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E1 U4 Ensayo - Dasia, Amani, Josh, y Michaela

Posted by Dasia Oakley in Spanish 1 · Manuel · X Band on

Hola, somos Dasia, Amani, Josh y Michaela. Somos estudiantes del primer año en Science Leadership Academy. SLA está en Center City y está cerca de restaurantes de comida rápida y el Instituto Franklin. Está cerca de 7-eleven y wawa. SLA es una escuela donde hacemos proyectos. Nosotros estudiante de primer año vamos al Instituto Franklin los miércoles.

En SLA, cada estudiante tiene una computadora. Este es conveniente y muy muy excelente. Nosotros aprendemos usar las computadoras en la clase de tecnología. La Señorita Hull enseña tecnología muy bien. Es estricta pero inspirante. En SLA, nosotros también tenemos equipos deportivos.

Nos gusta la Señorita Hull porque ella entiende. Nos gusta el Señor Kay porque él es divertido. Nos gusta la Señorita Manuel porque ella es divertída y la clase es fácil. Nos gusta la Señorita Giorgio porque ella es fantástica y la clase es interesante. Me encanta porque Nosotros no tenemos un estudiante favorita porque SLA niños son simpático y divertida. La Señorita Manuel enseña español. El Señor Kay enseña inglés. La Señorita Hull enseña tecnología. La Señorita Giorgio enseña álgebra. Ella clase es fácil y divertída. Nuestros estudiantes son divertidos y simpáticos.

Mi opinión es, nos gusta nuestra amigos en SLA. Nuestra amigos son respetuosos. A los estudiantes en SLA no les gusta hacer toda la tarea en las clases. Me gustan los profesores en SLA. SLA es una escuela inteligente, sociable, muy artística, y simpática. ¡Cuidado! SLA equipo deportivo es muy bueno.

Al final de cuentas, SLA es una escuela fantástica.

E1 U4- Emily, Kishara, Cianni, Rasa, Timothy

Posted by Cianni Mack in Spanish 1 · Manuel · C Band on

Somos estudiantes de Science Leadership Academy. Está en Filadelfia.  SLA es pequeña pero cinco pisos. Está cerca de “7- Eleven” y City Hall.  Hay 500 estudiantes. SLA tiene muy deportes. Ofrecemos volleyball, Cheerleading, Ultimate Frisbee, Basketball. ¡Qué chévere!


En SLA, nosotros tenemos inglés, español, historia, drama, arte, informática, álgebra, geometría , bioquímica,  consejería, e ingeniería. La clase favorita de Rasa, Cianni y Kishara es ingeniería porque es muy interesante. La clase favorita de Emily es inglés con La Señorita Giknis. La clase favorita de Timothy es almuerzo. Para tener éxito en esta clase de ingeniería tenemos que prestar mucha atención. Para tener éxito en esta clase de inglés necesitamos tomar apuntas. Para tener éxito en el almuerzo que comer, socializar y divertirse.


Los profesores y estudiantes:

La Señorita Manuel enseña español y la Señorita Sessa enseña bioquímica. El Señor Estey y la Señorita Georgio enseña matemática. La Señorita Giknis y la Señorita Smith enseña inglés. El Señor Symonds y la Señorita Jonas enseña historia. La Señorita Hull enseña  tecnología y El Señor Kay enseña drama. El señor Kamal enseña ingeniería. Mi clase favorita es inglés. Su clase es divertida y muy interesante. La clase de matemáticas es difícil. La clase de bioquímica es facil.


Nos encanta SLA porque es divertida. Nosotros hacemos experimentos, tenemos 65 minutos almuerzo, y  nosotros tenemos estudiantes diversos. Sin embargo trabajamos duro.  Nosotros hacemos muchos tarea y proyectos, pero es casi siempre interesante. Los estudiantes en SLA son inteligentes y trabajadores. ¡Al final de cuentas en SLA  somos trabajadores, pero nosotros  lo pasamos bien!  

E1 U4- Kyle, Isayas, Siarra, Mayah

Posted by Kyle Thomas in Spanish 1 · Manuel · C Band on

Hola! Nosotros somos Siarra, Mayah, Kyle y Isayas. Nosotros tenemos catorce años. Pero Sierra tiene quince años. Nosotros vivimos de Filadelfia y estudiamos SLA. En la escuela nosotros tenemos muchos clubes: unión de estudiantes afros, club literario, club de poesía, anuario, robóticas. Nosotros tenemos programas deportivos - voleibol, baloncesto y pista. Nosotros tenemos aproximadamente quinientos estudiantes.

Somos del primer años. Las clases que nosotros tomamos son inglés, español, historia, drama, álgebra y bioquímica. Nos gusta drama y inglés porque es muy interesante y divertida. Necesitamos el libro, la computadora, un lapíz y los tenis. Te gusta la computadora la mejor. Siempre estamos preparados. Es importante prestar atención. Nosotros leemos, actuamos, hablamos, escribimos, dormimos.  Para tener éxito en esta clase participamos activamente.

En SLA, nosotros tenemos muchos profesores. Por ejemplo, la Señorita Giknis enseña inglés, el Señor Symonds enseña historia, y el Señor Kay enseña drama. Me encanta la Señorita Giknis porque es divertida, extraña, inteligente, simpática, cómica, y artística. El Señor Kay es simpático, cómico, atlético, y creativo. El Señor Symonds es bobo, serio, extraño, y muy interesante. Su clase de historia es estresante y aburrida. La clase inglés es divertida. Su clase es drama es fácil, chévere, y interesante. Finalmente, SLA es la mejor.

Nos encanta SLA porque de los deportes, por ejemplo baloncesto, pista, y voleibol. SLA es seguro, divertido, y energético. Nos gusta SLA porque es divertida, estresante, y chévere. Lo que más nos gusta es los estudiantes porque son chéveres y guay.     


E1 U4 - Kai, Kennedy, Abraham, and Sean

Posted by Kai Payton in Spanish 1 · Manuel · C Band on

Hola, somos Kai, Kennedy, Sean, y Abe. Somos del primer año de Science Leadership Academy. SLA es una escuela pequeña, con quinientos estudiantes y veintiséis professors. Science Leadership está en 55 N 22nd St, Filadelfia, PA 19103. Está cerca de 7-11, Dunkin Donuts, Wawa, Arch Gourmet, y  Starbucks.  Tenemos cinco pisos. Ofrecemos programas estar preparada por ejemplo; laboratorio de matemáticas y laboratorio de literatura. Abraham participa en robótica y Kennedy participa en animadoras.


Tenemos siete clases en SLA. Tenemos Historia, Bioquimica, Español, Drama, Inglés, y Álgebra. Mi clase favorita es Drama con el Señor Kay. Es chévere. Necesitamos prestar mucha atención. Necesitamos los tenis. A Kennedy le gusta Inglés con profesora Giknis. En la clase para tener éxito necesitamos prestar atención. Me llamo Abraham y mi clase favorito es almuerzo.


