Sat May 30

• Read some children books
  • Hey, Little Ant (about how everything is similar to everything else)
  • Sand by Ellen Prayer (about sand how it is made, where it comes from, different types)
  • How we learned earth is round by Lauber (history explanation of how we figured it out)
  • How much is a million (ways to understand magnitude of number, will adapt it to mole

• Made Cartisian Divers, show density of substance & pressure
  • How to Make Cartisian Divers

• Powers of Ten Video (from Ames) - did not look at it in class but said was good source for magnitude
  

• Walk the plank
  • Egg dropping contest (engineer,design) both egg support and then with egg by itself
  • make sure to let kids change design if need be between unsupport and supported egg

• Haul Away the Bounty
  • Make Al foil ships (that you will foat on water)
  • See how many washers can put on Al foil ships
  • Get container of pre-separated Al foil
  • Give each group 3 pieces of Al foil
  • Covers engineering and density

• Alka Sellsor Cannons
  • Use template and have kids make cannon with straws
  • Need to get the film canisters that hold on inside not over top
  • Student put a few drop of water in canister and put tablet in container and cap
  • Make sure to have cap side down so container is the cannon ball

• Karen showed here 3D models (magnet) that shows ionic cpd (table salt) and molecules (water)
  • Would be good visual on how ionic cpds are just make up of ions and molecules are not.

• Also was given a Pirates treasure map (a picture of an island with grid on it)
  • Would be good as a review game for test
  • Answers to questions are whole numbers that you count blocks for directions to the treasure.