October 26, 2010 Day Thirty-Five

5 x 5 for 5th Grade
5 Vocabulary
1. Theory: An idea proposed by education and study, usually by an expert in a particular subject
2. Incorporate: To form into a corporation, or to include.
3. Phenomenon: Something remarkable and extraordinary
4. Emulate: To imitate and be better
5. Absence: To not be there

5 Details/Facts
1. There=place and their=own
2. L x W x D
3. Geese migrate in the winter because if they stay up north, they can't find food.
4. The difference of a pirate and a privateer is any seafarer who commits to acts of robbery on the high seas, and a privateer is a man who sails with a commission known as a letter of marquee. These letters are issued by governments and permit the privateer to take and make prize of enemy ships, Francis Drake was a privateer to Queen Elizabeth, but a pirate to the Spanish.
5. Larboard is left, and starboard is right.

5 Sentences
1. A black hole is a theoretical object in Space.
2. I'm going to incorporate my double salchow, my axel and a layback in my Christmas program.
3. It's a phenomenon to watch 15 butterflies crawl out of a cocoon all at once.
4. I want to emulate Sasha Cohen or Evan Lysachek when I grow up.
5. Mom thought the word absence was hard to spell.

5 Questions & Answers
1. What is an example of a theory? A: astronomers on a black hole
2. What does it mean that something is theoretical? A: it is possible based on the theories presented
3. What drawing exercise did you practice with Gamma with a "grid"? A: I duplicated the drawings in the boxes
4. What are two theories about what happened to John Cabot on his second voyage? A: He either stayed there for the rest of his life or died on his way back--either way no one ever heard of him again
5. What novel did you pick and why did you pick it? What are some ways Bill taught you to help choose a new book at the store or the library? A: The Phantom Tollbooth. I like fantascies. Reading the summary, reading the reviews, and reading the chapter titles or first pages, or if it's a nonfiction book then the captions on the pictures.

Activities

Script Study

Art with Gamma

Sophie and Gamma continued their study on drawing with pencils with the goal to complete a "self-portrait" for Sophie's character Ben. Their practice has been to draw Sophie's own self-portrait using a few different techniques. This week Sophie learned on to work with a grid, which allowed her to "quiet her critical mind" and focus on smaller areas of detail (the squares in the grid) instead of worrying about the whole picture of her own face. By using herself to study first, it will help her to "create" the self-portrait of Ben that is an important prop in her play and to the character of Ben.

Encyclopedia Entries (2)

Night Sky pages 34-45

1. What are two similarities between Earth and Mars? Two differences?
   They both hold machines on it. The days are 24 hours. The diameter is shorter than on Earth, and Mars has 2 moons.
2. Why is Mars called the Red Planet?
   Because it has iron dust on it, made up of the things that make rust, and it's red.
   
   
   
3. Describe Jupiter's Great Red Spot. What do astronomers think it is?
   Jupiter's red spot is an ongoing hurricane, No one knows if it will be there but it has been there ( as we know of ) for 150 years
4. How many moons does Jupiter have? Who discovered the first four?
   61. Galileo
5. What, besides its rings, is different about the planet Saturn? It's colorful
6. What is Uranus' steady temperature?
   -350 degrees F
7. What's odd about Uranus' rotation on its axis?
   It rotates on its axis sideways
8. How long in Earth years is Neptune's year?
   164
9. Poor Pluto. Why is this book "wrong" about Pluto? Why do you think that's so? Hint: Look at the front of the book for its publication date. Now look on-line, when did astronomers "discover" what we now learn/teach about Pluto?
   You told me to skip this one!!!
10. How many times smaller than the Moon is Pluto?
    About 2 times

Night Sky Pages 46-54

1. How many asteroids have been spotted in space?
   Almost 5,000
2. What do some scientists think made the dinosaurs extinct?
   An asteroid
   
   
   
3. What makes an asteroid a meteor? What is its name if it hits the Earth?
   If the asteroid gets through the Earth's atmosphere, it becomes a meteor. If it hits the ground, it becomes a metetorite.
4. Name the parts of a comet.
   Nucleus, Coma, Hydrogen Cloud, iontail, and dust tail
5. What do comets and planets have in common?
   They both revolve around the sun
   
   
   
6. Who is Edmond Halley and what did he discover?
   An astronomer, Halleys (hay- lee-s ) Comet
7. What are the three main types of galaxies and 1 fact each?
   Spiral: The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy
   
   Elliptical: Named after eclipse
   Irregular: Has no clear shape or size
8. What us the name of our galaxy? How many light-years is it at its widest point?
   Milky Way, 15,000 light years
9. What is the name of a popular theory of how the universe began? What does it mean?
   
   
   
   Big Bang theory. Scientists idea that the universe began in a big explosion some 15 billion years ago, and that everything in the universe is still spreading outward as a result

Why do astronomers need to work backwards to study black holes? Because they can't find where a black hole actually is.