Weekly Editing 3rd Grade- Q2

Week 1- Monday

Arrowheads in SpaceWhat do eagel feathers and arrowheads have

to do with the International Space Station americanastronaut john Herrington took these items with himwhen he ride the space shuttle endeavour into outerspace in november 2002. The leader of the chickasawNation and 200 of it’s 5,000 members traveled fromOklahoma. To cape Canaveral florida, to see herringtonshistoric launch.

Day 2

John herrington is one-eighth chickasaw throughhis great-grandmother on his mothers side. Herringtonsmother make sure to register John as a memberof the chickasaw tribe. When talking about hisnative american heritage herrington has said “I taketremendous pride in who I am and where I comefrom. The chickasaw nation is also very prowd of thefirst american indian in outer space.

Day 3

Herringtons family moved 14 times withinoklahoma colorado wyoming and texas during his schoolyears that made studyng difficult. Herrington firstenrolled in college to become a forest ranger but heflunked out. Later, he returned to college and studymath and engineering After that, herrington enteredthe u.s. Navy and became a test pilot in lqq6, hejoined NASA to train as an astronaut

Day 4

Native american artifacts were not the only itemsherrington carryed to the space station a special pieceof equipment that cost $3O million was also on boardthe Endeavour. Herringtori and other members of thespace station crue hooked up the equipment to theorbiting station during a series of spacewaiks. Spareparts were also shuttled to the space station byherrington and the Endeavour crew.

Week 2- Monday

A Monumental Tribute

In 1923, boane robinson had a big idea. Hewant to carve a huge sculpture into the graniterock of south dakota, his home state. He wantedto honor people who helped to make the unitedstates a great nation He wanted to honor nativeamerican leeders such as Chief crazy horse a Siouxleader. He also wanted to honor american explorerslike lewis and Clark

Day 2

In 1924, robinson hired Gutzon borglum asculptor to create the enormous carving together,borgium and robinson chose mount Rushmore asthe place for the monument mount rushmore is insouth dakota and it have tall granite cliffs. Borgiumproposed that the carving show the countrie’s mostfamous presidents. Robinson agreed that more peoplewould probably come to see famous presidents

Day 3

Plans and models for the project had beencompleted by 1927. For 14 years, workers continuedto blast drill and hammer away at the rock thefaces of george washington thomas Jefferson theodoreroosevelt and abraham lincoln all began to take shape.On october 31 1941 the mount rushmore NationalMemorial was completed. Seven years later, work onanother rock sculpture began

Day 4

In 1948, A sioux leader, chief henry standingsear began to work on a memorial to honor theSioux Nation this sculpture would show chief crazyhorse a leeder and warrior who protected thesioux lands from the u.s. Army. Work on the crazyhorse memorial is still gone on today. When it iscompleted it will be the worlds largest sculpture.The crazy Horse Memorial will be 87 foot tal

Week 3- Monday

My Tree HouseWhen I need a quite place to sit and think ihave just the perfect place to go and be by myself.Its not far from my home but it feels like I’m inanother world when I go there. Its through the gatein the back fence across the empty lot and right atthe edge of the field. That’s where my tree growsand thats where I can climb up into the branchesAnd into a world of my very own.

Day 2

The first day we came to see this house my badlet me warnder through the backyard while he lookedinside. The boy who was moving out of the housecome out into the yard. Without saying a word heopened the back gate. in silence, he led me accrossthe empty lot to a tree. As he started to climb helooked down. To be sure i had find the first foothold.I was right be hind him

Day 3

The first day we came to see this house my badlet me warnder through the backyard while he lookedinside. The boy who was moving out of the housecome out into the yard. Without saying a word heopened the back gate. in silence, he led me accrossthe empty lot to a tree. As he started to climb helooked down. To be sure i had find the first foothold.I was right be hind him

Day 4

I guess dad understand that the tree house is aspecial place for me. Its a place for me to be a lone.I love to lie on my back and stare up at the greenleafs against the blue sky i love to take a book andget lost for hours in a world of adventure. May bewhat i love best of all is that this special place ismine and I dont have to share it with anybody elseits a place all my owne.

