Plastic petition

https://www.change.org/p/california-state-house-california-state-senate-personal-care-council-california-to-remove-plastic-microbeads-in-personal-care-products

Era Research

http://kids.usa.gov/history/time-periods/index.shtml

vocab this week!

We have been working with geometry the past few weeks. There is a lot of vocabulary to remember, so this week we are having math vocabulary work.  Our math test (including vocabulary) will be this Friday Next, Tuesday, May  5th! you can also turn in your packet that day.

This week your homework is to complete the following Geometry vocabulary worksheet/packet

Monday and Tuesday= work on drawings (to help you understand meaning of the words)

Wednesday and Thursday work on definitions

* words will be on test or are needed for test

Geometry   Vocabulary

word	picture/drawing	written definition
1.  ray
2.  line
3.  line segment
4.  vertex
5.  degrees
6.  acute angle *
7.  obtuse angle *
8.  right  angle *
9.  straight  angle *
10.  equilateral triangle*
11.  isosceles triangle*
12.  scalene triangle*
13.  right triangle*
14.  acute triangle*
15.  obtuse triangle*
16.  quadrilateral *
17.  rectangle*
18.  square*
19.  parallelogram*
20.  rhombus*
21.  trapezoid*
22.  perimeter*
23.  area*
24. volume*

Space videos

space you-tube playlist
 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPurC7wh2Crqeh9_Kxi3Ggv96OtlSe8K7

Earth Day Homework

Earth Day Homework Due Monday 4/27

1.  Design your environmentally friendly dream house and include labels (to show features that are good for the environment)

2.  Write some of your ideas to help the planet

Resources
ms sara's playlist on earth day
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPurC7wh2CroedYEEZwQN7cJ2fb8HXX9a

http://earthship.com/

http://www.ecofriendlyhouses.net/

vocab

Vocab for next two weeks

Mon/Tues  Definitions

Wed/Thurs drawings/cartoons

Mon/Tues sentences

Wed- earth day hw  tbd

Thurs study vocab for test

NASA- Space Vocabulary  

1. star-

2. planet-

3. space

4. moon-

5.  asteroids-

6.  comets-

7. solar system-

8. orbit-

9. rotate-

10.  revolve-

11.  atmosphere-

12. force-

13.  drag-

14. thrust-

15.  gravity-

16.  lift-

17.  mach-

18.  supersonic-

19.  astronaut-

20.  engineer-

21.  ration-

22.  space shuttle-

23.  space station-

24.  space probe-

25.  altitude-

26.  lunar-

NASA AMES Vocabulary

Space Science

Gyroscope - A spinning wheel that tends to maintain its direction in space.

Momentum - The tendency of a moving object to keep moving.

Moon - A natural object orbiting a planet.

Orbit - The path of a satellite around a planet or of a planet around its star.

Planet - A large, natural object that orbits a star.

Revolve - To move in a circular orbit; such as the Earth going around the sun.

Rotate - To turn around an axis or center point; which causes day and night on the Earth.

Satellite - A natural or man-made object which orbits a larger object; such as the moon orbiting the Earth.

Solar system - A system of a stars and all the objects that orbit it; Our solar system includes the sun, 9 planets, their moons, asteroids, and comets.

Space - The area above a planet’s atmosphere.

Space probe - An unmanned spacecraft that explores the solar system and sends data back to Earth.

Stability - Resistance of an object to a change in its position.

Star - A point of light in the night sky. In the daytime only one star is visible - the sun - which, like the other stars, is a ball of gas which produces its own heat and light.

Trajectory -The curve of the path of a spacecraft in flight.

Vacuum - A space containing no matter or air.

Velocity - The speed and direction of an object.

*asteroids- small, rocky, icy and metallic objects that orbit the sun.  Most asteroids orbit in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

*comets- small objects made of rock and frozen gas that orbit the sun.  They have the a coma or “tail” that is seen when they pass close to the sun.  Most originate in the outer solar system.

Aeronautics

Ailerons -The parts of the wing that control the airplane’s roll (its left and right tilting).

Air pressure - The force of air spread over a surface; it can be caused by the weight of the atmosphere above or by moving through the atmosphere.

Airfoil - The shape of a wing’s cross-section (a slice across the wing), designed to create as much lift and as little drag as possible.

Atmosphere - The gases surrounding a planet.

Drag - The force due to air that slows down the plane as it moves forward.

Elevator - The part on the tail that controls the plane’s pitch (its up and down tilting).

Force - A push or pull on an object.

Fuselage - The part of a plane which holds people and cargo and to which the wings and tail are attached.

Gravity - The force of attraction between two objects (such as the force between you and the Earth).

Lift - The force that keeps an airplane up due to the flow of air over and under the wings.

Mach - A number that compares an airplane’s speed to the speed of sound 750 mph. (At Mach 2, a plane goes twice the speed of sound).

Rudder - The parts of the tail surfaces that control a plane’s yaw (its left and right turning).

Supersonic - A term that indicates motion faster than the speed of sound (more than Mach 1 but less than Mach 5).

Thrust - The force of the engine, which pushes a plane forward.

Wind tunnel - A long tube or tunnel in which an airplane is held still and air is blown over it. They are used to test airplane designs by simulating flight while instruments measure lift and drag.

Space Station

Astronaut - A person who trains to fly into space.

Cosmonaut - A Russian astronaut.

Dehydrate - To dry out.

Engineer - A person trained to design, construct, and operate mechanical or electrical instruments.

Environment - The air, water, minerals, organisms and all other interconnected things in a particular place.

Freefall - A condition where an object is falling without being stopped or slowed down, if its surroundings are also falling at the same rate, the object appears to float. This occurs on a spacecraft in orbit.

Observation - The act of gathering information by watching or by remote sensing.

Payload - All the cargo, including scientific equipment, carried in a spacecraft.

Pressurize - To raise the atmospheric pressure to the desired level in a closed area, such as a space suit.

Pulse - A heartbeat.

Ration - A fixed amount of food or water when the supply is limited.

Recycle - To treat material so that it can be used again.

Solar panel - A device that changes sunlight into electricity; made of solar cells.

Space shuttle - A reusable, crewed spacecraft used to place satellites in earth orbit and to conduct experiments.

Space station - A manned structure that orbits the Earth and is used for a variety of purposes, especially research. Weightless - Being without weight, as an object in freefall or orbit.

Mission Control

Altitude - The height above sea level.

Communications - A means of sending and receiving messages and information.

Debriefing - The discussion of the results of a mission.

Geology - The study of the earth, including rocks and minerals.

Infrared - A type of light that can’t be seen by humans but that instruments can use to measure the heat differences between objects.

Latitude - The distance north and south from the Equator, expressed in degrees.

Longitude - The distance east and west from Greenwich, England, expressed in degrees.

Lunar - A term referring to the moon.

Mission - A particular task that a person or group is to perform.

Remote - Far away.

Scientist - An expert in science.

Sensing - Seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling or hearing;The ways people, animals, and instruments perceive the things around them.

Specialist - A person who concentrates on one subject or area of interest.

Volcanic - A term meaning formed by a volcano.