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Have you allowed yourself to be "bored" during this current Coronavirus quarantine where we are all staying home more? Or, have you just been using tv, phones, and computers to stave off you boredom?
Has being "bored" ever helped you be more creative? How so? Observations of our basil plant clones...
Any thoughts about what causes the differences in the roots, what the white powdery stuff on the basil leaves is, or why some of the succulents are shriveling? A huge thank you to Elliot who pointed out that the earthquakes we recently experienced might NOT have been on the Wasatch Fault. I always love it when students research facts on their own and help me learn new things!!!
Although many sources claimed the Wasatch Fault as the source of last week's earthquakes, it appears that they may have originated on the West Valley Fault or even on some unnamed faults to the west of the West Valley Fault. Here are a couple of the sources Elliot shared with me: "The Wasatch fault zone has long been known to be a serious earthquake threat to the Wasatch Front region. In Salt Lake Valley, strands of the Salt Lake City segment of the fault zone pass directly through Utah’s capital city. However, another possible source of large (approximately magnitude [M] 6.5) earthquakes lies just a few miles west of Salt Lake City—the West Valley fault zone, comprising a system of faults on the floor of northern Salt Lake Valley. Like the Wasatch fault zone, the West Valley fault zone shows evidence of recurrent movement in the geologically recent past (i.e., the past 10,000 years). But unlike the Wasatch fault zone, which has been the subject of dozens of detailed scientific studies, relatively little is known about the behavior of the West Valley fault zone." https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/evaluating-the-seismic-relation-between-the-west-valley-fault-zone-and-salt-lake-city-segment-of-the-wasatch-fault-zone/ Below: Temblor map showing the location of the March 18 mainshock and its aftershocks in the first few hours. The earthquakes are on unmapped faults to the west of the West Valley Fault Zone and the Wasatch Fault. Although the quake registered a maximum shaking of MMI 8 (VIII), the PUSH model predicts a maximum probable lifetime shaking of only MMI 5 (V) here. Image credit: Temblor. Doctors are using a variety of existing medicines to treat Coronavirus (COVID-19) and working to develop, test, and approve a vaccine. I just thought you all might be interested in the current statistics on COVID. Click the buttons below to see how many people are currently infected, how many have recovered, and how many have died... I also found a few interesting and informative sources. Check them out!
Did you feel the earthquake this morning?
Today's assignment has 2 parts. A. Read, watch, and answer the Google Forms questions to see how well you processed what you learned.
Let's use the Habit of Mind "asking questions" to find out more about earthquakes! Today you are an investigator. Take a minute or 4 to recall what you know. Next, write down any questions you have. For example, I'm wondering if Magna has had earthquakes before and if animals like my neighbor's dogs can sense earthquakes before they happen. What do you wonder? Jot down your questions. To start, put a star by the three questions you think you can find answers to and begin researching your questions. Finally, go find out! *Remember to determine the validity of your online searches before you read information out there. ".edu" or ".gov" will be more reliable than ".com". Don't settle- get accurate information... and, as always, AVOID Wikipedia. 😉 Don't forget primary resources, as well. Who do you know that you can talk to or what information can you get from pictures or diaries? You are not powerless. Information can help you feel in control when you feel like things are happening beyond your control. Most importantly, remember, I am here for you. If you would like to reach out, you can reach me via email [email protected] or even phone/text 901-409-9944. I care about you. I am thinking of you. Love, Mrs. (Redmon) Holman Decode the message and do what it tells you...
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1. 2 pts. Read and watch the following. https://junior.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/032320/are-we-ready-for-the-next-pandemic.html#1110L (Password is ELProcks.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSQztKXR6k0 2. 5 pts. Write one paragraph (RACES - restate, answer, cite, explain, significance) answering the following questions.: Were Utahns prepared for the Coronavirus outbreak? What did we do well? What should we improve in the case of another pandemic? Explain using details from the article and/or video and your personal experience. 3. 3 pts. Respond to at least one other person's paragraph.
Be it resolved that the benefits of drones outweigh the costs.
