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Social Studies Unit 2: Visual Presentation 

January 15, 2026 /

So for our presentation we had to explain the positive effects, negative effects and the solutions of our invention in front of the class, which mine was the subway. I chose to do a model of the subway because I like making arts and crafts and this hands on project could be a challenge to me to use my creativity. The presentation information was easy to collect because all of the information is included in the essay that we wrote. In my model I mostly used cardboard to make the model and left the top open to be able to see inside the subway. One thing I think I did well was creating the model and I think I need to work on presenting less nervous and projecting my voice louder. But overall I think I made a improvement in my presentation because compared to the last presentation I used less filter words and didn’t stumble as often.

This is the link to my presentation in class:file:///Users/irisshen/Downloads/IMG_0410%20(1)%20(1)%20(1).mov

Social Studies Unit 2: Essay 

January 15, 2026 /

In this unit we wrote a essay on a mode of transportation or communication that has influenced our lives. After brainstorming I choose to do the subway. While researching we annotated 3 articles and put it into a graphic organizer which can summarize what was mentioned in the article. It was challenging to find different articles because some were not a fit to what the essay was about also there were less articles about the subway. But fortunately, I found three helpful articles from different websites and annotated them. After researching we started the body paragraphs using evidence from the graphic organizer. The body paragraphs were the positive effects, negative effects and the solutions. During writing we also learned how to use the APA format to cite the articles and sources that we used. One thing I did well is that I chose good evidence from the articles but I could work on is explaining more how the evidence relates to the claim in the reasoning section. It was challenging to wrote the conclusion and introduction because I missed the two classes but I asked Ms Sawyer and came in at lunch to make it up.

Here is my essay that I wrote:

Unit 3 Summary Sheet & Reflection

January 8, 2026 /

U: What do you understand in this unit?

In this unit I understood how to calculate the percent of a number and how to calculate tax and tips. I think the amplify activity was helpful to better understand tax and tips, also the

N: What new information did you learn in this unit?

In this unit I learned how to calculate the percent change between numbers. At first I thought the formula was new over original but after learned I learned that the formula is actually change over original.

I: What was interesting in this unit?

It was interesting to see why understanding percentages can help us make better choices in our life and saw that they are many real life scenarios that involve dealing with percentages. For example figuring out which shop has the more discounted price and also figure out which bank will take less time to reach my goal. Additionally I learned that Chinese and english are different because in Chinese 8 discount is actually 20 percent off.

T: What was tricky for you in this unit?

It was tricky for me to calculate what percent of a number is ____(for example 30% of a number is 30, what is the number ). But after doing some IXLs to practice I realized you just have to divide the answer and the percentage. It was fun to exploring what way was the easiest to do and develop a formula.

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Unit 2: Cells and Human Body Systems Portfolio Reflection

December 17, 2025 /

Part 1 Essential Question and Standard Reflection

The essential question that I chose was what happens into our bodies when we get sick I chose to do illness because I always though medical was interesting.
Learning about the human body systems helped me during my research because I understood which organs belonged to which systems and how they work together. This made it easier for me to understand what was going wrong in the body during an illness.So I researched about a illness-Epilepsy the neuron (a nervous cell) malfunctions it sends incorrect electric signals to the muscular system. This is because the neurons pass signals by sending chemical signals to other neurons to send down signals so when many neurons are sending incorrect messages. This indicates the body is made up of interacting cells because of one neuron every other neuron is sending incorrect signals.

Part 2 Learning Experiences

The edible cell model, dissections and the bind box project made me more understand the body systems and cells better.The edible cell made me understand what the functions of the organelles were and the structure of the cell. For example the nucleus is in the middle of the cell and the ER is around the nucleus. The dissections were also memorable because it was both creepy and fun to dissect the heart and the bullfrog. When cutting open the heart our group identified the tissues, like connective tissues and muscle tissues to realize the organs were made up of cells. Dissecting the bullfrog gave me a better understanding of different systems and how they interact with each other. The blind box project was a fun project because we got to research about a topic that we were interested in, the modeling part was also enjoyable and because I was doing the illness Epilepsy, I chose to make a Neuron named Crabby the Crab.
I most enjoyed these experiences because I like doing and making hands on project, because it make me understand faster and is interesting to do.

