Saturday, October 27, 2018

Earths Population Changes

For our 3 unit of Population class, we learned a lot about the population of our picked organisms over a ten year time period. We went over our symbiotic relationship of our organism compared to humans and, other organism. Then we learned about the steps that you categorize them in boxes. For example a bird and an alligator this is an example of mutualism. For my project I choose to do the grey wolf and I learned that they are very important to the environment. With there numbers steadily increasing they are surely showing signs of rebirth. This is an important job because without them, we see would see how other species would be affected. During your course of unit 3, we also learned about statistics, arithmetic and geometric sequences. We later had to apply this in are 10 year model for both humans and, the grey wolf. Anyway here is my presentation. 

Humans relationship with Grey Wolfs 


Humans are affecting the grey wolves population by their habitat being destroyed at a rapid pace. People are continuing to want more and more land to place their homes on or their farms/ranches. Businesses also continue to tear down the areas that these animals inhabit. Without a vast habitat for them to live in, they struggle to find enough food for survival. Their habitat has been on a constant change ever since humans populated in their areas. Overall causing a drastic decrease in the grey wolves population. Most wolves were either hunted by humans or killed for sport. There symbiotic relationship would be a competition because humans are taking over the grey wolves habitat and one is benefiting and the other is depleting in numbers.

Grey Wolves Population /Human Population
Year
Grey Wolf Population
Human Population
1990
1,306
5.29 billion
1991
1,340
5.38  billion
1992
1,397
5.43  billion
1993
1,463
5.46 billion
1994
1,533
5.63  billion
1995
1,647
5.71  billion
1996
1,810
5.80  billion
1997
2,023
5.88  billion
1998
2,762
5.96  billion
1999
2,388
6.04  billion


Although the time period in this graph does not portray a decrease in total of the grey wolves population. About 1 decade before this the numbers were way lower, but since they were almost extinct humans chose to create areas, and sanctuaries for them to obtain a steady pace in reproducing offspring and increasing population over time. On the other hand the human population is increasing rather faster and is more consistent along the years compared to the grey wolves population.

Graph comparing the two populations


Humans population would be a Geometric sequence because there's a dramatic change in population as it increase by 1.28 percent approximately by each year. This would be represented as
G= 5.29  and R= 1.28


The grey wolves population is although technically a sequence but it isn't an arthritic or a geometric sequence. There's isn't any numerical repetition of order and isn't continuous.



Transcript 1-­2 minute video
Hello and welcome to my video about how human population growth affects other populations.
In this video we will be discussing facts, data and how humans have a symbiotic relationship with grey wolfs.

The scientific name for the grey wolf is Canis lupus it first appeared about a million years ago in Eurasia and later migrated to North America.

The grey wolf lives in the dense forest of the Northern Hemisphere and ranges to Europe, Asia, Africa and Antarctica. The grey wolf has evolved to have a thick coat of fur. This for them provides warmth for them. Over the years their habitat has been on a constant change ever since humans populated in their areas. Overall causing a decrease in the grey wolves population. Most wolves were either hunted by humans or killed for sport.

Humans and grey wolves have a symbiotic relationship with each other that would be a competition because humans are taking over the grey wolves habitat and one is benefiting and the other is depleting in numbers.

From my research I have found that grey wolves can run up to speeds of 31 – 37 mph. Their average lifespan is from 3-5 years, and they have a very incredible sense in smell. The Grey wolf's long nose holds the key to its abundance of smell. They have a sense of smell that is about 100 times greater than humans and they use this sense while hunting. Grey wolves are also social animals that live in packs up to 7-8 wolves. Which means they need to communicate by howling in different tones and, pitches to get there message through to each other from long distances.

Now let's talk about humans!
Humans tend to live on average up to 79-81 years. Humans reproduce at a rapid pace.. On average there are 353,000 babies born each day around the world. Overall this increase in our population ultimately depletes other species growth rate and that is what leads to extinct animals.

Later on in this project made two graphs that show the population growth for both grey wolves and humans.
Here is my graph.
In both of my graphs they portray an increase in numbers for both populations over a ten year period.
And that's about it , Thank you for watching and have a great day.

Cited Sources
http://www.multpl.com/world-population/table/by-yea
https://www.fws.gov/midwest/wolf/aboutwolves/mi_wi_nos.htm

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Pascals Triangle

Over the course of Prove It or Lose It for the term we have went over a lot of things. Went went over topics like combinations, permutations, Pascal's Triangle and how to determine how many routes to get from one place to another. This lead to making an online poster and some even graphed theirs. In prove it or Lose it we have also learned about some history of math, and we also watched an informational video. To me what was really fun was that I got to work with my classmates and problem solve through some activities. We would debate and brainstorm about one problem for the whole class period until someone could prove how they got there answer. This was unique and interesting.

