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We celebrated our Milestones break on Thursday with nachos. The kids earned this reward by memorizing up to 6 formulas/memory tricks to write on their scratch paper.
We built our own circuits! The 3 parts of a circuit are: source (battery), path (wire) and load (thing being powered/light bulb). A switch can also be added but is not necessary. Left: Top- closed circuit (ON) Bottom- open circuit (OFF) Middle: Top- circuit with switch connected/closed (ON) Bottom- circuit with switch open (OFF) Right: Top- Series circuit (only one path/won't stay on if one light goes out) Bottom- Parallel circuit (multiple paths/will stay on if one light goes out)
Students used dry erase markers to identify and label different types of triangles on Lois Greenfield dance photography. This was a group activity, and students shared their findings with their peers.
Ruler model of one-dimensional measurement
Ruler model of two-dimensional measurement
Ruler model of three-dimensional measurement
5th Grade Teachers as Alice in Wonderland
5th Grade Teachers as Alice in Wonderland
Alice(s) in Wonderland & the Cheshire Cat (Mrs. Camp, Mrs. Snipes & Ms. Wilson)
Mrs. Camp & Mrs. Snipes- Alice(s) in Wonderland
Mrs. Camp & Mrs. Snipes--Alice(s) in Wonderland
Rubbing Alcohol Vegetable Oil Water Corn Syrup
Mrs. Camp saw them while at the store!
Given to our class by Mrs. Snipes :)
We built our own seismograph out of household materials and tested it out!
Elves!
After having students make their own cell diagrams out of construction paper, I decided to whip up a couple of 3-D cells they could explore from ordinary kitchen materials. Celery=Cell Wall (Plant Only) Plastic Wrap=Cell Membrane (Both) Jello=Cytoplasm (Both) Plum=Nucleus (Both) Orange Slices=Mitochondria (Both) Bag of Blue Liquid=Vacuole (Both) Green Beans=Chloroplast (Plant Only)
We came up with some hand motions to go with each step. Hopefully, this will be a helpful memory trick for students to remember the rules of PEMDAS!
