Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Proving Similarity

I think that Triangle B is similar to Triangle C because of two reasons: the angles are the same and the sides are proportional

Since Triangle B is similar to Triangle A, the angles must be the same even though the side lengths are different. Same with Triangle C, since Triangle C is similar to Triangle A, the angles must be similar too. So Triangle A, B, and C's angles are all the same. I checked this by making up angles. I looked at the corresponding angles for all three shapes and found that they were all the same.

For the side lengths, I made some up myself. The side lengths for the triangles are shown below in the image. I found that Triangle B's side lengths were proportional to Triangle A's side lengths and Triangle C's side lengths were proportional to Triangle A's lengths. This means that Triangle B's length is proportional to Triangle C's length, making them similar. I made sure that this was correct by comparing corresponding sides from all three sides. I found that all of the corresponding sides were proportional to each other. I also found that there was a scale factor for all the triangle relationships providing more evidence that Triangle B is similar to Triangles C.

Tuesday, 27 October 2015

Interactive Map

This is a map of the Philippines. This map only shows significant earthquakes recorded from 1900 through early 2014. As you can see, there are many dots on the map, this is because the dots represent earthquakes and the colors of the dots represent the magnitude of the earthquakes. The brighter blue dots represent magnitude 5 or 6 earthquakes while the darker blue dots represent magnitude 8 or 9 earthquakes. Looking at the map, you can see that the Philippines has lots of significant earthquakes.

Wednesday, 14 October 2015

PE

1. Describe the situation (only use first names to ensure confidentiality)
There was this person I knew who was constantly being annoying to me on purpose.

2. Describe how you were feeling about this situation and the outcome you desired
Every time this person would annoy me, I would get the annoying feeling that would build up every time he annoyed me. The outcome I desired was for this person to stop annoying me and realize that this wouldn't do themself any good.

3. Identity the strategy you used
The strategy I used was approach the person in a confident manner.

4. Describe the reaction/outcome from whom you were communicating with
One day, I approached this person in a confident manner and explained how this person was annoying me and how I wanted it to stop.

5. Was the stretegy successful? If not, what would you try next time?
This strategy was successful because the next day, this person stopped annoying me. I recommend this strategy because when you approach a person confidently, it makes you look more strong and powerful than the other person which can motivate the person to stop what they are doing to you. If you were to approach a person in a cowardly way, they wouldn't believe you or think about what you said as much as if you were to approach them in a confident way.

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Tennis Reflection



Three things that I think I am doing well with my forehand swing are I am always in ready position to receive that ball, I move my racquet foot back when the ball comes, and my wrist stays firm.

Two things that I'd like to work on with my forehand swing are to have more rotation to gain more power when hitting the ball, and moving to the ball instead of reaching for it so I can have the proper form when hitting the ball.