Intro. to Secondary Mathematics

 Daily Learning

We  learned about the number set. This was the first time I learned number set. The first time I feel a little confuse with it, but after I review the slides, and practiced the worksheet the teacher gave us, I improved a lot on my number set. The other lesson we had is about studying factor, fraction and (equivalent)ratio. Because now I am in senior high school, so the math is harder than before. I need to spend more and more time on the vocabularies and how to understand the question. 

SEL

We've also did a special worksheet call SEL. I think it's a kind of discussion about math. We wrote SEL every class, sometimes was to share feelings about math, sometimes was to write words of encouragement. I think this is a really good activity. Actually, I haven't expected that we are going to have SEL in math class. In my memories, math class is always boring and just some lessons to do, but SEL really shift my paradigm. SEL don't talk about math that much, more than that, I can mirroring my feelings in SEL. 

Daily Learning

In the first lesson of this week, we were also focusing on working ratios. Learning ratios can help us count the length and height of our project or more than only school-learning process. I would use these skills to improve my math vocabularies. The other classes we were learning about exponent, and I think this is the hardest part what I learned this semester, but I think it is still not really hard to overcome it.  

Test

We had test in the first class of week 3. I think the test is easy, but I still need to think a little bit. I enjoy to have test. 

Eco-System Project

We did an eco-house budgeting project in Wednesday. I think the limited time is not enough for me, but I still finished it(even though I didn't finish it on time). I first faced a problem : I don't know how to build an eco-house, and I don't know what kind of design is suitable for it. So I searched for materials to fit my need in building. I choose to build my eco-house in Ibara City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.  Okayama is famous with its fruits, soI think it is also good for plants to grow. This project is connected with our Science class's project --- eco-house. But I think it is a little bit different, Science's eco-house is more likely to discuss about the environment and ecosystem that is suitable for building eco-house. Like why I choose to build eco-house in Okayama is because I want to fit the need of eco-house. Now, I already finished the blueprint, budget counting, and plan for challenges I might face. There is a friend who gave me an advice about I can try to search for the most suitable materials for building eco-house. Like if I build an eco-house in wetlands, than what kind of materials I should choose for my structure? So I reflect about it and choose a material that can fit my need(but it is expensive).

Daily Learning

In this week we learned about Pythagorean Theory, triangles and angle properties. Pythagorean Theory is easier than I expected. We just had to remember the formula: a² + b² = c² and find the leg and hypotenuse.  Triangle and angle property is not easy, so I reviewed some of the lesson.  Not only triangles and angle properties, we need to learn to distinguish between different kinds of angles, such as central angles, and also understand important concepts like the distance from the center to the chord. 

Eco-House Project

We wrote a blueprint and put the informtion like the budget and the limit we might face during the building project. This project connect to our Science project since we will work on it (building an eco-house). Our purpose is to increase biodiversity.