Sit and Reach Reflection

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What went well - we worked together very well and got a lot done. Additionally, it was really fun and we had a lot of fun.

What I learnt - great exercises and that a lot of practice will come in handy

What I could do differently - come with a lot more exercises as I only came with 4.

CWW

This is a little late for this post but this is the 3 day camp that we did in school in October.
Hi guys, just got back from CWW, and here are some pictures of the wildlife in Pular Ubin and MacRitchie. There's not enough space for all of them, so here are a few.





This is a 30 meter tree that I found in the bush in the forests of Pular Ubin.

We've hit 1000!!!!!

This morning

This afternoon

I've finally hit 1000 page-views!

Brainpop States of Matter

Just a quick recap quiz from a long time ago.......

Neutral Actors

Sound: I cannot hear the neutral actor's specific words as they are blurred together and is just general noise.
Camera Work: The people that are centred in the image are the main characters, while the neutral ones are blurred. However, sometimes the neutral actors are not blurred like the one on the left.
Costumes: All the neutral characters in this video are dressed in black, while the others are wearing different colours.

The director tries to focus on the main characters by zooming in on the main character or blur the neutral characters so you would not notice them. The director also makes the sound of the main character loud and outstanding while the neutral characters are soft and blurred.


It is easier to focus on the neutral characters when the sound is mute as you cannot hear the main character's voices, so you can pay attention more to the neutral characters.

Best Classical Recording On Earth!

Classical music can't get any better!

What is My Reaction Time?

(In the experiment we only showed one person's hand, but we tested both.)

What is is:This is an experiment that shows me which hand has a faster reaction time.
Variables of this experiment:
      Variables
      * The distance of the thumb and pointer finger
      * The thumb and pointer finger is aligned with the 0,
      * Gravity does the work for the ruler to fall
      * The other person has to let go of the ruler unexpectedly.
      * Non-Dominant and Dominant hand

Hypothesis
      * I think that the reaction time of the dominant hand will be faster than the non-dominant hand as your right hand is used for more things.

Variables that I will try to keep the same:
      * The distance of the thumb and pointer finger
      * The thumb and pointer finger is aligned with the 0,
      * Gravity does the work for the ruler to fall
      * The other person has to let go of the ruler unexpectedly.

Sample size:
About 5! people, or 120 people, right handed and left handed. That is because if everyone was right handed, you wouldn't know about the other people who were left handed. Also, you would need 10 trials for each person.


Type of data: Quantitative

Procedure (Also in video): 
1. Take a ruler that is 30 cm long and a rubber band to start the experiment.
2. Place your rubber band between your thumb and pointer finger, rubber band slightly tight.
3. Slowly take your fingers out of the rubber band , and place them right at the 0 of the ruler.
4. Your partner places their fingers exactly on top of the 30.
5. Your partner drops the ruler unexpectedly, leaving gravity to let it fall
6. The amount of cm you catch it at is your reaction time for your one hand.
7. Repeat this several times for the same hand.
8. Do steps 2-7 again for the hand you have not tested.
9. That's it!

A graph to show the results of our experiment: (video only showed doing both hands once):

The results of the experiment

and the results for my partner,

Conclusion: The reaction time of the dominant hand will be faster than the non-dominant hand.

    Why: The evidence clearly showed that, since that I am right handed,  and the amount of cm is lower for my right hand, my right hand has the faster reaction time.
It is the same with my partner.

My Minute Scores

This graph tests my general math knowledge. It indicates that I am quick, but sometimes careless in my "minute" scores.

Sit and Reach Video

Hi everyone, here is the fitness video I made with my group in PE!

How Would I Be in Drama?

