Rawlinson Rawks!

Yo Rawkertechies! It's sunny and the weather is fine. Where would you love to be when it's like this? In Room 222, of course! Who needs to run around outside when it's so much fun to sit in front of a computer screen, right? Riiiiiiiiiiiight....

Let's get that typing done! Get bloggin'!!

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Spring is Here!

Yo Rawkertechies! Wasn't this long weekend super awesomeness, with a side of great? Hopefully you got outside and played a lot. Now it's back to work man. Time to get mooovin' and grooovin' baby! We have some great new activities to do, some more work to get done and some exciting things happening this week, so let's go, yo!

Rawk and Rowl, y'all!

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Mr. Ball is away!

Hey Rawkertechies! Mr. Ball is away today. Let's Rawk and Roll while he's gone. When he gets back he will be so happy to hear how awesome we were! Blogs need to happen, activities need to be started and we have a lot of stuff to keep us busy. Time's flying by! Let's get to it.

Go GO GO!

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Rawk and Roll

Hey Rawkertechies! Let's Rawk and Roll this week! Blogs need to happen, activities need to be started and we have a lot of stuff to keep us busy. Time's flying by! Let's get to it.

Go GO GO!

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Welcome Back!

Okay Rawkertechies, it's time to get back to work y'all!

Hopefully everyone is well rested and ready to Rawk! Now that we're back from March Break, it's GO TIME! Now we will be getting into the meat and veggies part of our learning. Mmm... veggies! :)

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Keep It Going, Y'all!

Okay Rawkertechies, one more week until March Break! Don't get too excited though. We still have some work to do, yo!

Let's get down to work. Let's finish adding the last bits of information that we need. Very soon we will be moving on to super-duperly exciting projects. We can't move to the next step until we finish what we've started, so let's go, yo!

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Way To Go CANADA!

Oh Canada! We did so well at the 2010 Olympics!

Now that the Olympics are over, it's time to get to work! Let's get these assignments completed already! No time for fooling, just time for schooling!

Let's get to it, Rawkertechies!

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Cleanup Time!

Yo Rawkertechies! Today is cleanup day. Time to finish up these assignments so that we can start publishing!

Let's get to it. Less talking, more Rawking! Less chatting, more keyboard clacking!

You know that the more work you do today, the more time you will have for fun later.

Who let the blogs out? (WHO, WHO WHO, WHO WHO!)

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Keep on plugging away!

Okay Rawkertechies, who finished their work from last week? WHAT? No one?

WOWZER!

Now let's simma da na and get to it. The more work we do today, the faster we can finish! Some of us want to complete our animal pictures. Some of want to publish our blogs! Some of us are pretty close to the end, others keep rockin the white screen. More work done equals more more free time, so

LET'S GO, YO!

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We're not finished YET?

WOW! Computer projects really DO take a lot of time! Can you believe that we're not finished YET?

Ho Lee!

Well, let's stop reading this blog and let's get back to work man! We don't have all day to be sitting in Room 222 reading another blog post you know! Okay man, let's do it!

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We're still working on it...

Okay Bs and Gs (et les gar's et filles...)

As you have now learned, sometimes it takes a loooong time to finish computer projects! Did we finish our task from last week? No way man!

So, this week, let's get down to work man! Let's get it going, Rawkertechies!

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Livin Large in da Lab

Welcome to the Rawlinson Computer Lab

in Room 222!

Whee, and excitement, and joy and stuff!

We will be using this blog for a different purpose now. We will be using the blog to direct your lessons. Each class will click on the links for their grade and the tasks and assignments will be posted on a new TASKS blog, which can be found at http://rawkertasks.blogspot.com. Here are your tasks for this week.

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Structures and Mechanisms

Have you ever thought "Hey man, who built that crazy tall building, and how did they do it"? Of course you have. But how did they do it? How do they make sure that it won't fall down? How do they know how to make it so strong?

Structures are designed to be much stronger than they need to be, in order to survive things that we don't expect to happen, but might.

Structures are built using everyday shapes and simple machines like pulleys (2 3 4 5), levers, gears,(2 3 4 5 6) wheels and axles, inclined planes, screws and wedges. The most common shapes to use are squares, rectangles and triangles. Triangles and arches are the strongest shape. You can find triangles everywhere! Even in the design of roller coasters (1 2 3 4 5)!

