Koios's Portfolio

U – I understood how to understand preportional relationships and how to find the scale factor, scaled copy dimensions, and the scaled copy area.

N – I didn’t learn anything new. 🙁

I – Using only a number to make something bigger or smaller.

T – Remembering the right order and not mixing the formulas up.

In social studies, we are learning about transportation and communication technology. I wrote a CER format essay about transportation and communication technology by using evidence from credible sources that I found using the SAS databases. One thing I did well in my essay was that I cited all of my sources correctly, and one thing I didn’t do so well on in my essay was that my evidence and reasoning were kind of the same, and my evidence sometimes did not fit in with my claim.

I chose the essential question A, which is “What happens inside our bodies when we get sick?”. I learned about bodies and body systems through dissections and and looking at various living objects through magnifying glasses and microscopes, then we made a model about body systems and a model about cells. For the model about body systems, I made a Thinglink VR project, and I made a physical model out of clay for the model about cells. I have learned a lot in this unit and I hope that it helps me in the future.

In the RC car unit, we assembled remote-controlled cars from a kit of wooden laser cut pieces, then used the OnShape platform to 3d design 3d printed and laser cut parts for our car, such as spikes in the front or a custom tail fin. Then, we screwed on the parts.

In design technology, we are making a clock for a client. We talked to them about what their preferences are, and then we designed, laser cut, and assembled a clock from scratch. My client, Ms. Sanchez, requested for a day of the dead themed clock, so I found a image of a Mexican skull on google, then I used the trace bitmap tool in Inkscape to make an accurate trace of the skull with nodes, then I laser cut it from a piece of wood covered in tape, then I took out parts of the tape then spray painted it.

In science, I learned a lot about Collaboration, Lab safety, and the human body. In science, our first unit was about lab safety and equipment, where I learned about lab equipment like Erlenmeyer flasks, forceps, and pipettes. The second unit was about the human body, where I learned about human body systems and how they interact. Also, the human body systems unit included cells, and what happens inside them and how they carry out their specific functions and uses.

What went well?

We made a swimming routine with 3 people and demonstrated it with music.

What didn’t go well?

Allen wanted to join our group at first, but then he changed his mind and joined it, but then he left again.

What did you learn?

I need to make a team with people who won’t leave the team.

How will this help you in the future?

I will not pick people that are not helpful next time.

Film project.mp4

A piece of feedback that my partner told me that i incorporated into my project was that Poseidon and he told me to add more special effects so i did.

Bias is when people view something from a perspevtive that isn’t fair to both sides of the topic.

A positive outcome of people having the same perspective is that everyone agrees on everything and there are no disagreements.

A negative outcome of people having the same perspective is that the perspective might not be good and there is no change.

One thing i am proud of from this unit is that i understand all the content and i learned the meaning of bias.

One thing that i need to keep working on is my video editing skills because my movie is really bad.