Abby's 2 Minutes to Make a Difference Final Reflection

2 Minutes to Make a Difference Final Reflection

1. Google Doc



Version1




Final Cut





2. One of the thing that changed from Version1 to Final Cut, is that I lessen the credits and I also added voice in it. And yes, the comments were really helpful.

3. n/a (i didnt find an expert)

4. n/a

5. I was unsuccesful of finding an expert because I sort of ran out of time because you see I had to redo mine all over again because someone accidentally deleted my google doc and I only had 3 days to finish it because the first version is due soon.

6. The greatest success I achieve in this project is that in my speech, most of the information I said are from my own knowledge.

7. What frustrated me during the movie making progress is that I've got so little time to do my google doc and the first version but I didnt give up because I dont want to get low grades..

8. This project is important to us grade8ers because it helps us to be a better person.

9. I will make a difference in the future by saving electricity, not littering, riding my bike, walking to school and many more.

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Abby's Fraction Growing post

What we have to do for our growing post:

Fraction Growing Post
Label it Fraction, Growing Post, User Name
a) Post your recorded quiz.

b) Using one question from questions 6 or 7 on page 202 of the textbook, explain two ways to multiply a fraction by a whole number. You should use pictures to help explain.

c) Using one question from questions 4 or 5 on page 208 of the textbook, explain how to divide a fraction by a whole number. You should use pictures.

d) Pick one word problem from questions 6-12 on page 208 of the textbook.

a) My recorded quiz


b) One question from #6 on page 202

c) One question from #4 on page 208

d) word problem from page 208 #7

Thanks for viewing my post. Sorry If I made any mistakes with my explanations. and sorry about my quiz too..

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Fraction Growing Post Part 2

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The second part of your fraction growing post is to show your understanding of multiplying fractions. Use your test to choose 3 questions.

1. fraction x fraction
2. fraction x mixed number
3. mixed number x mixed number

It is up to you how to show your understanding. You can type everything, create an image in paint or use the class ustream account. This is due by Monday April 12.

Yes there will be a part 3. DO NOT CREATE A NEW POST edit your old fraction post and add part 2 to it.
Be sure to label your post fractions and growingpost.

You also have to complete your e-portfolios and movie projects..... lots of homework. Have a great weekend.

PART 3

Just click on the link to see.. It wont upload here and the embed thingy wont work..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01bxg4cGBiU

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Abby's Surface Area GROWING POST (:

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Gail's Percent blog for January 13, 2010

The order of the pictures from top to bottom are #1, #5, #12,and #13 from pages 128-129. Click the picture to make them larger... (:

Thanks and dont forget to comment [:

PEACE OUT [:

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Abigail's Pay It Forward

Part 1
"What is "Pay it Forward"
- To me, Pay it Forward is not just a movie. It's a movie that help use become better citizen, better people, and it als help us understand what the Earth really is.

Part 2
What was your Pay It Forward act of kindness?
- Me, Caitlin, Vicky, Christine, Kim and Razel donated some stuff to the children's hospital. Caitlin, Vicky, Christine, and Kim bought stuff for the goody bags, I bought new stuff toys and Razel donated used toys.

Why did you choose this activity?
- We chose this activity because its the activity that we all agree to do. And we also chose this because we wanted to give the children in the hospital who feel hopeless a hope.

Who did you help?
- We helped the children who are sick in the Children's Hospital.

What did you do?
- We looked for some stuff that just collects dust at home that we dont really use and decided to give them to the sick children. We also bought stuff for them.

When did you do you act of kindness?
- We did it with Mr. McLean . I dont remember whens the exact day we did it but it was a Monday at noon.

Part 3
How did your act of kindness go?
- Our act of kindness went really well and Im not kidding about that. LOL [:

What Happened?
- At 11:35 we left the class were in, science, to get ready because we need to be in room 3 at exactly 11:45. When we get to Mr. McLean's room, we told him were ready to go. After we told him that were ready, he started the car. Then we went in. Mr McLean and Caitlin are in the front and me, Kim, Christine, and Vicky squished ourselves on the back seat LOL [:. At first we cant find where to give the stuff were going to donate, so Mr. McLean went out the car and went inside a building. He asked for direction I think. When he got back, he went inside he car and told us that he now know where the children's hospital is. When we got to the Children's Hospital, Me, Caitlin, Christine, Vicky and Kim went inside and asked a nurse where we could drop our donations. She said that she'll just take it because the other nurse who take the donation is not there right now or maybe she's busy. We gave it to her and she asked us t write a letter for the other nurse and tell them who we are and to write our address so they could write back. We wrote our names, explain what pay it forward is and we wrote our school's address. The nurse said thank you to us and she said that they really appreciate it. We said youre welcome and asked them to do the same. The we went back to Mr. McLean's car, and went back to school. Mr. McLean gave as lollipops on theway back :D . When we reached the school, we went out and have lunch. ( sorry my story telling doesn't make sense)

How did you feel?
- I felt so good, I think the others did too.

