ROTAMAG MARCH 2021

rotamag ISSUE9,march2021 EARTHHOUR #SAVETHEPLANET

EARTH HOUR TURN OFF YOUR LIGHTS FOR OUR PLANET MARCH 27,2021 8:30 -9:30 PM

WHATISEARTH HOUR? Heyguys!I’mM na.InthsartcleI’mgongtotellyouabout“EarthHour.”EarthHoursone oftheworld’slargestmovementsfortheenvronment.ItwasstartedbytheWorldW deFund forNature(WWF)n2007nSydney,Australa.ItsheldeverylastSaturdayofMarchforan hourfrom8.30pmto9.30pm nyourlocaltmezoneandengagesmllonsofpeoplenmore than180countresandterrtores.It sanannualglobaleventencouragng ndvduals, communtes,corporates,andhouseholdstoturnofftherlghtstoshowsupportforthefght aganst clmate change and commtment towards a better planet. WHO CAN JOIN? Themovementsanopen-sourceplatformandwelcomeseveryone,anywheretotakepartnthe movementandhelpprotecttheplanet.EarthHour sallaboutspreadngawarenessof envronmentalssuesnourglobalandlocalcommuntes.M llonsacrosstheworldchooseto turn off ther lghts for one hour to celebrate ther commtment to the planet. FAMOUSPEOPLESUPPORTIT Anumberofcelebrteshaveputthernamestothecause,ncludngsngersPaulMcCartney, ElleGouldng,tennsstarAndyMurray,TV hostEllenDeGeneresandactorLeonardod Capro.Poltcansandworldleadershavealsogventhersupport,andthousandsoffamous landmarkshaveturnedofftherlghts,ncludngtheEffelTowernPars,theEmpreState Buldng nNewYorkandthePyram dsnEgypt.Turkeyhasbeentakngpartforyears,too. WHATSHOULD WEDO? Thsyeart’sonMarch27,2021.Frst,vsttheEarthHourwebsteandfndoutwhat'sgong on.Thengetreadytoturnoffyourlghtsandjonthemllonsofotherpeoplearoundtheworld whoarefghtngtosaveourplanet!Ihghlyencourageyoutojonthemovementbecausethe futureofourplanetsnourhands.Ifwedon’ttakeactonsnow,futuregeneratonswllsuffera lot.IamproudtonformyouaboutEarthHour,Ihopeyouwlltakeasteptosaveourplanet! -ZeynepM naYURTTAŞ,7-A w w w .earthhour.org w w w .dunyasaati.org

ÇVAINCATKOKRALYE AND THE MARTYRS’DAY EveryyearonMarch18,wecelebratetheÇanakkalevctoryandcommemoratethemartyrs wholosttherlvestownthegame-changngbattle.TheGallpolcampagnstartedn1915 andendedn1916.ThecampagnwasconsderedagreatOttomanvctory.Itwasagreatsaga ofherosm.Itsregardedasadefnngmomentnourhstory.CorporalSeytsfamousfor havngcarredthreeshellseachweghng275klogramsdurngtheAlledattempttoforce theDardanelleson18March1915.Alotofpeoplededtosaveourbelovedcountry.Even 15-year-oldteensdedforthesakeofthsnaton.TherbloodlesunderthesolofÇanakkale. ThsvctoryformedthebassfortheTurkshWarofIndependenceandthedeclaratonofthe RepublcofTurkeyeghtyearslater,wthMustafaKemalAtatürkasfounderandpresdent. Çanakkalewasbultn1462.ItsthenearestctytotheancentctyofTroy.Therearemore than180,000peoplelvngnÇanakkalenow.TherearealotofplacestovstnÇanakkale: M rroredBazaar,CeramcsMuseum,NavalMuseum,ChurchofMotherMary,Martyr’s Memoral, Trojan Horse, Clock Tower, Assos Ancent Cty and many more.. -BaharEceDEMİRKAYA,6-B Illustratonrghts:umaymdt.com

