Today I was working on a presentation about the stun gun. I have worked hard on that project except that I forgot to say if the slides were political, social, heath and so on. I have done a pretty good job on the information on the problems.

When it says “thank you” it continues so please stop there.

Here is the slide show:

In this project I enjoyed drawing because I could develop my artistic skills and help me for the up coming drawing projects. I also think that the annotations was a successe because Rohan and I worked hard on the annotations and also the drawings and lay out.

In this project I think that I could improve on the background because i have just made random mountains or plains to show how the outdoors were before industrial revolution.I could also improve the the drawing of the houses and prison.

In the group I drew some of the drawings and the background to make it look pretty/neat. I also somehow helped the annotations.

The advantages to live in this time periods it that you could see the starting of the creations and how they work. The disadvantages to live in this time period is that you get a lot of radiation from the pollution and that you will have to work in the factories for the owners.

I would like to live in the time before the industrial revolution because it was a lot cleaner and you didn’t have to work in the factories. I would also try to make the factories more environmentally friendly so that the atmosphere and air are not polluted.

In class we were suposed to create a poster about an element that we chose. In this project I chose the element Rhenium because the name of the element inspired me and I thought it was going to be a good choice.

The most challenging thing about this project was to finish it in such a short amount of time and write interesting things about the element we chose.

I think I did a pretty good job on the poster because I added good facts and good picture representing the element. I think that I could get a 4-5 in modified assessment descriptors because I have The student describes how science is applied and how it may be used to address a specific problem or issue in a local or global context. And a 4-5 for Task Specific Descriptions because he poster describes the element clearly and shows that it has applications with a local or global significance.

What is the chemical symbol?
The chemical number for the Rhenium is Re and the atomic number 75. Rhenium is the second last element found on the periodic table and has one of the highest melting points and boiling points.

Where is it found?
The Rhenium was found in Germany in 1925 by Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke and Otto Berg. Those scientis found the Rhenium in the platinum ore and in the columbite. They also found rhenium in gadolinite and molybdenite. In 1928 the scientis were able to extract 1g of Rhenium from a 660kg molybdenite. The name Rhenium originates from the latin word Rhenus and in english it means Rhine river. Rhenium is also a very rare metal found in the crust of the eart.

How is it extracted?
Rhenium is selectively extracted from an aqueous solution containing various other metal values, e.g. copper, arsenic, iron, bismuth, antimony, tin, and lead in addition to molybdenum. The loaded organic phase, containing extracted molybdenum values, is separated from the aqueous raffinate, and the molybdenum values contained in the organic phase are stripped therefrom using an aqueous stripping solution containing ammonium hydroxide.

What other facts can you find?
Rhenium has a very high melting point and boiling point. The melting point is 3180°C and it is used in machines such as in the airplane turbine. It also has a boiling point of 5900°C. This metal is very useful in high temperated mechanics.

Today April 13 2012 my group and I have preformed the story of Issunboshi the 1 inch samurai. The unit was about story telling and the unit question was can actions speak louder than words.

I think I did well in this performance because I was engaged and I was focused because I really want the grade fours to have a good time watching the performance and laugh. In the performance I had three different parts and I some times had to improvise because I forgot my parts.

What were some difficulties? Solutions?
I was a bit hard to remember some of the parts. It was also difficult to organise the skit or play in a small area in the class room.
What were some achievements?
Some of the achievements we made were to make the kids laugh and to make them enjoy the show.Another achievement was to memorize the text and the narration. I also did pretty good at acting my characters.
Which group was successful and why?
I think that the group were jamie,axel,mary, and Iruka did well because they had really good accents for the character because they really worked on it. In the group were was a good use of space because they improvised on the amount of space they could use. This group also had a good use of props because they used a coat for a blanket.

In class we have done a little poem about one of the seasons. I chose the winter because its the season I like the most in the year. I had a lot of fun doing this poem because I had a lot of good ideas for the short sentences. I added a night sky background because I though it would go well with the poem.

Here is the screen shot of my poem:

In science we have done a mining experiment were you had to extract iron and salt from it. You could work with a partner so that it goes faster and you can peer check your work. In my experiment me and my peer had a very unusual situation, this situation was when we had more salt then rock. I you were supposed to do a graph and table showing your results. I got a good grade because I probably had a good conclusion or because of the method.