How did the person or people react?
- They were so pleased with all our donations. They were shocked of how many we gave.

Did you ask the person or people to "Pay It Forward"?
- Yup, we asked them to pay it forward (:. We wrote it in the letter too. And they said that they will. (:

How did they react to your request?
- They feel.. uhmm.. i dont exactly know how they all reacted because we only told one nurse and we didn't see the other nurse that we wrote a letter to. But the nurse we saw said ok with a smile on her face. (:

Part 4
Why is the idea of "Pay it Forward" important?
- The idea of doing Pay it Forward is important because it will give everyone a change to help even in just a little way. Because if what he/she did think that he/she only did a little, to others it means a LOT.

Has your act of kindness made a difference?
- I think the act of kindness we did made a difference. Im not really sure but that's what I think and hope. (:

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Abigail's scribepost for January 4th 2010

6. Determine the length of the leg for each right triangle.

a) a= 7cm b=? c=25cm

c (2) - a (2) = b (2)
25 (2)- 7(2)= b (2)
(25x25) - (7x7) = b (2)
625- 49= b (2)
576= b (2)
(square root) 576= (square root) b (2)
24= b

b) r= 10cm s= ? t= 26cm

t (2) - s (2) = r (2)
26 (2) - 24 (2) =r (2)
(26x26) - (24x24) = r (2)
676- 576= r (2)
100= r (2)
(suare root) 100 = (square root) r (2)
10= r

sorry i cant upload the pic.

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Questions : Estimating Square Roots 12.07.09

3 Questions

5. Estimate each value, to one decimal place. Check your answer with a calculator.

a) square root of 14

My guess was 3.7 and when I checked the calculator, its 3.7. I found my answer using a number line.

_9_-> 14 <- _16_
3 4


b) square root of 86

My guess was 9.3 and when I checked it on the calculator it was 9.2.

_81_-> 86 <- _100_
9 10


c) square root of 136

My guess was 11.8 and when I checked it on the calculator it was 11.6.


_121_-> 136 <- _144_
11 12

12. While shopping online, ji Hon finds a square rug with an area of 11m2. He needs to know if it will fit in his 4m x 5m bedroom.

a) Estimate the side length of the rug, to one decimal place.

3.2m

b) check your estimate with a calculator.

3.3m

c) Will the rug fit? Explain.

Yes, the rug will fit in his room because the side lengths of his room is 4m x 5m, that would equals 20m2 and the rug's side length is 3.3m x 3.3m, that would equal to 11m2. The are of his room is greater than the area of the rug.

14. Alex is thinking of a number. The number has a square root between 7 and 8 and it is a multiple of 12.

a) What number could he be thinking of?

60

b) Is there more than one answer? Explain,

I dont think so. I think the answer is only 60because 60 is the only number that is a multiple of 12 that have a square root between 7 and 8.


Thanks for reading my post. Please let me know if I did a mistake. Thanks

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abbster the alien trying to learn proportion

The class was working on proportion until a UFO crashed down near the school. I went closer to see if what I'm seeing is true. I rubbed my eyes and pinched myself as hard as I can and it's still there. I can't believe it. It's true. A UFO on Earth. :o After a few minutes a little creature came out of the spaceship. It was a girl. Well it looks like it. I asked her what her name was and all she said was " abb- taah " so I decided to call her abbster. I took care of abbster and teach her most of the stuff she needed to know on Earth.. like proportion. I told her that proportion is a relationship that says that two ratios or two rates are equivalent. I also told her that proportion can be written as a fraction and that there are two different ways to find proportion. One way is using proportion and the other way is using unit rate. I gave her a week to understand proportion even more like what we did in class. Then I gave her a three problem questions.

The first problem is to determine the missing value.

Wow! It looks like she got them all right. Then I guess she knows how to find the missing value.

The second problem or question is "Last night 30 cm of snow fell in 6 h. If it continues snowing at the same rate, how long will it take for 45 cm of snow to fall? Determine the answer in two different ways.