Part 3 Improvements

In this unit I would try to work towards getting 4s for CERs. I could provide more
In the future, I would focus on connecting my evidence back to the claim and the essential question, instead of just restating information. A change that could enhance my learning would be spending more time revising my reasoning and using teacher feedback to strengthen my explanations

Health unit 3 Decision Making

December 12, 2025 /

In this unit we learned about healthy decision making and what to use the D.E.C.I.D.E model to decide. D.E.C.I.D.E stands for Define the problem,Explore your options, Consider the consequences,Identify your values,Decide and Evaluate your options.The DECIDE model is useful when making decisions and people often forget to consider the consequences for our actions.

For our project we made a comic which was about a person using the DECIDE model to decide what is the best option. In this comic our is about a person seeing her older cousins vaping and she remembers that her cousins were always popular so maybe vaping can make her popular too. But then she uses the DECIDE model to see what will be the best option to do. Additionally, also drew what if happen if she choses to vape or not vape. In our comic we also included what causes happiness when vaping and the effects of vaping. Furthermore, our group included what could help when a person is addicted and let it out of their system.

In class we listened to different kinds of drug substance and what are the effects if you took them. As an example, cigarets can destroy your lungs, contain dangerous chemicals and have bad breath. It also can get people to be very addicted and crave for more. So my decision is that you don’t need to risk your health for something or someone just to be “cool”.


Moreover, in class we did a informal presentation on different website names for drugs and addiction. Our group did the website youthnow which was preventing youth from using substance abuse by explaining the different drugs and effects. It also had tips and websites about how to quit different kinds of drugs.

Unit 3 Math Reflection Percentages

December 4, 2025 /

U: What do you understand in this unit?

In this unit we learned about percentages and percent changes. We also connected what we learned to real life examples

N: What new information did you learn in this unit?

I learned how to use both a tape diagram and a double number line to solve percent problems. I also learned new vocabulary, like percent increase, percent decrease, simple interest, discount, and tax. Understanding how to calculate percent change using the formula change ÷ original was also new for me.

I: What was interesting in this unit?
It was interesting to see how percentages connect to real life. For example, discounts in stores, tax on items, and tips at restaurants all use percentages.The tax and tips were confusing because there was a lot of decimals and it practiced a lot of division and multiplication. It was also confusing for me to remember to first add the tax the tax then use the amount after the tax to give the tip.

T: What was tricky for you in this unit?

In this unit it has hard for me to calculate the percent change and I couldn’t really remember the formula for the percent change and also the formula I misunderstood it was supposed to be change divided by original and i though the change was the new number. But now I remembered and the formula and also learned that the change is the difference between the original and new number

Math Unit 2 Scale Factor

December 4, 2025 /

U: What do you understand in this unit?

In this unit we learned about scale copies, which is a copy that has the same ratio and same shape as the original shape. The scale factor is the number when you multiply each side to get the scale copy. We also practiced with real life experiences for example enlarging the swimming pool or drawing maps and looking at the scales

N: What new information did you learn in this unit?

I learned that scale copies also have the same ratio even though one is bigger but they still have the same ratio.Also we practiced in amplify the ratio of the paint which made it clearer. I also learned that scale factor is copy over original which made it easier for me to figure out the scale factor.

I: What was interesting in this unit?

It was interesting when we were doing scale drawing of maps The maps had scale on the bottom and you had to multiply the scales. It was also interesting when we could connect math to real life places and experiences.

T: What was tricky for you in this unit?
Something tricky for me was understanding the difference between scale factor and area factor. It was confusing at first to remember that the area factor is the scale factor squared. When we solved problems involving both, it was easy to mix them up, but I eventually understood by reviewing the concepts and carefully checking each step.

Unit 2 Health Media Literacy

October 30, 2025 /

I used to think that if a influencer has a lot of followers and though what they said what all real. So when I saw health content on media I used to believe that it was true, and sometimes try it. But now I think that not everyone is trustworthy when giving advice even though that might look credible.For example he wears a lab coat doesn’t mean he is a scientist So now when i see a influencer I stop and think is this person credibly, does he/she have any evidence or sites from trustworthy cites. In class we learned the CRAPP test to evaluate videos and one that influenced me is that in class we watched a video about sticking ginger in your nose and help when you are having a stuffy nose. Then the video saying that that video is not true and can harm your nose even more. At that time I knew hat not all video can be credible or correct.

