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      The place where we went to stay and sleep is called Supalai Resort & Spa Saraburi . There were many activities such as kayaking, cave exploring, hiking and rock climbing. My favorite one is kayaking and rock climbing. I've never tried kayaking before and I thought it's going to be easy, but it's harder than I thought. I went in the kayak with my best friend, Namphueng. At first, we were struggling but later on, we actually learn how to kayak. The best of it was getting to control our boat, working with our friends to control the boat, and feeling the nature (clean, cold water and 1000+ years rocks) I've never tried rock climbing before either. When I watched others climb, I thought it was going to be easy, but when I tried it was so  hard. Eventually, I made it to the top of the mountain. I feel like I want to challenge myself one more time, so I went for a second try. And I did it! I went even faster than the first time. The challenges for rock climbin...

1. What did you learn about the water cycle? I learned about the six basics stages of the water cycle. There are  evaporation, condensation, precipitation, surface runoff, groundwater, and transpiration . Evaporation is when water turns into gas, and after it turns to gas, it will go into the sky and form the clouds. The clouds stay together tightly and that is the stage of condensation. When the molecules in the clouds get way to heavy and can't hold anymore, it falls down and becomes rain/snow, which is the stage of precipitation. Surface runoff  is when precipitation hit the ground and flow down into the river, lake or any water. Next is groundwater, it is when some parts of precipitation that landed on the surface and sink down into the underground. Then keep repeating that and will have a storage of water in the ground like the mineral water we got from (Aura). Finally is transpiration . Transpiration is when moisture carried through plants and released...

Read this free book made on StoryJumper 1. What is your favourite? Why? My favourite poem is "Where I'm From" because I feel like this poem has lots of figurative languages like personification, simile and etc. And I really liked how I describe the settings. One of the setting I described is an aquarium I went to: I am from mermaids and shark fins, Looking around the gigantic aquarium, staring at the enormous octopus,  I am from mysterious animals looking for food with many unknown people tripping over the fences. 2. What was the most challenging? Why? The most challenging would be finding word choices. I tried to find the perfect word choice for my poem but it's hard because some of the new word choices are the words I don't know. So I have to use the normal word choices. 3. If I had more time, how would you change? If i had more time, I would like to change all of the word choices I have used. Because I feel like it's not what (words) 7th grader...

What conflicts does your team have? In our group, we had problems letting people do the experiment. Because sometimes, one of the members forgot that we had other 2 members in the group too. So he/she does the work alone. And the member that was forgotten wants to do the experiment too. How did you overcome those conflicts? Later on, he/she figured out that we have more than 4 people in our group. So he/she let the forgotten member do the work. She figured it out because I told her to let the forgotten member do the work. How did you improvise? We implement our plan by combining all of our plans. We included every single person's plan. But by taking all of it, we took the best part of the plan and joined them all together. And we formed the best plan to prevent the erosion and landslides.  How can science help you with erosion and landslides? In the future, we might have to build buildings, resort or our own house. For having a background information about ero...

For this time, our group had presented about the Mongolian Empire. My part of the presentation was the geographical span. First, I think the Mongolian Empire is similar to China. One reason that the Mongolian Empire is similar to China is because they also liked to conquer lands during wars like the Mongolians. As we know, China also had a lot of wars recorded in their history. For example, during the Jin dynasty, from what I had researched and saw that they fought with the Mongolians for lands too. The Jin Dynasty didn't want the Mongolians to control their lands so they fought back. Another empire that is similar to the Mongolian Empire was the Islamic Caliphates. The reason why they are similar to Mongolia is because they had expanded to the west side of their homeland like the Mongolians.  But the Mongolian Empire is different from any other empire because they don't have any  permanent religion. They changed from Buddhism to Christianity to Islam. For instance, ...

PERSONAL GOAL: Get taller:        For this year goal, I want to get taller to 155 cm up.  To reach this goal, I will try to exercise more by playing some sports like volleyball or basketball.  I also heard that drinking milk also help you grow. So, I will drink a cup of milk (0.4 ml) every morning after breakfast and 1 hour before sleeping. And in the evening, when I come back from school, I  will skip rope for 15 minutes by using a timer to time my s elf.     SUBJECTS: Mandarin:  Practice writing ping-yin Mandarin is the most spoken language around the world. In mandarin class, I can always remember how to write the words in characters, but I don't can't remember how to write the pinyin. When we have a quiz on it, I always struggled with writing pinyin. S0, I usually get  M for the quizzes and test. To accomplish the goal, I will practice how to pronounce it. Pronouncing also helps me to know w...

1. How did your fixture help us do in science? It can let us have a better understanding of the subject or an object by playing a video. And it's going to be in 3D form when we play the video. Plus, I think it also related to what our topic. This proposal is also a 21st Century tech skills because it's 3D. 2. How did you use your notebook to help you? I used my notebook to write an idea for the proposal and to draw a diagram of each idea I thought of. I also used my notebook to plan. Like what we are going to need to make it. 3. What were some challenges in collaboration? The challenge for our group would be, choosing the name for our proposal. 4. How did you overcome those challenges?  We discussed about the name for our proposal. First, one of the members said crystal and then someone said pyramid. Then, we called it Crystal Pyramid.