THE ADOPTION OF TURKISHNationalA nem TheİstklalMarşı(IndependenceMarch)wasoffcallyadoptedas Turkey’sNatonalAnthem onMarch12,1921.Sncethen,we havecelebratedthsmportantdayandcommemoratedtspoet, MehmetAkfErsoy,everyyear.Here’stheepcstoryofhow theanthemwasborn:AtthebegnnngoftheTurkshWarof Independence,theM nstryofEducatonorganzedalyrcs contestn1921 nordertoprovdetheopportuntytown theWarofIndependencenanatonalsprt.Atotalof724 poems partcpated n the contest.Burdurdeputy MehmetAkfErsoy,whoddnotwanttopartcpaten thecontestfrstbecausethewnnerwasawarded money,submttedhspoem,whchhewroteforthe TurkshArmybattlng ntheWarofIndependence,upon the nsstenceoftheDeputyofEducaton,Hamdullah Suph Tanrıöver.Tanrıöverwasthefrstpersontoreadthe TurkshNatonalAnthem attheTurkey'sGrandNatonal Assembly. MehmetAkf's poetry was receved wth enthusastcapplausedesptesomeobjectonsfrom some deputes.MehmetAkfErsoy dd not nclude the the IndependenceAnthem nSafahat,wherehecollectedhs poems,anddeclaredthattheIndependenceMarch wastheworkoftheTurkshNaton.In1930, acompostonbyOsman Zek Üngör, vrtuoso composer and the frst conductor of the Presdental SymphonyOrchestraoftheRepublc ofTurkey,wasadoptedasapermanent muscalarrangementbyParlament. ThefulllyrcsoftheTurkshnatonal anthemconsstof41lnesofverses, thoughonlythefrst8lnesare performed noffcalceremones. -DefneMelsÜNGÖR,6-B

Intopology,abranchofmathematcs,theKlenbottlesan exampleofanon-orentablesurface;tsatwo-dmensonal manfoldaganstwhchasystem fordetermnnganormal vectorcannotbeconsstentlydefned.Informally, t sa one-sdedsurfacewhch,ftraveledupon,couldbefollowed backtothepontoforgnwhleflppngthetravelerupsde down.Otherrelatednon-orentableobjectsncludetheMöbus strpandtherealprojectveplane.WhleaMöbusstrpsasurface wthboundary,aKlenbottlehasnoboundary.Forcomparson,a spheresanorentablesurfacewthnoboundary.TheKlenbottlewas frstdescrbed n 1882 by the German mathematcan Felx Klen. Möbusstrpsasurfacewthonlyonesde(when embedded nthree-dmensonalEucldeanspace) andonlyoneboundarycurve.TheMöbusstrp s the smplestnon-orentable surface.Itcan be realzedasaruledsurface.Itwasdscoveredbytwo GermanmathematcansJohannBenedctLstngand AugustFerdnandMöbus n1858.Anexampleofa Möbusstrpcanbecreatedbytakngastrpofpaperand gvngoneendahalf-twst,thenjonngtheendstoformaloop;tsboundary sasmpleclosedcurvewhchcanbetracedbyasngleunknottedstrng.Any topologcalspacehomeomorphctothsexamplesalsocalledaMöbusstrp,allowngfora verywdevaretyofgeometrcrealzatonsassurfaceswthadefnteszeandshape. -ElfGÖKSEL,7-F

piday P Day sonMarch14andanydaythatcombnesfun,educaton,andpesadayworth celebratng!P,alsoknownbytheGreekletter“π”saconstantvalueused nmaththat representstheratoofacrcumferenceofacrcleto tsdameter,whch sjustabout 3.14….15…9265359… (andsoon).Notonlythat,butthefourteenthofMarchsalsoAlbert Ensten’sbrthday,soalltogethert’snothngshortofamathematcan’sdelght.Tolearn aboutp,weneedtogobackafewthousandyearsandlearnaboutthselusvenumber.The valueofpwasfrstcalculatedbyArchmedesofSyracuse(287–212BC),oneofthegreatest mathematcansoftheancentworld.However,twasfrstbaptzedwththeGreekletteras tsnamewhenW llam Oughtredcalled tassuch nhsworksdatngbackto1647,later embracedbythescentfccommuntywhenLeonhardEulerusedthesymboln1737.But howddP Dayendup nacountry-wdephenomenon?Forthat,weneedtotraveltothe Exploratorum n1988SanFrancsco,wheretwasthoughtupbyphyscstLarryShaw. ShawlnkedMarch14wththefrstdgtsofp(3.14)nordertoorganzeaspecaldayto bondtheExploratorumstafftogether,whereheofferedfrutpesandteatoeveryonestartng at1:59pm,thefollowngthreedgtsofthevalue.Afewyearslater,afterLarry’sdaughter, Sara,remarkedthatthespecaldatewasalsothebrthdayofAlbertEnsten,theystarted celebratngthelfeoftheworld-famousscentst.P DaybecameanannualExploratorum tradtonthatstllgoesontoday,and tddn’ttakelongforthedeatogrowexponentally, httngapeakonMarch12,2009,whentheU.SCongressdeclaredtanatonalholday.Now, celebratedbymathgeeksallaroundthecrcumferenceoftheworld,P Daybecameapop culturephenomenon,wthseveralplacespartakngntheactvtes,antcsandobservatons. -İlkeÇAVAŞ,6-D

