Aquatic Battle

Eel vs Cormorant Across the deep blue waters of Clumber Lake, a tall black cormorant dived. It soon emerged, empty-beaked, near a bank of a small island wrapped in a blanket of plants. The bird dived again and the water stirred as it emerged with a small sea serpent. The cormorant tried to swallow the … Read more

David, Rochester and Love

David’s love and Rochester’s love have similarities and differences. Both have strong emotions towards those they love. David describes Dora as a ‘Fairy’, while Rochester refers to Jane’s mind as a ‘treasure’. These two metaphors show that Dora and Jane are very special to David and Rochester. Also, David says there is no ‘looking back’ … Read more

Investigating Inks

Method: Key: A=Green highlighter B=Purple highlighter C=Black fineliner D=Black permanent marker Results: Conclusion: Ink A shows a yellowish green ink as well as a second ink of a slightly darker green. Meanwhile, ink B is a mixture of a purple and bright blue. This blue can also be seen in ink C. However, ink C … Read more

Interior Angle Investigation

Today, I noticed a pattern in the difference between interior angles of regular polygons. This led to an investigation on Sheets to try and find the pattern. Finally, we tried to figure out if the pattern is exponential or linear. The pattern is. (Sorry. Almost forgot that the conclusion comes after the results!) Number of … Read more

A Window into a Famous Author’s Adulthood

The sequel to Boy, Going Solo, is an autobiography by Roald Dahl describing his time working in Africa and fighting in World War II. The first half of Going Solo describes Dahl’s time in Africa with most chapters talking about one of his adventures. Meanwhile, the second half discusses his time in the war with … Read more

The pattern in the decimal form of ninths

Investigation 1: Is there a pattern in the decimal form of ninths? Hypothesis: As 7/9, 0.77777…, and 8/9, 0.88888…, are very similar in their decimal forms, I believe that there will be a pattern in the decimal form of ninths. Results: Number of Ninths Decimal Does It Follow The Pattern? 1 0.11 Yes 2 0.22 … Read more

First Encounter with a Bandit

The sun slowly rose, shedding light on my hometown. People opened their windows to gaze upon the old clock tower. As the sun continued to rise, the light reflected off the tower’s golden bell onto a mysterious figure. Fear filled the once cheerful eyes of the townspeople. Even my ten-year-old self knew who this was. … Read more