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Body image. It affects girls around the globe, and there is one main culprit. Previously, you both know that I had written a social issues story that tied in with body image. It matters to me, so I decided to write a feature article about it. There is a reason that I'm writing about body image. Did you know that for the first time this year, two of my classes joined together to create one big assignment for us? Try and guess which class joined with RLA. It's the one you would never think of; it is PE! In health class (which is a part of PE where we learn about wellness), we were going to write an article about a topic that came up often in teenagers. Meanwhile, in RLA, we were going to write a non-fiction article too. So for the past few weeks, I've researched and written about body image. I have put in a lot of work; like choosing a topic and slant, finding evidence to support my ideas as well as understand my topic and putting that information into an article/essay. ...

In PE, we just finished up the project adventure unit. Its main focus is collaboration, and one my tasks was to create a game with a group of people. Name: Crawlers Rules: this game is similar to four corners. First, the teacher will close their eyes and everyone else will run around in the gym. The gym must be rectangular and have four corners. After 10-20 seconds, the teacher will yell "STOP!". Everyone will have reach the nearest corner as soon as possible, and after waiting five seconds, the teacher will point at a corner. Whoever is in that corner has to go down on their hands and knees, starting a new round. However, this time, (in addition to the corners) the crawlers will chase anyone that's up, and if you're tagged by one, you also have to go down on your hands and knees. The object of the game is to be the last one standing. Notes: if the teacher points at a corner before you reach one, you'll be out. Also, if you are a crawler, you can't get bac...

Isabella had a shiny, perfect life up until reality suddenly settled in. Her dad was suddenly squeezed out of her life, and her mom went into a frenzy. Looking at them, you would have no idea what was happening to their family, but they were barely skimming the surface of sanity. But then Isabella finds an anaesthetic to the grief. A life-changing anaesthetic. But sometimes, life doesn't need to get any more complicated. Isabella has been binging and purging ever since, to push everything away, and to keep all of the trouble away. However, this anaesthetic has too many side-effects, ones that her mom starts to notice. Isabella won't stop until she achieves "perfect", but what is the value of "perfect"? Is it really all everyone says it is?

1. Sampling methods have a biased and unbiased side to them; to make an inference for the population, methods should be representative. 2. To make an inference with multiple samples, you can find the mean of the data you collected. If you 13, 14, and 15 different people answer in three different surveys, you would find the mean of that for an accurate sample. You could also use a proportion to estimate. 3. Another way to solve a proportion is to do cross multiplication.

Analysis Paste your political cartoon here. What aspect of globalization your cartoon is criticising? (Highlight one) cultural/social              technological/environmental             political/economic Which visual techniques or literary devices (from the list above) did you use in your cartoon? Explain why you used it and why you think it is effective. We used the ship and plane, which are well known ways to visit other countries, as symbols of globalization, to show that America is using globalization to reach other countries. All of the American trash is flowing to clean shores with the ship and the man representing USA that is shooting US ideas at the island is on the ship. Globalization is fueling this process. Other than “globalization”, we also had a label of “US Air Force”. This was mainly for clarity that USA was the one behind this. T...

Identify Random Sample: Samples are used to make generalization of a group because a census is very time-consuming. Conducting a survey with a sample of the group, you can often get good ideas of what the population itself will say. Generate a Representative Sample: The three types of representative samples, simple random sample, stratified random sample, and systematic random sample. Simple random sample is arbitrary, stratified random sample is making different groups out of the whole (more careful at looking who they choose), and the systematic random sample is random again, but more systematic, like every 3rd person. These methods help come up with a reasonable guess for whatever is being surveyed. Understand Sample Bias: Samples can easily be biased, coming from only people who think in one way. Valid samples have different people with different opinions. For example, if there is a survey on what elementary schoolers do at recess, a biased sample would be only kindergartners,...