8.75

TEN is a person who is dying to hit the stage on day one of drama and would willingly perform in front of all of 6th grade right NOW! ONE is a person who would rather be ANYWHERE but the stage and would prefer to be wrapped up in a blanket back in their bed hugging their teddy bear. On this scale of one to ten, I would be a 8.75 because I am completely comfortable with the stage, be it music or pubic talking, but if I had to do a play or dance on stage I would.... well lets say I would be terrible. I have hand a lot of experience on the stage ; however, most of it was just playing the piano. I feel a lot more comfortable on the stage using an instrument, as it gives something that I can focus on besides the audience. For public speaking, I'm not so keen, but I don't have a fear of it. That's why I'm an 8.75.

Sportsmanship

 I think the main definition of sportsmanship is to treat the other teammates with respect and to play fairly by the rules. You should demonstrate sportsmanship while playing sports as it shows you respect the other team, and playing by the rules would help the game be a fair one. In floor hockey, I demonstrated sportsmanship by respecting the other teams efforts, complementing them for what they did well, and playing fairly by the rules.  A few ways everyone can demonstrate sportsmanship in everyday life is to congratulate people when they do well on something, if playing a board game like Monopoly - do not steal money, and to talk politely to others during an event.  

This video is a good example of sportsmanship as the umpire that made a bad call didn't storm away and not come back, instead, after the game, he came to the person and apologized and ! gave him a hug !

How to Create an App using Apple Script Editor

Hi people, here is my youtube video on how to make an app!

The Components of Physical Fitness

Definition of physical fitness -- you have the energy and strength to participate in a variety of activities.

Cardiorespiratory Endurance

• You heart, blood vessels and lungs are able to distribute nutrients and oxygen and remove waste efficiently.
• Regular exercise improves cardiorespiratory endurance

Muscular Strength

• The ability of a muscle to produce force
• Amount of weight you can lift is a measure of this.

Muscular Endurance

• Ability of muscles to work for an extended time
• Requires walking, rowing, or raking leaves

Flexibility

•  Ability to move a joint through its entire range
• Stretching exercises can help with this

Body Composition

• The amount of fat tissue in your body compared to the amount of lean tissue
• Too much or too little of body fat can lead to health problems.

My “Mt。Rushmore Picture”

Here is my Mt.Rushmore picture！

Wellness Project

Hello readers, here is my wellness project slides. I think it went quite well because I got some of my friend's feedback on google forms for my presentation and speech and got quite good results. It worked out quite well, and I hope in the future everyone will use these fitness tips. Thanks!

Pellagra

Here are the answers to the "Pellagra" questions.

1a. He observes first hand where the severe cases of the pellagra are. He then visited a prison with lots of cases of pellagra. This helped him to develop his hypothesis as he found all the people getting pellagra were poor and had a terrible diet.

1b. He found that in orphanages and prisons only the kids and the prisoners contracted pellagra, not the teachers from the orphanages or the staffs from the prison, so it couldn't be caused by germs as they do not know of status boundaries.

2a. His hypothesis about the cause of pellagra was that it was caused by a lack of vitamins, like scurvy.

2b. He conducted an experiment on 11 prisoners. Before the experiment, the prisoners were eating fruits and vegetables from the prison garden. Goldberger started feeding them only corn and bread, and in the end 7/11 of the people that ate corn contracted pellagra, but when the prisoners were allowed to eat fruits and vegetables their pellagra healed. This provided evidence that proved his hypothesis as when he took away vitamins, the inmates got pellagra, but when they had vitamins (fruits and vegetables) again, they got better.

2c. He could have provided more information like telling the people at that time what particular vitamin, when lacked, caused pellagra. This would have acted like a "medicine" and people would have believed in it more. Or, he could have said people need to have a lot of vitamins to cure pellagra instead of saying that it was caused by a lack of vitamins.

5. I think this was a bad idea as conducting the experiment on humans would actually be quite cruel and sometimes might get the people in the experiment insane and confused. They would also suffer a terrible 6 months of their life suffering pellagra because of the diet. I would only try to give it to one person that is willing to suffer pellagra for science's sake, or just give it to another animal entirely. This would be a lot better as not so many humans would have to contract the pellagra disease.

