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Community and Friendship


We were successful as a team because during the Marble Challenge experiment, we had to connect the tubes in a way to make them work. We had to do a lot of experimenting. During Hog Call, we each had a thing taped to our backs and had to find our pair, which meant we had to go around without speaking, and others tried to tell you what you were with hand motions or by just pointing towards the one that matched yours. The second round of Hog Call was different then the first round. We all lined up and had one person match everyone into pairs. The other game we did was The Maze. It was interesting, since you had to step on all the cubes and there was only one solution. It was kind of frustrating when one kid messed up, but we had to work as a team to make sure everybody eventually got it correct.

 

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Adorning the Body

Adorning the Body

Simran Saini

Ancient Egypt 2 Ancient Egypt 1

   What did Ancient Egyptians wear, and what material was it made out of?

-They wore simple clothes made from linen, which was from fiber flax plants.

-Children wore simple loincloths and tunic dresses.

– Egyptian men wore cloth lengths on their waists and normal shirts.

-Women wore long skirts, dresses without sleeves, and shawls.

-Wealthy Egyptians wore the same, but with colors from dyes.

Why was jewelry so important to Ancient Egyptians?

-Jewelry was decorative and magical to Egyptians.

-Stones like carnelian, lapis lazuli, & turquoise was jewelry worth lots of value.

-Ancient Egyptians wore normal jewelry, but they had chest pieces (pectorals.)

-Jewelry supposedly protected them from getting hurt, but that was just a myth.

What kind of hairstyles did Ancient Egyptians use?

-Some died their hair with henna, a red dye.

-Most were bald, or had super short hair.

-Wealthy Egyptians had wigs to wear.

-People tied cones of scented animal fat and let the fat melt on to their hat leaving a scent.

What did Ancient Egyptians use for cosmetics?

-They used perfumed oil on their skin to keep it from burning in the desert.

-They used malachite (a stone) on their eyes.

-Kohl was lead ore mixed with water, and was used to protect eyes from the sun.

-There was a myth that some of these protected them from diseases.

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My Favorite Seedfolks Character

Tio Juan doesn’t speak English or Spanish, but it’s interesting how he tries to communicate to people who don’t speak his language and most of them can understand the point that he is trying to get across. He knows a lot about seeds, and helps others with their gardens, like when Virgil didn’t understand why the lettuce wasn’t growing, Tio Juan came and tried to help. Tio Juan is very adventurous and likes to sneak away from the house pretty often, just to explore and see what’s out there, which is how he found the garden and made connections with it. Tio Juan, at first, didn’t like how he was being treated by Gonzalo. Gonzalo would act like Tio Juan was two years old, even though Tio Juan was very respected in his old village. Tio Juan must have been really confused when he moved to the U.S and nobody could even speak to him except for Gonzalo’s mother. I can relate because sometimes my parents speak a different language and I cannot understand what they are saying either, just like how Tio Juan doesn’t understand what others are saying.