The Heart

Two days ago Brendan and Emery shared their research project with us.  We learned a lot about the heart from their presentation.  We learned many interesting facts from them.  By the end of their presentation everyone had a better understanding of why it's so important to eat healthy and exercise.

The Kidneys

Today Shaidyn and Jaemasen shared their presentation about the kidneys with their classmates.  They taught their classmates about the job of the kidneys.  The students learned that our kidneys filter or clean our blood.

Our Ears

Yesterday Brooklyn and Devyn shared their presentation about the ears with our class.  We learned quite a bit from their research.  One important fact their classmates learned from them was that the ears help us balance.  Great work!

Birthday Girl!

Today was Angelina's birthday.  She shared delicious egg rolls with the class.  Happy Birthday, Angelina!  Photo taken by Charity

Skeleton Presentation

Kelly and Nathan gave their presentation on the skeleton today.  They did a great job.  Their classmates loved their video.  The video was of the song, "Dem Bones".  The photographs below were taken by Blake.

Math Problems

This week the students are learning about liters and milliliters.  They were asked to solve the following three problems and then to explain their thinking.  Below the problems is one example of a student's response.

Haydon bought 6 water bottles.  Each water bottle contains 500 mL of water.  How many milliliters of water does Hadyon have in all?  How many liters of water does he have in all?

Miya bought 8 water bottles.  Each water bottle contains 1 liter.  She drank one half of a bottle.  How many milliliters does she have left?  How many liters does she have left?

Jaemasen has 8,500 milliliters of orange juice.  Lily has 9 liters of orange juice.  Jaemasen told Lily that he has more orange juice.  Is Jaemasen correct?  Explain.

#1:  My answer is 3 liters and I got 3,000 mL. To figure this out I first started with figuring out how many liters he had.  To figure that out I first thought well there are 6 bottles and there are 500mL. in each bottle.  So I did 6/2 which is 3.  I did that because I know that there are 1,000 milliliters in a liter and I know that 500 is half of 1,000.  So I knew that the answer is 3 liters.  Then to figure out how many milliliters there were I did 3 x 1,000.  I did that because I know that there are 1,000 milliliters in a liter. so there are 3,000 mL. because 3 x 1,000=3,000.

#2 I got 7 ½  liter and 7,500 milliliters.  To figure out this problem I thought well if there are 8 bottles of water and each bottle holds 1 liter of water I know that I should do 8x1 because each of the 8 bottles holds 1 liter of water.  After I did 8x1 which is 8 I knew that I had to subtract ½ because it said that she drank ½ of a liter. I know that 8 minus ½ is 7 ½. so she had 7 ½ liters. Then I knew that 7 x 1,000=7,000.  Then I had to do ½ of a liter more which is 500 so I did 7,000=500 which is 7,500 so I know that there are 7,500mL. and there are 7 ½ liters.

#3 My answer was no.  I know that because 8,500 mL. is equal to 8 ½ liters. Then i knew that the other person had 9 liters. To figure it out I had to compare them.  I know that he said that he had the most, but he is not correct.  I know he is not correct because 9 liters is more than 8 ½ liters. So I know that he has less orange juice than her.    

Answers and explanations were written by Brenna

Presentations

Two groups were given an opportunity to present their projects in front of the class.  Owen and Blake taught the class about the lungs.  Liberty and Lily taught us about muscles.  Here are a couple short clips and a couple photographs taken during their presentations.  Robbi was the photographer and videographer.  Both groups did an amazing job!  They were terrific presentations.