Maths

This week in Maths we looked at something I am not good at, Generalizing. We tried to 'solve the staircase problem'. There were four figures and we had to figure out what figure ten would look like and how many squares would there be. We also tried to find out how many squares did figure fifty-five have.

 

In Social Studies we are learning about the Slave trade in America. This is a research task about Harriet Tubman. She helped hundreds of enslaved people and gain freedom by escaping the underground railroad

Socail Studies human rigths

United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1. We Are All Born Free & Equal.

2. Don’t Discriminate.

3. The Right to Life.

4. No Slavery.

5. No Torture.

6. You Have Rights No Matter Where You Go.

7. We’re All Equal Before the Law.


8. Your Human Rights Are Protected by Law.

9. No Unfair Detainment.

10. The Right to Trial.
11. We’re Always Innocent Till Proven Guilty.
12. The Right to Privacy.
13. Freedom to Move.
14. The Right to Seek a Safe Place to Live.
15. Right to a Nationality.

16. Marriage and Family.

17. The Right to Your Own Things.

18. Freedom of Thought.
19. Freedom of Expression.
20. The Right to Public Assembly.
21. The Right to Democracy.
22. Social Security.
23. Workers’ Rights.

24. The Right to Play.

25. Food and Shelter for All.

26. The Right to Education.

27. Copyright.
28. A Fair and Free World.
29. Responsibility.
30. No One Can Take Away Your Human Rights.

We are learning about Human Rights in Social Studies. Everything we've learnt so far is really interesting. I copy-pasted the simplified version of the 30 Human rights.

A recent news that interests me

 The 2020 Taal volcano eruption. The Taal volcano crater filled with the Taal lake in Luzon, Batangas Philippines. With 33 eruptions, it is the second most active volcano in the Philippines. It last erupted on the 12th of January 2020, 43 years from the last eruption in 1997.

 In the past few weeks of the first month of 2020 many people who lived around the area have evacuated from their homes to avoid the eruption. They didn't have even have enough time to pack their stuff and they had to stay in separate little tents connected with each other without roofs in a huge gymnasium. They all had to wear masks to not inhale in the ash fall. Though they try to cope with holding a contest of "Best Dressed up in 'Unsuitable' donated clothes at volcano evacuation centre" and off course praying.

 Most of the citizens who lived around the volcano are now evacuated. Every single one of their buildings has now collapsed and the whole place is covered in grey ash from the volcano. People lived around the volcano because of the rich land, fishing from the lake and the tourists that visit to make a living. It will take a while to rebuild the community.

 This disaster made me feel anxious and concerned because my family lives in the area close by where the Taal volcano erupted.

Bones

                                            What are the bones? The bones form the skeleton of the body. We have 206 bones in our bodies while babies have 300 bones.

 How does our body make them? The bones start off as cartilage. They are made from the same minerals as a tiger’s sharp claw. It is composed mainly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. Muscles pull against the bones to make the body move.

How do they grow and repair? They grow with the help of calcium. The bones of a child’s bones fuse together to make the bones 206 adult bones.  How the bones heal themselves is that the body forms a blood clot around the fracture to protect it. Bone cells start to grow into both sides of the fracture. Then in closes it up.