Food Creation

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This is the way they make there chocolate.

This week we have been going deeper into the process of food creation. We have learned the steps it takes to make foods. It is a lot more complicated then you'd expect. We also are learning this so we can determine how each step wastes. We have talked about apples as a class and in our group talked about chocolate. I have learned a lot about the way my food is made.

This week we analyzed data. So to start we had all the steps how apples get to up all in a random order. Then we had to organize them in the way we though they should go. After that we all moved clockwise to see other people's work. I really liked seeing other work because it should me somethings I had missed and I would have not noticed if it was not pointed out. Then the next day we used what we knew about the process and did it with another food. We have done it with chocolate. This week I learned how my food is made and some way we waste it.

This week we used patterns. I say we used patterns because every food you have has the same pattern it goes through. From apples to chocolate they still have the same process. I noticed this the most when I started to do the process with the chocolate.I could see that it went though the same steps as the apple just done differently.This week I really have noticed the pattern in all foods.

This week I was a Creator learner.

Biome Project Blog

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Summary:During this project we got selected a biome and it was the desert. we choose to be more specific and choose the Sonoran desert. My group and I got to learn about all the materials and organisms we would need to survive. We learned about animals and plants and how we can use them. We learned about ways to find water and make fire. We got to learn lots of cool techniques on how to survive. For example, we learned different techniques other than  the friction technique for making a fire. I also got to work on animals and learn lots of cool information about them. That is just a bit of what we have done this week.


Backward Looking: Before I started this a knew a few techniques on how to survive in the desert.
Then after I really got started I realized that there is a lot more to survival than I would have imagined. There is a lot to worry about when surviving,It seems like everything is a threat when you are trying to survive. At first all I really knew was that you could eat the inside of a cactus and that you could use animals for lots of resources but other than that I knew nothing. Looking back I don't think I would have ever been prepared to survive in this biome.

Inward Looking: There where a few things during this project that was frustrating. It was annoying having to always check my resource. I wanted to make sure that the animals where really in this habitat so I checked it every single time to make sure it was.This lead to my part taking longer. Another thing that was frustrating was when a website was misleading and did not help with my research. This is always an annoying thing when you read a website and can't take anything out of it. Those was just a few of what was annoying but the project did go really well in my opinion. I think it could have been a lot more frustrating if I did not have such a great team.
 
Outward Looking: I think that we worked differently compared to the other groups. We mostly did all of the preparations for our poster and diagram in class like everyone. Then we did something different, we actually brought it home and just pt all the pieces together there. All the other groups worked on it all in class but we just worked on the preparation. we got all the papers ready so it was not very hard, all we had to do was glue it on. we just got one member to do the gluing at there house and it was all set. We did things a little differently than others but it was still an effective tactic.

Forward Looking: I think that we could have done a some thing better. I believe that we could have made it so we were all doing something all the time, but it did end up fine anyway. Sometimes my team members got distracted but over all they did still get there work done so I can't complain.  i think overall are work ethic was great and we got everything done. I know we did a good job and that all that matters. I am proud of our work.