La Señorita Manuel enseña Español . El Señor Symonds enseña la Historia. La Señorita Giorgio enseña Matemáticas. La Señorita Sessa enseña la Bioquímica. El Señor Kay es nuestro favorito. Nos encanta porque él es muy cómico y chévere.


Nos encanta bioquímica, Historia y Inglés. Lo que más nos gusta de SLA es almuerzo. SLA es útil, divertido y interesante. Nos encanta la familia porque es muy cariñosa.

Q2 Artists Statement

Posted by Alexandrea Rivera in Advanced Art · Hull · e2 Band on
   The first piece that we did for Quarter 2 was Blind Contour Drawings. This is where we picked an object or person to draw on a piece of paper but we weren't allowed to look at the paper when doing it or pick up the pencil. I feel like even though there were lines all throughout every drawing because we couldn't pick our pencils up off the paper they came out as abstract art and it wasn't us being perfectionists like we usually are. This assignment took 2 class periods for me the first hour was to draw and then the second class period was to color them in and submit them.

    The second piece that we did for Quarter 2 was Choose Your Painting. For this, it was a free draw and learning how to work with different types of paints such as watercolor, oil pastels and acrylics.I did mostly face paintings because I love drawing eyebrows and the last piece of mine were roses because they are my go to drawing. This took 4 class periods first class period and half of the second class to trace back over the drawings with a permanent marker.The last two class periods were painting and perfecting.

    The third piece that we did for Quarter 2 was Recreation Of A Piece Of Art. You could pick any artists and try and draw their drawings in their styles. I chose Toystory because I think the characters in the movies are so cute and are really fun to draw. I'm beyond happy with how all of my pieces turned out they look exactly like them! These assignments all took 4 class periods to draw. The first and half of the second I drew and traced back over with black color pencil to give them black outlines. The last two periods I colored them in and added extra effects to make them stand out more.

    The fourth Piece that we did for Quarter 2 was Illustration Of A Piece Of Writing. You could pick a song, book, poem, or even a line from a script and use those words written to create your version of what they mean to you in a picture. I chose 3 Songs Love is blind, Me, Myself and I and I'm every woman. I chose Love is blind because it was just a song I was listening to while drawing. I chose Me, Myself and I because it's a song I never get tired of and G-Eazy the artist of the song is one of my favorite people to listen to. Lastly, I chose I'm every woman by Whitney Houston because a couple weeks before doing this assignment my mom-mom passed away and Whitney was her favorite singer, I wanted to draw something that would mean a lot to her. This took 2 class periods. The first period to draw and color and the second to submit and erase any pencil marks.

    The Last piece that we did for Quarter 2 was Photo Editing. For Photo editing, we were recommended this app called Snapseed and this is where you can change different aspects of the picture to make it look way different than it did before. All of the photos I chose each meant something to me. This took 4 class periods to do. 3 classes, I worked on editing the photos and making more until the class ended. The last class was uploading them and putting them onto a document to upload the assignment.

    When looking back at all of my work for just this quarter I have grown as an artist and I have developed a more structured style for myself it's not final and it will never be final I will continue to grow and learn more techniques and abstract thinking ways to do my art for others to view in different ways. I'm excited to see what I can come up with in Quarter 3.

Ladoo - Popular Pakistani Sweet

Posted by Zeshawn Rahman in Science and Society · Best · E Band on

Pakistani Sweet- Lado


Ingredients


  • 320G of Gram Flour 2.5 cups of Gram Flour (Besan)

  • 4.7G of Ground Cardamom

  • 500 mL of Milk

  • 3 cups (681G) of Clarified Butter/Ghee

  • 2.5 cups Cane Sugar

  • 2 tbsp. of Milk

  • 3.5 cups Water

  • Saffron

Materials

  • Strainer with small holes

  • Pot

Directions for Syrup

  • Mix the 500G water and 2.5 cups sugar and bring to boil.

  • When sugar dissolves, add in milk

  • Boil for 5 minutes, remove top layer and strain (return to stove after)

  • Add saffron & cardamom powder then mix

  • Set aside under low heat

Directions for Pastry

  • Mix flour and milk to a soft batter

  • Heat the Ghee in large pan.

  • Pour the batter through strainer (may need to add butter to strainer to make easier) into the hot ghee

  • Stir and remove batter when lightly brown

  • With the small pellets cooked, add them to the syrup.

  • Remove from syrup and take off excess.

  • Add few tsp of hot water to the pellets.

  • Cover for 4-5 minutes

  • Shape the pellets into small round pastries and put into refrigerator.

  • Enjoy!

Research

Gram Flour - Less calories than wheat flour, low glycemic index, gluten free, rich in iron, rich in vitamin b6

Cardamom - fights against digestive issues, freshens breath, and is related to ginger

Milk - high in vit. D and phosphorus

Cane sugar - high in antioxidants, amino acids, and potassium, riboflavin.


Research the ingredients used in your dish and write up an analysis of this meal.  The analysis should be approximately 200-250 words.

Choose 3 of the following 5 lenses to analyse your dish. You don’t have to answer every question suggested for each one.


•Approximately what percent of the meal is processed vs. whole food?


•Political/economic:  How much did this meal cost? How does this compare to fast food? How are these food items regulated?  Who made money off your meal?  What small and/or large corporations/businesses are involved?


•Social:  What are some of the social ramifications of your meal choice?  Trace a few parts of your dish from the farm to the plate, including all intermediate steps on the way.  Where were these food items purchased?  Pick 2-3 ingredients and compare a commercial production process vs. a self-sufficient process.  (For example, how does the commercial tomato growing and delivery system compare to growing tomatoes yourself?)


The snack, Ladoo, is mostly unprocessed food. The majority of ingredients can be found naturally, and apart from your choice of sugar are all healthy. The main ingredient, Gram Flour (or Besan as it's called culturally) is natural, and has less calories than wheat flour, a low glycemic index, it's gluten free, rich in iron, and rich in vitamin b6. Cardamom fights against digestive issues, milk is high in vitamin D and phosphorus. Finally, cane sugar is high in antioxidants, amino acids, and contains potassium and riboflavin. Averaging cost for ingredients, it is a very cheap snack to make.


In India and Pakistan, where this snack is most commonly found, all the ingredients are a common find in every household. While it's hard to say who benefits off of a meal, street vendors often make this along with other sweets to sell.Small local businesses which sell ingredients to street vendors and individuals will benefit from this purchase, and in Pakistan, everything is grown locally, almost nothing will need to be imported as all spices etc grow locally. The largest organizations involved would be the farms in which sugar is refined, but it's  not uncommon to see sugarcane growing naturally and families processing it at home.


