In season

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This week I learned about in season food. This is what I learned.

Go to http://www.cuesa.org/eat-seasonally/charts to find seasonality Charts. You will research one fruit and one vegetable that is in season during a particular month here in California.   Use the same website to find recipes.

What does in season mean?______________In season means the food is good in that time ___________________________________

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Month	One Fruit	One Veggie	URL to One recipe which uses either the fruit or veggie.
January	Dates	Brussels sprouts	link
February	Limes	Asparagus	Link
March	Guavas	Artichokes	Link
April	Lemons	Broccoli	Link
May	Cherries	Garlic	Link
June	Loganberries	Corn	Link
July	Apricots	Carrots	Link
August	Apples	Cauliflower	Link
September	Strawberries	Green Beans	Link
October	Peaches	Spinach	Link
November	Raspberries	Potato	Link
December	Kumquats	Pepper	Link

Watch the video:  http://safeshare.tv/v/y6-8EDwvklM

What are three reasons people should buy produce that is in season. Use the video to help you.

1. Food that is not is season does not taste as good as food that is in season
2. In season food does not leave as much of a carbon footprint
3. Food in season is cheaper

Why do people buy food that is not in season? ___________________________________Because they might like how the food tastes and they want it all year round insted of just buying lots of it in the seson that it is good in.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How does buying in season help everyone? ___Buying in seson helps the air and doesn’t leave as much as a carbon footprint… ______________________________________.

Where are some places you can buy in season food besides the supermarket? If you go to a place that is warmer or colder than CA than you can probably find it there.

S&EP: SP4: Analyzing data

This week I was learning about in season. I made a table to keep my data safe while I worked so nobody could copy or steal my data. I also needed it for this blog. So I kept my data safe in a table.

Food

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This week we were working on the food waste project. We were studying food systems, food culture, and, yeah, that's it. For food culture, we studied what we ate for dinner (A grilled cheese and fries), How we ate it (With my hands), where we ate it (Five Guys: burgers and fries restaurant), who we ate it with (My dad, my mom, my sister, and my brother), what we talked about (How disgusting the Oreo Creme milkshake was.), etc. I learned that Food culture represents how special the country it came from is, and that what makes a country's food special is because it is the only food they can get.

S&EP: SP4: Analyzing Data
This week I used tables and google docs to analyze the data that I got. We were studying food this week and I needed a place to have my data.

Testing

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This week we were testing. We were taking the CST (California State Test). I learned that you had to pay attention in class in order to ace the test. All of the questions were based on the test. If you like to pay attention, you probably passed. If you like to talk, not pay attention, not learn, etcetera, then you probably did not pass the test. They were all like IF YOU ARE HOLDING A MINERAL THAT CAN BE SCRATCHED BY A FINGERNAIL, WHICH MINERAL ARE YOU MOST LIKELY HOLDING? and the answers were GYPSUM, GRAPHITE, TOPAZ, and Quartz. They also gave you a mineral identification sheet. It helps to pay attention, because most of the questions were our do now questions. If you were paying attention to the do nows, you would know the answer to every single question. 



S&EP: We were testing and reviewing what we learned this week.

Review

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This week was all about review. We did zondle, kahoot, and quizizz. On zondle,  I learned more about the food chains and the human body. They gave me a question that was A CONSUMER... and then they had answers like, eats itself when it gets hungry, eats other organisms, and makes its own food. Then we would answer the question correctly. However, when I was doing zondle, I was not paying much attention to what answers I chose. I learned that even though it was fun, I had to pay attention to what answers I chose or they would be wrong and I would have to do them over again. Then, we did quizizz. I learned that time didn't matter. When you were taking a quizizz, it was probably ideal to take your time. I ended up getting first place one time! Then, we did kahoot. We did it alone at first, and then, we did teams. In kahoot, it was better to pay attention to the question on the board. If you were drawing, you would never see it, never answer it, and lose! 

S&EP

We were reviewing everything that we knew over the year. It was very fun. We were going on different websites and taking quizzes. It was fun!

Project Blog Circuit.

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This week I learned a lot about electricity. My partner was Izzy and we were sharing ideas, trying to build a blinding ray. So we figured out that some connections of wires did work and some didn't. So, we gave each other ideas and figured out a working switch. we eventually came up with an idea. We had a handle with the batteries concealed inside. Then we taped a plastic clear diamond over a non colored light. We then connected the wires and created a switch. You push on a paper clip and the light turns on. We used three batteries to make it strong.
Backward Looking: What process did you go through to produce this peice?
Well, we had an idea in our mind. We took it, and put it on paper in a schematic diagram. Then we connected the batteries and put them in a case of popsicle sticks. Then we connected the wires and switch.

Inward Looking: What did you find frustrating about the project?
What I found frusterating was that we had good ideas, and most of them didn't work. I had a good Idea, but it didn't work! I got kinda sad, but I found a better one.
Outward looking: What grade would you give it? Why?
I would give it an A- because it is kind of messy. I couldn't find my invention paper so Izzy gas only hers. I know I did it, I just can't find it. But the invention works!

Forward Looking: One thing I would like to improve upon is...
 I would like to improve on working together and listening to each other's ideas. We each had such good ideas that we thought they couldn't wait, so we were interrupting each other.

