Seasons

Get a Voki now!

Gizmo

The gizmo showed us how the seasons are caused.  They're caused by the Earth's tilt.  The way that works is that the Earth's axis is a 23.5  degree angle.  That means that as the Earth revolves around the sun, the Northern and Southern hemispheres get get different amounts of sunlight.  The hemisphere that gets the most direct sunlight is in the summer, but the hemisphere that gets the least amount of sun  light is in winter.  That's the way the seasons work.

Perspective

Mrs. Casey showed our class the book "Zoom."  There were no words in the book, so it was all pictures.  The first picture was of a rooster, and with the turn of each page came a new, further zoomed out picture.  It would jump from a billboard to a poster to a T.V.  It finally ended with a real life airplane and zoomed out after that until all we could see was the Earth.  This book deals with perspective because we all saw it a different way, and we all made inferences about what would come next.

I've seen something differently by using a new perspective.  That book was a great example because no one knew what would come next.  What helps me alter my perspective is broadening my thoughts.  I try to be less narrow-minded and see the big picture.  I don't ignore any of my gut feelings or ideas about the subject.

In Science, different data would interest different people.  For instance, zooming in would interest scientists who like to work wit small organisms or molecules.  Zooming out would interest astronomers and creative thinkers.  They think about how long the universe could go on for and don't just wonder about our planet.  When studying astronomy, one would need to think big and think bold, and use our perspectives.

Enigma Box

     Mrs. Casey poured the water into the enigma box first.  450 milliliters were poured in when finally the water started to drizzle out.  It came out slowly and filled the container at the bottom.  There were two holes on top, but one on the bottom.  When the water came out, it was a steady stream.  All the water that was poured in eventually poured out.

     I think that inside the enigma box is a maze of tubes.  It sounds far-fetched, but it would explain why the water came out in a stream.  It would also explain why it took so long for the water to pour out of the bottom.  Yeah, it's definitely a maze.

     Scientists usually use five important skills.  The first is observing, which is using one or more of your senses to gather information.  The second is inferring, which deals with explaining or interpreting things you observe.  Predicting is third and that is making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.  Classifying is fourth and it's the process of grouping together items that are alike in some way.  The last is making models, which involves creating representations of complex objects or processes.

     I guessed that there was a maze of tubes in the enigma box.  I'd like to say I was close because there was only one tube.  It kind of looped through the box.  The way it worked was that when the water got to the top of the loop, it overflowed into the other side and poured out gradually.  That is how the inside of the enigma box actually worked.