Genius Hour

Idea Creator

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=829279

Order of Operations Video

http://safeshare.tv/w/ysjYdiRotW

Human Body Systems

Body Systems

§  Prezi:  http://prezi.com/sji6z1vzlxtt/5th-grade-human-body-systems/

§  Quizlet- Human Body Systems with Cards:  http://goo.gl/DzeYoz

Blendspaces

• Circulatory
• Skeletal
• Muscular
• Respiratory
• Digestive
• Nervous

Movement of the Knee Joint

Examples for building your model

3D Video of the Knee Joint

Knee Anatomy

The Knee Joint

Circulatory System

Online model

America: It's Architecture

Blendspace Link: http://blnds.co/1uJ8iKx

STEM and the Star-Spangled Banner: Ships

The War of 1812 (which inspired the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner) included many battles that were fought at sea.  Ships were a necessity.  Today, our Navy and Coast Guard still rely mostly on ships.  These links include some interesting STEM-related ship information:

• National Defense Education Program: Green Ships
• National Defense Education Program:  Designing New Ships
• National Defense Education Program:  Making Models
• Ships and the War of 1812: PBS
• War of 1812 Naval Information
• Shipwrecks from the War of 1812
• Hunt is on for Shipwrecks from the War of 1812
• Upper Bay War of 1812 Site

• A Sailor's Life for Me
• War of 1812 Site
• USS Constitution Museum

• Navy Ships Site

• Types of Boat Hulls
• Inventing Water Transportation
• Mariner's Museum: Ideas
• Navy Ship Plans

Watercraft Engineering Challenge

200th Anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner

Smithsonian Star-Spangled Banner Project:

• http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/default.asp

Lyrics to the song:

• http://www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/flag/1bfc_anthem_text.html

All About the Flag:

• http://www.usflag.org/toc.html

About Francis Scott Key:

• http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdkey.htm

Why the US Flag is Red, White, and Blue

• http://swampland.time.com/2013/07/04/why-the-u-s-flag-is-red-white-and-blue/

Video: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner:

• http://www.wallbuilders.com/libissuesarticles.asp?id=9954

Different Music Video Versions of the Song:

• http://bethsmusicnotes.blogspot.com/2011/10/star-spangled-banner.html

Apple Engineering Camp

Blenspace link for research:  http://blnds.co/1tU2Ohf

Characteristics of Living Things

Video link:
http://safeshare.tv/w/CPAZplOVZo