Friday, January 21, 2011

SONG!: "We're All in Motion" from Bill Nye


LYRICS

We’re all in motion
We’re all in motion
Everything in the universe
Is all in motion
When things are pushed or pulled
They’re put in motion

The more the mass
The more force we need
The more inertia
The more force we need
We’re all in motion
That’s what it seems

We’re all in motion
We’re all in motion
Everything in the universe
Is all in motion
When things are pushed or pulled
They’re put in motion

The more the mass
The more force we need
The more inertia
The more force we need
We’re all in motion
That’s what it seems

We’re all in motion
We’re all in motion

SONG!: "Pure Proof" from Bill Nye


LYRICS

It's way past midnight, can't trust your eyes
You're seeing weird sights, I can't take your side
You're claiming it's all true, before I believe you

I want the truth, I want the tests
Anything else is second best
I hope you do the math, get evidence
It may be fantasy, I'm not convinced

When people make claims they may not be true
Scientists make tests that they can do
100% pure proof

When people make claims they may not be true
Scientists make tests that they can do
100% pure proof

A saucer flying high, up in the sky
Is that bigfoot's cry, or just a normal guy?
You saw a ghost again, I'm not convinced

When somebody claims something it may not be true
There's so many tests that you must do
100% pure proof

When somebody claims something it may not be true
There's so many tests that you must do
100% pure proof

SONG!: "The Faster You Push Me..." from Bill Nye


LYRICS

The faster you push me
The farther I get
You're adding velocity
The faster you push me
The farther I get
You're adding velocity

I will roll
Very far
But not as far as that car
Weight is such
A central part
Of momentum, dear
Whether you care
Or do not
Yeah, now if you don't mind

The faster you push me
The farther I get
You're adding velocity
The faster you push me
The farther I get
You're adding velocity

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Review Directions for Benchmark Test

Mr. Knight made us this cool video to help us understand how to complete our benchmark assessments.

The

ACCESS Benchmark Test from TJ TIGERS on Vimeo.

Ecosystem Assignment

Hello 4th Graders!

Welcome to another fabulous online assignment! You will need to listen carefully, pause the animation, and rewind to re-listen to complete this assignment well. Good luck!

Here are the links you will need:
Food Web
Microorganisms at Work
Energy Flow

When you are done, you may explore the following areas on portaporal:
Science > Animals > Animal Adaptations
Science > Ecosystems/Biomes
Science > Food Webs
Science > Plants > Plants: Adaptations

Expand your brain and have fun!
-Ms. Bragg

Monday, January 17, 2011

SONG!: Food Webby Web


“It’s a Food Web”
by Food Webby Web
(From Bill Nye, The Science Guy’s “Food Web” episode)

Well take a look at my plate
It’s a site…
’Cause it’s piled with food
Well I’m looking it over
And it looks so good
’Cause I got milk,
I got meat,
I got pasta ’n bread
I got chicken ’n egg rolls
’N processed cheese spread
I got ice cream
I got whip cream
I got tacos
I got fish
But none of it seems like a vegetable dish
But the truth of the matter of this food situation
Is that all of these things get their start with vegetation

It’s the food web
It’s the food web

You see meat has to eat
And noodles need wheat
Yeah, we need plants for the things that we eat
’Cause sugar needs cane
’N honey needs bees
That get pollen from the flowers and the fields and the trees
But maybe now you’re asking
“Hey, what’s a plant need?”
They gotta come from something
Yeah ya’ know they gotta feed
Well, a plant needs water
’N a plant needs sun
Dirt, carbon dioxide, ’n oxygen

It’s the food web
It’s the food web