Combinations

A combination is a sequence in numbers which order doesn't matter. They could be posted as a selection or a lottery.

Example word problem: Nakiyah has 7 songs to pick from and will play 3. How many different ways can he perform each song 7C3=

J.L  Combination Example. (2018)
  

What is a Pascals Triangle
In mathematics, Pascal's triangle is a form of the binomial coefficients. It is named after the French mathematician Blase Pascal, although other mathematicians studied it centuries before him in India, Persia, China, Germany, and Italy.

A unique mathematical pattern within Pascal’s triangle

The diagonals going along the left and right edges contain only 1's.

Another observation that I made was that in the two triangles above the second one adds up to get the one below it. (example) 4 and 3 in the top and that would mean 7 in the one below it

J.L  Example of Unique Pattern. (2018)


Create an artistic representation of Pascal’s Triangle.


Example of Pascals Triangle. (2018)
Pascals Triangle (Wills Copy)

J.L Drawing of Pascals Triangle. (2018)
My Pascal's Triangle (J.L)

For my Pascal's Triangle representation I choose to create a triangle depicting a smiley face on it.
On the sides I noticed that there are all ones, and this was interesting for me. In this image I am conveying that my combination problem relates to my triangle. If you go down 7 and over 3 you'll find the answer 140 .My triangle although does not have equal proportions in each side but thats why I did it. I wanted it to be different by adding extra triangles and bigger triangles. Pascal's Triangles portions are the same, and so is the numbers on each side. But I also noticed that in both are triangles we had smaller triangles also.

Here's what I mean
(J.L)


From this project I have learned about combinations and Pascal's Triangle. The process for me trying to understand what we were trying to do was kinda challenging. The thing that was rewarding was that I learned something new and had fun doing it. But if I was to take Prove it or lose it aging I would like a better explaining of the project, and be able to get more help.

Monday, October 22, 2018

Heros Journey

Over the course of my term in my Stories class we have, worked up to doing a hero's journey. First we, looked at examples of how people change and did activities to relate to a fictional character.We later did the real world. Then after words we went over the journey of a character. We learned how to plot a hero's journey and it was a very creative process. For my project, I choose Spider man for my fictional character. I choose Spider man because he is my childhood hero and is very cool. He has crazy powers and saves peoples lives. For my real life hero, I choose my grandmother Deborah because she is very influential and looks out for other people's children as a caretaker. She has been doing this for over 20 years. However, my heroes are very different. But their similarities are that they both prepare people up for the future, or to teach others how to do good in their lives. They also protect people and show gratitude and compassion while doing it.

Spider mans hero's journey


Call to Adventure 

Peter Park goes on a field trip to a laboratory with his high-school, and suddenly gets bitten by a genetically modified spider. Which later leads to Peters genetics being transformed to a spider. He has the ability to shoot webs from his wrist, crawl on walls and ceilings and, has a very high alerted sense in his surroundings and actions. Also gains super strength to a limit and can do normal human task at a faster pace. This is a call because he is given a power and that power brings him to the the unknown world.

Refusal to Call  

Peter finally discovers that he has these new superpowers, but he doesn't know what to do with them. He is very confused on why he has these powers, and can't decide what to do with them. Later he just decides not to use his powers and continues his ordinary life as a civilian and not a hero yet. In the movie he actually gets bullied a bit and still doesn't use them. This would be a refusal to call because while being bullied he didn't use his powers and he could have.

Supernatural Aid 

In the movie Peter Parker's supernatural aid is the spider that helped him obtained his powers. Peter Parker's other supernatural aid/ mentor is his Uncle Ben. Although he doesn't know what exactly is going on but he is the closest to Peter and gives him the advise that he needs. His uncle Ben is his aid in the movie because he is always helping him ,and being a positive influence inn Peters life.

Crossing the Threshold  

Spider-Man (2002 film) Production company
Marvel Enterprises
Laura Ziskin Productions
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
May 3, 2002 (United States)

Peter crosses his first threshold when he chases down and kills Uncle Ben's killer. This moment in his life made him accept his powers and deal with the cards he was dealt. He then turns from a normal teenager to a hero. Well in this case getting revenge for your uncles death doesn't necessarily make you a hero. This was his crossing of the threshold because he is at the point of field of adventure and chaos all in one.

