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Wind Erosion

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In science class we made models of different erosions. My group had wind erosion. We first had to look up what happening during wind erosion and look for at least seven different words that we different know before to use as vocabulary. Our seven words are ventifacts, loess, abrasion, via, creep, saltation, and suspension. Ventifacts are rocks that are formed in different shapes because of wind erosion. Loess are cliffs with jagged edges of rock that can be different sizes and it is formed be wind erosion. Abrasion is  the wind blowing through rock making it erode and grow smaller. Via is sand that has been moved by the wind and placed somewhere else and gets uplifted. Creep is big rock particles that are moved along the ground because of the wind. Saltation smaller pieces of rocks or pebbles that are moved or bounced along the ground because of the wind. Suspension is when very small rocks or pebbles get blown up into the wind and are taken somewhere else in the air. Once we got all of our words, we made a model of wind erosion in the desert. The picture above is our model. In the models we had to have mountains or hills, river or stream, valley or coastline. The model on the right is our before wind erosion and the model on the left is after wind erosion. After making our models each group presented their model of erosion and explained their seven vocabulary words.

Science Volcano

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In science class we made groups and each group got to make a volcano. My group and I decided to make a shield volcano, after the Mana Loa Volcano. We made our volcano out of homemade play-dough, pant, a plastic cup, a bottle cap, and used tape to label different parts of our volcano. We labeled the side vent, the main vent, the crater, the pyroclastic flow, aa lava, pahoehoe lava, the pipe, the magma chamber, the magma, the hot spring, and the lava flow.

 

Persecution Project, Indonesia

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Over the last few weeks, my grade has been learning about Christian persecution in different countries. We were all assigned a country and first had to write a paper about the Christian persecution history, what Christian persecution is like in our country today, and then what can we do to help the Christians there. After writing the paper and doing a lot of research, on our country, we were split into groups and did a group project. We did a Christian persecution awareness day and invited people outside of our school to come. Above, is a picture of the poster my group and I had. It has different Christian persecution stories on it and information about the churches in Indonesia.

The Stoning of Stephen

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There were many widows that were being overlooked and the people brought seven men to the apostles. One of the men was Stephen, a man filled with the Holy Spirit. The apostles prayed over the men and sent them out into the world to take care of the needy and widows. The number of disciples grew and grew more and more. Stephen created many wonders and signs to the people. Some of the priest disagreed with Stephen and started to ague with him, but they couldn’t compete with the words of the Spirit that was said through Stephen. Instead they began to speak false words against Stephen like, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God”. It only took a little bit before the false words stirred up the people, the elders, and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him to the Sanhedrin. All the people sitting in the Sanhedrin looked closely at Stephen and saw a face of an angel. The high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?” Stephen replied by going through scripture. He told the priest that Jesus was the Righteous One and the killed him. He told the priest that they were given the law through angels but have not obeyed it. Once the members of the Sanhedrin heard what Stephen said they were furious. Stephen was so full of the Holy Spirit that he looked up and saw heaven and Jesus sitting at the right hand of God the Father. He told everyone that he sees Jesus sitting at God’s right hand, but everyone covered their ears and yelled at the top of the lungs. Then they rushed out of the city, with Stephen in their arms and began to stone him. While the members were stoning Stephen, he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit”. He fell to his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them”. After he said those words he fell into eternal sleep.

 

Spaghetti Towers

In science we built spaghetti towers made out of spaghetti, marshmallows, and masking tape. We had to first do research about towers that can survive an earthquake. After we did research we designed a tower. Once our design was complete we had to buy supplies and start making a tower. We had the choose in buying insurance. My group brought insurance. On the day we started to build our tower, it fell over. We made a tower from the supplies we had, without insurance. 

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Holy Spirit

 The Holy Spirit is God. It has the power and characteristics of God too. It is our comforter and our counselor to help us in our times of trouble. The Holy Spirit is a divine person with a mind, emotions, and a will. The decisions the Holy Spirit makes, come from his will. It knows everything and anything you do or think. The Holy Spirit helps us understand the bible. If there is a verse that we don’t understand, the Holy Spirit helps us understand it better. It helps us become stronger in our faith and trust in God, by testing our trust in it and in God. The Holy Spirit pushes us to go father out of our comfort zone to push our faith and trust.

The Holy Spirit makes us feel right from wrong. The Holy Spirit works in our hearts, but it does not use words. It guides our thoughts and feelings, without controlling us. The Holy Spirit wants us to follow God, not to turn away from God. The Holy Spirit affects our emotions towards different things in life. It affects the good and bad things, the ups and down days. It is always with us to help us when we are in need. If we are not sure what to do, it is there for our need. When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we are being obedient towards God. We are trusting God with all of our faith in his hands and we are willing to do what he tells us.

Math, How Can We Use It In Real Life

A lesson that I learned in math is , 3-5. 3-5 is about finding the square roots of a number. Some examples of perfect squares are 1, 4, 9, 16, and 49. Their square roots are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7. You can use square roots in real life, to figure out the length of a square. If you were building something and the area is 36, the lengths of the square has to be 6×6. You can use it for picture frames too. If you have a picture that has the area of 16, you will need a 4×4 picture frame. You can use square roots to figure out the length of something, if you know what the area is. You can use square roots when you are drawing a picture. If you picture has to be a certain length, but you know the area, you can buy the right length by finding the square root. Square roots are an easy way to find a length of a square.

Thoughts on Bowling

On Tuesday we had a bowling trip in the afternoon. My whole 8th grade class went bowling. We were all split up into groups of four or five, to bowl. We had normal class time in the morning, but in the afternoon, we went bowling. I had a great time. In my group we didn’t do bumpers, it was hard at first, but we all soon got the hang of it. It was nice going bowling, because whenever someone got a strike or spare, everyone else would congratulate them. Everyone would encourage each other, even if someone was having a hard time. We got to bowl two rounds, but we didn’t finish the second round. It was fun bowling, because everyone in my group were some of my closest friends. Some of us would bowl between other’s legs. One time a lot of the kids made a bridge from the step to the lane. The person bowling would run under the bridge the kids made. Then they would sit down and roll the ball into the bowling lane. Sometimes the bowling balls would get stuck in the gutters. I had a great time bowling on Tuesday.

Jesus’ Crucifixion

These are my thoughts about Jesus’ crucifixion and on his last seven words/phases. In bible class we are learning the seven words/phases that Jesus said, and what they mean to us. His words teach us different things we should be doing to help others and ourselves get closer to God. One of them tells us to have compassion on people; care for the needs of this life. It is teaching us that we need to care for the ones how are needy. Who don’t have very much. We need to care for the hungry and the sick. We need to be willing to care more about others needs instead of ours. When Jesus died, we was showing us that he cares more about us, than he does about himself. Jesus died to save our sins, not his. He was showing us compassion.