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Lesson 4: How Kangaroo Use Water

4/9/2015

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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.

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5th Grade Mentors

4/9/2015

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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

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Watery Earth Lesson 3-Natural Resources

4/8/2015

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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)

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Watery Earth Lesson 2: How We Use Water

4/7/2015

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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

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Our Mars Simulation

4/6/2015

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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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Watery Earth, Lesson 1

4/2/2015

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The sweat was dripping rapidly down my face. On to my neck. Into my shirt. I was aching with pain. My legs burned from running. I had softball earlier. I had to run extra bases because our team was short of 3 people. 3 times harder working! I didn’t even think that I had tennis after words. And tennis class with my dad! Oh golly! We were doing the X drill. Than we did the 4 ball run. I could only hear him screaming because the sweat was in my ears. I felt like my knees were going to buckle and give in.

“OK class, you can get water! Hanna! Do the run again! Really try this time!” My dad yelled.

“Are you serious!” I screamed “I worked...”

Than he cut me off saying. “Just kidding! Go get water”. I had just enough energy to get my water. I ran as fast as I could to the bench to get my water. Just than, Adam grabbed my water!

“Give it back!” I yelled. Adam opened the water bottle on me and poured half of the water in the bottle (It was a huge jug) on top of my head!

“Thanks!” I said. My dad walked out of the court and saw me soaking wet! I told him Adam did it and he got in trouble.

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Human Body Research Paper

3/20/2015

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1. What writing skills did you improve while working on your Human Body Research Paper? Explain.
2. What are some concepts that you learned about the human body during this unit that you think are
important (not just interesting)?
3. What was the most challenging part of writing your Human Body Research Paper? Why?
4. What aspect of the Human Body Research Paper are you most proud of? Why?

1. One of the things that I improved on was using my transition words. I also tried working on how not making run on sentences. Kaela, Emily and Nick actually helped me with my clincher sentences and it got better. And I actually improved on instead of fact by fact I made it interesting instead but I still had facts.
2. I actually learned that your circulatory brings oxygen to you cells and I thought it's main purpose was just to your heart just pumping blood. But now I know that it also brings oxygen to our cells. I also didn't know that medulla was another name for a brain stem and it's actually really important so that's some concepts that I learned. Also that Muscles pull and don't push. These are some of the main things I learned. I learned so much that I would have 5 pages worth! Almost My whole Paper I learned!
3. The most challenging part of writing the human body research paper was doing the respiratory system because it had a lot of parts and I tried to make it interesting but it was hard to put it into words.
4. I am most proud of my nervous system because I already know a lot but I actually learned more and since I really loved the nervous system that made it more interesting to learn and it was really fun.

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What Will We Do First On Mars?

3/17/2015

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What did the group deiced?

What should we do first when we land on mars?

I think that Mikey/Teo Izzi should contact NASA so they could know that we landed.
We should then have Lucas and Charlie should build the windmills so then we can have electricity.
I think that once we landed that then we should then send Chris should go with Hasanain/Aldaberto Silva should go to the poles and collect the water. And make the drill.
Then I would think that we should then make the domes so Madi and Tucker should work on that.
We can start planting the foods for the gardener Hanna/Alexandrine Haberle.
Emily, Nicky, Kaela, and Mr. Solarz should make sure everyone is healthy and feeling safe.
Bela: Make the animals safe.
Everyone else: Unload the spaceship and help build the dome.
Maybe at the end we might need to build the MOXIE. Maybe in a couple of weeks

What did I do?
I am tending the plants and food.

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How Our Muscles Know When To Move

3/5/2015

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Only Sight: 6 inches Only Sound: 5 inches Only Touch: ~22 centimeters

Explain how you and your partner used only the sense of sight to catch the ruler.
Explain how you and your partner used only the sense of hearing to catch the ruler.
Explain how you and your partner used only the sense of touch to catch the ruler.
Was it more difficult to catch the ruler using one of the senses as compared to the other? Explain.
How could you use only the sense of smell to catch the ruler?
How could you use only the sense of taste to catch the ruler?
Explain how your senses, nerves, brain, and muscles in your fingers helped you catch the ruler for one of the senses explored. Use the Directing Your Muscles—The Nervous System chapter in your student reference book to help you.

My partner used his sight by seeing the ruler. He said go, but than, I waited till he was looking. I used it because he tricked me by saying "Go!" I got tricked and I tried to grab the ruler.
I think that I did better with the Sound Only and so did my partner. He got 2 inches and I got 5 inches.
3. On the touch we put our hand out and when we dropped it the partner touched the other persons hand. He got 4 inches. I got about 22 centimeters
4. Some where easy because you could actually see it fall. Others you couldn't use even use sight.
5. Someone could spray perfume in the area. Then you would grab it.
6. Someone could toss a goldfish in our mouth. Then you would catch the ruler.
7. Your brain sends signals through your nerves and then to your muscles then you close. That's how you grab it after a couple milliseconds.

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Things I Need To Bring To Mars

2/27/2015

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