This morning at school we went to Sutton’s Bay to see the brand new movie called Love Thy Nature. It was a really cool movie about all the different benefits of nature. When watching this movie I learned a lot about everything that nature can do for us and why we need to protect it. One of the interesting things that I learned is that when you spend too much time inside, you get a deficiency of vitamin D, which can actually lead to skin cancer. People may think that they need to put tons of sunscreen on and cover … Continue reading Love Thy Nature, the movie 5/2

This past week we had Terra Nova testing all week long. For me, the last few were not very hard, but the one that really annoyed me was the cognitive that literally went on for 95 minutes. We had to take that one on a double period of science, and it wound up running into the time that we get for MIADs. The sixth grade class only got about 15 minutes of MIADs on Tuesday. The last one we had to take was on Friday, and I have to say, I’m really glad they’re over. We have been studying cells … Continue reading Terra Nova Testing 4/25

This past week in science we did experiments with all kinds of different liquids and powders. I was paired with my friend Zach and we decided to combine vinegar with all of the powders and glycerin with all the powders. We had to first come up with a plan as to how many grams of each powder we were going to use and how many milliliters of liquid we were going to use. We also had to come up with predictions as to how the different combinations were going to react, or if they were going to at all. First … Continue reading Experiments with matter 4/11