Kid Nectar for Knowledge and News • MAY 2018
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Celebrating Mom, Teacher Appreciation Day, Honoring Heroes on Memorial Day, All about the Weather, Lost Sock Memorial Day, and more!
Phyllis G. Merlino, DDS
May is finally here...with flowers blooming, warm temperatures and longer days to play outside. What a great time of year! Summer vacation is on everyone’s mind and this edition is filled with great ideas for how to spend your summer days. Check out the fun-filled cover and several great camp opportunities throughout this edition. This month is filled with celebrations...Teacher Appreciation Day where we say thank you to our teachers, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, National Smile Month, and even National Lost Sock Memorial Day. We have fun puzzles that are loaded with socks and a great contest on the back cover. We can’t wait to read your entries to see where you think all of our socks go.
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Our May edition also has great articles about the Weather... on other planets, solar power, weather websites to learn about other planets, weather math, and even fun Math puzzles. There is also a great new concept that we’re featuring called Pitchapalooza Junior. It’s just for kids and allows you to pitch a story idea in person to real book publishers. Read all about it on Page 10.
Enjoy the sunny days! Your friend,
A Bit From Buzzer.................................... 2 Superintendent Letter............................... 3 Catholic Identity/Values Infusion........... 3 Buzzworthy............................................... 4 The Buzz on the Street............................. 5 Buzzing Through the Trees..................... 5 Write to the Point...................................... 6 Character Counts...................................... 6 It’s Your Birthday...................................... 7 Our Buzzing Artists.................................. 8 Calendar.................................................... 9 Pitchapalooza Junior...............................10 Mother’s Day Card..................................10 Smile Poem..............................................10 Brain Buzz................................................ 11
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Brain Buzz Solutions...............................12 The Wonders of Science.........................12 Education At Its Best..............................13 Honeycomb Corner.................................13 Bee Published..........................................13 Math Corner.............................................15 Teacher Appreciation Day......................15 Lost Sock Contest....................................16 Happy Birthday.......................................16
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A message from the Regional Superintendent Dear Parents and Students:
April showers (and sometimes April snow showers) bring May flowers, so the saying goes. As we begin the month of May, as Catholics, we celebrate Mary, the mother of our Lord. It is fitting that the month of May is known as the Month of Mary, and is a month filled with May crowning processions, with beautiful flowers given as gifts to our Blessed Mother. We also celebrate our own mothers on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13, 2018. Throughout the month we encourage our children to pray to Mary for her guidance and blessings. Let’s all join in prayer and peace and pray to Mary to watch over our mothers, sisters, aunts and grandmothers. On May 10th, we solemnly honor Ascension Day, which is a holy day of obligation. As Catholics we know that Ascension Day is one of the earliest Christian festivals dating back to the year 68! According to the New Testament, Jesus
met several times with his disciples during the 40 days after his resurrection to instruct them on how to carry out his teachings. It is believed that on the 40th day, he took them to the Mount of Olives, where he ascended to heaven. May is a busy month of celebrations in our schools. We are celebrating our second grade classes receiving their first Holy Communion and our older children receiving the Holy Spirit through Confirmation. On Tuesday, May 1st, we will gather together at Monsignor Farrell H.S., to honor the winners of the “Wonders of Alaska-Poetry in Art” art show featuring, the Honorable Catherine
DiDomenico DeMarco who will read her poems to the attendees. Thursday, May 17th is our Social Studies Exposition at St. Adalbert, and on May 23rd we unite all our Catholic School 8th graders in prayer at the annual Mass for 8th Grade students to be held at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church. Finally, please take a moment to pause to remember those who have died serving in the United States Military on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28th. The men and women who serve our country and sacrifice so much for our country’s freedoms deserve our respect and prayers. What an exciting month of beginnings, remembrance, and celebrations! Enjoy the month of May and warmer weather to come!
Mrs. Zoilita M. Herrera, Regional Superintendent
Catholic Identity / Values Infusion By: Paige Sanchez, Associate Superintendent for Mission Effectiveness, Archdiocese of New York
Our Blessed Mother Mary: Even the Weather Blesses the Lord! The Catholic Church dedicates the month of May to Jesus’ Mother, Mary. It is a month of spring in which flowers all around us speak of joy, beauty, and happiness. And just as flowers bloom, so too do our lives bloom, because of our friendship with Mary and her son, Jesus. Often in the month of May, a statue of Mary is crowned with a wreath of flowers, as a way for us to celebrate her. There is a beautiful prayer called the Canticle of Daniel that praises God’s presence in all of creation. It cries out to all of nature, including many weather phenomena, to bless the Lord: “All you clouds of the sky, breezes and winds, O bless the Lord! Showers and dew, frost and snow, fire and heat, O bless the Lord!”
