February 21, 2012
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Set Sail With Sources

Today our class is learning about sources.  Do you know what makes  a great source?  As we embark on our Titanic unit, we’re going to dive into learning about sources.

Here are some sources below for learning.  Are they primary, secondary, or both?  Check them out.

ABC News Rescue Photos

Titanic Photographs

Newspaper

Artifacts

Existing Movie Footage

Wikipedia “Titanic”

Britannica

Passenger Stories

Factmonster

Distress Call

Find another wonderful resource?  Leave a comment below!

February 17, 2012
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Our Code of Conduct

We used the app “Songify” to create an auto-tune version of our Code of Conduct.  This is a free app that allows you to create instant music to use with Windows Movie Maker or IMovie.  We emailed the song to ourselves and downloaded it.  Then we added some photos with the most important words.  This is our code.

February 17, 2012
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Teamwork!

We practice teamwork on a daily basis in our classroom.  Collaborating is just a part of learning.  Check out this amazing video of an Apache helicopter being assembled.  What does this say about teamwork to you?

January 31, 2012
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Ham in Space Day!

Did you know that today, in 1961, Ham the monkeynaut rode in a Mercury Redstone rocket to space?    You can see some great pictures of Ham here. Today we celebrated the anniversary Ham’s successful journey to the stars by writing a Tanka poem about him.  A Tanka is a poem that follows a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern.

 

Ham

Ham was a space chimp

Up, up in the sky he went

braving the journey

into the blackness of space

Ham was an astronaut star