[Humanities] Capital Resources

[Humanities] Capital Resources

There are three things I am going to talk about. The things are Human Capital, Financial Capital, and Natural Resources Capital. Human capital refers to the stock of skills and knowledge, it is also the skills and knowledge gained by worker through experience and their education. It is mostly talking about economics. For example, when people need to make their own decision but they don’t need how to do about the economy then they will use the experiment and the things they learn from their education. Financial Capital also can refer to money used for businesses to buy the things people want to products or provide their services to the sector of economy. For example, Jason wants to sell his computer then he will buy computer that invented by others, that how he can compare each. Natural resources capital stock(economy) of natural ecosystem that how they work for valuable ecosystem goods or services. For example, how stocks work.
Sources: http://www.omnivc.com/CB055775.jpg

[Humanities] “My Learning of the 5 Themes of Geography”

[Humanities] “My Learning of the 5 Themes of Geography”

Definition: What is geography?
Geography is study of Earth and the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. The word “GEOGRAPHY” is from the Greek word “GEOGRAPHIA”. Geography usually use to explain and communicate the differences and between various land. Today, researchers are still focus on people and culture; and planet earth.
Sources: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGuSuSJPo_nENCdHbeObOBcaeEyVUkWMiRmVGOZLSa8d-dehybTqKrHUWsS7fgOnHErs-ZkzcAK4gdRikkrJ4iL7Xw1n7H0qRfIMQeY9tpNrAGtaSOUcz__OeFTcydmVMbrYIK7vqkrA/s1600-h/geography.jpg

Theme 1: Location
Where are you right now? Describe your location in as many ways as you can.
I am in Hsinchu International School. It is a school in Hsinchu. It is the north west side of Taiwan. The longitude and latitude of HIS is 24°47'44.79"N and120°56'33.90"E.
Sources: http://cyberbali.com/photos/hsitaiwanbuiding.jpg

Theme 2: Place What do we mean by the terms “physical, human and cultural” when we describe a place?
The physical, human and cultural characteristics are a kind of place. Human characteristics will include human-designed cultural features of a place or land; ex: structures. Physical characteristics are will include land, mountains, rivers, beaches, plants, animal, and water forms. Cultural characteristics will be human and geography interaction.
Sources: http://home.att.net/~rmmwms/students/pepper1.gif

Theme 3: Human-Environment Interactions How do humans adapt to and/or change the environment?
Humans adapt to and change the environment by polluting the environment, change the environment by cutting trees down and build houses. Human also do something positive to the Earth like
How do we depend upon the environment?
We depend upon the environment in a way just like, the weather is cold, we add clothes on. Maybe someone thinks is not cold enough, they won’t add anything on.
Sources: http://maps.grida.no/library/files/human_impact_on_the_arctic_environment_2032_markets_first_scenario__001.jpg

Theme 4: Movement
How does movement affect your daily life? Different movements can make people change their emotions, or because people’s emotion people will have different movements. Sometime when you are happy you will smile to everyone that is one of the examples of because people’s emotions change people’s movements. Another example of different movements can make people change their emotions; like, someone hurt you and that makes you feel very angry.
What “items” are being moved that you interact with on a regular basis?
The items are being moved that I interact with regular basis are house, music, emotions, clothes, economy, transportation, water(drinks), weather, health, technology, sports, and food.
Sources: http://digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/movement-1.jpg

Theme 5: Regions
Describe the difference between a formal, functional and perceptual description of a region.
Regions can be formal, functional, and perceptual description. Formal regions are the things that designated by official boundaries, like: cities, states, counties, and countries. Sometimes it will use for economic and cultural also. Usually it is use for man-made. Functional regions are certain interaction that will connect places. Perceptual regions are the different people can have different views and perceptions of what the things might have.
Sources: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/images/norms/regions.gif

[Humanities]Region-Country I went there before

[Humanities]Region-Country I went there before

The country I went is Australia, Sydney. I went there when I was kindergarten. It is a perceptual region because different people can have different view and perceptions of Australia, Sydney. Australia, Sydney is also a sub capital city in Australia. The economic of Australia is pretty good and it also is a city have many working building. The most powerful to present cultural characteristic is Sydney opera house. It attracts a lot of people went there every year. The physical characteristics in Sydney is the place need to went to and thinks by our self.
P.S. My picture can't post on the blog

