There is so much going an at school. We still have so much work to do, but there are so many fun activities coming up. I am really looking forward to paintball and the boat regatta. This week we had a really short week of science again because the sixth grade went to Washington D.C on Wednesday and came home really late on Friday night. I am exhausted.
On Monday in science we took our Chapter 12 science test on birds and mammals. Thankfully it was open notes so it wasn't that hard. I am glad it was open notes because it had been a long weekend in Raleigh at Science Olympiad. I learned new vocabulary from Chapter 12 such as the difference between soaring and gliding. Soaring involves using currents of warm air to move upwards and gliding uses falling currents of cool air to move downwards.
On Tuesday we watched Myth busters. I learned that air pressure does affect a human body while deep sea diving. The myth is that if you dove really deep down and your air pressure was cut off that your body would push up to your head and that is the case! I have no plans of going deep sea diving anytime soon!
On Wednesday the 6th graders left for D.C bright and early at 5:00 am! We arrived in D.C around noon and had to do the first part of our tour in pouring down rain! It was a long bus ride! I enjoyed visiting the Supreme Court and the American History Museum. My favorite part of the trip was seeing Dorothy's shoes from the Wizard of Oz and the original Miss Piggy. I learned how the Supreme Court works that the justices are sworn in for life.
I think my dad and I can definitely improve on listening and following directions more carefully; because we were late getting to our bus because we went to the wrong museum to meet the group. I definitely need to make sure that even though my dad was responsible for me that I should also be responsible by listening to the directions as well. This is definitely a good lesson to apply when I return to science class.
We returned to Wilmington at almost midnight on Friday and I was so happy to get in my own bed! Another long, tiring week. I have attached a link of Miss Piggy and her friends at the national museum.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/press/releases/miss-piggy-joins-kermit-frog-smithsonian
WAAS at Spy Museum 
Standing in front of Supreme Court 
Eyeball of sheep dissected by 8th graders
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