Week 6 do now: Hurricanes

Two new things I learnt from a video about how hurricanes form is that once the clouds spinning reaches 74mph that's when the hurricane starts. Hurricanes can be huge and they can be 10 miles high and 1,000 miles across. 

Hurricane season is between June and December, while September is the peak of the season.  Another thing is that Curacao tends to be dryer than the other islands in hurricane season because wherever the hurricane is, it is taking all the wind. The last time a hurricane hit Curacao was in 1877 but I think in the story of The Cay a hurricane will strike. 

Surviving on a cay

This is the second out of the two activities that I did for English this week. The last one I picked on the task board was to create a poster about 10 survival tips if you were to be stuck on a cay, I used the information from the book to make this. Here it is. 

The Cay Ch 1-5 main events timeline

One of the tasks we could do as a part of our learning from home activities is to create a timeline about the main events that happened through Ch 1-5. Here is the one I made. 

Do now: Langosta

 If there were a lot of langosta available on the cay then you have plenty of food to eat but you have to have the supplies to cook it first. You could also maybe use the shells for weapons, maybe even for shelter, if you have a lot of them. The langosta could also be used for supplies, just to name a few examples of how the langosta could help you survive on a cay. 

The Cay chapter 1-5 summary

For the past few weeks, we have been reading the novel The Cay chapters 1-5. The story begins on the night of 1942, a young boy named Philip was asleep on their second floor. He and his family were originally from Virginia, United States but moved to Curaçao, a Dutch Caribbean island. 

From what I can remember, chapter one was when the u-boats started coming to the island. At first, Philip was excited but throughout the first 5 chapters that definitely certainly changed. 

Ships from their island started to get torpedoed and his Mum wanted to get away from the island. His Dad thought that it would be better for them since it wasn't too safe to go on a ship, but his mother insisted to go anyway. They hopped onto SS Hato and made their way to Miami but then got torpedoed. 

Philip found himself on a raft with a man named Timothy and a grey cat.  Philip didn't like Timothy all that much mainly because Timothy was black. At first, Philip's head started hurting but eventually led him to be blind. So Timothy and himself have to work together to stay alive on a raft. So that is what I can remember from the first 5 chapters of the novel. This isn't all that happened since I can't remember all of it. 

Do now: Cay

 It would be difficult to live on a cay because there probably wouldn't be anyone else living there apart from yourself and a low chance of getting food from the small island unless you fish. It would also be even more difficult if you don't know how to fish and make a fishing pole. There isn't also fresh water to drink. If you were to stand on the cay you can hear the waves crashing on the shore and maybe hear some birds chirping. You might see other cays and even an actual island. 

Volleyball Term 3

My skills before we started the unit wasn't so good, I was okay when serving but my aim wasn't the best.

I think my skills are definitely better now because I got to practice them. Now I can spike serve and when I serve my aim is better. I think the hardest thing about playing volleyball going to the ball in time before hitting the ground. What I like most about volleyball is how I can play with my friends and it's an easy sport to learn. If I were to do PE next year wi would like to be generally good a volleyball. 

Calypso

This do now is about Calypso, which is a style of Afro-Carribean music. The song reminds me of the Little Mermaid song under the sea because of its upbeat sound and what seems like the xylophone playing in the background. I think that this would be played best at the beach because it sounds like under the sea and how it originated from the Caribbean. Here is the one we listened through. 

  

Health discovery

In Health we were set a task that required us to research any topic relating to health. I chose to do an illness, that illness is Anxiety Disorder. We could work with a buddy or by ourselves, I chose to work by myself. 

Firstly we had to come up with our 6 bog questions, once that was picked out we had to create something that shows what the 6 questions are and the answer to them. We also had to write strategies to help overcome whatever that may be. I made mine using Canva. Here it is Anxiety disorder. We also have to create something relating to our topic, I made a word find. 

I didn't find anything that challenging when we had to do the research and when it came to making the final project. I wouldn't really change anything apart from making the slide show a bit brighter. I really like how the word find turned out. 

Types of Energy

What we are learning 

We are learning about the different types of energy and energy transformation. 

8 types of energy:

- Heat energy- It gives energy to particles to move faster and create heat.

-Light energy- From x rays and visible light.

-Sound energy- Vibrating particles that create sounds.

-Kinetic energy- It allows anything to move.

-Electrical energy- Anything that uses electricity.

-Gravitational energy- Energy found in objects high off the ground.

-Chemical potential energy- Energy that is found in chemicals like food.

-Elastic energy- Found in stretched things.  

Energy transformation

Energy does not get created or destroyed, it just moves from one type to another = transformation. 

Marshmallow cannons 

1. Cut the base off a cup.

2. Cut a balloon 1/2 way down the neck of it.

3.  Stretch the balloon.

4. Carefully put the balloon over the base of the cup. 

This is a demonstration of how the different types of energy transfer. 

Pontoon Bridge

For our do now we are learning about pontoon bridges. Pontoon bridges were made because it would take too long to create an actual bridge. They were used to board small boats and cross rivers. They are attached by Chesters and plank wood. You could easily remove them and from place to place.

The Trolley

 This week we read a short story about a Mum who couldn't afford Christmas gifts for her kids. Instead, she made the gift herself and that was a trolley. Issues that popped up were poverty and being anxious about Christmas gifts.

Schooner

 A schooner has two or three triangular sails, one or two square topsails and two or more masts that are in a light colour. The sails are attached to the bowsprit which are the two poles on the boat. The boat itself is a bit narrow and long. The colour of the boat differs, ranging from red to black. It has a long tip on the front to which one of the triangular sails are attached. If you were to stand on a schooner you can pretty much see anything because it depends on your location but you can see a lot of the ocean. Some schooners are about 135 meters long. 

U-boats

1. U-boat was used by the Germans in both WW1 and WWII. 

2. It could carry 35 men and 12 torpedoes.

3. The U-boats can stay underwater for two hours.