Social ramifications would be largely detrimental. Due to the popularity of sweets in the poorer, and more rural areas of Pakistan, it is hard to state health detriments. Eating such large amounts of butter, and sugar can cause diabetes, and this is rampant. Sugarcane is often processed by workers who are poorer, and labor is difficult. Often being paid less than others, and without any age restrictions, sourcing these ingredients can indirectly be equated to situations such as Apple's use of child labour.


Classic Beef Hamburger(all jokes aside don't laugh they're good)

Posted by Zaeem Wallace-Parker on
Ingredients: 
- Pack of Ground Beef
-Seasoning (of your preference, salt, pepper, etc)
-Hamburger buns 
-Dressing(mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, again whatever you prefer)
-Oil (Canola, Olive, Vegetable, doesn't really matter)
-Frying Pan 

Step 1: Wash you hands then grab your pack of ground beef and a big mixing bowl

Step 2: Beginning to mix and mash the meat while applying your seasoning until it is a thick pasty type substance

Step 3: Get the pan and moisture where the burger(s) will cook with the oil.

Step 4: Turn on the stove and take some of the ground beef, shape into the size and shape that your prefer your burger to be, then let it cook in the pan. 

Step 5: As the burger cooks to your liking, prepare your roll with the dressings you desire.

Step 6: Once the burger is cooked to your liking, remove it from the pan and drain the oil from it (if you don't wanna OD on fats lol)

Setp 7: Sit the burger in the roll and dress how ever you want and enjoy!!

Breaded Chicken Cutlet

Posted by Griffin Gallagher in Science and Society · Best · A Band on
Breaded Chicken Cutlet 

Ingredients

1-3 Thin sliced chicken breasts 

1 cup of flour

3 eggs 

2 cups of breadcrumbs 

1/3 cup of vegtable oil 
Steps
Coat each chicken strip in flour. Brush off the excess back into the bowl. 

After the flour is applied dip the entire strip in the eggs (Raw and scrambled up so the yolk and whites are mixed)

Hold the strip over the egg bowl so the excess can drip off back into the bowl

Press both sides of the chicken into a pile of breadcrumbs, so they stick in an even coat on both sides.

Once the chicken has been breaded  place them in a frying pan that has the 1/3 cup of oil so they are not fully submerged but so they are in a shallow pool of oil.

Allow the chicken to fry until one side begins to brown (2-4 minutes depending on thickness of chicken strips)

Repeat the previos step but with the other side of the chicken.

Remove from pan and place the breasts on a baking pan. 

Bake the breasts until they are firm (about 8 minutes, this makes sure the center of the breast is not raw)

Remove from the oven garnish with lemon wedges and serve immediately.

This meal is not very healthy. There are quite a few processed ingredients. The main processed ingredient being the vegetable oil. Not only is vegetable oil extremely processed, but it is being used to fry the chicken. Fried foods tend to hold in all of the fats that are not good for us. Eating this meal every day would most certainly make you fatter.  

This meal is relatively cheap. My family picks up most ingredients from the farmers market so the are all grown locally. The things that we do not buy at the market are the processed ingredients. We but premade breadcrumbs and the vegetable oil from the super market. These ingredients are also fairly cheap, but are not as healthy as some of the alternatives. We could make our own bread crumbs but that's a lot of work on top of the already long prep time of the chicken. and for the oil there isn't really an alternative. We could use a different type of oil but it wouldn't taste the same. Almost all of the ingredients do not travel very far since they are all grown locally.  

Parte uno: Ensayo - Derek, Sal, Charles, y Alex

Posted by Derek Jordan in Spanish 1 · Manuel · A Band on

Parte uno: Ensayo

Párrafo uno: Visión general de SLA

Hola, bienvenidos a Science Leadership Academy. Somos estudiantes de SLA y somos del primer año. Está en Filadelfia. Está cerca de El Instituto Franklin, Wawa, y el parque Rittenhouse. SLA es muy simpático, limpio, y divertido. Hay cinco pisos, quinientos estudiantes, y más profesores. Tenemos más deportes y actividades. Ofrecemos poesía, frisbee, educación física e ingeniería. Los deportes son muy divertidos y chéveres. Los estudiantes de SLA son muy inteligentes. !Ven a visitarnos!


Párrafo dos: Tus clases

Somos del primer año. Nosotros tememos inglés, historia, geometría, bioquímica, consejería, almuerzo educación física, tecnología, ingeniería y español. Nuestras clases favoritas son español y inglés porque son divertidos, interesantes, y chéveres y ellos enseñan muy bien. El Señor Kay y la Señorita Manuel son bastantes tranquilos. Para tener éxito en esta clase de geometría es un lápiz, un borrador, una hoja de papel, una computadora y  una carpeta. Nosotros necesitamos un cuaderno, un libro, una pluma, y tu computadora en inglés. Para tener éxito en esta clase de español es una carpeta de español, un lápiz, y nosotros necesitamos hablar en español. Para tener éxito en esta clase de historia es el cuaderno de historia, un bolígrafo, y tu computadora. Al final de cuentas cada clase es loca, es una broma, las clases son chéveres.


Párrafo tres: Los profesores y los estudiantes

SLA es fantástica y magnífica. ¡Nuestros estudiantes son simpáticos! Nuestros profesores favoritos son el Señor Kay, la Señorita Manuel, la Señorita Jonas, y el Señor Kamal.  El Señor Kay enseña inglés. Él es muy interesante y cómico. Inglés es muy divertida y tú necesitas estar preparado. La Señorita Manuel enseña español. Es bastante exigente. ¡Es una bromo! ¡Ella es muy boba y muy muy cómica! Ella es muy chévere. La clase de español es muy divertida! Nosotros cantamos canciones y participamos en actividades. La Señorita Jonas enseña historia. Ella es muy interesante, chévere y inteligente. La clase de historia es interesante, nosotros participamos activamente y nosotros trabajamos duro. El Señor Kamal es muy divertido y bobo. El Señor Kamal enseña ingeniería, ingeniería es muy difícil y magnífica. ¡SLA es fantastico!


Párrafo quatro: Opinión

SLA es fantástico. Nosotros encantamos los deportes, clubes, y profesores. Lo que más nos gusta de SLA son los proyectos. Proyectos son fabulosos, menos este. !Es una broma! SLA es muy loca y tonta. ¡Es una broma! Los estudiantes de SLA son trabajadores y inteligentes. Cada día en SLA es muy divertido. !Adios! Para más información, ve a www.scienceleadership.org.