Belly of the Whale 

Peter faces emotional test with his best friend Harry and crush that he is now dating. Mary Jane is playing with Peters feelings, and this makes him feel betrayed and makes him change. Peter also meets his first rival enemy The Green Goblin . This would be consider a belly of the whale for Peter because he is going through changes in his normal life and on his heroes journey. This ultimately configures with changes in mood and in his mind. Later this affects him in his future.


Road of trials


Some of the trails that Peter faced was that he had to choose to save his love Mary Jane and a school bus filled with children. These events were dangerous and risky for Peter as a person and a hero. Also he had to save a train from falling of the end of a bridge that was incomplete. These are roads of trails because he encounters task and ordeals. These shape him as he counties along his journey.

Temptation 
Some temptations that Peter faced was when he would deal with the bad guys. He would have a hard time choosing whether to give them to the authorities or serve them to a cruel punishment for their actions. These examples are temptations because they are things that Perter is challenged to do the wrong thing or the right thing. Other temptations can be when peter saves a girl. Sometimes he would want to hug or kiss them although dating Mary Jane.

The Ultimate Boon

For Peter Parker the Ultimate boon for him would be defeating The Green Goblin, and in the end he also settles back to his normal life were he finally wins over Mary's love. While also keeping his other identity a secret. This was the ultimate boon because he achieved what he wanted at the end of the movie and made his goal complete.

Grandma Deborah’s hero's journey
Family Portrait, Deborah is in the middle with black vest (1985)

Questions that base of hero's journey
Call to Adventure - What was your first call to adventure on your journey?

Refusal to call - When did you ever feel overwhelmed on your experience?

Supernatural Aid- What did you call on for help? What was your supernatural Aid on your journey?

Crossing the Threshold- What was your first experience with children? How did it make feel?

How did you think you impacted the children you taught?

Roads of Trails - What was some of your struggles that you faced while on this journey?

Free to Live/ Freedom - At what moment did you feel free and at peace

Ultimate Boon- What was your greatest achievement on your journey.


 I had said AP class but I didn't mean that. I meant Stories class.

Transcript of Interview

Jahsia: Hello, this is Jahsia and I'm here with my grandmother

Deborah: Deborah moon Haynes.

Jahsia: And this is for my Stories class about a hero's journey. My first question is what was your first call to adventure on your journey?

Deborah: Well,I think that uhmm the first call was I always known since I was five years old that I wanted to be a teacher. And second of all I Am the eldest of eleven sisters and brothers, so with that I mind I think that was the beginning of my journey.

Jahsia: Okay second question. What did you feel that was overwhelming when you first started out?

Deborah:
Well when I really really first started out was about forty years ago in 1976. When I was actually hired as a preschool teacher, and it was overwhelming because of the different changes that had taken place throughout the years. Ummm it was overwhelming because the knowledge of child development was not as relevant as it is today. Back in those days, and it was considered babysitting.

Jahsia: Okay uh third question did you have any help or supernatural aid?

Deborah: Ummm well you know in the class room you do have help in the class. Supernatural aid was do to spirit of Jesus Christ, because you were in a role were you put your life on the line to protect the children that was in your care. And with the different personalities that you encountered I found myself saying ooh help me Lord help me Jesus all the time
.
Jahsia: Okay what was the first experience with the children you had?

Deborah: The first experience that I had was on the first day that I was hired. No the first day of my working experience was the day that the program had planned a trip to the circus with these children, and I didnt know anybody's name and that was a scary, and that was quite a stressful situation when you don't know the kids names and they put you in a situation like that. And ummm you had to go out with a zillion other children and it was like ummm one of the worst experiences I had.

Jahsia: What year was this?

Deborah: Umm this was in November of 1976.

Jahsia: Okay uhh how do you think you influenced the children that you taught futures.

Deborah: Well I always umm taught my kids the difference between right and wrong, and I did it in a positive manner making sure that when umm discipline was necessary it was a learning experience that they would never forget, and will follow them all of their lives.

Jahsia: Okay what where some struggles that you faced or trials that you faced on your journey?

Deborah: Some of the struggles that I really had on my journey of success was making sure that my own children was given the same care, and learning experience that I gave to other people's children. It was very taxing because they had to attend other day cares, and I had to uhh have myself on a schedule were I would always be available for them while they were in school and when they were getting home. And choosing the right fatalities for them where I felt that they would be safe and in somebody's care who really cared for them.

