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We went on a trip and my group went to Beijing.  We did a lot of fun stuff while in Beijing, but the best thing that we did was hike on the Great Wall.

I think that this really shows my risk taking skills, […]

In English class we’ve been doing a unit on a novel called ‘The Other Side of Truth’.  From this unit we had to make an iMovie project using a thick question that we developed throughout the process.

What did […]

In math class, we have been doing a unit about fractions, decimals, and most recently percents.  This reflection will cover how I felt about it, and what I liked and disliked about this unit.

Stress […]

T.A.P. stands for Teacher Advisory Program.  this takes place every Wednesday in between periods 2 and 3 (or 6 and 7).  TAP is a way to get to know a teacher and different students from the entire grade in a 10-20 […]

C.A.S. stands for Community and Service.  Upper School CDNIS students are required to help out in the school community and our personal communities.  So far, I think that I have done quite a few things.  At […]

Watch this blog (especially in Design and Humanities) for process on a documentary for the 1881 Heritage Fire Station in Hong Kong.

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Today, we had our first D.E.A.D. day in a while.  D.E.A.D. is an acronym for ‘Drop Everything And Design’.  Our Design Cycle this time around is for Humanities, and we are doing a documentary on cultural buildings […]

In Math class, we’ve been doing a unit on Patterns and Algebra.

I enjoyed this unit, because I find that my best sub-subject is finding patterns and rules.  I disliked this unit, because we had two tests in one […]

  In Science class, we had a summative assessment to test our knowledge of birds, so we had to make a bird using traits and adaptations that we had seen on other birds and we had to make it perfectly adapted to […]

In Math we are studying patterns and algebraic patterns.  I am looking at Human Ingenuity as an Area of Interaction because algebra is a form of math that has been created and improved by humans over the years to […]

We went on a hike in science to determine biodiversity in a set area.  This shows environment, because we were learning how the environment is important and why we need it.  I think that acknowledges to […]

These two topics are very similar from different points of view.  Through the view of Human Ingenuity, we can come to the conclusion that the events that take place are good, because the show how ingenious us […]

Approaches to Learning:

How do I learn best?
How do I know?
How do I communicate my understanding?

Approaches to Learning is how you learn best, what you learn, and how you show or communicate it.  When […]

Human Ingenuity:

Why and how do we create?
What are the consequences?

Health and Social Education:

How do I think and act?
How am I changing?
How can I look after myself and others?

Health and Social Education is how can we interact with people and how we can keep safe. […]

Where do we live?
What resources do we have or need?
What are my responsibilities?

Environments is where we live, what responsibilities you have in your community and what resources we […]

Community and Service:

How do we live in relation to others?
How can I contribute to the community?
How can I help others?

Community and Service is helping around the community and people in the […]

I collaborated with Element 21 for this rap.

Integer Rap

We have started our fifth of six units and this one is Sharing The Planet.  We have talked about power, consequence, function, and connection.  The video connected to this post is called KONY 2012 which is about a warlord who uses child soldiers to raid villages.  He uses the boys as soldiers and the girl [...]