Starting our Square

Find and measure one square foot of yard.
Done!

What did you see in your square?

There are bits of clover here and there, a spring of mint, dead leaves, a small twig, a flower, teeny tiny bugs, a grasshopper, some grass(of course), and a cricket chirping at me in my little square.

what does it mean to me?

What did this symbol mean to Viktor Krum?
It was a symbol of dark magic to Krum. It was associated with Grindewold, with oppression and murder.



What did this symbol mean to Xenophilious Lovegood?
It was a symbol of the three hallows, a symbol of powerful magic.  It preceded Grindewold.


What does it mean to me? Literature exists between the book and the reader. The meanings of symbols and stories change based on who is reading them, their experiences, their histories. Literature and other art involves the audience.  They use their political location (how they are situated geographically, racially, socioeconomically etc.) in how they understand the art. 

Hurricane Dancers pt 1

Define Simile

a simile compares two unalike things. "Sailors screech like demons, than leap and sink"- Hurricane Dancers-Margarita Engle

Write a simile about last night's storm

the rain pounded on the roof like a jackhammer 

Type of tool's effect on browning of apples

Problem: Do apples bown faster or slower because of which kind of knife we use?

Research: Apples brown because of the chemicals inside of them. How fast an apple browns depends on what you use to cut it

Hypothesis: Ceramic cut apples will brown slower than teeth cut or metal cut apples

Materials: Yourself, a serrated knife, a ceramic knife, a plain metal knife & one apple

Procedure: 1) Cut an apple in four different ways: bit, plain metal knife, serrated knife and ceramic knife.  2) Label each. This is very important because otherwise you might get them mixed up.  3) Set timer for 15 minutes. 4) Check every 15 minutes and take photos.  After one hour create a graph with your data to illustrate which one browned the most and least. 

Conclusion: My hypothesis was supported by the data.  There is observable difference between the ceramic and other kinds of cuts.

Application: Cut your apples with ceramic knives if you want them to brown more slowly.

Future Experiments Include: Will it be the same with different types of apples? Will it be the same with different amounts of apples? 

Hoping to see you soon, Lp

Hurricane dancers

Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle

Quick sketches to catch the rich visual language

Hex flew high above our planet. Back then, it was nothing but a large, white ball. There was nothing but water. As Hex's job to create planets, she was very busy. This was how her day normally went like: chose a ball, lay an egg, egg cracks on surface of ball and splits open. Egg forms landscape, Hex finishes the job. Sounds easy? Imagine doing that 100 times a day. Poor Hex. She laid the egg, and it landed with a crunch. (ooh. ouch.)Hex had been hoping that a watery surface would be more gentle on her egg. Apparently not. She flinched. As the egg cracked, all the yolk and white spilled out. Hex's egg was not large enough to cover the  earth, so some water was left uncovered, forming lakes, rivers, ponds, seas, and oceans. Hex flew down and landed with a thump. She pecked and scratched, making hills and mountains, valleys and caves. She planted seeds, she put a lightning bug into the sky to become the sun, and a beetle to become the moon. She sculpted clay into chickens, people, cats, wolves, dogs, rabbits, mice, hawks, foxes, lizards, snakes, and many more. 

Hurricane Dancers

Ancestorthe oldeset people in your family tree
example: great-great-great(x 1,000) grandparents!!! Conquistadorsombody who counquers land
Raucousvery harsh