Days 44 & 45

October 18, 19, 2011 Farm School Day 44 & 45  

Ecosystem

Ecosystem Observation Worksheet: Farm Pond

Date:     10/18/11                                                                              Season: Fall

Time of observation:                                                      Duration of observation:

1.       List three details or parts of the ecosystem you are observing:

Big Frog: cannot see him, gone into hibernation

Dragon: Very low in water, interacting with other fish,

Yellow Lily Pad: Lot’s of leaves around it, Fish under it no frogs on it

2.       What did you notice or observe?

I observed the ecosystem

And how the weather/season changes affects the ecosystem drastically

3.       What elements (weather, temperature, light, etc.) affected the ecosystem during your observation?

Chilly, Sun is out, cold water temperature, windy, nice fall day

4.       What changed since the last time you observed the ecosystem?

More leaves are in the water, fish are lower, no frogs, colder water

5.       What changes do you expect to happen to the ecosystem before your next observation?

Slight ice on pond, plats will be gone ( bent over in the water) fish will be inside the tank

Cartoon: Almost finished! Five more cells to complete this week and then it’s ready to blacken, scan, and upload/ print! Very well done and educational!

Almanac with Gamma: Plan and assignments

Art with Gamma and Mom: Watercolor birthday cards for Hannah, Olivia, and Danielle with beautifully written poems of birthday love and wishes.

Math: Points, Line, Line-Segments, and Ray Worksheet

Worked with Southwestern Advantage page 132 and completed 10 examples

1.       What is a Point?  A point is pictured by a dot. It is named with a capital letter

2.       What is a Line? A line is a straight path that goes on forever in both directions

3.       Line-segment? A line segment is a straight path between 2 points

4.       Ray? A ray is a straight path that goes on forever in one direction

Plus some review and practice of Column Division

The column division method is a variation of the standard long division algorithm. It was easier for me to keep my numbers in place and still come up with the quotient.

Language Arts with Bo: “A Great American (Thomas Jefferson)” with 10 questions, page 22 from Reading for the Gifted Student: Challenging Activities for the Advanced Learner, Grade 6, Flash Kids book

Link to Book on Amazon

LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE SKILLS

Sophie chose a reading selection about Thomas Jefferson.

Sophie read the selection to me out loud and asked for some help with a few words.

She answered the questions for the selection.

She went back into the selection to find the answers.

She discovered that all of her answers were correct.