Tech Post #1:Atoms (and Jewelry)

In class for like last week we have been learning about atoms! An atom consists of a central nucleus that is usually surrounded by one or more electrons. Each electron is negatively charged. The nucleus is positively charged, and contains one or more relatively heavy particles known as protons and neutrons. A proton is positively charged. We also did a experiment with a spiral wire, aluminum foil a glass and cloth and a tube. We rubbed the cloth and tube and put it near the spiral wire and it was supposed to move the foil. But it didn’t because it was humid that day. But we realized that if you rub the cloth and tube together and put it above your head it makes your hair stick up!

Today in Tech we are making wired jewelry for someone else. I am doing for my mom and I am making a wave! Today we will make the shape of what we want this wire and get to use tool to perfect it another day!

Blog Post #3

As you may know my Capstone is about DNA, and I have finally finished! During this process I have learned so much about DNA that I don’t even know how brain can fit it all! I have learned a lot about myself during this process. I have learned how to overcome challenges, new websites and new ways to research!

When I think about my final product and its strength there are lot actually. When I was thinking about my strength I noticed that I talk to the audience and really let the watchers think.

Also, while I was working on my capstone, I had many challenges, which are memorizing my slide about the double helix and finding high quality images and free to use ones. Even though all of these challenges got in the way, my favorite part was actually making my Ted Talk. This might sound weird because my challenges were all about the slideshow, but I loved making it my own and actually had fun doing it.  I love going up and talking to the audience! The hardest part was probably making my script. The amount of times I had to edit and change my script was insane.  I can’t even count how many times I had to change each section.

If I were to conduct my research differently, I would probably print out multiple articles so I could highlight the articles and pick out the pieces I ‘d want to add or that seemed important. I would start my research a little sooner so that I would have more time to think about what I learned instead of going right into the script.

Some advice I would like to give future 5th graders is to figure out what you want to do before you start and write it down in a notebook that you use everyday. I used my language arts notebook. You should do this because you can already have a idea of where you can get your research and feel prepared before you even start! Lastly you should have fun and be yourself!!

Capstone Interview (Blog Post #2)

For my Capstone as you may know I’m doing DNA and my main question is, “What exactly is DNA?” and my sub questions are, “How do we get our genes?” and “What is DNA made of?”

For my interview I interviewed my Papa about DNA. I had a really good time doing it and learned a lot. Some stuff I learned is that there is a DNA language, it consists of 4 letters only, A, T, C and G. These 4 letters stand for ,

A- Adenine

T- Thymine

C- Cytosine

G- Guanine

I also learned that there are 10,000,000,000,000 cells in a human body! 13 zeros! I also learned that DNA stands for DeoxyriboNucleic Acid. Also genetic codes are based on groups of three letters together  which are called Codons. They could look like AAA CGC TTA GGA and so on. Groups of codons establish a message that is sent out. This group of codons is called a genes. I also learned much more but that’s all i’m going to say for now and you just have to wait until my final project is done!

 

Task Definition

I have been thinking about what my question and sub questions should be, I have finally decided what they are. My main question is, “What is DNA?” and my sub questions are,  “Why is everyone’s hair and eyes different?and “How do you get your personality traits?” 

The challenging part of this was making my sub-questions. I have known what I want my main question to be I couldn’t figure out questions to get closer to my question. I had to change my sub-questions a lot either because they sounded weird or didn’t have any information.

This project is really fun already and can’t wait to do more!

Blog Post #2 (Reflecting On My Video)

I loved doing this project, I had a really good time learning about my babysitter and why she came to America. The most challenging part was putting together the WeVideo, the voice-over wasn’t working, I had to change to a different computer a lot and trying to find pictures I wanted to use. But I still had a lot of fun doing and overcoming the challenges.

Here is my final project:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x9iKBm21cHKNWgUoPW3pzdyhDs6VaRea/view

Overall Constitution Project Reflection

This project was really fun and I learned a lot during this like stuff I thought was so crazy.  It made me realize how crazy times were and how different the times were then to now. While doing my overall project it was really fun and I even needed to do more research! I loved doing my research and putting all the work I have put into this unit to something I am proud.

Here is my project:

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/13J7t2zc-Nz_cZ1e3yFVKn4IAuWTrxVvXrsS1tlVltjA/edit

Blog Post #2 (Refection On my Research So Far)

During my research it has been challenging but also sometimes it can be fun and motivating. If I were to say the most challenging part it would be finding actual good websites with useful information. Most of the websites I looked at didn’t have a lot of information or didn’t have what I was looking for. It took me 2 days to find the information I was looking for. The things that have kept me motivated are when I find something that I will use or when I move one step close to the final project!

Blog Post #1 (Why I Chose My Question)

My question is, “How Did the Constitution Begin?”  I chose it because I always am wondering, Who started the Constitution? Who played the biggest impact while making the Constitution? What made the Constitution possible? During the Constitution did it go smoothly or was there fighting and chaos, and much more.  During my free time I like to find the answers to these questions, but never really find the answers. During this I hope that I can find the answers to these and really find out what actually happened.

Should the Electoral College Process Change?

I think that the electoral college process is unfair and needs to be abolished because it often results in situations that do not accurately portray who a majority of Americans really want as president.

 

I think that the electoral college process is unfair because it allows the presidential election to be decided by a handful of states. I know this because depending on the population of each state they get more electoral college votes so technically if the bigger states vote for one president it is a higher chance of that president winning.

 

I think that the electoral college process is unfair because it ignores the will of the people. I know this because there are over 300 million people, but just 538 technically decided on who should win. In the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by more than one million votes, but yet still lost the election on electoral votes.

 

I think that the electoral college process is unfair because it is a “winner takes all” type of thing. This means that if one candidate has 51,489 votes and the other one 51,488 votes, the first candidate would take all the votes just because they lost by one vote. If there wasn’t this process it wouldn’t really affect the score but with it it affects it so much.

 

In conclusion I think that the electoral college process is unfair because it is like a winner takes all type of game.