Describe what you know about life in the trenches

The military have to live in harsh conditions when living in the trenches to hide from enemies. They have to sleep on each other in bunk beds or worse, in the mud. It is really claustrophobic, because the spaces are limited and squished. The area is uncomfortable, wet and damp. When it rains, the water rises to knee length and causes trench foot and other dirty diseases. Mice live in there and steal and eat their food. They have to constantly hear the shots of guns and their partners dieing and rotting.

Why do you think the idea of conflict is more prominent than peace in the world?

I think for there to be peace, there has to be a conflict first because there needs to be an argument to begin with. Or sometimes the conflict doesn't get solved, so therefor there is a lot of problems being piled up than it being solved because it takes a lot of time for some big issues to come up with solutions. There is more drama and tragedies happening in war where else peace isn't.

What is conflict?

Conflict is when there is a fight or problem between two or more groups of people. One group is going against the other and there is violence and a clash between the two.

Development gap topics

Luharia Mystery

Where- He moved to living in a city in Gujarat

Who- Luharia was a fisherman living in a village near the Narmuda river. He is a father, a husband and a healer.

Why- He was forced by the government to move out because they are building a dam and the government offered them land in city. He decided to move out of his village because in the quote " ultimately in our culture we are taught that if it helps the society, you have to sacrifice a little bit." After a while he was finally convinced because it is in his culture to sacrifice for the better. The good part in moving to the city is that they get more water and electricity.

 

Grace is happy because after all the hard work her parents and herself did, they have enough money to finally send her to school. After her dad joined Kuapa Kokoo, their life got better because for the first time they were living on less than 50 p a day. Now they have enough money to buy basic needs like food, clean water, healthcare and an affordable education that even gets an uniform. Her dad got all the money because the fair trade is more developed now because cocoa is Ghana's main export crop.

To understand and explain how development is measured?

Development is measured by several different categories. Like the country's GDP or the population and the growth and death rate.

- We think that the most important for measuring development is the gross national product because it will show how much money a country makes as a whole. It shows how well the country can ship and trade with other countries worldwide. The richer the country, the more it develops. The poorer the country, it will be less developed. 

- The least important is the percentage of people employed in agriculture because it might not only be food products that are traded and made for income. It could be tourism, gadgets, clothes or more. There are also other jobs more less and more than agriculture.

- We think that number of people per doctor is quite important as it shows how much healthcare the country receives. Population growth rate is important because it shows how much people keeps getting added and infant mortality rate is how many infants are removed. It's like the same thing.

- We didn't use car ownership as it is not important because you could buy another type of vehicle like a van or a motorbike and you could still be rich.

- There should the indicator percentage of people living in a rural area or without a home. Because it is important to see how many people are still living in the streets or in the village. Because it shows us if a country is being developed as people need to have shelter and other basic needs.

-It was easy to make the decision because we all knew how important or unimportant each indicator was. We knew the first and last indicator easily but the middle ones we had some trouble as we had to discuss and rotate for awhile.

How do you think we can measure development?

We can measure development by taking a survey with some people from different countries and areas. We can see how much is their salary, or how much percentage of good agricultural land they have. If there are still a lot of people living in poverty and on the streets, you would call it ledc, but if their products are spread worldwide and are well- known and if they make a lot of income economically, it's a medc country. You can also compare the death rate, which shows that the person has a clean, healthy lifestyle.

Hunger games reflection

 What we have learned today:
We learned that hunger games is a very dangerous and brutal game and survival is very hard since there are other tributes out to kill you and it is hard to live in the wilderness. There will be smart people who will seem mean and betray you at first but in the end, they come through like Peeta Meelark. There are people who will team up with you in an alliance.
Connection:
In the book, the characters are similar to those in the real world. Because there are people who are rich, people who are poor. There are the weak, kind ones and there are the mean, built ones. The setting is different because it is split into districts, and there are capitals who will overpower the rest.
Author's style: 
 It's in the present tense, though it sometimes has flashbacks. It's from the point of Katniss, so we don't really know about the other perspectives of the characters. It's an amazing read, because I never want to put the book down, I want to keep reading it.
Genre: 
adventure, action and romance
 Recommendation:
I would recommend it to everyone, all genders and ages. It's not bias and it's a page- turner. I guarantee you will love it.

Reflect on Hazards Fair

What went well
 The kids were really interested in the tornado in a bottle and they found it fascinating. They all wanted to have a go at spinning it themselves, and they know how a tornado looks like and moves. We were able to answer the questions that were asked by both the kids and adults by the poster and flyers.

