Jennifer's 2 Minutes To Make a Difference Final Reflection

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The changes we've made for this video would be the music so it would actually blend in with the music instead of being out of place. We've also changed the color of the font so it would be seen easily instead of blending with the picture. We've also made the pictures last longer since people can't read so fast. The students that had commented on our Version 1 really did helped our editor/director Althea make a better video. Which turned out pretty good!

Our expert was Althea's closest friend Daphne Ries Jalique. We choose her because she seems really smart and she was very helpful to Althea with her homework. The three important things the expert mention to our video is psychological disorders, students need to be aware about what's around them, and bullying is something we have to be aware about. What I have learned about this is, we shouldn't just watch the person being bullied, we have to help them! We may experience that as well in some near future.

Our great success for our 2 minutes to make a difference video would be completing it and be able to find an expert otherwise, it won't be a complete video and we would lose marks if we haven't found one. The skills I would be taking along with me would be completing projects and video skills. Because you'll never know when you would want to make a video in the near future. I would also use creative common pictures cause we don't have the right to take someone else's image and claim it's ours.


There was some things were frustrating us like it took us a while to find our expert since we didn't really know where to start with. But were lucky that we did found one. Some of the strategies we did was just be calm about what were doing don't get stressed. Also if one person forgot to do something, we just have to remind that person to do their work.


I think the reason why "Making a Difference" is important to Grade 8's is because, it's our final year of being in elementary. Were growing up. This is the right time to care about the issues all around the world. In other grades they may just be too busy continuing to work hard for their future instead of caring.


How will I make a difference? It depends if it is the right time for me to make a difference. Usually, some of us are afraid of asking people to support us about our issue. I've always wanted to do something that is out of my legue.

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Jennifer's Fraction Growing Post :D

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There is two ways to show how to multiply a fraction by a whole number. One way is to draw a picture or just straight multiplying. Multiply the top then the bottom which gives you the answer. Or I draw a fraction strip to help me solve the answer. The picture below explains both ways. The question example I will show will be in the math textbook page 202 question 6A.

Next, I'm going to show you how to divide a fraction! The easiest way for me to divide a fraction is do draw a fraction strip. The question I am going to use for this diagram will be in the math textbook page 208, question 5D. The Diagram shows how I did it step by step to get the answer.

Next, I'll show you how I solve a word problem using fractions I'm going to use Question 12 for this :D

Part Two!

For part two, I have to show that I understand how to multiply which is very easy. I have to have a fraction multiplied by fraction, fraction multiply by mixed number. and Mixed number multiply by Mixed number.

For the second one, in order for me to solve it, I have to change the mixed number into a improper fraction. By multiplying the denominator by the whole number then add the numerator. Which gives my an improper fraction. From there, I just do the same thing as question one. If my answer turns out as a proper fraction, no need for me to change it to a mixed number.

And for the third one, It's like putting all your work together but, the only thing will be new is converting an improper fraction to a proper fraction. Which is easy, The numerator has to go in the box while the denominator has to stay outside the box. It's like doing long division. When I get a remaining, I use that for my answer.

PART THREE!

The image below represents diving fractions with mixed numbers. First of all I have to find the common denominator that matches with the number am diving once that's done, I draw a fraction strip so that would help me represent my mixed number or fraction. What is my statement is that "How many groups of 1 3/4 goes in 2/4?" Something like that I don't really need to care about the denominator at the end. I just need to keep an eye on the numerator. That will lead me to my answer :]

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Jennifer's Surface Area Growing Post :]

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Rectangular Prism
What does it look like?


What would it look like if it was a net?

What formulas you use to calculate this?
The formula I would use is the finding the area of the top, bottom, side faces and find their area then multiply by two to get the other side. Once I have all six faces, I add all of them up to find the surface area of a rectangular prism.


Calculate the Surface Area.


Triangular Prism
What does it look like?

What would it look like if it was a net?

