Mummies and Math

Today we began by discussing our SweetTart data. We gathered information about how many hearts were in each bag. We also began a discussion of most likely and least likely. Since most of the individual bags had 6 hearts in each, it was most likely that if we opened another bag, there would be 6 hearts in the bag.

Then we moved on to mummies. We became the ancient embalmers and performed the mummification tasks on stuffed animals. We began by making an incision and removing the "lungs, stomach, liver and intestines." Then we rubbed the body with "oils and perfumes." After covering the body with natron (salt, Na) and letting it sit for "40 days" we began wrapping the bodies in linen.

The kids had a ball and will never forget this day!

Friday, February 13th...

We have a lot of things planned today...so be ready!

Ancient Egypt

We found this great site. It has some great links to Ancient Cultures.


http://www.mrdonn.org/ancienthistory.html

Test Tomorrow!

Are you ready? Go over your notes and study guide...Remember think...How can I split up $1.00 with four people?

Fruit Loop Fractions

Today, we began working on finding the fractional part of a set. Students were asked to create 2 Fruit Loop necklaces one of 24 and another of 30. One their necklace of 24, one fourth had to be pink Fruit Loops and so on. One student explains her necklace and another shares his Challenge necklace of 40.

Back on Track

Okay, so I've seen better blogging days. I am back on track. My computer was down and was getting some updates.

I am up just in time to inform you guys of our Math Test on Thursday, February 12th. I will be sending home a study guide tomorrow. The test is on fractions.

Frozen Fun

Dr. Browder, a physics professor at JU, and grandfather to Sara, joined us on Friday to provide us with some frozen fun! He brought liquid nitrogen and the fun began. We were able to watch as he dipped a balloon and a glove in the liquid nitrogen...and even his tie!

After watching the demonstration we were able to dip big marshmallows in chocolate and then in the liquid nitrogen to freeze it. It was a yummy treat! At the end of his visit he made "clouds." This was by far the funniest moment ever...to watch all of the kids disappear into the clouds.

Thank you Dr. Browder!