What could have been better
The tornado in a bottle was leaking too much even though it worked quite well, we could've taped it more securely. We also could have printed more flyers, as there wasn't enough for all the adults and they requested to have one.

Describe the experience 
It was quite a good way to interact between other people from different ages, by the hands on activity and by the poster. It was nice to see the audience's reaction and enthusiasm to our activities. By doing this hazards fair, we improved our presentation skills as more people kept coming each time and by testing ourselves by answering questions and sharing our information about tornadoes.

ELP Hazards Topic and S.C

I will choose tornadoes because I have already work on some of the information on my Hazards Fair, therefore it would be easier for me. I have already gathered the basics on tornadoes like what causes it and what to do before, during and after it occurs. I just need to add more information into the brochure template like what should be in the emergency kit and the different areas that tornadoes are most likely to take place, and also the contact information in the region.

Success Criteria

1. To be able to extend and generate ideas

2. To be able to plan and research information and data

3. To describe and explain with reasonings and evidence

What needs to be Improved on our Tornado Project

When we got the feedback, everyone said that everything was good. Our presentation was informative and our hands on activity was creative and fun. But one thing we should improve is the leaking of the tornado in a bottle. We need to tape it more securely to prevent it from leaking. Other than that, our group presentation on tornadoes is good.

Review of Othello Court Case

How I think I preformed 
 I think I preformed quite well in making and presenting my speech and alright at defending as I argued a bit to the accusation and they had nothing else to say. I listed out all the points and reasons as to why I think Desdemona was innocent and only two people had something to say when attacking, which proves that my speech was clear enough to persuade and to convince others.


How we could have better prepared as a group
 As a group I think we should have gotten together and discussed more about our character. Instead of just working on our own part, maybe we should have helped others who needed some points. We could have peer reviewed each other so we can help improve to make our character seem more innocent.


How I could have better prepared
 Instead of just listing the reasons why Desdemona was innocent, I could have found more than just one quote to prove the evidence. Then people would have been refreshed to that incident of the story.

Describe what you still have to prepare to finalize your project by tomorrow.

For our tornado group, we still need to do the hands-on activity which is the tornado in a bottle and we still need to do our flyer to hand out and attract viewers at the science fair.
We need to buy the equipments and test out the experiment to make sure it works. We need to make and print out colourful copies of the flyers.
Since each of the three of us were assigned a job, mine was to find information and pictures to put on the poster which I have already finished. I just need to add a few finishing touches and glue things on.

Discuss what you learned from the process of preparing for and doing the assembly

I have learned that I am fortunate enough to have enough money to survive for eating, and a shelter over my head. Because I have learned that there are still people living on the streets, starving.

What did you and your group complete on your topic tasks

My group and I have only gotten our research done for the secondary poster presentation. Next we will have to shorten the information and put it on a format to present. We have only researched the basic information like what is a tornado, what to d before, during and after a tornado and how it forms. For the primary, we will do a tornado in a bottle, but we will do it before and during the science fair, because it's an activity that we will do with the primary to demonstrate how a tornado looks like and how it is form.

What could the outcome of your research look like?

For primary, we will create a science experiment known as a tornado in a bottle. It will be interesting for the primary as it shows them how tornadoes form and look like. We will need bottles, dishwasher soap, food coloring and glitter. For secondary, we will create a poster to display it to them, so they can just read it.

ELP- C. The Fashion Show

a. your design ideas
I will paint important keywords on my bag that relate to my topic like "stop homelessness and poverty" and "support human rights" but I will paint it in different colours to symbolize the many different skin tones of the world. I will also write the words into a house-like shape to make it more lively and I will probably draw stick figures holding hands.

b. a description of what your product is
My product is a environmental-friendly bag that you can wear anywhere, for all ages, sizes and genders to show that you support human rights. My product will be colourful and fun, but most importantly, it will bring awareness to other people who will see it. They will know that there are people living with no homes and are in poverty, and to support human rights.

c. an explanation of how this relates to human rights
This relates to human rights because homelessness and poverty is one of the articles in the UDHR. People should have the rights to shelter and standard living like healthcare, education, water and food. So designing and making a bag that makes a clear statement for human rights and my topic, will spread the word around. The colours I will use will play an important part in represent the different skin tones in the world to symbolize that it doesn't matter where you are from, you deserve human rights.

My idea for my bag