Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Jogging in the Dark?
Matthieu and Melanie invent a running shoe flashlight as part of their science investigations of electrical circuits. It even comes with an on/off switch.
Friday, October 9, 2009
King James I of England: He didn't Dip, Chew or Smoke Tobacco
As we are learning in History, tobacco may have saved the first English speaking colony, Jamestown, Virginia, from financial failure but in the words of the King of England himself, James I: " Smoking is a custom loathsome to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless."
Students have memorized this quote to be recited during next Monday morning's assembly. Each class hosts one of these Monday "Town Meetings." We will be calling attention to the campaign for a Tobacco Free Florida.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
It's October...time for the Nobel Prizes
It's Nobel Prize announcement month again. Yesterday we watched a BrainPop about Alfred Nobel and the awards he started. We visited Nobel.org and saw the pictures of the 2009 winners of the prizes in science and literature. Today we learn who wins the Peace Prize and next Monday the award for economics.
Global Awareness: One Shirt At A Time
Each week our "Uncle Sam" wears a different shirt. The class guesses where he's been. Kyle M. helps me keep track of our large collection of shirts from all over.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
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