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Scratch Game

Running Reflection

I think that something I did well on was pumping my arms and keeping me arms at a 90 degree angle. As you can see in the video, I kept on pumping my arms and when my arms were at the back they still were in the 90 degree angle. I think that another thing that I did well on was running tall. Something that I need to work on as a runner would probably be running on my toes. Another thing would be keeping my head up and my eyes forward. As you can see in some of the clips, from time to time I would be looking at the ground. And as it's hard to see, I'm not consistently running on my toes, from time to time my feet are flat on the ground which is slowing me down. In conclusion, some of my weaknesses in running is keeping my head up and my eyes forwards, and running on my toes. While some of the strengths are pumping my arms and keeping that 90 degree angle.

Should Insects be Included in Our Diets?

Have you ever realised that insects are already included in your diet? Never thought about that right? Insects are contained in most of your foods, leading to 500 grams of insects being eaten per year. If insects are being eaten already in some form, why stop now? Continuing to include insects in our day to day diets can bring us many different health benefits.  Without us already knowing, most foods already contain bugs in them. From processed foods, chocolate, to even fruits and vegetables. 1,000 species of bugs are being eaten, without us even knowing. If vegetables and fruits are bringing us vitamins and health benefits, aren't the bugs that are included with them too? Everyday, people in developed countries are eating 80 kilograms of meat per year. We all know that pigs, and animals such as cows have the ability to carry unwanted diseases without us being aware of it. Pigs are just like humans, we're able to use their organs to replace one of ours'. We're always worried about catching an unwanted disease, but knowing that you could get a disease from an animal you are eating, is unbearable. On the other hand, insects are nothing like humans. Insects wouldn't be able to pass on deadly diseases onto people, if insects are part of our diets, our chances of catching an unfortunate disease would decrease.  Out of the many different animals in our world, 80% of these species are insects. If we continue or start to eat these insects, we would never get bored! With all the choices and the ways we could eat them. In some countries, insects are known as a delicacy. Cooked in many different ways, this could lead to another health benefit of the huge spectrum of insects. Insects could be sneaked into a diet by putting them into dishes with other healthy ingredients. We all know that food dye isn't as healthy as we thought, but what we didn't know was the insects are one of the many ingredients in it. Food dye with insects as one of their ingredients would cost the same amount as gold. People who eat insects would have less of a chance of getting a disease and a healthier way of eating them.

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Healthy Snack

Crunchy Berry Parfait 
Ingredients: 

• 1 cup of vanilla low-fat yogurt 
• 1/2 cup of fresh blueberries 
• 6 fresh strawberries 
• 1/2 cup of granola 

Directions:

Layer 1/4 cup yogurt into the bottom of a bowl. Top with about half of each of the sliced strawberries, blueberries, and granola; repeat layering.

Q. How might I make my snack even healthier? If you think it cannot be improved because it is already extremely healthy, explain why is is so healthy. Consider fat content as well as sugar levels.
A. I think that I could've changed some of the ingredients, so that the sugar level is lower. I think that by changing the fruit into something else that is sweet but has less sugar in it. Other than that, I think that it's still pretty healthy, all the sugar is natural and is coming from the fruits.

Q. How did my snack compare to others?
A. I think that the presentation of my snack was pretty good compared to others, they also had really pretty food. But before presenting I forgot to bring spoons, so I had to run to the Grab and Go to receive spoons. The taste of my snack, was healthy and tasty, even though mostly everyone had tasty food, but some had snacks that tasted too healthy.

Q. What advice would I give next years 7th graders about this assignment?
A. One advice that I would give to the 7th graders next year about this assignment is to spend time on it. Spend a lot of time preparing it, and maybe even try it out before the actual date. Make sure that you spend time finding the recipe, and make sure that if your first attempt doesn't work to have extra time. Another thing that I would give them as advice is to really think about the ingredients they're putting into the snack, and to be aware of the different sugar and fat levels. Overall, they should just have fun with it.

The Cause Of Destruction?

As all buildings will not fight the forces and destroy, our building could crumble due to our light styrofoam base. Even though our base is isolated and is weighed down by several washers, this could end up into pieces. With forces of the shake table being strong, if the satay sticks don't stay in the foam, our building could go flying when forces shake up and down. This could also lead into the second factor behind the destruction of our building, and that factor is the satay sticks. During the "earthquake" the satay sticks could completely just fall out of the foam, not being securely stuck into the styrofoam. The satay sticks, which are also holding up the floors and are in a cross bracing method, could lead the building into collapsing. Either the shake board could be so strong that the sticks fall out, or the floors fall onto each other. In conclusion, the cause behind of the destruction of our building would be due to the isolated styrofoam base and the cross bracing of satay sticks.