LADY GAGA Stefan Joanne Angelna Germanotta, known professonallyasLadyGaga,sanAmercansnger, songwrterandactress.Let’sgettoknowmoreabouther! ShewasbornonMarch28,1986nNewYorkCty.She learned muscatan early ageand wasperform ng onstage nNewYorkCtyclubsbythetmeshewasa teenager.Sheattendedanall-grlsschoolnManhattan. ShethenwentontostudymuscattheTschSchoolof theArtsatNewYorkUnversty.ShestudedatTschfor twoyearsbeforedroppngouttomanageherowncareer. Afterdroppngout,shebegantransformngherselffrom GermanottantoLadyGaga,whosestylecombnedglam rock and over-the-top fashon desgn. She began preparng herdebutalbum,TheFame,whch was releasedn2008.Herfrstsngle,“JustDance”became popularnclubsthroughouttheUntedStatesandEurope andeventuallylandedatnumberone.Threeothersngles off that album “Poker Face”,“LoveGame” and “Paparazz”alsoreachednumberone.Sncethen,hehas releasedsxmorealbumstodate(TheFameMonster, Born ThsWay,Artpop,CheektoCheek,Joanne, Chromatca).In2018shestarrednOscar-wnnngflm “AStarIsBorn.”LadyGagahassoldmlonsofalbums, brokenseveralGunnessworldrecordsandrecevedalot ofawards ncludng 12 GrammyAwards,an Oscar Award,aBAFTAAward,3BRITAwards,2Golden GlobeAwardsand 18 MTV Vdeo MuscAwards. -DamlaTAŞELİ,6-D

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Iamgongtorecommendsomebookstoyou,butfrstofall,Iwlltellyousome technquesforspeedreadng.Tobeabletoreadfaster,trynottotalkto yourselfnyourheadanddon’tmoveyourlpswhlereadng.Ifyoudo that,yourreadngwllslow down.Testyourreadngspeedbyusnga practcetextandatmer.Challengeyourreadngratebypractcngwth more dffculttexts.Now,there are my book recommendatons: HarryPotterand thePhilosopher'sStone Ithnkeveryoneknowsthsbook,buttwouldbeashamefIddn't add ttomybook-recommendatonslst.ItsafantasybookthatI hghlyrecommend fyouhaven’tread tyet.Iwllgveyousome nformatonabouttheplot.WhleHarryPotterthoughthewasan ordnaryboy,hslfechangedwthaletterbroughtbyanowl:He wasacceptedntoHogwartsSchoolofW tchcraftandW zardry, eventhoughheddnotapplyfor t.InHogwarts,hetakes nterestng lessonsand runsfrom adventureto adventure. PercyJacksonand theOlym pians: TheLightning Thief Itsafantasy&adventurebook.Ireallylkeths bookandIhavereadtthreetmes!Thebooks aboutatwelve-year-oldboy,PeterJackson, whoshyperactve,hasproblemswthlteracy andnevergetsoutoftrouble!Nottomenton somesupernaturalcreatureschasngafterhm andhecan’tunderstandwhattheyare!Thereason forallofthssthathsfathersaGreekgod.Asf allthswasn'tenough,ZeusthnksPercy sthe lghtnngthef.PercyhastofndZeus'stolenlghtnngbolt toprovehmselfandshow everyonethathe snotathef! -ZeynepYağmurAKKERMAN,7-D

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EverybodyknowsaboutSuperMaro,butddyouknowthatSuperMarohasaspecaldaythat peoplecelebrate?Marowasfrstntroduced nDonkeyKong,anotherlegendarygamefrom Nntendo,n1982.Whenheappeared nthsgamentheearly1980s,hewasnotawell-known plumbertoberecognzedtoday.HsnamewasMr.Jumpmanandhewasacarpenter.Wouldn't yousayt'sverydfferent?Afterleavngonhsown,hechangedhsnameandprofessonnSuper MaroBros.ItstartedwththeacqustonofNntendo'scopyrghts.SuperMaroBrosgameshave sold262mlloncopesworldwde,makngtthemostsuccessfulvdeogamefranchseofalltme. ThereleaseofSuperMaro64broughtgroundbreakngthree-dmensonalgraphcswtht.Itwas alsothefrstgameto ntegrateacameravewthatcanbecontrolledbytheplayer!SuperMaro Sunshnemadeadvancements ngravtythatallowedtomovethroughspaceandhadmore movementoptonsthanbefore.Thssereshasbeenmportanttothevdeogamesndustryandthe technologcalleapsthathavebeenmadenconsolegamngovertheyears.March10stheSuper MaroDaybecauseofhowthedatesabbrevated(Mar10).IthasbeenembracedbyNntendoand tsfansasafunwaytocelebratethevdeogamecon.YoucanspendthewholedayplayngMaro! -DefneMelsÜNGÖR,6-B

