This week I helped to do the line experiment, which was our brain candy of the week. We used pipe cleaners, strips of paper, straws, and tape. We connected them all together. We had to suspend the line 18 inches off the floor without the line falling or breaking. Tian and I worked together and our line broke and fell.
We studied clouds in the water cycle in science. We made different types of clouds out of puff balls and then glued them onto paper, along with the clouds' names and what the clouds signify. For example, the wispy cirrus cloud, which is made of ice crystals, shows that the weather is about to change. We actually saw some cumulus clouds in the sky, and some cirrus clouds (Ed note: this is some sort of miracle for Oman since most days there is not a cloud in the sky!)
We learned about the triangle trade in history and Queen Nzinga of Ndomba in Africa. I colored her picture and made her skin dark brown. In one path of the triangle trade from Europe to Africa, they took utensils, pots and pans, and other European goods and traded the Africans for slaves. Then they traded the slaves in South America and the West Indies for sugar and molasses. They could use that to make rum.
We all went on a website called www.adaptedmind.com to practice math. Some of the problems were tough for me to solve. Others were nice and easy, such as multiplication and division.
I am reading the book Pocahontas and the Strangers. It has a sad part in the middle but it gets better when Pocahontas is released from prison by Governor Gates and ends up living with him and his two daughters, Mary and Betsy. It is a really good story, and it is also a really good biography!
It took me a few days to complete the puzzle of the week, which was one of the USA, and which included hidden fun facts about each of the fifty states along with a picture on each state. I found a camel on Arizona. Then I read the fun fact and found out that camels were once used for transportation around Arizona. I didn't know that!
Tian and I learned about compound subjects and predicates in language. Tian says, "Yuck! Language!"
In general, this week was interesting and fun, but tough.
By Cady
Here is a video that Tian made about Jebel Cat:
I liked this video a lot (more than the video you made of paper airplanes). This one seemed much clearer and easier to follow, and it also follows my own personal interests, since I'm more interested in animals than in different kinds of airplanes. I had heard that you'd gotten a kitten but I didn't know any details, so I'm glad you made this video. She's so small!! She looks to me like a skinny little chihuahua with very large ears. I love the name. Your video skills are really quite good-- your transitions are well timed. Love, Auntie
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