Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Here's a good website I ran across, called Nasa Kid's Club. It's got some really useful and interesting information about our Solar System :)
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
We did not switch today, however, we continued our exploration of interesting and fascinating Scientists in our homeroom classes. Today we learned about Maria Mitchell and John Muir.
Maria Mitchell was an Astronomer who won an award for being the first person to discover a comet, using a telescope. She wrote a nautical almanac that included information on the tides, the phases of the moon and on eclipses.
John Muir was a Conservationist who, due to an accident, was temporarily blind in the mid 1800's. During his recovery he decided to become a Naturalist and began a 1,000 mile walk to Florida. He studied the trees, flowers, never harmed animals, and appreciated nature for it's beauty. Along his walk he proved that Yosemite Park was formed by glaciers. He is often referred to as the Father of our National Parks, and pushed for the preservation of the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest in Arizona.
Maria Mitchell was an Astronomer who won an award for being the first person to discover a comet, using a telescope. She wrote a nautical almanac that included information on the tides, the phases of the moon and on eclipses.
John Muir was a Conservationist who, due to an accident, was temporarily blind in the mid 1800's. During his recovery he decided to become a Naturalist and began a 1,000 mile walk to Florida. He studied the trees, flowers, never harmed animals, and appreciated nature for it's beauty. Along his walk he proved that Yosemite Park was formed by glaciers. He is often referred to as the Father of our National Parks, and pushed for the preservation of the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest in Arizona.
Friday, May 22nd, and Tuesday May 26th, 2009
These two days we wrapped up our Health Projects (pictures should be coming soon) and began learning about some really fascinating Scientists.
Today we learned about Benjamin Banneker and how he took his skills in Math and Science and used them to solve every day problems. He created a watch of his own, by observing and sketching another; and created his own Almanac that was so popular it was second only to the Bible in popularity. WOW!!!
We also learned about Annie Jump Cannon and how she classified stars based on their color. We created a color wheel, that we will "play" with on Friday and combine the colors of the spectrum to make "white light". It should be fun!!!
Today we learned about Benjamin Banneker and how he took his skills in Math and Science and used them to solve every day problems. He created a watch of his own, by observing and sketching another; and created his own Almanac that was so popular it was second only to the Bible in popularity. WOW!!!
We also learned about Annie Jump Cannon and how she classified stars based on their color. We created a color wheel, that we will "play" with on Friday and combine the colors of the spectrum to make "white light". It should be fun!!!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Today we went on our tour of Terry, so we did not rotate. The kids got to see performances from the Cheerleaders, Band, Orchestra, Choir, got to meet the Art teacher and Librarian. It was a really good day. We are back on track tomorrow and will wrap up our Health projects.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tuesday and Wednesday May 19th and 20th
We did not rotate these two days, so we did not have Science/Health :(
We will be "back in business" on Friday, doing Three more presentations and the last on Tuesday, with a quiz of the notes they've taken during their classmates presentations.
We will be "back in business" on Friday, doing Three more presentations and the last on Tuesday, with a quiz of the notes they've taken during their classmates presentations.
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