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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...