Appearance/what it's made of 

The brain is made of certain nerve cells (bulb like cell body attached to long nerve fibers, like wire. that carries very tiny electrical signals -the info that tells us what we feel, think, see, touch, ,move and function.

.weight-about 3 pounds

.about 75% water

.about 100 billion neurons

.1000 to 10000 synapses for each neuron

.100000 miles of blood vessels in your brain

.about 60% fat    

 making decisions in a tricky situation

When you're making a decision your brain is auguring about what to do

prefrontal cortex  (makes the decisions)

emotional areas of your brain : amygdale

when your brain is making decisions the amygdale automatically turns on and creates feelings such as fear, anxiety

then the prefrontal cortex thinks through those feelings 

as an example a while back captain soldenburger was driving his plane and it began to break down he has very scared and frustrated but he thought that fear won't do anything to help him so he stayed calm and thought about what he was doing he decided to land on the water. no one was hurt everyone landed safely.  

facts 

.your brain is the most energy consuming part of your body 

.your brain consumes 25 watts of power while your awake. this amount of energy is enough to illuminate a light bulb 

.750ml of blood pumps through your brain every minute which is 15-20% of blood flow from the heart 

your brain stays alive about 7 minutes after you die 

problems we had with  our project                                                                                                            we wanted our project to be about how the brain makes decisions. there wasn't a lot on just making decisions all we could find was the brain uses the prefontal cortex to make decisions. and that obviously isn't enough to write about for our whole project so we just made our project on random facts about the brain. 

Day 1 

-we started brainstorming ideas and figuring out our topic 

Day 2

-decided who does what (split up tasks) 

Day 3 

-started research

Day 4-6

 research 

Day 7 

-compared research 

Day 8

-finalized project put together poster 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

• whyzz.com -2015-by bryan griffan 
• articles.mercola.com-2015-by joseph mercola 
• the human brain:howwedecide-jan.30.2010-by ffreethinker  

reflections

brainstorming 9/10 i gave us 9/10 because we did our brainstorming but we didn't write a whole lot for it. 

proposal 10/10 i gave us 10/10 because we wrote a lot for it and followed all the criteria  

conference/10 i gave us 8/10 because we didnt really explain or change a whole lot in our conference  

process 10/10 i gave us 10/10 because we showed all our process 

peer review-didn't do one 

presentation 9/10 i gave us 9/10 for our presentation because i think we did really well on it it was in the time range placed all our facts down and also kept audiences attention at the end with the video and quiz but we did read off our paper a lot so that wasn't very good.  

reflections 

in class work habits 8.5/10 i gave us 8.5/10 because we did a bit in class but most of our work at home

reflections 9/10 i gave us 9/10 because we did everything except for the peer-reviews 

DEFINITION POEM
My pail white skin
My black singed hair
My eyes that never close
And my carved in smile
My white hoodie that will soon be stained red
It's time for you, to go to bed
And time for me to creep
So please, just go to sleep

Who am I?_______

http://youtu.be/WBng1_1KOKc.    This is link to our half brother infomercial

WHAT? 

Today in humanities our class started working on our pros and cons for our novel. Then after that we began to make the infomercial type thing for the book we finished reading.

WHY?  

I think that we did the pros/cons for our novel so that our teacher or upcoming readers can see how each of us think of the book, and for previous readers it can kind of give them a bit of help as to if they want to read the  book or not, kind of like a 5 star rating.
And i think that we are making the infomercial type thing so that anyone who may be interested in reading the book can get some minor details into it. And it can kind of show our teacher that we understood and read the book by giving a small summary.

REFLECTIONS AND/OR CONNECTIONS  

I am enjoying the pros/cons thing for our novel because i think its a good and fun way to show our understanding of the book. It also shows other people a little bit about the book and grabs there attention a little bit so that they may want to read the book them selves.

