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  Solar and Lunar Eclipse; Sixth grade Science; Homeschool For the last week of Homeschool, I’ve been finishing up my workbooks and finals. I cannot believe a whole school year has ended. For the last science session, I learned about Eclipse. So in this blog, I will be explaining the characteristics of the Solar and Lunar Eclipse.  Eclipse: An Eclipse is an astronomical event when one objects blocks another object. There are two types of Eclipse we see on earth, Solar Eclipse, and a Lunar Eclipse. Solar Eclipse: A Solar Eclipse happens when a full moon moves between the Earth and sun, causing the moon to block the sun’s light that reflects to Earth. There are three types of Solar Eclipse: partial, annual and total. When the moon covers a part of the sun, it is called a partial eclipse. An annual eclipse happens when the moon nearly covers the sun, but is too small to completely cover it. If the moon fully blocks the sun, it is called a total eclipse.   ...

South Korea Quarantine rules during the Covid-19 pandemic: Self Quarantine experiences in South Korea  Did you happen to know that you should quarantine yourself for 14 days when you go to South Korea?  Well, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, even Korean nationals should quarantine for 14 days, regardless of vaccination status. This quarantine rule will be changed at July 1st.   I want to share the astonishing experience I had so far in South Korea. Many facts might amaze you too. 1. If you are foreign nationals who wants to visit to Korea and do not have any houses where you could stay, you will be quarantined at a designated government facility at your own cost. (The total cost will be about $1,500, KRW 1,680,000). Even though you are Korean nationals but do not have any suitable places like parents' houses or other relative houses, you should stay at a facility for 14 days and pay the cost, too.  2. Luckily, my parents have their house in South Korea, so, I didn'...

 The Beginning of the Renaissance; Sixth grade World History; Homeschool May has been a busy month for me so it kept me from being active for the blog. But now, the last month of school has finally arrived. So here I am, writing my first blog for June. This week, I have been learning about the Renaissance for World History. Most of these facts come from “Everything you need to know to ace World History in one big fat notebook”. The Renaissance begins: After the Medieval Age (Middle age), the Renaissance began. The word “Renaissance” means rebirth, so the Renaissance was a time of reformation during the 1350-1650. The Renaissance originated in Italy when large cities had become independent from the control of a king and even churches. Many people started to emphasize the importance of secularism, which is something that’s not related to religion. Humanism: Humanism, is something that focuses on humans rather than divine matters. Humanists were people who believed in humanism. The in...

 Cold Spring Harbor State Park ; Homeschool Field Trip  It’s been so long since I’ve home schooled, I’m starting to wonder if I will be able to go to real school. But sometimes, I have moments when I miss my friends. And even tho I haven’t seen any middle school teachers yet, I am sure I will like them. But for now, I am planning to enjoy my home school experience as much as I can.  So on one sunny day of April, we decided to go on another home school field trip. This time to cold spring harbor state park. It took 30 minutes drive to get there, but I entertained myself by looking at the trees and clouds passing by. When we arrived, my surroundings was very surprising. The park looked more like a rocky hill, with a harbor in front of it. As I got out of the car, I was able to smell the spring breeze thru my mask.  According to my parents, I had been to Cold Spring Harbor State Park when I was a baby. I’ve seen a few picture of myself holding my grandmother’s hand as s...

Coding with Python ; Sixth grade computer science ; Homeschool  Its been almost 2 weeks since April has started. The weather is heating up and flowers are beginning to bloom. Spring has arrived and I am very pleased. This week for home schooling, computer science was the most interesting subject I took (after math, we were learning geometry) so I decided to write about what I learned.  *Most of these information is from “coding for kids python” and “Everything you need to know about computer science and coding in one big fat notebook”.* Python:  Python is an easy and most widely used programming language. It can be used for creating codes, making projects and designing websites. Python is written in an Integrated Development Environment Program (IDE for short), a program programmers can use to type and edit code and to create Python programs. The IDLE (Integrated Development and Learning Environment) is the program that comes with python when you install it. The IDLE has ...

Sixth Grade Science ; Gravity and Friction in our daily lives ; Homeschool   I haven’t been writing in quite a while. Last time I wrote a blog was during the beginning of March. Now March is coming to and end, and 2021 seems to fly. We had been continuing on the topic: motions. This time, we learned about gravity, and friction in our daily lives. Most of these information is from “Everything you need to know to ace science in one big fat note book”. Force is everywhere. We see and use force everyday. For example, gravity. Gravity is an attractive force between objects with mass. The force of gravity does not happen only when something falls, but it affects all masses. Larger mass has more gravity (like humans), because the strength of gravity depends on both the mass and the distance between masses. Object that are closet to you will pull on you with more gravity. Gravity is also what keeps the earth circling around the sun. The sun has so much mass that it exerts a gravitatio...

 The Middle Ages: The Byzantine Empire and The Early Civilizations of America ; Sixth grade social studies ; Homeschool  Its hard to believe February is already over. 2021 is seeming to fly. This week, I’ve been learning about the middle ages. I've got most of my information from "Everything you need to know to ace world history in one big fat notebook". Here, we will be only focusing on European and American civilizations.  The Byzantine Empire: The Byzantine Empire started around 330 CE. The Byzantine, or Eastern Roman Empire was located in parts of Italy, Greece, Turkey, Libya, Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, Syria, Morocco and Bulgaria. Back then, the capital, Constantinople, was a powerful trade center until its fall in the 1400's.  Justinian was one of the greatest Byzantine emperor, whose term began in 527 CE. Even though Romans had made the source of democracy- Roman laws were still a mess. Documents with rules and laws were mixed and weren’t organized. This made...

 Motion, Force and Newton's laws of motion ; Sixth grade science ; Homeschool It's been so long since I've been keeping track of my homeschooling weeks. But it seems like about 18 weeks has passed. This week’s science has been quite interesting- motion, force and newton’s law of motion. I’ve gotten most of these information from “Everything you need to know to ace science in middle school”, so credits to the smartest kid in class. Motion:  Motion is when something changes position. Flipping a book is motion. A car driving, is motion. Moving your head, is motion. Motion is everywhere. In fact,YOU are in motion every time you move. A relative motion is a relation to a reference point. For example, if there was a car, driving 30 miles per hour, and you see it go past the road- then you would have seen the truck drive 30 miles per hour. However, say that you were in a car that was driving 30 per hour just like the truck. What would happen? Well the truck wouldn’t seem to move f...

Perfect Tense and Progressive ; irregular verbs ; Sixth grade grammar ; Homeschool English, my weakest subject has been the hardest of all when it came to grammar. But after a few days of practice, I started to get the hang of it. It’s still my weakness but... I’m sort of getting better. Thanks to “Writers Choice: Grammar and Composition” and my incredible mother, I have learned to perfect tense, irregular verbs and progressive.  Perfect tenses: Past perfect tense : A past tense explains a past action that had already happened. The passed tense is expressed using had + the past particle of the verb.  Example: We had already signed the contract before you arrived.  Present perfect tense: A present perfect tense is a verb that express an action or condition performed at an indefinite time in the past.  Example: They have paid the the health insurance copay.  One thing to keep in mind with the present perfect tense is that it can only be used when you don't know ex...