Gas Cars vs. Electric Cars

Final Reflections

Final Reflections

Why does our Earth surface  looks the way it does?  

Our surface looks the way it does is because wind, water, mechanical and chemical erosions happen and so that makes our surface different everyday. When we went in the wadi I could see how the wind erosion had made the different types of sand dunes, instead with a point  they all had different ones because the wind wanted to make them all different ways. The wadi used to be a big ocean thats why, you can still find some corals or starfish and this happened because of the water erosion. The surroundings of the sea cracked and so the water quickly went out and also some of it evaporated. When I was doing all of my experiments I learned that how the experiment that I was doing could have been the same thing that happens in real life. I connected my thinking with the actual thing that happens in real life and thought go the differences and similes. This science unit taught me how the science experiments that we did happened in real life. I also learned that using different variables change the way of the experiment and also  when I added water it made different things to the soil, sand and clay I used. I was able to cooperate with my team and took turns for each job.This unit was really interesting.

Cool Careers

Cool Careers

1st Cool Career: Marine Engineering 

A marine engineer is a professional and responsible for all equipment on board of a ship. There are many mechanical systems that help in operations in vessels like the propulsion mechanics, electricity and power generation systems etc. etc.

They also design the vessels that we use to navigate and explore the worlds lakes and oceans. They work to support key activities like naval defense, environmental research, International trade and resource extraction.

Their job includes the engineering of boats and ships.

Specifically marine engineering is the discipline of applying engineering sciences, including mechanical, electrical, electronic engineering and also computer science. To develop designs operation and maintenance of the watercraft and on board systems and also oceanography technology. It can include limited power and propulsion plants, machinery, piping, automation and control systems for marine vehicles of any kind; such as surface ships and submarines. 

2nd Cool Career: Paleontologist

Paleontology is the scientific study of life that existed a long time ago. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms and interactions with each other and the environment. Paleontological observations are have been documented as far back as the 5th century. Now it uses the techniques drawn from a range of sciences, including mathematics, biochemistry and engineering. As palaeontology developed many different types of organism and fossils. Body fossils and trace fossils are evidence of old life time. Figuring out the exact time of each and every remain is hard and sometimes even difficult to estimate the dates of them.

3rd Cool Career: Environmental scientist

Environmental science is study of a academic field which has some topics such as: Physical, ecology and biology science.etc.etc.

They study the environment and the solution of environment problems. This studies incorporate more the human relationship towards the environment. The environmental scientists work on topics like understanding the process of the earth and evaluating energy systems. Scientists do analysis to the environment. This job came alive by as a substance and active field of scientific investigation.

Federica's Year Reflection

My Year in Grade 5

My year in grade 5.....

This year it was the best out of all! I enjoyed many things but I'm happy that this year I spend ed it with all my friends in 5K. My teacher Mrs. Kasal helped me a lot in every subject. I improved and I'm proud of all the work I did.
I learned to never give up and to always keep on trying. My projects were all very well organized and when I had to talk in front of a big group of people, I took courage and I spoke.
I made new friends. I learned that I needed to work  hard if I wanted to achieve my goals. Trough out the year I learned many important things I will need to know for the future. She also taught us some ways we can succeed in university. In 5th grade I have had a wonderful time especially because I had the best teacher ever Mrs. Kasal.

Responses for parents:

1. What is your favorite discipline of this year and why?

• This year I have had 2  most favorite subjects. One of them is math because Mrs. Kasal always made it fun and because I was able to solve harder problems. Another reason why I like it is because every day I learned something new and that helped finish my work quicker and I even got time to do my homework. 
• My second favorite discipline is writing because this years lessons in writing they were more clear and I liked how my teacher took her time to explain everything I needed to know to go ahead and write. Also when we finished a unit we would present our writing in different ways and we would even have parties.

     2. Where do you think you need to improve and which strategy to implement?

• I think I need to improve on is finish my assigned work on time.
• I'm going to do that by: If I finish my homework early I can work a bit on the work I have not completed and I can also do that by setting a time and date which will help me to work faster to achieve my goal.

    3. What was your goal for this year and what did you do to get it?

• This year I had 2 goals which were: Keeping my desk organized and getting my math tests correct. For the 1st goal what I did was every day when I took something out or put something back in my desk I would put it in in a neat way and check that any papers were not sticking out and that any papers were crumbled up.
• I achieved the other goal by practicing math problems at home and I tried to challenge my self with harder problems and in math class I would ask help if I needed. I also finished my work on time and when I had a bunch of time left I would go on Mathletics and practice different things on the unit I was learning. After all that preparing I finally got my math tests correct.

Reading:

In reading I think I have improved because at the beginning of the year I was at really low level which, was not the reading level  that is fit for a 5th grader. Well what could I do? I asked my self; I read more harder books, I read for more time and I read every night before going to bed, in the morning and in the afternoon when I came home from school. When Mrs. Kasal tested me again she was impressed from how much I had improved. She told me that I could pronounce words that previous years had been hard for me. Then what she did was.... she tested me on a higher level. It was just perfect. In one of the units in reading I realized that that was going to be my favorite one for the rest of my life.I wrote stories and read many books. The genre was Fantasy! I love it. I am proud of my self.

P.S. I got tested a week ago and my teacher said I had moved up 6 levels in reading.

Writing:

5th grade writing is sooooooooo FUN! One of my favorite topic was the fantasy. I also like the Journalism. I can pretty much say that in writing I really improved a lot because at the beginning of the year I did not include very long sentences for example: "She licked my face." Now I learned that if you want to attract your reader's attention you have to use more details for example: "She liked my face like crazy, my face felt like someone had just poured a bucket of water on my head. I knew she had missed me a lot."

