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So last week from the 6th of May until the 11th of May, the grade 7′s of CDNIS went on a trip that we call “experience week”. This year, us students got to go to Chiang Mai. The city is actually called Chiang Rai, but we stayed in the province of Chiang Mai. In Chiang Mai, we stayed in the education centre of the Maekok River Village Resort. It was really nice there. They provided us with a student pool and meals and even a student club which they call the “bamboo club” because the sides of it were made with bamboo. The instructors that we had for all our activities were incredibly nice and they were very fun to be around. We had activities like:

• Kayaking
• Jungle Survival
• School Activities
• Hilltribe Hike
• Archery
• Confidence Course
• Rock-climbing
• Thai Cooking/Marketing
• Community Project (Building Canteen)
• Mini-Olympics

Archery was so fun. I learned how to play and turns out I’m not that bad *not that i’m bragging * We practiced a few shots and then we played a game where everybody blows up a balloon and then we would stick it on a target board that wasn’t our owns. When your balloon was shot down by someone, you would stop playing the game. I ended up being the last ones and I was against my teacher. Sadly, I didn’t win, but it was still amazing to have these experiences. The confidence course was kinda like The “Wipeout” Zone. You know, like the game show? We would have chain ropes that we had to walk across and swing from one to another and we have balancing beams, monkey bars and monkey hoops. It sure wasn’t easy and it sure did take A LOT of confidence to be able to go on it. I was scared at first but when I got on, it was really fun. If we fell, we would just fall into water. The water wasnt the cleanest, but it was really refreshing since the weather was sunny, sunny, SUNNY

On the very last day before we left, we did a mini olympics. All 8 groups would gather on the field, take our grade picture and then we would have mini races. Some were time permitting, and some were points for who was the funniest. Even the teachers got to do a round of it. It was hilarious watching them act as chicken. You don’t see that everyday right? Might as well make the best of it.

Throughout this trip a learned a few things, Questions and Answers, HERE WE COME.

How has this trip helped you to become more aware of your own strengths and areas for growth.
I found out what I was good and what I would need to work on by trying new things. Because of Archery, I became aware that I have a pretty good aim. Because of the Confidence Course, I became aware that I should work on my body strength. Because of Rock climbing, I became aware that I could overcome any fear that I had as long as I try.

How has this trip helped you to appreciate nature?
This trip helped me appreciate nature because everywhere we went, we would see trees, grass, flowers, animals, bugs…etc. Some weren’t very pleasant… *cough* bugs *cough*, but it was nice to see how everything was connected to each other and how if they weren’t alive, many things would have changed.

What was it like to be away from your family for a week?
Not having your family around for a week was a new experience. Being away from them made me feel more mature, independent and responsible. Even though I missed them dearly, it was cool to have a new experience and learning how to do things on your own.

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Watch this space for my Hong Kong Heritage documentary about the Peninsula hotel!

7B The Peninsula Hotel 2013 from Nicole Chan on Vimeo.

Hey guys,
So the past few months we have been learning about Algebraic Patters. This unit was really interesting because it wasn’t just about the patters that we use to talk about like color patterns. This time it’s about the patterns on how we find the numbers grow and how it increases and how there is a relationship between them.  I really liked when we did pattern games and when we did some fun and interesting activities about patterns. It made learning about it more fun and understandable. I really liked the dinner table problem because it made everything more simple by giving real life examples.However,  I didn’t really like when we had to do number sequences because it took a while to understand and sometimes it makes my brain a little confused and things get messed up.I think I learned functions really well because it was a lot simpler and it was really fun to figure out and solve the problems.

I think that the study of patterns is important because it is something that we see and might be something that we will HAVE to use in the future as a job or a career and also in our daily life. Patterns are seen everywhere.

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So in science class, we have learning about the 6 kingdoms and the adaptions. For homework, we were assigned to write 10 adaptions for an animal of our choice. 5 structural adaptions and 5 behavioral. 

5 Structural Adaptions:

1. long neck: Helps them reach tall trees
2. long legs: Helps them escape from predators
3. big eyes: Helps them see predators from a farther distance
4. Leathery mouth: Food gathering.
5. Spots and Blotches: Helps them blend in with the branches and other surroundings.