E1U4 Jade, Michaela, Alan, Thea

Posted by Emma Risher in Spanish 1 · Manuel · A Band on

SLA ES FANTASTICO

¡Hola! ¡Bienvenidos a Science Leadership Academy! Somos del primer año. SLA es muy divertido, súper interesante, y chévere. SLA está cerca de la estación de tren, muchos restaurantes, y muchos lugares para ir de compras. Tenemos más o menos 450 estudiantes y más o menos 25 profesores. En SLA, no tomamos exámenes. ¡Tenemos proyectos y pruebas! Ofrecemos muchos deportes incluso fútbol, voleibol, y béisbol. SLA tiene muchos clubes, incluso club de poesía, club de debate y unión de estudiantes negros, y unión de estudiante. Participamos en voleibol, club de poemas, y unión de estudiante.

En el primer año tenemos electivos: ingeniería, drama, arte, y tecnología. Tenemos inglés, bioquímica, historia, geometría o álgebra, y Español. Mis clases favoritas son español uno, inglés, y historia. Mi favorita clase es Español porque es divertida y formativa. Historia e inglés porque tenemos conversaciones interesantes. En casi todas las clases necesitamos tomar apuntes y tener un cuaderno o una carpeta.

Nos gusta el Señor Kay, la Señorita Jonas y la Señorita Manuel. El Señor Kay enseña Inglés. Su clase es difícil pero muy interesante. El Sr. Kay es  fantástico y simpático. La Srta. Jonas enseña Historia. Su clase es informativa. La Srta. Jonas es encantadora y bastante trabajadora. La Srta. Manuel enseña Español. Su clase es divertida. La Srta. Manuel es inteligente y muy amable. Me encanta mi corriente. Estoy en el corriente azul. Nosotros somos fantásticos.


Nos gusta SLA.  Nos encanta porque nos divertimos mucho aquí. Los profesores son buenos en esta escuela. Lo que más nos gusta de SLA es el buen ambiente académico con buenos estudiantes. SLA es informativa, muy interesante, y amable. SLA es abierta a todo el mundo. ¡Adios!


E1 U4 Michaela, Jade, Alan, Thea

Posted by Emma Risher on

SLA ES FANTASTICO

¡Hola! ¡Bienvenidos a Science Leadership Academy! Somos del primer año. SLA es muy divertido, súper interesante, y chévere. SLA está cerca de la estación de tren, muchos restaurantes, y muchos lugares para ir de compras. Tenemos más o menos 450 estudiantes y más o menos 25 profesores. En SLA, no tomamos exámenes. ¡Tenemos proyectos y pruebas! Ofrecemos muchos deportes incluso fútbol, voleibol, y béisbol. SLA tiene muchos clubes, incluso club de poesía, club de debate y unión de estudiantes negros, y unión de estudiante. Participamos en voleibol, club de poemas, y unión de estudiante.

En el primer año tenemos electivos: ingeniería, drama, arte, y tecnología. Tenemos inglés, bioquímica, historia, geometría o álgebra, y Español. Mis clases favoritas son español uno, inglés, y historia. Mi favorita clase es Español porque es divertida y formativa. Historia e inglés porque tenemos conversaciones interesantes. En casi todas las clases necesitamos tomar apuntes y tener un cuaderno o una carpeta.

Nos gusta el Señor Kay, la Señorita Jonas y la Señorita Manuel. El Señor Kay enseña Inglés. Su clase es difícil pero muy interesante. El Sr. Kay es  fantástico y simpático. La Srta. Jonas enseña Historia. Su clase es informativa. La Srta. Jonas es encantadora y bastante trabajadora. La Srta. Manuel enseña Español. Su clase es divertida. La Srta. Manuel es inteligente y muy amable. Me encanta mi corriente. Estoy en el corriente azul. Nosotros somos fantásticos.


Nos gusta SLA.  Nos encanta porque nos divertimos mucho aquí. Los profesores son buenos en esta escuela. Lo que más nos gusta de SLA es el buen ambiente académico con buenos estudiantes. SLA es informativa, muy interesante, y amable. SLA es abierta a todo el mundo. ¡Adios!


E1 U4 Assirem Hosni, Chloe Simmons, Samera Baksh, Mia Concepcion

Posted by Chloe Simmons in Spanish 1 · Manuel · A Band on

SLA: Única y Diferente


¡Hola! Somos Samera Baksh, Chloe Simmons, Assirem Hosni, y Mia Concepcion. Somos del primer año de Science Leadership Academy. SLA está en Filadelfia. Está cerca del Ayuntamiento, unos parques, y unos restaurantes. Es diversa, única, exigente, y loca. ¡Es una broma! Hay 500 estudiantes, veinte profesores, y cinco pisos. Nosotros tenemos tecnología basado aprendizaje, individualizado aprendizaje los miércoles, y no tenemos exámenes. Pero, tenemos proyectos. Además, nosotros tenemos una asociación con The Franklin Institute. Ofrecemos Club de Poesía, Unión Estudiante Negra, Unión Estudiante, Club de Tejer, Club de Arte, Club de Debate, Club de Arábica, baloncesto, fútbol, último frisbee, voleibol, pista, y kickboxing. Participamos en Club de Robótica, Club de Poesía, y correr. Mia participa en el Club de Poesía porque le gusta escribir, y porque es muy divertido. Chloe participa en el Club de Robótica porque es muy interesante, y ella aprende nuevas habilidades. Assirem participa en pista porque es competitiva and porque no hay educación física. Al final de cuentas, en SLA ofrecemos muchas cosas divertida!

Nosotros tenemos clases de geometría, bioquímica, inglés, español, ingeniería, historia y tecnología. Nuestras clases favoritas son matemáticas, inglés, y ingeniería. Es fáciles, interesantes y divertida. En la clase de matemáticas necesitamos calculadora, un lápiz, y carpeta. En la clase de inglés necesitamos cuaderno y una pluma o lápiz. En la clase de ingeniería necesitamos un lápiz y cuaderno. En la clase de historia necesitamos cuaderno, libro y lápiz. En la clase de tecnología necesitamos computadora. En la clase de bioquímica, necesitamos hacemos disecciones. Leemos libros y los discutimos en la clase de inglés. En la clase de historia hablamos sobre la esclavitud. En la clase de ingeniería construimos carro de globos. Escuchamos canciones en la clase de español. Hablamos acerca de novelas en la clase de historia.  Para tener éxito en esta clase participamos en clases. Necesitamos sacar buenas notas. Es importante ayudar a los otros. Sacamos buenas notas en nuestras pruebas y proyectos.

Nuestras profesoras favoritas son la Señorita Hull y la Señorita Jonas. La Señorita Hull enseña tecnología y la Señora Jonas enseña historia. Nos encanta la Señorita Hull y la Señorita Jonas porque son simpáticas y cómicas. Sus clases son muy divertida, un poco aburrida, y interesantes. Nuestros compañeros son un poco extraños, pero muy simpáticos y inteligentes.

