Flying camp!

Best Camp Ever

Last week I've spent at an aviation camp at Aviation School of  China University of Science and Technology in Hsinchu  中華科技大學 航空學院 (it is in Taiwan, not in China, although there is 'China' in the name).

The camp was 5 days long, each day was full of fun activities:

We went to Hsinchu Air Base 新竹空軍基地 where we could see pilots flying Mirage 2000. 

Mirage 2000

It was super loud

We learned how to fly A320 in a real simulator and after that we flew the simulator （the school has an Airbus 320 simulator same that Taiwanese pilots use for their practice).

 Before we could fly the simulator we had a briefing on how to use it.

 We also made a DIY water-air rocket. It could fly really fast.

  
I also learned how to design a model plane and use a 3D printer to print it. (picture will come later)

On the last day (night) we had some nightime activities:

That's the drown that took the above picture :-)

Thank you 爸爸 for finding this camp for me!

My last Juming camp

This was the last time for me to go for a summer camp organised by Juming Museum 朱銘美術館 , next year I will be too old. This was third time for me to go to this camp and every year I looked forward to spending a few days at this big sculpture park museum.
Every year the camp has a different theme. This time it was "presents". We were talking about the presents that we received (I talked about my skateboard). Here is a video that my sister Zosia made after I received the skateboard for my birthday last year:

Throughout the camp we were gathering things that people think could be a present (we went to Jinshan 金山 to do that). Our team gathered some really strange things.

We've found this ruined plastic display food at a beach.

For Saturday when all the parents came, we prepared a game with long, long tubes joined together. The idea was not mine, but I built it almost by myself. We painted many small buoys that we found on the beach and later people were throwing them into the tube from top.

At the bottom a colored rock with a smiley face would come out. People were surprised that they throw a buoy in and rock came out. That was a mystery... and that was their present.

Tomorrow I will write something about my other camp.

Hama beads Sonic

As you know I like doing Hama beads, so a few weeks ago I made a new Sonic. 

Now I need more beads, because I ran out of many colors and I can't make any new interesting designs. Anyone wants to give me some Hama beads?

Sonic

The Sonic I made before.

My wardrobe door.

Hama beads on my door.

Zozo's door (I made the ice-skating one
as a birthday present for her).

Scratch games

For the past few weeks I've been going for a computer programming class. We've been learning how to program with Scratch.
It's a lot of fun! You can also try it.

Yesterday I made a game called Easter Egg Hunt. To play it CLICK HERE.

If you want to see fireworks, go to the FIREWORKS  I've created.

Another game I've created is a game called GHOST. It's really silly, but I like it the most!

Soon we will start using Mindstorm and other fun stuff. So come back later to read more about my computer class.

A cooking scientist from Mars

I had a crazy day yesterday.
I had to get up very early to get to my science class at the other side of the city. It's a small science class for just a few homeschoolers. We always make some cool stuff there. Yesterday we learned about missiles and made one that could fly!

Doing something with wires

The plane that teacher made.

Making the missile launchpad.

Our teacher can make really cool drawings!

After science we made spaghetti for lunch.

Cutting onions and crying.

Boiling water.

How many boys do you need
to open a jar of sauce? ;-)

Look at all the mess we made!

Let's dig in!
Yummy! 

That's not all!
After lunch I had another class - computer class. We were using Scratch to make a simple game.
You can see it and play! it HERE.

My Mom picked me up after the classes and we drove to pick up Zosia (she had a modelling job).Later she drove me for my audition for a commercial. Dad and Perry joined us at the audition and we had dinner together.

That's not the end of the day yet! Now it's the time for MUSIC!

BRUNO MARS CONCERT!!!!!!!

Yeah!!!!!

This was the first live pop music concert that I went to.
It was really cool!
I had a great time!

Skiing with my sister in Japan

Three weeks have passed since I got back from Japan. I've spent there for 21 days with Zozo and other ski instructors.

It's not all ours!

First Japanese drink - strawberry milk tea! Yummy!

Banner welcoming Taiwanese tourists

Zozo was teaching skiing to the Taiwanese kids who were coming there with their parents. Each camp was 5 days long, the first day of the camp was the last day of the previous one.
Most of the days we skied from 9 am to 3pm, with a break for lunch.
The weather was constantly changing - there were sunny, snowy and rainy days.
My sister has a ski instructors license and I don't, so I could only help her a bit, most of the time I was helping kids to get up after they fell and making sure they put back the skis well.

Salomon skis

Me

On top of the mountain

We stayed in Shizukuishi Prince Hotel and Resort in the very north of Honshu island (Iwate Prefecture). In summer the mountain we skied on is a golf course. Unfortunately after a few days of eating the same food every day, we had enough of it. The hotel didn't have a washing machine so we had to wash everything by hand, it was not fun at all. But there was an outdoor onsen, which I liked a lot!

Our hotel

It was fun to be back on snow! In two weeks I will be going skiing again, but this time with the whole family.We will even go heli-skiing!

The snowman other kids made.

Jas the scientist

Yesterday I went to the Centre for Innovative Bioscience Education in Warsaw. I joined a group of  Polish homeschoolers for a class about DNA.

There were 20 kids from 3rd to 6th grade. We had the lesson in a real lab and had to wear lab coats.
First we learned a bit of theory about DNA and later we were doing an experiment.
You can also try to make it yourself, here is how:

• Put half of a kiwi into a cup.

• Add salty water (the kiwi cells will get weaker).
• Add detergent (it helps to break down the fat in the kiwi cells).
• Stir everything well, but try not to make too many bubbles.

• Put the cup with kiwi, water and detergent into a bowl of boiling water (it will speed up the process).

• After few minutes blend everything up.
• Pour the mixture slowly through a coffee filter and funnel into a larger cup.

• The solution that drips through will have kiwi DNA in it. Pour this solution  into a small tube.

• Carefully add very strong colored alcohol to it. DO NOT MIX IT!

• You will see a white stripe (like a cloud) in the alcohol - this is the kiwi DNA!

It was a really fun class. Much better than the ones in Taiwan.