Social Studies Mid-Term Assessment

Exploring Cultural Holidays Project (Nowruz)

Creative thinking: I can get creative when it comes to crafting things for the projects (Coming up with ideas and using the right resources).

Communication and Collaboration: We can communicate to each other to do a specific part of the project (I drew the artifacts and did the research, my other partners did the research and the artifact/paragraph cutouts). I can take on roles and responsibilities and do my share in a group. I can work with other people to achieve our goals.

Creating and innovating: We used cardboard and colored construction paper for our artifact cutouts, I thought that our bulletin board can be the table of the Nowruz holiday to place our artifacts on it.

Core Competency Virus Project

#ThinkingCC I was thinking about how to create my virus model with cheap items, I was doing the Bacteriophage where it looks more unique than the other viruses. I got ideas by looking at the other virus models that were hanging down from the ceiling, I already had some stuff at home and I went to the dollar store to find some crafting stuff that I need. The stuff I used for my virus model includes:

Tooth pick for the Teeth

Cardboard (including the core of the toilet paper roll) for the Tail Sheath and the Base.

Rope to wrap around the Tail Sheath to give it the pattern

Blue pipe cleaners for the Tail Fibers and to cover around the Base

Blue plastic gashapon ball for the Capsid/Head

Blue string for the DNA of the virus

I used my own hot glue gun to permanently stick everything together, I didn’t took a picture of my virus model yet, but I’m happy how it turned out at the end. My pamphlet for the project didn’t turned out well because I had to rush it at the end, but it has plenty of information about the virus.

Feeding Frenzy Lab (Science 11)

We did a lab where we had to fill up our cups (stomachs) and whoever’s cup got full we had to stop filling up ours. We were given different kinds of utensils/tools for each environment to compete with each other.

#ThinkingCC: We had to come up with different kinds of strategies to fill up our cups more faster (adapting to the environment) and so we did.

Identity Poem – Donya

Here’s my poem about “Your Bad Experiences”

Core Competency Reflection:

I can ask and respond to questions to be an active, supportive listener

I can understand that learning is continuous and my identity will continue to evolve.

I can identify my strengths and identify my potential

I can recognize different points of view and can disagree respectfully

I chose these 4 because it matches to who I am