A muchos les gusta SLA porque la escuela es muy única y diferente. Los estudiantes y profesores son comprehensivos. SLA es amable, relajante, y divertida pero serio. Las culturas son muy diversas. Nunca hay momentos aburridos, y siempre es interesante en SLA. SLA es una escuela perfecta en Filadelfia. ¡Ven a visitarnos a ver para tú mismo! Para más información, ve a www.scienceleadership.org. ¡Ver tú pronto!

E1 U4: SLA Promo Ensayo (Monie, Zeke, Emmett, Serenity)

Posted by Monie Duong in Spanish 1 · Manuel · A Band on

¡SLA es fantástica!


Overview of SLA

¡Hola! Bienvenidos a Science Leadership Academy. Somos Zeke, Serenidad, Monie, y Emmett. Somos del primer año. SLA está en Filadelfia, 22 y Market st. Está cerca de muchos museos, cafés, y tiendas. Es muy divertido. Es loca y chevere. Es muy bastante feo. ¡Es una broma! Hay sobre las quinientos estudiantes y sobre veinte siete profesoras, y cinco pisos. Tenemos muy buenas clases y profesores divertidos. Ofrecemos béisbol, fútbol, baloncesto, correr, el club de cine, unión de estudiantes, y unión estudiantil afro. Participamos en el Franklin Institute, ILP, deportes, y actividades extracurriculares.


Tus Clases

Que tenemos inglés, español, almuerzo, historia, drama, arte, informática, álgebra, geometría, bioquímica, el instituto Franklin, y consejería. Nos encanta nuestras clases, menos bioquímica y ingeniería. ¡Es una broma! En la escuela, necesitamos unos libros, unas carpetas, las computadoras, una mochila, y unas batas de laboratorio. Nos gusta leer y escribir en las clases. Para tener éxito en esta clase, tomamos apuntes, hacemos la tarea, trabajamos duro, y participamos activamente.


Los Profesores y Los Estudiantes

Como estudiantes del primer año, tenemos seis profesores. La Srta. Manuel enseña español. Ella es baja y seria pero cómica. Sus proyectos son muy divertidos. Siempre hablamos español. La señorita McCollough enseña bioquímica. Ella es simpática. Hacemos experimentos chéveres. El señor Kamal enseña ingeniería. Él es muy cómico y bobo. Nos encanta porque la clase es bastante interesante y no hay pruebas. La señorita Bushnell y Giorgio enseña geometría y álgebra. Sus clases son fáciles. La señorita Jonas enseña historia. Ella es bastante tranquila. Tenemos muchas discusiones y prestamos atención. Él señor Kay enseña inglés. Él es muy cómico y sociable. Su clase es un poco estresante. Escribimos ensayos. La mayoría de los estudiantes son buenos y simpáticos, pero depende de quién.


Opiníon

Nuestras clases son divertidas. Nuestra clase favorita es bioquímica porque es en esta clase, aprendemos sobre experimentos y disección. Lo que más nos gusta de SLA es almuerzo porque salimos con amigos, comer y descansar. Hacemos proyectos divertidos. Y en la clase de español, intentamos hablar español y trabajamos duro. Al final de cuentas, SLA es fantástica, chevere, y divertida. ¡Ven a visitarnos!


Para más información, ve a www.scienceleadership.org.


Jared Trusty

Posted by Jared Trusty in Science and Society · Best · E Band on
Caesar salad

Ingredients

- 1/4 cup of pre-made Caesar salad dressing 
- 2 table spoons of grated parmesan cheese 
- 1/2 head of Romaine lettuce
2/3 cup of croutons

Making
- Be sure to wash the Romaine lettuce and then chop or tear into bite size pieces. Grate Parmesan Cheese and ad it to your lettuce. Gently toss the salad greens with the Caesar dressing and sprinkle on the shredded cheese. The top it off with some croutons.

Salad is delicious and nutritious. Packaged salad is not as healthy be cause it contains lots of processed food. It still taste extremely good. The worst part of the salad is the dressing which has a considerable amount of fat. A traditional dressing includes lemon juice, olive oil, an egg, Worcestershire sauce, or anchovies and freshly grated black pepper. You could of course not have the dressing and have plain lettuce. The average salad dressing has 78 calories in 1 tablespoon. This correlates to 98% fat, 2% carbs, 0% protein.
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E1 U4 Karen, Sara, Grahm, Simon

Posted by Karen Ossowski in Spanish 1 · Manuel · C Band on

¡Hola! Somos del primer año de SLA en Filadelfia. La escuela está cerca de la calle principal de la ciudad que se llama Market St. Está cerca de una tienda muy popular, el Trader Joe. Tenemos quinientos estudiantes y veinte professores. No somos muchos! La escuela no es muy grande, tenemos solo cuatros pisos… Tenemos equipos de sport, con el fútbol, el voleibol, el baloncesto… Algunos de nosotros estamos en la Black Student Union, ¡es muy interesante!


En SLA mis clases are ingeniería, bioquímica, inglés, matemática, historia, and español. Mi clase favorita es inglés. En esta clase a veces leemos y trabajamos duro. Nosotros aprendemos y cantamos canciones en español. Nosotros trabajamos duro en SLA. Nosotros leemos Shakespeare y hacemos proyectos divertidos. Para proyectos usamos computadoras y papel. Para tener éxito en esta SLA, participamos activamente y trabajamos duro y sacamos buenas notas.


Nuestra profesora favorita es la Srta. Giknis. Ella enseña la clase de inglés y es muy chévere y simpática. Su clase es facíl y interesante. En la clase de inglés, nosotros leemos novelas, actuamos Shakespeare, y escribimos ensayos. Nuestros estudiantes en SLA son cómicos, inteligentes, y simpáticos, pero algunos de mis compañeros de clases son molestos. Los proyectos de grupos son a veces difíciles y muy estresantes.

Me encanta SLA, son un amorosa escuela. ¡Ven a visitarnos! Nosotros estudiantes encanta nuestros escuela porque los profesores y estudiantes son muy buen. Nosotros encanta comó es proyecto-basado escuela, porque lo crear sus creativo. Los que más nos gusta de SLA es el ambiente y el estudiantes son fantástico. SLA es enérgico, divertido, y magnífica. Para más información, ve a www.scienceleadership.org.

The Newbie Player

Posted by Boubou Magassa in English 2 · Pahomov · C Band on

“The soccer team tryouts will begin soon.”  I have to get to the school’s field as fast as I can! The fastest way to go down the main staircase. Oh no, there’s the principal!”

“Oh hey, Mr. Potuy.”

“My day is going good.”

“No, I’m just on my way to the soccer field for the tryouts.”

“Thank you I will try my best.”

“Have a good day.”

(Mr. Potuy leaves.)

“Dang it, because of that talk I can’t get their on time by using the staircase,”

“Wait, the second floor window in the Chem-lab.”