Jahsia: At what moment in your life on your journey as a hero or after did you feel free and a peace?

Deborah: Umm on my journey I felt free and at peace the day I retired. I really did it was a good experience. I wanted to come out when I was still healthy enough to enjoy myself knowing that I did a great job. I've got plenty of accolades, I got trophies, I got plaques, I got certificates of excellence that I can look back on to see how I did, and as a matter of fact I volunteer once a week. And my services are welcomed and looked forward to,and the proprietor is very disappointed when I can't make it to serve the kids in her care.

Jahsia: Uhh okay last question you kinda already said it, but what was your greatest achievement after or that you still continue on your journey.

Deborah: My greatest achievement was learning about umm human nature. Being in child development you wore many hats and those hats continued to uhmm help in situations, that since Iam no longer in it but when opportunities or uhm other things come up I'm not lost in the social world. So that I am abreast of the times although I started thirty years ago I'm still abreast of what's going on because of my experience with child development it covered the hole gamic just about of development when it comes to my special needs son and other special needs members of my family.

Jahsia: Okay thank you for the interview and have a nice day.

Deborah: Alright grandson thank you.

Creative Writing

Day One: Egg Stage

Today my day went by pretty slow and it was kinda getting boring. In the morning I got to go to the gym which was good for exercise and to get better at things that I need to work on in class on and off the court. I had a good breakfast and was very energized. Then again at lunch me and Pablo got to play Fortnite I came second and lost. And that's about it for my day.

1. Describe where you were when you stared writing this piece & what was on your mind?
When I wrote this I was in school at the time, and I was in the T room for Writers Tool Box.
What was on my mind was that I was thinking about how my day went. I talked about my morning and evening up to the point it was time to then leave. On that day I was very tired and bored. Mostly because we didn't do anything interesting and sort of got a head ache from all the talking.

2. What kind of sentences did you use? Are theses other patterns you notice?
I used mostly simple sentences and one compound sentence I think.
The patterns that I notice is that I counties to talk about one subject throughout. That subject was me and how my day went. I discussed simple things and I wasn't very in detail about my whole day. 

3. What themes do you notice in this piece?
The themes that I notice is that I talked about how my day went. An example of this is when I said "Today my day went by pretty slow and it was kinda getting boring." This was very simple and at the time the most easiest thing I could have wrote about.

4. What were your intentions for this piece?
My intentions for this piece was to but straight forward and simple as possible. I choose to do this because on that day was very very tired and wanted to uplift some stress that was on my mind. If only I wasn't so tired I would have wrote a lot more, and would have went in further detail. I also intended to be plan and me.

Day Two: Caterpillar Stage

What does your Caterpillar need?  Choose one of the revisions.

a.Food / Is the poem to short? Try beefing it up. Add at least 5 new lines.

Today my day went by pretty slow and it was kinda getting boring. In the morning I got to go to the gym which was good for exercise and to get better at things that I need to work on in class on and off the court. I had a good breakfast and was very energized. Then again at lunch me and Pablo got to play Fortnite I came second and lost. And that's about it for my day.

On the day of September 5, 2018 I was sitting in a very uncomfortable chair, the room was hot. The class although was pretty great. We didn't do much but had long discussions. On this rather simple day I had been very sleepy and felt overwhelmed by the amount of work that I was given. I don't know why I was sleepy, but maybe it was just the weather. My morning went well. I got to play in the gym next door with my brother Nakiya'h and Pablo. The best part is that I had won all the games that we had played, and even bragged about it. The gym was great exercise and then again I think made me sleepy. I later left the gym and started to work on my class work. The breakfast I ate before this was pancakes bacon and eggs. It was very delicious and made me full. Towards the end of the day around lunch time me and Pablo got to play Fortnite; I had came in second and lost but I think he won. Then after that it was off to class, and it went by so slow that I felt like jumping out of the window. Okay maybe not that slow but you get the point. On this day I think it was the first day that teachers were cooking, and the smell of there food stinked. It turned out that it wasn't that bad after all. The rest of the day was very chill and calm. If I could change the day and how it went it would be super sunny and warm. I would arrive to school in a Lamborghini and give money to people on the way to school. This would be flexing and be sharing a good deed with others at the same time.

Day Three: Chrysalis stage

1. On this day I sat with my partner A.l and we discussed that I had some grammar issues and run on sentences.
2. On my partners project she decided to draw a picture on how she felt. I just gave her some tips like draw light with the pencil and, make sure you plan what you draw a day before.

