I took a survey of all the 8th graders in our school based on technology. I used a Google Form, a feature that comes with Google Docs. It lets you give a survey online to anyone who has the link. Click here to go to my survey. I collected the data from this survey and put it into to many charts. I used pie charts, bar graphs, and other ways to represent the data I collected. In some of the graphs I represented the difference of answers between the girls and boys. I had a little problem getting text boxes work on a PowerPoint slideshow for this information, but I figured out a way to get a paragraph into each slide. I then put all the slides together and made a technology infographic based on the 8th graders at our school. I might have made the color in the background different, but since it's Spring, I tried to keep nice, bright colors!

          When constructing my PowerPoint I had to first choose a solid background color because when I would put it into an infographic it wouldn't look like one infographic, just a bunch of slides put together. Also, I had to make sure that either the text was a dark color and the background was light, or the text being light and the background being dark. I did this so the text would be very visible and easy to read. I inserted may charts and used Microsoft Excel to put the information into the charts. It was very helpful and made the information interesting. You always have to use CARP principles when converting the slideshow to an infographic. CARP stands for Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, and Proximity. Contrasting the background and text colors, aligning your charts and graphics, using repetition by using the same font style and size, and using proximity by keeping things in the middle of the infographic and not hanging off the edge are all under the CARP principles. Also, make sure not to have objects and charts too close together and keep some open room. Infographics are really important when trying to understand and be interested in information. It uses may graphics which make it more appealing to the eyes. Thus the name infographic.

Click on my infographic above to view the full size.

  I am going to tell you about my roller coaster project and Newton's laws. Newton's first law is also called the law of inertia. It says an object at rest stays at rest unless acted on by a force. The second part of the first law is that an object in motion stays in motion in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force. The second law says that the acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object, and the size of the net force applied. If the net force increases, the acceleration increases. Finally the third law says that when a force is applied to an object, the object exerts an equal force in the opposite direction. In this project, my group went on a roller coaster online simulater, and measured potential energy and kinetic energy. We worked with velocity, speed, and other things you need to build a roller coaster.

 The four roles in the project we had were the lawyer, physisist, design engineer, and historian. I was the physisist. I learned that the three laws of motion, combined with an understanding of motion perception, can explain a roller coaster ridein terms of changing direction, forces, and accelerations. I learned that potential energy means stored energy, and that kinetic energy is the energy of motion. The initial hill, or lift hill is the highest in the whole ride. The potential energy is greatest at the top of the lift hill. The kinetic energy is greatest at the bottom of the lift hill.

  While trying out some roller coasters on the simulater, we had ones that failed and succeeded. Here is one that failed.

Now, here's the one that succeeded.

 For this roller coaster, my team decided that we should name the roller coaster "Shark Attack" and make the cars sharks. If you want to try to make a roller coaster to you can go to the Jason Coaster Creator by clicking 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 of the Curl Up for grade 2. As you can see from the chart below, 13 or 43% of the students achieved Presidential Level, 6 or 20% of the students achieved National Level, and 11 or 37% of the second graders were at Participant Level.

Decription of the Event

Qualifying Scores

We are learning about Egypt in social studies. I recieved the god Ptah. I did his story, relationships, influence, and symbols. I hope you enjoy it. To view my glog full size click here.

AP-Hello King Tut, I would like to interview you today. I have a few questions about your life. Thank you for your time. What year did you die, and how did you die? How old were you when you died?

Tut-I died in January, in the year of 1343 B.C. People are not sure how I died, but there are many rumors of my death. It was thought that I was murdered by an official because my skull was bashed in, and only a person of great importance could get near enough to harm me. I died at the age of nineteen.

AP-Were you diagnosed with any disorders? What was one of your first actions as pharaoh?

Tut-I had malaria. That is a bone disorder. People say I might have had other bone disorders. One of my first actions as pharaoh was to move away from the Armarna religion.

AP-When were you a pharaoh? At what age did you ascend to the throne?

Tut-I was a pharaoh about 3,300 years ago. I became pharaoh at about nine years of age. I was a New Kingdom pharaoh buried in the Valley of Kings.

How did you become one of the most famous pharaohs? 

Tut-Well, Howard Carter found my tomb, and all my treasures were still in it. I’m famous by my early death. Also, my tomb wasn’t robbed, like many others. My mummy was found in a solid gold coffin, with two outer coffins and a sarcophagus made of stones and four shrines of wood surrounding it. Other items from among the 2,000 treasures included alabaster vases, chests of jewelry, gilded beds and chariots, a royal throne decorated with semiprecious stones and silver, statues, religious articles, and weapons.

When you were mummified, did you go through any special processes?

Tut-When being mummified, my body had to be preserved through an elaborate embalming process, which took at least seventy days. I'm not the only one they have done this to. There are many pharaohs who have had this process.

AP- Thank you, King Tut, for spending time with me to share some of your life.

 Information Credit:       http://dsc.discovery.com/egypt/tut-investigation/king-tut-unwrapped.html

http://www.site-ology.com/egypt/KT.HTM

http://www2.fi.edu/tut/about.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/02/100216-king-tut-malaria-bones-inbred-tutankhamun/

http://www.king-tut.org.uk/index.htm

I'm going to tell you 7 random facts about me.

1. I play the piano.

2. I have a little brother who is in third grade.

3. I play for my school's soccer team.

4. I play for my townships softball team, and I'm a pitcher.

5. I am going to start basketball this winter.

6. My favorite place to go is Dairy Queen.

7. My favorite baseball team is the Yankees, and my favorite football team is the Jets. Let's go New York!

I'm going to tell you 7 random facts about me.

1. I play the piano.

2. I have a little brother who is in third grade.

3. I play for my school's soccer team.

4. I play for my townships softball team, and I'm a pitcher.

5. I am going to start basketball this winter.

6. My favorite place to go is Dairy Queen.

7. My favorite baseball team is the Yankees, and my favorite football team is the Jets. Let's go New York!

I am going to tell you three amendments that were added to the Constitution. The first one is the tenth amendment. This said any rights the government did not have belongs to the states and people. The second one is the sixteenth amendment. This amendment gives the Federal government the right to collect income taxes. The final amendment I'm going to tell you is the ninteenth. It gives women the right to vote, but that did not happen until 1919. Those are just three of the amendments I chose out of twenty-six!

This post is going to be about The Seven articles. The first article outlines the Legislative branch of government, or Congress. The second article lays out the Executive branch, along with the President and Vice President. The third article outlines the Supreme Court, Judicial Branch, and other Federal Courts. The Fourth article itself talks about the relationships between the Federal and State governments. The fifth article explains how the Constitution can be changed. The Sixth article tells you clearly that the Constitution is the main law of the land. The seventh article is that the Constitution will go in effect when it is ratified by nine states. These are all the Seven Articles.

I'm going to tell you the three main principles of the Constitution. The first one is the Separation of Powers. It means that the power is separated into the three branches of government, the legislative, judicial, and executive branch.The second principle is the system of checks and balances. The second principle was there so one branch wouldn't have too much power over the other branches. The third and final principle is the Shared powers. It means the government shares the power with the states. These three principles make our government a federation, and a stronger government with the states.