Hello! This is Ethan! Here is a recap of the week. I did EMF and Brilliant, and I kept learning about calculus. This week, I had my book club meeting on Monday to finish reading Endling. I also did swimming lessons on Monday and taekwondo lessons on Saturday. I started doing Christmas decorations this week (FINALLY) and created everything out of origami! My writing has improved, and I like to do research papers these days. I recorded a music video at my orchestra, and it will go online in a few weeks.
Hello Natasha!
How are you doing?
Merry Christmas!
here are the answers to your questions.
I like your origami decorations. Are you going to turn them into ornaments? Or are you doing another tree on the wall this year?
Well, we just got out the old paper roll tree and used THAT as the christmas tree. Some of my origami has been turned into christmas decorations, and some are just going to be staying on the ledge.
How would you say your mom is doing with all the math you are teaching her?
Well, I think she is keeping up very well! Yes, I do test her understanding sometimes by giving her quizzes, but she seems to be doing great!
What inspired you to write [the rogue earth theory]? Did you see a write up about it somewhere?
So, I was inspired by this kurzgesagt video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLZJlf5rHVs&t=1s) and it seemed really interesting, the idea that Earth could be kicked out (well, the technical term is “slingshotted out”) of the solar system! I knew it could happen, but I never researched it in that great of detail.
What do you think are the
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I made a 2 player asteroids game! Check it out here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/462173554/
Did you and your dad have fun playing the game together? Did playing it give you places to improve it?
Yes, we had a lot of fun playing the game together! One thing I want to improve is that I want power-ups, and I also want to make the game END after a certain number of shots.
Do you notice how in reteaching and writing up you[r] research blogs[,] you are synthesizing and more deeply learning about the content?
No, I did not notice that! I suppose it is true, because after I found out about something, I am looking deeper into the content, and learning things related to it, like how I wrote about gold in the oceans in my article about asteroid mining!
Wow, the double slit experiment video was really cool, thank you!
To end the week, I started doing some Christmas decorations.
I like your origami decorations. Are you going to turn them into ornaments? Or are you doing another tree on the wall this year?
My older brother made a bunch of cranes, frogs and boxes one year and we still have them in our family ornament collection. He lives in Tokyo and taught me some origami when i was a young girl.
How to evaluate limits, taught it to my mom.
How would you say your mom is doing with all the math you are teaching her? Do you ever ask her questions and check for understanding. I love how you reteach what you learn as you know, such a great way to proactive and solidify your learning.
I started a new way of scheduling, on paper! That way, I can remember what I have to do without looking on the computer. I also know what I have to focus on today, because I have my schedule sorted by priority.
Yes!! I am a huge fan of the paper calendar and schedule. Lots of people use their phones or computer, but I like to have a paper copy I can easily refer to and read over, make changes and use colors. Yours looks really organized especially by color and priority.
I have a calendar and a scheduling book that I use. I even do all my tracking for Self design on paper. I guess it was how I learned in school and I find it really works for me. I also use paper and pencil to do all of my lesson planning for school. I have a basic sheet with the schedule typed out for each day and then I add the new things in pencil so I can easily adapt and change it.
Let me know how your schedule helps you and evolves over time. You do so many things and have lots of projects on the go, I can see how you would need a daily plan to check off and refer to.
I made this lunar lander game! Check it out here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/461592194/
I wrote a research paper about rogue earth, something that we do NOT want to happen. Check it out here: https://howtodostuffwithethan.com/rogue-earth/
This is an incredible write up Ethan. I learned about things that I never even throught of. Mostly i think about large asteroids colliding with earth or a comet, but a star….thank you for pushing my imagination and using the science, math and evidence to back up your ideas and projections.
What inspired you to write this? Did you see a write up about it somewhere?
I can sense your passion for space and how incredible the possibilities are out there. Yes we will have a lot of warning. My question is will we as humans be able to manage all the coming challenges and changes to our climate in the next century or two?
What do you think are the
Every day of the week, I did the daily Brilliant problem! This one was about parallellellololethingies and area.
Every day of the week, I did a little bit of EMF! This one was about ratios!
I made a 2 player asteroids game! Check it out here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/462173554/
Did you and your dad have fun playing the game together? Did playing it give you places to improve it?
I started working on a video about solving limits.
I learned about the history of video games, because I like to make classic video games, like Asteroids, or Tetris, or Lunar Lander.
I wrote about the history of video games. Check it out: https://howtodostuffwithethan.com/the-very-brief-history-of-video-games/
It looks like there is a lot more history you could add to this if you feel inspired to.
What do you think are the most significant developments made in video games over the decades. They sure have come a long way!! I am blown away by the life-like animation of todays video games. To be honest it scares me a bit…
My first video games were: Breakout in black and white: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(video_game)
And pac man and donkey Kong
I was never very good at them and lost interest quickly.
Pac-Man (the stop motion you made is still such a masterpiece in my opinion.) I show it to friends sometimes and they are blown away. I think you should submit it to something, maybe the organization who owns Pac Man or to a group of avid fans. I think it could win some sort of contest….maybe I will look into it.
- I was browsing YouTube, and I found this video on WIRED, about the world record of skipping a stone on the water.
I do not have a ton of resources to share with you this week Ethan…I hope that is OK. It looks like you are writing a lot more lately and picking topics which you are interested in and want to research more deeply.
Do you notice how in reteaching and writing up you research blogs you are synthesizing and more deeply learning about the content?
I learned about the double slit experiment. Young
I figured out how to encrypt a video right into the body of the text. I found a video ,not sure if you are interested but worth a watch maybe:
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