HOMEWORK REMINDERS

if you have not started your infomercial start plotting down some idea's for tomorrow :) 

Learning Blogs

   Tuesday, December 16th

                  1. What Did We Do?
     
    Today in Humanities we worked on our paragraph booklets for most of the class time.
At the very end of class our TOC showed us the "My Sentence" assignment and the
"Three Word" assignment on Ms.Lees' blog.

                   2. Why (Learning Intentions) Did We Do It?

    Today in class we worked on our paragraph booklets so we could improve our paragraphing
skills, and learn about new ways to make up a paragraph. We did the "Three Word" assignment
to give us something to work on, as well as getting us to realize what we need to work on for the
 upcoming year, 2015.

                   3. Reflections/Connections - How was Today's Class important beyond Hum 8
                   Where might it be Useful and How?
  
    The "Three Word" assignment could be useful in the future when you either want to set a new
years resolution, or you feel you could do something better. Coming up with the three words will
help you set goals easier. The paragraph booklet could help us in other classes like English, by
giving you new and better ways to write paragraphs.

                   4. Homework Reminders

    -Remember, paragraph booklets are due Friday, Dec. 19th

                   5. Homework Tips

   Always put your best work into assignments. You should also do a brainstorm and an outline for
each paragraph in your booklets, and make sure you double space each paragraph.

                 

 

December 15 2014 Learning Blog

What?
Today in class we talked in our lit circle groups about the fourth and final section in our books and then Ms. Lees gave us the homework which was slightly different then the other weeks because we won't have a lit circle discussion next week because our books are done. We also talked a little about the pancake breakfast and how we should bring in food bank donations and how it would be good to  be at school at 7:00am because it gets crowded at 7:30.


Why?
We did our lit circle discussions because we prepared them from last week. (Text reference, personal response, and 3-5 questions.) We talked about the pancake breakfast because Ms. Lees wanted to make sure we don't have to stand in a big line if we don't want to and that was important because I hate lines! Also I wouldn't have known to bring in a food bank donation.


Reflections And Connections.
When Ms. Lees told us about the big lines there are around 7:30 it reminded me of going to Disney Land because if you get to the park early you can avoid long line ups but later on there are massive line ups!


Homework.
1. discussion response
2. Self asses -based on feedback
     a. rubrick (tallies and examples of expectations/criteria)
     b. Was your response your best work? (Why/why not?)
     c. Oral (what skills did you improve upon the most? What do you still need support/help/practice on? Explain.


By Maiya S

3 words and sentence.

My 3 words I'll try to live my life by for the new year are:
-Effort (because I tend to slack off around February and I want to keep my grades up)
-Positivity (because I usually have a bad attitude towards lots of things. For example if I have to go to math class I'd say "Aw! I hate math it's no fun!" When I could say "yay! I can't wait to see my friends!")
-Encouraging (because I really like when others encourage me and I want to make others feel good too)
























My 1 sentence is:
Maiya is a leader

                                                           3 WORDS FOR 2015
EFFORT- Kaylee chose this because she always try's her hardest but can take more pride in her work like writing more of her work neater and more organised. And possibly adding some color into her work as well.
POSITIVE-Kaylee also needs to stay more positive for example before she takes a test she needs to stay positive instead! For example she needs to not say "i'm going to fail" before a test she needs to stay positive to earn a positive mark!
PERFECTION- Another word kaylee needs to work on is perfection! She needs to try and perfect her techniques in swimming so she can earn swimmer of the month again!

One word that would suit Kaylee in the present is that she is "triumphic" I am saying this because she always tries her best in school and out of school and is never a poor sport!

                                                    What we did today learning blog   

                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                     #1 WHAT?                                                                                                                                         Today Today in Humanities the first thing that we did today was that we did some work in our "paragraph booklets."  Then we watched some videos to get some idea's for our 3 word writing. Than we had to write the 3 words and sentences on paper so we can blog get ready to blog about it.       

