October 20, 2010 Day Thirty-One

5 x 5 for 5th Grade
5 Vocabulary
1. Black hole: A theoretical object in space, perhaps a collapsed star, whose gravitational field is so intense that it sucks in whatever comes near it.
2. Supernova: A star whose life ends in a fast spectacular explosion.
3. Dwarf star: A star that hasn't gathered enough energy and gas. There are lots of different kinds of dwarf stars.
4. Light year: The distance light travels in a year, 5.8 trillion miles.
5. Universe: The scientific word for great vast area, where everything we know of exists.

5 Details/Facts
1. The black hole is smaller than a germ.
2. To make an object look three dimensional, you shade, where the light is not hitting.
3. Reduce means to lower, while increase means to make things higher.
4. My Christmas music will be either, Santa Claus is coming to town, or Rock around the Christmas Tree.
5. Seeing drawing is very hard,= because you have to look at the thing your drawing, not at your paper.

5 Sentences
1. If you get sucked into a black hole, you could get spit out somewhere else in space.
2. This is my sentence for supernova.
3. It took me a long time to figure out what dwarf star meant.
4. Lily's second favorite toy story character is Buzz Lightyear.
5. This is a Buzz Lightyear quote, " I will protect the universe from the evil emperor Zurg.

5 Questions & Answers
1. What kind of man was the scientist Galileo? A: A man who didn't take the easy way out
2. What happens to light in a black hole? A: It sucks all the light in
3. What does "reduce" a fraction mean? A: To make it smaller.
4. Explain how you're using tracing paper to draw your self-portrait. A: I was looking at my self portrait, with see threw paper and drawing over it.
5. Who is Fredrick Frank and what is the drawing technique/exercise you learned about today? A: seeing drawing

ActivitiesMusic—singing lesson with Kat—beginning work on Annie songs "It's a Hard Knock Life" and "Maybe" for audition
Art—good lesson and work with Gamma learning drawing techniques and improving Sophie's self-portrait

Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait with tracing paper & "mirror" work with Gamma

darwing without looking exercise

Book Report/Encyclopedia—The Night Sky
October 18. 2010
Book Report/ Encyclopedia Entry: The Night Sky pgs. 1-21

1. What language does the word "astronomy" come from? Why is it appropriate?
   Greek. It is appropriate because it means the study of the heavens.

2. What does the "Universe" mean? Why is it important and exciting to study it?
The great vast area where everything we know of exists.

3. What is a "star"?
A giant ball of fire and gas.

4.What are a star's stage of life?
A proto star, a brown dwarf, blue giant, red dwarf, super giant, white dwarf, black dwarf, super nova.

5. Who were some of the fist people to watch and learn about the night sky and the stars? What "tools" did they use? The Chinese.  6. What is a Native American story about how the stars were made? Hint: Read the purple box page 19. They think that, One who walks on the moon has a special mask that is set on fire, that is the sun. They think that when One who walks on the moon snores, sparks fly out of the sun and those are the stars. 7. Read through the Deep Space Dictionary. Some of these vocabulary words will show up in your 5x 5s. 8. What major advancement occurred in the year 1600? Who invented it? The telescope. Galileo. 9. What is a "light year"? The distance light travels in one year, 5.8 trillion miles. 10. If a star goes dark or "dies" five light years away, how long before we "see" it go dark on Earth? 5 years

Sophie's Blog: Name some of the ten other "Explorers You Should Know" and what you "discovered" on your web-quest. Explain what I mean when I say that the stars we see in our night sky are already dead. What are some theories from science fiction movies and literature about black holes in space—what do some science fiction writers think might happen in a black hole? What is one reason astronomers have not been able to send an astronaut to Mars or another planet yet?
The ten explorers I learned about on my web quest are, Marco Polo, Prince Henry the Navigator, Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco De Gama, and more! I also discovered in the Conquistadors part of the web quest that there were 10 million Incas!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The stars that we see in the sky are dead, they died light years away, but we see them dead on earth. Some people think that if you get sucked into a black hole, you will get spit out somewhere else in space. They haven't been able to send an astronaut to mars yet because lots of people won't risk their lives for that.