KATIE 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR

ABOUT ME I AM IN 5TH GRADE I WAS BORN ON 9-26-05 MY FAVORITE BOOK IS THE GIRL FROM FELONY BAY MY FAVORITE SCIENCE IS CHEMISTRY MY FAVORITE ANIMAL IS A PANDA MY FAVORITE SPORT IS BASKETBALL

STEAM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART AND MATH) ACTIVITIES USING Q-TIPS I CREATED MY INITIALS AND THEN COUNTED THE ACUTE, OBTUSE, AND RIGHT ANGLES. I MADE A PYRAMID OUT OF TOOTHPICKS AND CLAY. I MADE A PUFFMOBILE USING LIFESAVERS, STRAWS, PAPER AND PAPERCLIPS.

MY PROJECT MY TOPIC: ITALY WHAT I LEARNED: ITALY HAS A LOT OF HISTORIC SITES WHAT I LIKED: LEARNING ABOUT THE BLUE GROTTO WHAT I WOULD CHANGE: DOING ONE MORE DAY DOING RESEARCH

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS The building Of the Roman Colosseum out Of red playdoh

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS My entire project finished with a model of the Roman Colosseum and a display board with facts about Italy.

SIMPLE MACHINES WE WENT AROUND SCHOOL AND FOUND DIFFERENT SIMPLE MACHINES THAT WERE EVERYDAY OBJECTS I DID DIFFERENT SIMPLE MACHINE POEMS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIMPLE MACHINES

RUBE GOLDBERG SKETCHED DESIGN OF MY RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINE GATHERED SUPPLIES SEVERAL TRIAL AND ERRORS BEFORE MACHINE WORKED RIGHT FINAL TASK WAS TO APPLY A BAND-AID USED THREE SIMPLE MACHINES IN TOTAL

Reflections Reviewed simple machies Learned by trial and error Successful completion of Rube Goldberg machine If I could do it differently, I would have made it longer

100 PENNY BOX READ THE 100 PENNY BOX RESEARCHED EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ALL YEARS I HAVE BEEN ALIVE PUT PENNIES AND INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE YEARS ON A NEAT SHEET ORGANIZED INFORMATION BY LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL, AND UNIVERSAL

Reflections Learned about different things that happened in my lifetime Reaserching historical events was my favorite part If I could do it differently, I would have tried harder to do all three blanks on each year

STEAM/CREATIVE PROJECTS DRAWING STARTS AND DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES STRONGEST SHAPES STEAM PROJECT SNOW GLOBE STORY CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES KHAN ACADEMY CODING AND MATH

WATER FILTER PROJECT MADE ARTIFICIAL DIRTY WATER OUT OF OIL, WATER, AND POTTING SOIL MADE A PURIFICATION TOWER WITH THE ELEMENTS GRAVEL, SALT, ACTIVE CARBON, AND FILTER PAPER POURED ARTIFICIAL DIRTY WATER DOWN THE PURIFICATION TOWER AND GOT MUCH CLEANER WATER

Reflections Learned how you take unclean water and purify it Seeing the dirty water turn into purified water was my favorite part If i could do it differently i not add as much potting soil

Seminar Participated in an extended learning seminar in Burlington Live feed from NASA Learned about the International Space Station

Reflections Learned all about the International Space Station My favorite part was the NASA feed and making new friends If I could do it differently, I would have gotten there on time

Scratch is a coding program for kids. (www.scratch.mit.edu) I have learned different coding techniques like coding a band to play Jolly Old Saint Nicholas.