What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?

How is paper made and can I make it too?

1/8/2018

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K

Paper is made from leaves
Paper is made from trees
Paper is made of leave

W

How is paper made
What is paper made of
Why is paper made how many different types of

H

I will find it from YouTube
I will use different sources

L

That paper is a easy creation.
You need resources that you can't get from the classroom.
That there is a reason we use trees to make paper.

A

I will recycle more and more so that we can re use the paper and we won't have to destroy and know down the trees.

Q

Are there different kind of fabric to use to make paper?

My Reflection

I think I did really good on my project all tho I tried really hard to create paper myself at home and at school I could not do it. The reason why was because you needed this machine that will pull the pulp out of the leaves and the tree but I tried and tried and I still could not get it when I researched this the answer was obvious and right as I started my project Mr.Solarz answered my question right in front of me so there was not much more to research but I still tried and that what mattered about my project and that is why I researched on this topic and I was curious about it and I could just ask a family member how it was made but I went in depth and researched on this topic. One thing that I would try to stop was how much paper we make! Like come people we don't need that much paper! Is it more important to make paper than breath!? There are also certain why use trees. Another question I have: Is there different things we can make paper out of then just trees.

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What is the mechanic of a boat and can I make a poster and a video explaining it? By Gavin

12/19/2017

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K

Motor
the point
the engine
the crown

W

I want to learn the mechanics of a boat
I want to learn how many part are there to a boat
I want to learn how long can a boat operate

H

I will learn it by use safe search browser
I will use youtube to find facts

L

I learned that there are many parts to a boat
I learn that there is a roach
I learned that there is a bilge
I learned that there is a sheet and more

A

How to put the parts in order
I will teach a lot of people about a boats mechanics and how it works

Q

How to put the part in order without breaking it

Reflection

I learned a lot of thing about a boats mechanics. It was very fun researching about the boat. I learned that the boat in designed from different part to make the boat float o water. Another thing is that I learned that the boat has ben very useful to humans, because we can use it to get around easily for the earlier civilizations and when they were made out of wood. People thought it was easy to get around to places over water for transportation like the titanic. Some boat can be power by humans such as with a paddle, oars, and by one or more engine. The first type of boat was a boat that you could make out of wood it was carved out of wood that was the first boat.

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How does volcanism work and can I show others the process? By: Ian

12/19/2017

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What I Know

Questions I want to know

How will I find this out

Volcano's erupt because of cracks in the earth
Volcano's are very powerful when they erupt
They can take out a whole city
They have lava and magma in them
Volcano's are made out of rocks, stone, and sometimes dirt
Sometimes volcanoes can be a mountain but then turn into a volcano

What happens to the volcano after it erupt?
What is the most active volcano?
What are volcanic rocks?
How do you know when a volcano is going to explode?
How many volcano are in the world in 2018?
What a sign a volcano is not going to erupt?
What is the difference between geysers and volcanoes?
How do people get really close to volcanoes?

I Will use important websites that will help me understand my topic
I will use models to show how my topic works
I will use other information I know and put it with the information I learn
I will use google docs to record my facts and what I learn from my topic

What I Learned

Volcanoes are made when plates or destructive boundaries are pulled together or torn apart (main way a volcano erupts)
All volcanoes have the same key structures
Volcanoes have vents which are what the the lava comes out of, there are usually two vents for the lava to come out of
Eruptions happen when pressure forces magma from the magma chamber through the main vent, up to the crater.
Scientists believe that volcanoes formed are first atmosphere by spewing water dioxide, and Nitrogen and hydrogen peroxide into the air
Not all volcanoes are are mountains, some are plateaus and bulging dome shaped.

Actions I will take

I will teach others about what I learned and the knowledge I have on volcanoes
If people ever ask me about volcanoes I will help them out with what they want to know
I can keep learning more about volcanoes and be very good at explaining them

Questions I still want to know

How many ways can a volcano erupt?
Does the name volcano based off someone or how something exploded?
Can volcanoes explode in different ways if so how many ways?
are you able to cause a eruption man made real volcano?
Does the color or what is in the volcano change the way it erupts?
Why don't earthquakes cause volcanoes to erupt?

