Interesting Facts on Leap Year

Happy Leap Day? huh? what? Is there even such a thing as Leap Day? Does one leap on leap day? =) ENJOY YOUR LEAP DAY OFF GOOD SHEPHERD! 

• The Gregorian calendar has a 400-year cycle until it repeats the same weekdays for every year–February 29, 2008, is a Friday and February 29, 2408, is a Friday.
• The Gregorian calendar has 97 leap years during those 400 years.
• The longest time between two leap years is eight years. The last time that occurred was between 1896 and1904. The next time will be between 2096 and 2104.

Find out more like first time leap year was used and other interesting facts about LEAP YEARS, by browsing through :   http://www.timeanddate.com/date/leapyear.html  

VIDEO ALERT!

Take a few minutes to watch the videos I put up, they are fun and insightful. Hope you enjoy them-I love ‘em! 

Eat healthy after all you are what you eat!

Gotta Eat Breakfast

Boys & girls jump start your morning by eating breakfast everyday. Science has proven that having breakfast in the morning keeps you alert and gets the brain thinking during the school day! EAT BREAKFAST PLEASE! 

Ice-Ice Baby-Cool Experiment!

Have an adult present if you try this at home!  It is literally the COOLEST experiment! =)

 

Electricity

This stuff doesn’t make any SENSE!!!

God gave us 5 senses, let’s be thankful for them.  

4th grade Rainforest Experts!

Hey my little toucans, can you name all the animals shown in this beautiful video?  Here is a glimpse on what the rainforest looks & sounds like. What can you do to help save the rainforest find out by browsing through:         http://www.savetherainforest.org/

 

 

5th grade break it down! Digestive System

Our body must digest (say die-jest) food we have eaten. When we chew, food is crushed up and mixed with saliva (spit) so it becomes mushy.We swallow the mush and it travels through the esophagus (say ee-sof-a-gus), a long tube that runs from the mouth, before it goes into the stomach. Inside the stomach there are juices that mix the food until it looks like thick soup.Next, the food goes into a long tube all folded up inside the body. It is called thesmall intestine. Juices from the liver mush up the food even more, and good things from the food go into the blood, which takes them to parts of the body where they are needed.The food then goes to the large intestine. Water from the food goes into the blood.By now, the body has taken all the things it needs from the food. What is left is waste that is not needed by the body. It gets stored at the end of the large intestine inside therectum. The waste must leave or the body will get sick. Muscles push the waste out of the body through the anus, which is the opening in your bottom.How long does it take for the body to digest food?Food can be 3-4 hours in the stomach, then about 3 more hours as it moves through the intestine. It can stay in the the large intestine for up to 36 hours. So, depending on the type of food and the speed at which it moves, it can take about 40 hours or more.To read more about the digestive system go herehttp://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

6th grade will ROCK you!!!

 

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