[Science]Isolating the Variable

[Science]Isolating the Variable

In science class we talk about "isolating the variable" and that means you eliminate all the differences between tow experiments , then you know that the difference in results is caused by a certain reason you made.
We did SMASH day (Smith's Marvelously Awesome Science Hoopla! WooHoo! DAY) and we looking at Chocolate Attack activity. We need to make a ship and it will test by float on the water, then see which group can fit in the most corks the group gets to win. The reason why we do this is because there are chocolate attack and we need to invent the boat that can fit in most people to save everyone from HIS. In 30 minutes we need to finish the boat so the time is enough for the people who wants to escape from chocolate attack. My group is Peter, Tung Erh, and me. The things is "how did the activity isolate design as the variable?". We get three piece of papers, scissors, tape, and three straws from Miss. Smiths. The winner is Stephine, Annchi, and Jasmine C'S group, their boat can fit in 30 corks. The most corks. Their design is the boat is very big and it has more space to put the cork, the boat they make can also separate the gravity. They didn't waste paper, so their boat looks very slight. So, the most important point for the boat is the boat must be slight, big enough. To let the boat float on the water and it can fit in many corks.

[Humanities] Current events

[Humanities] Current events

In Parched Argentina, Worries Over Economy Grow
By Alexei Barrionuevo
Buenos Aires- Cow are dying by the thousands in the baking san and the crops are being last and even break the soil. It's because the weather. The lost farming revenue will complicate the government's efforts to meet more that 18 billion dollars in debt this year. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Néstor Kirchner, the former president are putting political heat on the country's first couple, they are the people who can control to let the things become better. I wonder why the things will happen, how do they change the weather by technology by thinking some solution to figure out?
website:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/world/americas/21argentina.html

U.S. to Give 900 million dollars in Gaza Aid
By:Helene Cooper Washington-Obama decided to provide 900 million dollars to help republic Gaza. They decided on Monday and they are going to do it soon. He is going to provide some money to Republic Gaza. The reason that they give the money to Republic Gaza is they want to help them rebuild Gaza. My question of this article is how do they want to help them rebuild Gaza? In which way? The web: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/washington/24gaza.html?_r=1&ref=world

[Humanities]Geographic Lens 4: National Standards

[Humanities]Geographic Lens 4: National Standards

There are a book for teacher to let students know what should they need to learn the book call "national standard". There are different stander.

1. The world in Spatial Terms
Using maps to understand our world
2. Places and Regions
To understand Pacific Rim
3. Physical Systems
To understand how physical systems works in nature
4. Human Systems
Characteristic
5. Environment and Society
How society in different environment
6. The Uses of Geography
To know how we use geography in future and how does geography works in past
There are also Geographic Skills
1. Asking Geographic Questions
2.Acquiring Geographic Information
3.Organizing Geographic Data
4.Analysis and Syntheses
5.Finding Answers
This is the things I learned from the video.

[Science] Puzzles and Drift

[Science] Puzzle and Drift

Before we did some actives about puzzles and drift. We put the paper that had been cut together in group. There are white paper and newspaper and there are some differences between them because newspaper is much more easier by reading the words and pictures in the newspaper.
Later on, we study Continental Drift which is published by Alfred Wegener. He wrote about the continents were a big grassland before. That means the continent will move. He found out this because he found the same fossil in different continent and the things that really fun was the edges of the continents are fit.
The puzzle and continental drift are somethings same because puzzle is put together by different shapes and continental drift talk about the edges are fit. So, this is the same things they are same and this is also the things Ms. Smiths wants us to understand.

[Humanities] From my home to the park

[Humanities] From my home to the parkFirst you walk out from your home by the finish make-up and dress up completely. Walk to the gate turn right and be careful the black dog that which is a dog look cute but really mean dog. Walk straight pass the bus stop (remember to say "HI!" to the people who are waiting the bus). After you pass the bus stop still walk straight to the car park when you pass the car park be careful if there are any car pass you or not. When you pass the car park you will know where is the park is. Walk straight to the park with green and many children in it. When you arrive the park remember to tell you parents that you are arrive the park already don't let them worry about you! XD