Before we build a skyscraper, we have to use a crane. Cranes are made of squares and triangles. Mobile cranes are on the backs of large trucks and can be moved to where they are needed. Tower cranes are built from the ground up and are much larger and more dangerous than mobile cranes. Tower cranes are needed to build the world's tallest skyscrapers.

There are many very tall buildings on our planet. Some of the tallest include the Q1 in Surfers Paradise Australia, the CN Tower in Toronto and the Burj Dubai in Dubai. These structures need to be very stable in order to stay standing. The CN Tower can withstand winds up to 300km per hour before it gets damaged. Cool!

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Bridges are also strong and stable structures. There are many different kinds of bridges. Some are arches, some are cable-stayed, some are suspension. The largest arch bridge in the world will be built in Dubai. It is very important to build bridges properly because we don't want them to fall down! Some bridge building techniques are thousands of years old.

Aircraft are often needed to build large structures. They can be used to transport building materials, workers and supplies. Aircraft are also structures themselves. They are flying structures! Aircraft have been in use for over one hundred years. They have many uses, from construction to transportation to entertainment. Sometimes the ultimate luxury can only be found in the sky...

Freedom

Everything is meaningless without freedom. Would it matter if you had a million dollars but couldn't use it? Would it matter if you had the best idea in the world but couldn't tell anyone? Freedom is what every person really wants. It's amazing!

We are lucky to live in Canada because we have so many freedoms. We are able to say what we want, live where we want to live, wear what we want to wear, go where we want to go, and be the religion that we want to be. We are the lucky ones.

There are millions of people around the world still living in slavery today. There are still some countries where people are put in jail for speaking out against their government. There are some government leaders who try to convince other leaders to make their countries more free. There are also concerned citizens who use their positions to help others who are less fortunate.

But what is freedom really?

Some people say freedom is simply a nice day in the sunshine. Some say it's a bike ride. Some people say it is the ability to make your own choices and be who you want to be. Maybe it's just being able to say what's on your mind. Maybe it's giving up all your things and stuff and living the simple life.

Humans are not the only creatures who want freedom. Animals also deserve to live happy lives. Imagine if you had to live your life in a cage. Wouldn't you rather be able to fly, run around, explore and have fun? Of course you would!

Never take your freedom for granted! It's the most important thing in the world!

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1.    What does Freedom mean to you?
2.    What was the message in the Freedom River video?

Post your comment with your name. 

If you want to watch the video again, click on the link But what is freedom really?

Determination

Determination means not backing down and trying hard. Even when you fail. That's how you get better. Even the most talented people have failed. It's part of being human!

How have you shown determination in your life? Have you ever stuck with something, even when it was hard? Like, really, really, REALLY hard? If you did, then you were very determined for sure.

Every person can be determined, but it is hard. We want to give up when things get difficult. But when the going gets tough, the tough get going! Everyone, from regular people in our community to famous athletes, all show determination. Why do they do it? Because you can do whatever you say that you can do and no one can tell you that you can't. If you want something badly enough, you will make it happen. Just ask the people who know Rick Hoyt and his father.

Sometimes people say "What are you thinking, bro? You must be crazy, sis! Your body can't do THAT!" With training, you can do crazy things.

Animals show determination too. And when animals are determined, nothing can stop them!! How would you feel if you were in a cage? Would you want to get out? If you needed to climb over a wall, would you quit if it was hard? What if you couldn't move properly? Would you just sit there and sulk or would you find a new way to get around?

Some countries try to bully other countries. Canada is determined to show others that they can't bully us. When other countries try to do things that are not right, we are determined to tell them to Simma Down Now! We won't be bullied!

When people get together and are determined as a group, there is really nothing that we can't do. It took the determination of thousands of people to enable people to land on the moon. It took determination for Canada to build the mechanical arms for the space shuttles and the International Space Station. It took a great deal of determination to land rovers on Mars. And it will take even more determination for people to finally land on Mars (part 2) (part 3) (part 4) (part 5)

Stay strong, be determined, and don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something. If you say you can, you'll show THEM, man!