She used two different ways to find the same answer. So that means you can use any ways you want to find the proportion because both of them just lead us in the same answer.

The last problem/ question is " a gardener takes a half hour to mow and weed a lawn that measures 20m by 15m. He charges $25 per hour. How much would the gardener recieve for a lawn that measures 40m by 30m?

She divided $25 by 2 thats why she gets $12.50. She divided it by half because the $25 is for a whole hour, and the question is asking for half an hour.

A few days later, another spaceship went down on Earth. It was abbster's family. I guess I have to give her back where she belongs. I hope that she wont forget what I taught her and I hope that she will remember me and come visit me soon. I waved good bye to her and her family and wish them a good luck. (:

The end. (:

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%%%%%'s Rate Growing Post

PART 1 :

Ratio is a comparison of two quantities measured in the same units while rate is a comparison of two quantities measured in different units.

The difference between ratio and rate is that ratio is measured in the same units while rate is measured in different units.

Page 60:

#6. Gina earns $78.00 for working 6 h. Asad makes $192.50 after working 14 h. Determine each person's unit rate of pay. Who has a greater hourly rate of pay?

Page 61:

b) I believe that my answer is a rate because its comparing two quantites measured with different units.

Coin question:

Sorry, I cant think of any at this point. If I think of one, i'll just edit this. and put it in.. (:

Spagetti Sauce:

1) You would have to multiply all the ingredients by 2.5. Because the portion is 4 and to get the portions to 10 is to multiply it by 2.5.

2) I would divide the recipe for 10 buy 10 to get the portion for 1.

DONT FORGET TO STUDY TOMORROW FOR THE TEST! :) GOOD LUCK EVERYONE

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Abby's Bob Ratio 10.20.09

BOB1

GREETINGS!! (:


















PART TO PART RATIO'S

1. - related to blue to related to green
- 3: 3
- 3 to 3
- rtb/ rtg = 3/3
- 1.0: 1
- 100 % :100
- Im not sure if theres an equivalent ratio for this one..

2. - 1 word to 2 or more words
- 1: 2
- 1 to 2
- word/ words = 1/2
- 0.5: 1
- 50% :100
- 1/2 = 12/24 ( I multiply the numerator and the denominator by twelve )

3. - vowels to consonants
- 43: 77
- 43 to 77
- v/ c = 43/ 77
- 0.55: 1
- 55.8 % :100
- 43/ 77 = 86/ 154 ( I multiply the numerator and the denominator by 2 )

PART TO WHOLE RATIO

1. - blue's to total
- 3: 12
- 3 to 12
- b's/ t = 3/12
- 0.25= 1
- 25% =100
- 3/12 = 1/4 ( I divided the numerator and the denominator by 3 )

2. - a to all vowels
- 6: 43
- 6 to 43
- a/ all vowels = 6/43
- 0.13= 1
- 13. 9 % = 100
- 6/43= 18/ 129 ( I multiply the numerator and the denominator by 3 )

THREE PART RATIO

1. - gold , green's to blue's
- 4: 3
- 4 to 3
- gold, green's/ blue's = 4/3
-1.33 (continuous) : 1
- 133.3 % : 100
- 4/3 = 8/6 ( I multiply the numerator and the denominator by 2 )

2. - green's , silver to total
- 4: 12
- 4 to 12
- green's, silver/ total = 4/12
- 0.33 ( continuous ) : 1
- 33.3 % : 100
- 4/12 = 1/3 ( I divide the numerator and the denominator by 4 )

QUESTIONS:

1. Fractions,decimals and percents are like a chain. Tell me why or why not? Explain and show your answer.

2. How do you make a fraction for a three part ratio?

3. If you were ask to make another part to part ratio about this picture besides for the one I have, what would it be? Tell me the ratio notation, fraction, decimal, percent and its equivallent ratio.


PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AT THE COMMENT BOX!! (:
THANKS FOR READING MY POST! GOOD LUCK FOR THE TEST TOMORROW!! HOPE YOU'LL DO GOOD!! (:
AND DONT FORGET TO COMMENT!! (:

Byeee!! (:

BOB2

This is my bob for extra marks. I almost failed my test so that I need to work on some stuff. Like when to use a ratio table, I have no idea when to use a ratio table ( that's embarrassing ). Like the last question.

18) In a student election Carol gets 60% of the votes. If there were 485 votes cast, how many votes did Carol get?
My answer is 194 instead of 291. When I was doing the test, I have no clue what to do until when we went over it in class. I didn't know that we have to use a ratio table to show our work. What I did was I used a calculator. I kinda guess.