WOMEN’SDAYIN T ERN A T ION A L InternatonalWomen'sDay saglobaldaycelebratngthesocal,econom c,culturaland poltcalachevementsofwomen.Thedayalsomarksacalltoactonforacceleratnggender party.Sgnfcantactvty swtnessedworldwdeasgroupscometogethertocelebrate women'sachevementsorrallyforwomen'sequalty.MarkedannuallyonMarch8th, InternatonalWomen'sDaysoneofthemostmportantdaysoftheyeartocelebratewomen. InternatonalWomen'sDayhasoccurredforwelloveracenturywththefrstgatherngheld n1911.Purple,greenandwhtearethecolorsofInternatonalWomen'sDay.Purplesgnfes justceanddgnty.Greensymbolzeshope.Whterepresentspurty.Thecolorsorgnated from the Women's Socal and Poltcal Unon (WSPU) n the UK n 1908. WHATCANWEDO TO SUPPORTWOMEN? InternatonalWomen'sDaysnotcountry,group,nororganzatonspecfc.Nogovernment, NGO,charty,corporaton,academcnsttuton,women'snetwork,ormedahub ssolely responsbleforInternatonalWomen'sDay.Thedaybelongstoallgroupscollectvely everywhere.GloraStenem,world-renownedfemnst,journalstandactvstonceexplaned “Thestoryofwomen'sstruggleforequaltybelongstonosnglefemnst,nortoanyone organzaton,buttothecollectveeffortsofallwhocareabouthumanrghts.”So,make Women'sDayyourdayanddowhatyoucantotrulymakeapostvedfferenceforwomen. www.internationalwomensday.com YoucanvsttheoffcalwebsteoftheInternatonalWomen’sDay.Thepurposeofthe webste stoprovdeaplatform tohelpforgepostvechangeforwomen.Thewebste provdesfreegudanceand resources,asearchableeventsdatabase,aplatform for collaboratvemssons,ahubshowcasngtheworkofwomencreatves,aspeakersregsterfor InternatonalWomen’sDayeventmanagers,afundrasngchannelforfemale-focused %100-drectchartesandmore.There'surgentworktodoandwecanallplayapart. -MerçNazYENEN,6-A

WATEdRayWorldWaterDayscelebratedonMarch22totellaboutwhat watermeanstopeople,tstruevalue,andhow wecanbetter protectthsvtalresource.Thedeaofthsnternatonaldaydatesback to1992,whentheUntedNatonsConferenceonEnvronmentandDevelopment washeld nRodeJanero.Inthesameyear,theUntedNatonsGeneralAssembly adoptedaresolutondeclarngMarch22asWorldWaterDay.It’sbeencelebratedeveryyear snce1993.WorldWaterDaycelebrateswaterandrasesawarenessof2.2bllonpeople whodonothaveaccesstocleanwaterandprovdesactontotackletheglobalwatercrss. Today,watersunderextremethreatfrom agrowngpopulaton,ncreasngdemandsof agrcultureandndustry,andtheworsenngmpactsofclmatechange. Thevalueofwatersaboutmuchmorethantsprce.Ithasenormous andcomplexvalueforourhouseholds,culture,health,educaton, economcsandthentegrtyofournaturalenvronment.Ths beautfuldayteachesushow mportantwaterstousand otherlvngcreaturesandthatweshouldusetcarefully. -İlkeÇavaş,6-D

MAGAZINECLUBSTUDENTS BaharEceDEMİRKAYA,6/B DamlaTAŞELİ,6/D DefneMelsÜNGÖR,6/A ElfGÖKSEL,7/F ElsERSOY,6/C EylülAKBUĞA,6/B İlkeÇAVAŞ,6/D İpekIşıkÇOKYAŞA,6/A KağanBOZOĞLAN,6/C MelekAzraGÜNEŞ,6/C MerçNazYENEN,6/A TunaGİRİT,7/A ZeynepM naYURTTAŞ,7/A ZeynepYağmurAKKERMAN,7/D Thankyouall! EDITEDANDDESIGNEDBY AlCanKÜÇÜKYILMAZ