Student Blogs: Christopher writes about our Bigfoot films

During the Mythology theme, our class made videos about Bigfoot. The videos were Bigfoot because Bigfoot is a myth. We made them to demonstrate good and bad science. Almost everyone had some bad science in their videos. A lot of us made people faking Bigfoot. 

In the video by Eleanor, Emma, and Margaret, Bigfoot specialist Pearl Green is hunting for Bigfoot. In Christopher, Gabe, and David’s, two normal people trying to fake Bigfoot. In Adi, KK, and Keira’s video, Adi is a reporter and Keira keeps faking Bigfoot. In Matthew, Lee, and Evan’s, Matthew was a stupid scientist who was trying to find Bigfoot. Lee is a faker and Evan is a hunter. 

Quotes about Bigfoot: 

Lee “I had an awesome costume.” 

Matthew “It was fun demonstrating bad science” 

Marcel “My costume was kind of embarrassing.”

During math, Sam had us dip our feet in paint to measure foot length and gait. Using that data, we made scatter plots and histograms.

Spring Trip 2014: Matthew recounts the Hornblower boat tour

Note the rainbow on the left! 

Of the many spectacular things we did on our class trip to Niagara falls and back, the boat trip directly up to the falls might have been the most amazing.

After quite a while of walking, we had finally gotten from the horseshoe falls to the boat launch. We walked down the ramp to where we got our red ponchos.

We got on the boat, and it started off toward the American falls. It was massive.  “I’ve been there before, so it wasn’t as impressive” said Marcellin when I asked him about the falls.

After a short pause at the falls, we went on. There was still some ice leftover from the winter! 

That cell phone is in tremendous danger. 

View of the American Falls as we headed toward the Horseshoe Falls

Then, we went into the horseshoe falls. Almost immediately, we were blasted by the wind and water of Niagara. After that, it got calmer, but there was mist everywhere. We didn’t see anything quite like it the rest of the trip. It was all amazing, but this was the most inspiring. 

“It was wet” is  the best Lee could come up with when I asked him later. After that, the boat turned around and headed back. When we were back at the dock, I saw both Nik and Evan in shredded ponchos. They both repeatedly yelled “These are cheap!”.

The boat was called the Hornblower.

Written by Matthew Osterholzer, 6th grade, Summers-Knoll

Student blogs: Lee tells us about the Humanities projects

Immigrants to Detroit

Hi!  I’m Lee, and I’m writing the blog today!  Today’s blog entry is about our humanities projects.  Here it goes!

We did projects in humanities, for the Cities theme.  Our theme was Detroit.  We were split into groups of six.  The group working on performing a Michael Jackson song was Luke, Kaeli, KK, Keira, Eleanor, and Adi.  They performed the song ABC.  

(Click here to see a video of the group performing at lunch.)

The group working on making a conveyor belt was Matthew, David, Evan, Grayson, Marcellin, and Gabe.  They attempted to make binders.  Our group was me, Nik, Sydney, Margaret, Emma, and Chris.  We had to make a map of Detroit, with flags from several different cultures.

We have to include comments from our classmates, so I will include a comment from each group.  According to Matthew, in the assembly line group, the binder-making went ,“really good.”  According to Adi, in the Michael Jackson group, “It was a very interesting and fun experience.”  According to Nik, the map went, ”great, it’s awesome.”

We also had to record us talking about Henry Ford’s Americanization program, where, after 72 classes, it ended in a commencement ceremony involving a giant model of an immigrant ship and a melting pot.

Spring Trip: Gabe writes about the Journey Behind the Falls

Gabe points out the viewing platforms.

Behind the Falls is where people go get a yellow poncho, and then go down an elevator. When they get out of the elevator, they walk by the tunnel that goes right under the falls. So you could: A) go right under the falls in a tunnel or B) go on the observation deck. First we went on the observation deck, with rushing water all around us! “The falls are so much bigger than they look,” said Marcel. After that we went into the tunnel, and saw the falls from a new perspective.  “When you throw a rock into the falls from the tunnel they just, disappear,” I said. “Selfie,” said Jason.

Quotes:

“It was awesome,” said Adi.

“I got wet, but it was fun” said Lee.

Guess the silhouette! 

Guess the silhouette! 

Spring Trip: Adi on the butterfly conservatory

When the 5th and 6th graders went on their Spring Trip, their first stop in Canada was a very magical place, the Butterfly Conservatory. The Conservatory was an awesome sight. We saw many different species of butterfly everywhere. There were blue butterflies, orange butterflies, tiger striped butterflies, red butterflies, purple butterflies, black butterflies, yellow, black, and red butterflies, and many, many more butterflies.

“There was, like, a million butterflies everywhere!” says Karenna Collins-Thompson, a present 6th grader, who really enjoyed the Butterfly Conservatory. My favorite thing about the Butterfly Conservatory is that the butterflies can actually land on you! And, we had a very special pair of butterflies reminding us of the importance of OWL.

“We saw two butterflies mating,” says Lee, also a present 6th grader, “and then one of them died.” I was very excited when a butterfly landed on ME!  

Although my butterfly flew away in a minute or two, others were more lucky. Keira’s butterfly REALLY liked her leg, and stayed on it for almost 10 minutes,while Marcellin had a beautiful butterfly hairclip.

“It was awesome,” said Marcellin, a 5th grader. I’m sure EVERYONE had a great time! I sure did, and I can’t wait to go there again!

-Adi

Special Thanks to Jason, Sam, and Karen for organizing such a GREAT Spring Trip! =)

Spring Trip: Kaeli on "Niagara's Fury"

Kaeli and Nik on a Ferris wheel in Niagara Falls

Hey people! As you know, we went to Niagara falls. Or did you? Anyways, We went to a 4-D movie called “Niagara’s Fury” It’s about the history of Niagara’s history. It was about half an hour. It really fun. Sydney and I were freaking out half the time. “I got wet.” Said Sydney. That’s what she liked about it. I liked that half the time you were screaming and the other half you are in awe. Marcellin said “I liked the 4-d part.” As you can see it was really fun. “It was AWESOME!” Said Karenna. And it was. We got soaked, and had a ton of fun. We also did a lot of other stuff, but you’ll hear about them in other blogs.

Peace! 
Kaeli