Computer Lab

             Today in computer lab, the class learned about different math skills by using fun activities. First, we learned about frequency diagrams by helping people with the plague, which we can use in "real" life when we make tables or tally up the amount of points a person got in that last game. Secondly, we learned about mean, median, mode, and range while helping robotic creatures. Mean, median, mode, and range help with all different kinds of things, like grades, weight, etc. Lastly, we learned about probability. Of  course, a lot of people know about probability already. Heads or tails? That common question comes to mind when talk about probability starts. A life application to this would be when someone bets on something, which I strongly discourage. If there are 10 horses, there is a 1/10 chance of betting on the right horse. Learning about these things using real life applications online was very interesting.

Science Lab

             Today in science lab, the class learned about resources and how California gets its energy. There are a few obvious ones, of course, solar, wind, hydro, coal, nuclear, etc. Which is what we mainly learned about. Geothermal energy, too. Everyone filled out these charts that had the information about certain types of energy. For instance, the chart was like this: Solar      What?       Where?         Uses?        Hazards?        Other Facts?   Every energy had a hazard, whether its unpredictable or flat out radioactive. We all got a lot out of today's Science Lab. Learning how we get our energy and its hazards, uses, and what it is was very eye-opening.

Computer Lab

             In computer lab today, the class learned about Autodidacticism, which is self-teaching. Mr. Jost showed us Khan Academy, which, of course, we already know about. With so many websites to choose from and explore, we learned a lot of different things. What is an aglet? Do fortune cookies really predict the future? We can use this sort of Autodidacticism in class by learning how to, well, learn! We can use these websites to learn ahead of our grade level in what interests us. Maybe even learning a bit too far ahead! Now we know how to learn by ourselves and what websites to use for it!

Mockingjay

Mockingjay

Suzanne Collins

400 Pages

       In a war against the government and the citizens, trying to convince everyone to fight is a challenge, but it CAN be done, at least, by Katniss Everdeen, the Mockingjay. In the final installment of The Hunger Games Trilogy, Katniss finds herself in District 13, her new home since District 12 was destroyed. She is the face of the rebellion, until she does something about it and she starts to really fight. Even though Peeta doesn't remember her, they are forced to fight together after the horrible tragedy that occurred on her last trip to the arena. But now there are only two questions, who will win this war over freedom, the districts, or the capital? But at what cost, whose lives will be risked to win?

Catching Fire

Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins

391 Pages

Finally, home sweet home, semi-away from danger. Suddenly, it seeps into the cracks and catches up with the “safe” life. The danger is closer than ever before, surviving is harder. Catching Fire, the second thrilling installment of The Hunger Games Trilogy continues in the life of Katniss Everdeen after arriving home for the first time since the hunger games. The thoughts that occupy her busy head are much different than before she left home, especially when she finds out she has to go back into the arena. With Peeta, again. One will come out, or will more come out with the previous surprises of the last Hunger Games? Who will it be?

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The Hunger Games

             

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

Pages: 374

             There are boys and girls as young as twelve prepared to kill others until one person is left in the arena. It’s all a “game” for entertainment. Katniss Everdeen was drawn from the reaping ball to compete against 23 others in the Hunger Games, an event established after the Dark Days when the thirteen, now twelve, districts rebelled to keep them reminded that the Capital is in charge. Two from each district are picked and her district partner is Peeta, a boy who saved her life five years before. Who will come out of the arena alive?