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Oregon Trail Reflection

5/28/2015

Me standing in front of Chimney rock. Wow it is so big and tall!

The Oregon Trail has been CRAZY! We have gone through a lot.First we started in Mars and we time traveled. Everyone was freaking out like Iskandar (Aidan) said "Where are. NO!!! We have no technology."
Then what happened was we at first bought the Conestoga wagons but then we traded them to the Prairie schooner guy for six different wagons. At first we said conestoga wagons because they are longer. Then Akemi Kataoka pointed out that the wagons are very heavy and would be hard to put up the mountain. Next since from all the walking we are getting blisters. We all decided to drain the puss then put the foot in warm water. Matilda Falk had such a bad blister her foot got cut off. We have left some people behind like Alexandrine Haberle because she fell in love with someone at Fort Laramie. Kai Bon cut his finger off when he was sharpening knifes.

Muesem of Science and Industry

5/27/2015

Watery Earth Lesson 9 - Finding bodies of water on maps

5/20/2015

Don't make Assumptions

5/14/2015

Once there was a Turtle. His name was Bernard. He live by the coral reef. Bernard was a baby turtle. When Bernard was born he was almost killed by the birds but he just made it. He was one inch away from dying. His dad, Robbie was a huge turtle. He was a good 15 feet long. Bernard was only a foot and a half. He still had lots of life to go. He was one day going down to the fish area. He was going to eat a little mino and this big shark just came in. He was like a foot away from death. So when Bernard was going to school. Bernard has 2 friends. Barry. Barry is a little squid that is a big inker (farter). Steve. Steve is a small turtle like Bernard. So they went to school and they were at recess. They were playing soccer. The ball was a piece of strong coral. He was going to goal and he was about to kick the coral and he said to the keeper “you are not good. You are just a little kid that doesn’t stop the ball.”

That made the keeper mad. He wanted to just come out and charge right at the Bernard. He was super mad. and he just walked away. Bernard was happy “yay what an easy goal. 4-0.”

Barry said “Hey don’t say mean things about my goalie. That is mean. Why would you do that. You are not a very good friend.”

Bernard was not very happy with himself. Bernard was just about to go and apologize and then I thought I am not going to deal with him.

Steve started talking “Can I tell you something. You just all day every day make assumptions. I don’t want to be friends with you.”

Bernard was very mad he didn’t know what to do. Then he thought let just deal with it.

Watery Earth - Lesson 8

5/5/2015

The Phantom Tollbooth

5/1/2015

Questions:

What kind of person is Milo?
Do you think Milo is a good student why or why not?
Why do you think Milo acts the way he does?
Would Milo like to someone you are friends with why or why not?
Describe a time when you felt grumpy and disinterested like Milo?

Watery Earth Lesson 7: My water molecule's Journey

4/30/2015

    Once upon a time I was a water molecule. I started off in my life as a piece of ice in a Comet. Then I melted on this planet named Earth. Then I melted out of the ice and I was water. Once I was out I evaporated up to the sky. I was minding my own bee's wax then this molecule came over and said "Dude, wanna come to my party?"
    I said sure and I went to his house. I was having fun and then we all just took a dive. The guy that invited me said "Come on man let's jump down. You go and just hang loose just go down to the world and get out of this cloud."
    I said OK and jumped down. Ahhhhhhhh! I saw him then I remembered hang loose. I started flipping and doing front flips I just let it go. When I landed I landed in this guys water. I thought great now I just have turned into a little lemonade molecule. I was in this guy he was very smelly. One day he was playing outside and he was sweating. I just got out and I was perspired to the sky. I met the same guy but only in a different cloud. " I wish I was transported than persperated. He was like "Dude come to my house next rain. My house is in Lake Geneva. There is like lots of cars (fish). So it like really like hard to get into my house."
So I thought what if I just go over the cars or go to the crosswalk. What if it is as early as today that I go to Deandre's house. I think that if I go I would go with the flow and do everything what everybody else does. What would I bring? Maybe I could bring some Rice crispies.
I was walking across the street and this huge truck (shark) just came out of nowhere and just ate me in one bite. I was thinking dude watch were you are going like at least learn how to drive (swim). "Hey to stop you hit the left pedal.

Lesson 6 - Drops of Water on Different Surfaces

4/28/2015

Surface

Leafs

Moss

Wood chips

Grass

Prediction

I think the water will go right through the leaf and not effect anything.

I think the water will be absorbed and will not go through.

I think the water will go over the wood chip but the wood chip will be a little damp.

I think it will just go over and do nothing to the grass and it will stay the same.

Actual

The water just stayed on the leaf and did not drip down to the bottom.

What happened was that the water was in the moss and never left.

The wood chips were drizzled on and the water flowed off and left the wood chips wet.

What happened was that the grass just was a little wet and it was in the cup.

Reflection

I learned that the water does not even go through the leaf.

I thought that water would soak and and that is what I learned.

I learned that the wood chips get very wet when water get on top of the wood chips.

I learned that the water just goes away.

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

The Moss because it is the biggest thing I had and it would be pretty hard.
I wonder about the water. I think the water would just rise.

Science Fair

4/23/2015

Science Fair Presentation - First Draft

I glad I recorded before the Science Fair because:

I have stuff to improve on
I also need to do some things to help them

Science Fair Presentation - Improved Version

By the end of the science fair, my presentation was better because:

I got louder at speaking
I also got better at presenting

Overall, I think that the Science Fair was a valuable experience because...
I definitely made some mistakes along the way, but I learned from them. Here are some examples...
If I were given the chance to do anything differently, I would...

Overall, I think that the Science Fair was a valuable experience because I improved my communication.
I was messing up like silly mistakes. I would start saying the stuff on the wrong slide like I was about to talk about the abstract but I was on the graph.
I would give some things out like stickers or like apple types that I used on a slip of paper.

5th Grade Mentors

4/15/2015

You have to have empathy were ever you go
Empathy starts here
One of the hardest things to do is to teach your kid empathy
You have to be able to calm down
Sometimes you have to let them struggle and they will find there way out
Kindness is the second best thing to have in a guidance counselor
You have to be able to have the 7 pillars of character counts
Comparing is the thief of lowering your self-esteem
You have to cheer them up

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 parents because they push me to the next level and to keep trying.
I am the superhero for the younger kids because they look up to the older kids and I could teach them things they don't know.
My superpower is respect, caring, and citizenship. I respect the other people on the opposite team by shaking their hand. I am caring because I help other people out if they are stuck. I have citizenship because I become friends with lots of people that they don't have many friends.
I help other people with everything that they are struggling.
What weakens me is that if someone is better than me than I don't have as much faith as I do when I'm leading.
I want to teach them everything I know about the subject because then they feel how I feel like if they are down and I am up I try to cheer them up so they are happy.