[Humanities]"Defining Geography" and "People and Places" summarizes

[Humanities]"Defining Geography" and "People and Places" summarizes

First video “Geographic Lens 1: Defining Geography” from National Geographic Videos is talking about the meaning of geography. Geography is a story telling the planet we are living today and future. In ancient Egypt word GE=EARTH, GRAPHIA=description. Geography is about physical environment and human round. The temperature in Asia has a lot difference. Wind, sometime is very strong and some time is very weak. Some place in Asia is really cold. For the season, there are wet summer season and dry winter season.
Second video “Geographic Lens 2: People and Places”National Geographic Videos is talking about people and places. Characteristic of people is also interest geography, half the people on the world is live on Asia, the place they live depends on language, religion, clothes, what food day eat. Most of the food in Asia is corn, wheat, rice. different place has different food made from rice. There are also global information, it is Globalization: international economic and social connections. There are many different food in the global market. It also include food from america or europe.

[Humanities] World Travel

[Humanities] World Travel

Start from: Taiwan

First stop: Japan-Tokyo

Sources: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/ja-flag.html

Information: Japan is a country in Asia. It is right in 36 00 N 138 00 E. The city teacher is going to go is Tokyo. Tokyo is capital city of Japan. The longitude and latitude of Tokyo is 35° 41' N 139° 46' E.They speak Japanese in Japan. Tokyo is a city has many buildaing. There are also some mountain and field in the Tokyo. The weather in Tokyo is sunny but the temperature is quite low it is 3 degrees to 7 degrees. Next stop to South Korea need to travel north to get to the next country.

Second spot: South Korea-Seoul

Sources: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ks.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/ks-flag.html

Information: South Korea is a country in Asia. It is right in 37 00 N 127 30 E. The city teacher is going to travel is the capital of South Korea- Seoul. The longitude and latitude of Seoul is 37° 34' N 126° 58' E.The temperate of Seoul is rainfall will be heavier in summer than winter. There mostly mountains and hills in Korea. In the west and south Korea there will more wide coastal plains. Next stop to go to Sweden need to travel northwest to go to next country – Sweden.

Third spot: Sweden

Sources: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sw.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/sw-flag.html

Information: Sweden is a country in Europe. It is right in 59 20 N, 18 03 E. The city teacher is going is Stockholm, Stockholm is the capital city of Sweden. The longitude and latitude of Stockholm is 59° 21' N 18° 4' EThe time difference of Sweden is UTC+1. (6 hours ahead of Washington) The temperate in south is cold, cloudy winter and cool partly cloudy summer. There are mostly gently rolling lowlands and mostly flat lowlands. There are some mountains in west. Next stop to Egypt need to travel to Southeast to go to next country – Egypt with hot weather. -----------------------------------Equator-------------------------------------
Fourth spot: Egypt-Cairo

Sources: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/eg-flag.html

Information: Egypt is a country in Africa. It is right at 27 00 N, 30 00 E. They city teacher is going to travel is the capital city of Egypt- Cairo.The longitude and latitude of Cairo is 29° 52' N 31° 20' E Egypt is almost made of desert so Egypt is a hot country and moderate winters are with dry summers together. There are vast desert in most of the Egypt. This country doesn’t have many waters. Next stop to Brazil need to travel to the way of southwest to get to Brazil.

Fifth spot: Brazil

Sources: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/br-flag.html

Information: Brazil is a country in South America. It is right there at 10 00 S, 55 00 W. They city teacher is going to travel is Campo Grande. The longitude and latitude of Campo Grande is 20°28'07"S 54°40'21"W. Most of Brazil is tropic but the south of Brazil is temperate. The north of Brazil is mostly flat to rolling lowlands. There are some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt in Brazil. Next stop to United States of America need to travel to the way of northwest to get to United States of America. -----------------------------------Equator-------------------------------------
Six spot: U.S.A

Sources: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/us-flag.html

Information: United States of America calls United States also call USA. USA is a country in North America. The city teacher is going is New York. It is locates on the 38 00 N, 97 00 W. Mostly temperate in USA, but tropical in Florida and Hawaii. Arctic in Alaska makes people feel cold. Low winter temperatures are in the northwest of USA. Mountains are in the west side of USA. Low mountains are in east. Broad river valleys and rugged mountains are in Alaska, Volcanic topography in Hawaii. Next stop to Canada need to travel to the way of north to get to Canada.