Reflection,

I really liked this project and definitely learned a lot about the process of volcanoes erupting. The most fun I had with this project was learning about the lava and magma in the volcano and out of it. It was really fun because the lava was really cool and the eruption were so amazing how they erupted. The easiest part of this was probably finding facts about what the volcano looks like and what is inside it. I learned a lot about the cycle, way more then I thought I would and I think I will have a fun time explaining what I learned to others. I felt like I learned the amount I wanted for this project and did a great job finding information.

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Can I Learn as Many Words as Possible in Italian? - Isabella

12/19/2017

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What do I Know?

What do I Want to Know?

How do I Find Out?

I know some of the key words (example) "Arrivederci" means "goodbye".
I know how to say some easy words and sentences in Italian.

I want to know at least 20 more words in Italian.
I want to know if I can learn enough words so that I can go to Italy and they will know what I am saying

I will go onto duolingo and learn the words there.
I will use google translate
I will read books

What Have I Learned?

What Action Will I Take?

What new question(s) do I have?

I have learned many more words
I have learned words in the categories of food, animals, and basic words and phrases.
I gained marbles in my website making skills

I will inform my friends and family members about my website
I will add some of the most basic and common words that people will use because they might actually get something out of my website

Can I learn enough words that I can get to go to Italy and the people there will understand what I am saying?

Reflection

When I was doing this, I had a lot of fun. Since I love reading and researching, this was the perfect project for me. My favorite part was the researching and reading, but my least favorite part was putting the words I learned into my website since I had to keep on adding text boxes, but all in all, it was worth it. If I were to redo it and try again, things I would do differently are to be better at my time management an get it done quicker. If someone else were to do a project like this, the advice that I would give them would to do a lot of research and read a lot of language books. Some stuff that was hard for me was when I had to make the video because I didn't know what to say in it. I had to think of things on the way of making it because I didn't plan it out enough. Another thing that was most fun was when I was making the website because I like challenges and this was a real challenge. Also, another thing that was easy was when I was reading the books and doing the research because I do that as a hobby in my everyday routine, so this was a piece of cake for me.

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Can we make our own fun game/sport? Mikey S. and Mikey F.

12/18/2017

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The outline for our sports court.

The materials you need to have to play the game.

Hockey stick (wooden) / one for each player
Shiny goal / two
Wiffle ball bat / everyone should have one or they will share
Tennis ball / one
Dodgeball / one

What do we know?

I know will be hard to get people to like it enough to play it for fun. Also to make it hard enough that it is a little challenging but not impossible that no one would be able to play it. Also, everything we used has already been invented. That there is no point to a game if no one likes it.

What did we learn?

We learned that making a game is pretty hard because you have to think of something that hasn't been done before. Also we had to use stuff that was all ready invented and that we could use. That it is hard to make a game so everyone would be able to play it.

What do we want to know?

Will kids play it for fun, like it, and tell others about it?
Also what materials we will use? Also if we can make will everyone can play it.
Will kids play it a lot? Will people be able to afford it?
How did the inventors of football decide on the shape of the football? Why did they make it that shape?

What action did we take?

We used are minds to find a game we both wanted to do. Also we looked up who invented basketball and how James Naismith got the idea.

How will I learn this?

We will learn this by researching sports on the computer. Also by brainstorming, and looking on youtube to see the sports those people have made.

What new questions do we have?

Our questions they are...

Was it hard for the creators of other sports to design them, and make the game like basketball?
How did they make the sport affordable?
Was it hard for the creators of other sports to get people to like their sport?
Why did the inventors of other sports decide to use the materials that they did?

Mikey S reflection.

I learned that it is hard to make a game because we had so little objects to choose from. The hardest thing we had to was trying to make the game so everyone could play it (affordable). I also learned that it is hard to narrow two peoples ideas in to one. It was fun when we made the video because it was fun for me to explain are game and how it worked. Another thing that was hard for me was to decide what our court looked like. Their was also some easy things that we did like was the blog post and coming up with our ideas. I would change the materials that we used because everything costs money and we choose so many materials that not everyone has and might not what to buy so in the end not everyone can play our sport, and I kind of to make the sport so everyone could play the sport. But I still like how it turned out. If anyone wanted to do something like what we did I would tell them that it is hard and it takes a lot of work and time, and that you want to make sure that people like your sport and would want to play it. Also you might want to use the smallest amount of stuff so more people could play it with out having to go to the store, or you might want to make your own materials.

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Mikey F reflection.