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T-shirts are a common clothing item to wear. Often you'd have one hanging in your closet, crumpled in the basket or folded in your dresser. What many don't know is that making T-shirts are very bad for the environment. Thousands of liters of water are used to make just one, dyes pollute water ways and formaldehyde is still used today in screen printing. Marci Zaroff saw the fashion industries statistics on T-shirts and met up Cas Silver, owner of a tye-dye business. The result was a new idea called MetaWear. MetaWear uses dyes made from seaweed, to help protect the environment, and uses screen printing without formaldehyde. This is one of the only clothing businesses that have an environment-friendly dye, which has big potentials with large T-shirt producers. The seaweed dye, called SeaInk, could be the next step toward us becoming a treehugger. I feel that as issues like global-warming become more prominent, we need to find ways to utilise our plants in better ways to help s...

Poverty is an issue in our world. However, it's not something that we can just stop; in fact, we've struggled with it for generations. In social studies, we are concluding our poverty unit, but that doesn't mean I have to stop there. After donating to a real NGO, I want to continue helping those in poverty. In this unit, here are two things that had a huge impact on me. One of the most impactful lessons was when I found my family's connection to poverty. It really gave me insight into what poverty really was: it's not just some faraway land; it hovers over all of us.  My personal connection to poverty taught me truly how fortunate I am. My grandfather himself had to work his way out of poverty, and it really shocked me to know how different my life could have been. It really matters to me, because it shows how close poverty is to me; just two generations up. This experience has changed me. I now know that I am not above any of these people, that I, in fact, could...

Orange Cranberry Muffin Recipe 1 tablespoon orange zest 1/2 cup orange juice 1 large egg 1/4 cup olive oil 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup honey 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 cup dried cranberries, chopped Preheat the oven to 375°F Mix the orange zest, orange juice, egg, oil and honey. Add in the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt; whisk to incorporate. Stir in the cranberries. Divide the mixture among the muffin tins, filling the tins about 3/4 full, and bake until the muffins are golden and push back when gently pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Makes 12 muffins. 1. I thought that my snack was pretty healthy, because I swapped out sugar for honey, had lots of Vitamin C, and checked all ingredient labels. I had no processed sugar, just natural. However, I could have improved the recipe by using whole wheat or almond flour instead of all-purpose flour. Also, it didn't have...

The equations for each plan are... b=bill t= text messages m= months Plan A- b= 0.1t + 29.95m Plan B- b= 90.2m Plan C- 0.05t + 49.95m Graph for One Month of Texting a) If you send 500 text messages in one month for each of the plans, what would the costs be? Plan A would cost $79.95, check on the graph and for the equation, it would be $50 added to $29.95 (which is $79.95). Plan B would cost 90.20, because that's how much it costs in one month. You get unlimited text messages in this plan. Plan C would cost $74.95. I checked on the graph, but also, the equation. It's 25 + 49.95 equals 74.95. b) Your boss asks you to visually display three plans and compare them so you can point out the advantages of each plan to your customers. Again, the graph shows how all three of the plans work. All three plans are okay, with their pros and cons, so will say both. Plan A is a good plan because every month, you only have to pay around $30 for...

1. New Moon 2. Waxing Crescent 3. First Quarter 4. Waxing Gibbous 5. Full Moon 6. Waning Gibbous 7. Third Quarter 8. Waning Crescent

Of all the spacecraft humans have developed which one has traveled the furthest? Voyager 1 What are the 6 lines of our cosmic address? 1. Earth 2. Solar System 3. Milky Way Galaxy 4. Local Group 5. Virgo Supercluster 6. Observable Universe Why were Giordano Bruno's ideas so controversial? His ideas were different than those of the bible, and that caused people to not believe him. According to the cosmic calendar how long ago did we begin to use science to reveal natures secrets and her laws? a.  1 month b.  1 minute c.  1 year d.  1 second

Dear Mom and Dad,  I hope that you can come to my science design fair on December 17th from 1:40 to 2:10. I am really excited! My group and I have researched tornadoes for our natural disaster unit, and now we are working on creating an answer to our driving question- "How can we save the world?". The problem we chose to help was, "Before a tornado, people don't have much warning." As a result, we found an app that can tell you the weather anywhere, and sends notifications to your phone if there is a possible tornado. We decided to create an advertisement on it, with a model and pamphlet. Our designs will be set up in core classes, so I will give you further information.  I would like to tell you what we have come up with so far, and would love to hear your feedback. any tweaks, issues or things you like would be useful for me to know. My teacher also wants you to write your feedback as an email to me, so that I can share my group.  I can't w...