In this art unit we were supposed to draw a line drawing. The drawing had to include 3 pictures of the field studies field trip in Hakuba. In this drawing I used a lot of my drawing skills to do this line drawing. In my life I already drew a big drawing showing a castle and  handful of trees showing a forest. When I drew the line drawing picture I was really confident because I was determined to get a good grade to make my parent happy. The unit question of this unit is “How can we communicate visually”. The significant concept is “Line can be used to convey shape, texture and tone”.

In this unit I think I have done my best drawing in my whole entire life because most of the drawings I do at home is from a birds point of view. I think I have went up from 2 levels in my line drawing for me because its probably the best line drawing I did. In the drawing I used 4-5 different line drawings because every different line techniques is used for different objects or plants and water(liquids). The first drawing was bad because I didn’t have any of the skills but after I practiced on the line techniques I felt a lot more confident I that is why my last drawing was a lot better.

In my drawing I think that I have done well but there are areas where I can improve. One of the ways I can improve is on the foreground because I haven’t done so well on the sand and rocks, this is also one of my weaknesses, to draw rocks and to show the sand. Another way to improve is the sky because I haven’t showed the outline off the clouds.

In this unit I did some research to find relevant pictures for my drawing, the pictures should be from Hakuba. I chose the pictures with mountains as a background and a lake for the Middle ground and for the foreground I used a road with some sand and rocks. I spent most of my artistic skills on the mountains and lake because it was the hardest part on the drawing.

I also had an Idea of practicing my line techniques on the sand and rock because I wasn’t to sure about how to draw the rocks and how to show that there is sand on the ground. I also worked on my water because the first time I drew water it looked horrible so I decided to work on it.

In the drawing I had a very low level of contrast, and I think that it will affect the picture a bit. In this unit we had about 3 months to draw on it and let me tell you that it went by very fast. We added springs under the different grounds so that it comes out/pops out.

Here is my line drawing:                                                                                             This is my first drawing:                                             (no comments about how bad it is)

Goals

Goal 1- I think that the learner profile I need to work on is communication in class because I can get detracted really easily so to work on it I will have to know when its time to talk and when its time to work.

goal 2- My second goal is to work on the thinkers learner profile because I use less of my brain then usual, I can also work more than I do at home so I get better grades.

When I am home my brother made me a little list of exercises that I have to do every day except for the weekend when I have free time. I’m a bit lazy and sometimes skip the exercises. Sometimes I skip the exercises because I have homework or I just come late home. To be able to do my exercises when I have time, for example when I come back home, when I finished my homework and also before I go and play.

Values

I think that I fall into the responsible in our actions, in this value I need to my responsibility in class and pay a little more attention to what the teachers says we have to do and do it.

In class we have worked on debates about child labor. During class there was two separate sides there was one side for  the people that thought child labor was good and one side for people against child labor. In the debate I took place as a Dickens, and my name was Robert.In the debate I think I could improve on my speaking because I was a bit lost and I was a bit day dreaming and laughing at the same time.I could also improve on the clearness of my voice so that the audience could better understand what I’m saying. I think I did well in the speech and research because I research about the different children that worked at the factory. I also had a loud voice so that the whole audience that could hear.

For me I think that child labor should not be allowed because if children work in the factories or in the shimmies the kids could loose a hand, an arm, a leg or something like that. On both sides there was very strong arguments and that really affected the debate. In the group for child labor there was really difficult question that the other side had to answer. In the debate my side the people against child labor and we also had good facts.

Overall I think that child labor is not good because the human population in England can go lower and the children aren’t going to be very smart. In the factories the children can fall in the machines, and cut an arm, leg, or something, or they can just die. If a child dies in the factory and the owner did it, the owner can just say that the child fell in.

1.  Which applications do you think will be best to create a trailer?  Why?
I think the best application for me to use is After Effects because it has really good effects and you can make the picture move to make it more interesting.
2.  Which applications do you think will be the least useful for creating a book trailer?  Why?
I think that the least useful application to use for the book trailer
3.  Do you  already feel confident about using the application?  If not how much will you need to learn?

4.  Do you think it makes more sense to choose an application and then start designing, or to design your trailer first and then choose an application to make it?  Explain.