(Runs to Chem-Lab)

“I’m finally here and have two minutes to spare.”

(Panting)

“The lights are out.”

(Open Door)

“Whoo, No one's in here.”

“Now I just got to find the unlocked window.”

(Checking windows)

“There you go.”

(Looks out window)

“Wow, that is high.”

“Next time, I’m just going to get ready an hour earlier.”

(Climbs out of the window)

“Just one foot at a time.”

“Don’t look down, Don’t look down, aww man I looked down.”

“Just keep going,”

“I guess I can drop from here.”

“Whoo, I made it.”

(Runs to the field)

“Hello, Coach.”

“Made it just in time.”

“What I’m late.”

“I thought it started at 7:00am.”

“What, it's 8:00?”

“But, my watch says, oh yeah daylight savings time.”

“I forgot to change my alarm. It won’t happen again.”

“What do I have to do.”

“Okay I got it.”

(Walks away from coach)

“Wow that was a rough start for the new year.”

“I have to start to catch up to the other guys,”

“They are already halfway done.”

“I start with the 100 lunges.”

“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10…. 100.”

“Oh... (pant) wow (pant) I never wor(pant)ked my legs (pant) so much.”

“Now, the 75 pushups.”

“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10….75.”

“Wow, everyone is leaving and I’m only on Jumping Jacks.

“Um, coach are you staying.”

“Thanks I won’t take so long.”

“How many jumping jacks do I need to do?”

“175!”

“I guess that I’ll should start now.”

“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10…. 175.”

“I’m (pant) beat (pant) what’s next.”

“Goalie kicks, but everyone left coach.”

“You can be the goalie.”

“I don’t think so since you're so ol…. I mean you're very experienced, but your body may not be able to keep up anymore.”

“Um, let’s start.”

“I’ll just do 80 kicks.”

“What only 40.”

“What about 50.”

“Fine, Fine, I’ll settle for 45.”

“Are you ready because I‘m not going to go easy on you.”

(Kicks soccer ball)

“How do you like that shot.”

(Kicks another soccer ball)

“Score!”

“Um, sorry I got too excited.”

“Hey coach, what position did you play on your team.”

“Wow, I wouldn't have taken you as a striker type of guy.”

“Well, you just that you seem like a defense guy.”

“What, you were a star player.”

“What were your total score count.”

“473!!!!!!”

“Oh, wow, it’s late,”

“I have to get home coach.”

“I did not expect it to take that long.”

“Thank you for staying late just to watch me finish.”

“Oh, coach when is our first game.”
“September 9.”

“Um, coach.”

“Do you have any people in mind that would make the team.”

“Because Zack is really good and also Rick.”

“You already made a list”

“Who are the starters.”

“I can’t believe I make the starter list as striker.”

“OMG, I can't believe this is happening.”

“I will show lots of determination and improvement.”

“I won’t let you down.”

“Thank you coach i'll keep working hard.”

“Have a good night.”


E1 U4 Sam Gualtieri, Kenzie Hopkins, Mike Ing, Donald Moses, Sarah Son

Posted by Mackenzie Hopkins in Spanish 1 · Manuel · C Band on

!Hola¡ Somos… (we all introduce ourselves). Somos del primer año en la escuela. SLA está en Filadelfia. Está cerca de Arch Gourmet, Franklin Institute, y Trader Joe’s. SLA es la escuela pequeña y brillante. Hay quinientos (500) estudiantes, treinta profesores, y hay cinco pisos. Nosotros tenemos Spirit Week, bailes de escuela, consejerías, y hay ultimate frisbee. Ofrecemos deportes, poetry club, cine, ingeniería, y comida deliciosa.

En la clases, nosotros aprendemos. Nosotros leemos, tomamos apuntes y prestamos atención. En SLA, tenemos muchas clases. Por ejemplo, inglés, historia, español, tecnología, ingeniería, arte, algebra/ geometria, bioquímica, consejería. Para tener éxito en esta clase, necesitamos hacer la tarea. Es importante tomar apuntes En la clases hacemos tarea con computadoras. La clase de inglés muy fácil.

¡En SLA las estudiantes están muy contentas! ¡Los profesores están muy inteligentes! ¡Los profesores les gustan los estudiantes mucho! Vamos a ver los estudiantes y profesores. (show teacher looks at kid and head explodes).

SLA es muy interesante. Me encanta bioquímica y ingeniería porque es fácil. Lo que más nos gusta de SLA es consejería. SLA es chévere, tranquilo, e inspirante. Para más información, ve a www.scienceleadership.org. !Ven a visitarnos!



French Canadian (?) Doughnut Recipe

Posted by Cameron Samodai in Science and Society · Best · E Band on
Ingredients:
​1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
3 tbsp corn oil
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk (alternatively butter or lard depending on whether or not you are my great-grandmother)
3.5 cups of flour
4 tsp baking powder
.5 tsp baking soda
1 tsp nutmeg

Instructions:
Combine ingredients
Beat batter and roll onto floured countertop
Knead until no longer sticky
Let rest overnight
Roll out batter until 1/4" thickness
Cut into world-famous doughnut shape
Heat oil to 450*
Put doughnut in oil until brown, then flip and keep in oil until other side is brown
Take out and let rest until edible

This is not an especially practical recipe. Not only does it contain little to no nutritional value, it takes a large amount of time to prepare. The recipe does have the advantage of being pretty cheap to prepare and quite filling. This meal mostly contains processed foods which are not recommended for nutritious eating. The only non-processed ingredient that is included in this recipe is nutmeg, and I would not call nutmeg a beacon of health and vitamins. Certainly a teaspoon of anything is not enough to make a literal donut into a health food. In addition to that, the dough ends up being fried, adding copious amounts of delicious and artery-clogging grease to the meal.

Baked Mac and Cheese

Posted by Felix Schafroth Doty in Science and Society · Best · A Band on

Baked Mac and Cheese


(I know I brought in cookies, I chose to do a different recipe)


Recipe:

  • Boil four cups of noodles until just softened (they’ll cook more in the oven)

  • Prepare three cups of grated cheese. I prefer mozzarella and some kind of cheddar, but maybe you prefer something with more heat or a different texture. The choice of cheese is up to you.

  • Whisk together two tablespoons of butter and two tablespoons of flour in a large saucepan over heat. Continue whisking for at least three minutes.

  • Whisk in two cups of milk (any kind will do but whole milk is prefered), a bay leaf, and a couple sprinkles of paprika. Bring this mixture to a simmer and continue whisking and simmering for fifteen minutes until it’s reduced, and remove it from heat. For a less saucy and more reduced mixture, simmer for eighteen minutes. Then season with salt and pepper to taste.

  • Whisk in about two thirds of your cheese and continue whisking until the mixture is as chunky/smooth as you would like. Remember that this will continue to cook as it sits and as it cooks in the oven.

