Flying Through the Air in Room 248

Teachers:Teachers:Colleen Creed, Steve Brady,

Ashley Robinson,

Becky Velez

Rocket GlyphsGETTING TO KNOW YOUHave you been to this camp before ?

black (Y) white (N)Rocket Color

Boy (orange) Girl (yellow)Nose Cone

Brother (green)Sister (red) Neither (blue)

Wings—PetsYes (purple) No (pink)

Flame—Favorite SubjectMath (red) Soc. Studies

(green)Lang. Arts (blue) Science

(purple)U.S.A.—Hobby

Sports (red) Music (blue)Video Games (green)Reading (black)

Steve joins Anjali, Jay and Kartik.

Our RocketGlyphs!!!

Balloon Rockets

Ashley helps Kartik and Sally graphthe motion of their rocket.Anesha watches as Colin and

Delaney launch their rocket.

Ready, Set, Go!!Justin and Devontarelease their rocket.

Students built rockets using balloons, straws and fishingline. They measured time anddistance of travel. Using a calculatorand motion detector they graphedthe motion of their rockets.

Paper Toss Probability

Jay, Michael, and Justin measured and predicted at what distance they weremost likely to make the most shots.

Byron makeshis shot !!!

certain---likely---unlikely---never •10 cm. above

•150 cm. away

•250 cm. away

•350 cm. away

•6 m. away w/your eyes closed

Marshmallow Catapults

• Marshmallows were flying. Students predicted at what angle the catapults would launch a marshmallow the farthest distance.

• Data was averaged and graphed using a calculator.

Connor collects data.

Sam finds the mean.

Kartik and Jay measure.

Tetrahedron Kites

Becky shows Sally and Michael howto fold and cut their tissue paper

Corey covershis tetrahedronwith bright blue tissue paper.

Sally, Justin,and Corey help out with tracing.

After a “Shape Scavenger Hunt” and designing a Webbe book with our digital pictures we continued our exploration of geometry by constructing kites. What shapes can you find ?

Other Highlights

Donald enjoys building perspective. Anjali looked forward to daily trips to the computer lab.

Beth works with Kayla’s groupon a creative writing activity.

WHAT A TEAM !!!!