By: Kaela L. and Aaron S., 6th GATErs

Did you know that in 8,OOO BCE you had to travel 24/7 to get food and water? At that time people ate watercress because it is a salad green and it is made mostly of water. This is what led to early civilizations beginning in river valleys.
Reference:
Metropolitan Water District, Water Times, 2005.

Today we will create a Multi-Flow Map as we discuss the causes and effects of global warming. We are going to use this Interactive Map by National Geographics to help us look at possible effects from multiple perpsectives.

I made a short movie for you to watch.  cats_0001 Enjoy!!

Today you will choose one disaster from the list below to investigate.  Create a Thinking Map to show the causes and effects.  Afterwards, you will find a partner who did a different disaster to compare and contrast them. Don’t forget the Frame of Reference (National Geographic).

Hurricanes http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0409/quickflicks/

Volcanoes http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0405/quickflicks/

Tornadoes http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0401/quickflicks/

Tsunamis      http://www.powertolearn.com/BrainPOP/tsunami/index.shtml

Recently, our blog was chosen as one of the top 100 education blogs!!!  Scroll down to Elementary/Primary and look for our GATEr’s Blog! http://www.onlinedegrees.org/top-100-classroom-blogs/.  This is so exciting!! Thank you Alexis, for choosing our blog!!

by Jacob and Chandler, 6th GATErs

         Today we learned about the outdoors. One fact that we found out is that the Colorado river aquaduct is 242 miles long, but the Colorado river is 1450 miles long. The workers built channels  for it but in 1906 floods destroyed them. Also workers built small dikes to direct runoff to different locations. California has a famous delta , it’s name is, ” the delta.” The word Colorodo means red color in spanish.

Reference: Metropolitan Water District, Water Times 2005.

by: Sophia, Ariella, and Maria-Paula; 6th grade GATErs

Did you know that water is considered the “elixir of life”? It is considered this because living creatures/humans need water to survive. Adults need about 2 liters of water a day, but athletes need more than that.  A human’s body is 70% water.  Fresh water has about the same mineral content as ocean water. Fluoride is added to tap water to protect teeth. Water is important to humans.

This information comes from the Water Times, 2005.