Week 11

Presentations:

Wonderful presentations!  Centripetal Force, Jellybeans, Chocolate, Atoms

Presentation Reminders:

• Provide an image or a hands-on example.  
• Highlight key-words, or use bullet points on an index card.
• Practice presenting before you come.  
• Project your voice, so that everyone can hear you.  (I usually say to bounce your voice off the back wall.)

Science Time:

We continued our unit on Simple machines this week.  This week we learned about wheels.

This is the video we watched. 

In our lab time we built balloon cars with wheels and axles.  

Here is a link to learn more about wheels:  http://www.explainthatstuff.com/howwheelswork.html

Math:

Keep up the good work mastering facts!  I will be working this week to post more black belt math challenges.

Please note: It is okay to stay on a level as long as it is necessary to master the material. Perhaps some students it will need to take several weeks to master +1 and +2 addition before for moving on to +3 and +4. That is perfectly fine and as it should be. The belts are a helpful way to reward hard work and give incentive to mastery at each and every level.

You will find flashcards, skip counting videos, and drill sheets to aid your child in the mastery of the four basic operations. http://stonetablestemclub.blogspot.com/p/black-belt-math.html (Also linked at the top of this blog.)

Optional homework:  

 Scholastic Slideshow: 

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/simple-machines.htm


Text and Videos: CK-12
https://www.ck12.org/c/physics/wheel-and-axle/

Here are the videos from prior weeks if you missed them or would like to review:

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/force-and-motion.htm

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/fgravity-and-inertia.htm http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/inertia.htm

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/acceleration.htm

motion.) http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/matter/energy-and-matter.htm

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/energy-light-sound/magnetism.htm