Goals for 2015-2016

My first goal for this school year is to learn as much as I can because I want to succeed in my classes. And I want to try to get my grades up and I really want to end up graduating valedictorian for middle school so my second goal is to keep straight A's.And my Third goal is stay out of trouble inside class and at break.My last fourth goal is to never give up on my studies.

Weekly Blog 5/29 Article Blog

                                                       

Surprise I was looking at the national geographic articles and I saw this interesting article and read it.The surprise was that Namibia is the only place with the largest remaining cheetah population.
This was surprising because I thought the african Savannah was the place with most cheetahs.
I can learn that a place can always change depending on the time and whats happening to the land.
  Summary
This article is about a cheetah's and how their numbers of population are dwindling and in what place they are scarce and in what place they are still there. 

My Citation


Backward-Looking: I only knew that cheetahs were the fastest animals on earth.And that they lived in the african savannah.And that they run 85 miles an hour. 

Inward-Looking: I chose this article because I like cheetahs and I really want to know if like they are extinct or not.And because I like articles about animals.By the way I am a animal lover.And I want to know what I can do to help cheetahs.
 Outward-Looking: This affects the future by telling people to help and donate to help the cheetahs.They need help because 100 years ago they were in 100,000 in population but now they are 10,000.They need help.Thats why this affects the future.

 Forward-Looking: One question I still have is do cheetahs still live in the african savannah or are they extinct from there.Because it says they are extinct from 20 countries.And if they put in there I would have no questions because all of my questions were answered in the article.

Weekly blog 05/22 - Article blog

I was reading through articles until this one caught my eye it was about Orcas.The surprising thing was that orcas 12000 lb. more than a piano!Its surprising because I thought they weighed about 600 but they weighted  12000 lb.I Can learn from this that an estimate is not always correct.
 
Summary
 This article is about the life's of Orcas. And how they live what they eat and how much they weigh.Their range and habitat and diet.
    

              Citation: "Orca." Orca. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 21 May 2015. <http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/orca/>.

 
Backward-Looking: 
I only knew that Orcas where a type of mammal.And that they lived in the oceans and sometimes were used in the zoos for whale shows.And that they were slower than a car.
Inward-Looking: 
I choose this article because I am interested in animals and sea life.And this article caught my eye.And I like Orcas to because I saw their shows and it was amazing.
Outward-Looking: 
It affects the environment by telling people how important Orcas are.And they show that Orcas have their own definition of unique.
 
Forward-Looking: 
One question I have is, Do other orca pods fight?If they included that I would be okay with the rest of the article.But now Im really curious. Searching it up now.
 

Weekly Blog 5/15

Surprise 
I was surprised when I learned that electricity saving could also affect water.

I was surprised because I thought Electricity could only effect well electricity,and i never knew it could affect water.
The Surprise was that electricity can affect water.
Its surprising because electricity has almost nothing to do with water and look at that it affects water.
I can learn from this experience to always ask someone for facts so i could be prepared.

 Summary
Today we worked on our we are what we do.And I was working on trying to persuade people to save electricity because electricity is important.We need to to cook our food and wash our clothes.

My Citation
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 Backward-Looking: 
 What do you now know about the topic that you did not know before?I only knew that tesla was a type of expensive car and that it ran on electricity.Now I know that it uses solar power and is about to introduce batteries systems.

 Inward-Looking:
No because I had no idea this could happen I only knew a few things but whats happening interests me because I am doing saving electricity and I don't know if tesla is.

Outward-Looking: 
It could affect the community in two ways.One it could cause a waste of electricity and waste electricity.And Two It could help people get around without using gasoline that pollute's the air.

Forward-Looking: 
One question you have after reading the article. How would you go about answering that question.
What would you suggest to the author as a possible expansion on the topic?
I would want to know if the electricity is actually being wasted or not.And if the author included that it would be great to add to my project.And If the author did I want it to have all the details.And to answer that question myself I would research a lot and find the answer.

Weekly Blog Surprise -Alternative energy

I was surprised that the Hydroelectricity depended on the water cycle.This was surprising because I thought it was water made into electricity but I guess it depended on the water cycle.And By turning water into electricity I meant like dams and other things incorporated with water and electricity.I learned from this that I should always look up the true meaning or use before I type or write it up.

Weekly Blog Surprise 2

One thing that surprised me was that the food chain is a chain that can practically affect very thing on the chain its on!
This is surprising because sometimes I think it can affect only the creature that eats it.But it also affects the other creatures in the chain maybe another chain could be affected to! What I learned from my surprise was that I might just have to think and research about the problem and them find out what happens.

Weekly Blog Surprise

I as surprised this week when we were working on our project and we were deciding on a parallel or series circuit I first I thought that the parallel circuit would work better.But then I came out to be series.It was surprising because I thought it would be a series circuit,not a parallel.I learned that I should always wait to the real answer and never underestimate the real answer.