What formulas you use to calculate the surface area?
The formulas I would use is the base multiply by height divide by two equals then I would find the flat faces and find out the areas of them. Once I found them I use the Total Surface Area formula which is Triangle + Triangle + Rectangle + Rectangle + Rectangle.

Calculate the Surface Area.


Cylinder
What does it look like?

What would it look like if it was a net?

What formulas you use to calculate the surface area?
The formula I would use to find the surface area of the cylinder is two multiply by pi times radius squared plus pi times diameter times height.

Calculate the Surface Area.

And here's a video to show you how to calculate the surface area of a rectangular prism, cylinder, and a triangular prism.


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Jennifer's ScribePost on Surface Areas :]

Hello Everyone!

Here's what you need to have in your foldable in section 5.1

All of this in the key ideas section including the question 1 & 2



For the question number 1, what I put is she can be correct, because all you're looking for is the Top, Side and the Front. It isn't necessary to find out the bottom, the other side, and back of the object. You already know what you need to look for to draw the object right?

For question number 2, it isn't correct. Because if you tried to draw that with those Nets, It won't be exactly like the Math Textbook. So I would like change the front image to the top image, and from there, front to side.

Also in class, we did a "Show You Know Question" when I drew it, it looked very different then Mr.Harbeck done. Here is the question we've done.



And here is what I've done, I tried to draw the object standing up. The red square in the middle is where the hole was suppose to be.

Well I hope you enjoy my post!

Jennifer's ScribePost on Percents :3

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Today I'll be showing you the answers for Questions 5 and 6!

Question 5

Part A

Part B

Part C

Now Moving On To Question 6

Part A

Part B

Part C

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Jennifer's ScribePost On Pythagoras :]

Hello Everyone! I'm going to do Question 11 on page 106!

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Jennifer's Pay It Forward

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Part 1
"Pay It Forward" what it means to me is like an emotional roller coaster. Going through the tough times, the sad times, the happy times, and the harsh times. I've even felt so sorry for that boy. Trevor because he got stabbed at the end of the movie. But he made a difference right? At first, his idea on how to connect the world is by teaching 3 people to Pay it Forward. Then the 3 people he teaches with teach 3 more people. Eventually the world will know! But the people he wanted to teach I think bailed on him. I've also realized that in the movie, there were a lot of kindness going on and at some point, they can make a difference also! The movie also makes me feel that I should do something nice to the homeless people. Like giving them food, or shelter. Another thing I can do is like donate money to the poor people so they can use the money to get something they need. So making a difference is such a very nice thing to do!


Part 2
My Pay It Forward act of kindness was to "Volunteer to Babysit For Free"

The reason why I choose this activity is because I love to play around with the younger kids. (Especially with babies or toddlers) It's also because that it hasn't been awhile since I'd had a baby sitting job. Who I've helped was my neighbour also my auntie named Loan to babysit her 2 year old son named Cleo. I've did this baby sitting job on December 5, 2009.

Part 3
My act of kindness was a success! What happened was that when I was baby sitting Cleo at my home, I had a few lists of things I had to do. One of them was that I have to play with him until it was around 7:30pm. That's when I'd had to feed him with Milk. The last thing I had to do after that is to play with him again and put him to sleep by 9:30. Do you know what's the most funniest yet the most funnest part when I was playing with him with his awesome Mega Blocks, for some reason, no matter how many times I keep trying to build a tower, he keeps on breaking it down! Cleo was also a sneaky and smart kid. You want to know why? It's because Cleo tries to hide the toys for some unknown reason. His best place for hiding toys away was the speaker hole. Even one time he hid a ball the same size of the speaker hole he hides in. It was really hard on getting it out! I even have to use like those small soup spoons just to get them out. How did I feel on doing this activity? Well I felt great! It was really fun taking care of a younger child. It reminds me of my younger self in fact. Anyways at the end, my auntie came to my house to pick up Cleo. She was very proud of me that I did a good job! I've also did ask her about "Pay It Forward" she seems very interested about it. I've told her more about it an she feels "Inspired" about it. I'd wish if she can make a difference thanks to me!


