21st of September: "A Message From Mother Nature"

Question 1: What is the main point of this article?
The main point of this article is nobody is sure whether the extreme weather for the past few years was caused by global warming.

Question 2: List four vocabulary words that you do not recognize or understand, look up the definitions, write them out using your own words.

Vocabulary word: Battered
Definition: damaged

Vocabulary word: Skeptics
Definition: someone who doubts a belief

Vocabulary: Cite
Definition: present evidence

Vocabulary: Torrential
Definition: pouring in great quantity

Question 3: What is the difference between "weather" and "climate"?
Weather changes daily and climate doesn't change for a long period of time.

Question 4: What are the examples listed in the article of “extreme weather”?
The examples listed in this article of extreme weather are:
- Torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan
- Record-breaking heat wave along with a record-breaking drought in Russia
- Flooding in New England, Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma
- Record heat wave in the eastern part of the US.

Question 5: What experiences have you had with “extreme weather”?
I have never experienced any extreme weather.

Question 6: What does the word “perception” mean?
The word "perception" means the understanding of an issue.

Question 7: What is your “perception” of global climate change?
My perception of global warming is that it's impossible to completely stop global warming but it is possible to slow it down.

12th of September: Project: Map Final Assesment: Explanation

Location:
Olrope is between twenty degrees West and eighty degrees East. It's between eighty degrees North and the Equator. Alice Kingdom is to the East of Zero Kingdom and to the North East of Forever Kingdom.

Movement:
In 1713, during the Olrope War, Alician spies were overused by the government. Sick of the mistreatment, the spies moved to Zero, betraying their country.


Human-Environment Interaction:
Olrope has a lot of rivers and most villages and cities are located next to them. There are two main rivers: Vertical River and Horizontal River. Head, the capital of Alice, is located at the cross section of those two rivers. Forever country is located on the Lambda River I and Lambda River II. There's fertile soil and good water supply. Forever Kingdom is also located near the Uncertain Ocean for easy fishing. People in Olrope had to build a lot of dams because the land was too low compared to sea level.

Place:
Olrope has a very small population. That's why there are so little cities. Most cities are surrounded by forests. Most military bases are in big cities to protect the people. The largest military base is in Head, where the King and Queen live. There are a lot of rivers such as Fast River and Quick River.

Region
Olrope is a very low land region. In fact, the highest point in Olrope is fifteen meters high. Rivers provide very fertile soil for Olrope which helps Olropian people grow crops but not rice because of the climate.

2nd of September: Homework: Study Guide

Vocabulary:

• Geography: the study of people and environment of places
• Environment: the physical surroundings of location
• Spatial: where a place is located and it's physical relationship to other places, people or environment
• Location: an exact position using latitude and longitude, or a description of a place in relation to places around it
• Place: a geographical term that describes the physical and human characteristics of a location
• Region: an area that has one or more common characteristics that unite or connect it with other area

Topics:

• 3 types of maps: physical, political, thematic
• The 5 Themes of Geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, regions
• The 6 Essential Elements of Geography: the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, the uses of geography. 

Ideas:

• How to read maps

Because I don't know what "ideas" means in this homework, I can't list that many.  But I know that that's no excuse 'cause I'm supposed to understand all the lessons.

1st of September: Homework: Family Tree Project

I've learned a lot from this project. So much that I don't know where to start. First,  I'll talk about what I learned about my history. I knew a lot about my family to begin with. But I asked my parents about how they met when I was assigned this project. I learned about my grandparents' hometowns (though I didn't include that in my project because it was too long). I also learned that a friend that I thought I knew for 5 years is actually my friend of 9 years already (I looked through my birthday pictures and found that friend in my 3 years old birthday pictures).
There are a lot of things that I learned about everyone else too. I realized that there are so many AWESOME people around me. Cecilia is so good at swimming (she had so many medals) and Eddy's ancestor is awesome too. And many many more awesome facts about my classmates! The most surprising thing was that Henry cooks. That was so (how can I say this)...  unbelievable.