Hello Again

Hello again loyal readers!

I trust that everyone had a good week? It seems only a few days since writing my last blog, but I guess that's better than it seeming like the week will never end! Speaking of last weeks' blog, here is the answer to the triangle question. If you didn't read the last blog, the question was:

“Did you know that the angles of any triangle always adds up to 180 degrees? It's true! So if you know the measure of two angles, you add those numbers together, and subtract the sum from 180, and you'll know what the last angle measures! See if you all can figure this out, using that method: A triangle measures 180. One angle is 30 while the other is 58. What is the measure of the third angle?”

The answer is 92 degrees! Did you get it right? What went wrong? You can check your work by adding the three numbers together: 58, 30, and 92, and seeing if they have a total sum of 180. If so, perfect! Did you like that little challenge? If so, you're in luck. Now that you know the method fairly well, here are two more questions that will be answered on the next blog!

Question one: There is a triangle with an angle of 20 and another angle of 73. What is the measure of the third angle?

Question two: A triangle has three angles, one of which measures 89 and the other measures 13. What is the measure of the third angle?

Extra challenge:

Here's a newer concept: A right triangle is a triangle with a right angle. A right angle ALWAYS measures 90 degrees. So if you have a right triangle but only one other angle measurement known, you can still figure it out. Here's an example: An angle in a right triangle is 54 degrees, what does the last angle measure? The way you would do this problem is to add 54 and 90 [remember, that's always what a right angle measures] and then subtract that sum [144] from 180. The answer is 36. Now you try:

A right triangle has a missing measurement. One of the measurements is 43. What is the third angle's measurement?

Alright, the answers will be in the following blog!

Composition is really getting intense in the research. I was working for at least 2 hours on the source cards and highlighting and filing. It's coming along really well, though. Next week I will start note cards and the project will really start to come together!

This week was my science lab. I enjoy going, and the experiments are really cool—although, this week we had a gross experiment. You can see them by reading my lab reports in the link below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BypPK1qIEGuTUnZYcGpqbkF6SkU/edit?usp=sharing

We didn't take many pictures at all this week, and I only have one to share with you:

If you're wondering what it is, I got to destroy my vocabulary book. YAY!

Well, that's about it for this week! Remember to try the challenges! Until next time, bye!