Cell Scientists By: Julianna, Anne, and Caroline
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What is the basic building block of all life? CELLS! Lately in class we have been learning about cells. Using a watermelon, we made a model of an animal cell. The nucleus, which is the brain of the cell, was represented by a lid of a coffee cup. The cell membrane was the rind of the watermelon. It holds the cell together and lets some things in and some things out. Cytoplasm is a jelly-like substance that is between the cell membrane and the nucleus. It was shown by the fruit of the watermelon. The mitochondria is the power producer that makes the cell's energy. It was represented by Mentoes with sharpie lines. The vacuoles were shown by the watermelon's seeds. They are the stomach of the cell. To change it to a plant cell, we placed a plate under the watermelon to show the cell wall. To continue the fun, we got to look at real cells through a microscope.
Organbook and Cellbook By Luke
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In 5th grade, my classmates and I did a spectacular job doing project assigned to us. Our project was to make a Cellbook or an Organbook. Cellbooks and Organbooks are facebook pages on human organs and cells. Mrs. Marks gave us these requirments for the project.
1. It must have 8 facts.
2. It must have a 4- 8 line poem.
3. It must be clever
We did a grand job on the requirements and here is what three of our students have to say:
"I think I have an okay grade because I rushed a little on the project," says Michael .
Ben says, " I think I have an A- becase my partner and I rushed a little at the end." While those two feel nervous ,William feels confident ,"I know I have a good grade," he says. Even with this good results, these are just a few of the many Cellbooks and Organbooks made for this magnifcent project.
1. It must have 8 facts.
2. It must have a 4- 8 line poem.
3. It must be clever
We did a grand job on the requirements and here is what three of our students have to say:
"I think I have an okay grade because I rushed a little on the project," says Michael .
Ben says, " I think I have an A- becase my partner and I rushed a little at the end." While those two feel nervous ,William feels confident ,"I know I have a good grade," he says. Even with this good results, these are just a few of the many Cellbooks and Organbooks made for this magnifcent project.
Eating blood!? By Luke
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Well, it is not really blood. It was a mixture of red hots, corn syrup, marshmallows and sprinkles. Unfortunately we were in groups and each group had to share one cup ( gag!) Afterward our class all decided that it was so good that we went running to the bathroom as fast as we could. It was a gross way to spend a science class.
DOES BLOOD TASTE THAT GOOD? By: Julianna , Caroline, and Anne
We are learning about organ systems in science. This week, we are learning about the circulatory system. We focused in on blood, and made it edible. Our ingredients for the blood were corn syrup, rice, marshmallow, Hot Tamales, and sprinkles. The corn syrup, which is 55% of blood, represented the plasma. The rice stood for platelets, which clot your blood. The marshmallow demonstrated a white blood cell. White blood cells atttack germs. They are like soldiers that fight infections. The red blood cells were shown as the Hot Tamales. The red blood cells carry oxygen to every cell in your body. The oxygen attaches to the cell because it has hemoglobin. Sprinkles showed adrenelin. Adreneline is a chemical that is located in your plasma.
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TO FIND OUT ABOUT PERSUASIVE WRITING... By: Julianna
For the past few days we, 5th graders, have been learning about persuasive writing. Persuasive writing is when you try to convince the audience to agree with what you are trying to state to them. We wrote to the Arch Bishop about maintaining Good Friday as a school holiday. We all had a chance to be an adult, giving three reasons why we should have Good Friday off of school. Some of the my reasons were: going to a special mass and Stations of the Cross with your family, praying with your family, and spending time and thinking in time of sorrow with your family. Well, I hope I persuaded you to write more persuasive writing!
Homonyms? By: Julianna
What is a homonym? Homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings. We, 5th graders just took a spelling quiz on homonyms. What do you think is the trickiest homonym?
