Learning Log

15 June
4.44pm-4.54pm

Source:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3639878/Policeman-stabbed-death-outside-Paris-home-attacker-holding-officer-s-wife-son-hostage.html

What I Did
I read some things about ISIS on the internet

What I Learnt
masonic-relating to masonry or freemasons

Summary
A policeman and his wife had been killed in their home in the US by an ISIS attacker who also released a livestream on Facebook hintig that they will be attacking during Euro 2016. The police stormed the house and shot him dead shortly after, they found that the only survivor in this ordeal is the deceased's son who is unharmed.


16 June
3.23pm-3.33pm

Source:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-21710644

What I Did
I read some things about North Korea on the internet

What I Learnt
misogynist-someone who looks down on women
bellicose-aggressive/hostile

Summary
It has still not been really clear when and where North Korea will use their nuclear missles. However North Korea has been preparing a lot of Nuclear warheads and has been threatening repeatedly to strike South Korea.


17 June
3.19pm-3.29pm

Source:http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35370848

What I Did
I read some things about Zika Virus on the internet

What I Learnt
conjunctivitis-Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye

Summary
The world health organisation has declared that the Zika Virus is a global health emergency


20 June
1.13pm-1.23pm

Source:http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/54-year-old-man-becomes-first-in-singapore-to-donate-liver-to-a-complete-stranger

What I Did
I read the first article on straits times.

What I Learnt
glycogen- carbohydrate stored in the body that converts to glucose when needed.
benign-mild
Summary
A 54-year old man donated his liver to a complete stranger, a 16 year old kindheartedly.

21 June
9.30am-9.40am

Source:http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/15/bramble-cay-melomys-hedgehog-extinction-connection-with-nature

What I Did
I read about endangered animals

What I Learnt
inundating-flood

Summary
The first animal species is extinct because of climate change, and we have to do something about it as the hedgehog might be next.

21 June
9.40am-9.50am

Source:http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/starbucks-customer-sees-unsold-food-being-discarded-gives-it-migrant-workers-instead

What I Did
I read news about starbucks

What I Learnt
impromptu- Improvised
Summary
A middle aged women saw unsold food about to be thrown away and takes it to the foreign workers for them to eat.