Hi guys,

I just landed from the plane ride it was really great.  I can’t wait to see my room my mom said it was a really pretty and good room.  I will keep on posting and tell how I did at the Compition and what I’m doing.  I can’t wait to get all the comments so I can comment back.  Don’t forget to tell me what fun things Im missing.  Victoria is very pretty and we are going to the garden it’s called Butchart and the hotel Im stayin at is called BestWestern.  I can’t wait to come back to school!

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Check out this link to see our Human Log Roll

http://youtu.be/4ISnff-ybb0

Did the Dudes and Dudettes ever have fun doing these activities to learn about rollers. Today’s focus was cooperation in addition to completing experiments. 

The Human Log Roll

Is this making it any easier to move the load?

VonIsaac: In the human log roll it`s easy when your in a group because its make more strength and it takes less time doing it. We do have rollers and we have title for each 1 it is the human log roll, load with roller. It`s hard to roll if you do faster or slower it has to be a little faster in human log roll and its hard if you do alone or 2 of you. In load with roller its hard to push because there is no wheel and if there a wheel its easy to push.

Shelby: For this experiments we had groups and in my gruop there was, Nicole Caidence, Gloria, Shelby. There were six different centers in each center there was an activitie, after or during the activie we ahd to fill ine some data or some sheets. After we went to all different centers we went back to our desks and we filled in a cooperation chart, there was like 4 or 5 different sections here are two of them, perseverence and did it effect the group. There at least 4 or 5 people and yuo had to fill in each of those types of questions thethings that you had to choose from waS,exelent, very good, okay and needs work. Somepeople needed some work and some people were okay and some were very good and exelent those experiments were pretty cool but some were hard and some were easy. No matter what I had fun.

Nigel: Working in a group properly means you are doing what you are supposed to do. Don’t fool around or anything because the group will get distracted and not get their work done. You need to share ideas to listen to other people’s ideas so they can agree on them.
When we cooperate, we are listening and will get our work done

Rolling the load over and over means the load will spill. What should we try next?

Mariah: hi everyone

This was really fun and helped us co-operate with each other. It tat us about rollers and how they work. I like hands on activatys because I get to actualy do it myself insted of just hearing or reading about it. Rollers make it easier to move the load (That Dude) from one place to another. Who ever envented the roller sure was smart. Do you know who invented the roller? 

Gloria: I think this was a fun activitie! There was lots of things to do. The funest thing was were you went into the bin and the other people slide us. I think some people were coouperating and some people wern’t.

Jozee: the rollers were really fun we all worked together and did fun and intresting things I lked doing that experiment SO TOATALLY AWSOME!!!!!!!:D

Different ideas for placement of rollers

Our hands on activities to learn about ramps as a stationary simple machine was a big AHA moment for the Dudes and Dudettes. Following instructions carefully, using materials appropriately, and recording data correctly were important skills to work on. Check out our explanations of the experiments that we did. 

As always, lots of collaboration

Mariah: Hi everyone
This is fun. Before then I didn’t even know newton meters igsisted. I like newton meters because they tell you how much things way in newtons. You

Three heads are better than one

caan do this experiment. All you need is 4 books, Rocks rapped in plastic, tap, and String. Tie the string around the rocks. Hook the Newton Meter onto the string. Tap the string to the rocks. Set 3 books in a stack and place the other book as a ramp. Set the rocks on the ramp and pull. It is cool.

Nigel: I have to follow instructions so my group gets our work done. We will completely the experiment properly.
If we don’t use the materials properly, we wouldn’t get the project done on time. If we break the materials no one else will be able to use them.
I have to record the data correctly we will be able to compare answers.
My favourite part was pulling the load up the ramp with a newton scale.

Jozee: The experiment we did with the incined plane was really fun. My group used are socail studies tex book and took turns doing the experiment. We were abstracting the information.

Testing Ramps

That was a fun experiment!!!

