by CATHY BROWN      No:255 27 06 2022 |
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Hello Everyone, I hope you're having a great day today! Several times a month I crack open my computer and think what the heck am I going to write for this Month's VT Newsletter. And you know, there is always something new that I am excited about. I have loved the fun we had with our GEOLOGY STEM Day, The Moon is made of GREEN Cheese made everyone laugh. The Voice Typing is so splendid, and the rest - well it's in a Nutshell down below.
84% of people reading this will not find the the mistake in this: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z. The answer is at the end.
WHAT I AM READING "Imagine that through your entire education, you experienced: your parents, teachers, and friends reinforcing what you naturally loved." "Equip, Encourage, Empower the teaching profession using creativity, laughter, and hands-on fun!"
This book is what I have thought for years, what Virtual Teacher is all about, with studies, ideas and facts to back it up. It is very readable, and really just a joy. READ IT IF YOU ARE GAME
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Weathering Erosion and Deposition- we had such fun with this topic. Actually spent a whole day of fun.
PART 1 1. Working in groups, model a tote tray of sand into a landscape of mountains, hills plains and volcanoes. Tapered them to a shoreline. 2.Draw a picture of the landscape, before weathering, erosion and deposition occur and label with all the splendid landscape words. 3. Pour water through a small hole in a cup over the landscape slowly. Observe what happens. 4. Draw a picture of your landscape after the weathering, erosion and deposition have occured. PART 2 5. Make a DUPLO mountain. Make a river path using masking tape. Here's one of the images: Check out the Video here |
DOWNLOAD Weathering, Erosion and Deposition signs. |
This is a splendid addition to google suite. Some of your kiddos who find typing challenging will just love it. I love it to, it let's me be even more creative.
Check out this excellent video intro here.
I know I know, dictation has been around a while, but the voice to text option here let's you do all sorts of voice controlled editing as well. I love it. Here's a list of some of the commands you can use. |
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 THE GEOLOGY OF THE MOON EVIDENCE1. NASA sent mice to the moon. Why would they do this except to test the theory that the moon is made of cheese where mice could survive.
Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey were five mice who traveled to the Moon and circled it 75 times on the 1972 APOLLO17 mission.pollo 17 mission.2. Lunar rock 10017 has a shock wave velocity of 1.84 kilometres per second. This velocity is an indirect measurement of the compositon of rocks. A study of shock wave velocities of cheese shows that there are variations such as 1.75 km/sec (Emmental, Switzerland), 1.75 km/sec (Cheddar, UK)and 1.83 km/sec (Gjetost, Norway). The moon is therefore made of green cheese. What’s more, it’s made of Gjetost, a Norwegian green cheese!
Ian Plimer - A Short History of the Planet Earth pp413. Wallace and Gromit went there in "A Grand Day Out - Landing on the Moon” and ate cheese.4. Because it is formed in the Milky Way.5. If you zoom in really close to the lunar surface, it reveals a cheese like texture proving the theory that the moon is made of cheese. Check out Google Moon6. You can buy Moon Cheese Snacks
What do you think? What is your evidence?
If the moon is indeed made of green cheese, then all other observations and measurements must be in agreement with the cheese composition. They are not and accordingly, the theory that the Moon is made of green cheese is rejected. This is the way science works. |
| WEATHERING EROSION & DEPOSITION The task was To create a landscape using sand in a tote tray and draw it. Use 1 cup of water to simulation weathering, erosion and depostion. Draw your landscape after adding the water. ARTBOTS A GO
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84% of people reading this will not find the the mistake in this: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z. There are 2 "the"s in the sentence. Did you get it????
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