Our school's seventh grade class conducted a survey to find the technology use in our school.  The survey consisted of 5 questions, 2 of which were the same on each survey.  Each student who created a survey thought of three questions that they would ask the class that they were assigned.  I surveyed our school's fourth grade class.  The data was collected by putting the questions into a Google Form and making it applicable to the whole school so they could take it.  Every student in our school was given an account to access Google.  The main problem that I encountered was that some students took my survey more than once, giving me inaccurate results.  If you would like to see the survey that I created, click here.

        To display my results, I created an infographic in a PowerPoint that contained the results that I had achieved in my survey and made visuals of my results.  I developed them as four indiviadual slides containing different images showing the outcome of my survey.  Then I saved each individual slide as a JPEG and converted them into a single slide by stacking them one on top of another to turn them into an infographic.  To construct each slide, I used the CARP principles; they are Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, and Proximity.  To follow these principles, I had to make sure that my background color was the same throughout all four slides and the title for each slide was aligned in the same place for each slide.  In each slide, I used the same font and font sizes for it to be repetitive.  Infographics help to portray information in the form of visuals with the use of few words.  They make it interesting to learn new facts about a topic so that you don't have to read paragraphs and paragraphs of information to find what you are looking for.  With graphs and other visuals, you can find the basics of the information that you need easily.

To view my infographic full size, click the image to the right.

 To see the full size inforgaphic, click my image to view.

In science class we are doing a project on roller coasters.  The purpose of this project was to use what we are learing about in science and apply it by building a roller coaster on an online simulator.  Newton's Three Laws of Motion apply to the building of a roller coaster.  Newton's Laws are 1. An object at rest stays at rest unless acted on by an outside force and an object in motion stays in motion in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force.  Friction and gravity can change the force.  2. The acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the size of the net force applied and as the net force increases, the acceleration increases.  3. When a force is applied to an object, the object exerts an equal force in the opposite direction.

There were four roles included in this project.  The first role was the historian and she found the history of roller coasters from the first ones to the present.  She also had to find out how they changed in height, materials, etc. and the name and place of the largest roller coaster.  The second role was the design engineer and he had to find out what materials were used to build roller coasters and how the designs changed on roller coasters.   He also had to find out the length of time from desighning to building the roller coaster.  The third role was the physicist and she had to figure out how roller coasters are tested.  She also had to figure out the height of hills versus loops.  The last role was the lawyer which is what I was.  The lawyer had to find out the safety regulations for roller coasters and amusement parks and I also had to find out the laws and regulations for rides and parks.

This roller coaster was a success because it had the right amount of speed and velocity to make it to the end.

This roller coaster failed because it had too much speed and crashed at the end. 

Our roller coaster was called Demon Hills because of all of the hills in the roller coaster especially the beginning hill.  To go to the site I used to create my roller coaster click here.

During this school year our students in grades 2 through 8 completed the President's Fitness Challenge.  We took part in a variety of physical endurance tests.  The sixth grade students charted the results for each event and grade.  Here are the results for Curl Ups grades 2-8.  As you see from the chart below, 85 or 39% of the students achieved Presidential Level 86 or 39% achieved National Level and 49 or 22% of the students in grades 2-8 were at Participant Level.

Description of the Event

Qualifying Scores

The Egyptian god that I was assigned was Khnum.  Khnum is the god of creation and the innundation or yearly flooding of the Nile River.  I enjoyed learning about him and I hope you like my glog and learn something too!  To view my glog full size click here.

SE- It is an honor to get to know you, King Tut.  Everybody here, including myself would love to know your story.  As long as you don't mind I would love start asking you questions about your life, death, and how you became so famous.

Tut- I would love to answer your questions.

SE- Great! Well let's get started.  Who did you marry? How many children do you have? What happened to them?

Tut- I married my half-sister.  Her name is Ankhesanamun.  I have two children.  My children were stillborn when my wife had them.  When I died my children were buried with me for when I would go to the Afterlife.

SE- Why did you change your name?

Tut- I changed my name because of religious beliefs in my country.  I changed my birth name,Tutankhaten, to Tutankhamun.  Aten, the last four letters of my old name means "the living image of Aten".  Amun the last four letters of my current name means "the living image of Amun".

SE- Do you have any illnesses?

Tut- Yes, I have malaria and a bone disorder.  I also have necrosis, or death, of bone tissue in my left foot.  This caused me to walk with a cane.  The necrosis is not life threatening to me, though.