Archeology Website

Hello readers here is my archeology website, and an article about Easter Island

https://sites.google.com/a/sas.edu.sg/aiden-s-s-archeology-project/

SketchUp House 2

Hello, here is my house.

Parent/Student Agreements

1. I will make sure my laptop is charged every night by leaving it in my charger on my desk. I usually just plug the home computer in when I get home at my study desk, so I will plug it in the minute I get home.

2. I will bring it back home to charge by putting it in my backpack, and will remember to bring it to school the next day by putting my backpack next to my computer at night.

Precision And Its Importance

       Precision is extremely important in science as you need to find the exact amount and time for reaction. Also , if you want to be able to have success in science you must be precise as if you get one equation wrong, the final answer might be completely off. For example, if you accidentally wrote 11144 instead of 11114 while correcting the direction of a NASA rocket, the final answer might be way off and you might fly to Jupiter instead of the Moon. Anyways, you would either find out the mistake, or the astronauts would die out in space. Another example is that if scientists put to much sodium in a liquid, it might explode and potentially harm them.For me, it is extremely important as if I put too much of one thing in one jar, the experiment might not work out. This is why precision is extremely important. 

Health - 54321 + 8

      I need five types of fruits and veggies a day because it will keep me healthy and keep me from having disgusting sicknesses like diabetes or having a heart attack. I should also eat a more variety of veggies as different colours have different nutrients. I need at least four glasses of water as it will keep me from being dehydrated, and also feeling very weary. For me, this is very important as it will help me be healthier. I need approximately three conversations with my friends, like listening to music or playing together. This is extremely important as it keeps you active and mentally healthy. You should have less than two hours of screen time as it is not healthy. You should always plan out what you are doing on the computer, as if you spend to much time on it you will get sucked into whatever you are doing. You should do at least one hour of physical exercise a day as it helps you get more fit. Also, you feel more relaxed and ready-to-go after exercising. You need at least 8 hours of sleep a day as it will help you to be more refreshed. You also need to sleep as in school if you don't sleep you will be tired and worn out.

     To improve my wellness I need to have more sleep because it will help how I concentrate in school and I won't feel like a zombie.

SketchUp House

Here's my SketchUp house! I hope you like it!

The 3 Most Important Things

     The three most important things for me to remember when working in a group are to be time productive, as if my group uses up all our time on one question, we will fall behind. Also, effective communication is key, as without that some ideas may not be known. Finally, this is the most important: be happy with your team. If not, you should switch teams, as research shows people who are happier peform better.

Respect and Protect

These are the things that are the most important when using a laptop, and will change your future in tech..........
Yesterday, we learnt about the DCA, short for the digital citizenship agreement. In the class, we  learnt about the aspects of the agreement, for example copyright rules, privacy, and policy. The most important points to remember are these -

1. Respect and Protect Yourself

• Not to post any silly information or private information on the web. This literally means not to post any private information that will harm you in the future or make fun of you in any way by any means. Other people could also tease you about it and it could go viral.
• Not to post any pictures of yourself on the web.This will give away what you look like and let others know your personal identity, and will be able to track you. Others will also be able to see you and if it is embarrassing, you will be harmed in the future.

     2.  Respect and Protect Others

• Not to post rude opinions or facts about other people. This usually insults others as if they see a bad picture or fact about them online, they might get really cross and get quite mad. They will also start to "carry the chain" which means they will take out their anger on another person, and it goes on and on and on.........
• Not to post something rude about another person behind their back. This is worse then when the victim gets to see it as he doesn't know what is going on and could by socially bullied, or cyberbullied by others without knowing why.