  • Pour your noodles into the saucepan and mix until thoroughly combined. The noodles should be coated in the cheesey saucey mixture. Move half of these noodles to a pan or bowl (one that is oven-proof).

  • Pour the rest of your grated cheese into the pan or bowl, over the noodles, to serve as a cheesey center for your mac and cheese dish. Then pour the rest of your noodles on top. All of your grated cheese and noodle/cheese mixture should be in the pan or bowl now.

  • Extra tip: if you feel like you didn’t get enough cheese in there, you can grate more cheese into the mixture at any time. This recipe is very forgiving and the amount of cheese won’t damage the final product; the amount of cheese is really to taste.

  • Finish by combining a cup of breadcrumbs with two tablespoons of butter in a pan or skillet, and combine and toast until the breadcrumbs are warm and buttery. Spread this mixture on top of your mac and cheese.

  • Put your entire pan or bowl of mac and cheese into the oven at 350 degrees (you could preheat the oven if you liked, but again the recipe is forgiving). The meal is done after half an hour or until the top is as golden brown as you would like.

  • Extra tip: you can remove the mac and cheese from the oven and serve it immediately, but you can also mix it together, or add more grated cheese. If at any point in the process you don’t like it, just adjust the amounts of cheese/breadcrumbs/milk/butter/whatever to taste.

  • Extra tip: This mac and cheese isn’t as strong as I like it, but I prefer to season it once it’s on my plate and not in the bowl with everyone else’s. Some hot sauce, coarse kosher salt, and ground pepper can really improve the strength of the recipe and also bring out the other flavors. In addition to seasoning, you can also add grated cheese to your own plate to give a little bit of chunk to your saucey mac.

  • The final step is to enjoy!



This dish is a home cooked, hearty, comfort food. I use this dish to serve in large portions, because small portions of mac and cheese just make me sad that I don’t have more, so I will be analyzing this from the perspective of two to four people served per bowl (when this could easily create twenty small appetizer dishes).

In the context of other comfort foods, this dish holds its own. It has a lot of variation, but if you use the right ingredients this dish can be all whole food. Using whole milk is, obviously, the first step, but also make sure you’re using organic AND all natural cheese (placing far more emphasis on the organic on the label than the all natural). The other key is to use the proper seasoning; fresh salt, pepper, bay leaves, and paprika (and hot sauce if you’re interested in that feature of the recipe) are much less likely to be processed. These small pieces of the recipe are what create the taste, whereas the noodles and cheese create the bulk of the meal, so investing in organic, fresh, and unprocessed seasonings is critical. The real issue with processed foods arises with the bulk of the meal. The noodles are the biggest problem, because they’re grains and not digestible by our bodies, so they have to be processed. You could use veggie noodles, or even actual vegetables cut into the shapes of noodles (zucchini is a popular choice), or whole grain noodles as a whole food alternative to the most processed brands of noodle. You can even find out about these noodle choices on the Whole Foods website, ironically enough. Cheeses are also a difficult option. Spend some time choosing the right cheese (both in taste and in ingredients) and make sure it isn’t just the cheese at the closest corner store. Farmer’s markets are a great way to find little to no process cheese, and you can even make your own at home with a fraction of the “processing” that even the most local of farmers uses. In the end, if you want a little to no process mac and cheese recipe, you can get it, but you can’t use the Kraft box that’s sitting in your cabinet.

I began to touch upon this in your choice of ingredients, but having a healthy whole food option isn’t the only benefit of purchasing from local and organically grown farms. Cheese, especially the homemade or farmmade and whole food kind, is very difficult to make. The process is arduous and time consuming, but in the end rewards the consumer with an amazing and deep flavor. Investing in farmer’s market cheese is good for the consumer, but more importantly is good for the farmer. Supporting local farmers is what keeps unprocessed food on people’s plates, so this mac and cheese recipe is a great opportunity to support farmers.

In my preparation of this food I admittedly didn’t use farmer’s market ingredients. I used relatively fresh seasoning bought from Trader Joe’s and my mozzarella cheddar blend was created using their cheese as well. Trader Joe’s in particular is a happy medium between corporations like Kraft which crank out low quality mac and cheese at a low price and a farmer’s market with high quality ingredients but equally high costs. Trader Joe’s also uses the profits from their foods for good causes and are reliably healthy and organic. My preparation of this meal was free, but the combined prices of the ingredients were $15, I would estimate. This amount of fast food mac and cheese, however, say from Wawa or Panera, would cost me even more (two family sized mac and cheese sides from Wawa cost the same $15 but wouldn’t fill the bowl that I filled). The fast food option of this meal would also be much less healthy, even if you opted for store bought cheese and processed pasta.


Zlinkrofe aka Chicken Dumplings

Posted by Katarina Backo in Science and Society · Best · E Band on
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken thighs or chicken bresats
- 1 carrot
- 1/2 celery stick
- 1/2 small onion
- Diced basely 
- Vegeta (Spice)
- 5 eggs 
- Oil
- Water
- Flour 
- Salt
- Pepper
- Bread Crumbs

Instructions:

1. Make a soup with the meat, carrot, celery and the half of an onion.

2. Next cook the soup from the time it boils to until 30 min passes. 

3. Take out the meat and you have a soup leftover (which you can put extra seasoning in)

4. Cut the meat and add the diced basely, pepper, Vegeta and salt. Mix well.

5. Break 5 eggs into a bowl and mix well with an electric mixer. Add 3 tablespoons of oil and 3 tablespoons of water. Add salt. Mix well. Add flour and mix with the electric mixer untill the tough is thick enough to roll with your hands. 

6. Spread some flour and dut the dough on it. Use a rolling pin to stretch out the dough untilit is thin. 

7. Next use a knife to cut the dough into peaces approximately 3 by 3 inches. 

8. Fill the dough with the meat filling and roll them up. Press the sides to keep the filling from falling out.

9. Take the bread crumbs and fry them until they are golden brown.

10. Boil water and put the dumplings into the water (no more than 10 at a time), and wait until they all float up. 

11. Teak the dumplings out one by one and roll them in the dough. 

12. Wait a couple of minutes for them to cool down and enjoy!

Almost everything in this recipe is fresh food and only a couple products are proceed food, such as the spices, oil, and bread crumbs. The Vegeta is made out of dried vegetables, salt, sugar and some flavor enhancers. As for bread crumbs, they are biased on what type you get. These processed foods all include sugar as an ingredient. 

Chicken is one of the most popular foods that is also fresh, but it was probably specifically raised to one-day be a meal. All the vegetables are fresh and most likely shipped straight from a farm. The oil is also a processed food, while something like water is completely natural unless it is filtered. 
 
