The Weekly Blog

   Today in computer lab (tech lab) we played a virtual game called WFP. WFP is a game that sort of teaches people about the simulations that real people actually do. Some of the games you play, can be really tricky, but others are so simple you just have to follow the direction. There was about six games in total and each one of them was timed. The first game is where the player has to locate all of the stranded people, who have no food. The second you have to find the right amount of food for a nutricious meal. Third, you drop food into red ranges to get people their food. Next, you buy enough food to last about six months. Fifth, the player has to manuever the cars to deliver the food. I never made it to the last level though.In the end, I didn't know that it was actually real. That real suprised me!

The Tech blog

          Today in Tech lab, Mr. Jost showed us a video about a really small computer, that just came out. It was only a microchip sort of computer, that you would plug in the computer, the mouse and keyboard, and a cell phone charger for energy. After the video, we visited BBC- KS3 Bitesize Maths, to practice our math skills. Sumanjit and I worked together and did some frations, integers, 3-D shapes, perimeter, and area. Each section was a revision, an activity, and a test. I passed almost all the tests, except on one I missed one and almost two. The last ten minutes of Tech lab, we went on a website that teaches math in games. I got to refresh some of the math skills in Tech lab, that I needed to work on.

Tech Lab

On Thursday, March 15th, we visited a few sites that are related to learning. Mr. Jost showed us some of the websites and explained what kind of subject or subjects each of them taught.One of the places was Khan Academy!!! Then, Mr.Jost  let us go to any of the websites he showed us. A couple friends and I, went to a website called Wonderopolis. Wonderopolis had a bunch of videos, that would teach you about that topic. I watched a couple, but one sounded really interesting to me. The title of it was "Can you grow candy corn?"  It really wasn't that interesting of a video though. We learned a lot in computer lab by looking at different learning websites.

The Titan's Curse

      Percy Jackson and the Olympans: The Titan's Curse, by Rick Riordan, is the third book in the series. The book shows a lot of Greek mythology, as in the other two books. Percy Jackson, is yet again about to get the adventure of his lifetime... in the middle of the winter!  He is on an assignment for a couple half-bloods at a military school. The two half-bloods are Bianca di and Niko Caprio. Then, a manticore just happens to be the general of the school, and Percy gets in big trouble. Luckily the Hunters(a team of Artemis's army) came and saved the day. The story leads the half-blood warriors on a long journey to San Fransisco in search of Annebeth who mysteriously disappears. Unfortunately, many obstacles stand in their way. It all comes down to one last battle between Atlas, a very powerful titan, and Zoe Nightshade. This book was very interesting with a few twists you might not get at first!
312 pages

One Crazy Summer

                 "I'm Cecile Johnson and these are mine," Delphine and her sisters heard the women claim.Yet somehow Delphine knew she was their mother. One Crazy Summer, by Rita Willams-Garcia is the story of three young girls looking for their mother. Their mother left them when she couldn't name Fern, Afua. Delphine lives in New York, with her sisters, Voneta and Fern. To meet their mother they travel to Oakland, California. When the three sisters get there, things aren't what they would expect. They ate take-out every night, went to the community center for breakfast, and went to Black Panther summer school. Most importantly, its horrible not having a mother who cares for you, and says she didn't want to have them at all. Then in the middle of the book, comes Cecile's arrest, finding out she is called Nzilla , and a rally supporting the Black Panthers. In the end, Cecile becomes more like a mother to them on the last day that they spent there,before going home, without her. I liked this book, since it included real facts mixed in with the fiction.

215 pages

Asian Art Museum

Asian Art Museum Click here to watch the video!!!