Multiplication Games!

http://multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm

Test your skills and get more practice with awesome multiplication games!

Good Luck!

Awesome Website! Wonderopolis

Hey Inquirers!

I got some requests for a new post. I don't know if you have seen this website or not, but I think it is great!

Take a look at some of the I wonder topics and then comment about which "I wonder" topic you like the best.

I will start:

My favorite is #215-How long would it take to travel to the planet Mars?

I heard on the radio that NASA is planning to go to Mars sometime around 2030. Think about it-you would be more than 40 years old (if you are 11 now). In the article it says the round trip would take over 400 days.

If you read the article, tell me what the point of opposition is.

Otherwise, just post your favorite I wonder topic on Wonderopolis.org

I dare you to comment!

Mr. EJ

What is Mr. E.J. doing now?

I am taking classes every Friday morning to study for my Certified Arborsit Certification.

See the link:

Arborist Class Brochure

There are SO many things to learn about trees.

What do you know about trees?

Mr. E.J wants to know!

MR. EJ Says See you soon!

Ladies and Gentleman of Room 120,

Tomorrow is my final day as your Long Term Substitute teacher. Boo Hoo. I think you all are a great group of creative and energetic 5th graders. I hope that you learned as much as possible while I was leading the 5th grade tour. I will miss your energy, and I will never forget the month we spent together!

Remember what the children said to the man polling the canoe in the everglades? "Hurry up and poll us home" so we can go change the world!

Remember to stay positive and try to do your best in everything you do. Making mistakes is OK as long as you learn from as many as possible!

See you in the trees!

Mr. EJ

Long Division Practice Websites

Here are two websites to give you plenty of practice with long division!

Snork's Long Division Practice

and

Cool Math for Kids

Enjoy!

Yellowstone Fires of 1988: Then and Now

Here is a video of the fires of 1988. Why were the fires not all bad for Yellowstone National Park?

Fires of 1988-Then and Now

Decsribe Your Activity/Movement

Here is my example description of kicking a soccer ball:

Nervous ®Muscular ®Skeletal®Bone Break

pg.13-15     pg. 15, 18-19 pg 10,11,15, 19  pg 12,13

When I am out on the soccer field, I am sensing that I am playing soccer. My eyes send messages through my sensory nerves that tell my brain where the ball is.

The goal of soccer is to kick the ball into the net. The cerebrum in my brain knows the goals of the game and sends the message to my cerebellum, which controls movement, to kick the ball. The cerebellum then sends the kick message down my spinal cord, through the sciatic nerve in my hips, and down the nerve cells in my legs.

When the kick message goes to my leg, the motor neurons tell the muscles on the back of my leg to contract first to lift the lower part of my leg. Then, the motor neurons tell the rectus femoris muscle and the inner and outer vastus muscles to contract. This sweeps my leg down with power to kick the ball. At the same time, motor neurons are also telling my longus muscles in my calves to contract so that my foot points upward to strike the ball the right way.

Unfortunately, right before my foot strikes the ball, another player smashes his cleat right into my calve, and breaks my tibia bone in my lower leg. Pain messages rush to my brain on sensory neurons. Many blood vessels in my leg are damaged. Next, blood flows into the broken bone and makes a hematoma that stops the bleeding. After going to the hospital and getting a cast, bone cells begin to form in the area of the hematoma. They try to join the two broken ends together and reconnect the bone. The bone building cells turn to spongy bone, which eventually turns into compact bone. Compact bone takes many months to form and heal the break.

 

Here are links to the diagrams:

Muscular System

Skeletal System

Nervous System