Plant Post #1

My class has been doing experiments on plants, our experiment is instead of using normal water we used sugar water. We had a Question, “Does giving my plant sugar water affect my plants growth?” Then we made a hypothesis “If I use sugar water on my plant then it will die because it will get to much sugar.” We had controlled variable, and a manipulated variable. Our controlled variables were, light, soil, air, # of fertilizer pellets, and temperature our manipulated variable was sugar.

 

After the first week our controlled plant was 15 ½cm it is green and has 8 buds 2 flowers and has seven leaves. On the other hand our manipulated was not doing so well, it had four leaves, Green and 6 cm with 12 buds. The manipulated is doing worse than controlled.

Research Projects

In reading, we have been studying how to research using the research process. My animal study group researched coyotes. Our subtopics were Pups, What is a Coyote, Hunting and howling/communication. We organized our books from easiest to hardest, then we found the topics that appeared in most of the books and those became our subtopics. The most important thing that I learned about the research process was how to put facts you found into your own words.

 

After this project, we took everything we learned about research and used that in our country research project. I chose to study China with my partner. We used the Heathcote databases, our own knowledge and a book called “China” by Ted Park to study the different cultural universals of China. The cultural universals are: Politics, Social Aspects, Economics, Beliefs, and Cultural Arts. Once we finished researching and putting it in whichever category it fit into. We put all of our research in a Comic Tour Guide Book titled “The Cultural Universals of China.” My favorite part of the project was coming up with lines that my character would say. The most challenging part of the project was finding the right images to fit my project.

Maglev Blog Post #2

Today what worked was that we got the right magnets (strip magnets) and we also placed the magnets in the right spot which was one strip magnet on the left side of the train and the track and one on the right. We made like poles facing each other.

 

Today our first and second attempt failed, because we did not line it up right and the next time we learned that we had to line the magnets up better so we changed it to line up better.

 

My goal for the next design session is to make the train still levitate even being weighed down by weights. Another goal I have is to cooperate better in terms of who is going to hold the magnets and who is going to put the magnets in to place and if it does not work who is going to try there design next.

Maglev Blog Post #3

  This is our final design.

 

When we were trying to put beads on our Maglev train we improved our train by putting double strip magnets on each side of the track. We knew we had to do that because we did a experiment before this that showed that it would levitate higher with extra magnets on the bottom, and lower with extra magnets on the top, but if we did both it would be the same, but it would waste materials.

 

For our Final Maglev Train design we put one strip magnet on the left side of the train and the track and one on the right. To help carry the beads we doubled the strips on the track. We also made sure the train’s magnets and the track’s were lined up perfectly. We made like poles facing each other.

 

I learned that maglev trains are complicated and a learned a lot about magnets. I also learned that working with groups can be hard but if you want to accomplish anything in a group you have to try not to argue.

Maglev Blog Post #1

A maglev train is a train that uses magnets to help it operate or move along the tracks. It uses magnets to levitate over the track. Both the train and the track have magnets with the same poles facing each other. My group’s idea for the train was to attach strip and ring magnets to both the train and the track with the same poles facing each other, but our first idea did not work. But scientists test stuff and take multiple tries, right?

 

One thing that failed was that it stuck to the track and fell straight down and did not move a inch. It did not even levitate. What worked well was that we learned from our mistakes and will use that to help design our next maglev train.

 

My experience working with my group was O.K, but we had a few disagreements, but we worked it out in the end. Next time we will try to work together better because that is important in a group project.

This is our failed attempt

 

Movie day

“Get up!” our dad shouts in our ear.

“Uhh,” we moan as we roll out of bed.

“I can’t wait to go to camp!” my brother screams like somebody clicked a button in his head to wake him up. Slowly we ate breakfast got changed, brushed our teeth and hopped in the car. when we got there we trudged to the stop hugged my brother bye. And he hopped on the bus and he was off. The bus stop was filled with hands waving rapidly and dogs tugging on their leashes trying to go with the kids in the bus. There was also parents screaming last good byes. After the bus was out of sight me and my dad hauled our sweaty feet to the car. In the car I asked him if we could go bowling.

“Maybe” he says (which usually means no)

“Can we go to the movies?”

“No!” he says until the afternoon the rest of the day was boring.

“Ved get your socks and shoes on we are going to the movies.”

“What?” I jumped I was spacing out from the blistering heat.

”Which movie?” I said.

“The one you wanted to watch ‘Captain Underpants.’”

“Cool,” we drove through the midday traffic and headed for the movies. We park in the nearest parking lot which is three blocks away. And we walk to the theater. First we go to the ticket booth and buy tickets. Then we go to the counter and ask for popcorn. We can hear the “pop” “pop” “pop” of the popcorn machine and the buttery smell of the popcorn being made. Ohh I can’t wait to eat that popcorn I think.

“Here you go,” says the cashier

“Thank you!” we say gobbling the popcorn. “When we sit down in the theater?” I ask.

“We should save the popcorn for the movie.”

“Nahh.” we say at the same time

My Expert Book – 3L

This is my Expert Book for people who have not studied  World War 2 before. I chose this topic because when I was selecting my topic I thought about the book that I read to learn more about World War 2 called “World War 2 Magic Tree House Fact Tracker.” Then I thought about how I like to talk about things I know about World War 2 at the dinner table and so I thought it would be fun to write a book about World War II. It was. The part I enjoyed most in this project was writing the chapter on D-Day and Pearl Harbor. I liked writing these chapters because when I know a lot about something and then I talk about it, it makes me feel good. It was challenging to do the photo selection because it is hard to find out what picture to pick for your writing so I made sure to pick the very best. I hope you like my book.

My book is called Learn All About World War II. Here it is…

World War II Magic Tree House Fact Tracker

The book I recommend is “World War II Magic Tree House Fact Tracker” by Mary Pope Osborne.

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This story is a nonfiction book about world war II it takes place in 1939-1945 in Europe and Asia. Japan and Germany want more land. United States wants to beat Japan because they bombed Pearl Harbor. Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany and starts the war. Japan bombed pearl Harbor. Because of the attack on U.S soil, the United States declares war on Japan and Germany. After that America joins the Allies. At Midnight the Allies launch the biggest sea attack in history. Will Germany and Japan surrender? Read the book to find out. I think this is a good book if you like learning in a fun way, this is a great book you will enjoy.