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I2 journal may 9 2016

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Heyyyy! this is my first i2 journal,  My I2 topics about Pirates and i guess the first thing I should tell you is that I have made some progress into finding the things I need to know about my i2 project with Banchi. Banchi and I have had some trouble looking for some good sources. The first day we worked together, we were working on decoding a message… Don’t worry you’ll know soon. see ya in my next i2 journal update.

This is my second I2 its July, 6 2016

The thing is, pirates are usually heartless and just laughs, raises their swords while someone is about to jump from a plank! But its not true. A lot of pirates –NOT DONE–

Inquiry Project

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4/24/16            Week 1

Hi everyone, we are going to be doing inquiry projects again. It will be the same as our old inquiry projects but we have to choose a different topic. You guys might remember my old inquiry topic and it was about marine mammals, my topic this time will be about animals again but instead i will be doing… Animal hybrids! Basically an animal hybrid is a mix of to animals, lets say that there is a  male tiger and a female lion mix then it would be a tigon, but if there was a male lion and a female tiger mix then it would be a liger.                       This is the main source and it’s also the source that made me want to do animal hybrides is the first place. http://www.boredpanda.com/strange-hybrid-animals-that-are-hard-to-believe-actually-exist/

Every week I will be talking about one hybrid animal and facts about it. Be sure to check out my blog entry next week to learn about a liger a male lion and female tiger cross.

5/3/16            Week 2

Okay so there is this one liger named Shasta and there is something special about her, she is special because she was the first liger ever born. Shasta was born in the America,  Salt Lake City in Hogle zoo in 1948 and died in 1972 because of a kidney failure. Shasta was the first birth of her mother so the mother didn’t take care of her that well so Shasta was hand fed by humans. When Shasta was a child she loved to climb because of the instincts from her mother. Tigers are said to be better climbers then lions. Ligers normally have the facial features of there mothers  (tiger) but Shasta had the face of her father (lion). Shasta’s mom was a Siberian Tigeriss and her father was a African Lion.

Source:           http://www.ligerworld.com/shasta-the-first-ever-liger-in-America.html

Next week I will be talking about the Tigon, a male tiger and female lion cross.

5/9/16           Week 3

I learned that tigons are more rare then ligers, even though the first tigon was born in 1943, five years before the first liger, Shasta. When born in captivity, Tigers will live for at least thirty years, but when a Tigon is born in captivity it will live for ten years or less. The reason Tigons or any hybrid animal does not live as long is because they could have cancer, arthritis, or dwarfism. It is unnatural for an animal of one species to mate with an animal of a different species.

source:   https://youtu.be/-vs9bQKB5_w

For the inquiry fair, I had the idea of making a model that you can take apart and put back together to customize your own hybrid animal. I’m thinking of using styrofoam, but it might be hard to work with. I thought about using clay but the clay might stick together. I will have to experiment.

Next week I will be talking about the zonkey, a zebra/donkey mix.

 

5/20/16           Week 4

I think zonkeys are cool animals because they have the colour of a donkey but when you look at there legs you can see the donkey colour kind of fading into to the zebra pattern.   baby-zonkey

This is a picture of a zonkey.

Hybrids like Ippo are very rare. They have various traits from both parents, their appearance is more a donkey, but they have striped legs and tummies and a wilder temperament than a donkey. Ippo the zonkey, is a lovely two-for-one hybrid of the zebra and the donkey. Ippo was born  at an animal reserve in Florence, Italy.  Ippo’s dad jumped the fence and wondered into a enclosure housing endangered Amiata donkeys. In the enclosure Ippo’s dad met Ippo’s mom and twelve months later Ippo was born!

Source: http://www.boredpanda.com/zebra-donkey-hybrid-zonkey-ippo/

Hoped you guys liked my blog entry this week, come back next week to learn about a jaglion. A male jaguar mix with a female lion.

 

5/26/16           Week 5

on Week 3 of my inquiry journal I told you guys that I might use styrofoam and clay but it didn’t work because the clay wouldn’t stick to the styrofoam and then everything turned into a big mess. Instead of using clay and styrofoam I have been thinking about making a 2 or 3 different puzzles so that people can choose which puzzle they would like to make, then they can try and guess which animal hybrid is on the puzzle that the person just built. Anyways, this week I will be talking all about a jaglion. Right now you might be thinking “what the heck’s a jaglion?”, a jaglion is a male jaguar mix with a female lion. I think jaglions are super cool and beautiful animals.

