From Trash To Tiles – My Science Fair Project Reflection

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Of the three million tonnes of plastic thrown out in Canada every year, only 9% is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills. In this project, I am using HDPE plastic (such as shampoo bottles, windshield fluid bottles, vitamin and supplement containers, etc.) and turning them into a useful home-building and decorating product – tiles. These tiles are made from 100% recycled materials and replace heavy, expensive, and energy-intensive ceramic tiles. The best part? The tiles can be made at home using everyday tools.

My innovation day was called From Trash To Tiles. When I started innovation day I was delighted because I love S.T.E.A.M. I chose my innovation day topic because I have been interested in reducing plastic going to landfills and oceans while also engineering it into a new home-building material.

In conclusion, I hope to do more innovation day projects in the future

 

Le Système Solaire

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À la fin de notre unité sur le système solaire, Mme Sylvie, notre prof de français, m’a demandé de créer une affiche sur le système solaire en utilisant CANVA Par la suite, il fallait que j’apprenne par cœur cinq faits importants pour présenter au groupe. Cliquer sur le lien pour visionner mon proiet

 

Hanukkah Tinkercad Candle Holder

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In science, our teacher asked us to build a Tinkercad 3D candle holder. I chose a group with Miguel, and we started designing.

We picked Iron Man/Robert Downey Jr. as our hero because he motivates many Jews to excel in acting today. Troubled teen RDJ had no idea what direction he wanted to go before he began working. As we now know, he joined the Marvel team and rose to fame as a well-known actor throughout the globe.

 

This is the candle holder we made.

 

My Megacities Project

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In Social Studies, we’ve been learning about megacities. We had to make a presentation about a megacity of our choice, and I chose Beijing. Beautifully decorated parks, gardens, tombs, walls, and gates are some of the city’s most well-known architectural features. One of the most popular tourist destinations worldwide is Beijing. After Shanghai, Beijing was the world’s second-highest-earning tourist destination in 2018. Beijing is a vast city, typically with more than 10 million people. In Beijing, the 3 main growth factors are the Yangtze River, farming, and manufacturing. However, you can safely assume that Beijing is both a safe city and a tourist-friendly city. Along with a quick, inexpensive, and effective transportation system that makes getting around a breeze, you’ll find plenty of English there.

My Steam Fair Project, Solar Powered Ovens

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Last week we had Steam Fair. If you don’t know, Steam stands for science, technology, arts, and mathematics. I worked individually and my project was about solar-powered ovens. I compared 3 solar-powered oven designs and tested which one is the best. I was excited to see which solar oven was the best and which one could raise the temperature the highest. Something that surprised me was that when we did the test, outside it was cold, windy and 2 degrees celsius but the umbrella got to 53 degrees celsius! I was surprised because I didn’t expect the umbrella to get the temperature that high in cold weather. I was nervous about not finishing the building in time but I was completely fine and finished early.

I hope to do this again next year!

 

Here is my Steam Fair Video Presentation!

Paragraph Of The Week #6

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With winter just around the corner, does it bring you a sense of excitement with the break approaching or a sense of dread with colder weather? What do you most look forward to in winter or what do you wish you could most avoid?

With winter break approaching, I am excited about a few things. I don’t love a lot about winter but the things I like are my favorite things. I am very excited to go skiing, I only go skiing about 2 times every winter but I really want to go way more. Another thing I love to do in the winter is skating and stickhandling on an outdoor rink with no padding and with just sweatpants, sweatshirts, and a pom-pom hat. I hope I do these things a lot this winter because I love to do these activities. I don’t like winter because it’s cold, you have to wear a snow jacket, and snow pants, you also can’t play the sports you usually play outside. A good thing about it being cold is there are no bugs outside. 

What Movie Or Show Made An Impact On Me? (Paragraph Of The Week #2)

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This is what I wrote on what movie made an impact on me:

A movie that really had me thinking and made an impact was a movie called Eight Below. Eight Below is about surviving in the arctic with dogs. The dogs are in a pack and they move their sled whenever they need to go somewhere. One day the owner of the dogs had to leave them and fly somewhere. He said he would come back in a few days but really it was months. He was sad and thought the dogs were dead but he came back and saw that they weren’t there anymore and they ran off to survive. He then called them and looked around and saw they survived and ran back to him. This made an impact because it’s nice to see that the dogs survived and that the dogs were smart enough to get food and water to survive.

 

What Makes Me Happy When I’m Sad? (Paragraph Of The Week #4)

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This is what I wrote in class about what makes me happy when I’m sad:

One of the things that makes me happy when I’m sad is playing video games.  When I play video games it’s something I love to do and I enjoy it. Also, it’s nice and calming to rest by playing video games. Playing video games is proven to improve your mental health and make you happier even when you’re sad. My favorite video games are Minecraft Java and Overwatch. When playing these games when I’m sad I would mostly always feel happier.

What Makes Me Happy? (Paragraph Of The Week #3)

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In class my teacher wanted us to talk about what makes us happy.

This is what I wrote:

One of the things that makes me the happiest is playing video games. You might wonder how that makes someone happy? Well for me, when I play video games it’s something I love to do and I enjoy it. Also, it’s nice and calming to chill and rest by playing video games. Playing video games is proven to improve your mental health and make you happier. It is also proven that video games have shown improvements in mood, reductions in stress, and feelings of competence and autonomy resulting from playing video games. My favorite video games are Minecraft Java and Overwatch. When playing these games I feel happier and calmer while resting.

A Quality I Look For In A Friend (Paragraph Of The Week #1)

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In class our teacher wanted us to make a paragraph about what quality we want in a friend, here is my paragraph about the quality I chose that is most important.

This is the paragraph I wrote:

A quality I look for in a friend is kindness. I think kindness is important because if you are not kind, you’re not nice and then no one wants to be your friend. I admire kind friends because they are nice and want to do things with you. Kindness is also good because it makes other people feel nice and helps with relationships by being nice, friendly, and generous. When people are kind I feel more willing to cooperate with them and do things with them.