This meals price wearies, for example, you can either buy bread crumbs or make them by baking old bread and then crunching them. Most of these vegetables are things that people already have in the fridge, and the meat is approximate $8. I would guess that this meal is around $20 if you buy almost all of the ingredients, not including the salt, pepper, Vegeta, water, and oil. 

This meal tastes great, and might remind people of fast food, but with all the ingredients it is so much more healthy, but it also takes a lot of time to prepare.

Recipe

Posted by Ali Driggers in Science and Society · Best · E Band on
6 patatoes
1/2 a butter stick
1/4 a cup of milk
1 teaspoon of salt

       The potatoes are natural since they are vegetables. That actually is not processed, and it they are healthy due to being a vegetable. Butter is pretty processed. It has a a ton of fat and salt in them and it's not all added naturally. The dairy part is may be non-processed, but everything else is processed. The milk is dairy or almond, but even so, there has to be a process to add that vanilla flavor. The salt is natural, however. Salt is not nutritious, as it is full of sodium. The milk is not that unhealthy, as they are not filled with sweet ingredients.

       The difference between farm milk and store milk that is processed is that nothing is added. The milk can't become less nutritious in a farm since it is completely natural, and not tampered with in any way. And th

Q2- Artist's Statement and Slideshow

Posted by Chloë Epstein in Senior Art · Hull · B Band on
Artist's Statement 

This quarter we focused on different art techniques and practicing them instead of completing just big projects like we did a lot last quarter. The assignments were more about learning new skills and repetition than just creating something. I think I learned a lot this quarter because our assignments had us practicing new skills from the sources you gave us. We completed blind contour drawings, a color wheel, and practiced shading with different objects including fruit. None of them were finished pieces, or my best work, but I learned a lot from completing them. One of my favorite assignments though, was the colored pencil portrait we were assigned. I ended up drawing Pedro and the drawing looked just like him, while also having it’s own style. I usually work with pencil, charcoal, or ink when doing a portrait, os I gained a lot from working with a medium I was unfamiliar with. I do hope next quarter we will be able to do both big projects and small assignments while also learning in different mediums of art.


Cassava Leaf Soup and Rice

Posted by Sianneh Vesslee in Science and Society · Best · E Band on
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  • Cassava leaves, pounded

  • Beef (or other meat), wash and cut

  • 200 ml palm oil

  • 1 fish, if preferred

  • 2 onions, chopped

  • Chilli or hot Peppers

  • 4 cups water (1l)

  • Salt, for taste



  1. In a cooking pot, add your  meat or fish, salt and 2 cups of water.  

  2. Then bring it to boil for 10 minutes or until the fish is cooked. When the fish is done, remove it from the pot. Let it cool down and remove the bones from fish and set aside.

  3. Add the cassava leaves in the pot. Let it simmer for 5 minutes and add another cup of water

  4. Pour the palm oil in the sauce and add onion, and chili pepper .

  5. Then simmer for 30 minutes on medium heat.You will need to stir the sauce occasionally to prevent it from burning

  6. Return the fish  in the pot and salt to taste.

  7. Stir well and cook for 15 minutes.

  8. When your soup is done, serve it with rice


I would say that about 65 percent of this meal is whole food and the rest is processed. The greens are are grown and then pounded and put into a sealed bag which is then frozen. I at first that the green were fine but then my mom brought back cassava leaves from Liberia and it tastes a lot different from the greens that are grown here. The animals that were used in this meal, I don't know how they were killed, but most usually we get our meat from markets and other areas like that. The same goes for our seasoning that we use for the soup

When it comes to the cassava leaves, they are grown here, but they originated from my mother’s homeland, Liberia. For the ones that are grown here, I’m sure that they are mostly organically grown. When we have the time we even pick our own greens from farms in New Jersey. For the meat that we use, I am not sure if they contains pesticides and how commercially grown they really are, we get majority of it from markets so I think that it’s mostly organic.

This meal generally cost at least $50, and sometimes even more than that depending on what my mom wants to add to the soup. However, she ends up creating a large amount, so we eat some on that day, and refrigerate the rest. It usually last up to a month in my house before we have to make something else. My mom does this because she works late and doesn’t have time to always cook or give us money for takeout. We get most of our ingredients from small businesses because most of the things that we need, some supermarkets don’t have them, or they are too out of the way. Most of my community is either from Liberia or have relatives and parents that are from there. So, most of the foods that we eat, the stores around us have the ingredients.

French Toast Grilled Cheese

Posted by Miriam Sachs in Science and Society · Best · A Band on
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Recipe


Ingredients:

  • Two eggs

  • Two slices of bread

  • Two pieces of cheese

  • Unsalted margarine

  • ¼ cup milk

  • Cinnamon


Instructions:

  1. Crack two eggs into a bowl and scramble until all of the egg is one color.

  2. Mix milk into the eggs.

  3. Heat a flat pan and melt a piece of margarine in the pan to coat the bottom.

  4. Place a piece of bread into the bowl so one side is completely covered in egg. Then flip, and sprinkle cinnamon on top.

  5. Lift bread out of bowl. Take bread out before it can get very soggy and start falling apart.

  6. Put the slice of bread into the pan cinnamon side down. Then, sprinkle cinnamon over the other side.

  7. Flip the bread once the side that is faced down no longer looks like raw egg.

  8. Once other side is cooked, place the slice onto a plate.

  9. Put one piece of cheese in the corner of the slice of bread. Then, rip the other slice of cheese in areas of the top of the bread the first piece of cheese did not cover.

  10. Coat the second slice of bread in the remaining egg and cook like the first one.

  11. Place the second slice on top of the cheese.

  12. Let the sandwich cool for a moment, and then cut it in half if you desire.


Analysis


50% of the ingredients in this recipe are processed food while the rest is whole food. Eggs are a whole food since they come directly from chickens with little done to them except cleaning and packaging. Cinnamon,  type of tree bark that is just grated, is another whole food. Milk is almost a whole food, except it is pasteurized and sometimes has added vitamins.  Meanwhile, bread, margarine, and cheese are highly processed. It is possible to get cheese that is more of a whole food, but I tend to use cheese from Kraft.

This meal is unhealthy to eat everyday. Margarine almost only has fat, which is not healthy. Eating eggs too often causes high cholesterol, but it is a good source of protein, which the body does need. Cheese has calcium, but Kraft has added dyes and other unnatural ingredients. Arnold Whole Grain Oat Nut bread, which I use, gives protein, fiber, and whole grains, but also has added vitamins. Added vitamins are not as good as eating naturally occurring vitamins.

This meal is inexpensive. A dozen eggs, gallon of milk, jar of cinnamon, package of cheese, and box of margarine cost a few dollars each, and of each ingredient, only cents’ worth is being used. This meal only costs $1-2 approximately. This is about the same price as a burger on a fast food value menu, but with more whole grains than the rolls used in fast food. Both still are cooked with fat though.