Amelia, myself and Maya all went to the Maker Faire together by train.
Scenes from the Faire
We ended up eating tocino at a Filipino food truck “Jeepsilog”. Expensive but yummy!
Amelia was the first child to answer the Firecracker Magazine math puzzle correctly, so they will post her solution in the December issue of Firecracker! Good job!
Amelia’s solution: “First you take the sheep across. Then you take the wolf across, and on your way back you take the sheep. Afterwards, you take the grain across and finally you bring the sheep.”
“From: Ella Levine
Sent: 11/20/2012 3:29 PM
To: –
Subject: Your solution is correct!
Dear Amelia:
You were the first person who submitted the correct solution to the math puzzle from the last issue of the Firecracker Forum. We are going to publish your solution in our December edition. If you would also like us to place your photo next to it, please email it it to us. The file has to be at least 800K.
—
The Firecracker Forum Team”
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This project is to develop a social network and submit it as a science fair project. The topics covered includes: social sciences (social network analysis), math (graph theory, statistics and matrix operations), and communication. Part of the objective will be to discover the alphas and cliques within a limited network of friends and acquaintances (no actual names will be used).
People are, by nature, social animals. This is of such importance that their connections and relationships, their social network, defines who they are. Families, clubs, church groups and friend circles are examples of social networks. In fact, any activity where people have to come together and do something as a group can become a social network.
Recently, many websites have been created to utilise the social nature of humans. For example: Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon.com and Ebay and even Schoology, allow people to
and so many more.
It’s always exciting to see all the projects presented at the Science Fair. It was a huge turnout and there was also an exhibit in the Cafetorium by Tesla, USGS, Marine Science Institute and other organizations.
Bovril and Radiance’s project evaluator is an entrepreneur who founded a successful company using an approach very similar to what they’d presented. His comments were encouraging and include “My Special Project!”, “Fun problem”, “Clear hypothesis”, “A very rich area”, “I though the kids had a handle on the basics…”. He commented that he’d like to see more data, lots more data “next year”. Seems he’ll be looking for more in 7th grade. So exciting!
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This 4-day, 3-night interdisciplinary program will allow students to increase their awareness and knowledge of our physical environment and to develop critical thinking skills and responsible actions to understand and properly care for it. The program covers the following areas: science, mathematics, history-social science, visual and performing arts, English language arts, health and physical education. The Santa Cruz coastal mountains provide a setting for diverse studies including creek research, soil digs, plant and animal identification, a night hike, habitat restoration and more. Escondido’s 5th grade classes have been attending Outdoor Science School since 2006 and have had wonderful experiences.
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You can get electricity from the sun using solar cells. That means it is possible to reduce greenhouse gas production by using electricity from sunlight. But many things can affect the amount of electricity from solar cells. Here are some things that will do that: trees, houses, clouds, time of year, and where you live in the world.
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Date: May 31 – June 1, 2008
Paper is a very unique thing in our world because we use it every day. The Chinese invented paper a long time ago. Paper can be used in many ways like turning into fortune-tellers and doing origami. You can draw on it, print on it, you can use for a wrapping a present. Paper is used for wrapping food: pizzas, Chinese food take-out, Big Macs, groceries, ice cream cones, candy, cookies. Books are made out of paper, so is your homework.
Can paper be made from different things and how can recycled paper be turned into other kinds of paper.
I think that paper can be recycled in a fun way.
