Recently in science class we have been learning about safety. Through out the last 2 weeks we have
learned a lot a bout tool safety plus we are having tests about how to use tools properly. On the note of safety one morning I came in early and I did not have a helmet although I was riding a skateboard Mr. Foster told me this story of how he actual broke a helmet on a fall he had on his bike. If he didn't wear it could have turned out like this: Video1
That is why i do wear a helmet now.
Until next time
Eric
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Yay Science!
In FE8B Science we have been studying hand tools that we are going to use in science this year. I feel it will be a really fun year because I love doing hands-on projects. Although, I have used hand tools before at my cottage making bird houses and I definitely prefer power tools! I used a screw-driver on my bird house and got so bored… I’m not a very patient person, so it will be interesting to see how this will work out…
We have also done some worksheets on WHMIS and HHPS symbols. If you don’t know what those are, check out http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/WHMIS/SymbolsAndLabels.asp?ReportID=24384 about WHMIS and http://www.perc.ca/waste-line/rrr/home/hazardous.html about HHPS. Anyways, we did a worksheet to find at least 3 products with HHPS symbols on them. I was very surprised at what I found! Febreze (yes, I mean the air-freshener) is explosive if it is heated, and in my cottage our bottle of Febreze was stored right beside the stove and across from the oven and microwave – NOT the smartest place to put something explosive! I can happily say I moved it to a safer place. Also, Lysol (a toilet bowl cleaner) is corrosive… I’m glad I don’t have to clean the toilets in my cottage! Finally, PAM (a cooking sheet spray) is explosive if it is heated, which at first I thought was hilariously stupid because you spray the PAM on a cooking sheet to go in the oven! But then I realized it was explosive because the PAM is compressed in the can and if the particles moved around any faster, like they would if they were heated, the can wouldn’t be able to contain them and then explode. So, therefore, PAM is safe to spray on a cooking sheet.
Finally, another worksheet we did was about a boy who got 4 fingers cut off and his forearm twisted around cleaning a meat mincing machine. That article definitely gave me a healthy fear for power tools – I would NOT want that to EVER happen to me!
Well, that’s it for now… Oh – by the way – what we are doing in Math is square roots, square numbers, and learning how to estimate the square root of a number that’s not a perfect square. We also started a unit about order of operations today.
Until next Wednesday,
-K
We have also done some worksheets on WHMIS and HHPS symbols. If you don’t know what those are, check out http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/WHMIS/SymbolsAndLabels.asp?ReportID=24384 about WHMIS and http://www.perc.ca/waste-line/rrr/home/hazardous.html about HHPS. Anyways, we did a worksheet to find at least 3 products with HHPS symbols on them. I was very surprised at what I found! Febreze (yes, I mean the air-freshener) is explosive if it is heated, and in my cottage our bottle of Febreze was stored right beside the stove and across from the oven and microwave – NOT the smartest place to put something explosive! I can happily say I moved it to a safer place. Also, Lysol (a toilet bowl cleaner) is corrosive… I’m glad I don’t have to clean the toilets in my cottage! Finally, PAM (a cooking sheet spray) is explosive if it is heated, which at first I thought was hilariously stupid because you spray the PAM on a cooking sheet to go in the oven! But then I realized it was explosive because the PAM is compressed in the can and if the particles moved around any faster, like they would if they were heated, the can wouldn’t be able to contain them and then explode. So, therefore, PAM is safe to spray on a cooking sheet.
Finally, another worksheet we did was about a boy who got 4 fingers cut off and his forearm twisted around cleaning a meat mincing machine. That article definitely gave me a healthy fear for power tools – I would NOT want that to EVER happen to me!
Well, that’s it for now… Oh – by the way – what we are doing in Math is square roots, square numbers, and learning how to estimate the square root of a number that’s not a perfect square. We also started a unit about order of operations today.
Until next Wednesday,
-K
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Math Whizzes
Recently class FE7B has been working on Decimals, Whole Numbers, and Exponents in math class. We have been learning new things everyday!! From place value, to powers of whole numbers. If anyone is confused at all with these exciting and challenging new units in math, here is a link to a math website. There are definitions of some math words that are difficult to comprehend. http://www.mathleague.com/help/decwholeexp/decwholeexp.htm#exponents This is a safe site that helps any young learner that is trying to grasp onto the wild roller coaster of mathematics. Have fun and enjoy the ride!
***REMEMBER: Do not forget about the test we are having on October 2nd. Study hard!!
***REMEMBER: Do not forget about the test we are having on October 2nd. Study hard!!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
New Bloggers Online
Great new things are about to happen to this blog. Three students are taking over the reins and will be posting once per week each. That means the blog will update three times per week. It will be exciting, new and best of all, student written.
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