Mr.+Garcie+2011-2012


 * Autobiografía **

Nací en Los Angeles, California. En 2003, me trasladé a Portland, Oregón.

Empecé mis estudios en un colegio ubicado en Cypress, California. Después, me matriculé en la Universidad de California de Fullerton donde obtuve mi bachillerato en Ciencias Sociales. Para mis estudios de postgrado, fui a la Universidad de California de Los Angeles para enfocarme en Estudios de América Latina.

I was born in Los Angeles, California. As an adult, I moved to Portland,Oregon in 2003.

I first went to Cypress Community College and then transferred to Cal State Fullerton to major in Political Science and minor in Latin American Studies. I then went on to complete my graduate work at Cal State Los Angeles in Latin American Studies.

For social sciences, we spent a lot of time studying the different regions of of Oregon. Of Oregon's four regions, the coast was one of my favorites. On the coast, there was the fish cannery, the fishing industry and the sand dunes.
 * __Oregon Regions__**

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__Culture__
Throughout the year, we studied different cultures and people around the world. The cultural project I am going to write about is the Nicaraguan New Year celebration. Like here in the United States, celebrations begin December 31. However, there are some differences.

One popular tradition, is to buy an old doll and fireworks. The doll is loaded with fireworks and then it is lit on fire. This is supposed to symbolize getting rid of the old and welcoming the new.





Rocks and Minerals
In science, one of the more exiciting things we studies were rocks and minerals. We studied rocks and minerals for a couple of months. During this time, we have learned several things.

One of the more interesting investigations we did was Mohs' Hardness Test. This is one test geologists use to determine what kind of mineral they have discovered.

Another interesting investigation were the videos on the different kinds of rocks. Here we also used computers to guide our research. [|Rocks for Kids] and [|Rock Hounds] were two websites that were very helpful.



Here is a video that summarizes a lot of our activities and the different things we learned.

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