Science Lab (3-22)

Jonathan 1                                                                                                                         Writing

Science Lab

        Today, in Science lab, we continued to learn about resources. When we sat down, we got a chart and filled it out by rotating tables every five min. (so then we could fill the whole chart out). Some resources, which were the rows on the chart,  included natural gas, oil, geothermal, nuclear, solar, and wind energy. Some of the columns on the chart were: what, where, what it's used for, consequences, and other facts. One thing that I learned and found interesting was that wind power couldn't be stored easily. The solution was to put "transformers/converters" to change the power into electricity that could be stored. The bad side of this is that the machines were super noisy and had to be placed in remote areas with nobody around. I also learned many other facts/consequences about these energy resources and I found this lab very informative.

The Red Pyramid

The Red Pyramid

(book 1 in the Kane Chronicles)

Rick Riordan

516 pages

 The Red Pyramid, by Rick Riordan, starts off with a boy, Carter, his sister, Sadie, and their dad. Carter and Sadie's mother died so Sadie lives with her grandparents while Carter travels around with his dad (the two only see each other twice a year). On one of their visits, Carter and Sadie eventually find out that the Egyptian gods are real and that they come from a magical family called "the blood of the pharaohs". Eventually, losing their father, Carter and Sadie are left  alone with their uncle Amos and are trying to figure out what happened to their father, and if they can get him back. They also find out that they have to stop the evil god, Set, from spreading chaos throughout the earth before his birthday! Can Carter and Sadie learn magic and stop Set in time, or while chaos reign on earth forever?

Computer Lab

Jonathan 1                                                                                                           Writing

Computer Lab

Today, in computer lab, our class went on various "self teaching", or autodidacticism, sites. One major site was Khan Academy, but since we did that in class, we tried other ones. A few of them had answers to wanderings people had, like wonderopolis. Others, like Khan Academy, taught school skills. Examples were grammar girl and math dude. At the end, we looked at gown-up learning sites: apple, colleges, etc. I, personally liked the random facts, or wandering sites. One fact on wonderopolis was how to yodel! Now, whenever I need to learn/review something, I know where to look!

My Animoto Video

My Animoto Video

Prince Caspian



Prince Caspian

chronological: (book four in The Chronicles of Narnia)

written: (book two in The Chronicles of Narnia)

C.S. Lewis
216 pages
 In Narnia, a  prince named Caspian blows Susan's magical horn that supposedly brings help. The help is the old Kings and Queens: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, who magically arrive in Narnia. They find out that a group called the Telmarines took over Narnia and wiped out most of the old Narnians. When the children meet Prince Caspian, they help him with the war against the Telmarines and eventually take back Narnia. 

I Am David

I am David

Anne Holm

239 pages

You are a young boy who has just escaped from a concentration camp and is trying hard to survive by sleeping on the ground and helping people so you can earn a little money. I Am David, by Anne Holm, is about a 12 year old boy, David, who has lived in a concentration camp for as long as he could remember. A man in the camp helped David escape and gave him supplies. David is constantly running and won’t give up until he is free. He shows lots of persistence and courage in the story.

If somebody made a movie, I think the part when David rescues the girl from the fire would be really cool to watch.

The Horse and His Boy

The Horse and His Boy

chronological: (book three in The Chronicles of Narnia)

written: (book five in The Chronicles of Narnia)

C.S. Lewis

217 pages (x2)

 fiction
You are a young boy who is trying to fight in a war, though you don't know how to, and you are worried that if your side loses, hundreds of people willl die. The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis, is a book about a boy, named Shasta, who meets a talking horse, named Bree. They find out that they are both Narnian, so they run away to go to Narnia. Along the way they find another talking horse, Hwin, and a girl, Aravis. They decide that they will all go to Narnia and on their journey Shasta finds out that he has a big role in saving Narnia. Throughout the book Shasta shows others that he is brave and caring.
My favorite part of the book was when Rabadash got stuck on a hook and got turned into a donkey, it was so funny