January 2, 2012
Day 90
Skating
Weather web Quest
Weather Webquest 1
1.
What is weather? Before you follow the link,
write one good sentence describing what YOU think weather “is”:
B.
What is weather? List 6 facts & details you
learned from the website.
1. Weather is simply air, and weather changes according to the conditions
of the air such as air that has moisture in it and is cold and can create snow.
2. Weather is different in various parts of the world, usually places
closer to the middle of the equator are much warmer than places below or above
the equator and near the north and south poles.
3. Climates usually stay the same one year to another because the sun
practically moves around in the same circle and when it is far away from one
place of the earth it is cold their but on the other side of the Earth, where
the sun is closer, it is warm there.
4. There are usually different weather patterns for the different
seasons; you can tell the difference between seasons from the weather such as
the summer is warm and winter is cold.
5. Weather is the way water changes in the air, withiught water there
would be no clouds, rain, wind, snow, or fog.
6. The weather plays a big part in our lives and may affect the things we
do either according to plan or not exactly according to plan
C. Copy & Paste and Save As: Snoopy image
List the Climates sung about in the
song:
1. Deserts
2. The Tundra
3. Rain forests
4. The woods
5. Islands
6. The poles
Write six sentences about what you learned
about weather:
1. Weather is the daily condition for the
Earth.
2. For most of us, the definition for
climate is an area in the world where it is either wet, cold warm, or dry.
3. A climate is the average weather
conditions for a specific region over an extended amount of time.
4. The climate of any place is determined by
2 main factors, climate and precipitation.
5. The Earth's climates are divided up into three
main parts, tropical, temperate and polar region.
6. We live in the temperate climate of the
Earths where it is partially warm and partially cold and depending on the exact
area, wet and dry.
1.
What is the recipe for fog? Moist air and chill
2.
What happens when fog disappears? Droplets evaporate
back into the air
3.
How does it form? You have to cool down moist
air
4.
What’s a dew point? The temperature at which dew
and fog form
5.
Describe the experiment: the kids take a glass
of water a can with a thermometer on the side and a bucket of ice . They fill
the can up with water and that equaled 75 degrees. They kept putting ice in to
cool down the water until dew points formed, the temperature was 55 degrees
6.
What temperature forms water droplets on the
can? 55 degrees
1. If mountains are closer to sun, why is it colder there than in the
city? Because the atmosphere is thin but still thick enough to keep us warm, if
you are wearing a big coat, it keeps you warm because it holds air next to your
body, When you’re down below in the city, you have more air above you then you
do in the mountains which makes you warmer.
2. The world’s ____low____ places are warmer because it’s like they’re
wearing more ____coats______ because they have more ____air____ or atmosphere
above them.
3. What happens as you ascend into the atmosphere? It gets colder and colder
because the air gets thinner and thinner
4. What happens when you pass 10 kilometers in the atmosphere? You leave
the troposphere and enter the stratosphere
5. What is the lapse rate? The rate at which it gets colder
6. Write one sentence answering the following
question: Why is it colder in the mountains than in the valleys below? Because
the valleys below or the cities and towns are wearing more coats or air than in
the mountains.
1.
What’s the weather forecast today? List 6 facts
and details about our local weather for the next 2 days
1. Today it will be around the mid 40’s possibly 50’s with a mild wind
2. Tonight there is going to be an
arctic blast with possible snow showers in southern Maine.
3. Tomorrow it will be very cold in the low 20’s.
4. Last night a brief but moderate rain fell.
5. No big storms are in sight.
6.
More high temperature return over the weekend.
2. Scroll down to Keith’s weather
questions. Your homework assignment—due January 28th is to come up
with an awesome question to email Keith! In the meantime, your continued
weather assignment for every Wednesday morning after skating is to check the local
weather forecast and keep a weather journal. Keep daily notes yourself about
the weather you observe and then also include the actual forecast data. We will
continue to learn about the weather, read your encyclopedia, and complete a couple
6 x 6s. I hope to be able to set up a meeting and tour with a local
meteorologist as a field trip. In the meantime, your long-term weather
assignment is the keep a daily weather log starting today and going through
March 15, 2011.
LA Book—2 lessons
Math Books *—3 pages
Fire Safety
Fire Safety Scavenger Hunt January
2, 2011
First find these
four round beepers that search for smoke. Where are they? List & take
pictures
1. first floor hallway
2. basement (two)
3. second floor hallway
4. attic
Ask Mom to demonstrate the noise.
