Lip Balm and Junior Jazz

Language Arts:

We started our new book for November... Ancestor Approved!

It is similar to our last book, Before The Ever After. Instead of the book being a collection of poems, it's a collection of short stories about the Cree culture.

Science:

Spa Chemistry (Kaylee):

This week I made a lip balm container out of bottle lids, then made my own yummy lip balm!

It was really easy and fun to make the container as well as the lip balm. You need two bottles, scissors, glue, and stickers or markers to decorate! If you are interested, you can find the instructions here. The container really unscrews!

Once the glue dried, I made a Vaseline-free mint chocolate lip balm! It uses peppermint oil and cocoa powder. It smells super good both in the container and on my lips! It is super hydrating, perfect for the cold season.

Elementary Science (Landen):

This week I experimented with sensory sand and water sand! The sensory sand clumps together when squeezed, but becomes soft when let go. The water sand was especially cool. It came with a spoon. When it was in the water, it clumped together. When you collected some on the spoon and brought it out of the water, it became powder!

I enjoyed making sand castles with the sensory sand!

Technology:

Digital Photography (Kaylee):

I learned about the manual modes on a camera- MASP. "P" stands for program, where the camera automatically chooses what apertures and shutter speeds you use, but you do the rest of the settings. "S" stands for shutter priority, where you choose the shutter speeds but the camera chooses the aperture you use. "A" stands for aperture priority, where the aperture is the manual control and the shutter speed is automatic.  This is my teacher on Creative Live, John Greengo's favorite. There is one common factor is the P,S, and A modes: the exposure mode is automatic. Finally, there is "M", which stands for manual, where you control both shutter speed and aperture. At first it's a bit confusing, but for me it got interesting!

Digital Art (Landen):

This week I made a catch game on Scratch. Kaylee helped me. You can find it here.

Elective:

Culinary Arts (Kaylee):

WHOOSH! What's that? Where am I? Oh, look. Here's a calendar. WHAT?? It says August 2021!! We've been transported back in time! Oh, well. Since we're here...

We're revisiting the past and making Korean Mandu dumplings!

I'd saved my dumplings recipe and this week, I've gotten it out again and made some more dumplings!

I realized from last time that we needed more filling, so I added some more to each dumpling.

They still stuck together and popped open, but they were still good! Oh, look! There's another bite! How yummy! *You reach for it.* Ahh! WHOOOSH! Oh, no. It's November 2021 again. No more dumplings. 🙁

P.E. (Landen):

It's basketball season, and this year I've joined Junior Jazz!

We had our first game this week. We tied 16-16. It was fun, but also very hot and tiring! Fun fact: on the real Jazz team, number 23 (which is also my number) is Royce O' Neale. My dad picked my jersey number because it was Michael Jordan's number. For fun, we also watched a basketball game on TV to show me how to defend, pass, shoot, and score!

Arts and Crafts (Emberly):

This week I painted a tree and glued some leaves on it to look like how the leaves change color in fall!

Landen did it with me and we had so much fun!