Week 4- Monday

Gold!In 1848, there were about 20,000 peepil living

in California. Just four years later that number growto over 200,000. Why did so many people come tocalifornia. they came for the Gold Rush! The Goldrush began in 1849 when a man named Jamesmarshall found a gold nugget in the american RiverHe could not keep this ekciting news to himself. Inabout six weeks almost every man in california waspanning for gold.

Day 2

when word of James marshalls discovery reachedthe newspapers working men across the united statesq,uickly loded up their wagons or boarded ships andheaded to California. breams of striking it rich keepedthe men hopeful during the harsh difficult Journey.why were these men called “forty-niners” They gotthat nickname because they headed for the goldcountry in the year 18149

Day 3

To begin mining for gold men had to find someland that had not yet been claimed. Most minersclaimed land along rivers and streams Although muchof this land belong to native americans that did notstop the eager greedy gold miners from claiming itfor themselves Once a miner made a claim he beganto pan for gold What is panning for gold It is asimple method for separating gold from sand.

Day 4

By the late 1850s most of the surface goldin the rivers and streems was gone. some of theforty-niners went to work for large mining companies.others give up mining for gold and they looked forwork on ranches or in stores Few miners actuallystruck it rich. The gold Rush was over as cuickly asit began but it had a lasting effect on the growth ofcalifornia. bo you think it was a positive effect

Week 5- Monday

Electric EnergyYou come home one evening in november. Thehouse are dark and cold mom unlocks the front doorand you hurry inside. You fumble in the darknes.until you find the switch. You flip the switch and theroom fills with bright light. Mom walks over and flips Nanother switch Hot air from an electric heater beginsto warme the room. Have you ever wondered what lifewould be like without electricity.

Day 2Before people had electric energy at home

they had to use candles or lanterns to light up the darkness. Houses was heated by burning wood innstoves or fireplaces. fire was also used for cooking.Stoves were heated by burning wood coal or gasHow do we cook today. Many stoves use heat fromelectric energy high-speed microwave ovens also useelectric energy.

Day 3`Where does electric energie come from. How

does power get to the electric outlets at your house it allstarts at a power plant. The power plant useenergy to make electricity Some power plants useenergy from flowing water to make electricity andsome use energy from steam. This energy is usedto make a machine spin? The spinning mashine useswires and magnets to create a electric current.

Day 4The electric curent made at the power plant

flows through large wires these are called transmissionlines The transmission lines carry the electric currentto a energy substation? From there, the electriccurrent flows through distribution lines. Have you seethese lines they is held up by poles. These lines carryelectricity to your house that is how you get powerwhen you flip a light switch.

Week 6- MondayA Woman of Science

Marie curie was born in warsaw poland, in 1867.As a young girl marie like science and she was anexcellent student When Marie was older she wantedto study science and math at a college in warsaw.At that time however women was not allowed tostudy at Polish colleges so marie continued to studieand read textbooks on her own. She also studiedwith other woman at a secret school.

Day 2

When marie curie was 2L4 she went to parisfrance to attend college she went to the Sorbonnea very well-known university. Curie didnt have as muchscience traning as many of the other students. Shehad to work very hard but soon she was the beststudent in her class, curie graduated with a sciencedegree in 1813. By the next year she had completeda second degree in math.

Day 3

In 186, curie learn of recent discoveries madeabout the element uranium an element is a puresubstance that cannot be broken down any further.Another sientist had discovered that uranium gaveoff a type of energy Marie curie begun studyingthis energy She called it “radioactivity” she wanted tofind out how uranium was able to create radioactivity?

Day 4

marie curie spended the rest of her lifestudying radioactivity. She discovered that uraniumgives off radioactivity through its atoms curies workhelped scientists learn more about atoms? Even moreimportantly, curie discovered two new elements andthey both were radioactive. By the end of her lifein 1314 marie curie had become the first woman toreceive a nobel Prize for her work.