I was surprised that so many of the video have false information when me and Juwon were searching for videos to do for our final project one video talked about ” Mouth taping and improve quality sleep and snoring” and another one said that ” Mouth taping can be dangerous when you use a mouth tape where it doesn’t let air flow, try this brand instead” and another one simply said that all kinds of mouth tape are dangerous. That made me think that couldn’t just simply trust what one person stated. Red flags I look for are the videos that he made is it made years ago or he posts daily? And is he credible? Is he a doctor or profession in something else? These will made me get a hint of is he credible.

Final presentation

The task was to use the CRAAP to evaluate a health video and come to a conclusion that if it is credible or not. For the final project me and Juwon made a presentation about what is the CRAAP and how we used to revaluate Ashton Hall’s video. When we first presented in small groups we got constructive feedback. For example that we should make our paragraphs from each page to bullet points so that we wouldn’t be just reading off the presentation, we also got feedback about also showing the video so that people would know what we are talking about So when we presented in front of the class we used the feedbacks to improve our presentation and we got the following feedbacks. One said that the sides were very clear and could understand and the conclusion that we wrote was very good summarising the presentation. So I think we did a pretty good job.

Social Studies Unit 1: Media Presentation 

October 10, 2025 /

What are some pieces of feedback that you received and then incorporated into your work?
Some of the feedback I received included speaking more clearly and confidently, using fewer filler words and adding more detail when explaining my ideas. I also got comments suggesting that I should make better eye contact with the audience instead of looking down at my notes too much. I tried to improve this by practicing my presentation several times so I could memorize more of my script and focus on connecting with my audience.Also for the first time I didn’t have note cards but I made them for the final presentation.

Explain 1 thing that you are proud of from this unit. 

In. this unit we learned about the different types of media and for our final project we got to chose which I newspaper. I’m proud of my newspaper paragraphs where I used strong connotation words and did an event that I was passionate about I want to keep working on my presentation skills and speaking skills because I was looking at my notes the entire time and next time I should make more eye contact with the audience instead of just looking at my note cards

What Bias is 

Bias is when a person favors one side or perspective over another, without realizing it. A positive outcome of people having the same perspective is that it can help them work together more easily. When everyone has the same perspective everyone agrees or disagrees the same viewpoint, it’s easier to make decisions because everyone understands and think by the same idea. A negative outcome of people having the same perspective is that it can stop people from thinking or seeing other sides of an issue. When everyone thinks the same way, they might reject new ideas because they don’t consider different opinions.

OneDrive link to the video of Media Presentation:Gold C2 Media Presentation.MOV

Math Unit 1 Proportional Relationship Summary

October 10, 2025 /

What do you understand in this unit?


In this unit, I learned how to tell if a relationship is proportional by dividing y by x for each pair of values. If the constant of proportionality (CoP) stays the same, then the relationship is proportional. I also found out that proportional graphs always form a straight line that passes through the origin (0,0). The constant of proportionality, shown as k, can be placed into the equation y = kx to create the equation for both the graph and table.

N: What new information did you learn in this unit?

A new thing I learned in this unit was how to determine whether a relationship is proportional by dividing y and x for each pair of values. If the Cop is always the same number, then the relationship is proportional. I also discovered that proportional graphs always form a straight line that passes through the origin which is (0,0). The constant of proportionality, which is represented by k, will be inserted into the equation y=kx creating a equation for the graph and table.

I: What was interesting in this unit?

What I found most interesting in this unit was seeing how proportional relationships connect to real life. I noticed that this type of math appears everywhere—when comparing prices in stores, converting currencies, following recipes, or finding speed using the formula distance ÷ time. It was fascinating to realize that math can describe so many everyday situations in a simple and predictable way.

T: What was tricky for you in this unit?

The trickiest part of this unit for me was identifying proportional relationships from word problems. Sometimes it was hard to remember which number represented x and which was y, and I needed to be careful when dividing to find the correct value of k. I also found graphing challenging at first, especially making sure that I needed to remember to write down what the variable represented and the title for the graph.

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