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My Water Molecules Journey

4/30/2015

I was just sitting in the Ocean, when a Whale was swimming by! It was speeding so fast. And can you guess what was behind it?!? It was a Fisher Boat! It was chasing me! Than my “friend” Nick didn’t look and got crushed by the whale! Than slid off and got crushed by the fisher boat! Than he got Evaporated! Right before I got hit by the whale, I evaporated! I evaporated so fast that I beat Nick into the cloud! Nick could not join, and he got hit by the whale again.

Watery Earth Lesson

4/28/2015

Surface

Prediction

Actual

The Sun (tape)
Roof of a House (Foam)
Buds of a Tree
Part of a statue (aluminum foil)
Flower
Part of the Slide (paper)

I think that the water will almost make a hole through the tape. I also think that it will slide off.
I think that the water will just slide off. I also think that some of it will sink in the foam, but just a little.
I think that it will make it droop even more. Also it will just slide down.
I think that it will just stay on it but it will fall off.
I think that it will droop the petals. Also it will make it "grow".
I think that there will be a hole in the paper.

The thing that happen is that my prediction cam true.
My prediction came true. The water did slide off, but it mostly stayed on the foam.
My prediction came true! I think that it just went through the tree buds. i think that the pressure from the water made it droop.
What happens is that If I did it in the middle, nothing would slide off. But I did it to the side and because the eye dropper was full, it was a lot of water and some slid off. I also tapped it which made it slide off.
My prediction was incorrect. Because the eye dropper was filled all the way, and the flower was so small, the water spilled out.
What happens is that the paper was on the top of the cup, so when the water was on it, the paper fell off the cup. It did not make a hole in the paper, there for, my prediction was not supported.

Reflection

Which materials surprised you the most? Why?
Which materials do you still wonder about? How do you think water will respond to that material?

1. I was most surprised by the paper. I was surprised because when I have a piece of paper and it is raining, it usually makes a hole.
2. Rubber and Tape (on the sticky side). For the rubber I also think that the water will just roll of of it because of it's materials. And for the tape on the sticky side I think the water will stay on it and keep on collecting on top of it.

Hanna's Science Fair

4/25/2015

Previous Science Fair

I'm glad that I recorded my Science Fair project video before the real Science Fair because...

I practiced if I would say too much, or too little
Either if I would like to halve certain stuff out or not out.

New and improved Science Fair Video

By the time Science Fair was older, my video was much better because...

I had talked to little kids so I didn't sound so too goobly-gook.
I had done it in smaller time because kids were passing by and I said it faster.
I had a better display idea for what to bring (like the computer)

5th grade Mentors with Miss. Cory's kindergarten class.

4/10/2015

My experience with Melody was very fun. We first played the game "That's me and That's not Me". I said that I like drawing and we started to draw. I asked how to spell her name and I made a cool bubble letter drawing of here name! I than asked her if she liked jump rope. We watched double dutch video's. Than she left and we had a great time!!

I think she did. I not really sure because she did not have a facial expression. But when she did have a facial expression, it was happy.

I think that I should they to have more fun next time. Since they are 2ed graders, than I will connect more. I think that I should have more excitement as well.

Watery Earth Lesson 5-How Meteorologists Use Water

4/10/2015

Meteorologists use Rain Gage to measure how much water has fallen. A Rain Water Gage stays outside when it is raining to collect water. When the rain stops, they bring the Rain Gage inside to see how much water has fallen. Meteorologists also use a Sling Psychrometer. A Sling Psychrometer is used to measure the humidity,which is vaporized water.

Lesson 4: How Kangaroo Use Water

4/9/2015

Me!

I Use Water....

To brush my teeth
Almost ever food has water in the indigents

We Use The Same.......

Swim
Drink
Bath

Kangaroo (Click on the Picture to go to it's source!)

Since Kangaroos habitat is usually in Australia, Kangaroos wet there armpits. They do to keep their body temp down. The blood runs close to the surface there and the moisture keeps the temp of the blood down a bit. (Credit: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070522083332AAakiyQ)

Kangaroos are the largest living marsupials from the family Macropodidae. There are four species commonly referred to as the kangaroo: the red kangaroo, the eastern grey kangaroo, the western grey kangaroo, and the antilopine kangaroo. Kangaroos are usually found

Reflection Questions

1. Why is water considered a "Natural Resource?"
2. How is water essential (required) to our survival and the survival of all living things?