Week 7- Monday

Terrific TeethCan you imagine having special tools to cut up all

the foods that you eat you’d need something sharp tocut off a slice of hard crisp carrot, something pointywould help you pierce a firm crunchy apple. Youdprobably need something else. to help you work yourway through a delisious juicy piece of stake. Actually,you probably have a complete set of tools to do thesejobs. The tules are your teeth

Day 2

Grown-ups usually have a full set of 32 adultteeth. A full set for children is only 20 teeth mostchildren lose their primary teeth between ages 6 and11. There are several diffrent types of teeth. in thecenter of your mouth you have ‘4 thin teeth on thetop and 4 on the bottom. You use them to cut intohard crunchy foods that you bite. These teeth arecalled incisors babies often get these tooth first

Day 3

There are 4 pointy teeth next to the incisors. They is on the left and right sides of your mouth there are 2 on top and 2 on the botom These sharp pointy teeth are used for tearing food? They are called canine teeth, or eyeteeth.” The rest of the teeth, are widder and flatter. They are used to crush and grind food these teeth are called molars. Molars work hard to make it easier for us to digest our food

Day 4Tooths do an important job in our bodies they

help us brake our food down into smaller pieces. thismakes it easyer for the digestive system to do itsjob. Its important to take care of our teeth. Bybrushing and flossing after meels. If we dont brushfood and germs left on our teeth can begin to causedecay. becay can weaken and destroy strong healthyteeth. 5o be sure to brush and floss, every day.

Week 8- Monday

The Amazing Internet

Spring brake is coming and you’re family isplanning an outing to a local theme park. As youfinalize your plans there are some details to checkYou want to find out about next weeks wether yourparents need to get directions to the amusementpark and your brother wants to see how many rollercoasters there are. Where can you go to find outeverything in one place just look on the Internet!

Day 2

a few years ago it would probably have tookmore time and effort to find all this information.You might have find a long-range weather forecastin the newspaper. Your parents might have studyeda map to find the best route to the Park and yourbrother would have telephoned the park. today, peoplecan find this information on the internet from acomputer at home work school or the public library.

Day 3The work that led to the creation of the

internet begun in the 1960s. Most computers wasused by the government universities and businesses.The u.s. government was looking for a way to linkit’s computers together so that information could beeasily shared. by lq6q, the first four computers hadbeen linked together in a network. Information flowedbetween them. over telephone lines

Day 4

in the l98Os, people began to bye computers touse at home more computer networks were createdand the early Internet begun to grow. In order touse the internet users had to tipe in complex codes.Finally, in 11, the World Wide Web was created?That made it easyer to use the internet. By 19q5,people could connect to the internet on their homecomputers. A new era in information had begin.

Week 9- MondayIndiana Sundays

As a child, I adored summer sunday afternoons.At precisely twelve oclock the huge church bellsrang out from the tower and the giant heavy doorsswung open. Quick as a flash my cousins and iburst out into the bright hot afternoon. We’d pileinto each others cars in a wild disorderly fashion.Grandma and grandpas farmhouse was our destinationand eating lunch was our first mission. Yum

Day 2

Our noontime meal was large loud and long. Oncewe were completely stuffed we slammed our way outgrandmas back door. That is when the fun began. wechased barn cats stomped in cow pies and threweach other into haystacks. We explored every nookand cranny of grandpas weathered rickety barn wetossed one another into wheelbarrows and raced acrossthe earthen hay-covered barn floor.

Day 3

Another favorite place to play was the basementno matter how many times we’d been down there italways seemed like there was more to discover. WowThere were flowers from grandmas garden. drying inthe cramped quarters behind the enormous massivefurnace Shelves were lined with the vegetables thatgrandma began canning as soon as her garden yieldedits usual bumper crop in late spring

Day 4

As soon as night fell we’d leave the dark draftybasement for the yard. Catching fireflies was afavorite outdoor activity chasing each other throughthe yard playing nighttime tag was also popular. Weknew it was time to go when grandpa began hisnightly ritual of turning out the various lanternsaround the farm. Under the pitch-black sky we’dsadly say good-bye to one more Indiana sundae.