Cotton!



This Lesson is about cotton, how its grown and how it becomes all of the things it becomes. ( These pictures were taken by me in the Heart of Georgia while visiting a small town my family and I used to live in.

 This is what cotton  looks  like before it pops! First its greenish red and then it turns dark red and hardens but the soft cotton fiber is inside of the "BOLL" or flower. As it becomes ready for harvest it dries out and becomes even harder and then it sort of pops open exposing the cotton inside.

Follow this link to find out more!
                  http://www.5min.com/Video/From-Cotton-Field-to-Fabric-516987476
First Try From Cotton To Field
Then, The cotton Harvest
Then, Cotton to Yarn for Fabric
All of these videos are on that link!

 And then go to this link to learn how to grow your own cotton plant http://www.cottonsjourney.com/art/growcotton.asp

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/people-places-kids/iraq-mesopotamia-kids/

Some new educational websites I have found  http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=31079&CategoryID=6422 and http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/index.htm

The OCEAN! (tides)

What are TIDES and what causes the ocean to have them? If we look at this next link we can get a good idea of what tides are and what causes them http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov//tides HERE'S A VIDEO ABOUT TIDES http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/weather-and-climate/tides.htm Then we will learn about tidal turbines that generate energy from the oceans tides http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/news/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=11   HERE IS A VIDEO ABOUT  CURRENTShttp://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/weather-and-climate/waves-and-currents.htm

The kids were asked to come up with their own gods, and draw them, after having a lesson on ancient egypt . This is what they came up with. Also ,my friend who studied at university for Egyptology is coming to speak at our lesson next week ! Can't wait to hear what she will have to offer ...

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Awesome modern music examples of string intruments rn

These are just some of the instruments in the string family.We will be listening to some of them here http://www.dsokids.com/listen/instrumentlist.aspx  This one is mandolin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA82NOHXIP0 Here we can listen to a lute http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6wZa53B1Rc&feature=related Here we will watch a video about sitars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLAhSvtSwyM  This girl plays Hedwigs theme on harp!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj50O4EASEk&feature=related We can hear a Pirates of the Carrabean theme on cello herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjjQgmxS0Jo Here is an example of viola http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4tao1xmqSw Violin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C9heX7aReU&feature=related Electric guitarhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCezpBLwkw0&feature=related upright bass here doing a Coldplay songhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=419i7Sd_lig&feature=related

Our cave drawing day!

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Moon Halo

This is called a Moon Halo. We viewed one of these last night directly above our heads.To learn more about this phenomenon, click here http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=79 .And then here you can see a diagram showing more about how this occurs http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonring/. Here for a simpler explanation http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/ice/halo/22.rxml

These are some of the Egyptian Gods. We are going to come up with our own, draw them and write what their attributes are.

Egypt

This week we are learning about Ancient Egypt I found this web site from the UK that is interactive.http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/history/egypt/default.asp It includes online puzzles, interactive info and games.Here is another place full of information.http://guardians.net/egypt/kids/index.htm

Map of the world for geography reference.

Wind Instruments

Some Wind Instruments :Bassoon,clarinet, alto saxophone, cor anglais, oboe, flute. See this website for explanation of how woodwind instruments work. http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/woodwind.html also a good place for explaining these instruments is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodwind_instrument  To Listen, go tohttp://www.dsokids.com/listen/instrumentlist.aspx