Kelp Forest Animal Research

Kelp Forest Animals

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals-and-experiences/exhibits/kelp-forest

http://www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org/exhibits/socal-marine-habitats/kelp-forests.asp

Canal Projects

Canal Project due Monday, February 11th

CANAL PROJECT

Due Monday, February 11^th

You have watched videos and read about canals in New Jersey and around the world.  Now it’s time for you to create your own canal.  Are you up for the challenge? 

Use your book and watch the videos in the post below this one to review how canals work.  Be creative – use any materials you want to create your canal – twigs, clay, play dough, building blocks, legos, etc.  If you don’t want to make a 3D model, you can also make a drawing of how a canal works.  Your family can help you, but the majority of the work should be done by you. 

For your project, you should include at least:

One lower level

One upper level

A lock

A boat

          Your project does not need to use water to show how it works, but it should show how a lock works in a canal. 

          Your project is due by Monday, February 11^th – if you complete it early, feel free to bring it into class.  You will present your canal project to the class.  Have fun!!!

Canals - How Do They Work?

Click on the two links below to watch the videos!
canal locks
National Canal Museum

The best foot for the job!

Which type of foot is best for different types of birds? We wanted to find out...

Mitten Sewing 2018

Thanks to all who came in to assist and those who helped from home with our mitten sewing project!

Division Facts Games

Long Division - the traditional method

Click below for the video

Long Division video

Holiday Concert-view from the stage

Symmetrical Sugar Cookies

Flashlights - How do they work?

Today the kids worked in groups to observe how a flashlight works. They took it all apart, rearranged the batteries, and made observations about battery arrangement and electric circuits.

Multiplying the 'traditional' method

Today we worked on multiplying multi-digit numbers with the "traditional method". This is the way most parents learned how to multiply.
Here are a few videos that we reviewed in class to reinforce this method.
https://sites.google.com/site/gomath4th/home/chapter-3/3-5-multiply-with-regrouping

This is a 'cheat sheet' I gave the kids to help them follow this method.

November Classwork

Snow Days

Due to the snow days we had on Thursday and Friday, we will have the Reading & Vocab test on Monday (after we review the story of the week). The spelling test will be on Tuesday. 

Hope you enjoyed some time outside!

Happy Halloween

Egg Drop Experiment

Students worked as biomechanical engineers to design a box to keep their egg safe for the Egg Drop Experiment.