One of the things I learned was how hard it is to think of and idea for a sport that hasn’t been invented yet. So we took things from other games and made them into our own game. The most fun part probably would have been playing the game, but we never got to because we didn’t have the right court. So the most fun part was probably adding the finishing touches to our game. The hardest part was trying to come up with an idea for a sport that was not yet invented. The easiest part was making our video because, by the time we were making our video we were pretty much pros on the gameplay and rules of our sport. Next time I would probably do my best to create a game that I actually got to play. What I would tell people who are creating a game or sport is that when they are thinking about how the game will be played they have to make sure that their sport does not start to become too much like an already invented game or sport.

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What was it like as a U.S. Soldier In the Vietnam War? Will V.

12/14/2017

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What do I know?

That the Vietnam war lasted for 20 years
That Tons (weight) of bombs were used in the war.
That 2.7 million people served in the war.
that 58,220 died in the Vietnam war

What do I want to Know?

How the Vietnam war was started?
What were the ranks of the soldiers?
where did we deploy the most soldiers?
What were we fighting for?

How will I learn it?

By searching on google.
Watching history documentaries
Reading history books

What Did I learn?

That there are not prestiges in the army like in video games.
there are 10 military soldier ranks.
that there was no war (front line) to advance.
that there was no safe region to defend,
that there wasn't a well defined theatre in which to operate.
That you have to serve for 9 years in order to become the highest military rank.
that there are requirements before you need in order to rank up

What Action Will I take?

To tell others about some of the most interesting facts about the war.
to answer questions people ask me about ranks of a soldier.
to answer questions people ask me about some of the Vietnam's hardships.
To share my website with family members.

What Questions do I have?

How was the war started?
What was the majority age of the people serving in the war?
Were the majority of the soldiers who fought drafted or already in the army?
How do you stay in communication during the war?
Do enough people serve in the army as needed or wanted?
How long does the average person serve in the army?

Reflection

I learned a lot about the Vietnam war, I learned that there are 10 ranks of a military soldier and you need to exceed the requirements before you rank up, and to be the highest rank in the military you have to have served for 9 YEARS! I also learned that combatants on both sides faced physical challenges posed by the climate, terrain and wildlife of the country, also on top of that there was no war front to advance, no safe region to defend, not even a well defined theatre in which to operate. That is some of the most interesting stuff I learned. I had the most fun reading about the military ranks, because it just blew my mind about what the requirements were in order to rank up for some of the ranks, like for the highest rank, you have to serve for 9 YEARS! Although it was pretty difficult understanding and pronouncing some of the words used in the definitions, like guerrilla, Because I had to search up how to pronounce words like guerrilla, you actually pronounced gorilla, except instead of 'illa', its ella.

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What was the Korean war? How was the U.S. Involved? Why Did it Happen? By Owen P. Daniel B.

12/13/2017

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What do I know?

It was between the Koreas.
The U.S. helped South Korea
Douglas MacArther was our commander

What did I learn?

All the important pushes where in the first year then next 2 years very little pushes
Russia and China where in the war with many other countrys
It was almost called world war 3
Nobody won the war

What do I want to know?

Why was the U.S. involved?
how long was it?
Who won?
What where the sides?
Why did it happen?

What action will I take?

We mostly watched a lot of youtube videos that explained the advances and some articles. I could use the info that I learned to teach others.

How will I learn it?

Youtube
Books
Websites

What questions do I have?

The only questions that me and Owen have is if General MacArther had been less cocky would the war have been a lot shorter and would. less lives be lost. The other question is what would happen if one of the sides won the war? Would Korea be united again or would there be even more conflicts in the country.

Reflections

Daniel
Some really cool things I learned were that nobody really won the war and it was caused by North Korea crossing the 38th parallel. Another cool thing I learned was that the war could have ended a lot sooner if general MacArther wasn't so cocky. The thing that I think was most fun was showing how the battle went back in forth using plastic army guys. The thing that I thought was the most difficult was trying to figure out what was fake and what was true because some websites had different facts than other ones. Something that I thought was pretty easy was making my website because I had already made websites in the past so I knew how to make them. Something I would ave done next time was try to not waste as much time trying to find all the true facts and fake ones and try to figure it out a little bit quicker. Finally advice I would give to others like this would be to make sure to look at the maps in the videos you watch because it shows you how the war went. All in all I think that I did a really good job and that this might have been my best passion time ever. I would rate myself a 9.5/10.