Checking notes

Greisen: Okay i itmit for me using materials apropletiy was pretty hard but i did when we were using the materials appropritly was temting to do somthing else and it was fun because the materials were very interesting any way the instuction wre complecated but my partners helped with out them i could o never done it and the instrutions were not strek they gave us choices.Now were on to RECORDING DATA CORECTLY it was easy and hard at the same time like some times im done the thing and me and my partners think of senteses to right down then we start and i forget don don don donnn sorry i had to do tha anyway then my partner help me once again so in totall it was prett fun,PEACE OUT

Kaeden: Today we and my group were doing projects called the inclined plane. Basicly a ramp that is tilted so that you can push things on it to a higher level so that you don’t have to lift the load up. I also learned that load is another word for object and you the person who is pushing is the force. In my opion on a scale 1-10 my group Hendrik,and Nigel,and me were a 8 but that is my opinion someone else could have another opion this is not a fact. Me,Hendrik,and Nigel also did the Newtoon scale the Newtoon schale is a contraption that a guy made to see how much force/Newtonian it takes to move the object just say over a text book. My got a little silly at some points but as i said they were one of the most beaveied group i have seen even at the begin of the year. So thank you my favorite dudes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Using a Newton meter to measure the force needed to lift a load straight up.

Triston:it was really fun we had fun with it beacuse I like messering. When we were done we did like 10 book and it wouldnt work so we went dow a little more. It was so awasome we had a good time I liked the scale some times it wouldnt work somtimes it did. It was hard tying that thing on I can tye but not like that we had a really fun and great time and of course we learned lots.

Kolby: It was really fun because you got to use a newton meter.It was a little hard answering the questions but I did it. It was a lot of fun I hope I get to do more fun stuff in since.

Samantha looked and her mom not understanding.  “Well,  I want to come on the trip to The Mysterious Island!”  her mom said hopefully.  “Will you let me?” she asked wondering.  “Ummmmm… sure i cant wait.”  They all hopped in the helacopter.  Alex said “I’ll drive to make sure we are all safe.  They had a fine trip and when they got there Samantha was amazed!  She asked her mom “How long are we staying?”  Her mom said ” two weeks!”  “WOW!!  I cant wait to see what adventure i have for a hole two weeks!!!!” whispered Samantha.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Using commercial materials

Perseverance pays off in the long run.

Excellent modifications to keep load from spilling.

We have begun to learn about the wheel and axle and how it can be used to move a load. Our first class was exploration and

We've got the wheels; time for attaching the load.

experimentation to build wheel and axle combinations that would roll and carry a load-WITHOUT tipping over.  

Lots of concentration when attaching the load

Read about our trials and tribulations as we made modifications to meet our criteria.

We are ready to work on the rigs.

On a chilly Monday in April we traveled to Devon to visit the Leduc #1 Oil Discovery Centre.   Read below to see what we liked and what we learned.

Scavenger Hunt

Nigel:

Examining products made from petroleum by-products

1. They will dril deep in the ground to ge the oil

2. The best part was wegot to see adrill pit

Shelby:

We went to the Leduc Oil Indistry, when we got there we went to a table and they talked to us about how we are going to rearrange us so that we get to everything in the indistry. The section I went into first was where we got to see all of things like, the drill bits, the worldslargest drill bit. Actually we got to go inside the worlds largest drill bit. When we went inside there was a movie to see the drill bit and it seemed like we were actually were going down. Before we wnt to the next section we had lunch. After lunch we went to the next section. The second section we got to see, drilling mud, different types of rocks all sorts of things. then after we were done that and we had a littke bit of time left so we did a mini scavenger hunt. Once we were done that mini scavenger hunt we went to the table that we had lunch at and they said that we were going to have a huge scavenger hunt I forget who the winner was but the scavenger hunt was pretty cool. I wish I could go again another time.

More learning by doing and talking

Jozee:

For a feild trip we went to the Leduc #1 oil discovery centre it was really fun. We went into the largest bolt in the world !!! We saw the hall of fame it was very intresting and at the end we did a scavengure hunt me and my partner did a pretty good job.Near the end we went into a lab with lots of experiments and had some new experiences there were costumes we got to put on that was really fun. The lady made silly putty and let us pass it around it was cool and very slimy!!! I learned that we use oil every single day at first I did not no that that was a very intresting feild trip.

Scavenger Hunt-looking for answers to our clues

Josh:

At the Leduc oil discovery center I got to see lots of things like a drill bit witch is a HEAVY metal object that they would put on the end of a drill and when it went down the drill bit crushes the rock.
We also got to go on a real oil rig and that was my favorite part!