SE- Why did you change the religious beliefs in your country?

Tut- I changed the religious beliefs in my country to maintain order of the universe, or maat.  Before my father, Akhenaten, took the throne all spirits and deities were ruled.  When my father took the throne he changed the religious beliefs so everyone only worshipped one god: Aten.  When my father died I took the throne.  During my rule I tried to reestablish the belief in all the gods and goddesses my father had neglected worship against.  Along with those gods and goddesses I also tried to restore the worship of Amun.  I rebuilt their temples and replaced their treasuries to honor them.

SE- What made you such a well-known pharaoh? What was found in your tomb?

Tut- I became famous becuase my tomb was untouched for thousands of years.  I was a minor pharaoh but my tomb's discovery made me famous worldwide.  When my tomb was found many people were amazed by the riches in it.  About 3500 articles were found in my tomb.

SE- Who was your tomb discovered by? When was it discovered? Where were you buried?

Tut- My tomb was discovered by two men.  Their names were Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon.  My tomb was discovered in 1922.  I was buried in the Valley of the Kings.

SE- Thank you, King Tut, I sure learned a lot about you! That was very eduactional and we all enjoyed your time with us!

Tut- It truely was an honor to be here.  I am glad that I was able to teach everyone some more about myself. 

Resources:

Facts About King Tut

King Tut Biography

National Geographic

King Tut- About King Tut

King Tut

King Tut- About King Tut

Image Resources:

Tut

1. I am addicted to playing Angry  Birds.


2. I love animals especially dogs and cats.


3. I play three sports; soccer, volleyball, and basketball.


4. I have two older brothers.


5. My favorite subject in school is math.


6. I love to read, and my favorite book series is Harry Potter. 


7. My favorite color is blue. 

In this post I will tell you three of the twenty-six Amendments.  The first ten Amendments are called The Bill of Rights.  These Amendments spell out the liberties and rights all Americans have.

1. The tenth Amendment says that any power not given to the federal government belongs to the states and to the people. 


2. The thirteenth Amendment abolished (got rid of) slavery.  This Amendment was passed after the Civil War.


3. The nineteenth Amendment gives women the right to vote in all state and federal elections. 

 As you can see this is not all of the Amendments.  This is just three of the twenty-six Amendments of our country as I said at the top of the page.

In this post I will tell you the seven articles of the Constitution and what each one means.

1. The first of the seven articles is Congress which is outlining the lawmaking branch of government or the Legislative Branch. 


2. The second article lays out the framework of the Executive Branch which includes the President, the Vice President, and the departments of the federal government.


3. The third of the seven articles is outlines the Judicial Branch which includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts.


4. The fourth article talks about the relationships between the states and the federal government.


5. The fifth of the seven articles explains how the Constitution can be changed.


6. The sixth article states that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land.  This means that the states cannot make laws that go against the Constitution and national


7. The seventh and final article says that the Constitution will go into effect when it is agreed by nine states.  This happened on June 21, 1788 when New Hampshire voted its approval. 

These are the seven articles of the Constitution.

The Constitution which the delegates signed in 1787 had three principles which still apply today.  

The three principles are:

1. The Separation of Powers which means that the power is divided between the three branches of government (Legislative, Executive, and Judicial).


2. The System of Checks and Balances which means that each branch of government have some authority over the other branches and it assures that each branch has to work with the other.  That way no one branch is more powerful than the other.  One example of Checks and Balances is when Congress passes a law and the President than has the power to veto (reject) the law.  If 2/3  of the legislatures still want the law after its been vetoed they can choose to override the President.  The Supreme Court can cancel the law if they think it violates the principles of the Constitution. 


3. Shared Powers means that the Federal Government can share powers with the states.  The Federal Government has some powers and the states have some powers and they share some powers.  For example, only the Federal Government can declare wars and print money, but the states can establish their own schools and regulate local governments.  Both of them can impulse taxes, regulate banks, and have their own courts.

This makes our national government a federation.  These are the three principles of the Constitution.

In the Virginia Plan it was important for the delegates to compromise. 



The Virginia Plan had three departments or branches of government: 

1. The Legislative Branch would enact the laws.


2. The Executive Branch would see that the laws were carried out.


3. The Judicial Branch would see that justice was done under the law.

It was important for the delegates to compromise because that is how they found solutions to their all of their disagreements.  One of the most important issues was how they would assure that the large states would not dominate over the small states.  A resolution on the Virginia Plan was then passed.