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Watery Earth Lesson 7: My Water Molecules Journey

4/30/2015

    Whoosh!!! There I was falling in the sky down to some strange planet called earth. Crash! Boom! Pow! Goes one other comet just like the one i'm riding on. 3,2,1, Crash! I somehow ended up in a big pile of water. It so loud all of the other molecules chatting about things i dont even know. It seems that all of these people have been here for a long time and have made friends.

    “Ow! Jeez you would think coming from Precipitation wouldn't hurt so much.” I look over and another molecule has fallen. It sounds like hes talking gibberish or something. “Precipitation” I keep thinking back to myself what could that mean. I race over to the molecule to help it up.

    “Are you okay?”

    “Yeah, I’m good. Did it hurt a lot when you fell from Precipitation?”

    “What?”

    “You’ve never heard of the water cycle?”

    “No, tell me about it.”

Watery Earth Lesson 6- Drops of Water on Different Surfaces

4/28/2015

Surface

Grass

Log Cabin

Yarn

Paper

Concrete

Prediction

I think it will form as a bubble on the grass.
I think it will absorb the water.
I think that the yarn will not absorb the water.
I think that the paper will absorb the water.
I don't think that the concrete will absorb the water.

Actual

The water on the grass did bubble so therefore my prediction was correct.
The log cabin did not absorb the water so therefore my prediction was wrong.
The water on the yarn did bubble so therefore my prediction was correct
The paper did absorb the water so therefore my prediction was correct.
The concrete did not absorb the water so therefore my prediction was correct.

Reflection
I was not supervised by the results because I have seen the water from the rain on the grass in the morning.
I was suprised by the results because whenever I have seen woood after rain it is soggy because it has absorbs that water.
I was not surprised by the results because my prediction was correct.
I was not surprised by the results becuase I always get water on paper.
I was not surprised by the results because my prediction was correct.

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. The log cabin surprised me the most. It surprised me the most because I have seen wood that is wet and it was absorbed.
2. I still wonder about cotton. I think the cotton will absorb the water.

Science Fair

4/23/2015

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...

I got to share my interest with parents and lots of big and little kids.
One mistake is when I was sharing with some parents I gave the wrong information and instead of keep say the wrong information I corrected it.
I would try to put more pictures on and have displayed what I used.

By the end of the Science Fair my presentation was better because I felt more confident in my presentation.

Was not here to record my first video.

5th Grade Mentors Day1

4/10/2015

1. Describe your experience.
2. Did your student leave our room feeling good about themselves? How do you know?
3. What will you do differently when we meet Mrs. Arce's class?

1. When the kindergarteners walked in I found my kid and introduced myself. We found a spot and started to introduce myself. I asked my kid his name but he didn't answer. Instead of waiting for a long time I asked him again and he told me that his name was Justin. We played the game called That's me That's not me. I did not learn so much because he was a little quite. I told him that we had a controller that turned on flashing lights but he was not so interested in them. So instead we decided to draw. After we finished drawing before I knew it it was time to clean up. So we said goodbye and he got in line to leave.
2. I don't know if my student left feeling better about him self because he was very quite like me sometimes.
3. Next time I will try to be more energetic and more open about myself.

Watery Earth Lesson 4 - How Meteorologists Use Water

4/10/2015

Meteorologists use water for many different reasons and different ways. . If the air is different temperatures they can predict what the weather will be. Another way is The amount of humidity in the air can affect hot fast water can evaporate. Meteorologists can predict the changes in weather patterns by using many different tools. They use most of these tools to measure atmospheric conditions.

Lesson 3: How Giant Pandas use Water

4/9/2015

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Giant Pandas use water a lot just like humans do. Giant pandas diet is bamboo but of course there is water in bamboo. So just like humans they use water to eat and drink. Giant pandas need more water to survive then what bamboo provides. To drink they tons of water from fresh water in near streams and rivers.

