Thursday, September 24, 2020
Market-day
Math Blog post
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Music Performance / What is the music about
What did you perform?
-Performing Song called (Let it Be) its about peace, gratitude, and helping someone through tough times
My role was ukelele since all of the instruments were full of the chords and sing with my team, it was my first time performing music and it was great
How did the performance go?
- The Performance was great we were singing and doing well performing in front of the class even though we've only practiced together sometimes cause we've had different instruments but it was Great speaking of great it was my first time so I'm grateful for it.
What was challenging about this task?
- What's challenging for me is doing our own way of playing the song with our own different kinds of instruments: 2 ukeleles, 1 guitar, 1 piano, and a Base. it was quite challenging.
What did you enjoy about this task?
- I enjoyed playing with my team basically my friends
Songs:
This is America
Artist: Donald Glover
The central message is about guns and violence in America and the fact that we deal with them and consume them as part of entertainment on one hand.
Song for me is about what America had become this days its cruel.
I have a Dream
Artist: Common
The song heavily samples Martin Luther King Jr.'s historical "I Have a Dream" speech, which relates to the song's lyrics about racism.
The song for me is about racism and how all lives matter
Changes
Artist: Tupac Shakur
notably racism, police brutality, drugs and gang violence. The song refers to the possibility of a black president of the United States, claiming "we ain't ready".
How everyone has human rights
Monday, September 21, 2020
Wind-racer Experiment
For over 4 periods of science, our class is tasked with creating a sail for our wind cart or wind racer for the test on Friday. In my group, we decided to do a trapezium shape for our sail, But we also went and thought about adding three possible layers of triangle-ish shaped sails to see if it has effects.
This may be similar to what we plan on making [Inspiration]
Equipment/Resources
-sticks
-Papers
-Scissors
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Technology and Change
- During the Stone Age period in history, there were some significant technological advancements.
Some of the inventions during this time were Cave paintings, Axes, weapons.
Cave paintings The earliest known European figurative cave paintings are those of Chauvet Cave in France. These paintings date to earlier than 30,000 BCE (Upper Paleolithic) according to radiocarbon dating. Cave art is significant because it was what people in prehistoric times did in order to record history and culture. But, prehistoric cave art was also significant because it also served as a warning to people who were to come later. Because of this, they could show the way to kill a beast or warn them of a beast.
- The handaxe is perhaps one of the popular inventions is seen during the Stone age period. It is used for cutting meat and scrapers for cleaning animal hides to chop trees and wood. Used for cutting and scavenging purposes. A hand Axe/Handaxe is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history. It is usually made from flint or chert. It is characteristic of the lower Acheulean and middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) Periods. To make sharp edges on these hand-axes, flaking was used on the hard stone to chip away at it A hand. Through stone tools date back at least 2.6 million years, this tool is around 300,000 years old and was collected between 1883 and 1890.
During the Stone Age, there were many Significant technological advancements Some of the inventions during this time were Fire, Daggers, Pointed Spears, Handaxe. Daggers were very helpful during those times by killing Animals to get food whether it was used to protect themselves from predators, Fire was also used to protect themselves from predators by scaring them, it is also used to be warm at night, at to see in the dark, to cook food, Handaxe used to chop something like a tree, chop woods. These are seen today as re-established and re-manufactured by people and make a business out of it this is also seen today as An Historical Events of what is leftover or what we/ us humans develop skills. These inventions are still relevantly used today whether its survival, camping
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Civil Right Music
What is the song about
- The song is about Racism, to let BLM Society that a change is gonna come.
Who is Sam Cooke
- Sam Cooke is the composer of the song called "A change is gonna come"
What do you think of the song
- the song is very touching and heartwarming
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Who wrote the song? What is the song called?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUZOKvYcx_o
John Legend Wrote the song and released in 2014, Song is Called 'Common Glory'
What is Song's purpose?
It's a song of Hope for Society today
Justice was not fully achieved after the events with Martin Luther King Jr. and the song reflects how justice still needs to be served in situations of police brutality today.
What did you take the song?
The needs of us people on earth, The lack of Equality of people's point of view.