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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For more information click on the type of rock you want to learn about:      

SedimentaryRock   MetamorphicRock   IgneousRock  

 RocksForKids.com   http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/Rocks&Minerals.html    

The BONE DANCE- Hannah Montana

 Hannah Montana can teach us a little something about the bones in our body. I love it!   

What causes waves? 8th grade question from class

 

 Tides are periodic rises and falls of large bodies of water. Tides are caused by the gravitational interaction between the Earth and the Moon. The gravitational attraction of the moon causes the oceans to bulge out in the direction of the moon.Another bulge occurs on the opposite side, since the Earth is also being pulled toward the moon (and away from the water on the far side). Since the earth is rotating while this is happening, two tides occur each day.Isaac Newton was the first person to explain tides scientifically. For information on the moon, click here. The Sun’s Interaction with the Tides Spring TidesSpring tides are especially strong tides (they do not have anything to do with the season Spring). They occur when the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon are in a line. The gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun both contribute to the tides. Spring tides occur during the full moon and the new moon. 

The eccentricity of the orbit of the moon in this illustration is greatly exaggerated.

The Proxigean Spring Tide is a rare, unusually high tide. This very high tide occurs when the moon is both unusually close to the Earth (at its closest perigee, called the proxigee) and in the New Moon phase (when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth). The proxigean spring tide occurs at most once every 1.5 years. Neap TidesNeap tides are especially weak tides. They occur when the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun are perpendicular to one another (with respect to the Earth). Neap tides occur during quarter moons.  www.virtualnjshore.com/tbwaves.html  -great website to learn more about waves!!!!

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY!

Whoo hoo… sleep in and watch all the great cartoons because NO SCHOOL FRIDAY! 

Sock Drive!

Crusaders please bring in NEW, WHITE socks! It is important to help out others especially when we are so fortunate ourselves! YOU need to remind your parents to get some white socks from the store, it is your responsibility to remind your parents. (You can get great deals in downtown LA, you can get like 6 pairs for $5 if you are out there) =)  Let’s fill up the box near kindergarten and help out OPERATION SCHOOL BELL as much as we can!