Thanksgiving Break

I was really looking forward to Thanksgiving because it is one of my favorite holidays. It was a short week in science but as always we had fun and lots of learning! On Monday we made ice cream! Even though we made ice cream which was fun, there was learning involved. I learned the effects of heat transfer on phase changes. The phase change in making the ice cream occurred when the heat was lost to change the milk from a liquid to a solid. During my ice cream experiment in class, the ice cream was not as smooth and solid as I would have liked it to be. So I decided to try a new technique and improve on the quality of my ice cream, by using sea salt at home in my ice cream experiment. At home, my ice cream was smoother and not as lumpy and stayed solid longer. I have attached pictures to show the improvement in the consistency of my ice cream. It was so good!
On Tuesday, I had to do my makeup test during class because I was sick the week before. However during guided study I was able to complete the classroom activity experiment in  gratitude. I had to write a thank you note to my mom and then call her to read it. I was so excited when she answered the phone because she never answers her phone. At first she thought I was sick because I have never called her from school. But then she was surprised when I read the note and was so grateful for the call. I am glad Mrs. Giacomelli did this because it made my mom's day!
Then we went on Thanksgiving break and my family ate lots and lots of food. My favorite dish was my mom's cranberry salad. I ate a whole tub just by itself. My family kept on eating lots of turkey but they did not know that turkey contains the amino acid tryptophan which can make you very tired. I googled the effects of tryptophan in turkey on making us tired and read about the effects, which also stated that if the tryptophan did not make us tired it was all the huge amounts of carbohydrates that we ate. I have attached the link to the website with information on tryptophan and also attached a picture of my family and the effects of our huge turkey Thanksgiving dinner! I realized how much I have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday!!!!!!

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