A rather boxy shark created by Annabelle in LEGO class today
TO BE CONTINUED: A couple days back, I asked the kids to write a story using a prompt from the "Voyages in English" section of Loyola Press' Web site. It read: 'You wake up one morning feeling a little strange. As you walk into the kitchen for breakfast you discover you have a super power."
The kids started stories, but in giving them instructions I specifically told them they had to include reactions from family and friends in their stories. They neglected to do so, so today, we revisited their stories. ...
CJ:
I woke up one morning feeling strange. I felt like I had water in my head, maybe even blood or lava! As I came to the kitchen for breakfast, I asked for some Reeses Puffs, but then I realized that I had the power to levitate!Bee:
I went outside to play with the Frisbee, but thanks to levitation, it brought the Frisbee to a whole new level! After a while, I went to a barn, but then I realized that this levitation had a mind of its own. It lifted the barnyard up then crashed it, it made a NASA rocket go crazy, and much much more.
I went to the hospital, So I could stop this levitation. I asked the doctor "CAN YOU GET THIS LEVITATION POWER TO GO AWAY!!!!!!??????" The doctor said,"Okay, but this will require a lot of surgery." After a while, the doctor said "Sorry, But it looks like this is impossible."
After that, I went home for my birthday party. After getting home, I saw my friends saying "HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you...." They found out I had the power to levitate things. I was about to bite my cake, but then it splattered in my face due to levitation. (Luckily not the candles.) My parents took me to the hospital, only for the doctor to tell them that he got me previously and it was impossible. After that, my parents (and friends) had to keep me in a indestructible room where there was a lot to do, for example, make a castle. (Not to mention that I was the only one in there.)
One day I woke up and felt funny when I was heading for the kitchen to eat breakfast. I felt like I had gills! I looked at the fish tank and sorta wanted to jump right in! I asked myself, "Why do I want to jump in there?" so I went to the kitchen and ate my Alpha Bits. And right after that, looked in the mirror. I did have gills! I was so startled I almost fell over!THEY WRITE THE SONGS: In music class, CJ and Annabelle each got a bit of time to experiment with writing an original composition. Here's what they came up with (visually). Since there is no staff, it's going to be hard for you to read along. ;) If I were really on the ball, I would have taped them humming the songs for you.
I decided I wanted to go swimming. I just wanted to test my gills! And so I went to the beach and dove underwater in my swimsuit and flippers. I stayed in there longer than ever before. My gills worked! Now I don't have to worry about losing any air while I'm underwater.
But when I went home my dad was shocked to see a had gills! My mom was too. My dog even sniffed my gills because she thought they smelled "fishy" get it? Fishy? OK, so when I was in the bathroom getting ready for bed, I made sure to splash water on my gills so that they wouldn't dry out overnight. When I woke up, I still had them. But I'm used to them now.
ONCE IN A LIFETIME: Mark your calendars now, for a once-in-a-lifetime event is coming in June 5, when Venus will cross between Earth and the sun. How rare is it? There have been just 53 transits of Venus across the sun between 2000 BC and 2004 AD. The first recorded transit was in 1631, though it's likely it had been witnessed before.
NASA just released Part 1 of a short movie called "The Transit of Venus," which does a great job of describing the rare occurrence. The kids and I watched it this afternoon.
After we watched the video, we hopped to the NASA Web site all about this year's transit: http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/
Your best bet for viewing is to head to Hawaii. (Doesn't THAT sound nice?) As it did during the last historic transit, Hawaii will be hosting astronomers and star gazers for the event. Check out the Transit of Venus trailer: http://youtu.be/T0QpXNT5AT8. I sure hope it isn't raining here in Seattle on June 5.
GREAT GRAPHIC: Today, via Twitter, I learned about a great graphic showing "US Space Travel: A Timeline of Manned Flights. I'm not going to copy and paste it here, because I don't know who owns it - but you can take a look at it via this link: http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17gbhan0n17mejpg/original.jpg
LAUNCH MADNESS: NASA's "5 in 5" - the launch of 5 rockets in about 5 minutes was postponed Wednesday night. Called ATREX, the mission is to measure winds high above our Eastern Seaboard. (You can watch a video about the mission here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/atrex-nightlight.html)
The latest word is that the launch will go no earlier than the night of Saturday, March 17. A decision on whether to count for March 17 will be made late Friday afternoon. When it is a go, the ATREX mission will be web cast beginning 2 hours before the opening of the launch window at this link: http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/webcast. The launch window opens no earlier than 11 p.m. EST and closes no later than 6:30 a.m. The public can call 757-824-2298 to confirm the launch window opening time.
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