How Humans and Giant Pandas Use and Need Water

Humans

Humans use it to drink to keep us hydrated and healthy. Humans can’t go 3-5 days without water.
Humans use it to water plants and start gardens.
Humans use water to keep there pets healthy.
We also use water to get rid of our waste.
We use water to keep oursleves clean.

Giant Pandas

GIant pandas drink water out of streams. They also have water in there food, there food is bamboo which they eat a lot.
They also use water to keep themselves here.

Both

Humans and Giant Pandas both need water to stay hydrated and healthy.
Humans and Giant Pandas both need water to keep themselves clean.

5th Grade Mentors

4/9/2015

All kids have there own strengths.
Most important thing is empathy, empathy is where everything starts.
You have to stay calm and go slow for it to go fast.
You don't want to fix there problems you want yo let them struggle.
"You have to let the butterfly struggle for it to understand."
Kindness is the real global warming.
Sometimes you can find connections by asking questions.
Make everyone feel like your there favorite.
Celebrate who you are and don't compare yourself to others because who you ar e is GREAT!
Comparison is the thief of joy.
Whats your kryptonite?
If you ever see them in the hall say hi so they feel like someone is looking out for you.

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?

1. My superheros in my life are my parents. They are my superheros because they are always pushing me to be the best as I can.
2. I am a superhero to my friends during basketball. Sometimes they will lose the ball or miss a shot and I am there to tell them that its okay and they will get it next time.
3. My super power is encouragement. Encouragement is to let people know that they can do everything they want to do and they don't have to be like everyone else.
4. I use my superpower by when anyone is down I always try to get them back up and feel better about themselves.
5. My kryptonite is confidence in myself. Sometimes I feel like I can't do something that everyone else can do.
6. I will ensure they will feel better about themselves is to make sure they feel better about themselves then they did yesterday.

Lesson 3 - Natural Resources

4/8/2015

Natural Resources

Man Made Resources

Grass

Dirt

Soccer ball

Flower

Wood

Computer

Race car

Rocks

Clay

Pillows

Paper

Write a definition for Man-Made Resources (in your own words) and Natural Resources.
Why is "water" considered a Natural Resource?
List three or more Natural Resources that you use daily.

1. My definition of Man-Made Resources is things that people made that you can use.
2. It is considered a natural resource because humans didn't make it. It was also here before humans were.
3. Water, oxygen, and sun.

Watery Earth Lesson 2: How We Use Water

4/7/2015

We drink water to keep us hydrated and healthy
We swim in water
There is water in the food we eat
We bath our selves in water
We use water to keep our house clean
We use water to grow plants
We use water in water balloon fights in the summer
We give water to our pets to keep them hydrated and healthy
We use water to cool of during the summer to stay cool
We use ice (frozen water) to keep our drinks cold

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)?

1. The most common uses I found were water balloon fights, staying hydrated, and cleaning pets.
2. The most unusual uses of water I found were matza, vomiting, and urine.

Our Mars Simulation

4/6/2015

1. Write at least one paragraph that describes what happened in our Mars Simulation from start to end.

1. The very first thing we did is we came up with a place we came from and a name for us. Like I am from Argentina and my name is Elin Diaz. After we came up with our names and culture we learned about mars and how we were going to visit it. First we had to come up with a name and spot to place our new country on mars. We looked as a class on Google earth for a place to land our ship. The class and I chose I spot right in between the poles and the spot where it is hot. Once we found our spot we decided to brain storm problems that could happen when we are on mars. We split up into groups to fix the problem. To write our preamble we had to write our own preamble then we voted on which one we wanted best. Of course in a constitution you need the governments powers, Everyone chose one of the branches that they wanted to be in. Once you were in your groups you would write about what your group does. After that we were writing our bill of writes when everything started to fall apart. We were debating on if we should bring a gun when our teacher told us we died because someone shot a gun in our dome and it exploded.