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Each Step is Worth It      In our freshman STEAM class, our first unit was water. The curriculum of our school focuses on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and water is goal six. But for the first couple of weeks it was not mainly focused on water itself. A lot of different pieces led up to starting the water class. We went over math, proportions, percents, and conversions. This was to help us get back into the flow of school and also begin to think of how this relates to water. Some of the problems that we did were examples of bodies of water. It could be how turning the amount of water from a river in China a percentage of water in China. We also talked about countries that have lack of access to water resources and good sanitation. Not only is it in third world countries but also in the most prosperous ones like the United States. Stepping aside from the math aspect of it, we started to cover basic water facts. How much water is there on Earth and what is a perce

     In our algebra class, we as a class, created the guidelines to give our own presentation about one mathematical property of our choice. I chose the Commutative Property of Addition. This presentation required two different mediums while having the decision of three. These mediums were, image, sound, and video. For my project I chose to use image and sound. For my image, I drew an example of the property I picked and for my audio, I recorded myself while giving the presentation. With these two mediums, I can give a proper explanation and show my understanding of the Commutative Property of Addition.      My first medium explaining the Commutative Property of Addition is image. For this medium I drew two pictures giving a brief example of the property I chose. In this first drawing there is a purple ball at the top of the stairs and a red ball at the bottom. There are still two balls in total. Just because they are separated from each other does not mean that they are parts of t