Math: 2 pages--Temperature conversion
LA Book:
Finished!!
Sophie blog: My language arts book taught me about a
lot of stuff. It started with teaching me about elections and presidential
campaigns, and it finished with a page on Atoms. I liked how my LA book told a
story when it moved from subject to subject, It flowed quite nicely (example) I
learned about St. Patrick’s day and why we celebrate that and it had about 6
pages on that. Then the next page talked about Ireland, and the next page about
Poetry in Ireland, and then it brought me to the subject of poetry. This
continues throughout the book and it is one of the main reasons I enjoyed it so
much.
Geology 6 x 6
Geology of the Eastern Coast 6 x 6 FOUR
pages 48-59
6 Vocabulary
1. bedrock: solid rock under loose soil, sand, clay
2. floodplain: an area around a shallow winding river where the land is lower than the other areas
3.limestone: a type of rock that often forms from the shells of sea animals
4.speleothems: a distinct cave formation such as a stalactite or stalagmite
5. chasm: a deep crack or hole in the Earth
6. Ice Age: a period of time when large ice sheets cover the land
6 Sentences
1. Bedrock on the coastal plain is mostly sedimentary rock.
2. The Chesapeake Bay in Maryland used to be a floodplain.
3. Most of the caves on the Eastern coast are made of limestone.
4. In Lookout Mountain in the cave to Ruby Falls there were speleothems.
5. A slave named Stephen Bishop explored Mammoth Cave and he found a chasm.
6. An Ice Age can include shorter periods when glaciers retreat.
6 Facts/ Details
1. During one glacial period of the Ice Age, about 30 percent of the land on Earth was covered in ice up to two miles thick.
2. The highest point in Florida is only 345 feet high
pages 48-59
6 Vocabulary
1. bedrock: solid rock under loose soil, sand, clay
2. floodplain: an area around a shallow winding river where the land is lower than the other areas
3.limestone: a type of rock that often forms from the shells of sea animals
4.speleothems: a distinct cave formation such as a stalactite or stalagmite
5. chasm: a deep crack or hole in the Earth
6. Ice Age: a period of time when large ice sheets cover the land
6 Sentences
1. Bedrock on the coastal plain is mostly sedimentary rock.
2. The Chesapeake Bay in Maryland used to be a floodplain.
3. Most of the caves on the Eastern coast are made of limestone.
4. In Lookout Mountain in the cave to Ruby Falls there were speleothems.
5. A slave named Stephen Bishop explored Mammoth Cave and he found a chasm.
6. An Ice Age can include shorter periods when glaciers retreat.
6 Facts/ Details
1. During one glacial period of the Ice Age, about 30 percent of the land on Earth was covered in ice up to two miles thick.
2. The highest point in Florida is only 345 feet high
3.
Florida’s average elevation is only 98 feet above sea level.
4. In caves, draperies are formed where water runs down a slanted ceiling or wall.
5. Popcorn formations are the clusters that look like popcorn that form on the ceilings, floors, and walls of caves
6. Twice in the long-ago past scientists believe the Earth was covered with ice sheets.
6 Questions
1.What are the 3 most famous caves on the Eastern Coast? A: Mammoth Cave, Lury Caverns, and Russell Cave
2. What is a karst landscape? (page 51) A: A region where bedrock is limestone dissolved
3.How many of the rock formations described on page 52 did we see in Ruby Falls cave? A: 5
Stalactites, stalagmites, draperies, columns, and flowstone
4.List and describe some of the sinkholes found on the Eastern Coast:
5. Who explored Mammoth Cave and when? A: Stephen Bishop in 1838, a slave
6. What are the two main types of glaciers? A: Erratics and Eskers
6 New Rock Pictures
6 Observations from “Make Your Own” Activities
1.We took a medium sized poster board created a visual representation of an earthquake
2. First we shook the poster board when it was smooth and it moved like a wave, that’s how earthquakes on the eastern coast move like most of the time
3. Then we folded the poster board and made creases which are the faults, then I shook that and it moved in all sorts of different directions, that’s how earthquakes on the western side of the United States seem to look like or move
4. To make a weathering station I took an empty jar and filled it with water, closed the lid and put it in two bags, then I put in the freezer overnight to see what happens
5. Nothing happened exept the water froze in the jar, we think it it's because we didn't fill the ar ALL the way full of water.
6. What is supposed to happen: The jar is supposed to break and demenstrate that weathering is strong enough to break glass.
4. In caves, draperies are formed where water runs down a slanted ceiling or wall.
5. Popcorn formations are the clusters that look like popcorn that form on the ceilings, floors, and walls of caves
6. Twice in the long-ago past scientists believe the Earth was covered with ice sheets.
6 Questions
1.What are the 3 most famous caves on the Eastern Coast? A: Mammoth Cave, Lury Caverns, and Russell Cave
2. What is a karst landscape? (page 51) A: A region where bedrock is limestone dissolved
3.How many of the rock formations described on page 52 did we see in Ruby Falls cave? A: 5
Stalactites, stalagmites, draperies, columns, and flowstone
4.List and describe some of the sinkholes found on the Eastern Coast:
5. Who explored Mammoth Cave and when? A: Stephen Bishop in 1838, a slave
6. What are the two main types of glaciers? A: Erratics and Eskers
6 New Rock Pictures
6 Observations from “Make Your Own” Activities
1.We took a medium sized poster board created a visual representation of an earthquake
2. First we shook the poster board when it was smooth and it moved like a wave, that’s how earthquakes on the eastern coast move like most of the time
3. Then we folded the poster board and made creases which are the faults, then I shook that and it moved in all sorts of different directions, that’s how earthquakes on the western side of the United States seem to look like or move
4. To make a weathering station I took an empty jar and filled it with water, closed the lid and put it in two bags, then I put in the freezer overnight to see what happens
5. Nothing happened exept the water froze in the jar, we think it it's because we didn't fill the ar ALL the way full of water.
6. What is supposed to happen: The jar is supposed to break and demenstrate that weathering is strong enough to break glass.
Field Trip: USS
Constitution:
Today we took Emma to the airport in Boston. We left early
so we could see the USS Constitution a war ship used in 1783 all the way
through to the Civil War. We were in a guided tour with over 90 people. Our
tour guide was named Bianca but she was kind of hard to understand, lucky for
us we had Emma who was at the ship with her friend a couple weeks ago and got
to go in the restricted area of the ship. You probably don’t remember me
talki9ng about the USS Constitution when I was learning about the war of 1812.
Well I did and this ship has never lost a battle and gave us a major victory
against British troops in 1812 when we won an 11 minute battle. We went down
into the Gun deck and saw all of the cannons; I’m not sure if the cannons were
original or if they were replicas. The Captain had a big room on the gun deck
that Emma got to see when she got her tour. Below the gun deck was the berth
deck were all of the crew slept. We saw
many hammocks and hanging from the ceiling, again she didn’t tell us if the
hammocks were original or replicas; I’m guessing they were replicas considering
this was 217 years ago. The USS Constitution was super cool and I would love to
go back again some other time.
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