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Pirate Day 
Morning 
*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.
 
 
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