We worked on videos to demonstrate some of our writing skills. Here's an example:
Right now people in the western states of the U.S.A. are having to deal with wild horse overpopulation. The best solution so far is to dart the female horses with birth control. Back in 1971, wild horses were endangered and several laws were made to protect them. Now there are 72,614 living in 10 western states, and their numbers are growing 15 to 20% each year. The Iron County Commissioner, Dave Miller, said, “Our objective is to make sure those who are involved in this know that we have serious problems that need to be addressed. Things have to be dealt with!” Campaign spokeswoman Deniz Bolbol said, “The use of birth control, in the form of the PZP vaccine, was recommended by the National Academy of Sciences and is in line with public opinion and taxpayer interests.” In other words Deniz supports the PZP vaccines. Because of this problem, the western states need to use birth control, and quickly, so that we can get the horse population under control.
4th grade Wookies Table (Jameson, Truman, Emilia, Carmen)
#1 What is 1/2 + 3/4?
#2 What is 2/3 - 1/3? #3 What is 2/3 - 1/2? #4 What is 3/4 divided by 1/2? #5 What is step one to dividing fractions? #6 What is 2/3 divided by 1/3? #7 How many more steps are there to dividing fractions than multiplying fractions? What are the extra steps? #8 What is 1/2 times 3/4? #9 What is step one to multiplying fractions? #10 What is 2/3 multiplied by 1/3? (See Harper for answers.) 1. Who started exploring in his teen years? 2. Who mistook Canada for Asia? 3. Who discovered the Grand Canyon? 4. Who explored the St. Lawrence River? 5. What Spanish region were Balboa, Cortes, Pizarro, and de Soto all born in? 6. Who was first to sail around the world? 7. Who thought he found the fountain of youth? 8. Who was the namesake of the United States of America? 9. Who made the line between north and south america? 10. Who was first to sail around south Africa? (See Luke for answers)
1. When did the Civil War begin?
2. When did the Civil War end? 3. Who was the Civil War fought between? 4. Why was the Civil War fought? 5. Name one battle of the Civil War and why this battle was important. 6. Did both the North and the South have slaves? 7. What is "states' rights"? What does it have to do with the Civil War? 8. What state was the first to secede from the Union? 9. Where were most of the battles of the Civil War fought? 10. Name 3 changes that happened in the US because of the Civil War. (See Sophie for answers.)
1. Where and how does rock break into small pieces?
2. How do plants stop soil erosion? 3.Why does it take so long for weathering and erosion to happen? 4. What three things do they tell about in the video? 5. What is in rain that eats away the rock? 6. How are hoodoos formed? 7. How are some rocks boulders and then small rocks? 8. How does soil erosion start? 9. What happens to occur chemical change? 10. What does weathering and erosion change that we use? 11. How is weathering different from erosion? (See Hadley for answers.)
1. What does the Van De Graaf generator do?
2.How does a battery work? 3.What is the potential difference between two points in a circuit? 4.What is the difference of a siri circuit and a parallel circuit? 5.What can we define the unit of potential difference as? 6.How many components does a circuit have to have? 7. What is the source electricity for a circuit? 8.How many sides are in a battery? 9. What are the sides of a battery? 10.What do you need to form a circuit? (See Joshua for answers)
1. Who are the three math gods??
2. Can fractions be expressed as decimals? 3. Is a "second" a decimal? Why or why not? 4. What are the three first place values of a decimal? 5. What is 3x0.5? 6. How do you write the place value of the digit 2 in 45.123? 7. What is the number forty-five and six-tenths written in decimal form? 8. What is the fifth place value after the decimal in the decimal place value chart? 9.What is the answer to the equation 14.16 divided by 6? 10.What is the answer to the equation 2.415 divided by 0.7? 11. What is the answer to the equation 5.6448 divided by 0.08? 12. What is the answer to the equation 1.68 divided by 0.07?
1. How do sea turtles know where to go to lay their eggs?
2. What does the hammerhead shark eat? 3. What are Carrabin sharks known to do to find food? 4. How does the stone fish defend itself? 5. What is the hammerhead shark’s 7 senses? 6. What are the manta ray’s bones made of? 7. How deep can the Nautilus dive? 8. How the sea horse lay eggs? 9. What does the coral eat? 10. How does coral grow? (see Sylvia and James for answers.)
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