the bus and went back to school. When we got back to school we were allowed to play outside for the rest of the day. After that we went home. 

 

 

          

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Optics

 

In Science, we have just finished the topic on Cells and Theory and we are moving onto the new topic of Optics. In Optics, we learn our sense of sight and the behavior of light. We know that light is electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the eye. With this knowledge, we needed to know whether or not light was matter. We determined that light is not matter, but energy. We can conclude that light is energy by using a radiometer, a device similar to the one on the left.

We also learned that there are two main types of light, incandescent and luminescent. Incandescent light is created by burning or glowing through heat. Luminescent is producing light, but not through heat. Luminescent light can be further sub-divided into 3 different groups. They are . . .

Fluorescent: produce only when electricity is provided. Electricity reacts with chemical inside tube to produce light. Example: classroom lights

Phosphorescent: stores and gradually give off light. Works even after energy is removed. Example: glow in the dark stuff

Chemiluminescent: creates light through chemical reaction. Example: glow sticks

We further on learned about radiation. Radiation is energy emitted through waves. There are different types of radiation. From the lowest radiation to the highest radiation, it is as follows . . . 

Radio waves > Microwaves > Infrared > Visible > UV rays > X-rays > Gamma rays

Electromagnetic radiation is made by photons, which are mass-less particles that travel at the speed of sound. We also learned about refraction and dispersion. Dispersion is the process of separating white light into its visible spectrum (ROY G BIV). Refraction is changing the light’s rays as it passes through matter. Refraction and dispersion are responsible for rainbows, since when white light enters a drop of water, it is dispersed as it reaches the other side. The arch, in this case, depends on the place we see it relative to the sun.

 

All of this information was to be on the quiz on April 17th.