5 Behavioural Adaptions:

1. Usually sleep standing up
2. They can run up to 35 mph
3. They kick with their hooves and slam with their heads
4. They usually sleep for only 1-12 minutes
5. They can go without water for several days

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Hi guys

For the past few weeks, we have been learning about Shi HuangDi and we were discussing his positive and negative achievements. We wrote an essay for his positive and negative achievements and handed it in. I learned that he was the one that ordered the great wall of china to be built and he was the one who standardized China. He was a emperor that has started a lot of what we have now. 

A skill I learned was how to make a proper essay and make it interesting and not make it boring. I learned about sentence fluency and how important it is to make an essay good and properly done. I also learned how to make an interesting poster. How to attract the audience and make things interesting so they would be more interested into learning what we have to say.

If you guys want to learn more about Shi HuangDi, click here :D

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In math study of patterns, I am looking into Human Ingenuity as the Area of Interaction because Human ingenuity is what us humans create and it is not natural. As humans, we have created math and patterns and how to identify them and we use them in our daily lives.

THE LORAX & THE MAN MADE BEACH

I think for this issue it would relate more to Human Ingenuity, but it’s about how human ingenuity IMPACTS the environment. These 2 issues are very similar. Both of them are talking about how humans are building things and using so many resources that are have and still are having an impact to our planet. As for our air pollution, we broke the o-zone layer.

For the Lorax, the great once-ler moved in to the field, made a factory, and used the trees to knit kneeds. As his popularity grew, the more resources they used. He was throwing garbage in the water, the factory was producing pollution, and the land of trees were reducing. The great once-ler did not realize that all of that affected the animals and made them leave town. All the tree’s have finally been cut down, and there are none left. Human Ingenuity was a very big issue in this story. It tells us that as our technology grows, the environment is shrinking.

For the Man Made beach, Chief executive Leung is trying to build a man-made beach that will cover up 200 meters of land, however the environmentalist groups are afraid that it will wipe out more than 200 marine and bird species which inhabits the shore. “This project is on top-level support in the government.” says undersecretary for environment Christine Loh Kung-wai. Human Ingenuity is really pushing the environment and reducing the size of the environment. Man-made lands have been done before, however as we keep making land, some of our animal species will probably die soon.

Human Ingenuity really affects the environment. Both these issues have a similar theme that we could all point out. If I could make one, it would probably be “Human Ingenuity has been ‘pushing the limits’ of our environment.”

If you want to check the article for the man made beach, CLICK HERE!

The lorax is the original 20 minute version.

Hey guys,
On September 7th 2012, There was a 5.7 magnitude earthquake along the borders of Yunnan. We used our Areas of Interaction skills to see how we could help them, but since we are still at a really young age, we can’t really do much, but we do have ideas on how to help. So approaches to learning, are the 5 steps. Each of them helps on how to organize ourselves and how we can help.

We thought of donating money to help rebuilding, or raise awareness and do different sales to do this, or we could just travel there and help them. We also thought of having sponsors o help with the money part.

If you want to read more about this, CLICK HERE!

Bye! Talk to you guys later!

Hey guys,
On September 7th 2012, There was a 5.7 magnitude earthquake along the borders of Yunnan. We used our Areas of Interaction skills to see how we could help them, but since we are still at a really young age, we can’t really do much, but we do have ideas on how to help. So Environments is about how we can help what has been destroyed or how can we help to make it more comfortable to live there.

We though of rebuilding houses and donating money to make things for durable and prettier and nicer and more modern maybe not just to make the place look better, but it might help sustain the buildings a little longer.

If you want to read more about this, CLICK HERE.

Talk to you guys later

Hey guys,
On September 7th 2012, There was a 5.7 magnitude earthquake along the borders of Yunnan. We used our Areas of Interaction skills to see how we could help them, but since we are still at a really young age, we can’t really do much, but we do have ideas on how to help. Health And Social is about how we can help them with their health.

We thought of maybe giving medical care. We can send some doctors to china to help with the injuries without having to pay.

If you want to read more about it, CLICK HERE. 

Talk to you guys later