Bad Grades to a Speedy Champion Tom Hunter shook the world of sprinting at age 25. He quickly went from a scruffy-haired kid with bad grades to a champion sprinter known for legendary speed and nick-named ‘The Human Cheetah’. A Slow Beginning Tom began his journey in a countryside village where he often raced through … Read more
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
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
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
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
With a view of Mount Kenya in the distance, the life of the Great Rift Valley is bathed in sunlight as the sun slowly rises into the sky. A path can be followed through the lush grassland but is blocked by a herd of mighty wildebeest as they graze. Nearby, eland slowly chew the grass … Read more
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is by Steve Brusatte, a palaeontologist, and discusses the dinosaur’s world and the time leading up to it. While dinosaurs themselves are a main topic in the book, Brusatte also creates a clear image of their environment, including the weather. Two other topics are the mass extinctions that … Read more
On May 20th, a lion attempted to steal a cook’s wife from the small African town of Tabora. Eyewitness, Roald Dahl, reports that the lion abducted the woman in the evening and then walked away in the ‘calmest possible manner’. Dahl, along with the woman’s husband and a District Officer, chased the lion as it … Read more
The seventh Swallows and Amazons book, We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea, is one of several by Arthur Ransome. The Swallows (John, Susan, Titty and Roger) and their mother are waiting at Harwich for the return of their father. Soon, they meet Jim Brading, who agrees to take the Swallows as crew. However, fog … Read more