    During summer break, my cousins come to visit us from America. But they actually come to see a concert, IKON concert. My cousins are so crazy about them.  CLICK HERE  to see one of their songs and music video. We bought a lot of stuff from the concert like the official IKON shirt, light sticks, and some stickers.      The next day after the concert, we are going on a vacation to the beach! The beach that we are going is Pattaya. It took us about 2 hours to get there and 30 mins to find the hotel. But before we arrived at the hotel, we stopped to eat lunch. The restaurant that we ate at is called Moom-Aroi Seafood Restaurant. After eating, we head straight to the hotel. The hotel called Royal Cliff Grand Hotel Pattaya.     The pool there is so pretty. There's jacuzzi and the water is so clear! And for the bedroom, the bed is big and comfortable. The bathroom is all made from marble.     At 4:00pm, we went swimming. W...

Get taller:        For this year goal, I want to get taller to 155 cm up.  To reach this goal, I will try to exercise more by playing some sports like volleyball or basketball.  I also heard that drinking milk also help you grow. So, I will drink a cup of milk (0.4 ml) every morning after breakfast and 1 hour before sleeping. And in the evening, when I come back from school, I  will skip rope for 15 minutes by using a timer to time my s elf.     Lastly, I would like my family members, which includes: my dad, my mom, and my sister to remind me to skip rope before dinner. I want to do this every day because I might have a chance to get taller than 155 cm. 

For the summer break, I would like to set a goal for myself.  I would like to read more than 4 books and try to finish it less than two weeks. I want to read 2 hours (or more). And I will always updating my goodreads. Here's a list of all books I wanted to read/finish: - Wings of Fire series, Tui T. Sutherland - Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer - Trials of Apollo, Rick Riordan - Chronicles series, Rick Riordan - American Born chinses, Gene Luen Yang - I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

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What part was the hardest?  For me, the hardest part would be when we have to make the face. Because it has to have some details on the face (which was hard). The details like, eyes, ears and the fur. What part of the process did you not like? Why? I don't like when we have to glaze the jug. Because we'll have to glaze it 1-3 times and in a different way. We also, have to wait for the glaze to dry, some dry very fast but some were slow.  What part of the process did you enjoy the most? Why? I enjoy the part when we have to make the clay smooth. Because it made me stay calm and practice my participation on something.  What was frustrating for you? Why? The most frustrating part for me would be when we are working with clay to make the jug. Because I'm worried that I will do it the wrong wake and it wouldn't turn out good.  What would you add? Why would you add this?  Next time, I would like to make the shape of the jug thinner. Because it was a bit...

Items: lightest to heaviest 1. Ping Pong ball  2. Soda lid 3. Plastic beads 4. Popcorn kernel 5. Cherry tomato 6. Bolt  7.  Rubbing Alcohol 8. Milk 9. Pure maple syrup 10. Vegetable oil 11. Lamp oil 12. Corn Syrup  13. Honey  14. Water WHY? PingPong ball - the ball is the lightest of all item we had because when you hold it, you can feel that it doesn't have any weight (but it does). Soda lid - the soda lid didn't make from plastic, it was made from metal but it's a very thin piece of metal so it might float. Plastic beads - plastic will always float and these plastic beads are made plastic so it will float. Popcorn kernel - because the popcorn kernel is so small and light so it will float. Cherry tomato - because normal tomato can float so the cherry tomato will float for sure. Bolt - this bolt will be on top of the honey because  Honey - because it's syrupy and sticky so it won't mix with the wa...

Homework is good and helpful to you in many ways. ChingChing What if I told you that homework is good and helpful for you. Would you believe me?Some might argue that homework isn’t good and helpful for you. Many adults say it’s true, but the ones who doesn’t believe that homework is good, are mostly students. Because they’re too lazy to do their homework and turning it in before it's due. There are some very good reasons you should think twice why homework is good and helpful to you. “If you can’t explain it simply, then you don’t understand it well enough,” Albert Einstein quoted. The majority of educators say that homework can help students practice and get better at what they’re learning. Because homework helps them prepare for a big test. According to the scientists, homework helps students prepare for the test. A poll conducted for the Associated Press in January 2006 found out that 75% of parents feel that teachers assigned the right amount of homework for their k...

My name is Iriva, I’m 14 years old. If you are wondering what my name means, it means rainbow in Greek. But don’t force me to tell you how I got this name because, well…. my parents gave me this name. I’ve been living with my mom since I was born. We lived in Los Angeles, her name was Katherine. She was nice and kind. She always helps me when I need help. But I don’t know who my dad is, I’ve never met him and never saw a picture of him. And my mom always tells me that I’m not NORMAL. I don’t know how I’m not normal, I got ears, nose, mouth, and eyes like everyone do. I had no friends at school. They excluded me because everytime I’m sad, scared or angry, there will be a storm. That must be the reason why I’m not normal like my mom said. My friends like to bully me, they don’t like me and they’re scared of me. At school, I have problems learning. I’m also diagnosed with dyslexia. It was Friday evening, I was walking back from home when I found out my mom….. had died in  a car ...