Minecraft Landmark Creation

This week in our Literacy Contracts we had to build a famous landmark in Minecraft. I worked with Evan to build this landmark: The Eiffel Tower. This is what we built. 😊

My Holiday

AWESOME:
One thing I thought was AWESOME in my holiday was when I went to Flip Out Trampoline Park. This was awesome because I loved going on the trampolines. Me and my friend were on the trampolines for a couple hours. We played dodge ball and did tricks into the air mat.


SCARY:
One thing I thought was SCARY in my holiday was that I had my braces tightened. I was scared because when I first got braces, it hurt a lot and I could not eat anything solid for 2 weeks. Online it said that tightening braces can also give some ‘discomfort’ (PAIN) to the teeth. But luckily when it was done and dusted, the pain was substantially less than the first time.


RELAXING:
One thing I thought was RELAXING in my holiday was chilling with my friend in Whangarei. I stayed at his place for 4 days, and he stayed at mine for 4 days also. We went to the movies, got some snacks in town and played Pokemon Go.
To me, this was relaxing.

Can Music help you Think?

By Andrew Kim

There is no direct answer to if music can help you concentrate and think. Different studies have different answers to this question. But they mostly point to music being helpful towards studying.

For example, scientists say that babies can respond to music before they are even born. Some even believe that classical music can make the brains of children grow and makes them smarter.

Some have found that music can help lower blood pressure and even help reduce pain.


If you do want to listen to music while studying, classical music can be good, as it calms your nerves which helps you focus. Listening to loud, crazy music can actually stop you from concentrating as your mind can focus on the music instead of focusing on the subject.

Who Invented the Microwave?

Who Invented the Microwave?

By Andrew Kim

The microwave’s contribution to the cooking industry has been massive, and spawned a whole new generation of “fast food”. Things like noodles, popcorn, rice; anything that needs heating to be cooked was made available to the people who may not have the time, money or effort to cook the more traditional and accepted way.

Ever had any leftovers? Chicken, Spaghetti, Pizza… There are many foods that you need to go through a little bit of trouble to heat up. Unless if have the power of the MICROWAVE! Eating leftovers was never so easy!

Compared to how much we use this wonderful invention, it is quite surprising that most people do not know how the microwave works and how it was invented.

So who did invent the microwave? Well, inventing this was actually a complete accident! The person who did was called Percy Spencer. He worked for a company called Raytheon, and back in World War II, they were developing microwave radar transmitters.

In 1945, on one casual day, Spencer found out that a candy bar that was in his pocket was starting to melt. The microwaves from the radars have been heating up his candy bar.

After a bit of playing around and researching, he figured out that the microwaves may have been gathering up to heat food. Spencer made the very first oven using microwave technology.

But how does the microwave oven work?
Microwaves are absorbed by water, fats, and sugars and it is converted to heat. And since the microwave only needs to heat the food itself and not the things around it, it uses up a lot less energy than traditional ovens.

When the microwave first came out, almost six feet tall (183cm) and weighed about 750 pounds. (340 kgs) It was also $5,000, which would be equal to over $52,000 today.

So the next time you heat up something in the microwave, you’ll know a little piece of the history behind this amazing invention.

Share a Drawing!

This week in our Literacy Contracts, we had to write how we felt and find the definition of it. We then had to get an image than suits this emotion. This is what I chose. 💮

Drawing a Cardioid

This week in our Math Contracts, we had to draw a cardioid connecting the numbers by 2s. We also looked at images of how this cardioid is applied in our everyday lives without us even knowing. This is what I drew!

How did a picture of a black hole get taken?

⚠️ PLEASE HOLD DOWN THE NEXT SLIDE KEY AS THIS IS A FRAME BY FRAME ANIMATION GOING AT 10FPS ⚠️

This week in our Literacy Contracts, we had to research and make an Animation of a thing that wanted to know more about on Google Presentations.  For me, I was curious how NASA had taken a photo of a Black Hole. So I made a Slide on it. Hope you enjoy! 😄