science fair and latin

culture

-identify and explain the significance of five of these

-retiarii

-murmillo

-superlatives

Pulchra – pulcherrima

Fortis – fortissimus

Derivatives -

Verbs -

Translation

-main point- how nucerians and roman senator

Odormit – they fell asleep (remember the they fell asleep)

Words-

Agitat

Consumit

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when yeast ferments: it creates ethanol and CO2

 there are 3 controlled variables: temp, pH level and glucose level, that can control the output (ethanol and CO2)

 thats pretty much wut he's saying

 and if u want to improve that

fermentation - breakdown of sugar into an acid or an alcohol

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Background

           

Purpose

The purpose of our experiment is to see how different pesticides and herbicides and pH levels affect the activity of baker’s yeast.

Method

           

Apparatus

            -baker’s yeast

-12 balloons

-12 empty glass bottles

-3 pesticides

-3 herbicides

-lye (sodium hydroxide)

-vinegar (acetic acid)

-pH level indicator test strips

-measuring cup

- (____ mL) water

http://books.google.ca/books?id=jLFmiervaqMC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=yeast+exosystem&source=bl&ots=CchQxs7IC5&sig=1h7ozF2fJ8YL4315nGqe3cHzCUw&hl=en&ei=D09sTbHSAoLGlQfl_qjHBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.wisegeek.com/why-does-yeast-make-bread-rise.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker%27s_yeast

http://www.ehow.com/how_7878127_measure-volume-gas-water-displacement.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mxqGF9JZHI

A Journal Response to ‘A Long Way Gone'

A Journal Response to ‘A Long Way Gone’

A Long Way Gone was a very different perspective of a child’s life as it does not deal with a blissful and innocent childhood an average child may have, but rather, the horrifyingly opposite. This memoir details Ishmael Beah’s life in the war-torn country of Sierra Leone. Ishmael tries to escape from village to village with various friends, including his brother, Junior. However, because of the war in Sierra Leone between the terrorist group, the RUF, and the government, he and his brother never saw each other again.

Ishmael’s perspectives at the beginning of the book were quite different compared to the later parts. At first, his overall attitude and knowledge of the war was very apathetic and ignorant. This is not surprising because of his age and lack of experience through the horrors of war. In fact, the first chapter clearly demonstrates his ignorance on the subject as he even admits he only knew about wars in movies, such as Rambo: First Blood. However, this childlike innocence of him quickly fades away as the horrors of the war come to him, Junior, and the other children. They immediately see the suffering of victims from neighbouring villages fleeing to theirs, and experienced these same sufferings for themselves. These sudden increasing descriptions of the bloody events he suffered made it very apparent that his personality would be changing from an innocent child into one who greatly understands that his fragile life may be cut short at any point. This rapid change of his personality seems to emphasize and support the general fact of how war can bring such a great deal of agony onto people.

Another interesting aspect of Ishmael is how he copes with the perpetual oncoming danger of the war. The constant scenes of dead bodies, the fear of dying, and the grief of his lost family has succumbed the boy into a depressed state in which he tries to cope with along with all of his other troubles. This sadness of Ishmael’s is clearly demonstrated when he was alone in the forest at one point. He talks about his desire to talk with another person so as to not indulge within his own thoughts on the frightening memories which has happened in such a brief period of time. To maintain his sanity, Ishmael tries to talk and play with the many children he encounters throughout his travels, despite the dark reality of their situation. These methods of how he struggled with these emotions in the time of a crisis have certainly helped him in his journey to survive this war.

These two prominent characteristics of Ishmael have helped me enjoy this book because they add insight to him – the main character. This certainly makes this book more interesting to read. The change in his personality quickly establishes a new dark mood for the book which makes you cling to each chapter and read on about the difficulties of the life in Sierra Leone for a child like Ishmael. In addition to that, the way he copes with this never-ending suffering he is forced to be put into is astonishing to say the least, because of the sheer quantity of these sufferings. Many people like me have never experienced such a hell as this boy did. Because of our lack of knowledge, this book entices you to read more and find out about just how this hell of his was like.

This memoir of Ishmael’s life surviving war is certainly a book that is well worth reading. It’s truthful and cruel reality of the conflict in Sierra Leone makes this a remarkable firsthand account of war. It gives an in depth perspective on these issues and emphasizes the effects that war has done to an innocent child. The reality of the memoir and the issues it pertains upon must be remembered for ages to come.

a long way gone - crappy summary

-parents divorced

-little brother

-visiting the little brother’s school

-omg a war is coming but he doesn’t care

-went to visit to dad’s place

-after, omg people are coming

-people are trying to run away, burnt houses

-we’ll try to get some food from those houses, but they had to go run and hide from the war

-living in a forest (the boy, and his three friends)

-they were starving

-decided to go back to their village to get food and money

-the soldiers were there but they got away

-they went back into the forest

-saw old man

-‘oh they all left me behind because I’m old because im useless and old and they just left me here to die’

-he gave him his food and old shelter, and he dies

-they went back to the same village because they thought “oh I can do this again. I can escape again”

-they didn’t make it, they got caught

-one of the main soldiers saw the boy’s older brother who was slow at sneaking (was trying to sneaking to get food)

-were chained in a line

-many people from previous villages captured, and the rest were dead on the ground

-picking who to kill first

-raiders picked who was fit to train as a soldier

-Raiders = RUF = bad soldiers

-the ones that weren’t picked were going to be killed just to show the ones who got picked how fun and good killing people are, just to show them

-one person that died was another old man, and he was like “plz don’t kill me” and he ran up into a tree and they stabbed his head

-something happened which distracted those soldiers, and that’s how the boy and his three friends escaped

-sierra leone had soldiers to fight the RUF but their soldiers ran away before the war started

-boy + friends ran to a forest nearby

-everyone separated to run away for their own lives

-soldiers were searching in the forests for the boys

-the two brothers happened to hide beside each other

-they stuck together

-the bigger brother started getting depressed because of all the killing

-after the soldiers left them alone, the guy and the three friends found each other again

-somewhere in here, they lost each other again

-from here on, the story doesn’t talk about the older brother or the other friends agin*

-boy had to live in a forest area

-basically eating wild animals and stuff

-was getting all alone until he found seven other boys

-he recognized them

-they were from his school

-him and those seven people ran to the village

-ran to another village which did have soldiers (Sierra Leone Armed Forces)

-Sierra Leone Armed Forces didn’t let them in

-they thought they were in disguise/spies from the RUF

-once they got there because they were exhausted

-yet they got kicked out because they were accused for being ^^^^

-closest they can go to the village was where the coast was

-feet were all bloody and scarred because of walking so much

-they found a house near the beach and so they decided to stay in it because they were all tired and their feet hurts

-they slept in it

-when they woke up, a fisherman came and he helped them by giving them some food + medicine from the village

            -fisherman wasn’t supposed to though cuz of ^^^^^^^

-after that, when they were getting better, they decided to go to the village again to persuade the village to let them in

-one of the boys had a relative that was in that village

            -proves that the boys are innocent because the relative knows them

-they got into the village

-they got care

-in return, they had to become a soldier / guard a mountain place

-somehow, they were separated (forgot) the boy was separated from the three friends