Owen
I really learned a lot about this like 1950 and 1951 had a lot of andanvese but 1952 and 1953 there was little pushes and little falls. I also learned that the leader of north Korea thought south Korea would welcome them. It was fun doing our video where we did are a war with little army guys. There was nothing really hard it was really easy because there's these videos that explained everything really well.Some of my thoughts about this where why did Douglas advance when they had already got most of it or why didn't Russia help And north Korea thought they would be welcomed For some reason And if some one did this I would suggest watch a lot of youtube videos.I wish we would have more time because we spend a lot time on step 5 because we didn't get a lot of time to fix are mistakes.Because. There's only one period right now so I would suggest not to spend a lot of time on 5 and try to leave a period for fixing mistakes.

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Can We Make A Website Teaching Others About The Great Pyramids? By: Olivia K. and Brynna G.

12/11/2017

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Link to our website

What Do We Know?

All we really know about the great pyramids are they were built by the Egyptians
The pyramids are very old
They were created for the pharaohs and kings

What Do We Want To Know?

We want to know if there is anything inside the great pyramids
We also want to know what material were used to create the pyramids
Another thing we want to know is what was the purpose of the pyramids

How Will We Learn This?

We will learn this by looking at safe-search websites
Watching videos about the Great Pyramids

What Did We Learn?

We learned that pyramids were made of limestone that reflect a lot
Egyptians used contraptions to get stone to the pyramid

What Action Will We Take?

We will tell others about our website and topic
We will tell people to watch our videos on YouTube about the Great Pyramids of Giza if they want to know more

What New Questions Do We Have?

Is there anything hidden inside the great pyramids?
How did they have the technology to create the pyramids back then?
Why can't we create a pyramid as good or better than the old pyramids

Brynna's Reflection

I learned so much about the Great Pyramids! I learned who built them, what they're built out of, and so much more!! What I thought was most fun was creating a website with Olivia, I never knew that I could make a website. I always thought that was for adults or something. Getting the website started, and getting the basic facts about the great pyramids was the most difficult part for me. The easiest part for me was making our YouTube videos of us showing our website and what we learned. Me and Olivia made a tiny pyramid out of clay and I wish we would've taken more time and put more effort into making it, that's what I would have done differently next time. My advice to people that are doing this project is to work very hard on this project and it will turn out good.

Olivia's Reflection

I learned so much from creating a website about the Great Pyramids, one of the many amazing facts that I learned was that the Great Pyramid was originally covered in casting stones made of limestones. These reflected the Sun’s light and made the pyramids shine. It has been calculated that the original pyramid with its casing stones would act like gigantic mirrors and reflect light so powerful that it would be visible from the moon as a shining star on earth. The most fun thing was creating our own “Great Pyramid of Giza”! The most difficult thing was finding facts and putting them in our own words. Some advice I would give to people who are also doing this is to try to come up with a lot of questions before you start and answer them.

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Can I learn a lot of words in Italian using Duolingo and create a website that will teach people how to speak Italian? By: Gianna P.

12/11/2017

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link to my website

What do I know?

What do I want to know?

How do I find it out?

I know words in Italian like man, women, girl, boy, and some common words like hello.
I also know some words that are foods, like pasta, and potato, and even drink.
In addition to those I also know a few sentences Italian.

I want to know how to speak almost 100% fluent in Italian and be able to speak to someone with them being able to understand.
I also want to know how to have at least one little conversation with someone that is in Italy.

I will find it out by using the website/app Duolingo

What have I learned?

What action will I take?

What new questions do I Have

I have learned how to say a lot of words in Italian including most commonly used sentences in english
I have learned how to say so many words than I knew before and now I am a lot more confident in my Italian skills.

I will talk about what my website can teach you and I will tell people about my website
If people want to know about how to learn Italian I will tell them that my website is very useful for learning Italian

A new question I have is can I be able to have a full conversation with someone in Italy or someone who speaks fluent Italian.

My Reflection

While I was working on my Passion time round 3 I learned a lot about how to speak Italian. I learned a lot more then I had before this project. Before I only knew a few words like women, men, girl, boy, and a few animals and foods. Now I know words and even sentences that are probably the most commonly used sentences in English but I can say them in Italian. I think that the website I created will definitely help people to learn Italian and will get them further in knowledge about Italian. Now that I've done this project I might be able to have a small conversation like a sentence or two with someone in Italy. One of the easiest parts for me was answering the KWH and LAQ questions. One of the harder parts fro me was creating my website because that was the one that took me the longest and it was harder because of all the typing it took to create it. One of the more more fun things for me was the creating of the website because I got to add colors and pictures and I learned a lot of Italian words and even sentences. That is the reason I liked this project I learned so much more and I am very proud of my project. One of the things I think I could've done better was I could've maybe done a little better in the video where I show my website and what it is all about.

