March 11. 2021

 Study for transformation geometry test tomorrow. There are three tessellation questions

Bring ruler, pencil, eraser

March 10, 2021

 7B

- complete tessellation tonight in Draw. Send me the file

- Transformation geometry test on Friday. Bring mira, Post it note, ruler and study

- start doing research on one of these man-made wonders. Pick one and will work on Writing on Demand next week

https://www.touropia.com/ten-wonders-of-the-world/

The shadow of a tree covers a swimming pool every evening. At 6pm, the length of the shadow is 8.75m and the distance from the top of the tree to the edge of the shadow is 12.1m, find the height of the tree.

 

 

On Monday, 7B saw one ant in the classroom. On Tuesday, they found two ants and the number of ants doubled every day after lunch.

 

If this pattern continues, calculate how many ants will be discovered by June 30.

March 9, 2021

Friday: Transformational Geometry test. Bring mira and Post it notes 

History Quiz

https://forms.gle/ktCSEHtVJrwqeJey9

Marco Polo routes

 

- it took them three years to get to China

- they traded herbs, spices, jade, silk, ivory, compass, gunpowder (firework) and many other unique items that European did not have

- The Chinese Emperor loved them, and let them spread the words of God (set up churches in China)

- they wanted to bring back a lot of goods to Europe and the land route would have taken too long to travel back

- The Chinese officials showed them the sea routes (only a few months to go back to Europe)

- on his way back, Polo visited India as well

- they brought back tonnes of stuff

- We need to go back to China to explore more. Marco Polo planned three trips to China

History notes, Lucy and migration of humans

 Where do human come from?

-       For millions of years, monkeys live in forests and jungles (long arms and tails)

-       Hot, humid, tropical weather (tall trees: shelters and food)

-       Continents constantly move (about 2cm per year), after a few million years, some places became colder, less rain

-       Tall trees became woodland or shrubs

-       Monkeys must learn to live on the ground to look for food and stay away from enemies

-       Evolute to longer legs to stand up and look ahead; shorter arms (no need to swing between trees), shorter tails

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- About 50000 years ago, wise men crossed Bering Strait and arrived in North America (Alaska, Yukon, NWT)

- they were stuck in those locations for about 5000 years. Big ice sheets covered the rest of North America (south of Yukon, NWT)

- we found spear points (sharpened rocks and bones), signs of fire (cooking, keep warm)

- carbon 14 dating – can determine the date when the wood was burned or when the animal bone was formed (within 200 to 300 years)

- they still chased after animals for food (bison, buffalo, mammoth, caribou). Hunt as a group/tribe

 

- when the ice sheets started melting, they moved south to the rest of Canada, US, Mexico and even South America

- these are the Native People who arrive in North America first, before the Europeans

March 8, 2021

 Read early life and Asian trip

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo

- History test tomorrow, today lesson and Marco Polo information

 

Middle Ages (1200AD to about 1600AD)

- the Catholic Church had most of the power. Even the kings and queens must bow to them

- Pope – head of the church

- during this time, 99% of the population is illiterate (most were hunters, fishers, farmers)

- at that time, many believed the Earth is flat and all the moons and planets orbit around the Earth

- until Italian scientist, Galileo (invented the first telescope) – and proposed that the Earth is a sphere

- the Earth and other planets orbit around the Sun (the church is wrong)

- Galileo was locked in prison so he could not spread his discoveries

- eventually, some Persian merchants went to Iraq (Baghdad) and traded with the European merchants

- at that time in Europe, most were Roman Catholics, and they had to eat fish every Friday

- simply cooking fish did not taste very good

- they brought back herbs and spices to Europe (pepper, cinnamon, vanilla, saffron, curry, mustard seeds)

- Ohhh, we did not grow them here in Iraq. We traded with the Indian and Chinese from the east

March 5, 2021

 Survey

https://forms.gle/7Xr85G1tZJPevZJTA

- research a famous Greek Canadian and their contributions to Canada (or a city or the province)

- write a short paragraph (50 words) about him/her. Include a picture of that person

George Stroumboulopoulos

Tas Venetsanopoulos

Mike Lazaridis

Alex Anthopoulos

Naz Mitrou-Long

Greek Scientists and Mathematicans

https://www.thoughtco.com/ancient-greek-scientists-inventions-and-discoveries-120966

Greek Gods and Goddess

https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net

March 4, 2021

 7B

- two ReadWorks passages, due tomorrow, Friday March 5

(Great Barrier Reef, Sandwich money)

- Complete the flip picture today. To be collected by Kwok on Friday (the difficult one)

- writing on demand on Friday

- must finish all Seven Wonders note tonight