     3. Respect and Protect Property

• To look after your computer. You should never leave your computer lying around, as someone might try to steal it, and you must never leave any food or drinks around it. This will cause the computer to break if the drink or crumbs spill on it. You should never leave in your overstuffed backpack or stack books on top of it in your locker. This will crack your screen and the computer will break.
• Come to school prepared to work, with a charged battery, laptop in case, and earphones. This is extremely important as without a charged battery, you will not be able to participate in any activities using a computer if the laptop runs out of battery. You must always have it in your case, as if you take it out, and it drops, it will crack the screen or it will break entirely. Earphones are also extremely important as you can't have 316 laptops playing ear-piercing music. You should be able to listen to your music, but not anyone else's.

      4.  Respect and Protect Intellectual Property

• Not to download or copy any pirated pieces of music, and to purchase original tracks. This is a must as even as silly as it might seem, it is stealing. Imagine if you posted an amazing picture of a sunset and then suddenly it went viral and 10,000 people were using it for free on their profile. If you created your own music, you also don't want others publishing it off as their own or taking it for free.
• No peer to peer or torrenting. This is pretty important as if you download these on your laptop, there might be a "trojan horse" or even a ".bit" file that you don't want and when you delete it it gives you a virus. There are lots of things people on the outside can do to harm you, and you better beware of the dangers.
• Properly cite the media or software you have used in your published piece. This is also needed as others need to know the photo is not yours or if it is yours when you made it. It also helps stop copyright and other laws like that, so you should do it!

  

(from : http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/03/iphone-battery-icon-cjr.jpg)

    I used to think that it was fine to get free music or pictures from the internet, as I thought the website got permission to use it, so I could, but now I realise that you shouldn't do that as it is really annoying to the person that made it as you are getting his work for free. Another thing I learnt throughout this DCA is never to post any private info on the web. I knew that before, but I never knew the impact was that serious.

Last but not least, I know about the DCA and will follow it for the rest of my time in school and while using a computer. In fact, what do you think about the DCA? Do you think it is necessary or not? Feel free to comment any feelings or opinions you have about it.

Finé

Water - Using Your Laptop Poster

Using Your Laptop

Thello!

6th Grade Again!

Yay! 6th Grade now!

5th Grade Reflection

Here is my FINAL post of 5th grade! Hope you enjoy my 5th grade reflection! (sound is a little messed up.)

Crispin - The Cross of Lead

Hello and welcome fellow readers! Here is my recent literacy essay for the book by Avi called "Crispin - The Cross of Lead".

Johnny Tremain Book Clubs

Part 1 - Different Types of Thinkings

Part 2 - Big Ideas and Themes

Part 3 - Johnny's Changes

Social Studies Project - Changi Prison

Hello fellow readers - here is my website on Changi Prison - for my Social Studies Project.

Changi Prison Website

Supporting of Characters

In the book The One and Only Ivan, the elephant Stella clearly is a main supporting character. Before she is thrown into the rubbish bin with the forklift, she does everything to protect and keep company with Ruby. Additionally, Stella will do anything to keep Ruby happy, as she does not want her to go through the same experience as her. This character clearly has an unheard voice in this story as when Mack and his team through out the elephant, they don't even consider Stella's thoughts and actions towards the date.

Parellel Writing

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate clearly depicts a main character (the gorilla Ivan) that wants his voice to be heard in the world. When Ivan drew a picture for Ruby, he was trying to communicate to the humans to give then a new home in the zoo. This clearly illustrates that Ivan wants to be, not just like the humans, but to be able to communicate to them and to tell them his wish for Ruby. Ivan's situation is extremely similar to the character Melody in the book Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper. Melody desperately wanted to talk and express her ideas to others so she could fit into the group. Both Ivan and Melody realized eventually that they could, in the end, find a way to express themselves, either by the voice machine or the pictures that Ivan drew for Ruby.

How to Upload and Crop an iMovie!

Comparing and Contrasting Books

First of all the main differences is that the two books are written differently - the first book called Caesar Rodney is written about a man, and Sybil’s Night Adventure is written about a girl. Even so, both books are written in 3rd person, and is a second source. Sybil is about an adventure in the night, however the book Caesar Rodney is about adventure, but not in a more “be there” way. The book Sybil is about proving yourself right, and on the other hand, Rodney is about adventure to go to places.

