Aquarium Field Trip

Language Arts:

We continued reading Ancestor Approved. 

Science:

This week we went on a field trip to the Loveland Living Aquarium. Tuesday was ZAP day and tickets were $2!!

Shiloh enjoyed looking at all of the fish.

Fishy fact: desert tortoises sometimes share their underground dens with insects, tarantulas, and even rattlesnakes! 

We saw a couple of fish in one exhibit that were at least 1 yard long and about 6 inches wide! They were huge!

We also saw a couple of otters swim by.
They were bigger than we expected!

Fun Fact: when a frog swallows, it pulls it's eyes down into the roof of it's mouth. The eyes help slide the squishy food down their throat. Eww!

We also loved climbing on the killer whale slides near one exhibit!

A moon jellyfish!

Fun fact: jellyfish aren't fish- they are invertebrate! Also, most jellyfish live less than one year. My (Kaylee) favorite jellyfish is the box jellyfish, which is the Most Deadly animal in the world! It's sting can kill a human in under 2 minutes! It also ranked the Most Dangerous Animal in the 72 dangerous animals show.

We ate a snack at the aquarium cafeteria- chips and a fruit cup!

We also learned about how the aquarium workers grow the lettuce for the cafeteria salads and serve it just a few feet away from where if first grew!

Finally, we visited the shark exhibit. There were all sorts of fish, a turtle, a giant stingray, and a whole lot of sharks!

The exhibit was dome-shaped, so we could watch the sharks swim right over our heads!

The stingray was my (Kaylee) favorite part. We also enjoyed the touch pools. I touched a sleeping shark and an anemone and Landen touched a sea urchin and a starfish!

It was a very fun and educational day!

Technology:

Digital Photography (Kaylee):

I learned about photography clichés and how some people say, "no more photos of blurred water and babies and pets and messy faces and..." and so on. I also watched another video on Creative Live. It was a quiz about assessing a photograph. The teacher showed a photo and then asked what ISO, aperture, shutter speed, and lens type he used. Then he showed the brightness or darkness meter of the photo and asked the class what setting to change to bring the meter down to normal brightness.

(The pictures below are copied directly from Creative Live and are used for educational purposes only.)

Here, the aperture is f/11, the shutter speed is 125, and the ISO is 100. But the photo is way too dark.

In order to brighten it up, you change the shutter speed to 4.

Digital Art (Landen):

I watched a tutorial animation on scratch about how to draw a character on scratch and then I drew my own character. See it here. And here is Kaylee's drawing. 

Elective:

Culinary Arts (Kaylee):

This month in Raddish is... Thanksgivings Twists. This week I made Turkey Burgers topped with cranberry mayo and crispy onions.

I used ground turkey and mixed in Worcestershire sauce, fresh sage, thyme, garlic and salt.

The tool that was included this month was a flipper to flip the patties. I cooked them on the stove, carefully timing them to insure they were cooked. I topped them with provolone cheese.

As you can see.. there is a bun, lettuce, crispy onions, provolone cheese, a turkey burger, some cranberry mayo (cranberry sauce and mayo whisked together) and the bottom bun!

P.E. (Landen):

I had my second game. We had a couple of boys missing which meant that we had more playing time. It was a lot of work! We lost at 20-14 We fought hard and tried our best!

This week we also got a basketball hoop! I am excited to practice a lot more for this upcoming week's game.

It was so fun to have the support of both my Grandmas and one of my Grandpas.

Arts and Crafts (Emberly):

We made a family gratitude tree and leaves. Whenever we think of something we are grateful for we write it down on a leaf. 

Also, I made a rainbow-colored paper chain with Kaylee's help. She wrote gratitude prompts on each one. Every day, I rip a paper slip off the chain and read the prompt. Then I answer the question.