Science Blog post (Summative)

1. Describe characteristics of different chemical reactions.

Matches . when sulfur are combine with oxygen and spark, it creates fire. On the matches box, it contains red frosferous, which, when has friction, turn into white frosfurous which is unstable and creates a spark. So when the match is rub with the box, it creates friction and the red frosfurous change to white and it creates spark and when the sparks and oxygen hit the solfur which is on the matches, it light up.

Acid/ base . when acid and base are mixed together it creates bubbles which is carbon dioxide, also it create endothermic reaction. Like for example, when baking soda which is a base is mixed with cream of tartar which is an acid, it will creates carbon dioxide bubbles and endothermic reaction.

Color change . a chemical reaction can be shown in color, such as the mixture of indicator and baking soda which turns blue. or the mixture of indicator and baking powder which turns yellow.

2. Describe the chemical makeup of baking powder.

Cream of tartar - is an acid. the chemical formula is KC4H5O6, it include one potassium, 4 carbon, 5 hydrogen and 6 oxygen. 

                             











 this two substances is mixed together to creates baking powder.  When acid and base is mixed together and with water, it creates a chemical reaction. When cream of tartar and baking soda ,which is acid and base, is mixed together with water, it creates carbon dioxide which is the bubble reaction that happens when it is added with water. 

Baking soda - is a base. the chemical formula NaHCO3, it contains 1 sodium, 1 hydrogen, 1 carbon, and 3 oxygen. 

3. Describe the process you used to determine the unknown substance.(SI1.A)

to determine the unknown substance, we added universal indictor because each powder react to the indicator in different color so we choose to use the indicator. When we put the indictor into the unknown substance, the result is the color is blue which is the color that is shown in the baking soda. So we know that the unknown substance is baking soda.

4. Describe the process you used to determine which two substances make up baking powder (SI1.A)

to determine the substance, we make a mixture of cream of tartar and baking soda, cream of tartar and cornstarch and baking soda and cornstarch, we use the same idea as the unknown substance, or to put the indicator in. we put the indicator in each or the mixture and the mixture that has the nearest color to baking powder is the mixture of cream of tartar and baking soda. We also make sure by putting vinegar in because if it is baking powder, it would bubbles. The result is that it really bubbles so we conclude that the mixture that creates baking powder is baking soda and cream of tartar.

5. What are some important safety considerations for a Middle School Chemistry lab?

some important safety are such as do not horse play, do not eat anything, do not touch thing, to not smell anything because some chemical may be harmful to your body so stay away from things.

Goal 2nd edition

My new head goal is to get E in engagement by the end of this quater

my last goal was to complete all my work on time and get E for work completion. I didn't met my goal, because most of my subject in second semester, dropped the score to M.

my new social goal is to has 2 more best friend. now I has 3 really best friend. and i want to make friend with new students too.

My Book Lineage

ETK reflection

I was in the Green Group. We were the only group that get to be in the cave for 2 hours, the rest of the people get 5 minutes in the cave. This is because our group were the first group to get in the cave and we discover that there are snakes in the cave so the other teachers decide (i think) to not go to that cave.  We have a helmet and a head light which is very heavy. We first need to walk up like a hundreds of steps which makes me just ready to go home. After that we'll see the cave. We walk in 1 by 1 down the stair and i was 1 of the first group of people, after I walk down the stair, a while after that, somebody shouted that they saw snake on the stairs and I was really scare because its a SNAKE! I walked with maxima, the cave was very beautiful. We have 10 minutes of dark silence to listen to the sound in the cave ( but I hear nothing).  When we turn on our flashlight again, we look up and saw a nature made elephant statue. We continue walking and an hour later, Miumiu's flashlight went off. She was really scared and no one was there except me. So she walked with me and I helped her with the light. The hardest part in the journey was the last part, we need to walk in a very narrow path. With Miumiu's light dead, I have a very important job. The path was so narrow we need to walk side ways. There are holes on the path and it was very hard to walk down and walk up. But we made it at last, me and Miumiu were the 5th people to go get out.

Hiking was very hard because you need to walk, walk, walk, and walk and see so less thing

The best memory is when caving, when we're eating mama, when Mr.Boyd shot the lazer into our cabin to Maxima's room which there are no one in there and he keep shooting for so long which is funny, when we discover there are tape on our door, and when playing uno attack.

Updated LA and SS goal

My goal was to get E for responsibility and in this semester, I met by goal by getting E in responsibility for both SS and LA which means that I have responsible bringing my things to class. For next semester, I would try to get E in Engagement.

Poetry Portfolio Story Jumper

Read this free book made on StoryJumperWhat is my favorite poem?
My favorite poem is Anxiety, this is because it's the poem I did without having an outline and I can do it however I want which I liked very much because I don't need to make it to fix the outline.

What was the most challenging part of the project?
The most challenging part for me in the project would be how to think of something that would relate with the outline of the poem because our poem is created based on another poem and its hard to think of something that is related to them and is about us.

If I had more time, how would you change?
If I had more time, I would put in more devices such as alliteration, onomatopoeia and more to make my poem better and more fun to read.

Semester 1 math reflection

Overall, how do you think you performed ?

I think that overall my scores is not that good this year. I got 3 M's and 3 E's which should be all E's. So I think that I didn't perform really good this semester and I think that I should do a better job next semester.

Are your scores an accurate reflection of your knowledge / effort?

For my knowledge, I think that it's not. This is because I normally can do better than this. But in this year, since map test , my scores dropped. For my effort, I think that it maybe accurate because my effort for learning math this year dropped when my math scores dropped and I think it's also because I didn't study math really hard during the summer break.

Are you completing the assignments as required with date/ label writing the problems down and showing the steps?

Yes, I'm completing my assignments as required with date, labels, writing problems, and showing my work.

What topics did you learn - what did you like best, least

In this semester, we learn about different ways to solve problems, solving problems using venn diagram,  inequality,  integers, order of operation, absolute value, algorithm, fractions, prime factorization. 

The topic I like the most is integers, algorithm, inequality and equality. 

The topic I like the least is absolute value because I think there's nothing.

What was a challenge for you (could be academics or behavior)

I think my challenge this year would be to score E's because my amount of M's is equal to E's which it "should" be less than that. 

 what was easy for you

From the scores that came out, I think that things that are very easy to me maybe venn diagrams, inequality, fractions, integers, order of operation.

4 things that you are most proud of

1. My test                 2. My poster                3. All my work                4. My scores

3 things you could have done better

1. Showing works because 1 of my test say that I didn't show my work and if I don't show my work again my scores will drop. 

2. Scores : about accuracy. I should check my work more before handing it in.

3. My hand writing which I think is a bit crapy. 

2 things you will improve

I think that I can improve on my skills about equation sentences, I think that I can do better on understanding what the words mean and don't mess it up. 

 I think that I can also improve my engagement in class about raise hand and answer question because I like to be scared at "the teacher" so I don't like to share ideas.

1 thing you will totally change

 I would totally change my engagement in class because the time of the class are very sleepy time and I like to take a nap which will make me not listening to the teacher and when we don't listen we may miss something important.