Friday #6 11-23-12

     In this short school week I did the following: finished The Wizard of Oz in history class, finished watching presentations in Spanish, and in chemistry, we went over various reaction types and how to write them out.
     I have learned about composition, decomposition, single and double replacement, and combustion reactions in chemistry class. We made model equations also. As far as history The Wizard of Oz has all the elements of the Great Depression hidden as different symbols in the movie. The Tin Man represents the industrial powers of the time, Scarecrow was the Farmers, Dorthy was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and so on. Spanish was boring, most of the kids in my class don't read with fluency and feeling so it makes listening to the other presentations truly dreadful. Some were good but most were awful.
     I plan to enjoy the weekend before school comes around.

Friday #5 11-16-12

     This week I have successfully: Made my presentation in Spanish class, it was my continuation on the fairy tale Aladdin.  As you know from the previous post I was out of town, and had to miss three of my classes on Friday. I completed all of that work on Sunday and turned it all in, it was mostly history stuff(two maps, four work sheets.) I did very poorly on the Tuesday/Wednesday test in chemistry, however I freaking rocked the corrections, it took like 4 hours though.
     I learned about electrolytes and non electrolytes  I am still learning about the Great Depression in history, but its moving toward WWII Its slightly jumps back and forth time periods though. Spanish is as dull as a hammer, simple put "a mi, no me gusta espanol." My vocal range is greatly increasing, which makes singing about a thousand times harder.

     I still have the weekend to complete my labs and do some notes. I really want to play guitar and stay on top of my blogs. 

Friday #4 11-9-12

This week I completed:
Most of the baby bottle lab:
i.e. the two practice runs, the two test runs, and some of the front page.
Two maps for U.S. History:
WWI pre and post war map(central, allied, and neutral powers)
U.S. map(states only)
Studied for and passed Spanish vocab terms(city and civilization related terms)
I learned a number of new Spanish words for, but are definitely not limited to:
King, Queen, skyscraper, intersection, city, ancient, and modern. Also what caused the Great Depression (farmers over spending then defaulting on loans, Americans buying things on credit, and industries not making money). I also have a way better understanding of stoichiometry!
I plan to try to play guitar more, with the running season coming to and end all my classes should gain a big grade increase!

Friday #3 11-2-12

Hey, this week I finished the following:
"Mi Vida Loca"(Spanish fairy tail project) the guitar playing that I did really locked in my A
History work sheets for chapters 11-12 (World War 1- life in the 1920's) like 6 work sheets
Model's 1-4 for understand moles, and limiting reactants work sheets
Watched stoichiometry b and c notes.
I helped my best friend ask a lady friend on a date through the use of pumpkins (see picture)

I learned you shouldn't say Betelgeuse three times. In history I learned that prohibition failed hard, and the 1920's was a time to party, but sadly the free lifestyle of the 1920's brought on the Great Depression. In Chem I have found out that the limiting reactant isn't always the least amount! Also with some walk through from Mrs.Gardner factor label makes sense now!
I plan to stay on top of my classes with cross country winding down. And I will read my book for chemistry everyday! Lastly I would really like to make time to practice the things I need to for chemistry.
Told yah!

Friday #2 10-26-12

I have finished the write up of the conservation of mass lab, as well as the bean in pot lab. They were mostly done, however they lacked the conclusion and signature. I also completed chapter 11 sections 1-2 in history, chapter 11 covers World War 1. Lastly I finished my Idea for my Spanish fairy tail presentation, I will play my guitar for ambiance while I read my story.
I learned exactly what stoichiometry is (a fundamental part of chemistry that deals with the ratios of reactants to determine quantities of products). With regards to history I have learned why World War 1 was so large (alliances), what countries were involved, and why America got involved (monetary investment in Britain). Y tambien I learned how to speak Spanish in the past tense.
This next week I will hopefully get caught up in chemistry, and history.
For lack of a better picture, here are my lab partners most of the time.

Friday #1

     I have completed the quiz 3 on UT! After completing the 2.5 notes, in class I worked through most of the balancing formula equations practice sheet. On a side note I got the highest grade in my history class on our unit test. This week I learned how learned to balance equations, I also learned Mrs. Gardner's Starbucks order. How to be better at sight reading, and some more vocab in spanish. I plan on studying this weekend in spanish and in chemistry. I've had a very stressful and hectic week. Other wise I need to stay on top of my classes, and just take it day by day.

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Guaca-Mole!

     I have learned so much about the mole! at first I just thought that it was a concentration of things! like a 6 molar Sulfuric acid.  However it turns out that a mole is simply a unit of measurement, but not in the way you think. More specifically it represents number like much like a dozen, decade or quire would. The number it represents is called Avogrado's  number which is equal to 6.0221415 × 10^23. It really surprised me that the "mole" dates back to the 1800's, and I always just kinda figured it was created by Avogrado in a dark room, but no! it took years of him stuying other scientist to finally come up with it.

Want to know more:
-What is a mole: http://chemistry.about.com/cs/generalchemistry/f/blmole.htm
- History: http://science.howstuffworks.com/avogadros-number.htm



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