Last week of September!

Weather
Antarctica web cam
Track Hurricanes & Tropical Storms
Adel and Julian would like to share some webcam views.
1. New York City-Time Square
2. NY's new WTC
3. Want to pretend you are on a beech half way around the world?
See a live camera of a beach in Australia! It's night during the day here, why? ;-) 
*BUDDY CLASS- BEN'S BELLS PROJECT

LIVE REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING AND PREDICTIONS: UARS

Rumor has it, UARS is down...Just waiting for NASA to confirm.  Videos of fireball taken from backyard in Washington  on  space.com

REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING AND PREDICTIONS: UARS 

ALL EYES ON THE SKY TONIGHT!!!! As of on Sept. 23, 2011, the orbit of UARS Re-entry (UARS finally hitting Earth), is expected between 11 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m., Saturday morning.  During that time period, the satellite will be passing over North America, more specifically, Canada, then, Africa and Australia, as well as vast areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. 
          * The risk of getting hit by this satellite is 1 and 3200, very unlikely! Don't be scared....   ;-)


Track with Google Earth: http://www.n2yo.com/ if you keep trying, you'll be able to see it.  

  ~Try This Link It has worked well in our class,  you just have to click "refresh" a lot.
*Learn more about SPACE
*Keep us posted!
           Comment Below! :-)
UARS was launched in 1991 by the Space Shuttle Discovery. It is 35 feet long, 15 feet in diameter, weighs 13,000 pounds, and carries 10 instruments. UARS orbits at an altitude of 375 miles with an orbital inclination of 57 degrees. Designed to operate for three years, six of its ten instruments are STILL functioning! UARS measures ozone and chemical compounds found in the ozone layer which affect ozone chemistry and processes. UARS also measures winds and temperatures in the stratosphere as well as the energy input from the Sun. Together, they help answer the question, what is the role of the upper atmosphere in climate and climate variability?
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* CNN Heroes, vote for who you think deserves to win. :-)

Week of 9/19-9/23

SCI-JINKS Science
1. Review of Circulatory System

2. Review Cells-We'll be using microschopes to compare what they actually look like soon!
3. Virtual Body
4. Take a Quiz
5. See a virtual heart!
6. Games
7. Knee joints-Mr. McConnell taught us all about this!
*Additional Human Body Links 

Week of 9/12-9/16

• Spelling Words-Focus on Plurals (s, ies & es)
• See list of all plurals, games, and more!
• Geography Locations-Puerto Rico, Caribbean Islands & Sea, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico
• Time Lapse Web Cam Pictures of WTC New York-REALLY COOL! Live web cams of site at the bottom of website. 
• Monsoon or Tropical Storm Remnants?

• Monsoon season is typically from mid June through early September.

  By mid August, the increasingly lower sun angle (think planets and their rotation around the sun) in the northern hemisphere becomes less effective in maintaining the monsoon ridge. The high temperatures begin to decrease as the polar jet stream begins to shift south from Canada. Breaks become longer between thunderstorms. However, the combination of wet soil and continued rain over Mexico usually keeps low level moisture in place over Arizona.

  This is the time of year when the tropical eastern Pacific becomes a concern. Very warm water temperatures support tropical storms and hurricanes west of the Mexican coast. Most of these hurricanes move harmlessly west into the open Pacific. However as the monsoon ridge shifts south, moisture from these systems can be steered toward Arizona. When this happens, thunderstorm rains can be enhanced and lead to flash flooding.

September 12, 2011

IXL MATH Log-in & Passwords are ready!
Please log in tonight for at least 15 minutes:
1. Practice Fifth Grade-A1 Place Values & Number Sense
2. Don't forget to study Geography Locations (Greenland, Iceland, & Newfoundland)
3. Read at least 30 minutes!

Remembering September 11, 2001

On September 11, 2001, there was an attack on America.

There are some men that decided that they didn’t like what America stands for: freedom, liberty, and the rights of men and women of all races, backgrounds, and beliefs. So on the morning of September 11, 2001, they hijacked four planes and attacked America in a terrible way.

Two of the airplanes were crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. The third plane was crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The last plane was going to crash into another building in Washington, D.C., but the passengers stopped the hijackers, and the plane crashed into a field   instead.


Thousands of people lost their lives through these attacks. Hundreds of people were on the planes. Thousands died in the buildings that were hit by those planes.


The men that arranged this terrible attack want Americans to feel afraid and disorganized. They want to make people who live in this country do what they say by threatening us. Basically they’re big bullies.


The people of the United States are a strong group of people. Keep faith in who you are and what our country stands for and we will become even stronger than before.

Links:

1. Science behind the Twin Towers
2. 9/11 Memorial
3. Nick News
4. Brain Pop