Kaeden:

Today i went to the Leduc oil Discovery Centre in none other then Leduc. It was fun we got to do a scavenger hunt and learn about the wall of fame people that discoverd oil. We aslo went and looked at the glow board F.Y.I the glow board is a board that shows were oil,gas,and many other resourses have been found. “If i had to chose what thng i liked the most it would be the scavenger hunt. what i learend is that oil doesen’t come easy

Looking at rocks

it takes i lot of drilling to get a little bit of oil but with hard work and deadacation you will get oil. “So thats what i did at The Leduc Oil Dicovery Centre.

Mariah:

When we went to leduc Discovery Centre I had a lot of fun. We got to do a scavendure hunt in the intire centre. I was partnered with Caidence. There was a prize for the team that came in first. Kile and his partner from the other class won the prize it was sunglasses. Me and Caidence had a lot of fun. We also got to look in this suitcase that had a lot of stuff that was made from patrolium. I learned, Patrolium is in EVERYTHING. It is in sunglasses, clothes, flip flops, and more. It is even in tooth paste! I thout that it was really interenting that in is in tooth paste. After we had lunch we got to go into this giant drill bit, It had screens every were so it looked like we were drilling down into the earth. It was really C:-):-)L! I also learned that oil is what makes Alberta unique.

Caidence:

Learning about Oil-the only time we sat down!

At the leduc Oil Descovery centre We got to see a lot of things like drill bits, a oil rig and lots more. I liked the pipe cleaners that are called pigs, when they clean the pipe they make a sound that sounds like a pig. I learned that the harder the rock is they have to use a drill bit that has little knobs. The softer the rock is the bigger the and pointier the knobs are.

Hendrik:

At the descover centre we leand lote’s. i loved all the toy modols there. ps I want them all! I learnd a lote about the rig the are very tall then we went on one. but it was not working buy for now.

Gloria:

I think we went on Thursday or Friday. Anyway it was an interesting place because,we went on 2 scavengure hunts,we also got to feel shells in the sand and try to mach a shell to a picture of a shell. I think that was fun. I learned when the thing blew up. I forget when that was but I wasn’t born yet. My mom was a volenteer. That place was fun to go to!I also liked the movie that they put on when we just got there!

Answering clues

Nicole:

The Leduc Oil Discovery Centre was really amazing and it tought me lots of things. We learned about where oil came from and how it formed and when. I learned lots about how people use oil. Oil is also called patrolium. I learned that there too. We looked at different things and we got to touch them and look at them. We also went in this on machine and it had a little video of where we were going and how deep we were. We went down 800 meters to the bottem of the earth. I learned lots of new things about oil. I didnt know it was in lots of things like it is in your toothpast, icecream, candy, meadicain and all sorts of things. I liked doing the scavendure hunt and looking at different things that had oil in it. The scavendure hunt had lots of questions and we had to answer them andd who ever got all answers correct and showed one of the people first would get a prize. I had lots of fun there. I found very inturesting and i learned lots of new things. I loved learning about oil at The Leduc Oil Discovery Centre.

Working and learning together

Kolby:

I learned that the oil rigg in leduc is the bigest oil rig in Albrta. We got to see an oil rig it was huge and it was so fun. We got to see windmails. We got to do a whole bunch of stuff and one of the thecer showed us how to make silly puddy it the best. we got to hear a jiggle and see a movie in a movie theter

Greisen:

it was awesome going there i learned a hole lot of stuff and it was fun because we got to dress up and look through microscopes and we went on a scavenger hunt me and shellby almost made it we wre running to get are sheet marked but two of the grade fourers from the oyher class beat us by a few seconds. the leduc oil centere was huge and heres a surprise and i liked it there was a millon dollar rock$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ BOY i could do a lot of stuff if had that rock so yeah i didnt tell everything so look at the other comments below

