4 main events that happened in ch 6-8 The Cay

After reading the 3 chapters one of the tasks was to make a DLO about the top 4 main events that happened. Here is the one I made.

The Cay Ch 6-8

For this week's readings ch 6-8, it starts off with Timothy spotting a cay in the distance but then Philip fell in the water when there were sharks. Timothy forgets that Philip is blind but then saves him from the sharks. Philip has hesitant to go to the cay but Timothy said they were gonna be safer there. Once they got there Timothy looked around the small island leaving Philip by himself if stew cat but stew cat also wanders off and Philip being completely by himself.

When Timothy gets back Philip was mad because he was blind on the beach with nobody. Timothy makes them a small hut to live in for while but then realise that boats weren't gonna find them there because of the corals so the ships wouldn't be able to get close enough to the cay, that makes Philip madder a Timothy.  Timothy once again left Philip at the hut to get langosta, he left Philip because it would be dangerous for him since he's blind, Timothy came back with some small langosta and cooked it.  After that Philip helped Timothy write help on rocks while Timothy puts them on the sand. That was also when Philip realized that Timothy didn't know how to spell but he decides to play along and pretend he didn't know.  This is all I can remember from what I've read this week. 

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: 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. 

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. 

  

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.

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.