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Can we learn how optical illusions work and then build one? By: Kya H. and Carmen W.

12/11/2017

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What do I know?

• They trick your eyes into thinking something is really there when it is not.
• they use patterns to confuse our minds

What have I learned?

That your mind takes shortcuts so that it doesn't take a tenth of a second to see things
Your brain doesn't focus on details it focus's more on the big shapes, like in one optical illusion you see a skull but it is actually a women looking in a mirror but there is a big round shape and something behind her that looks like nose for a skeletan.

Kya's reflection

What do I want to know?

how optical illusions work
How to build an optical illusions

What action will I take?

I will teach peers why optical illusions trick your mind into thinking things
I will also teacch them how to make an optical illusions

How will I learn it?

We will look it up
we will watch videos on it
we will do trial and error

What new questions do I have ?

Why does it take our brain one tenth of a to see things as clearly as it can?
Why is it light and color the that tricks our eyes?
Why does it take some time for your eyes to a just to light and dark?

During this passion time I had fun watching videos on how optical illusions work. I also loved planing, sketching and drawing the optical illusion that we came up with. The part that was most difficult of this passion time was the part when we had to create what the optical illusion would look like. The easiest part was probably figuring out how optical illusions work. I also think it was pretty easy to draw the optical illusion. I not only had fun ,but I learned lots I learned that your brain takes shortcuts so that it doesn't take 1\10 of a second to see things with clear details. I also learned that the brain gets tricked by color and light patterns because it takes the shortcut. I advise people who do a project like this to make sure they spend their time very very very wisely. And to think about things ahead of time because you really need to know what is going to happen next passion time period so there is a plan and you know what to do, which makes you more productive.

Carmen W.'s reflection

During round 3 passion time I learned that light and some color patters trick your eyes. I also learned that your brain takes shortcuts. The most fun thing we did this passion time was drawing the optical illusion. It was fun watching videos on illusions so that we knew what it was that tricked your eyes. Sometimes it is the weird colors that confused your mind but normally it is the repeat of patterns that are really crazy to your eyes. I thought it was very difficult to decide the patterns on the illusion and how to incorporate them. The next time I do this I will most likely use a different kind of pattern on the paper so that I will have a better challenge. If other people do this I would recommend they look at a couple videos to see if they get any other cool ideas from that. After that I think you should research it and decide the cool pattern. If you this project, you do not have to have an elaborate design. You can even start out with something simple.

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Can we draw Realistic 3D Objects? -Shaun and Tommy

11/28/2017

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What do we know?

How to shade
How to use hatching
How to use cross-hatching

What do we want to know?

How to draw 3D objects
How to shade better

How will we learn it?

Google
YouTube
Google Images

What have we Learned?

What Actions will we take?

What new questions do we have?

How to do better shading
How to make a shadow of letter
How many lines it takes to form a simple 3D letter

We will draw a 3D floating shape in a video
We might make a website
We might make a poster

Can we draw a floating 3D object with no visuals?
Could we make a stop-motion video by hand drawing all the scenes?

Shaun's Reflection

Learning this Passion Time with Tommy has been a blast! I'm capable of having fun while learning with a partner. I learned how many line it takes to line up a shadow when I was drawing the 3D letter A. It's also better to use a black mark to color the finale shadow. Also, to make the A, it's just a normal letter, until you draw line out to show the side of it. We also learned how to a bridge that looks so 3D, you think can put your hand under it. All you need to do is draw the outside of the ground, then draw lines to make walls of the rock. Working with Tommy made a great difference! He very nice and can adjust very well to the project! Working with him made Passion Time much more joyful! I'm very happy about our topic because I love art. But I had never realized how hard, but very fun, illusions are to draw! I'm hoping that Tommy enjoyed this work as much as I did! He helped a lot, so he deserves to have great time too! I cannot wait to tackle the next Passion Time! After this Passion Time, I feel ready to take on any project while learning so much and having a whole lot of fun!

