02.20.14 - Astronomy - Week 07 - Jupiter

02.20.14

Week 6
Jupiter

Read Usborne Complete Book of Astronomy and Space pg 26-27
Completed Narration Sheet

Experiment
Janice Van Cleave's "Astronomy for Every Kid" pg 34 - 35
Red Spot
Purpose: To demonstrate the movement in Jupiter's red spot

Adding the tea

 Stirring quickly to create the vortex

 Vortex created

 Tea being pulled to the center

Result: The tea leaves are supposed to group in a spiraling funnel shape

Why: The stirring creates a vortex forming a cavity in the center toward which things are pulled. The red spot on Jupiter is a massive hurricane large enough to swallow 3 Earths.

Write Up pg

Lunch

Read Usborne First Encyclopedia of Space pg 36-37
Completed Narration Sheet

Read Usborne Spotter Guide - The Night Sky pg 40
Completed Narration Sheet



Moon Diary: Look at the phases of the moon that Owen filled in for the week


Added to the Map of the Solar System
This week: Jupiter

Weekly Science Vocabulary Word:
No vocabulary this week

This week's test 

Owen's comments on what the most interesting thing he learned was:
Jupiter has 16 moons
(we actually found out that Jupiter has more than 69 named moons. very confusing as each book had a different amount. We finally went to NASA.)

02.13.14 - Astronomy - Week 06 - Mars

Week 6

Mars

Read Planet Poem

Turned Binder into Notebook as a result of a CHES meeting idea

 Cover

Side

Read Usborne Complete Book of Astronomy and Space pg 26-27
Completed Narration Sheet

Experiment
Janice Van Cleave's "Astronomy for Every Kid" pg 30-31
Back-up
Purpose: To demonstrate the apparent backward motion of Mars

Result: At first you are looking forward to view the background, but as you over take your helper you must look backward to see the objects.

Why: Your helper is not going backward you are just looking from a different position.
Write Up pg


Lunch

Read Usborne First Encyclopedia of Space pg 36-37
Completed Narration Sheet

Read Usborne Spotter Guide - The Night Sky pg 40
Completed Narration Sheet

Moon Diary: Look at the phases of the moon that Owen filled in for the week

Added to the Map of the Solar System
This week: Mars

Weekly Science Vocabulary Word:
No vocabulary this week

This week's test 

Owen's comments on what the most interesting thing he learned was:
Mars is colder than Earth

02.06.14 - Astronomy - Week 05 - Earth and Moon

02.06.14

Week 5
Earth and Moon
Read Usborne Complete Book of Astronomy and Space pg 22-23
Completed Narration Sheet

Experiment
Janice Van Cleave's "Astronomy for Every Kid" pg 106 - 107
Moving Target
Purpose: To simulate aiming a spacecraft for the moon.

Materials Used

Cutting the String

Tieing to the washer

Trying to hit the center

Result: You may have been unsuccessful in hitting the washer.
Why: It is difficult to hit a moving object. Moon landings require computer calculations for an accurate and successful landing.

Write Up pg

Lunch

Read Usborne First Encyclopedia of Space pg 30-31
Completed Narration Sheet

Read Usborne Spotter Guide - The Night Sky pg 46-48Completed Narration Sheet



Began Moon Diary: Will fill in daily for the next 27 days with the phases of the moon

Added to the Map of the Solar System
This week: Earth

Weekly Science Vocabulary Word:
Moon, mini planet in orbit around another planet

This week's test

Owen's comments on what the most interesting thing he learned was:
The moon has eight phases

01.30.14 - Astronomy - Week 04 - Venus

01.30.14
Week 04
Venus
Read Usborne Complete Book of Astronomy and Space pg 20-21
Completed Narration Sheet

Experiment
Janice Van Cleave's "Astronomy for Every Kid" pg 22-23
Hot Box
Purpose: To determine why Venus is so hot

Materials Used	Starting Temperature
Under the "Sun"	Ending Temperature
Owen checking out the Temperature of the air in the jar

Result: The temperature inside the closed jar is higher than the outside of the jar.

Why: Much of the sunlight(light bulb) that reaches the surface of the planet(the bottom of the jar) is absorbed, thus heating the planet(the jar)
Write Up pg

Lunch
Read Usborne First Encyclopedia of Space pg 35
Completed Narration Sheet

Read Usborne Spotter Guide - The Night Sky pg 39
Completed Narration Sheet

Added to the Map of the Solar System
This week: Venus


Weekly Science Vocabulary Word:
Atmosphere, layers of gas that surround a planet


This week's test



Owen's comments on what the most interesting thing he learned was:
That Venus is hotter than Mars

09.12.13 - Earth Science - Natural Disasters - Week 4

09.12.13
Week 4
Natural Disasters

O first read UOW pg 18 - 19
Completed Narration Sheet on Storms and Wind

Read UOW pg 22 - 23
Completed Narration Sheet on Earthquakes

Read UOW pg 28 - 29
Completed Narration Sheet on Flood

Narration Sheet for Storms, Wind, Earthquakes, & Floods

Lunch -  O decided on 3 hard boiled eggs and toast today

Experiment on Earthquakes:
What do earthquakes do?

O started by filling a pan with dirt and toys
(we used dinosaurs and a wood mushroom as substitutes for houses and people)

Setting up for the "Earthquake"

O shook the pan three different times, resetting the houses and people each time then recording the results.
The first shake was slight,

A minor "Quake"

,the second moderate,

Shake a little bit harder for a moderate Quake

and the third severe.

10 points on the Richter Scale!

O's reaction to the varying effects of an earthquake:
He was surprised and I think a little worried.
He asked if earthquakes happened here.

Write Up Experiment Sheet      

Pictures of Earthquake experiment

Writing up the Paper

Weekly Science Vocabulary Word
Earthquake, shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement

This week's test

Test

Owen's comments on what the most interesting thing he learned was:
Looking at very cool rocks.
Earthquakes cause a lot of damage.

Owen did so well at staying on task he got a bonus award:
He wove a key fob.
I let him choose the idea; Creeper from Mine Craft.
I graphed it out and calculated the quantity of beads.
He sorted the necessary beads.
I showed him how on one row and he wove the rest.

Setting up the beads

The tab of the key chain is done.

I think he likes it!