Mrs. Ewing’s 5th Grade

It’s that time of the year again!  You know the time I’m talking about: when Mrs. Ewing clearly loses her last shred of sanity! 

Science Fair! 

I’m concerned/excited because this is the first year that I have taught all the Science classes for 5th grade!  (No pressure.)  I feel very blessed to have the laptops this year!  That has helped so much!!!! 

We are also attempting to incorporate Web 2.0 technologies into our Science Fair again.  Check out our Science Fair wiki to see how it’s going. 

We’ve got lots of great projects in the works:

• The effects of texting while driving
• Are energy drinks bad for you?
• Do less expensive brands of performance gear work as well as Under Armour?

Lots more (35 more, to be exact.  Again, I say, no pressure.)  Those were just a couple that came to mind!

At this point we’re finishing up research and formulating our hypotheses. 

More later!!!

Our feature with Kingsport Times-News reporter Jeff Bobo went well today.  I was impressed with how well you all handled the interview process.  You could have knocked me over with a feather (idiom) when I realized that it was a VIDEO feature.  I thought it would just be a regular newspaper feature.  You can take a look at the video here.  Go down on the left side until you get to the Video Reports section. 

Here’s the link to the full newspaper article.

Mr. Bobo did a great job editing the video!  However, I was shocked and dismayed to hear how completely “countrified” I sound!  Wow….totally Southern!  I do love the South, but I had no idea how strong my Southern accent is!  I also found out that (on average) I use the phrase “you know” every 2.8 seconds!  I will totally do better next time!

The story was also wired to the NEA’s (National Education Association) publication, The Opening Bell.  Now, if you’re not a teacher (or politician) that may not seem very big, but they have over 3 million members!!!! 

It was very exciting to share our project!  Keep writing and learning!  I’m so proud of your work!

Okay, okay, okay…back to the real world!  You should finish up research for your Science Fair projects this week.  I’ve been going through the wiki, and a select few haven’t been gathering research as you should.  We don’t want to “hog the lab” much longer!  Make good use of your lab time this week.  Let me know if you’ve run into a brick wall!  I’ll help!

Love,

Mrs. Ewing