Iqbal

 Iqbal Was a 13-year-old born in Muridke, Pakistan. Just like millions of kids there, his parents had fallen into debt, and they had to sell him to a Carpet maker to help pay off his parent's debt. He worked from dawn untill dusk with a very short lunch break in the middle. One day, he escaped when he was ten and went into the village where he found an organization of people who saved slaves because it was illegal for the kids to be working. He went there and told the organization about the carpet maker and helped shut down his first carpet factory. Instead of deciding to go back and live with his parents again, he decided to stay with the organization to help many more slaves. After two years, he saved 3000 kids from these carpet factors, and brick factories but when he was visiting his parents he ended up getting shot when he was only 13.

I really enjoyed this book that was based off of real events.  I would definitely recommend it.  It was quite moving and through the help of Iqbal many more kids have found out about this organization and helped free more slaves.

Visible Disabilities

 This is a project about famous people with disabilities.  We were talking about the differences between hidden and visible disabilities.  Jordan is doing a poster about a hidden disability and I did a visible one.  I think that hidden disabilities can be harder for people because there are many people that believe that those disabilities are just made up.  Meanwhile, it's harder to argue that visible disabilities aren't real.

 For Techlab the past couple of weeks we have been working on a tinker game that we can show to the class I did a tinker class about gravity, so I decided to make our platform with jumping physicists I think I did really good on it I even made the boss fight able to make the physics goal weird I have published it to Tinker so I can have other people who play the game and make remakes Here is the link to my game in case you would like to try it   https://www.tynker.com/ide/v3?type=diy&p=65b3f842006e2879811f11f4

Update on violin

 My violin Playing is Going really well lately and I have been able to learn a lot more songs. Sadly, my teacher is retiring this year, so I won't have a teacher, and that is making me wonder if I should get new teacher or try a new instrument or go back to an old instrument. All that I know is I have really enjoyed trying the violin if I do choose to continue I will know I will continue to only get better

  Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, also known as ADHD, makes it so I have a tough time focusing, and I am constantly active even if I am tired. This makes doing certain things a lot harder and other things easier. Things that are easier for me are things I enjoy doing, like video games, because I can hyper-focus on those things. Things that are harder are things I do not want to do like, like math, and my Brain just chooses to tune all of that out. I take meds that help me focus, but the problem is the current ones we take are the best ones, but they make me feel really sick when I take them. My doctor is getting us new pills so we can try them. Some strategies we use are 20-10.  You work for 20 minutes, then take a ten-minute break.  It's also helpful to get all the hard subjects done first while my brain is fresh.

energy

A force is a push or a pull.

Energy is the ability to do work.

work = force x distance.

Kinetic energy can move something with a force.

This energy of position is called potential energy.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, But it changes from one form of energy to another..

Buzzer Experiment

chemical = electrical = sound energy.

Solar Car Experiment

This is an old draft I decided to post

Health Goal

 For Techlab this year, the first main project that we have to work on is setting a smart goal. The goal I set is to eat healthier with more vegetables and fruits, more foods with vitamins, and two bottles of water a day. I have set this time the smart goal to and is on February 15th at exactly 1:20 pm for when it ends.

- need more water

- need more fruits and veggies

- need more vitamins and minerals