Recently we had Moon rocks in our class room.

State - New Hamshire

Region - North East

Country - USA

Continent - North America

Hemisphere - West

Planet - Earth

Solar System - Sun - Sol

Galaxy - Milky Way

Cluster - Local

Super Cluster - Local

Universe :-)

Rock Cycle:

            The rock cycle is a cycle that rocks go through to become different types of rocks.  Igneous rock (Extrusive) is metamorphosed and becomes metamorphic rock.  It is also weathered, then transported, and deposited into sediments.  The sediments go through litification, and turns into sedimentary rocks.  Sedimentary rocks are weathered and the cycle starts all over again.  It is also metamorphosed, and turns into metamorphic rock.  The metamorphic rock is melted, and turns into magma.  The magma crystallizes, and turns into igneous rocks. (Intrusive) The magma is also consolidated, and turns into extrusive igneous rocks.

- Igneous Rock

(Extrusive.)

- Weathering              -Metamorphism

- Transportation

- Deposition

- Sediments

- Lithification

- Sedimentary

Rocks

- Metamorphism

                                                - Metamorphic

                                                Rocks

- Melting

                                                - Magma

                        - Crystalization           - Consolidation

                        - Igneous rock            - Igneous rocks

                           (Intrusive)                  (Extrusive)

- Metamorphism       - Weathered

Have you ever wondered what caused the seasons? It is because of the Earth's tilt, therefore the sun hits it at a different angle. In winter solstice, the Earth is tilted so the sun hits the Tropic of Capricorn directly. Therefore, people up north have less sunlight, which means less heat. The same thing happens with summer solstice, only the sun hits the Tropic of Cancer. That means northern people have more heat.  During seasons in between summer and winter, the sun is shining on the equator.  The southern hemisphere is opposite of us (We are closer to the Tropic of Cancer. They are closer to the Tropic of Capricorn.), so when it is our winter solstice, it is their summer solstice!

Science: In science class I made a poster for the animal called: the Village Weaver. It's a bird that WEAVES its own nest.

Technology Education: In technology Education we made an instrument we call the thumb piano, but it's really called the M'bira.

Language Arts: In Language Arts we made our own folktales. Mine is about a greedy Village Weaver named Kijiji.

Math: In Math we are doing a project where we pretend we are going to Africa. We get to choose every country we go to, except for the first one. Mrs. Collyer chose the first country we go to. I went to Libya. During the project we are paying for food and overnight accommodations. (Not with real money.)

Social Studies: In Social Studies, we did the same thing as Math, only we did much more than just expence sheets. We also kept a pretend journal of what we saw and did while we where there. We made brochures for the countries we went to. We would draw the flag of the country, and make a detailed map of it, too.

Music: In Music, we learned about African music and instruments. We learned African drum beats, and learned about how some of the music came to Africa.

Art: In Art, we made African whistles. They had African patterns and we would be able to play music on them.