Part 4
The reason why the idea of "Pay It Forward" important is because it's a good way to spread the message to people to do something nice for a change then being selfish. I think my act of kindness starts small at first, but I hope that everyone gets to learn to PAY IT FORWARD!

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Jennifer's ScribePost :]

Hello Everyone! Today we had a math quiz today and I think I did really bad on the test! T.T. Anyways after the math test we added some stuff to our fold able. So here is a diagram of what we add in our squares section on the green side.





As you can see, we drew a number line. For every each perfect square, we had to put a square around the number all the way up to 25. We also filled out the side length for each of the perfect squares (Which is very easy to answer) Okay now moving on.. Ms. Usisken also showed us a pattern about those squares. Here's a diagram that will help you explain everything!





As you can see, I putted a black square on every perfect square. And I putted red squares between the numbers between the perfect squares. Now do you see a pattern that is going on? The not perfect squares grows by 2 each time! There is another pattern also! I will show you in the next diagram.





So for this diagram, I putted a black square for the perfect squares. But, instead of putting boxes for this picture, I putted dashes! So this is our next pattern called "Squares between perfect squares" This diagram is also similar to the other diagram but it's using spaces! There is one more thing I need to show you. So here's the diagram;





Since I didn't remember why Ms. Usisken drew this picture but this is the key on finishing the your homework! Also she gave us a few examples on fractions and decimals. So look at the diagram one. Just pretend it's filled with those fractions. For example, 2 as a fraction, it would be one and one-third. As a decimal, it would be 1.33. See what I mean? If you don't get it please comment on what I confuse you.

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How Jennifer saved Earth from the aliens! :]

OH NO! THESE ALIENS THAT LOOKS CUTE AND SMALL, BUT THEY ARE PURE EVIL THAT HAVE LANDED ON EARTH! MY MISSION IS TO STOP THEM IS BY SOLVING THREE PROPORTION QUESTIONS!!!

So the aliens think I cannot solve these simple proportions and show how we did it eh? I will prove them wrong!


11. A small gear turns 18 times in the same time as the large gear turns 4 times. How many times will the large gear turn if the small gear turn 54 times? Draw a diagram to help set up a proportion and solve the problem.


So pretty much I know that every proportion or ratio problem gives out three information. The ones that are highlighted are the three information that I'm looking for. So I'll draw a proportion diagram that will help me solve the answer.

So if I times 3 by four, the answer would be 12!! Oh! The aliens are impressed about my math work. But they won't go away! I need to do two more questions to make them go back to their home planet.


12. Set up a proportion for each situation using a variable. Do not answer the question.


A) Walter makes his own oil and vinegar dressing. His recipe calls for 175 mL of olive oil and 50 mL of vinegar. What amount of vinegar does he need to mix with 300 mL of olive oil?


So this question is very simple! All I have to do is to make the proportion of it. I guess I don't have to solve it at all! Remember the highlighted text in very problem is the 3 information that I'm looking for.





B) A Baseball player has a home run to strikeouts ratio of 3:17. How many home runs he would hit if he strikes out 187 times?


This problem is very simple do to! It's just like the first problem that I've done in question 12. Remember, the letter is the variable!





Well.. The aliens are scared of me now that I had solved the second question. Which contains two problems! Now IT'S TIME TO FINISH THEM OFF WITH THE LAST QUESTION!!


16. At an amusement park, a new thrill ride was introduced. It costs $7.50 for 3 rides on the Wild Slider.


A) What was the Wilder Slider unit rate per ride?





So the unit rate would be.. $2.50/ride. Now that's been done, this would help me solve my final question to defeat the aliens!


B) At this rate, what would it cost for 18 rides on the Wild Slider? Determine the answer in two different ways.

