Math Challenge October 4

Everyone would weigh more in Jupiter than on Earth. To find your weight on Jupiter, you would multiply your weight by 2.5. If your dog weighs 22 pounds on Earth, how much would he weigh on Jupiter?

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Good Luck!
Kelly

Butterfly Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 3, 2007
History

Today is butterfly day! Learn more about butterflies here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/10/about-butterflies.html

Answer the following questions. Send answers to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net to earn a point. Collect points to win prizes listed here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/09/prizes.html

Write B for butterfly or M for Moth

___ Like to fly at night

___ Are slimmer

___ Have knobbed antennae

Here is a PowerPoint presentation about the butterfly lifecycle: http://schoolnet.gov.mt/butterflies/Teachers'%20Resources.html#PPT


Writing Prompt
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a beautiful butterfly? Can you imagine what it would be like to transform from a little egg into a beautiful butterfly? What would it be like to live your life day to day flying around the sky landing on flowers, tree branches or even people's noses? Write a story about what your life would be like if you were a butterfly.
Send the story to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net to earn a point. Collect points to win prizes listed here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/09/prizes.html

Language Arts

Choose one of the following 5 butterflies from this list and write a 1 page research paper on the specific butterfly you choose. The list includes: Anglewing, Viceroy, Sulphur, Monarch, and Swallowtail.

Send the paper to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net to earn 10 points! Collect points to win prizes listed here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/09/prizes.html

Vocabulary
Learn some butterfly vocabulary with this fun word search. Look up any words you don’t know in a dictionary.
http://schoolnet.gov.mt/butterflies/res/Worksheets/Worksheet%205.pdf

Science
Label the parts of a butterfly here: http://schoolnet.gov.mt/butterflies/res/Worksheets/Worksheet1b%20Whole%20class%20Butt%20Parts.pdf

Math
Today’s math challenge involves percentages. Practice here: http://www.helpingwithmath.com/printables/worksheets/per0601fractions01.htm


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Math Challenge October 3

There are approximately 170,000 species of Lepidoptera. About 150,000 of those are moths. What percentage are butterflies?

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Good Luck!

Kelly

About Butterflies

Butterflies are a large group of insects found throughout most of the world. One reason why butterflies and moths are considered insects is because if their 3 body parts: head, abdomen, and thorax. All insects have these three body parts. Along with moths, they comprise the insect order Lepidoptera meaning scale wing). The moths comprise the great majority of the 100,000 species of the order.


Differences between Butterflies and Moths

* Butterfly antennae are knobbed at the tips, while those of moths almost never have terminal knobs and are often feathery.

* The body of a butterfly is more slender and usually smoother than a moth.

* Butterflies are active by day (diurnal), while most moths are active by night (nocturnal).

Snoopy Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 2, 2007
History

On this day in 1950, Charles Schultz published his first Peanuts Comic Strip in 7 newspapers. Learn more about it here: http://www.schulzmuseum.org/


Language Arts

Editing
Revise this paragraph here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/10/peanuts-edit.html
Send corrected paragraph to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net to earn a point. Collect points to win prizes listed here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/09/prizes.html

Word Search
Snoopy is a beagle. Find other dog breeds in this word search: http://www.printactivities.com/Word_Search_Puzzles/Dog-Breeds.html


Writing Prompt

In July of 1965, Snoopy's first line as an author was, "It was a dark and stormy night." Finish his story and send it to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net to earn a point!

Art

Learn how to draw your own puppy comic here: http://www.unclefred.com/draw/puppy/puppy01.html

Science

Make a zoetrope : http://www.randommotion.com/html/zoe.html



Math
Practice your fractions here: http://math.about.com/library/divfractions.pdf

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Math Challenge October 2

Snoopy loves meal time. Snoopy eats one and one-half cups of food a day. Charlie Brown has six cups of food left in the bag. How many days can Charlie Brown feed Snoopy before he has to go buy food?

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Kelly

Peanuts Edit

From the first day the peanuts comic strip appear in newspapers, the antics of Charlie Brown and his dog, snoopy had readers in stitches. Created by Charles M Schulz, the strip first appeared in October 1950. Other Peanuts characters included Linus Lucy and Sally. In the strip, when ever things went rong, Charlie's response was, Good grief!" When Schulz died in February 2000 many wondered if Charlie would ever kick a football.