Hey! Class FE7B has just finished off many units to end the holidays. Firstly, in math class, we have just finished our unit on geometry! I hope everybody studied for our test a couple of days ago! Also, we were all given two other assignments involving geometry-A tessellation and a floor plan of our "dream mansion". If you don't quite know what a tessellation is, I'll tell you. A tessellation is when you take a shape and apply transformations to it. The five transformations are rotation, reflection, translation, enlargement and combination.
Rotation: 
When you rotate a shape by a certain degree. In this case, The horizontal figure was rotated 90 degrees clockwise.
When you rotate a shape by a certain degree. In this case, The horizontal figure was rotated 90 degrees clockwise.Reflection: 
When you reflect or "flip" a shaped off of a certain line. In this case, the figure to the left was reflected off of a vertical line.
When you reflect or "flip" a shaped off of a certain line. In this case, the figure to the left was reflected off of a vertical line.Translation: When you move a shape without shifting or changing the way the shape is positioned. In this case, the rectangle on the left was moved down, then moved to the right.
Combination: When you combine multiple transformations to apply to a shape.
In this case, the pink triangle was rotated 90 degrees clockwise, then translated to the right, then reflected off of a horizontal line.
In this case, the pink triangle was rotated 90 degrees clockwise, then translated to the right, then reflected off of a horizontal line. For our "dream mansions" our class used many different shapes to make three floor plans for our dream mansion. We had to calculate the area of each room using our previous knowledge on shapes. For example: The formula of a Trapezoid: b1+ b2 x h divided by 2. The formula of a rectangle and parallelogram: b x h. The formula of a triangle: b x h divided by 2. Class FE7B had a great term in math!
As for science, class FE7B has just finished our science summative project by either building a bridge, tower crane, or trebuchet. Now, we are watching films on other structures such as an obelisk, Egyptian pyramid and the most fascinating Stone Henge. Nobody quite knows how stone henge was formed but there were many theories. For example: Many people believed that the workers on stone henge used pulley systems to place these large stones in the ground. 
Science is very exciting and let's see what we do next year!
Science is very exciting and let's see what we do next year!Have a happy holiday!
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