Next, find
another kind of investigative machine that searches for this toxic gas.
Search the internet for this common and deadly gas that when
leaking can be just as dangerous as a fire.
What is the gas? Carbon monoxide
Hint: ours is plugged in & under a good place to play
games.
Ask Mom to demonstrate the noise.
Then find the
four long, cylindrical, hand-powered tools that help put out a small fire.
One is under the microwave.
Another is near the pellet stove.
The third is where we keep the sheets.
And last you can find one on the stairs to the attic.
Find the four and take each out. Never use one unless
there’s a reason to!
Read the label and directions for use aloud.
Remember to PASS! Sophie
says “PASS the gas!”
Pull the pin
Aim the hose at
fire
Squeeze the
handle
Sweep the fire
side to side
Ask Mom these questions:
1.
When do I use a fire extinguisher? Small,
concentrated fire
2.
How long should I sweep a fire with the
extinguisher? 30 seconds, then if not out, give up
3.
What if I am upstairs and there’s a fire
downstairs? DO NOT go downstairs—exit out window
4.
What if I wake up hearing the smoke detector?
Should I go and get the extinguisher? NO
5.
Should I take anything or try to go back to get
anything? Even if it’s super important and I will be really sad to loose it??
NO
6.
Should I try to go back into the house for ANY
REASON?? ANY REASON AT ALL? NO
*Even if Mom and Dad are still in the house?
NEVER
Next let’s find a useful way to get from upstairs down if
there’s a fire. Look in the closet with the muppet letters. What did you find
that will help us escape in case of a fire?
Ladder in Dad’s room.
*After practice we realized this wasn’t something Sophie
could handle on her own but that it’s something for Dad to get in place and if
not, exit out one of the four windows we talked about and onto the roof. Either
lower yourself into the big burning bush off the front of the house or onto the
deck out Lily’s room window.
Ask Mom to show you how it works.
Practice unlocking the windows and raising them and taking
out screens. Which windows are best for escaping the house from a fire?
Mom ad Dad’s closet windows. *Dad’s window is ALWAYS
unlocked!
Sophie’s two windows that face the front of the house.
Lily’s window that faces the back of the house and deck.
Now, if there’s a
fire, and you do the MOST IMPORTANT THING….which is what?
GET OUT OF THE HOSUE!!!
Then where do you
go to meet Mom and Dad and Lily? Gordon & Shirley’s house
If you get there first, what is the first thing you will do?
Call Fire Dept. 911
What do you say? Name, fire at our house
What is our address? 73 Weymouth Street
Tell them about the dogs and cat.
Let’s practice.
Identify ALL the exits. Now, let’s plan our escape routes.
Let’s think about 4 possibilities.
1.
Kitchen fire.
2.
Pellet stove fire.
3.
Fire from appliance.
4.
Fire from lamp.
5.
Fire in basement.
6.
Fire at night.
Now, let’s practice a couple times.
We will also practice with Dad this weekend.
We will also go and practice how to use a fire extinguisher
with Travis at his house on Sunday!
Girls, it’s super important to take this seriously and be
prepared for the terrible possibility of a fire. Sophie, please don’t get
worried or scared about a fire. Fires, like so many things in life, are a
possibility but not a probability. What is the difference between those two
words?
Please think about this lesson and activity with a warrior’s
heart and feel proud and strong to be prepared and trained for the possibility
of a very scary thing in our house or at someone else’s house where you may be
sometime in your life. Being prepared saves life. Most important, yours.
Feeling prepared and ready to face a really scary situation with practice and
knowledge instead of fear and panic will make you stronger Sophie.
I know you don’t like to think about all the scary things
that can or may happen to you or to the people you love. I know you don’t. But
there’s power and relief in being prepared for the worst thing you can think of
happening. Being ready—feeling strong and educated—can take the fear and worry
and make those feelings into assurance and confidence. Please trust me in
knowing that all people who tell stories of survival talk about not reacting to
a situation in a state of panic—that overwhelming sense of fear that will
debilitate even the strongest person in the world—but staying calm, thinking
reasonably about the situation, and indentifying and solving problems you can
and leaving behind the ones you can’t.
Take this lesson girls and feel stronger for it. We will
continue to practice our escape routes and our plans and our safety
measures—the smoke detectors, extinguishers, carbon monoxide detector, and
ladder will always stay in the same place and we will always have the same
plan. No matter what happens, don’t second guess what we’ve planned and
practiced. Stay strong and stay safe girls. Be prepared.
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