Seven spot: Canada

Sources: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/ca-flag.html

Information: Canada is a country in North America. It is locate on 60 00 N, 95 00 W. The city teacher is going to Vancouver. The longitude and latitude of Vancouver is 49° 11' N 123° 10' W. It is temperate in south and arctic in north. Mostly of the plains with mountains are in west and lowlands in southeast. Next Stop to United Kingdom need to travel to the way of east to get to United Kingdom.

Eight spot: United Kingdom

Sources: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/uk-flag.html

Information: United Kingdom also call UK. It is locate on 54 00 N, 2 00 W. The city teacher is going to is London. It is the capital city of United Kingdom. The longitude and latitude of London is 51, 32 N, 0, 5 .WIt is a temperate country. There are mostly rugged hills and low mountains and level to rolling plains in east and southeast.

This is the trip for 8 countries. Then it will go back to the start spot, Taiwan.

[Humanities] The location of Art room

[Humanities] The location of Art room

Art room is in a school at Hsinchu call Hsinchu International School. Art room is beside the middle school office. Art room is in the first floor of the school. It is in the end of the hallway of the left side of first floor. It is 24degrees 48 minutes North. 120 degrees58 minutes East. (The latitude and longitude of Hsinchu)

[Humanities]5 Themes of Geography

[Humanities]5 Themes of Geography

Geography has many different kind of meaning. “Geography” is the word that ancient Greek created from “ge” means Earth and “grapho” means for “to write” is also means a word call “Eratosthenes” (276-194B.C.).Basic meaning of geography is the memorization of place names, but there are still many meaning for geography. There are 5 kinds of geographies include landscapes, mountains, climates, rivers, and people among others. Geography is concerned with where and why things are located as they are. It concerned with the patters and the process that created them.
Geography often described as two parts, which make up a whole. So, geography described by part 1 Regional Geography, and part 2 Topical, or Systematic Geography. Regional Geography focuses on the areas of Earth space that have degree of homogeneity. Regions can be physical, human or combination of both. Topical, or Systematic Geography includes studies climate, landforms, economics, and culture among others. There are many people study geography they may call themselves biogeographers, political geographers…. They study their own subject.

[Morning Meeting] Peter and Jacob mac

[Morning Meeting] Peter and Jacob-mac

For the things that Peter break Jacob's mac then he don't want to give his new mac to Jacob even they only have verbal agreement. I still think that Peter should give his new mac to Jacob because even though they didn't write the agreement down they still have the verbal agreement.Peter need to give his mac to Jacob els I still think that Peter should fix the macbook for Jacob because he crush Jacob's mac.

[Humanities]Why is where important?

[Humanities]Why is where important? In other words, how does where one is one the planet and what type of geography-land-water form is nearby, affect our lives?

Where you are is very important for people because you need to know where you are and know who to go other place from this place to another place. Another reason is because maybe other people want know where you are and maybe your family members want to know where you are and maybe they want to connect you to know the place you are. Sometimes your friends or family members want to talk to you at some place then you can go the place your friend of family member told you.
The planets form by geography-land-water. The planet we live is Earth. Our planet Earth have 70 percent is form by water, 30 percent is form by land. Every place have different kind of weather, time and terrain…. etc. It is because those reasons affect our lives. Cold weather and hot weather can let people get cold or feel hot…etc. That’s why people will change because of the geography, land, and water.

[Science]Submarine SMASH Day Reflection

[Science]Submarine SMASH Day Reflection

Today is SMASH Day. Which means Smith's Marvelously Awesome Science Hoopla Day. We had a mission called “We All Live in a Yellow Submarine”. Our mission is to make a group of three or two and make an aquatic telescope by the supplies we get with your teammate and use the aquatic telescope you made to see the things in the box and write it down on the paper. The group who gets the answer get price from the teacher. I get tapes, 10 papers, 2 scissors, 4 mirrors, and paper box.
I know that I should modify my design by to see the things in the box. I need to try to use mirrors to see the things inside the paper and know what is inside the box. My team communicates and discusses about the design at first then starts to do it.
If you are someone who is doing this first time don’t give up while you are design. It is hard to be successful in this mission. In this mission your design will need many tape so you need to be careful for using the tape on your design. While you are trying to make your design easily to finish the mission then you need to discuss with your teammate how do you make your design.