Tommy's Reflection

I learned a lot doing this project. I learned how to shade better, how to line up the shading and the object with the shadow and how hard it is just to make a 3D letter. I think the most fun was the drawing part, because I like to draw and I think that looking at a video or just any image is challenge to draw. My favorite drawing was probably the creek is valley with a bridge over it. I had fun with that because I liked shading which I'm not amazing at so I liked the challenge. I think the most difficult thing was drawing a letter A with a shadow behind it. That one was had for me because I to line up everything between the shadow and the letter. I think the easiest part was making the Trello card because I've done that before and I knew how to add attachments to it and design it and upload to here. I think next time I'll try to work a bit slower because I have a habit of rushing on a lot of stuff. If had to give advice to somebody doing this project I'd tell them not to rush, and to make sure you remember to add in the details.

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Can I Make A Boat That Floats On Only Sinkable Items? Caleb

11/27/2017

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K What Do I know

I know that if I want to make it out sinkable items I will need a air tank
I know this because thats how a submarine works if it wants

W What do I want to l want to know

I want to know how a sinkable boat will float?
How will our boat look when we finish it?
What is the scientific reason that make ships float?
How did the old sail boats sail is the wind is going the wrong way?

H How Will I Learn This

Trial and error
Google
Reading
Asking people who have done similar projects

L what did I learn?

I learned lots of things like that making a boat is very hard because you have to test lots of different items to see if they float and most of the items I tested did not float
Plus you have to put in the work of gluing everything together and you can not have any holes otherwise the boat might not float
Lastly I learned that making a simple boat can still take lots of time

A what actions will I take?

I might want to try to become a boat engineer and try to find more cost effective to make good quality boats

Q what questions do I still have?

I wonder how people make these huge metal boats?
I wonder what is the biggest boat still standing?
What is the logic of huge pieces of metal floating?
How was the first boat made?

My Reflection

I think that during this Passion time I did really well because Making a boat out of only sinkable items is like impossible it was so hard to make one I could not find anything that sinks except dice and popsicle sticks for my boat. Even if it was just a little thing I did not use it at all. My boat took lots of waiting for the glue to dry but at the same time it took lots of hard work to do the gluing. I think this Passion time I was very speedy and I got lots done and made a good blog post. I think next time I will try to get a really try to pick a harder question so I work more. I think my rating out of ten would be a 7/10 because I did not pick a hard enough question. Next Passion time I will want a partner to help me create a blogpost and I want my next Passion time to do with creating some thing like a machine or like a website that is very hard and takes lots of time like a website. Plus I successfully took the dominoes off the ship ad that was very hard.

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Can I Learn French? By: Carmen P. #17

11/16/2017

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What do I know?

How to say a couple of words in French like...
Girl
Hello
Goodbye
Blue
Red

What do I want to know?

Learn to have a whole conversation in French.
How to ask questions in French
To say the most basic words in French

How I will learn it

I will use google translate and keep a doc on the words
I will watch videos

L What did I Learn?

A What action will I take?

Q What questions do i still have

I learned lots of words in French
How to make a website on a language.
Different ways to pronounce a word really matters.

I am also going to take french in middle school so I will keep practicing.
I will share with my friends and family what I have learned.

How do you perfect the French accent?
How were the French words created?
Can I learn to speak French fluently.

Reflection

I learned a lot about problem solving this passion time periods. It was a challenge to pronounce some of the words and remember how to pronounce them. Even though it was difficult it was fun to learn how to speak a whole different language. I also enjoyed making my own website that I could make my own like with cool french pictures and decided which pages were important. Advice I would give to someone else doing this project would be to keep focused and to write down how exactly to pronounce any new words you learned. You should also keep something like a doc or a spreadsheet so you don't lose any words. The most fun part was making my video on how to pronounce the words because I got to actually say all of the words with the French accent I had been practicing at home. So it was fun because my work paid off.

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How Do Visual Effects Work In Movies? - Martin V.

11/16/2017

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What do I know?

I know that movies use computer graphic to get creatures that you wouldn't see in the real world.
They would also make a ton of other effects with green screen and blue screen.

What do I want to know?

What editing software do they use for their visual effects, like what software do they use to make the graphic creatures?
How do the people exactly know what to act or for example how do they know how to run from a creature they can't see?

How will I learn it?

Google search
Youtube videos

What I learned?

