Today the students finished their articles in our National Geographic magazines. These articles included Nature's Spirals a discussion on the Fibonacci sequence and how they are found in nature in Sea Shells, Bighorned Sheep, Sunflower Centers, and Spiral Galaxies.
The article also discussed the lost culture of Timbuktu (an actual place) and how it was formed on the possession of salt and gold.
Some key words from this article were:
Arabic- language spoken in the Middle East and North Africa
Culture- group of people's way of life, ideas, customs, and traditions
Nomad- person who does not live in one place all the time
Pilgrimage- journey to worship at a sacred place
The final passage was titled Body Works, and it discussed the microscopic workings of our bodies. This focused on our eyes, and how the rods inside of them help us see in black and white and color; our Brain and it's power in everything. How we breathe, or as they put it "Catch Air"; How Oxygen is delivered in our body, and how our body works when we work. There are several very nice diagrams of the Eye, the Lungs, and our Heart.
Some key words from this article were:
Blood vessel- tube in your body that carries blood, such as a vein or artery
Nerve- wiring that sends messages between your brain and every body part
Organ- body part with a specific purpose
Sense- ability, such as sight, that helps you understand your surroundings
Lastly, we worked in partners and read a short paragraph on Global Warming and focused on the terms Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases, Atmosphere, Deforestation and the Layers of our atmosphere. These layers are: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Thermosphere.
The Troposphere is the layer were greenhouse gases become trapped, the Stratosphere is the layer that contains the Ozone Layer, the Mesosphere is the layer that slows down meteors until most burn up, the Thermosphere is the outermost layer of the atmosphere.
The back discussed Sequoia trees, also known as Redwoods, and how special they are.
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