Week 33

May 4-8 THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Read Week 20 Alabama Studies Weekly. Answer these questions. Also complete the crossword and “Unemployment” in the newspaper. Leave me a comment on the blog or on Remind to tell me that you’ve completed everything for Week 33. 

Alabama Studies Weekly

Week 20 Questions

1. What caused the Great Depression? 

2. What were the 1920s called?

3. What was life like for Americans during the 1920s? 

4. What happened in October 1929?

5. What was October 29, 1929, called?

6. Who was the president who pulled America out of the Depression? 

7. What was the name given to the programs created during the 1930s to give jobs to unemployed Americans?

Week 32

April 27-May 1 THE GREAT WAR

Read Week 19 Alabama Studies Weekly. Answer these questions. Also complete the crossword and “Unemployment” in the newspaper. Leave me a comment on the blog or on Remind to tell me that you’ve completed everything for Week 32. 

Alabama Studies Weekly

Week 19 Questions

1. Which countries were part of the Allied Powers during World War I? 

2. Which countries were part of the Central Powers during World War I?

3. Why did President Wilson declare war on Germany?

4. What new weapon did the Germans use during World War I?

5. What did Alabamians at home do to support the Allied troops during World War I?

6. How did WWI affect Alabama? List at least three effects for each of these topics: Economy, Military, and Alabamians.

Week 31 Science

MONDAY
Today, you will discover how the eye uses light to see at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axpCN6Vj9p0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti8QIfAIqqg. 

Watch a video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJmVXARWLIY to discover how light energy reacts to opaque, translucent, and transparent objects.

In Student packet, students will complete "See-through materials".

In the comments section, tell me your name and explain how light helps your eyes to see.

TUESDAY
Learn about waves by completing "Waves and Currents" and "Making Waves".

In Comments, tell me your name and explain what a wave's amplitude is.

WEDNESDAY
From yesterday's lesson, review amplitude, wavelength, and frequency of waves.

Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB8w2FvPsBA to see an example of a wave machine. 

In Comments, tell me your name and explain how raising the amplitude changes the machine.

THURSDAY
Discover two types of natural resources from which we get energy, renewable and nonrenewable, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLBK1ux5b7U and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kUE0BZtTRc 

Play a game to sort natural resources at https://www.brainpop.com/games/sortifynaturalresources/ and, in comments, send your name and your score to me.

Week 30 Science

Hi, guys! I miss you! Here are some ways we can keep learning:

For online/packet learning (that you received in your bag of belongings), please complete these assignments from the science packet.
Monday--"See the light" and "See the light!"
Tuesday--"Can you see the light?" and "It's electric!"
Wednesday--"Got Light!" and "Feel the Vibrations"
Thursday--"Sound can be speedy" and "Sounds of music"

This information will help you understand that energy often travels in waves and it sometimes changes forms.

When you complete your work, let me know in the comment section below. Also, comment if you have any questions. Make sure you tell me who you are, too!

Geometry

Solo Lines, Rays, and Angles: https://www.splashlearn.com/geometry-games-for-4th-graders

Solo Quadrilaterals: https://www.iknowit.com/lessons/d-geometry-quadrilaterals.html

Pairs Triangles: https://cardgames.io/triangles/

Tangrams: https://www.mathplayground.com/tangrams.html

Text your spelling words!

Click on the "Comments" button below. Type your name and then the spelling words. "Publish" to send them to me!

Angles!

https://www.mathplayground.com/measuringangles.html

https://mrnussbaum.com/age-of-the-angles-online-game
"Practice"--measure angles. "Play"--estimate angles

Acute angles: https://www.transum.org/software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/Students/Measuring_Angles.asp?Level=1

Obtuse angles: https://www.transum.org/software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/Students/Measuring_Angles.asp?Level=2