Math:

This year math was one of my favorite subjects after art(obviously) and I really enjoy it. I knew many things from the years before but some things were challenging and it took me a bit of time to understand them. My teacher  and my parents help me a lot trough out this year in math, to help me become a better mathematician. I got my tests all correct, when I knew the answer to a question I would raise up my hand so Mrs. Kasal could call on me. Math class this year was the best! It was challenging but I learned quickly.

Science:

In science I like the project of the biome. I am able to come up with an idea that helped me and my partner create a feature that the animal had. I worked hard on the posters and made sure I had included a good amount of information. I practice talking in front of someone and got feedback I should had worked on. I practiced hard so I knew what to say when a person came up to me and would have asked me" what is your biome?" I would have known the answer.

Social Studies: 

I have just started my unit in Social Studies and I really like it. First I chose one of the category

 and I picked transportation I had to come up with 3 good questions to research about. Research is the thing that takes concentration and a good amount of time. After all of that work I could finally, with all my information make my end of Social Studies project. I worked hard and never waste time. When I want to do the best job I need a lot of time and concentration. When I want to present my work the best way I need a huge amount of things.

Citizenship - CORE VALUES:  

I think that one some of the core values I showed this year are:

1. Creativity
2. Perseverance
3. Integrity
4. Respect
5. Responsibility
6. Courage
7. and a bit of Compassion

I think that I show creativity in art class and also when I have to finish projects.
I show perseverance when I am stuck on a math problem and I keep on trying.
Integrity I show it when the teacher is having a meeting with one of my class mate and instead of making noise I do what I am soppost to do.
I respect others by looking and listening to their ideas.
Every afternoon I do my assigned homework.
I always the first one that wants to try new things.
Every day I follow the core values.

Most Challenging:  

This year I think that some of the math questions were a bit challenging at first but, I managed to solve them and after someone explained them to me they were really easy; you just needed to think more.

I think there might have been other thinks that were challenging but it is really hard to remember them.

Most enjoyable:   

This year in 5th grade I have had many enjoyable moments! All of them have been really enjoyable because I spend them with my friends in 5K.

• Doing the biome project with my friend Hoda
• Having a dance party after fill trips
• Funny times: when someone from the class did or said something ridiculous 
• Kid's Day

This year I had many fun times but I can't list them all, it would take me up a few weeks or even months. This is what I have to tell you every day in 5K it was a new adventure filled with fun moments.

Most Proud of:

One of the things I am most proud of is: The Math Test!

This year I got half of my math tests all correct ( not to brag about) and so my parents and I were really proud.
Also I am really proud of all the projects I have done for example: The reading project, The science project, All the writing stories and more in my specialist classes.

Most Growth:

One of my growth is on my MAP TESTS. I improved by a lot of points and my scores where higher.

Another think I improved on was my writing: at the beginning of the year in my writing I did not  include many details and objectives, now I add many more details and transition. 

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because you just need to charge the car with a plug instead of going to the gas station and refilling your car with gas.

Mechanical and Chemical Erosion

Mechanical and Chemical Erosion

Mechanical Erosion: Mechanical Erosion Is when a physical breakdown of an object into smaller components without changing its chemical composition.  For example if there is a big rock and then the mechanical erosion happens then the big rock breaks down into smaller pieces and smaller pieces until its sand or another type of soil. This process always happens near the surface of the planet and the temperature also affects the land. When there are cool nights and hot mornings have caused things to expand and contract. That little action can cause cracks into rocks to happen. Scientists observed that there is a process that is called freeze thaw that makes the rocks freeze and expand when water goes inside them. this cycle it gets repeated many times until the rocks break down. There is another type of mechanical weathering which is called salt wedging. When it rains the water flows everywhere, ant it usually contains salt dissolved in it. Then salt crystals are left over and those crystals form also in nature too. The water flows into the rocks and evaporates.Thats how the crystals begin to grow and they act like a wedge and crack the rocks.

Chemical Erosion: Chemical Erosion refers to a breakdown of an object into different particles with different minerals and compositions of the original one. Water is the powerful agent of chemical weathering: Over time it can dissolve into different rocks and into different chemicals that have a different substance than the original one. There are many more types of chemical erosion that involve  more complicated chemical reactions such as: Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and water.
If the area of the object is really big then the more chemical reactions could happen. This reactions can happen In nature but you need moisture and heat. Reactions such as oxidation, hydrolysis and  acidification can happen if all of the substances are mixed together. Oxidation can make rocks softer.
Because there is a lot of iron in lots of rocks oxidation always happens.
Hydrolysis  causes rocks to expand and that is the thing before mechanical erosion can begin. These reactions happen all the time.
When you see rocks next to each other that are different colors that means that chemical reactions have took place there.

Slow process versus rapid erosion

Slow process versus rapid erosion

Slow Process Erosion: A type of slow process erosion is weathering.




Definition: Slow process erosion is when the object erodes in a slow way.




Example: Nature breaks down rocks and soil into smaller particles or changes the composition of the landscape.



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Physical Weathering: When rocks break down into nature natural process.

Chemical Weathering: A reaction between 2 things that causes a change in rocks composition.

Biological Weathering: An animal or an organism cause a breakdown into a rock.


Rapid Process Erosion: Is an earthquake or a volcano or even a tsunami.


Definition: When something erodes in a rapid process.

Example: Tsunamis are a series of sea waves that are caused by a underwater earthquake.


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Tsunamis involve huge waves which causes floodings.

Tsunamis are dangerous and have killed many people.

Tsunamis are a big cause that can make a big change.