These first videos update what is happening at Christchruch School. This first video includes Jack Taylor, class of 1974.
Here are videos that share the research at the University of Georgia.
These are more entertaining. This channel is dedicated to videos about hunting waterfowl across North America.
This channel focuses on rural antiques across the country.
If you can’t find anything, you can tell Mom to text me or type a comment below. Happy birthday!
Welcome back! I am guessing that the only thing that may be confusing for the rest of year is math. If you ever need math help (or any other subject), you can always reach out using the options below. In the meantime, keep finding books you like so you can continue to build your reading skills while you have fun!
Please describe everything you are working on this week. Choose one way to share this information.
If you ever want help with any test or project, just click through these questions to share what you need. I will read through your answers and provide support.
Secondly, if you just want to explore along some of the topics we have been discussing, please check out this Google site. These steps explain how to create your own Google logo using software. You can consider submitting this after you make it perfect.
If you have questions about a sentence or a word, please use the comment section below. (You may need to log in first, but it’s free to do.)
You can reach out to me any time if you need any help this week. You can use the comments below or upload a file here. Next week, we will be very strategic about preparing for your tests before Winter Break.
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Here are some art resources that you can use to read for information while learning about types of art you may not see in your classes.
Please click on the link below and read each section under the “Contents” heading. This 1993 exhibit introduces some of the plastic qualities of African works of art, along with a basic orientation regarding the artworks’ function and significance in their culture. When you have finished reading, return to the homepage and click on the “Art of the African Mask” link at the bottom of the page to view the collection. This exhibit will introduce you to a few different types of traditional African masks. Please note that the term mask refers to the entire costume, and what most students traditionally consider the mask – which is actually the headpiece – often sits atop the head rather than on the face.
Now that we are getting close to a season with less intense academics I want to start getting back to the art topics we started with in the beginning. Today, please look at the six art contests listed here and bring notes that describe: What art is due, When is it due, One thing you like about the contest, One thing you do not like:
Here is a seventh contest. This one is STEAM because it has science you know with art and engineering. If you have time answer the questions about this contest too:
Whenever you could use extra resources, just let me know! I am here to help you meet your goals.
We talked some about this, but I wanted to add a little bit more context to our discussion. Long-term goals are inspirational. They are big, grand and represent the best version of yourself. That said, it’s had to know if you are meeting or falling behind meeting your long-term goals. That is why you want to write 1 or 2 long-term goals, then write a few short-term “SMART” goals that work toward your long-term goal.
So, your way to stay inspired and motivated is:
I worked with the people at Khan Academy and I know they value proportional relationships as much as any topic in mathematics. Proportions show relationships that exist continuously (e.g., when you drive 55 miles per hour, your distance traveled changes proportionally). The fundamental idea behind proportions are ratios. Ratios are in recipes (2 cups of water for each 1 cup of rice; there are 3 girls for every 2 boys, etc.).
If you feel like some practice on ratios would be helpful, Khan Academy has a series of videos. (Make sure you actively listen to the videos by having pencil and paper out and working through the examples with him!)
This video connects ratios and proportions with examples.
This video might be the most important because it helps unlock math word problems you will see. If you have any questions, you can send them to me in the comments section below. Thanks!
I am excited to see your progress and work with you again! I think we will have some fun and some good times working hard to make sure you can solve lots of math problems and understand what you read. Practice almost everyday will make these topics easier, and I will try to give you practice that helps you learn about things you care about. I am really looking forward to this!
The start of this page has some introductory information, then there is a reading and math assignment, and finally I listed a couple of the things we used before in case you want to use them again. As a reminder, there are lots of ways to share information. Here are the four best ways you can let me know if you are having issues or need help with something in particular.
These two paragraphs describe a virtual field trip you can take to the Inventors Hall of Fame. Read these paragraphs twice because they have lots of information. Then, answer the questions that will ask you to use words from these paragraphs in a sentence you make up. This activity will take about 30 minutes because you may have to think hard to write your own sentence using these words. Afterwards, you can take a virtual field trip!