1. Water is considered a natural resource because it isn't man made. When it's not man made the water can be made from the earth.
2. Water helps us keep our hygiene, drink, and eat these are all the things that are necessary to keep us alive. For other living things like plants it can help them grow and stay hydrated.

5th Grade Mentors

4/9/2015

Notes from Mrs. Gruener

She is a guidance concealer
She has written a book called "Whats Under Your Cape"
She has been a concealer for 20 years
You have to be empathetic to under stand
You need to be calm and patient
Let the kids struggle so they know how they can do it later on in life
You also have to be kind and nice to be a good concealer to the little kiddos.
You can help them but don't do It for them
having dog therapy can be very helpful
Her super power is when you are in her special place, you are her favorite
comparison is the theft of joy

Who's your real-life superhero? Why?
Whose superhero are you? Why?
What's your superpower? Describe it.
How do you use that superpower for good?
What's your Kryptonite? {what weakens you?} Describe it.
How are you going to ensure that the student you work with leaves feeling better about themself?

My supper hero is my dad because he is my coach. He is always there for me and pushing me to the next level. My dog, Baci is my best friend as well because she was always there for me.
I think that I can be a superhero to my classmates because I help them with there blogs. Also when I help my dad teach my tennis class, I can help the little kids get better
My superpower is that I can make kids smile. I can help them and play with them. I like to teach them how they can be there best self
I
My Kryptonite is leading. I think that I can boss people around. Also that there are some

Watery Earth Lesson 3-Natural Resources

4/8/2015

Natural Resources

Hunting Dogs

Flowers

Sheep

Salt

Sun

Grass

Man-Made Resources

Spoons

Glasses

Books

I Phone 5c

1. Write a definition for Man-Made Resources (in your own words) and Natural Resources.

2. Why is "water" considered a Natural Resource?

3. List three or more Natural Resources that you use daily.

A Man-Made Resource is something that is made by a human. A Natural Resource is something that is made by nature or by an animal or anything that is not made by a human.
Because Water is made by anything but a human. It was usually made by a "god" or something great.
I use....

Water
salt

oxygen
the Sun (to wake me up)

Watery Earth Lesson 2: How We Use Water

4/7/2015

Drinking and eating

Water is in milk
Water orange juice
Water is apple juice
Water is in a lot of the food that we eat
Ice is frozen water
There is water in Matzo

Keeping Clean

We use water in our baths
The water comes out of the shower
The water is in the shampoo
Water is in the soap that I use to wash my body
We use water in the sink we use to wash our hands

Caring for Pets

There is water in fish bowls
I feed my dog with the water to drink
The water in in dog and cat food
I wash my dog with the hoes

Playing

Water balloon fights
sprinkler

Other

Drink in a water bottle

Questions:

What seem to be the most commons uses of water (list at least three)?
What are the most unusual uses of water (list at least three)?

Answers:

The most common uses of water is drinking, bathing, and also using water your food (the ingredients).
I think that it could be playing in the rain, surfing, and the ice bucket challange

Our Mars Simulation

4/6/2015

When I first learned that I was going to Mars I was sooo excited! So I packed my stuff and flew all the way from Switzerland to Florida where I thought that I would first meet NASA. I was excited because my friend from Italy, Teo Izzi, was on the plane with me! He told me that he got the letter too! I would be flying with him to Mars!

When we got to Florida, Robert Gagne greeted us. Next thing I knew, we were packing our suitcases in the space ship! I was the farmer, so my bed room was closest to the garden area. also near me was the kitchen, and the workout room. I would sleep next to Akemi Kataoka, the nurse, Wu Chen, the chef and Antonia Salcedo,the Dentist. We were about to take off for landing when the spaceship had a malfunction! We had to wait eight more months! When we finally got ready to take off, Mars was too far away from us! So we had to wait another three years! THREE YEARS! Can you believe it!! After three years and eight months, we were finally ready to take off! On the spaceship, we decided who would do what and what problems we would face when we first got there. We then worked in committees and came up with ideas to solve the problems. After we landed we learned about the constitution. We said that we could bring guns. We had guns in a big factory and it went off! Everything exploded! Good thing that we made a teleported! We teleported back to Earth, but in 1843!

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