ST. LOUIS AMERICAN • NOVEMBER 7 - 13, 2013 A13

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This special Newspaper In Education initiative is made possible through The St. Louis American Foundation and its NIE Corporate Partners:

The St. Louis American is proud to partner with Hazelwood, Ferguson-

Florissant, Normandy, and the St. Louis Public School Districts to provide

this classroom tool for STEM education for students in 3rd, 4th and 5th

grades, with content based on Missouri Learning Standards.

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MATH CONNECTION

In this week’s science

experiment, you measured

volume in your lungs. For

this activity, you will practice

calculating area. The volume

of a rectangular prism is length x

width x height. Use the formula for area

to answer the following problems:

q What is the volume of a rectangular prism with a length

of 5 meters, width of 6 meters, and a height of 12

meters? ________

Materials Needed: Clean Plastic Tubing • Large Plastic

Bottle

• Water • Sink or Bucket • Ruler

Procedure:

q Put 10cm of water into the water

basin.

w Fill the plastic bottle with water.

e Put your hand over the top of the

bottle to prevent water from

escaping when you turn it

upside down.

r Turn the bottle upside

down, placing the top of the bottle under

the water in the basin before removing your hand.

t Push one end of the plastic tube into the bottle.

SCIENCE CORNER

SCIENCE EXPERIMENT

Floyd Malveaux studied asthma

and how it affects the lungs.

The lungs take oxygen from the

air you breathe and transport it

throughout the bloodstream,

while removing the

carbon dioxide,

releasing it in the

air you breathe out.

Asthma is a disease

that affects the

lungs. When airways

become irritated

and narrow, it

triggers an asthma

attack. The narrow passages make it hard to breathe

air. Asthma makes everyday activities uncomfortable and

difficult, due to a lack of oxygen. Symptoms of asthma

Use the newspaper to

complete these

activities:

Activity One — Technology in

Our Community:

New technology is

always changing the way

we do things. Use the

newspaper to locate a picture of

an invention that has affected or changed your life in

some way. Write about how the

invention has changed your life.

Activity Two — Inverted Pyramid:

News stories are often written

in a style of writing called

the inverted pyramid. The

most important information in the story is contained in

the lead, or first paragraph(s), and the details are added

in descending order of importance. This allows readers

to browse through the newspaper at a quicker pace. Find

an example of a story in the newspaper that is written

in inverted

pyramid style.

Learning Standards:

I can use the

newspaper to locate

information. I can

write with a key idea

and supporting details to

support my answer.

include coughing, wheezing (especially

at night), difficulty breathing, and

chest pain. Asthma is treated with

medicines to control the swelling

and open airways. Sometimes

medicine is taken orally, in a

daily pill. Sometimes an inhaler

is used to deliver the medicine

when someone is having

an asthma attack.

Scientists, such as

Malveaux, study asthma

and how it affects

the body, and create

treatments.

Learning Standards: I can read a nonfiction passage for main idea and supporting

details.

Converting measurements!

What Is your lung volume?

AFRICAN AMERICAN MICROBIOLOGIST:

Floyd Malveaux Floyd Malveaux was born

on January 11, 1940, in

Opelousas, Louisiana. With

the guidance of his mother,

a math and science teacher,

Malveaux excelled in school

and placed first in a statewide

math competition for minority

high school students.

In 1961, he earned his

bachelor’s degree in biological

science from Creighton

University. Three years

later, he earned his master’s degree in biological science

from Loyola University in Chicago. From there, he earned

his doctorate degree in microbiology and public health from

Michigan State University, then went to Howard University to

attend medical school. Malveaux also completed studies at

Washington Hospital Center and Johns Hopkins University.

While at Howard University, Malveaux studied allergies and

asthma, training in internal medicine and allergy/clinical

immunology. In 1978, he became an associate professor of

medicine at Howard University College of Medicine (HUCM),

and created a training program for allergists. In 1986, he

joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins University and created the

Urban Asthma and Allergy Center in Baltimore, Maryland. His

work led to the Community Outreach for Asthma Care, which

was a treatment program at HUCM. In 2005, Malveaux retired

and joined the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc.

Malveaux has won many awards, including the National

Institute of Health’s National Research Service Award,

and Jewel Plummer Cobb Distinguished Lecture Award. He

continues to increase public awareness of asthma and leading

healthy lifestyles.

Questions:

q Why do you think Malveaux attended medical school?

w How did that change his career path?

e What parts of the body does asthma affect?

r Are you allergic to anything?

t What are some of the side effects of allergies?

Learning Standards: I can read a biography about a

person who has made contributions in math, science, or

technology.

w What is the height of a rectangular prism with a length

of 10 inches, width of 3 inches, and a volume of 210

inches cubed? ___________

e If a cube has a length, width, and height of 6 inches,

what is the volume? __________

r If a cube has a volume of 27 feet cubed, what is the

length of each side? ___________

Learning Standards: I can multiply and divide

to calculate volume.

What Is Asthma?

SCIENCE STARSCLASSOOM SPOTLIGHT

Teachers, if you are using the St. Louis American’s NIE program and would like to nominate your class for a Classroom Spotlight, please email: nie@stlamerican.com.

Cold Water Elementary School fourth grade teacher Dawn Probst works with students

Brianna Baldwin and Kevin

Wodds to practice non-

fiction reading skills using

the STEM page from the

newspaper. The school is

in the Hazelwood School

district. Photo: Wiley Price /

St. Louis American

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When resting, the average

person breathes around 12-

20 times per minute.

The average

person breathes

in around

11,000 liters of

air per day.

DID YOU KNOW? Did you know your left and right

lungs aren’t exactly the same? The

lung on your left side is divided into

two lobes, while the lung on your

right side is divided into three lobes.

The left side is also slightly smaller

to allow room for your heart.

Photo courtesy malveauxmission.org

Photo courtesy Brooke Martin

Bluetooth was invented in 1994 by Ericsson. It allows wireless communication between devices such as cell phones, computers, and and headphones.

Who, what, when, where, why;the most important information

Supporting information; key quotes

Additional facts, informationand quotes

Background andalternative explanations

Least importantinformation

Inverted Pyramid of Journalism

Normal

bronchus

y Take a deep breath.

u Breathe out as much air as you can through

the tube.

i As you breathe out through the tube,

the air from your lungs takes the place of the

water in the bottle. Measure the volume of air

your lungs had in them.

o You will need to sanitize the tube in

between each person using it, or provide a

separate tube for each student.

Reflection: Did you know that if

you have a big air capacity in your

lungs you can distribute oxygen around

your body at a faster rate? You can increase the air

capacity in your lungs with regular exercise.

Learning Standards: I can follow a procedure and

analyze results.