Happy Mothers' Day! The kids worked hard on your perpendicular line frames. I hope you had a great mothers' day, everyone.
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You can draw perpendicular lines with a protractor. After tracing the bottom line, and drawing a dot in the center, line up the center and draw a dot at 90 degrees. Then, use the straight edge to connect the two dots. The two lines you've drawn are perpendicular.
In health class you've been learning about respiration. If you want to re-watch any of the Bill Nye video, here it is!
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2819649 Do you like getting packages in the mail? Have you ever thought about people's jobs in the post office? This is a simple game that lets YOU feel like you're working in a post office.
To play this post office measurement game, you need to read a ruler, scale, and table. You might need a pencil and paper, unless you can remember two different numbers for a couple minutes. Also, the measurements are metric, which means: Lengths are in centimeters Weights are in grams and kilograms We practiced connecting dots with straight lines using a ruler. This will help us in later chapters when it comes to using drawing tools for math questions.
The red line pairs that are touching are perpendicular to each other. The green lines are parallel. Can you think of another object besides a robot that has straight lines that form parallel or perpendicular line pairs? Great job to everyone who has been working hard to improve their math skills using Study Island! When you earn enough points, you unlock new games. It's a great way to study for the Math MCAS next week!
Do you need a reminder about how to use a drawing triangle to make perfectly parallel or perpendicular lines? This site will show you how: Using a Ruler and Drafting Triangle. (Click the link, not the picture). There is no sound and the animations are only about 10 seconds each, so click "play" as many times as you need to to help you practice! Remember, your social studies test on the Southeast Region is Monday! Bodies of Water This term we've expanded our social studies vocabulary. We've been learning about how bodies of water are each different. Here are some bodies of water that are found in the Southeast Region. Have you ever visited any of the bodies of water above? Answer in the comments below. Natural Resources and Products
Since the Southeast Region has such a different climate from the Northeast Region, they have different natural resources! Oranges, cotton, and sugar cane all grow best in the warm temperatures found in the Southeast Region. These crops would not survive a cold frost. Which of these natural resources do you wish we had more of in the Northeast Region? Why? Answer in the comments below. The kids in Math Olympiads had a lot of fun designing "nests" to protect their eggs in the Egg Drop Contest. One of our classmates won and was interested in saving the egg.
Here is a video that shows you how to preserve the egg. Otherwise, after a while the yolk will rot and smell bad: http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2510610 The photo is of a Pysanki egg that was "blown out" and then decorated using melted wax layers and dyes. In science, we are learning about the states of matter. Many different molecules, like water, metal, and rock, can be turned into a solid when they are cold enough, and liquid when they are hot enough. In fact, keep heating up liquids like water and they'll turn into a gas! Even metal, when heated up enough (like on the sun) turns into gas!
Here are more things you should know about matter and different states: Gas: These molecules don't need to stay close together. They can spread out and even float. Gas molecules move fast. Liquid: These molecules mold to the container they're in, except if they spill, they spread out on the ground. They don't move as fast as gas. Solid: These molecules are usually hard to break apart. They are stuck close together and don't move much. Here is a song to help you remember the states of matter. You might recognize the tune, but it's sung by a 6th grade teacher! He talks about 4 states of matter, but you only need to know the 3 above for fourth grade. Four States of Matter Song I'm attempting to repost a multiplication activity that worked on my own computer, but it didn't seem to work on the school computers. Here is the direct link that might not work:
https://play.dreambox.com/student/dbl/TeacherTool_Multiplication2DArray?a&back=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dreambox.com%2Fteachertools&eng=Intermediate If it doesn't work, try the link below. Then scroll way down the page until you see an activity that looks like the picture I posted to the left in this post. http://www.dreambox.com/teachertools If you try it, post in the comments which link worked for you and which one didn't. Here's one more link that might work if the first two don't: https://play.dreambox.com/student |