Art Show- Coding Our Art

Today we had a quick art show for a class of fourth graders. It was fantastic that our class got to show off their hard work. The fourth graders sure were impressed! You can see a video of the art show at https://www.flickr.com/photos/101610181@N02/albums/72157704789290832

Movable Artwork

The challenge this week in computer science was to find a piece of art online, print it out, and make it animate in at least one way. Students did amazing. Using our Hummingbird Bits, students wrote code and connected the Ipads to the artwork through Bluetooth so that pieces moved, lights flashed, and some were even activated by sounds to turn on. Friday a fourth grade class will come and visit our "art show".

Density

Recently, students participated in a few science labs to better understand density. One such lab had students test four different colored liquids for their density. The goal was to organize the four liquids in order from least dense to most dense. In order to figure this out, teams of scientists layered small amounts of the liquids in straw using a pipette. If the colors mixed, the one on top was more dense. If the colors didn't mix and one stayed on top of the other, the one on top was less dense. After about 20 minutes every scientific team had successfully layered all four liquids in the straw.

Memorizing the Digits of Pi

We had our Pi Memorization Challenge today. Such an amazing challenge. Students received the first 500 digits of Pi on Monday. In that short time, we had most of our class memorize 20-30 digits during this challenge. First place for the entire 5th grade went to Scott, with 82 digits of Pi. Hartley also placed in the top, with 2nd place at 78 digits. Evan placed in 3rd at 72 digits. So simply amazing.

Pi Day

We had a very educational day today learning how circumference and diameter are related on circles. We used pizza pie and fruit pies to measure the diameter and circumference on. Then, we divided the circumference by the diameter to come to the conclusion that circumference is about 3 times that of the diameter. In reality, our class averages for all the pizza pies and fruit pies was 3.1359 (pretty close to 3.14). Thanks to all the families who helped with this fun task.

Reading Week School Spirit

As our school celebrates Reading Week, our classroom surely gets in on the fun. Today we decorated our door with a Reading Week theme. We have also been dressing up all week based on themes the school set. Today was crazy hair day, based off of Dr. Seuss books, especially the Whoville hairstyles.

Legislature Tour

Today we toured the Nevada State Legislature. We were even officially welcomed by Senator Heidi Gansert.