Pectin Loop Trail

Graph Your Climate

Rollercoaster Project Update

Planet Earth: Create a Quiz

Roller Coaster Study

The Sun

Mia Lekika

Science:  Sun

9/6/16

How is the sun important to all life on Earth?

The sun is another source of energy humans, plants, and water use. People around the world often put solar panels on their roof. Why they do this is because the solar panels attract energy in the sun and stores it so when you’re charging your phone or turning on the lights. Plants use it as food to grow like humans do.

Science Notebook

CELLS

PLANT SYSTEMS

HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS

WATER RESOURCES

WATER CYCLE

WEATHER

SOLAR SYSTEM

ATOMS AND ELEMENTS

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS

MATTER

Human Body

https://youtu.be/2tPywEXIFjE

Birds and Bats of Orange County

San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary

Yesterday, I went to the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. I went there to go to the homeschool Minecraft meet-up. All the kids Minecraft for a couple hours. Then, I like to go on a hike with my mom. We saw some Canadian Geese and their very cute ducklings. I learned that Canadian Geese ducklings are yellow. Here's a video of the Canadian Geese that we saw yesterday:

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Green Screen Fun

The Wet Nurse of King Tut

Zivie, an archaeologist, found a chamber for a woman of ancient Egypt which is very rare. The mummy's name was Maya and with the hieroglyphs Maya was found to be King Tut's wet nurse. A  wet nurse is a woman who feeds another woman's newborn baby. This discovery is a big part of history's puzzles getting put together.

Maya was not found in the Valley of the Kings where most pharaohs are buried. She was buried where only very important mummies were buried. Many people think that Tut's sister was his wet nurse.

To identify the mummy, you compare pieces of the mummy that fell off with pieces of the mummy itself to make sure that the mummy in the coffin is really the mummy that is written on the coffin. Why you might have to do this is because a long time ago, lots of people only wanted to steal the coffin and not the mummy so they would move the mummy to another coffin. Since the mummies might be swapped, you would want to analyze the mummy and the coffin.

For more information:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/king-tuts-wet-nurse

Learning About Environment, Weather, and Space at Discovery Cube

Clean as Can Be

2nd Place Science Fair Project

Clean As Can Be Report

Emerald Cove Outdoor Science Institute

At science camp, I learned about trees and animals. There are 2 groups of trees, the yellow pine and the oak woodland. I also learned how deer learn how to watch for predators. I also knew how to calls like an animal. Many animals also are nocturnal like dogs. I held a snake and chinchilla. Another thing I learned is how to make face paint out of ash on trees. Rock hammering was cool. I had a bunch of fun!