WW2 Statistics

Since Poland had the most dead, Poland has a lot of Jews, so there are not many Polish Jews left in Poland.  Sweden, which was not on the list, must have remained fairly neutral, so the Germans must have wanted nothing from the Swedish. Germany clearly had no empathy for Jews - they even killed German Jews. In Singapore, prices rose enormously. Although Quinine rose the least  - $15, it was not as scarce as Vitamin B2 pills, which rose 45,000 dollars. This shows that, since 1945, Singapore was a extremely poor country, prices for food extremely high.

Crispin - The Cross of Lead - Time Period Interpretation

In the book “Crispin - The Cross of Lead” by Avi (Edward Irving Wortis), a particular “Plague” also known as the black death, that had been in London for 20 years, and appeared in several instances in the book. This depicts that first of all, that the book was set in medieval 1370-1380’s. The plague started in Britain, in 1350, and when the Crispin mentioned that it had been there for a long time - around 13 odd years, so 1350 + 20 was 1370. The plague might have been there 13 years while he was alive, so maybe another 10 years or so would also be the case. Another example of the time period was that there was a so-called Saint Roch, which was Bear’s companion. Saint Roch was born in 1748, and died around 15/16 August 1376/79. Bear was said to have been all around Europe, so Roch could have definitely been Bear’s music partner. A final example is that there is a character, named John Ball, who rebelled against the English government. This, called the Peasant's Revolt, is a famous event that happened while the story took place. The event was also in the story, which reveals that the whole story was based on this event - The last quarter of the book (I think) was the Revolt. As you can see, the book “Crispin - The Cross of Lead” was clearly based on the Peasant's Revolt - which you can see - is what all the evidence links to.

( Quote that Bear said during the book as a joke. This was a famous saying in the medieval times.)

Wrapped - by Jennifer Bradbury

Here is my lastest YouTube book review - Wrapped. Honestly, my book club members and I thought this book was terrible.

Push and Pull Factors

Here are my push and pull factors for Singapore and Colonial America. Doing this assignment, I learnt a lot about why different groups of people migrated to both Singapore and America. People mostly migrated to Singapore for free trade, while people migrated to America to for religious freedom.

My Final Fantasy Story

Here is my amazing fantasy story - The Big Bang using Flipsnack, about..........

If you want to know? Read it!

Herge Non-Fiction Article

Hello! Here is my non-fiction article about Herge that I forgot to post on my blog. Here it is. Hope you enjoy!

Fantasy Unit Reflection

Hello, and I am your host, Aiden. Today, the post is about my Fantasy Unit.

Here is the QR Code for the Vocaroo where I talk about my learning in the unit. If you prefer, there is also the link for the Vocaroo, and the Vocaroo button.

Fantasy Learning



Vocaroo's link to recording >>

Social Studies - "Foundation of Singapore"

Hi fellow readers!

Here is my "Foundation of Singapore" little bird tales movie. Be warned - there is a pop quiz at the end!

• Click to view my tale.
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Listening Reflection

Hi fellow readers! I have ignored this blog for almost a month but now..... I'm back!

  To start off, here is my listening lesson reflection:

Want to record a recording >>


 I hope you like it!

Fantasy Writing Plan

Hello fellow guests - here is my Fantasy writing plan - called an "Elevator Pitch", which is sort of like a mountain planning grid - with the climax and all of that. Here is a video of me reading my Elevator Pitch with Screenr.

Variety Show

Hello! Variety Show is next Friday 7:00pm and Saturday 4:30pm to the people who are interested! Tickets cost $2 due to taking too many of the free tickets.

Hope to see you there!

Hello! I'm Back!!!

Hello fellow viewers, I have not done my blog for 1 WHOLE month!

Its starting again..........