Series and parallel circuits

This week Learned about series and parallel circuits. A parallel circuit is when you have either two batteries, two lights, or two switches. Say I had two lights. I would build the circuit so that the lights would never touch. So I would build it where the lights were across from each other. A series circuit is when the electricity has one path to follow. Unlike a parallel circuit which goes in two or more paths, a series circuit has one path to follow.    

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S&EP:SP2: Developing and using models

This week we were building circuits, which was a kind of model. We had wires, a battery, and some lights. We built different kinds of models. 

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Electricity

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Summary: This week we were experimenting with electricity. We had a bunch of centers. At center 1, we were reading some stories and were writing some advice. They were all stories based on electric related accidents. Some advice was not to fly kites around power lines, don't climb electric towers, never put electronics near water, that sort of thing. At center 2, we built a circuit. Everyone in the class had a wire, two people had a battery, and one boy had a light. We all connected our wires, batteries, and lights together to create a giant circuit. We had to be careful, though, because about seven people got shocked. I learned to be careful around electricity. Center 3 was were we were testing conductors and insulators. The conductors were a silver bracelet, a penny, and pencil lead. The insulators were a marker, cloth, and a rubber balloon. I learned that the conductors were mostly metal. There were other centers that I liked. Like station 9. We ice-fished. We would stick the "hook" into the ice and find the "fish" (paperclips). If the hook touched a fish, the light would glow. 

S&EP:SP4" Analyzing data

We had a journal that we would use to keep track of our data. We would have to answer questions and write down the answers in the journal. Most of the questions were: What do you think you are supposed to do with it? What are the parts you can see? What are the parts you can't see? What do you think you are supposed to do with it? I learned all about how to stay safe nearby electric currents, power lines, outlets, and more. 

Mineral Project Blog

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This week I learned a lot about my mineral amazonite. It's colors are blue, green, purple, gray, and multicolored. The luster is vitreous. It's density is 2,56-2,58 g·cm-3.

The chemical composition is KALSiO8 Potassium aluminum silicate. The hardness is 6 - 6.5. No condiuctivity was detected. Streak: white. The cleavage/fracture is conchoidal. The mineral structure is Triclinic.

How much did you know about the subject before we started?

Well, I didn't know very much, but I knew some things. In the summer, my mom would give me a topic to research and I would present that research in a presentation to her at the end of the day. Sometimes the topic was minerals. 

What was especially satisfying to you about either the process or the finished product?
The most satisfying part of the process was that most of the information was easy to get. I worked hard on my project, and even found my mineral! I found it in Idaho. 

What the one thing you particularly want people to notice when they look at your work?
One thing I want people to notice when they look at my work is that I worked hard on it. i made sure that I wrote everything correctly and outlined it with a border. 

What would you change if you had a chance to do this piece over again?
I would change the way I bordered each of the information sections. 

Mastermines

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this week I learned a lot about the tests that scientists use to identify minerals. We were playing a game called Mastermines and I learned all about the tests. We went to different mines and found minerals. Then we brought the minerals back to the lab and identified them. We used luster test, cleavage test, structure test, color test, density, hardness, conductivity, and streak. For the streak, we rubbed the mineral on a porcelain plate and a powdery color came off of it. Diamond was white. On cleavage, we hit the mineral and determined clean break or no clean break. Feldspar had clean break. On density, we measured the weight and volume of the mineral. On the color test, we found out what color they were. Garnet was red-brown. On structure, we found out what the crystal structure of the mineral was. There were triclinic, monoclinic, cubic, hexagonal, and a rectangular one. On hardness, we scratched the mineral with different rocks to determine where it fell on the Moh's hard scale. Borax was a 2. On the luster, we shone a light on the mineral to see if it was vitreous, adamantine, dull, metallic, or pearly. Copper was metallic. For the conductivity, we had to find out how well each mineral could conduct electricity. Borax was an insulator. I also learned how to use the machines at each test.

S&EP: SP2
I used a worksheet to keep track of my data on the mastermines game. We had to keep track of a lot of data. I did some of my project at home.

Element baby book

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This week we finished up our element baby books. Mine ended up pretty good and I learned that platinum is very rare and its population is 0.003 ppm in the earth's crust. Platinum is also very hard to find and we need it for about one fifth of the things we use. I have a good presentation and worked hard on it. I also learned that Platinum has 78 protons, 117 neutrons, and 78 electrons. It's family name is called the Transition Metals and has four other members.

How much did you know about the subject before we started?

Well, not really anything. I always wanted to know about elements and the periodic table from what my parents said about it but I never really understood anything that they said. It was always about chemistry. But I always was curious about the fact and pictures that my parents showed and tried to teach me. My parents love chemistry! And now, so do I. I really loved the project and I want to do it again. It was so fun!

How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? What did/do you enjoy about this piece or work?

I liked how much I learned about the elements and disliked how little time we had to complete it. I absolutley loved the facts that I found but I feel like I could do it a lot better if I had more time. But the project in general was really really fun. 

What grade would you give it? Why?

I would give it an A- because I feel that if I had focused more I could have put in a lot more facts, and good ones too. I just feel that I allowed myself to be distracted in other people's projects and wasn't focused a lot on mine. 

What would you change if you had a chance to do this piece over again?

I would change how focused I am. I could do a lot better if I was very focused.