A GLOVED MYSTERY

      BY MARIAH

            Feb,26

8/35

As we drove down the deserted streets looking for the gray van and the cops, we came across something even more interesting.  Just down 5th avenue on the right was an old gray van that did indeed say Bob’s Electrical,  But the suspicious thing was… That it seemed to be deserted.  Well I’ll be darned!  So what do we do next? Dr. D said in a confused voice.  Well,  but the Dr cut me off before I could finish.  Shouldn’t we go over and have a look in side?  No, No Dr. it could be a trap, someone could shoot us!  I said more  franticly than I has intended.  So than what do we do? Dr. D said in an annoyed tone.  Well,  we need a simple plan. You will drive by really fast and get a glimpse of who is inside, and well you are doing that I will sneak out around the back and see what there talking about. I said thinking of myself as a brave and witty man.   Fine,  well do it your way. Said the Dr. rather annoyed, AGAIN!     Ok!  Ok! What do you want to do for a plan.   I said.  Well I thought that maybe I could do my dance to swan lake to distract them well you had a look at what they where doing.  It would work because they would be so mesmerized,   they  just wouldn’t be able to move.  Said the Dr. acting pretty proud of his plan.  I couldn’t disappoint my friend so I said…  That sounds like a great idea, But what happens when they try to shoot you.  Oh yes that would be quit a pickle.  All right we’ll do it your way.  Said the Dr  looking disappointed.  So I got out of the car while the Dr. drove by really fast.  I pocked my head out around the corner of their gray van.  So we will commence the plan at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow so we can leave on the 3:00 train.  We will be gone and no one will suspect a thing.  I heard the tall man say in his deep voice.  But, But boss, what about Mr. Smuth the other man stuttered.  No! No not  Mr. Smuth Mr. Smith and I will deal with him.  Boss ca, can I go and get a drink from the truck?  Said the young man.  Only if you get me one too.  Replied the tall man.  Just then someone grabbed me and gagged me! Let mu go! I tried to yell for help but I couldn’t.  They tied me up and through me in the back of their van and drove away.  Meanwhile Dr. D had been hiding behind the dumpster and saw the hole thing he new that somehow he would have to save me.  So he jumped in the car and drove off following the gray van from a safe, and unnoticeable distance.

On fine morning Libby the the lioness was out for a walk, until she bumped into a person. SHE GOT REALLY ANGRY SHE WAS ABOUT TO CHARGE, until she stoped. So moving on she bumped into her mother. SWEETHEART WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE ME AND YOUR FATHER WERE LOOKING FOR YOU, as her father came running up to her. YES WE TOLD YOU IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU SAID I AM GOING OUTSIDE We, as her mother inturppted you will go straight to your room and stay there for a month. WHAT, said Libby. But this isn’t fair. Dad, its not an option. NOW GO. FINE, as Libby started tearing up!!!! Should we go talk to her father asked to his wife. NO leave her alone and make sure she calms her self down. Libby’s mother said. A month later Libby’s mother and father let her out of her bedroom. Mom dad can I have a walk in the jungle?  Libby asked. Sure, but only if you stay in the jungle. OK, said Libby sadly. So she went outside and into the jungle she went. As she was walking Libby saw the handsomess lion in the world. Then the  lion looked at Libby and thought she was the prettiest lion in the world. 4 days later Libby’s mother and father woke her up to have some fresh air and have a walk in the jungle. So libby woke up and went into the jungle. She saw the same lion again. The lion looked at Libby and said to himself, that is the same lioness I saw the other day. The lion came up to her. Libby pretended like she wasn’t looking at him. As the lion was walking over to her he said in his mind, I already have the ring she is the right girl I can ask her to marry me. When the lion got over to Libby he sat down on his back paws 1 front paw down and asked her. WILL YOU MARRY ME? Libby juped up and said, OMG YES. So they started to kiss. Libby asked by the way I never got to know your name. Oh me, my name is Simba. Nice name, said libby. Now should we make invitaions. Sure said Libby. So that day came they  had their wedding. 2 years they had little a baby lion and lioness. You know what Libby didn’t have such a hard life after all.

THE END

Mon, 23-

• VOTE
• sleep
•  watch hockey

Tues, 24-

• eat
• sleep

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*easy to do month by month and it will archive into categories

*students and parents may leave questions or comments

*easier to check questions and leave a response so everyone won’t keep asking about the same thing

*takes seconds to do

*one place for students and parents to look

*might motivate parents to read and comment on blog

*FREE

*allows you to put as much detail as you want

*could attach links-web-based

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 DISADVANTAGES

*none that I can think of:)