REFINED DINOS: Dinovember continues, and lookie what our dino-mic duo was up to this morning when the kids awoke. The posh pair was having a spot of tea and some biscuits (which the kids instantly recognized as the same ones they had on the Amsterdam to Seattle flight via Delta).
SCORED: Math question on the anniversary of the Gettysburg address: How many score and years ago was the Gettysburg address delivered? I told the kids it was a race and they were to write the answer down and submit it to me.
Hint: Today marked the 150th anniversary.
In short order, CJ submitted: "Seven score and a decade ago."
Annabelle wrote "Four score and 70 years ago = 150 years."
Both are right, of course.
SLIDESHOW: The kids each have a sound-related presentation to make in their Shoreline science class tomorrow, and today, for the first time they each put together a PowerPoint (type) presentation. (They actually used the Open Office equivalent. CJ's is about canine communication, while Annabelle addresses the burning, "What does the fox say?" question.
Speaking of PowerPoints, today is the anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Thank god there wasn't PowerPoint back then. ... http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/sld006.htm
ONE FOR THE BOOKS: Another day, another rocket launch. This time it was a relatively small one, from Wallops Island, Virginia. Though it wasn't the biggest rocket, it was packed with a record-breaking payload of 29 satellites for the U.S. military, NASA and ten high school student teams' Cubesat projects. The Minotaur 1 rocket lifted off at 5:15 our time.
Twenty nine more things orbiting up there. We here at MPA have been talking lately about all the things up there, as, I'm sure, anyone who has seen "Gravity" has done. We are definitely going to go see "Space Junk 3D" at The Museum of Flight in the near future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hl28A9NfU4#action=share
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But back to yesterday's MAVEN launch for a minute. LOVE this NASA photo (by NASA's Bill Ingalls), due to its juxtaposition of the winged creatures taking flight along with the rocket. Sweet!
But back to yesterday's MAVEN launch for a minute. LOVE this NASA photo (by NASA's Bill Ingalls), due to its juxtaposition of the winged creatures taking flight along with the rocket. Sweet!
Fantastic final photo.
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