Yikes! I have to answer this question is two different ways!?!? Oh well guess what aliens? You think this final question is over for me but it's not! I know two ways to answer this question by using two different tables!





NOW TAKE THAT YOU ALIENS! I'VE SOLVED THE LAST QUESTION AND SHOWED MY WORK AND NOW YOU ALIENS ARE GOING RIGHT BACK TO... PLANET 51!! (OH YEAH I KNOW WHAT KIND OF ALIENS YOU ARE! BUT NOT A STALKER!) BE GONE ALIENS!

Jennifer's Rate Growing Post

Hello Everyone! Today I will show you about ratios and rates. But fist I have to define them. (Sorry If he Picture is too wide! If you want to see the picture, right click, Properties, Look at Location, (For Firefox) (Address For Internet) Copy url and paste on a new window to see the full picture)


Ratio - Compares to quantites measured in the same units

Rate - Compares to quantites in different units.

Next I have to find out the difference between ratio and rate.
Well first of all, ratio only compares quantites in the same units. Rate on the other hand compares different units. So pretty much the difference is that, rate compares different units, and ratio compares the same units.

Now I have to choose a question on page 60 and answer that question. So I choose question 6.

6. Gina earns $78.00 for working 6h. Asad makes $192.50 after working 14h. Determine each person's unit rate of pay. Who has a greater hourly rate of pay? So now I know now that I have to find out which person has a greater pay in one hour. So I have to use a ratio table for this.





So Gina makes $13.00 per hour and Asad makes $13.75 per hour. Asad has the greater pay within one hour.

So now I have so do another question but this time on page 61. I'm going to do question 12.


12. The rate at which glaciers melt is increasing globally. The Saskatchewan Glacier near Banff has receded 1.5 km in the last 75 years. The Peyto Glacicer shown below receded 1320 m from 1923 to 1993. Which glacier had the greater annual rate of melting?


So the first thing I need to know is that I have to find out the years for the Peyto Glacier. So i've did 1993 - 1923 equals 70 years. I'll do a ratio to show you what i've did.

So for the first ratio is the Peyto Glacier. Their unit rate is 20m per year. The second ratio is the Saskatchewan Glacier from Banff. Since the 1.5km didn't work so well, I had to convert it into km. (that would be 1500) And that worked! So the unit rate for this is 20m per year.


And Finally, I have to make up a question using a rate. Which that may be hard.


So my question is.. At Seven-Eleven, there are 3 diffrent sizes of slurpee. The 250ml/small slurpee cost $1.00. The 500ml/medium size slurpee cost $1.50. And The 1000ml/Large size would cost $2.00. Which Slurpee size is the better buy? Show your work!


So this question reminds me of that Salsa question I did in math class! So the first thing I've did was... I have to find out the unit price for each of these Slurpee sizes! So I drew ratio tables!

So now that I've had found out their unit prices, I find out which of them had the lowest unit price. (Which would be the Large one) So The Large Slurpee would be the better buy is because it have the lowest unit price!

Part 2

These are the Grade 8 ingredients for Spaghetti Sauce. This recipe serves 4 people.

1) What would the recipe look like if it had to serve 10 people? Show your calculations.
So at first I didn't really get it on how you like turn teaspoons into milliliters until I found a site that tells me about it. Or I divide everything by 2.5

3.75 lbs ground beef

2.5 medium onion diced

2.5 celery finely sliced

2.5 cloves of garlic

35 oz can of tomatoes chopped

3.75 can of tomato paste

2.5 tsp parsley

3.76 tsp basil

2.5 tsp oregano

2.5 tsp sugar

1.25 tsp Worchester Sauce

1.25 tsp Seasoning Salt

2.5 Bay Leaf

2) What would the recipe look like if you had to only serve 1 person? Show your calculations.