On September 5, 2018 I was sitting in a very uncomfortable chair. The class although was pretty great. We didn't do much but had long discussions. On this rather simple day I had been very sleepy and, felt overwhelmed by the amount of work that I was given. I don't know why I was sleepy, but maybe it was just the weather. My morning went well. I got to play in the gym next door with my brother Nakiya'h and Pallo. The best part is that I had won all the games that we had played. The gym was great exercise and then again I think made me sleepy. I later left the gym and started to work on my class work. The breakfast I ate before this was pancakes bacon and eggs. It was very delicious and made me full. Towards the end of the day around lunch time me and Pallo got to play Fortnite. I had came in second and lost but I think he won. Then after that it was off to class, and it went by so slow that I felt like jumping out of the window. Okay maybe not that slow but you get the point. On this day I think it was the first day that teachers were cooking, and the smell of there food stinked. It turned out that it wasn't that bad after all. The rest of the day was very chill and calm. If I could change the day and how it went it would be super sunny and warm. I would arrive to school in a Lamborghini and give money to people on the way to school. This would be flexing and be sharing a good deed with others at the same time.

Day four: Butterfly Stage

1. Today I just fixed some little errors a had and made this a flashback of how my day went.

On September 5, 2018 I was sitting in a very uncomfortable chair. The class although was pretty great. We didn't do much but had long discussions. On this simple day I had been very sleepy and,  overwhelmed by the amount of work I was given. I don't know why I was sleepy, but maybe it was just the weather. My morning went well. I got to play in the gym next door with my brother Nakiya'h and Pallo. The main factor about the gym is that I dont like is we only get 30 minutes. The best part is that I had won all the games that we had played. The gym was great exercise and then again I think made me sleepy. I later left the gym and started to work on my class work. The breakfast I ate before this was pancakes bacon and eggs. It was very delicious and made me full. Towards the end of the day around lunch time me and Pallo got to play Fortnite. I had came in second and lost but I think he won. Then after that it was off to class, and it went by so slow. On the day that teachers were cooking there food smelled. The smell of there food stinked. It turned out that it wasn't that bad after all. The rest of the day was very chill and calm. If I could change that day and how it went it would be super sunny and warm. I would arrive to school in a Lamborghini and give money to people on the way to school. This would be flexing and be sharing a good deed with others at the same time. Overall my day was fine.

Saturday, October 13, 2018

Grey Wolfs Environmental Change

For our second unit of Population class,we learned a lot about the evolution of our organisms and on Earth. We went on F.E.to the Field Museum to study our animal up close, and also went to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. There we learned about the history of Earth and how we and other organisms have come to evolve. At the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum ,we got to see taxonomist recreate the bodies of deceased animals native to Illinois. This is an important job because without them, we couldn't see how a species evolved over time and how they need to adapt to their change of environment. During our course of unit 2 ,we learned about standard deviation, statistics, permutation and combination and, box and whisker plots. Overall I learned something new everyday.

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Never Trust a Snake

The second unit of this class was pretty simple and chill. We first began to look at fables and asking the question of why do we make stories. The class came to a conclusion that we make stories to teach a lesson. These lessons were made to instill in to young children not to do bad but to do good. We also started to read some famous stories like The Hare and the Tortoise and some Panchatantra fables. I really enjoyed this process since I remember most of the stories, and I got to go into further depth of them. Also, fables bring joy by storytelling to little kids and adults. But I think the hardest task for me would be finding symbolism. In this unit, we got to talk about the reasons behind somethings are morals and what we believe as an individual. What I believe in is that you shouldn't trust everyone. I believe you should be aware of the people in your surrounds and to be focused on you. Anyway, here is my story. Enjoy!


Never Trust a Snake


Once upon a time ,there was a happy joyful, fat bellied pig named Charlotte. Charlotte was a wild pig who lived in the dense forest of the Amazon and loved it there. He was the only piglet that survived in his litter, and his parents had left him to be an adult at the age of 18. Charlotte was a smart but foolish pig. He would stick his head into beehives, light dry hay stacks on fire and even drink out of the deadly alligator pound. In the forest, he would spend most of his days looking for other animals to play with and have a good time with. Since living in such a populated area, Charlotte could find all sorts of animal friends. There were snakes, jaguars, monkeys, toucans, frogs, butterflies, and even mice. But knowing this piggy, he didn't want any ordinary friends; they had to be able to play an instrument since he loved music. Charlotte's favorite instrument was the guitar. The guitar was a symbol of peace in his eyes. It brought him pleasure, and happiness all in one. The guitar was an outlet for him; it allowed him to express himself more than imaginable. One day he heard that the monkeys of the town were going to make a town blues festival, and needed volunteers to play each instrument. 

