TKMB ch 11-12

Why does Jem have to read to Mrs. Dubose? What is actually happening as he reads? Why does Atticus say Mrs. Dubose has “real courage”?

Jem has to read to Mrs. Dubose because he destroyed her garden. When he is reading she keeps correcting him and she also falls asleep. Atticus says she has real courage because she faces challenges that are impossible and she knows what to do.

There are clear gender roles during this time period. How are girls and boys supposed to act? How to these expectations complicate Scout’s life?

She is told to dress like a young lady because she dresses like a tomboy. Neighbors and her aunt judge her on how she dresses, Scout has an attitude and refuses to dress like a young lady.

Why doesn’t Dill visit in the summer?

He does not visit in the summer because he is living with his dad and building boats.

Discuss the kids’ trip to church with Calpurnia? What do they notice about Calpurnia during this adventure? How are the kids treated at the African American church? What do they find out about Tom Robinson while they are there?

The kids were treated like outsiders. Calprnia was more educated than the other people at the church.

Assesing our peers

Our teacher always make our grading rubrics this time we turned it around to have us students make the grading. This is what my group came up with to grade our peers during there presentation of there solution.

Unit assesment: Environmental

Environmental unit 
   In the environmental unit I have learned about many environmental issues from teach backs, labs, research papers, field trips and books. Before starting this unit, I did not know about a lot of the environmental problems we had, this unit helped me be aware of what was going on around me. Knowing what is happening gives me an eyeopener. Thank you to this unit I learned about ocean acidification letting me think out of the box to think of a solution and make a research paper letting me become the expert. My favorite part of this unit is joining the field trip to bodega bay where it gave me and my partner the motivation to create our solution. I also enjoyed adding to my passion blog, talking about something I enjoy doing is my favorite.

   When we were told to pick an environmental issue we would like to research, my partner and I looked at many of them thinking they will all be hard to create a solution for. I did not have any idea what ocean acidification was before this unit until we were told to pick an environmental problem to write a research paper and create a solution. I furthered my research on this problem, learning it was a very big issue. My research paper was not as good as I wanted it to be and was one of my hardest papers to write because of the lack of my credible research. My partner and I thought out of the box when creating our very own solution. We got out of our comfort zone and decided to get contact with experts about this issue. We are very proud on what we have created and this unit gave us the opportunity to believe we can create anything if we put our mind to it.

    The bodega bay field trip was a very good experienc and I learned a lot in both of these places. the bodega bay trip was my motivation to construct the model for our solution for ocean acidification. This is the place where Olivia and I got confirmation on what could work. We then got in contact with a geologist that worked in this research center and he was kind enough to help us get our hands on some eelgrass that we needed to construct our solution. Without going on this field trip I feel like we would not have had the extra push to create it.

   My passion blog is what I have been most proud of. I enjoy having the freedom of writing about something I enjoy doing. In the beginning it was hard for me to come up with something because in being in a new core I felt like I had a restriction on what I can write about. It did not feel right to me that I didn't have to write about anything specific. Later on I realized that the blog does not have to be specific I can write about anything as long as it goes with my theme of soccer. I absolutely love sharing my knowledge on this sport and it has been easier for me to write them.

 In conclusion this unit was amazing teaching me new things about what is going on around me. Without this unit I feel like I would not have been able to go out of my comfort zone or think out of the box. This unit was defiantly an eye opener because we do not realize what we do to our own earth on the daily basis. By being taught these issues of the environment it might change our ways of living to help our earth a little more.

Solution for ocean acidification

Finding a solution for ocean acidification was very difficult thinking of the little things we will need to work around. Olivia and I thought of a solution of having floating eelgrass beds. Eelgrass will increase pH levels only during photosynthesis which means at night they are not photosynthesizing due to no light. In order for them to photosynthesize all the time we will add solar panels and a fluorescent light. The floating box will be similar to a buoy and will have holes on the sides in order for water to travel through it.

Sketch notes

Sketch notes is a new way of writing notes! drawing out notes to make sense of them. these sketch notes are based off of the book The sixth extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert.