A couple weeks ago was innovation day! I worked on a project with a friend of mine, Sasha. Our question was “ Can wet soil conduct electricity – enough to light up a light bulb?” We used the scientific method which meant that we had to have a question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, results, analysis and conclusion. Even though we had done so much research I was still worried about the potential failure of the experiment. Don’t get me wrong, I know that tons of science experiments fail but we really really wanted to succeed seeing as we had put in so much time and effort not to mention we changed our project 3 times! For this project we had two weeks to complete it but, in the middle we both got sick and had to stay home for a couple days (at different times). That really cut down on our time. That is when we started to really panic. In the end our project worked great! We were so happy and relieved. This project taught us so many skills! For example how to use a multimeter and how to test the purity of water. Something that surprised us during our experiment was how well some other materials that we tried ( like saltwater) actually worked! It was shocking to see these other materials complete the circuit so well. If we had to do this projet again we would test even more substances and objects, not just the four that we chose. 

Overall this project was amazing! We had so much fun and we learned so much! We ended up winning second place with our project!

Thanks For Reading

Mia 

!בעברית כתבנו סיפורים. זה הסיפור שלי

בתמונה הזו יש גבר. קוראים לו ג’ק.  ג’ק נוסע לישראל במטוס. הוא נוסע לישראל לשבוע. חברו עשה את כל הטיול שלו בשבילו. הוא עושה את כל הדברים האהובים עליו. ביום הראשון הוא הלך לכותל וכתב פתק בקיר. אחר כך הוא התפלל. ביום השני הוא הלך לפגוש את בני דודיו יצחק ואיריס בירושלים. אחר ארוחת הערב הוא נסע לבקר את החברים ברעננה. ביום השלישי, ג’ק רכב על גמלים בנגב וצלל באילת. הוא רואה הרבה דגים ואלמוגים. ביום הרביעי ג’ק הלך לשוק מחנה יהודה וקנה תפוח. אחר כך הוא הלך לעיר דוד וערך את סיור ההליכה במים. ביום החמישי ג’ק הלך למוזיאון ישראל ועשה VR של בית כנסת בסוריה שנשרף. הוא גם הלך לשוק הכרמל וקנה צ’יפס. ביום השישי ג’ק הלך לפרויקט הניפוי לחפש בבוץ דברים מהמקדש והוא גם הלך לשחות בגן השלושה. היה לו שבוע כיף! וביום האחרון באה שבת.

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Channukah is coming up and a big part of Channukah is the Menorah (a special candle holder). In science class, we have each been working on a smaller candle holder to put on the big one. Me and my friend have been working on a candle based on a Jewish hero! We chose Gal Gadot! We also wrote a little bit about why we chose her. Here it is!

We chose Gal Gadot because we think she is very inspirational. We think that she is so cool and pretty. She makes Israel and the Jews look so good everywhere she goes! She is an amazing actor and we are so proud for us to represent us!

Thanks for reading!

La semaine dernière, en la classe de français, nous avons travaillé sur un projet qui s’appelle le projet méga city. Une mégapole est une ville qui compte plus de 10 millions personnes qui vivent en cette place. Dans le projet, j’ai parlé de trois facteurs de croissance, 3 problèmes, et trois solutions. Voici mon projet !

Dans l’histoire, il y a une fille nommée Belle. Belle a deux souers, deux frères et un pere. La pere de belle est un merchand. Un jour, le père de Belle est allé chercher une rose dans la forêt, mais il s’est perdu. Il est devenu très fatigué et a trouvé une maison. Il est allé à la maison et une bête lui a donné des vêtements, de la nourriture et de l’eau. Puis la bête a passé un marché avec le père de belle. Il a dit que si le père de Belle le laissait épouser une de ses filles, la bête ne le tuerait pas. Le père de Belle a dit oui. Quand belle a vu que son père avait disparu. Aucun des frères et sœurs de Belle n’est allé chercher son père, seule Belle l’a cherché. Elle cherchait son père dans la forêt lorsqu’elle le trouva dans une petite maison. Quand belle est entrée dans la maison, elle a vu son père et il a dit qu’elle épouserait la bête. Le bête avait une malédiction qui le faisait ressembler à un monstre. Chaque jour, la bête proposait à Belle mais elle ne voulait pas l’épouser. puis elle s’enfuit chez elle. Belle avait un miroir magique à la maison et elle a vu la bête dans le miroir. Puis elle réalisa que la bête l’aimait et qu’elle aimait la bête. Puis elle s’est mise à pleurer. Quand elle a pleuré, ses larmes sont allées au miroir magique et ont atterri sur la bête. Puis sa malédiction a éclaté et il est redevenu un beau prince que la belle voulait épouser. Et ils ont vécu heureux chaque après.

In my Jewish studies class, we recently completed a project called “The Pirkei Avot Playlist Project”. Pirkei Avot is called “Ethics of our Father’s” in English. Pirkei Avot is basically a giant book of cryptic moral saying written by many different Rabbis and important Jewish figure over many many years. And, it is also a part of the Mishnah.

For this project, we chose five quotes from Pirkei Avot and chose 1 song that corresponds to each song. There obviously had to be a connection between the quote and the song. The connection could be similar lyrics, message, idea etc. Then, we had to write 5-10 sentences about the connection between the two. So, here is my project!

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Quotes

#3 Be careful with the government, for they befriend a person only for their own needs. They appear to be friends when it is beneficial to them, but they do not stand by a person at the time of his distress. (Avot 2:3) 

#5 In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man. (Avot 2:5) 

#6 He also saw a skull floating upon the water. Said he to it: Because you drowned others, you were drowned; and those who drowned you, will themselves be drowned (Avot 2:6)

#10 Rabbi Eliezer would say: The honor of your fellow should be as precious to you as your own (Avot 2:10) 

#15 Rabbi Tarfon would say: The day is short. (Avot 2:15)

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#6 “He also saw a skull floating upon the water. Said he to it: “Because you drowned others, you were drowned; and those who drowned you, will themselves be drowned” (Avot 2:6) 

 In my eyes, this quotes is about things always coming back to you. I see this quote to mean that someone innocent was drowned and then the person that drowned the innocent man was drowned by someone else and so on and so forth. This Passuk is basically say, what goes around, comes around/you get what you deserve. Those also happen to be some of the lyrics in the song I chose called “What You Deserve”. The lyrics are “I know all your secrets

I know all your lies

You should know

What goes around comes around

You get what you came for

This time you’ve gone too far

I think you should know what you’ve done

You got what you deserve” (Shea).

As you can probably already tell, these song lyrics have the same meaning as the words from the passuk. I think that “treat others the way you want to be treated” is a really important message. And I think that this Passuk and this song go very well together.

#5 “In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man” (Avot 2:5) 

As soon as I read the lyrics to a song called “Good Person”, I knew it was perfect for the quote “In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man” (Avot 2:5).  I believe this quote to mean that even if it is the hardest thing ever,  you should still, always strive to be a good person. I know that this can be very hard but I still think that it is the right thing to do. The song lyrics say “Good person, how do you do it

Do you just wake up with a smile on your face 

Good person, what does it look like

Seeing the world as a big happy place

I’m trying to turn the page

Do you think I have what it takes 

Cause I’ve cheated and lied and made people cry

But I pray for the ones that I love every night

And I’ve shattered some hearts and my thoughts get dark 

But I’d stop for a stranger who’s falling apart

Yeah I’m learning, good, good person

Do you ever lose it when somebody steals that one last parking spot 

Good person, do you ever say no

Does the highroad get lonely, do you ever pull off “(Andress). I really connected to these lyrics when I heard them because I sometimes feel like it is hard to do the right thing even though I know that that is what I should do. I think that this quote and these song lyrics are really good together because the quote is saying a cryptic message and the song is saying what the quote means and asking how to be a good person like the quote said we should be. 

 #3 “Be careful with the government, for they befriend a person only for their own needs. They appear to be friends when it is beneficial to them, but they do not stand by a person at the time of his distress. (Avot 2:3)”

 When I saw this quote, I immediately knew what it meant. It is fairly obvious to be honest. It means that sometimes, when a friend seems like a great person and seems super genuine, they might not be and they might only be your friend for their own benefit. For instance, if you are super rich, popular or have special connections, people might want to be your friend and it MIGHT only be for their own benefit. So, you are there for them when they need it but when you need them, they aren’t there because it doesn’t benefit them. The song I chose is called “nothing, Nowhere, fake friend”. Some of the lyrics are “I had your back, you turned yours on me I was so blind, now It’s easy to see Think we’re slipping Ice is real thin thin Where the hell have you been I don’t need a fake friend Keep your distance Losing you’s a win win Always gotta pretend I don’t need a fake friend Hello, hello, hello Pick, up, pick up the phone Think we’re slipping Ice is real thinn thinn Where the hell have you been I don’t need a fake friend  stuck in the past or living for now what is the difference

if you ain’t around  and around and around I had your back, you turned yours on me I was so blind, now It’s easy to see” (Mulherin). These lyrics are talking about a fake friend and saying that the friend wasn’t there when they really needed it, which was my previous point. I think that the song and the quote are super connected and I am glad I found this song!

#10  “Rabbi Eliezer would say: The honor of your fellow should be as precious to you as your own (Avot 2:10)”

The meaning of this verse is: treat others the way you want to be treated. Verse #6 has a similar meaning but this verse is saying that you should care about others (and their honour) the same amount that you would care about yourself (and your honour). I think that it is really important to be cautious and conscious about how we treat people because it is likely that it will be coming right back at us. Just because something (honour, in this case) doesn’t belong to you, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t respect it and protect it as if it is our own. The song I chose is called “Do unto others”. It is sung by a group called the Nelons. They are a Chrisitan choir that sings songs from their bible which they got parts of, from Judaism. So, the song they are singing is about treating others the way you want to be treated. The lyrics are “Brothers & sisters what the Bible says is true, you must do unto others as you’d have them do to you. 

You’ve got to just do unto others, we’re all sisters & brothers, do unto others as you’d have them do to you.

Well a man can go to college & still be a worthless fool, what good is a head full of knowledge if you don’t know the golden rule. 

When someone’s wagon gets stuck in the mud, help push them to the barn or some 

day when your wagon gets stuck,you’ll be there til the judgment morning. 

When you climb up to success,don’t snub the people on the ground cause brother 

when your luck gets turned you meet the same people coming down. 

Oh, when someone tells you gossip,keep it locked up on the shelf, cause you can’t 

sling mud at people & expect to keep clean yourself.” (Nelons). 

I think that the lyrics in this song, and the quote are connected because they speak about the same, very important lesson that is ingrained in our head, and society. 

#15 “Rabbi Tarfon would say: The day is short. (Avot 2:15)”

Most people have heard the term “Life is short so live life to the fullest”. I agree with this quote because you never know when you won’t have the chance to do anything anymore. So, you should do something when you get the chance because you might not get the chance again. This specific quote, is saying that the day (and life) is short and not long enough to study Torah. I think that this quote is important because we should remind ourselves to seize opportunities when we get the chance. I think it is also important to remind our family and friends how important they are to us and how much we love and appreciate them. I recently reminded myself of this when I lost my uncle because I realized I will never be able to tell him how much I love him in person again. Living life to the fullest is a really fun and important thing and we should strive to do it every day. The song I chose is called “Live more” and some of the lyrics are ‘I wanna live more work less

Have no stress

Have a good time

I wanna live more worry less

Everyday

Live life to the fullest

Don’t worry about the bills that are due

I’m not scared of breaking the rules

Don’t sit there crying the blues

Do the things that you wanna do” (Bank). These lyrics are saying a similar message to the quote. I think this because the quote is saying how short life is and we don’t have enough time for anything, and the lyrics are saying  that we should live life to the fullest of its potential because we don’t know how much time we really have. I agree with this quote and I think we should remind ourselves of this everyday.

Bibliography

Unknown, Unknown. “Ethics of the Fathers: Chapter Two – Chabad.org.” Ethics of the Fathers: Chapter Two, Chabad.org, www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2011/jewish/Chapter-Two.htm. 

Ingrid Andress – Good Person (Official Music Video), Youtube, 15 Apr. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJqvQxxas-c. 

Live Life to the Fullest, Youtube, 13 June 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ8GCO7zlTo. 

      What You Deserve, Youtube 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax7iQrEd4C0

  The Nelons – Do Unto Others (Live), Youtube, 17 Mar. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6MCu2R9SX4. 

Nothing,Nowhere. – Fake Friend (Official Visualizer), Unknown, 7 Dec. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwsXff4Vl-0. Accessed 10 May 2022. 

I really enjoyed doing this project!

Thank you for reading!

שלום! בכית עברית אנחנו עושים פרויקת של גמלים! זה הפרויקט שלי!

In Advisory, we completed a quiz that told us what type of learner we are.

In this quiz, I was categorized as a mainly visual learner. I have half as many traits of an auditory learner as a visual learner but I am not that surprised. Something that I am surprised about is the fact that I have 2 points towards tactile/kinesthetic learning! I would have never guessed that. One reason that I agree with me being a visual learner is because most of the suggestions were things that I already do to help me learn or study.  When I learn in class, I do things like highlight my works in bright colours, visualize the scenes from books as I read them and colour coat different categories or classes. I really agree with the learning strategies that it gave for my type of learner. Another type of learning that this quiz says works for me, is auditory learning. I don’t agree with this as much but I don’t think that it is necessarily wrong. Some things that I do or am planning to do related to auditory learning are: repeating instructions back to a teacher or a friend to clarify, read textbooks or notes out loud when studying, create songs when memorizing things, say what I learned out loud and studying in the same quiet spot everyday. I think that these will help me learn better. I can’t really think of a time that I was a kinesthetic learner but sometimes to keep information in my head while I learn, I like to walk around my room but that is the only example of something tactile that I do while I learn. Maybe I will start doing more… What type of learner are you?

שלום

בכיתה שלי אנאחנו עוסים פויכת על ים המלח זה הפויכת שלי

(In Hebrew class we did projects about the Dead Sea and here is my project!)

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תודה

(thank you!)