Bonus Activities for When You Get Done with All Activities

Happy September 18th! I know, this is an incredibly random proclamation. In this post, I am offering out some links you can visit if you are done coming up with your design for next week's engineering challenge as well as Khan Academy. I will be adding to this post over time, making an extensive list of things you can try. 

Math Bonuses:

- Sudoku:If you have never tried one of these puzzles before or if you have and really enjoy them, they require you to put on your mathematical "thinking caps".  https://sudoku.com/

- Can You Solve the Temple Riddle? TED Ed: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-temple-riddle-dennis-e-shasha

- Can You Solve the Time Travel Riddle?  https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_finkel_can_you_solve_the_time_travel_riddle?language=en

- New Ordering Decimals Game: Lunch Line: Check off JUST decimals before you play the game: https://mrnussbaum.com/lunch-line-online-game

- Try these decimal place value riddles! https://www.bunscoilris.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Decimal-riddles.pdf

Science Bonuses:

- How to Build a Paper Tower: Actually, really cool site: https://www.scienceprojectideas.org/paper-tower.htm

- Learn about a whole other type of egg drop challenge from Science Bob! https://sciencebob.com/try-the-egg-drop-challenge/

- Small demonstration: Make a paperclip float: Home learners, you may have these items around your home to try this out: https://sciencebob.com/make-a-paperclip-float/

- Another neat demonstration: Make Plastic Milk: https://sciencebob.com/make-plastic-milk/

- Watch Sick Science demonstrations from Steve Spangler:   https://www.youtube.com/user/SteveSpanglerScience

Check out these cool places today: 

- Go on virtual hikes at the Grand Canyon out west:  https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm

- Virtual Museum of Molecules and Minerals: https://virtual-museum.soils.wisc.edu/

- Tour the 9/11 Museum with Google Street View: https://viewing.nyc/you-can-now-take-a-virtual-tour-inside-the-9-11-memorial-museum-in-google-street-view/

Beyond the Walls of Jasztalville: March 2020

There has been quite a bit of discussion online about how educators are reaching out to their students during the school closures due to COVID-19. Although I can recommend Khan Academy in your direction, here are some other (hopefully) awesome suggestions on how to make your days at home educational as well as enriching.

(Note: Also read, find ways to make posters/brochures/booklets about your knowledge, etc.) 

Of course, this is all optional, but it will help bring school to you while we are not at school. I also offered up more recommendations because it's kind of a "you choose" range of activities, videos, and tutorials.

Math Class: 

Our next unit is customary and metric measurement, and I already recommended some modules on Khan Academy that flip our classroom appropriately. What I mean by "flip" is being exposed to content ahead of us covering it in class. Seeing the videos and completing the questions on Khan Academy will make you more comfortable in completing escape rooms, project-based learning (PBL) activities (like the aquatic center we did for volume and the Thanksgiving meal math activity we did several months ago), and regular assignments. I highly recommend using Khan Academy during this time to get you ahead of the game, though it is optional. 

Here are some other resources you can use for math class: 

• Interactive Measurement Puzzle: https://www.mathnook.com/Flash/puzzlem.html
• Volume: Cubes: https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Cubes/
• Death to Decimals: Fraction and Decimal Equivalents: https://mrnussbaum.com/death-to-decimals-and-the-adventures-of-fraction-man-online-game

Do on Paper: 

• Nine-Digit Fraction Brain Teaser: https://illuminations.nctm.org/BrainTeasers.aspx?id=4714
• Math Brain Teasers: https://www.mentalup.co/blog/brain-teasers-2
• Measurement Tutorial (.pdf): https://calculate.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2014/02/Measurement-Length-Area-Volume.pdf

IXL: 

IXL: Under a free trial, you can only complete so many modules. Below are the link to fifth grade math and then fifth grade science. Since we have Khan Academy, you may want to try fifth grade science. 

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-5

https://www.ixl.com/science/grade-5

Science Class: 

Our next unit is the one and only human body unit! What do you need to know by the END of this unit? 

- Know the differences between the circulatory and respiratory systems. Which organs are in both systems? How are the functions of these two systems DIFFERENT? 

- Know the functions of these organs inside and out: Heart, Lungs, Brain, Pancreas, Liver, Kidneys, Gallbladder, Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine

Here are some videos and websites you can preview: 

Circulatory System: Circulation (of blood): 

• Mr. Parr's Heart Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-wilmN80XE
• The Heart and Circulatory System: How They Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWFyxn0qDEU
• How the Heart Actually Pumps Blood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruM4Xxhx32U
• Learn about how we dissect a sheep heart in class: https://www.biologycorner.com/virtual/heart/index.html

Respiratory System: Breathing: 

• What Do the Lungs Do?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NUxvJS-_0k
• Operation Ouch: Breathing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p6RIv9ZRY4
• Oxygen's Surprisingly Complex Journey Through Your Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVU_zANtroE

Integumentary System: Skin: 

• The Science of Skin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxPlCkTKhzY
• Skin Model Anatomy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGoakiTAW5A

Digestive System: 

• How Your Digestive System Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og5xAdC8EUI
• Digestive System Walk-Through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr4onA2k_LY

Nervous System: 

• How do nerves work?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU_4uA6-zcE
• Operation Ouch: Nervous System Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS2T4szbuE&list=PL86hLI-Po3nUK9auFGLH8iEGRvtppIOe3
• How do the ears work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiVx5Lih_44

YouTube: 

YouTube Channel: Operation Ouch: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJDFI9j8UeNoqra37p5OkA 

I literally just found this channel while writing this post. It is a British YouTube channel that has some super-informative and unique videos about science! 

Review environmental science: 

• Build a Fish from Shedd Aquarium (Reviews Animal Adaptations and is AWESOME): https://coolsciencelab.com/build_a_fish.htm
• Habitat Maker: Interactive Biomes: https://mrnussbaum.com/search?q=Habitat+Maker
• Online Lab: Classifying Arthropods: https://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs_2K8/labs/BL_10/index.html
• All About Bird Anatomy: https://www.brainpop.com/games/allaboutbirdanatomy/?topic_id=
• Butterfly Life Cycle Interactive Activity:  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/life_cycle/butterfly_lifecycle.htm
• Sortify: Animals: https://www.brainpop.com/games/sortifyanimals/?topic_id=
• What kind of an animal is this?: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/kidscorner_games.htm
• Game Up: Food Webs: Food Fight: https://www.brainpop.com/games/foodfight/
• Virtually "Dissect" a Frog: https://www.emindweb.com/demo/frog/
• Learn about earthworm anatomy: https://web.extension.illinois.edu/worms/anatomy/index.html

Get a head start on blank book pages (will have to do on white paper folded in half for now, since books are at school):

• Organs of the Human Body (Heart, Lungs, Brain, Pancreas, Liver, Kidneys, Gallbladder, Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine): Draw, label, explain the functions. 
• The Rock Cycle: Draw and label the rock cycle. 
• How Minerals Are Classified: Describe color, luster, hardness, cleavage/fracture, and any other properties. Describe what the MOHS scale is as well. 

More Unclassified:

A "field trip" for everyone: Go and visit the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and learn about the amazing exhibits there!! https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour

Google Maps: https://earth.google.com/web/

Spatuletta: Cooking for Kids: http://spatulatta.com/

This is just math and science for now.