LEARNING LOG WEEK 13

MATH: I worked on exponents again.  I had to figure out how many times to multiply a number by itself to get the right answer.  So it could be squared or to the power of 3, or 4, etc.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I've been reading my classics book.  I also read a book of Boxcar Children comic book style, and I finished the book a little bit ago.  I also did handwriting and writing.  I also did All About Reading.

SCIENCE:  I learned about how you can get power from water.  I drew an example of how it might work.  We made a spinning water wheel with spoons, roasting sticks and a ball.  Then we put water on the spoons to make it spin.

ENGINEERING:  I worked on my planetarium again.  I put the month stickers on and we're going to turn it every month for that sticker to face North and see if the stars in the sky match up.

KARATE:  I reviewed some stuff, and I earned my orange belt officially this week and got it.  I did some drills and there's one thing where we put our hands on a bow staff and you try to twist it towards you.  Whoever pulls it to their side most wins.  The other side gets to do push ups.

LEARNING LOG WEEK 12

MATH: I did order of operations with exponents. The order of operations is parenthesis, exponents, then multiply, divide, add, subtract left to right.  I did problems where I had to move the parenthesis around to find the right answer.  When you move the parenthesis around the answer becomes different.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I read a poem and learned about poetry.  I did spelling, writing, and handwriting.  I read from my Classic Reader. 

SCIENCE:  We learned about icebergs and the Titanic.  We got a big piece of ice and put it in a bowl.  We discovered that you can only see 10 % of the iceberg.  It can look like a really small iceberg floating in the water, but really there could be this huge iceberg under.  Then we took ice that had dirt in it, and we rolled it down a little bit of dirt and it picks up that and when it melts it leaves land.

ENGINEERING:  I'm still working on my planetarium.  Next, I'm going to put stickers that have months of the year and then I'll keep track of what month and turn it that much.  The stars on the planetarium should match up with the stars in the sky.

KARATE:  I earned my orange belt.  I went to a seminar for the whole day in Las Vegas.  I stayed there for Friday, Saturday, and then left Sunday morning.  I learned how to do some fun protection.  I did a kid's drill.  I did some sparring and won once.  I had fun with my dad and my brother.

LEARNING LOG WEEK 11

MATH: For math I did filling in the blanks for multiplication.  They had letters instead of numbers.  It was a placeholder.  Then you find which number is missing and multiply it to check if it's right.  My grandma helped me with my math this week.  I enjoy my math, but it is a little hard, but that's okay.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I've been reading 20 minutes a day.  I did handwriting and poetry.  In my book I had to read like four poems, and then I started a new story.  I also practiced fixing sentences.

SCIENCE:  The Statue of Liberty is actually copper.  It's just when copper corrodes it becomes blue overtime so if we were to put salt and vinegar on the Statue of Liberty it would change color because that's how to clean copper.  We practiced with corroded pennies.
Salt water is heavier and more dense than fresh water.  If you have saltwater on the bottom and put fresh water on top it won't mix that well.  But, if you put the saltwater on top it sinks to the bottom and the colors mix immediately.

ENGINEERING:  Engineering was the best!  I made a planetarium and poked out some holes or the constellations.  Then I engineered a switch and went on it.  Then you turn it on in a dark room and the constellations show on the wall.

KARATE:  I tested this week.  I did all my forms and I won't get to know if I passed until Thursday, but I feel pretty confident.