On the next day, Charlotte went to sign up for the festival. It was packed with new and old faces. What stood out to him the most was that no one had signed up to play the guitar, so he urgently ran over to the sheet while all most bumping into a weird looking fox. But before Charlotte even touched the fox he swiftly turned around, and caught the pig before he fell. Charlotte quickly said, “Sorry bro, I didn't see you there.” He then began to introduce himself. “Hi my name is Charlotte what’s yours?”
“My name is Clay and I live down the road before the Jaguar’s house.” The sly fox actually lived behind Charlotte and continued with his lie. “Okay……..Clay uhh that's a funny name for a fox,” said Charlotte.“So what brings you here?”

“Well, I have an actual band. But we all did not agree to perform at are concert so me and my partner Slither the Snake decided to come here and rock on.”

Charlotte was very excited he made a new friend. And was ready to continue his day. But before Charlotte could even say bye to Clay, he pulled him by the arm to his partner Slither. Slither was not so happy to see a pig in the Amazon because most either trampled snakes to death or ate all the food. They talked to each other, but also and in an instant, became like best friends. But fake friends.

So since the festival was the next day, they decided to meet over Clay’s house and practice. Clay played the drums, Slither played the maraca, and Charlotte played the guitar like no other. They jammed with each other for about two hours and got bored. But Slither then came up with an evil idea to prank Charlotte into thinking he could fly. So before the festival, both Clay and Slither convinced Charlotte that jumping off the majestic waterfall would make him the best guitar player in the world and he would be able to fly.The pig decided to take their words since he trusted them like brothers even though they met yesterday. Thus they traveled to the huge waterfalls and starting chanting, “Jump, jump, jump. It will make you better. "You will fly.” Charlotte then slowly played an old blues tune walking backwards and jumped off. At that moment, there was one lost piggy, and no one ever heard of him again. He had vanished in the rapid paced waves and disappeared.

Moral of the story never believe everything people say to you to be true.

"The Falling " J.L 10/10/18

Reflection

From this AP, I have learn to make a fable, and deconstruct character traits to make a good story. Overall, I enjoyed the creative process while trying to come up with a plot. I think this has made me a little better at thinking outside the box. Also my writing is steadily getting better from last year and that's great. My moral of this story was to never trust a snake or anyone for that matter. This has been an issue for me growing up, but it will always stick to me. I hope for Unit 3, we began to look at ancient writing or different style's of writing stories. My experience in the class so far has been great ,and I think it can only go up from there.

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Basketball Court Reflection

Over the past three weeks in my workshop Prove it or Lose it we have been discussing many proofs and the why as to just solving a problem. This course was very interesting and focused mainly on how to understand a problem in depth. Recently we have went over reflections in the real world and how to incorporate them in class. We played a game called Pong and this showed us an example of a real life reflection. To me this was pretty neat and I saw that I could them make a reflection with angles on my own topic. So the thing that I would want to make a reflection of is a basketball court. This will be a difficult task but I think I could do it.


What are reflections?
A reflection is a transformation in which the figure is the mirror image of the
other. Basically this means something depicted on the other side of a figure
and is reflecting. Reflection can also be called as flip.


Find a reflection based on a real life = Basketball Court




Here I made a reflection of this court on a graph going by ten. I decided to place the dots at the foul line on each court.

Coordinates

Reflected on its X axis.(-3,8.75) (-6,8.75)

(5,8.85) (3, 8.75)
I did this on GeoGebra that's how I got the x y coordinates.

For my second measurement I came to the conclusion to make an angle on the two separate court


On the left
  • Acute Angle from both free throws to baseline of half court 35/40 

On the right
  • Right angle from the top of the key to the free throw to the corner baseline 90 

In conclusion from this action project I have learned how to identify slope on a graph from different viewpoints and variations. I have learned some new math vocabulary words and how to problem solve. Overall this project was very frustrating and unclear on certain expectations. Also I couldn't get GeoGebra to corporate what I was thinking so my pictures were done by hand but the coordinates for the graph were from GeoGebra. Next time I will do my best to work harder and more persistent.

Shoot for the Stars..... Not So Fast!

During my second unit of my STEAM course, Frontiers, we've explored the skies and beyond. We have been looking into space like a book wi...