This is a picture of a jaglion, to me this animal looks really cool because from a far it looks like a normal jaguar because of its black coating but if you look up close you can see the spots from the lion. I also love this animal because of its beautiful fur coat.

This is a source that I really like and it’s about two jaglions: Tsunami and Jazhara two jaglions and on the website it talks about there parents and stuff like that so make sure to check out the website.

http://www.bearcreeksanctuary.com/jaglions.htm

Next week I will be talking about a Geep. Goat sheep cross

6/9/16      Week 6     

 

A geep is probably the cutest animal hybrid I a have ever seen.    

            

Isn’t this animal adorable.

This geep’s name is Butterfly, Butterfly lives at a petting zoo located in Scottsdale, Arizona. Butterfly was born, July 27th 2014. Butterfly’s mother, was named Momma and her father was named, Michael.

 

Since goats have 60 chromosomes and sheep have 54 chromosomes, like any other animal hybrid, this can lead to health problems. Very rarely geep’s, like Butterfly, survive and in total have around 57 chromosomes, which is enough chromosomes for geep to survive. Butterfly’s features are a blend of her parents. Her hooves and face are from Michael (father, goat), while her body is covered in a thick, warm woolen coat from Momma (mother, sheep).  

Source: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/meet-butterfly-rare-sheep-goat-hybrid/

Next week is the last inquiry journal about a animal hybrid, and week 8 will be about how i’m going to present my work and all that jazz.
Next week I will be talking about a coywolf, a coyote, wolf mix.

Inquiry Project

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Dec. 7-13, 2015

So our class has this project called an “Individual Inquiry Project” or i2. This project is a project that we choose to do. We have our own free will to do what we want with this project. Our class has to do a report on what we did each week. This is my first week.

My project will be about what the Earth is made of. The different things that make the Earth. That includes gravity, the layers of the Earth, and even down to cells. I will research a lot and hopefully find some interesting things that goes on in the Earth. I might even want to find out what other planets are made of. This is what my Inquiry project is about.

Dec. 14-20, 2015

This week I researched at the different layers of the Earth and the different layers of the Atmosphere.

Earth has 4 layers:

* The crust – Made up of silicon, oxygen, aluminum

* The mantle – Made up of silicon, magnesium, oxygen, iron, calcium, aluminum

* The outer core – Made up of iron and nickel

* The inner core – Made up of iron and nickel

The Earth’s Atmosphere has 5 layers:

* Exosphere

* Thermosphere

* Mesosphere

* Stratosphere

* Thermosphere

Jan. 4-10, 2016

This week I looked at the organization of things and the types of matter.

I found out that there are tiny building blocks that make objects we see (or don’t see). The first building blocks are protons, neutrons, and electrons. They make atoms. Atoms make molecules. Molecules make macromolecules. Macromolecules make organelles and organelles make cells.

Protons, neutrons, electrons- atoms- molecules- macromolecules- organelles- cells

I also researched about matter. Matter is a way to say a thing in the universe. I researched that there are three types of matter. They are gas, solid, and liquid. Be sure to check in next week!

Jan. 11-17, 2016

Hello guys! I’ll give you an update of my inquiry. This week I researched mainly about water. Water is a main part of the Earth. It takes up 71% of the Earth’s surface. The other 39% of the Earth’s surface is land.

I looked at the percentage of different water sources. There are 3 main water sources. They are oceans, freshwater, and other saline water. The oceans have the most water while the other saline water have the least. Thank you for reading my blog and I’ll be sure to give you an update next week!

Jan. 18-24, 2016

I’m back for another update on my inquiry! This week I found out about the age of the Earth. Did you know that the Earth is 4.543 Billion years old! If you’re wondering about the oldest planet in our solar system, I got you covered. There is not an “oldest planet in our solar system” as far as humans know.

I also looked for how our planet Earth was made. There is 1 theory that came to mind. No one knows if this is exactly true. The Big Bang Theory. A “big bang” created the universe.

