Baby Chick Web Cam

They're hatching! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sulik-chicken-cam

Studying for Math MAP Monday!

Student Website Suggestions:

Cameron- Everyday Math Games
Mason- MAP Math
Ria-Shepard Software Math
Sean-Turtle Head Multiplication
Hunter-Capacity Song
Area of Shapes
     
          Great job! YAY!

Get Ready to......

Beat your NWEA MAP Score!
Be ready Monday-Last math test for the school year! Maybe..
Thank you to those who are working VERY hard to study, complete assignments and have even created their project. Great job!

Science News 
 Earth Sky
Your Brain on Music-Interesting Experiment!

Earth Day!

Ecology/Ecosystem-The study of the interaction of people with their environment (land, animals, etc.)
Biomes
- Tropical Rainforest (Near Equator)
- Tropical Savanna (Africa)
- Desert (Middle East, etc.)
- Mediterranean Woodland (Coniferous Forests)
- Mid-latitude Grassland (Oklahoma, etc.)
- Mid-latitude Deciduous Forest (East Coast of North America)
- Tundra (North; Canada, Alaska)
- Ice Caps (North/South Poles)

List of Endangered Animals

Place Your Bets....

*Friday's attempt was cancled due to bad weather.
Will Antares launch Saturday, Sunday or sometime next week? Comment below to vote!

Don't miss it!

Check out the links before 3pm (our time) each day (5pm Eastern time) to find out!

LINKS:

NASA
NASA LIVE TV 
Obital Sciences 

Poetry Month

Types of Poetry

Enter Poetry Contest: Poetic Power
Read Silly Poems at Giggle Poetry
HIGH Reader Poetry Site
Literary Words to Know by Grade Level
BBC Poetry        Figurative Language: Quiz
Find Your State Test!

LOVE SCIENCE? Check out THIS blog: Mr. C's Class Blog

AIMS Review :-)

      Friday was BUSY! 
*I did not get a chance to copy your study/prep packets for AIMS. 

Here are a few links to help you prepare:
1. AIMS Online Practice Links
2. 4th Grade Science
3. Science Workbook
4. Try this quiz!
5. 5th Grade Practice Online

 

           

You are ALL 

wonderful and motivated students!

Can a launched missile take out an asteroid?

There are scientists working to develop technology to intercept asteroids. However, to take out an asteroid, a missile really needs to impact (hit) it directly. Because asteroids are really piles of porous rubble and contain numerous pieces (not just one), it would be nearly impossible to take out with a single direct hit. And, even given a direct hit, the force may only nudge the asteroid a tiny bit, which would require significant advance knowledge that it was on a collusion course.
*My two cents? Seems like a long shot to me.
Greg’s answer: Very complicated. If a missile were to hit an asteroid, just because it breaks it up doesn't mean the pieces will change their orbit (the direction at which they travel)- they still come at us. Also, a missile hit might not break it up well. Asteroids are big! How big of a missile can we send?
At this time, scenarios computer simulations for deflecting (changing the direction) an asteroid involves:

1. Knowing about an asteroid about it 5 or more years before we know it may hit Earth
2. Sending something up (an rocket motor, whatever) to just change the asteroid’s path away from Earth.
3. If an asteroid was on a path toward Earth, all it takes really is a mild nudge (move it), but how do we do that?                           *More information and research is needed.

Earth Month

Cells ALIVE!