4th Grade - The word of the day was Aqueduct. Aqueduct means a large pipe or conduit for carrying water from a distant location and sounds like "aqua duck." The pilgrim of the day was Mary Cassatt. Despite the fact that she was a woman living in the mid 19th century, Mary persevered to become "America's Great Impressionist." We also played 20 Questions. Students figured out what the bird cage was used for detecting gasses in mines. The affective lesson focused on confidence and insecurity. Students were looking at their strengths (electric outlets) and weaknesses (dimmer switches) to see how they cope with those attributes in different circumstances. Our Exploration lesson had us studying the scientific method just as Alfred Wegener did with his theory of continental drift. The SOS project had students learning about flotsam and jetsam. Flotsam is anything that falls off a ship accidentally. Jetsam is anything that is tossed from a ship. Students then traced the currents some flotsam would have taken to get from one place to another.
5th Grade - The word of the day was Fervor. Fervor (FUR vur) means ardor; zeal; earnestness and sounds like Fever. The inventor of the day was John Pemberton. During the age of Medicine Man Shows, John Pemberton had developed a tonic called "French Wine of Coca." It contained wine, the drug cocaine, and caffeine. When alcohol was banned in Atlanta, GA, John removed the wine from the list of ingredients and added sugar and oils from several fruits. He eventually sold the recipe and it was resold two more times. Asa Chandler was the last person to purchase the recipe. He put bubbles in the drink, removed the cocaine and named the mix Coca-Cola. The affective lesson was about things we learn as we grow and how those things affect us. We then worked on Deficient, Abundant, and Perfect numbers from the 5th grade Everyday Math curriculum. The focus for today was to get the proper factors of the numbers from 1 to 50. The Exploration lesson discussed the idea that explorations of new frontiers may impact advancements in other fields of study. We looked at the continents. Then through the use of the Scientific Method, students determined for themselves if the continents could have been one large continent. There was an interesting discussion regarding whether there really had been a Pangaea. Finally, our SOS project had us following "Flotsam" and "Jetsam" through the different ocean currents. Flotsam is anything that accidentally falls off of a ship while Jetsam is anything that is thrown off a ship.
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