week of November 30th

On monday:

-we had a test on Tuesday so on Monday we had a review.

On Tuesday:

-we had the test (i hope we get it back soon!!!!)

On Wednesday:

- we learned about force diagrams.  

-Mickey was holding a basketball and a bowling ball(which i helped him hold.. thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)  he was pushing harder to have the bowling ball stay up than he was on the basketball because the bowling ball was a lot heavier. 

-we learned how to make force diagrams.  We made a force diagram for the house on the hand.

-we also learned that the earth always has a force on any object. The force is called GRAVITY.  :] big word!!

On Thursday:

-We learned that you can have more forces going one way.

-We also wondered if the table applied force???.. Our conclusion is that yes, the table does apply force.  It applies it on the ground.  it is also pushing up because it supports any object that goes on it. 

-The last thing we did was watch Mr. Finley pull Adytia on the ground. 

The forces were:

             -the surface of the ground pushing up

             - the earth (gravity) pulling down

             - mr.finley's hand

On Friday:

- WE PUSHED MR.FINLEY'S CAR!!! AHHH 

- we went outside and pushed mr.finley's car. This would help us understand about forces. When people pushed at the same time the car did not move but when we were all on one side of the car the car went pretty far!!! (we are strong!) 

-and poor mickey!! his foot got runover by the car!!!:( haha

What science ideas did i learn?

-I learned all about forces and force diagrams.  And we learned how to write math expressions and pictures.  We also learned how to label the force diagrams correctly.

Why is it important to learn this?

- It applies to a lot of real life situations.

- Force is how you know which object is heavier, so if you want to know if you can lift something heavy then you would have to be able to apply enough force.  

okkay thats all...

byee

-------------Kathy----------------