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Watery Earth Lesson 5: How_ use water(Scientist )

6/2/2015

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I was absent.
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Watery Earth Lesson 4:How_ use water ( Animal)

6/1/2015

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I was Absent.
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Oregon Trail Reflection

5/28/2015

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Me standing in front of Courthouse Rock
    When we started our trip we shopped at the mercantile store with all our money and got oxen and Conestoga wagons. The Conestoga wagon was the wrong choice so we bought Prairie Schooners and sold are Conestogas. We Started off on the trail. We got to the Kansas river and crossed, but Matilda Faulk got a bad foot infection. Then we cut off our foot. Next we made it to Alcove Springs. We rested and had a very fun time in the water and out of the water playing games. We passed Rock Creek station and made it to Fort Kearny. We rested and got more supplies. We left and buffalo were in our way. But then we made it passed and crossed the Platte River. Then someone got sick and we voted and that family left. Unfortunately Iskandar Alatas in our wagon got sick too. We still moved on and got to Chimney and Courthouse rock and toke pictures. Unfortunately on our way to Fort Laramie we had to get rid of some Supplies. Finally we made it to Fort Laramie and Iskandar's sickness got very bad. We traded in our oxen for new ones and sold some supplies. Alexandrine Haberle fell in love with somebody at Fort Laramie. When Kai Bon was sharpening knives he accidentally cut off his pinkie finger. Iskandar's sickness was so bad that he was left behind to get help from their doctors. Also Alexandrine stayed behind with her boyfriend. Then the rest of the wagon train started off again.
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Strega Nona

5/27/2015

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Museum of Science and Industry 

5/27/2015

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Watery Earth lesson 9- Finding Bodies of Water on a map

5/20/2015

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1.What bodies of surface water did you find while examining the three maps?
2.Were there any types of surface water on the Arlington Heights map that you weren’t able to find on the Illinois map? If so, why?
3.Were there any types of surface water on the Illinois map that you couldn’t find on the United States map? If so, why?
  • 4.What are some names of the bodies of water in Illinois and Arlington Heights? What bodies of water did you identify?
1.  I saw Oceans, Reserviors, Creeks, Channels,Inlets,Lakes, rivers, Bays, Sounds, Seas, Gulfs, and a Strait.
2. I saw creeks and lots of tiny lakes that I couldn't see on the Illinois map. Although some bigger lakes I couldn't see on the local map.
3. Yes I could see tiny lakes, creeks, and a canal, They were so small you couldn't see them on the U.S map.
4. I found the Hennipin Canal on the Illinois map and I found Poplar Creek on the Arlington Heights map. I identified creeks, lakes, oceans, rivers,etc.
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Lesson 8-Bodies of Water

5/5/2015

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The Phantom Tollbooth

5/1/2015

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1. What type of person is Milo?
2.Do you think Milo is a good student? Why or why not?
3. Why do you think Milo acts the way he does?
4. Would Milo be someone you would like to be friends with? Why or why not?
5. Describe a time when you felt grumpy and disinterested like Milo?
1.He is a very very shy person and not very adventurous. He doesn't like to take risks and do stuff he is comfortable with.
2. No because I think when he works with people he lets them do all the work. Also I think he would be bad because he would be shy and wouldn't ask any questions.
3. Because he doesn't have very many friends so he doesn't know how to act around people.  Also because he is very shy so he doesn't ask for things.
4. Yes because he will do whatever I want. Also he is very nice so he would not be mean to me.
5. When I made a mistake in a soccer game and then I didn't talk to anyone. Also I didn't play with anybody.
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Watery Earth Lesson 7:My Water Molecule's Journey

4/30/2015

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    Once opun a time in a very very dry place I landed on after crashing from space. I am very tiny and notice that is raining on me. Raining and raining every day, all day. But then one day It stopped I was part of a huge ocean flowing against the tides. I was getting pushed away to the shore. But then I was part of a riptide. Huh, huh, iii'm getting huh pushed huh back huh to huh seeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaa!!!!
    The next thing I know, I was in a long river. All around me was a bunch of jungles. I was floating down the river and become part of a huge lake. Then a huge monkey oh wait it was a gorilla and he drank me. Then I turn up in a T-rex's  stomach. He was running and then I got percipated  out of his armpit. I flew through the sky and I thought, " I belliieve I can flllyy. I beliiieevvvee I can touch the skyyy." SPLAT I accumulated into a huge ocean. Then I get evaporated into the cloud before you could say three. I floated over to another water molecule. I asked, "where did you come from". He said, " I got transpired from a tree into this very cloud. Now turn up that music.This is my jam." Eventually it got very crowded and then we had to leave and got percipated  down to the earth. I flew down like a rocket and splashed into a pool. I looked around me and saw I was in a pool outside a mansion.Then a person with a swimsuit on cam out and jumped into the pool. Then I noticed it was Micheal Jordan!!! And then he got out of the pool and dried off. Then I got evaporated and went through the water cycle again. I finally landed in a lake where I got sucked into a tube at super fast speeds! I flew thought the piped like a rocket and finally got to a factory. I got cleaned by a water filter that made me feel much much better and the next thing you know I was in a water bottle.
    Then a huge human opened up the door to the huge frig and toke the water bottle I was in out. His Mom said," Aidan were waiting." Then he drank me down and I landed in his stomach.
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Watery Earth Lesson 6 - Drops of Water on Different Surfaces

4/28/2015

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Surface

Sticks on a tree
Dandelions
Grass
Dirt
Rock

Prediction

I think that the water will drip down the side of the stick and  eventually stop at the bottom of the cup.
I think the flowers will absorb the water once it goes into the middle of the flower.
I think the water will run down the side of the grass like a waterfall.
I think the dirt will make the dirt very wet because the dirt will kind've absorb it.
I think the water will lan on the rock and stay there, but some might drip down.

Actual

The water just layed on the stick and did not drip down at all.
The water that landed on the dandelions partly git absorbed and partly stayed on the flowers.
The water landed on the grass and the bottom of the cup.
The water did get absorbed into the dirt part and the rest stayed on the woodchips.
The water did stay on top of the rock and some water did drip down.

Reflection

I was very surprised because I thought that the water would drip down not just lay there.
I was not that surprised because the water did partly absorb and the rest just stayed there which I kind of thought would happen.
I am kind've surprised that the water landed on the grass.
I am not surprised because I thought that would happen and that is what happened.
I am not surprised that this happened because I knew the rock wouldn't absorb it so it had to just lay there.
  1. Which materials surprised you the most? Why? 
  2. Which materials do you still wonder about? How do you think water will respond to that material?
1.The Grass and the stick because for the grass  the water stayed on the grass. Also the water stayed on the stick instead of dripping down.
2. I think water will splash into the water. I wonder that because I've heard lots of other opinions.
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