Summer Learning Journey Teaser Week Activity 3: Choose your own

Day 4, Teaser Week:

Activity 3: Choose your own

Here is your chance to choose your own scientist, technologist or inventor who you think has changed the world. Be creative - there are no right or wrong choices!

"For this activity, choose one person and read all about them."

On your blog, provide us with:

The name of the person

A description of the work they do/have done

An explanation of how they/their work has had an impact on the lives of others

The person that I have chosen is Leonardo Da Vinci, which in my opinion is one of the greatest philosophers, artist and inventors of all time. Many of his works are celebrated today as masterpieces of the renaissance. He is highly, very highly regarded as a "universal genius" or the "Renassaince Man".

He has contributed to many of the what we know today, anatomical parts of the body, he has also conceptualized, the glider, parachute, helicopters as well as landing gears. His paintings such as the "Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper" and many more are regarded as masterpieces; contributing highly to the move of the renaissance as well. He has helped to shape the art world, the medical world and the engineering world in his lifetime.

Summer Learning Journey Teaser Week: Activity 3: The Greatest of All Time

Day 2, Teaser Week;

Activity 3: The Greatest of All Time

Activity:

"For this activity, please imagine that you are Garry Kasparov and that you were the best chess player in the world.

On your blog, list three pros (advantages) and three cons (disadvantages) of being the GOAT of the chess world."

Courtesy:https://grandchesstour.org/gm-vassily-ivanchuk

   Courtesy: Rashid Nezhmetdinov

Garry Kasparov has been dubbed as The Greatest Chess Player of time; I, personally being quite interested and being quite involved in chess, I disagree. I believe that players such as my favourite; Vassily Ivanchuk, Rashid Nezhmetdinov and Mikhail Tal may be far more superior, however, one a different note. In this activity, if I were the best player in the world, the advantages of that are, your presence may be more intimidating, therefore it might cause some psychological advantage per se. Another advantage is the popularity, quite likely that you will earn more money than normal as well as the honour of being called G.O.A.T. Some disadvantages of being the G.O.A.T of the chess world is, knowing that you have played many games, games that are recorded, your tactics and method might be discovered, therefore, players would be possibly prepared for such moves. Losing a game would cause a big discussion and chatter, embarrassing the payer as he has been dubbed the G.O.A.T. The last disadvantage is the more popular you are the more people would hate you.

Courtesy: Nationaal Archief

  

Courtesy:https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/14/garry-kasparov-russias-tech-threat-is-tactical-chinas-strategic.html

SLJ Lesson 3: School Timetable

Lesson 3 of the Summer Learning Journey; now, apparently I've arrived in the country that I chose (Lesson 1) which is Japan. After that, I meet a student that tells me all about the subjects that they have and the time in which they do them. I now need to create a timetable that is exactly or very similar to the timetable that they have in that country.

Fact: They do not have janitors/caregivers instead they teach the students to clean the school. (This way they grow up to be tidy and be able to take care of themselves.)

they usually start at around 8 to 8:30am and finish around 3 to 4pm which is similar to many other schools around the world.

The first four periods are typically in the morning then after is their lunch break, which is around 45 mins long. After lunch, they spend about 10 to 20 mins long in cleaning. Most of the schools do not have morning tea as they eat a lot for their breakfast. 

Another fact: Junior high kids spend about 10 hours in school! Not to mention homework and chores. (That is probably why they are so smart....)

Here is an English version of their timetable:

	Monday
Period 1	Japanese
Period 2	Biology
Period 3	Algebra 1
Period 4	Japanese/traditional
Period 5	English
Period 6	P.E
Period 7
After School	Club Activities

SLJ: Summer Learning Journey

Hello, Emma

My name is Axle and I am from Hornby High School, some information about me is that one of my most favourite subjects is "morning tea (JK- but I do like it though)" actually, I don't really have any subjects that I don't like. I have a passion for writing, art and music; currently, I am trying to enhance my skills and broadening my knowledge in those topics. Watching movies are another favourite things that I like to do, I have a lot of favourites genres of movies and movies in general; some of my most favourite are the Marvel Movies(Rip. The king of cameos Stan Lee), POTC franchise and (not meant for children like me, but watched it anyway of course with parental guidance) "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest" featuring the legendary Jack Nicholson, which is one of my most favourite actors. How about you, do you have a favourite actor?


If I won the summer learning journey the prize that would excite me the most is probably a book (specifically an art book or a cooking book by "Gordon Ramsay")