0.375 lbs ground beef

0.25 medium onion diced

0.25 celery finely sliced

0.25 cloves of garlic

3.5 oz can of tomatoes chopped

0.375 can of tomato paste

0.25 tsp parsley

0.376 tsp basil

0.25 tsp oregano

0.25 tsp sugar

0.125 tsp Worchester Sauce

0.125 tsp Seasoning Salt

0.25 Bay Leaf

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BOB Jennifer 8-16 Ratios

Hello Everyone! Today In Class We did some ratios since there is a test tomorrow. So all I have to do is create 3 part to part ratio, 2 part to total, and 2 three part ratios. And then I have to choose one ratio and I have to turn them into a fraction,decimal, and a percent. I also will create some questions for you guys to answer at the end.

Part To Part Ratios
Green To Blues = 3:3
Red to Sliver = 2:1
Orange To Gold = 1:1


Part To Whole/Total Ratios
Blues To Total = 3:12
Reds To Total = 2:12
Orange To Total = 1:12


Three Part Ratio
Greens To Blues To Reds = 3:3:2
Orange To Yellow To Green = 1:2:3
Blues To Reds To Gold = 3:2:1


Now I have to pick a ratio and convert it into a fraction,decimal and ratio. I also need to do an equivalent fraction.


Ratio
3:12


Fraction

Decimal
0.25


Percent
25%


Equivalent fractions





Now time for you to answer some of my questions :]


1. Create A Part To Part Ratio using the crayon picture and then convert it to a decimal then explain how you did it.


2. What is the percent of the Purple to blue ratio?


3. What is an equivalent fraction to Blues To Reds To Gold?

Part 2

1.What were the mistakes you made on your test. Show examples of answers that were wrong. What was your mistake. How will you remember what to do in future tests?

One of the questions I did wrong on the test were question 12,13, and 14.
The question was..

In a group of 84 students surveyed,the ratio of student preference is seven oatmeal eaters to four granola eaters to three toasted O eaters.

12. Of the 84 students, how many prefer oatmeal?

13. Of the 84 students, how many prefer granola?

14. What Percent (to one decimal place) of the group prefers toasted O's?

At first I thought about what was the ratio is. Which is 7:4:3. Next thing I thought was the amount of students. So I was thinking about percents. But I was kinda not sure if the answers I thought were right.(Since I was using the calculator) So I estimated it. For oatmeal was 58, granola was 28, and question 14 was 3%. But I was wrong.

The mistakes I've made through the test were...
1.Didn't Show Enough Work on how I got the answer
2.I didn't put it into the very lowest terms
3.I've forget to put a word ratio on every ratio I've made

How will I remember what do in future test is that I'll try looking at some of the examples I've written down and try to memorize it.

2.Rewrite 2 questions that gave you difficulty with different numbers. Answer the questions correctly in the comments to your blog. Encourage others to participate at your blog by getting them to answer your questions.

A) A picture frame has a width to length ratio of 7:9. If the width of the photo is 11, then what is the length ?

B) Use the data below to determine which sports teams have equivalent scored by to scored ratios.

Team Scored by Scored Against
Baseball Team A 30 24
Basketball Team A 345 276
Hockey Team A 18 22

Well I hope you enjoy my post!

Jennifer's Scribe Post Question 16

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Well Today In Class Mr.Harbeck Have Assigned us each a question for us to do for homework in the weekend. I have to do question 16.. So here it goes!

16.Heather used the copier to make the following 50% reduction


A) Write the ratio of the length of A' B' compared to the length of A B

At first I didn't get it because how should I know the length of the triangle. But then I realized that the reduction triangle looked like those tiny parts of the original triangle. It hit me! I was thinking of that the two reduction triangles are two triangles of the original. So my answer for this question is 1:2


B) Write the ratio of the length of A' C' compared to the length of A C

So This question is the same as the first question but the other side of the triangle. So The Answer would be 1:2


C) Use your knowledge of ratio and percent to explain the meaning of the 50% reduction.

So I think of this question on what is the reduction. So i'm thinking that that reduction is like 1/2 of the picture that Heather used.

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