Thursday, December 8, 2011

Once again, BLOG!

Oreo is very sensitive recently near her hips, so please don't be alarmed if she snapped at you.  Please take caution while holding our dear baby!  We started a new section of science on light, sound, and heat.  Our social studies cuneiform cube is shockingly due on Monday, so make sure you take it home if you still need to work on it.  Christmas break is dawning upon us, so next Friday bring all your auction items.  Sadly, we were very misbehaving monkeys last week so there was no auction.

Well, more soon!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Hello!

Sorry we haven't posted in a while, I guess just not enough time in the day.

Oreo went to the vet over Thanksgiving break, and she is doing fine!  Nothing wrong with her, she's just a little spoiled baby.  If you aren't done with centers, better hurry because they're due tomorrow, no ifs or buts.  To make us happier though, Christmas auction is tomorrow, so if you've got any miscellaneous items to sell, pack them! 

Well, the bell jusst rang.

Friday, November 18, 2011

The end of the week again...

Hi!
Another week is over, anew week is dawning upon us.
Oreo seems to have an infected hair folicle right near her shoulder blade. She is also running low on greens again.
On a happier note, it's almost Thanksgiving break!
New centers are due today. I hope everyone is finnished.
Today is our field trip to the Plasma convention. This blog was posted before we left, so we will blog about it next week.

Well, gotta get ready for the field trip. Blog later, and don't forget to comment!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

New week again

Hello new week!
Oreo is fine, but acting kind of strange lately.  We started making yogurt today!  Soon we will have yummy classroom made berry yogurt smoothies.

Gotta go, blog later!

Friday, November 4, 2011

Yet another week come to pass

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while!  Not enough time in the day I guess.
We had a field trip to the planetarium on Thursday, so much fun!  Happy belated Halloween everyone!  Projects due Tuesday, ready or not! Oreo is doing fine, but she wouldn't mind more clippings or veggies.   We started our milk experiments this week, and some are already starting to curdle and solidify.

Monday, October 10, 2011

New Week!

Today is the start of a new week.  All seems fine, and Oreo is doing great.  Still don't forget veggie, lawn, and dandelion scraps if un-treated.  October 28th Halloween party, bring treats and snacks.  More information on that in a later blog post.  Still gerbils left, so if you brought home a gerbil permission slip or your kid brought one to you, make sure you bring that back to school for a chance to get a brand new pet.


Writing test today!!!   -EEK!-
Telling more about that after!

Bye!

Friday, October 7, 2011

This Week!

Hello!

Today is Friday, so blogging time!

Oreo is running low on greens, so don't forget to save your natural kitchen scraps.  Also, you can bring garden soil, spongey wood, and vegetable scraps in for our vermiculture bin. Oreo LOVES dandelion stems and grass clippings too, so next time you pull weeds or mow your lawn bag and bring them as long as they haven't been treated with pesticides or fertilizers.

We are working on projects now rather than centers, and this course is on microorganisms. Don't forget to possibly work on them over the weekend. Project packets due 10-24-11!

Writing test  today and Monday, don't forget to brain storm over the weekend.

I.D. came today and everyone looks great!

Parents, don't forget to not sign planners unless you talk!

Bye!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

This Week in Mrs. Dahl's Class

Hi again!


Last week ended on Thursday!  So, end of week blog.  This week has been all in all fun.  We began our beautiful decomposition chamber bottles, one for each table.  We began a brand new seating arrangement after our center groups started last week.  We now sit in our center groups for core time at our tables.

Our bio-bottles are made of :
 Clear, 2 liter plastic soda bottle
 potting soil
garden soil
kale
tape
water

Here's how we made them:
1.  Cut plastic soda bottle top off right before it slopes to  the neck.  Place top to the side.
2.  Pour 1 cup sterilized potting soil into bottle base.
3.  Tape top spout opening towards the soil into the bottle.
4.  Dump 1/4 c. garden soil through bottle neck and shake two soils into a mixture.
5.  Tear off  2 grams of kale and stuff through bottle opening.
6.  Each day, observe decomposition chamber and record data.  If doing more than one bottle, make graphs or charts.  Draw full color pictures even!

Monday, September 26, 2011

Solar Ovens!

Last week we made solar ovens out of Big Mac clam shells. Inside the solar ovens we made s'mores. They were fun! Most were made of  clam shells, cardboard, tin foil, tape, and cello phane. Some of our highest temperatures were 51, 58, and 60 degrees celcius.Most s'mores took 11 min. to start melting.

We took a grahm cracker and put a marshmallow on top. We then placed that in the oven to melt. Once the marshmallow was melted, we placed chocolate on another grahm cracker and put that onto the marshmallow. Soon after, we had delicious s'mores to eat right before the bell rang to go home.
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How to make a basic solar oven:

Materials:
Cardboard box (small)
tin foil
small ziploc bag (cut to fit over top of box)
tape (clear scotch reccomended)
scrap card board
Black duct tape
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Steps:
1. Cut scrap card board into 3 medium sized rectangles. Cut tin foil into 3 pieces twice the size of cardboard flaps. Tape tin foil to card board flaps and set aside.

2. Line small cardboard box with black duct tape, covering thourougly.

3.Tape ziploc bag over the top of duct tape lined box.

4. Tape tin foil and card board flaps at an upward angle to card board box.

5. Place grahm cracker and marshmallow in solar oven.

6. place in sun where the solar rays will hit tin foil and direct the radiant energy to the marshmallow and slowly cook your food.

7. Keep track of time and temperature in a note book for future juxtaposition. Once starting to melt, keep track of temperature even more, as that is extremely important data to record.

8. Once totally melted, place chocolate on marshmallow and then a grahm cracker on that.

9. Once that's totally melted, remove s'more from oven and enjoy your good for the planet food!
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Now realize that solar cooking is time consuming, but worth while when you think about it. All that delicious nourishment from just the sun. Sometimes you say you hate the sun because of the heat, but then it makes your dessert!

Summaries

Rememeber that a summary gives us a brief look at the section of the book you read.  Don't forget to  have:
Topic
What was said about the topic (3 sentences is average)
Author's purpose
Main Idea

Edit for spelling and punctuation.  Check for the word then and get rid of it! Have you added some interesting verbs?