Jan. 25-31, 2016

Inquiry week! This week I looked at the rock cycle and the different landforms.

Have you ever wondered about how we rocks come to Earth? We’ll there is a cycle for that. It’s called the rock cycle. The rock cycle tells us how rocks get made. Here are the steps for the cycle.

1. Crystallization

2. Erosion

3. Transportation

4. Deposition

5. Compaction and Cementation

6. Metamorphism

7. Melting

I also looked at the different landforms of the Earth. Landforms are different surfaces in the Earth’s surface. Here are some different types of landforms: Hills, mountains, plateaus, plains, valleys, loess, and glaciers. Thank you!

Feb. 1-7, 2016

This week I had a little curiosity. I wanted to know how the Earth got it’s name. All the other planets’ names came from Greek and Roman idols. Not Earth. Earth’s name is English/German. Earth’s name also simply means: the ground. Also, I found out some other interesting facts:

* Earth doesn’t take 24 hours to fully rotate around. It’s 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds.

* A whole Earth year isn’t 365 days. It’s actually 365.2564 days. That extra makes leap years.

* Earth tilts at 66 degrees.

Keep in check for the next article!

Feb. 8-14, 2016

This week I started getting wrapped up. I wasn’t researching anymore and now I have all my information and notes. I am really looking forward to seeing my finished product! I hope it turns out great!

This week I planned on making a model. I was thinking on making a model of just the Earth. Unfortunately I didn’t have the supplies. But, I put all my notes and organized them into one big document. I have a plan now on how to present my project too! I can’t wait! Check in for my next article!

Feb.15-21, 2016

This week I practiced my “elevator pitch.” An “elevator pitch is to give out an idea in quick seconds. Those quick seconds of giving out an idea should still be powerful enough that whoever you’re speaking to still gets interested. The reason this is called an elevator pitch is because give your pitch, basically in an elevator. You, and the person/people you’re giving the pitch to are in the elevator. If you don’t give out your idea quickly, the audience might have their floor come up, might get interrupted by someone, e.t.c. An elevator pitch should be 10-30 seconds long.

My elevator pitch is obviously about our beautiful home called Earth. Most people think that Earth is just a random planet, but it’s not. That’s just a preview of my pitch. Come to my fair to hear all of it and to get interested in my topic!

INQUIRY JOURNALS!!!!!!!!!

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Welcome to my Inquiry journal week 1:) if you don’t know a inquiry is it is a project I’m doing, basically i was told to pick a topic  for my inquiry, I chose the illuminati but weeks after that I was told to write a journal I asked for what? Answer: your Inquiry. My answer was OK! So here you go!!!!!!!!!!

 

Welcome to my first week of my Inquiry Journal!

i guess I’ll tell you how it’s going:)

well its going well I’m having a lot of progress like knowing that the illuminati is a secret facility or society trying to take down earth and all racist politicians. But i also have some doubts you know, how do i believe in what the internet says?

welcome to week 2 of my inquiry journal:)

My inquiry is going great i found out way more information than i did before i have some information that i don’t believe but you know i keep going. Now i like searching through the internet but sometimes i come against things i can’t believe, should i believe it or not?

Welcome to week 3 of my inquiry journal but first HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My knowledge of this inquiry is going every where on paper then the paper is getting transferred to a big poster board then on a wall I can’t take it!!!!!!!

but other than that I’m doing good. But today in class i was given a sheet  that said is your junk detector on? well this is where I’m i don’t believe the things on the internet , or should i? comment if you think i should!

Welcome to week 4 of my inquiry journal!

This week i found not a lot of information:(but i found a way to not always doubt what i find:) is great check on my poster to see how i did got rid of the doubt but for further notice im doing well(Laughing) cant wait for the fair(lieing)\CRYING. well heres a tip everybody if you need to concentrate ask somebody for help cause that always helps:)

Welcome to week 5 of inquiry journal

so this week I don’t have any doubts this week, but so much knowledge is going everywhere and i cant keep track of it so i put it in a word document and then i failed and did not save it! So i pretty much lost everything i did so yeah, why does this happen to me!??!!But I’m fine now!

