Alexander's Portfolio

In unit 1 we made balloon cars by using plastic plates, a big balloon, straws, wheels, and metal sticks to hold the tires together. We used this project to help us learn Newton’s motion laws in a fun way. When we did this project we needed to overcome challenges like being careful to not pop the balloon but still have enough air in the balloon and not breaking the plastic plate.

Newton’s 1st law also known as the law of inertia states that an object at rest will stay put, and a moving object will keep moving at the same speed and direction unless a force causes a change in its motion.  One example for this law is that when the balloon car would drive the cat would bump into a chair it would stop because the force of the chair is greater than the force of the balloon car. Newton’s 2nd law is that force equals mass times acceleration. An example for this law would be that if a person would try to push a chair with no person on the chair it would need less force than if their was a person on the chair. Newton’s 3rd law states that for every action their is and equal and opposite reaction. An example for this law would be that if somebody puts a motor in the car the car will move forward if you press on the pedal and have drive on but if you have reverse on the car will move backward.

I think that collaboration worked well because when we faced a challenge we successfully managed to solve it. I also think that data worked well because we could finish it very fast and it was precise. I am very sure that connection with newton’s law was the best and easiest.

It was a struggle to put the right amount of air into it without it popping but we managed to not pop the balloon to often. Once I accidentally cracked the car in halve because I picked it up with the weights on one side and it cracked. When we struggled to fix the car we quickly put tape and made it work again.

The balloon car was like a very heavy and big person going on a motorcycle and the motorcycle not going as fast compared to someone lighter sitting on the motorcycle in the real world when I put more weight on the balloon car. I see Newton’s 2nd in real life when I put more weight on the balloon car. It is important to know these laws because it helps construction worker’s to know that if they push something it will move.

It is important to understand the changes that occur during puberty because if you don’t know you might be confused or feel embarrassed that you have wet dreams or emotional changes.

The change I feel most confident about is the emotional changes because I know that I don’t need to do anything about it like with wet dreams I need to cover my bed.

I feel most concerned about the wet dreams because I need to do more things to keep my bed clean whereas with other changes I don’t feel concerned about.

When I look online for information I look that it was posted by a health website and not random website.

I think this unit was also very good practice for not feeling weird if I see something in a book and overreacting.

1. What did I work on? 

                        a. During this unit, Campaign for the Olympics, I worked on a presentation why my country should be the host the 2032 Olympic games in Rome Italy. We learned about the history of the Olympic games. We worked on researching our country by using the SAS databases and locating evidence about our country. We worked on using persuasive reasoning to convince the IOC to select our country to host the next Olympic games. I created a script and a Canva using images from the SAS databases. I worked on practicing my script out loud and I used notecards. 

2. What did I learn? Why do global sporting events exist 

Global sporting events exist to; 

i. Unite different countries 

ii. Rank country’s athletic performance 

iii. Update sporting achievements 

iv. Entertain people 

v. Increase economy 

vi. Positively collaborate 

vii. Showcase new sports 

viii. Continue traditions 

ix. Have recognition 

x. Showcase countries 

3. What worked well? 

I am proud of these things; My summer 2032 Olympic logo, my script, and that I finished the Canva presentation. 

I am proud of the things above because I have never used AI flint for a presentation, it was kind of annoying to tell Flint all the detail I wanted to, but still it was fun to be able to use AI for a project. 

4. What did not work well? 

I found some things challenging, like not reading my not cards and normally when I read my note cards I mumble. I found the things above challenging because I am- not very good at memorizing things that I haven’t worked on memorizing for very long 

5. Personal Relevance 

        Collaborative and communications skills are important in the future because depends which job you pick you need to talk Infront of a lot of people and if you can’t do that you need to quickly get a different job. 

6. This is a photo of the logo that I have created. 

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Why have a digital portfolio at SAS?

Creating a portfolio, or blog is a great way to collect all the work you’ve done throughout your academic career. You can include academic, athletic, and personal artifacts or experiences that you want to share with a wider audience. This is a great way to organize all your learning in one place and you can take it with you when you leave SAS.  When you make your portfolio, you create posts that are categorized according to your subject. Some categories have already been set up for you, but if you need more categories you can add them as needed. It’s important that your posts have the following:

• An engaging title – this should not include the name of the subject since this is referenced in the category. Think of this as the first opportunity to engage and hook your reader!
• Body – this is where you share your learning. This should include a combination of text and media in the form of images, graphics, and embedded videos. You should always consider how your post looks to your audience. Is it engaging and organized? Do they want to keep reading?
• Category – select one that has been set for you or add a new category. Posts can have more than one category e.g. Humanities and Myself as a Learner
• Tags – create tags that can be used as keywords to describe your post. Tags help organize your post a little more! Aim to have 3-5 tags for each post. For example, if you are posting about a novel you wrote, you might want the following tags: #Fiction, #MurderMystery, #Theme, #PlotDiagram

Take a look at the images below to find a few helpful tips for creating your posts and using the block editor:

Getting Familiar with the Block Editor:

Making a New Post: