This week we learned about weather! I did so many cool things you won't believe it!
We watched this one really cool eyewitness movie about natural disasters! It had really cool facts on avalanches, hurricanes, landslides, well, you get the idea. I also read this book on hurricanes. It also had some really cool facts on hurricanes. I bet you didn't know that the eye of a hurricane was the calmest part of the hurricane. Before I thought that the eye was the roughest part of the hurricane. We also learned that hot air rises and cold air has to rush over and take its place.
This creates wind. We did an experiment for it where we took some paper, cut it into a circle, and then we made cuts and folded triangles in the circle. We also hooked up a paper clip to the circle. Oh, and we hooked up a hanger to the top. We hooked it on Mommy's finger, put it under the light and waited, and waited. Then it suddenly started spinning. We had created wind!
We also learned about how the earth rotated around the sun. That is why we have seasons. The beginning days of the seasons are Winter solstice, spring equinox, Summer solstice, and fall equinox. Solstice means "sun standing still." The winter solstice is when we have Christmas. In the fall and spring equinox the day and night have the same amount of time. The Egyptians celebrated the spring equinox in parties [and they did this because their plants sprouted]. The Christians celebrated Easter. Now I don’t think THAT'S weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAIT folks it's not over! We also learned how clouds formed. First the sun comes and makes all the water evaporate. Then it goes up in the air and then it hits the troposphere. It start's getting cold. All the water stays up there it's so cold!
Now I am done.
2 comments:
Hey, buddy! Well, I can say that I know all about hurricanes cause I've lived through some of those. But, I didn't know about some of that other stuff you learned about weather. It sure is interesting! Thanks for sharing..........love you! Mamaw
Otter,
Sounds like you've learned a lot over the last 3 weeks. You mentioned how plants and animals adapt to the weather. You also probably know that over the millions of years the world has been around, many plants and animals did not adapt very well, and they disappeared. Others actually changed (evolved) so that they could survive. The balance of nature is a hard mystery to unravel -- but you're doing a good job at it!!
Love, Grandpa
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