The other mistakes I got is kind of like the same thing as the one above because they all use ratio table to find the answers..

Question:
1. How do you know when to use a ratio table?

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Abby's Question 3 & 4

3. Give two examples of how ratios are used in daily life.

- cooking

- field of machine

The fraction of 2/5 can be interpreted as two parts out of a total of 5 parts. Use a diagram to show an example of this part to whole ratio.

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Abby's Coin Math 10.09.09

Yesterday, in math class, we talked about this image.

First: Mr. H gave us a task, the task is to come up with questions that would help us find how much money is in that cup/ jar.

Second: We share our questions that we came up to the whole class and we figure out if that question would really help or if it's only a fun math question. He told us that there's exactly $100 American coins in there;

Third: He gave us a homework. Our homework is to answer one purple question and one of the other colors except for the one that's not highlighted. We have to post it in the blog and label it as coinmath, ratio, your display name.

My Homework (:

1. Would the jar look the same if it was Canadian money?

Obviously it WON'T look the same. Because there's more Canadian coins than American coins.

There are pennies, nickel, quarter and dime and both American and Canadian have that BUT American doesn't have loonies and toonies. It would also not be the same because of the sizes of the coins.

For example: Toonies and loonies are bigger than the rest. Then that means that it would take up more area/ space.

2. How big is the jar?



The jar looks like a tall glass of water i mean money. HAHHAA (:
Im sorry if I didn't answer that mathematically because I dont how. Well I can figure it out if I know the circumference, or diameter or radius and if I know the lenght, width and height.

Thanks for viewing my post and PLEASE comment and tell me how I did. (:




My Homework for 10. 13. 09 (:

How much of the jar would be filled if it was canadian money?
You can fit about 1000 coins on the jar.So 370 coins is about 25 % of the jar.

Could you fill the jar with 100 american dollars and 100 canadian dollars?
You can not fill both of them because the jar can only fit about 1000 coins without overflowing. US dollars have 780 coins and Canadian dollars have 370 coins. So thats, 780+370=1150. So Jar would overflow about 150 coins.

Im sorry if I did it wrong because Im not sure how to do it exactly. so forgive me (:

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Abby's BOB

BOB

The three things I know about graphing are:

1. There's 6 types of graphs. They are circle graph, line graph, bar graph, double bar graph, double line graph, and pictograph.

2. The intervals have to be the same in distance or the graph would be distorted. Interval is the space or distance between two points.

3. There are three things you can do to distort a graph. They are distorting the scale, distorting the size of the bars and distorting the visuals.

What I know now that would improve my test:

Now, I know that we have to do tally chart to order the data. I thought we just have to arrange the data in ascending or descending order. And also, I would try to make a better paragraph so get a better mark.

I got 16 out of 25. ):

I did really bad so I would try my best to get a higher mark next time. (:

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Abby's homework on October 5

These two are the same because the division sign means to divide and so does the fraction line.

The division line is only written horizotally while the fraction line is written vertically.

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Abby's homework

Numbers: 9, 8, 6, 4, 3, 10, 5, 9, 5, 8, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 8, 5, 6, 8, 5, 10, 4, 4, 2, 4, 2, 12, 5

Descending order: 12, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2,


Graph A: Accurate
























Graph B: Distorted



































Conclusion: The Graph A is more accurate than Graph B because Graph B is distorted by distorting the y- axis and by messing with the colors. When you look at Graph B number 4 and 5 looks like there's a big difference even if it's not really that big.

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Abby's scribepost for September 25

What we did in class today is we move on to the next section of Chapter 1, and the title is Misrepresenting Data.

Believe it or not some people may misinterpret data and draw false conclusions when graphs are misleading.

Misleading features of graph may include the following:
1. Distorting the scale
2. Distorting the information by using visuals of different sizes

Our homework are on pages 20 and 21 on mytextbook.ca

Page 20: Show You Know

a) Explain how this graph could be misleading.

b) What conclusion does the graph suggest about the price of gas at the end of the day compared with the price at the beginning of the day?

c) Describe how to redraw the graph to represent the data more accurately.

Page 21: Show You Know

a) Explain how this graph could be misleading?

b) What conclusion does the graph suggest about favorite lunch specials?

c) How could you redraw the graph to display it more accurately?

Here's a video I made. Hope you like it! (:

Thanks for viewing my scribe. (:

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