The museum’s key attraction is the inspiring Gallery of Icons™. Here, you’ll find icons commemorating each of the more than 500 National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF) Inductees we’ve welcomed since our founding in 1973. Hung in a tessellating hexagon pattern inspired by honeycombs and organized by patent number, this is a stunning visual representation of the history of American innovation.
Familiar names include the prolific Thomas Edison, who filed more than 1,000 patents, including the electric light bulb; the high-flying Wright Brothers, who successfully piloted the first powered aircraft; the brilliant Stephanie Kwolek, who invented the life-saving Kevlar fiber worn by police officers and military personnel across the world; and George Washington Carver, who famously developed crop-rotation methods for conserving nutrients in soil and discovered hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut and sweet potato.
Click HERE to start the Reading Questions
Take the field trip as a reward! (Longer video 1, video 2)
Try the Soccer Field Items when you have 30 minutes to think hard to solve these problems! Click the picture below to get started!
Some George Mason Computer Science majors built this Multiplication Game that saves all the answers on my company’s servers:
We can make a game like this in about a week. If you have something in math that you want to practice, let me know and we can make it more fun!
Here is a link to new Science readings about energy. Try to write the sentences and paragraph the page describes.
It will be great to see you again! I really look forward to talking with you about math, reading, and other things you want to learn. I hope you continue to work hard at school. I know if we talk and email a lot and work hard together, then you will be ready for middle school in the Fall!
The start of this page has some introductory information, then there is a reading and math assignment, and finally I listed a couple of the things we used before in case you want to use them again. As a reminder, there are lots of ways to share information. Here are the four best ways you can let me know if you are having issues or need help with something in particular.
Adapted from: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_penn_1.html
How did Pennsylvania get its name?
Its founder, English reformer William Penn, born on October 14, 1644, in London, England, named it in honor of his father. Persecuted in England for his Quaker faith, Penn came to America in 1682 and established Pennsylvania as a place where people could enjoy freedom of religion. The colony became a haven for minority religious sects from Germany, Holland, Scandinavia, and Great Britain. Penn obtained the land from King Charles II as payment for a debt owed to his deceased father.
Born the privileged son of a land-owning gentleman, young William Penn was greatly affected by the preaching of Quaker minister Thomas Loe. Expelled from Oxford University in England in 1662 for refusing to conform to the Anglican Church, Penn joined the Quakers. He was locked up in the Tower of London four times for stating his beliefs in public and in print. After his father died in 1670, Penn inherited the family estates and began to frequent the court of King Charles II, campaigning for religious freedom.
Seeing no prospects for religious tolerance or political reform in England, Penn looked to America, which he had visited briefly in 1677. In a 1682 document, Penn guaranteed absolute freedom of worship in Pennsylvania. Rich in fertile lands as well as religious freedom, the colony attracted settlers and grew rapidly.
Penn is also remembered for peaceful interaction with the Lenni Lenape Indians and his draft of the Plan of Union, a forerunner of the U.S. Constitution. Thanks to William Penn, Pennsylvania, which guaranteed religious freedom for its citizens, was established in the New World.
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Here is a link to a video describing how people see William Penn in 2018.
Try the Soccer Field Items when you have 30 minutes to think hard to solve these problems! Click the picture below to get started!
Some George Mason Computer Science majors built this Multiplication Game that saves all the answers on my company’s servers:
We can make a game like this in about a week. If you have something in math that you want to practice, let me know and we can make it more fun!
Here is a link to new Science readings about energy. Try to write the sentences and paragraph the page describes.
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Max Scherzer uses some great words and phrases to explain this magical journey. Keep an ear out for these words:
You may have seen remote control cars making circles on the floor. You may even own one yourself. But, do you know how they work?
Batteries provide engine to the car. These electrons flow from the battery into the motor. The motor rotates the tires so that the car can move forward and backwards. In addition, the motor controls arms which can turn the wheels. These two systems allow the car to go forward and backwards as well as turn.