I found out that most movies use Blackmagic Fusion for their graphic creatures that only the viewers can see and not the actors.
Most movies either use Adobe Premier pro or they use Final Cut Pro X.
People run from graphics, for them to do this they usually have a display, people show how to run and when to run, or they have huge chroma key creatures.

What actions will I take?

I will make a website of how visual effects work, then I will make a video of that website.

What questions do I still have?

How much money do companies put into movies to film them and edit them?

Reflection paragraph

Before I didn't know that visual effect were actual called CGI effects. I learned that adding visual effects to movies is not that hard as I thought that it would it be. I kinda knew already how visual effects in movies happened but this kind of refreshed my memory. The most fun that I had was making and designing the website itself. It was interesting. The most difficult was getting the facts correct. On almost every website that I went on there was something different that was important. So it was hard actually making sure that the facts were correct. The most easiest for me was making the video. Making the video was the easiest because I just had to read trough the website. Next time I would probably choose a topic that I have been looking forward into and that I knew it was easier to research. The advice that I would give to other people is to pick a topic that they have been looking into to and/or that have a bit of background information on. Also to try and not spend time between steps, what I mean by this is, when you are finished with a step, right afterwords start on the next step instead of spending time between steps.

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Can I Learn Spanish, and Create a Website On It? By:Lucy P.

11/16/2017

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Spanish Bandit

What to I know?

I know how to say a couple words in Spanish
azul =blue
verde=green
amarillo= yellow
Tortuga =turtle
Also I can count to 50
cómo estás =how are you?
hola= hello
good morning =Buenos días
How are you? =cómo estás
and much more

What do I want to Learn?

how to create a logo for my website
how to have a full conversation in Spanish.
All the rules and punctuation for Spanish

How will I learn it?

google translation
other translation websites
education.weebly.com

What did I Learn

I learned simple, but useful phrases
how to roll my r's
almost all of the rules on how to pronounce the words
how to create a website on google sites

My Reflection

What Actions will I take?

I will talk in Spanish to my Great Great grandma
I will show my website to others
I might create flyers to give my website publicity

What New questions do I have?

Did I learn Spanish in the most efficient way I could?
Can I learn over time to speak fluent Spanish?

What was the most fun? The most fun thing for me was coming up with the phrases that I learned in Spanish.That was the most fun for me because I could see how the words changed in pronunciation, and how they stayed the same. Also I was just super happy to be working with a part of my heretic. What was difficult? I have to say the most difficult thing for me was finding a good enough website to help me learn the words in the most efficient and non- time consuming that I could. What was easy? The easiest thing that I did was creating my website. Although I had to learn how to use the new Google sites, i managed to come up with a pretty cool and attractive website that in my opinion was really helpful. What would I do differently next time? One thing I would do differently next time is I will not sign up for Spanish Pod 101, I was so time consuming and did not even help. I would NOT recommend this to anyone else. What advice can I give others who are doing a project like this? My advise would be hust to have fun, and be confident. Also I would say NOT to use Spanish Pod 101.

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Can we create a video game called "My Craftor" on Scratch? -Elle A. and Caitlin F. :)

10/31/2017

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The basics of Scratch
Video games are programmed and do not appear out of thin air

W

How to make Scratch 3D
How to program something enough to make it an actual game
How to publish a game made in Scratch

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We will get help from Caitlin's dad
We will look up how to do things we need to do but don't know how to do
We will experiment on Scratch

L

How to do a lot of things on Scratch like:
-Make a character turn and move
-Make a character look 3D

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We have made 5 websites so that people can find our game, download it, and more

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How to make a character is scratch actually 3D
How to make it so that you can log in on weebly
How to make the "Full version" of My Craftor

Demo of our game played by Caitlin:

Demo of our game played by Elle:

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Questions I want to know

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What I Learned

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What do I Know?

What do I Want to Know?

How do I Find Out?

What Have I Learned?

What Action Will I Take?

​What new question(s) do I have?

Reflection

The outline for our sports court.

The materials you need to have to play the game.

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What did we learn?

What do we want to know?

What action did we take?

How will I learn this?

What new questions do we have?

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Mikey F reflection.

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What Did I learn?

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What Do We Know?

What Do We Want To Know?

How Will We Learn This?

What Did We Learn?

What Action Will We Take?

What New Questions Do We Have?

Brynna's Reflection

Olivia's Reflection

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Kya's reflection

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How will I learn it?

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Carmen W.'s reflection

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