Away in a Manger By Luke
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Each year at St Jude, students build characters for the Nativity scene. Today we finished our sets by building our stable. It was made of four wood cylinders a square piece of wood, some glue, and four pipe cleaners. We were having major problems with attaching the legs becase they kept falling off right after we glued them. Our class finally finished securing all the legs on our stables and 5B*added their stars the next day. The stables looked truly wonderful!
the second of the two classes in 5th grade*
the second of the two classes in 5th grade*
Books Delivered! By Luke
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Fellow 5th graders, the wait is over! My sister, brother and I have successfully delivered your books you wrapped on the last Friday before the holidays. Now you can start the new year knowing you gave Sheltering Arms Kids a very merry Christmas. Here is more about Sheltering Arms:
Sheltering Arms is Georgia's oldest nonprofit early childhood education program, and one of its most respected. Their mission is to serve working families with high quality, affordable child care and education and comprehensive support services, as well as to provide professional development for early childhood educators and community outreach. Founded by Atlanta volunteers in 1888, Sheltering Arms now annually serves more than 3,600 children, ages six weeks to five years old, and their families, in 16 centers in 6 metro Atlanta counties. Sheltering Arms is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization.
POP QUIZ!
In Social studies we had our first true pop quiz! Now you would think, if it is more than half way through the year, and we have not gotten one pop quiz yet we should, right? Well, actually we have had pop quizes in the past, but our social studies teacher Mrs. Tschirhart always tells us before hand about the quiz so we can study for it. Unfortunately all of us did not really think she would give us a real pop quiz. She did. So I would really wonder whether or not Mrs. Tschirhart will want to grade these pop quizes, because we were not ready. My advice to all fifth graders is this, study every night no matter if there is a quiz coming up or not.
High Touch High Tech
High Touch High Tech recently came to teach us about matter. We had a very fun time mixing different kinds of oils. We made adoms with marshmallows, and pretzels. The man coming to talk to us hated marshmallows and thought they felt weird. We made chocolate ice cream, and if it didn't work it was chocolate milk. It had salt in it which made it really salty. One group said it tasted like coconuts, but other groups had different opinions. Some people tasted it and never ate another bite. Others ate it all up. We also learned about the periodical table, and H2O. We got a certificate and a crossword puzzle on the back. It was very fun and exciting.
The Cobb Youth Museum By: Sophia
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Recently, we went to a field trip at the Cobb Youth museum. We learned about Benjamin Franklin, the Revolutionary War, The Boston Tea Party, The Boston Massacre, and many other interesting things. The first room that we walked into was designed for a puppet show. Dark red theater curtins that opened and closed and one box on each side of the curtin filled with cute puppets playing the rolls as narrators. This rod controled puppet show was about Benjamin Franklin's life and how he grew up in his own fascinating world. The second room was a very bright and cheery room with a telephone booth and a fake shop that was built into the wall. This room also has a background of the streets in the city with homes and shops. In the second room it was an outdoors setting and a large cannon in the center of the room. In this room we talked about what happend in the Revolutionary war. As time past we went into the third room. A room with feather plume pens desks and candles on each one. This is when Benjamin Franklin stepped into the scene. This was a great field trip with many opportunities to act out skits about what we were learning in social studies. I bet everyone will pass the next social studies test.
High Touch High Tech Returns by: Catherine
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High Touch High Tech returns but talking about "Georgia Geologia." That means that we got to learn about our state's region and different rocks that were formed a long time ago. The guest scientist was a girl named Mrs.K. There were four different groups to do the experiments. Our first activity was that we got to put a puzzle together that showed the different regions and famous landmarks. After that, Mrs.K discussed to the class what each different region's rock was formed in. Next, we did another experiment where you got to mix baking soda and vinegar. It got very messy afterwards, but our class just got to witness a chemical reaction the caused the experiment to BLOW UP. In the end, we made our own silly pudding. It was a great experience and we learned a lot.
System T-shirts
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In December we did a t-shirt project that incorporated systems of the body. We were divided amongst four systems. The systems were the Digestive system, the Urinary system, the Circulatory systems, and the Respiratory system. First we had to do research on our system to be prepared for doing our shirts. Next in Art class we learned about porportions. We were finally ready for our projects. To start our t-shirts we had to draw a template of our system to trace on our shirt. Next we added facts and our doctor name to the back of our shirts. Finally we added color to make the shirt pop. To show off our shirts we wore them the rest of the day!