The handset also has a battery which transfers information from the buttons to radio waves. These radio waves are sent to the car and received by a signal receiver. The transmitters send signals to the signal receiver. These radio waves change frequency based on the information it sends. The frequency is the code that tells the car what to do.
Keysight Technologies has a great demonstration showing a 21st-century demonstration of this process. They add a signal recorder and a signal transmitter to their set up. Altogether, this demonstration uses:
Students first drive the remote-control car normally. They use the remote control handset to send waves to the car’s signal receiver. The car interprets those radio waves and perform the driving maneuvers sent by the remote control handset.
At the same time, the signal recorder updates the display showing the frequency of the radio waves. Not only does this device show the frequency of the radio waves, it records them! These recorded frequencies can then be transmitted again at any time.
The second part of the demonstration shows how signals can be recorded to “spoof” a system. “Spoof” means sending controls to a device in a way that makes it think it is connected to its controlling system. In this demonstration, the signal transmitter spoofs the remote control handset. Even when the handset is turned off, the remote-control car can be moved!
The signal transmitter uses the data saved by the signal recorder. It transmits these signals in the same order at the same frequency. This signal instructs the car to move in the exact same ways. In the second part of the demonstration, the remote control handset is turned off and the signal transmitter sends its signal. The remote-control car exactly duplicates the motions the student just did.
The purpose of this demonstration is to show that radio signals used to control remote vehicles can be manipulated by technology. This technology can take control of another system. For example, a drone that is operating inappropriately could be controlled by our military using a signal transmitter that overwhelms the drone’s operation signal.
Your turn! Think about another example of how someone could use this technology. Explain what parts they would need, how they would use them, and what the result would be.
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Use this PhET Simulator to see how factors and products will help you think about your division facts.
Multiplication may be the most powerful operation because it makes order out of huge sets and tiny objects. There are three common types of multiplication:
Memorizing all the multiplication facts is a critical skill for every student. Students hopefully have skip counting skills they can use initially to count out loud to find 3 eights or 8 threes. Then, students will memorize more familiar facts like “2 times”, “5 times”, and “10 times.”
The rest of the table can be worked with by doubling the memorized facts. Or, students can skip count from a known fact. The facts in the bottom right corner will be the most challenging and may require traditional memorization techniques (flash cards, self-quizzing, etc.).
Have some time? Check out this 30 minute Schoolhouse Rock exploring multiplication ideas. You will enjoy gems like “My Hero Zero”!
Think about the most exciting Halloween costume you wore or have seen. Write a paragraph that describes it to your reader so that they imagine the same thing you see in your head. I included my example at the bottom of this post. Most importantly, make sure you description shows why this costume is so exciting!
Remember how to structure a paragraph. Your paragraph should have an introductory sentence that introduces what makes that costume exciting. Then, you should have many sentences of details. Finally, you should have a concluding sentence that summarizes the details in the previous sentences. Your paragraph should introduce your idea, provide details and summarize what you described.
As you write use detail words that describe the colors, materials, and parts of the costume. Use exciting vocabulary so your reader is excited too.
Afterwards, you can upload your draft here.
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When I was in fourth, fifth and sixth grade, I dressed up as a player for the Washington Redskins each year for Halloween. This costume was easily assembled from all the Redskins gear that covered the walls and desktops of the bedroom I shared with my brother. On Halloween, I would take the full-sized Washington Redskins helmet off the desk and wear it around the neighborhood. Because it was designed for adults my small head bounced around inside a huge, hard shell that was covered with burgundy paint and a gold and white stripes down the middle. I would wear sweatpants that were burgundy, red, or gray, just like my favorite team. I never wore a jersey, but I would wear a Redskins shirt or sweatshirt to show that I was really on the team. Most importantly, I would carry my worn football from house to house along with a growing bag of candy. Running like these professional athletes in my best approximation of their professional clothing was always a highlight of the fall.
Example response to this prompt from Mike Briscoe