Welcome to week 6 of my inquiry journal

this week i found out that our inquiry fair is before spring break, so that means well that i have a month and two weeks to do this! you might think that a lot of time… well technically it is but not for me! Other than that im perfectly fine but than this happened i thought it was cool to press delete while changing letter size! Its all gone all my progress what have i done, but i have to stay strong and do it all over again.

welcome to week 7 of my inquiry journal

this week i tag with the hash tag #preach because why not, and I’m doing so well on my inquiry why did i start worrying? I’m starting  to question myself, like why did i ever get nervous over this? Why am i saying this ill probably die one day before the fair XD but i have pick myself up if I can’t do it 😀

Welcome to week 8 of inquiry  journal

tag of the day #LYFE

this week i have found more information, but I’m also having trouble making a decision what should i do? make a model or not?i guess i should, wait no it might take too much time! i guess ill make a decision tomorrow cause obviously i cant today but i will make sure to tell you guys next week:D

Welcome to week 9 of inquiry journal

this weeks tag is #excel

i tagged this week as excel because i feel that excel is a way to put everything to prospective i am going to excel in my inquiry, i have to excel, excel is my name XD, now without further ado let’s get started!

i cant wait 3 weeks till inquiry fair woooooo! but instead of doing my inquiry I’m doing my inquiry journal because my inquiry journal counts as apart of my inquiry so…. other than that I’m doing well, but there is something on my mind how am going to explain all this into a paper?

Welcome to week 10 of inquiry journal

this weeks tag is #strange

this week i have been major work i decided not to do a like well model but i have  a lot of papers to print so i will do that after this week’s inquiry journal i just cant wait but well i kind of have to so… But i have to stay positively perfect! I’m ready this is just section A I’m not ready for section B^^

Welcome to week 11 of inquiry journal

the tag of the week is #scared

this week is the last week before the fair but im SCARED because how am i going to present it? Plus there is a lower way of lowering down the stress i found im going to have a PIZZA PARTY! its a good way to take off stress but other than that im fine because my inquiry is pretty much finished 😀

Welcome to week 12 of inquiry journal

this week im stressed out im not talking weeks im talking days in 2 days im having the fair and after that its over.

Inquiry Journal

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Inquiry Journal Coding

29\1\2016

on scratch this week i made 3 projects 2 of them are music and dance and 1 is an animation.

 

05\02\2016

 

this week on scratch i found out that i could see tutorials from the scratch team helping me progress in my coding. the tutorials included animation, games, stories, interactive art, and music and dance.

 

07\02\2016

 

On scratch I was trying to make a game where a car would race but i had a lot of trouble making it turn.

 

08\02\2016

 

I finally found out how to make a car move on scratch. all i needed to do is center it is so it would turn more natural. now i am working on a car game. now that i found out the trick to make it turn.

The sources i found are: pong starter because that game was really hard to make at first but then it i got the hang of it made a whole lot of different features to it,animate the crab because it help me get used to animating.

 

15/02/2016

I Started working on a Game that i will present and i think it will work and it’s going to be like a maze game and the controls are going to be a little bit like my car game.

 

21/02/2016

I am still working on my maze game but i still have a problem where the ball will not turn correctly and i am trying to find a way to fix the but it’s been a bit difficult.

 

29/02/2016

I finally found out what the problem was only by clicking a lot of different buttons and playing around with the system then i stumbled upon a dot in inside my sprite and that helped the ball move more freely.

 

04/02/2016

I just finished the easy stuff now and learned a bit on the way like how to make my sprite sense what happens to it and other things like using variables and making them effective and my classmates have been giving me a lot of good feedback so i am pretty much finished cause i have practiced my elevator pitch and done my list of sources

inquiry project

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HEY GUYS!! today i am going to write about my inquiry so let’s get started. my inquiry is on owls, because they are wild and fierce animals and they can catch prey in a blink of an eye. let me tell you some facts, did you know that they can turn their head 250 degrees?the smallest owl is as small as a person’s hand? that owl is called an elf owl. most owls live in the prairies, forests , dessert, and even the Arctic tundra.

this is all i’ll tell you right now but i’m going to put a link to each website i got my information from not all but the ones i use frequentlyhttp://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/5-owl-facts-that-will-amaze-

i put down one website but i’m not fully sure if you can click it and if you don’t want to use the website I put down websites i put down you can always use kidsrex.