What skill have you chosen to learn? Hi, my name is Brian Cheng and for In-Depth 2021, I have chosen to learn the language of Korean. By the end of this project, my goal is to have developed a solid grasp on both Sino-Korean and pure Korean counting, accumulating a basic pool of everyday Korean […]
Night of the Notables Virtual Learning Center: Pablo Picasso
Bonjour! My name is Pablo Picasso, but you probably already knew that. I shouldn’t really need any introduction, but I guess I’ll provide one. My name is Pablo Ruiz Picasso, better known as the greatest painter of the 20th century. I created the art style of Cubism which heavily revolutionized abstract and surrealist art. Through […]
Developing the Leaders Around You
Session 1: The organization’s growth potential is directly related to its personnel potential. According to John C. Maxwells book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, “To add growth, lead followers… to multiply growth, lead leaders” (2). What I gather from this statement is that a team is only as strong as the members within, because […]
Ecological Footprint
Calculation Sheets Data sheet #1 Data sheet #2 Data sheet #3 Data sheet #4 Comparison The total size of my ecological footprint was 9.40 hectares. When comparing my score to some of my peers, I believe my score is on the higher end of the spectrum. Anya = 8.85 hectares Devon = 6.75 […]
TALON Talk – How do different levels of chlorophyll and other plant pigments affect the coloration of leaves throughout the changes of fall?
This is my TALON Talk on how different levels of chlorophyll and other plant pigments affect the coloration of leaves throughout the changes of fall. TALON Talk – How do different levels of chlorophyll and other plant pigments affect the coloration of leaves throughout the changes of fall? Thank you for listening, and I […]
Final In-Depth Post
Welcome to Brian’s In-Depth Night Blog Post! Good evening! My name is Brian, and this is the concluding post for my first In-Depth on flip book animation. Before we get into my In-Depth project, I would really like to thank my mentor, Simon Piniel. Simon was always an incredibly supportive mentor who recommended very helpful […]
In-Depth Post #6
1. An update on your progress since the last post #5 as well as an reflection on your mentor meetings online or over the phone. Since my last post, I have started to create my final project. I plan to animate a scene from the cartoon series Steven Universe. Steven Universe was one of my […]
In-Depth Post #5
Due the recent COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve been trying to adjust and adapt my work schedule in order to keep track of all my assignments with little to no success. Lately I’ve been preoccupied with other tasks and haven’t be able to find the time or energy to work on In-Depth other than looking at useful […]
TALONS Digital Literacy Post #4
Science 9: Parts of the Cell Presentation For our biology unit in science, we had to create a few slides for a presentation that would provide a brief one-minute explanation of the parts and function of one part of the cell. Each student was assigned with a of part of the cell to present on, […]
TALONS Digital Literacy Post #3
English 9: ZIP ZIP is an open-ended inquiry project that we were tasked to complete as an English assignment. Each student was required to create an inquiry question for a topic which they wanted to learn or experiment with over the next eight school days. At the end of our project, we had to prepare […]