I believe that
#2 WHY?  this paragraph booklet is a very resourceful booklet because, for one it helps us develop writing paragraphs but that's a little vague so here's a few examples of why, it helps us write paragraphs. For one it helps us with finding and writing a good topic sentence, it also helps us define a good paragraph, it tells us the actual definition of a paragraph it's self,  it shows us how to organize a paragraph properly, and also finding key words in a paragraph. 

I think that the 3 word writing is also an important thing to do its like what the lady who had this idea said " Do we actually accomplish our new years resolutions? Most likely we don't." So instead of making a new years resolution this year chose 3 words that you want to be more like next year. For example, you could chose (effort) as a word than say "I want to make more effort in math this year! " Or anything else you want to be more of. So this helps us make ourselves better each day.  

#3 REFLECTIONS AND CONNECTIONS 

When our substitute teacher read out the lady who thought of the 3 word writing's opinion i certainly did agree each year i make a new years resolution and each year i try to do it then i get lazy and i give up (i know i'm a quitter when it comes to making my bed every morning :) So i think that by trying to do better in school or sports or just anything that goes on in your life is a great way to start off the new year! 

       
#4 HOMEWORK TIPS & REMINDERS 

For the 3 word writing make sure you try to write in the 3rd person :)

                                                                                                                 BY KAYLEE J    

3 Words

      

       Hi my name is Anthony and the three words I chose for the year 2015 are:                                  

 Gold, Creative and Lazy.

             I chose the word Gold because my personal goal for the last few years has  

       been to make the gold team for soccer. I haven't achieved this goal yet, but I've                                            been practicing more than ever and I feel I can move up this year.

             I chose the word creative because I haven't been able to come up with as many 

       creative ideas lately so I wan't to improve on creativity.

             The last word I chose was lazy. I chose this word because I want to be less lazy 

       with school work and instead of watching T.V. I want to go and get my homework 

       done right away, rather than waiting until after soccer in the afternoon, or Sunday to 

       do it.

   

December 4 Learning Blog Post (by Maiya)

What Did We Do?
Today in humanities, We talked about what we did well on our blog posts from Tuesday and what we could improve on. For example we should be specific about what we did we shouldn't say we have homework. We should say we have to finish our lit circle discussions for Monday November 17. We also talked about what we did well on our Tuesday blog posts like our tips and what was due when and how there where headings. We also talked about our innovative ideas and how even if there are pictures of your idea/your invention it doesn't mean that the picture is the same thing you were going to make. Then Ms. Lees taught us how to do outlines for our writing and we worked on a work sheet for the whole second block.


Why?
We talked about how we did on our blog posts so we can improve and add on to them and so other people can do a good blog post and don't make the same mistake as the first people. We talked about innovative ideas because some people were stuck and some other people thought that lots of ideas were taken up because there were pictures of them on the internet and they thought they couldn't do the idea, when really they could or if the idea was actually taken they could add onto it. We talked about some ideas like how you could improve an every day object like a binder or coat. For example you could create a wifi charger in your coat or maybe a pocket that hides your phone in class so the teacher doesn't see it. We talked about writing outlines because we didn't know what they were and there're a basic writing skill. I learned that using an outline for writing essays would be faster and quicker to write an essay because your ideas would already be there and you just would have to expand on them. We worked on the outline worksheet so we could practice outlining and so we didn't have as much homework.


Reflections And Connections
When we talked about blog post we could use that outside humanities by doing that on our personal blogs. For our innovation projects the teachers want us to make a cool project and all but I think the main focus is to learn how to be innovative. When we learned about writing outlining we could use that outside of humanities when we have to write things in other classes like maybe lab reports is science. Or submit a piece of writing into a contest.


Home Work Reminders
-Five outlines. Due tomorrow December 5 2014
-Highlight and underline topics and transitions (in the booklet). Due tomorrow December 25 2014
-Innovation proposals. Due Tuesday December 9 2014


Home Work Tips And Hints
If you need help with your innovation project ideas or proposals go to Ms.Brar's room (D104)

Learning Blogs: December 2nd 2014

     1. What Did We Do?
 
      Today in Ms. Lees block 4 Humanities 8 class we handed in our Dialectical Journals along with our
Goals and Stars and our self evaluation.
After we started to talk about our learning blogs and we got in our blogging groups to discuss who will be writing and on which days.
Then, Ms. Lees discussed our portfolios and we got started working on those, which are due on Dec. 3.

     2. Why Did We Do It (Learning Intentions)

       We wrote out our Goals and Stars to figure our what we need to improve on and what we are doing well at. We talked about who will be writing on the blog in our groups so we could get a sense of discussing  out problems in a matter of minutes. We also did our portfolios to find out ways of improving our school habits.

      3. Reflections and Connections
 
        Discussing who will write on which day is useful because it helps you work around other peoples schedules. This might apply to when your and adult and you want to try to arrange a birthday party for your son or daughter, you may want to work around other peoples schedules then. Also, the Goals and Stars assignment could help you in the future by giving you a way to distinguish what you did well from what you need to improve on.

      4. Homework Reminders

        - Don't forget portfolios are due tomorrow, Dec. 3.
        - If you're yet to hand in your Dialectical Journals be sure to do so tomorrow.

      5. Homework Tips/Hints

        Make sure to re-read your portfolios and make sure your ideas are clear and organized.

      

I know that this is a little late but I do not think that Remembrance Day is the only time that we should think back and remember the soldiers who fought for us, fought for our freedom. I have no close relatives that fought and died in war, but I can think about how sad and devastated the families must have been. I cannot imagine a world without even one of my family members I would be so sad, so devastated. And yet there are thousands even millions! Of lost loved ones all over the world. There are even still wars around us but not in our country but we should still think about the devastation around us and be thankful for what has come today. I am just so glad that we have a safe environment and fresh air to breath in.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Kaylee Jones

Inspirational quote

I Chose this quote/picture because I like the way it sounds and it's so true, it speaks to me in a way, it says; do what you love (for example a hobby or job) and love what you do, it says there's no point in doing something you don't like even if its maybe a fancy high paying job or playing a sport that you don't like just to please your parents or because your friends are playing it, do what you love for example certain clubs, jobs, sports, crafting, anything! Even if others might think you weird for doing it. This quote says be you, don't pretend to be someone else!

I chose this quote because to make your own creative thing you need to be positive and happy of what your working on. There is no right or wrong when you are being creative! Creativity is what comes from your heart, it's not like a math test where your goal is to get the answers right, when your being creative all you need to do is what inspires you the most even if you mess up maybe that little mistake will inspire you even more. It doesn't need to make sense in other peoples mind what matters is that you are proud of what may or may not of made sense in your mind!

Maiya's Remembrance Day Poem

S acrifice their lives so we can live.


O ld and young men an women serve our country and help make Canada a safe place. 


L ets take a moment to remember those who lost their lives in wars for us.


D oves symbolize love and peace.


I  appreciate their hard work and commitment.


E very year we remember them on November 11th


R emembrance day is a time to be thankful for the safe country we live in but also acknowledge the soldiers who help make our country safe.

Creativity it's our Future

I chose this video because I felt it spoke about creativity in a positive way.
I like how it describes different aspects of creativity and the people in this video realize how important it is.
In class we were talking a lot about being creative i think this video relates a lot to what we were talking about.

Great job on your first posts!

Well done! You have all successfully completed your first post! Great support being built within this group too - in your language use being encouraging as well as practical tips to improve.  Keep up the good work!

I Picked this picture because it tells you to never give up and I don't know why theres a cat but maybe he's always wanted his head in that bread you never know but he didn't give up so "FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS"

Hi my name is Brandon the extra circular activity i a went to was the schools hockey team when I went to the tryout all of the grade 10,11,and 12s where there they where bigger and faster than me and in the dressing room I got made fun of because of the bag I had and just felt uncomfortable being the dressing room i only went to one tryout because i felt really uncomfortable in the dressing room with all of the older kids all the players are rep players and i am not so yaaa. (thanks for reading my blog)