Mary also teaches us that weather helps us to be in a relationship with God. There is a legend that says a childless aristocratic couple asked the Blessed Virgin to show them a worthy cause to donate their fortune to. This couple and the pope both had the same dream that on the morning of August 5, in the year 352, Mary would send a sign of snow falling in the shape of a church on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, in the middle of the hot summer, marking the place where a church should be built in her honor. Today you can still visit the glorious Basilica of St. Mary Major that was built in the place marked by the miracle of snow, reminding us of the gift of Mary, Our Lady of Snows.
Values Infusion Program: The Value for the Month of May is Work How has work helped you to experience a true and holy rest? “God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work he had done in creation” (Genesis 2:3).
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Can you draw a picture representing the Basilica of St. Mary Major that was built where Mary gave the sign of snow?
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WEATHER
by Laura Edwards
on other Planets
People around the world use the weather forecast to learn if it will be a warm, cold, sunny, cloudy, stormy, snowy, or rainy day. With this information, we can decide if we need to wear coats, boots, long or short sleeved shirts, pants or shorts, hats and gloves, and even if we need to bring an umbrella! But have you ever wondered what the weather is like on other planets? The atmosphere determines the weather on each planet, so it is logical that the weather would change drastically from one planet to the next. Earth’s atmosphere has four layers and they are known as the Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and the Thermosphere. Mercury, on the other hand, only has one layer to its atmosphere, which is known as the exosphere.
The word exosphere means that it’s the outermost layer of a planet’s atmosphere. Therefore, Mercury has an exosphere because its atmosphere is so thin that it is made up by the outermost layer. Due to the very thin atmosphere on Mercury, there are no storms, clouds, wind, or rain. Although Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and the sun would look two times as large from Mercury as it does from Earth, there is not enough atmosphere to spread light across the planet. As a result, Mercury’s sky would look black. The temperatures on Mercury can reach anywhere between 750 and 800°F during the day, and the temperatures can drop to -330°F at night. Venus, the second planet closest to the sun, is often called Earth’s “sister planet” because astronomers think Venus was more like Earth in the past. Despite being similar in size, Venus and Earth have very different weather. For example, there are no seasons on Venus. The seasons on Earth are caused by the strength of sunlight in each hemisphere during the year, which is caused by the 23-degree tilt of its rotation axis. The tilt of Venus’ rotation axis is 3-degrees. Since the planet has little movement, its seasons do not change. It does not rain or snow on Venus either since there is no more water. Unlike Mercury, Venus does have multiple layers in its atmosphere which keep the surface of the
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planet around 800°F. Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, experiences very severe weather. The average temperature on Mars is around -80°F but it can reach a low of -195°F during the winter and a high of 70°F near the equator. The atmosphere on Mars is thick enough to have clouds, weather, and wind. Dust storms on Mars are common during the spring and summer, and the dust storms are the largest in the solar system. The storms can become so large that they take over the planet’s surface! Additionally, it’s believed that there was much more water on Mars in the past than there is now. Most of the water remaining on Mars can be found in the polar ice caps. Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun, is known for the great red spot. The great red spot is a constant storm that is four times larger than Earth! Many scientists think that the great red spot is a hurricane. The wind on Jupiter is caused by the planet’s internal heat. The wind can exceed 400 miles per hour and can
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cause lighting! Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, is most recognized for its rings. The recorded speeds on Saturn have been higher than 1,000 miles per hour. Saturn’s lightning bolts are 10,000 times stronger than lightning on Earth! Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, is said to be the largest of the ice giants. Since Uranus is tilted on its side, each season lasts for 21 years! As a result, the seasons on Uranus are severe. The temperature on Uranus, like the temperature on Venus, changes drastically from one layer of the atmosphere to the next. Neptune, the eighth planet from the sun, also called an ice giant, is known to have the most extreme weather of any planet. The seasons on Neptune last more than 40 years! Additionally, Neptune is more than 30 times further away from the sun than the Earth. The wind on Neptune is three times stronger than the wind on Jupiter and nine times stronger than the wind on Earth!
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emorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Memorial Day 2018 occurs on Monday, May 28. It originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries or memorials, holding family gatherings and participating in parades. Unofficially, it marks the beginning of the summer season. But what can each of us do to keep the true meaning and spirit of Memorial Day alive? Here are a few suggestions:
3. Purchase a poppy from a VFW member
They usually sell them for a donation in front of shopping centers. Buy one as a reminder to all of us that this isn’t just a day for shopping, but it’s also a day of respect. 4. Blast the music and be colorful
Take part in the National Moment of Remembrance at 3 pm. Wherever you are, stop, and give a minute of your time. 2. Be a part of your community
Before firing up the barbeque, attend one of those parades or commemorative services. Most cities will hold concerts. If there is not one nearby, you will be 1. Take a moment to remember able to catch the televised National Memorial Day Did You Know...each year on Memorial Day a national Concert. moment of remembrance takes place at 3:00 p.m. local time?
Make a patriotic music playlist and hang the red, white, and blue. This is the day to fly our nation’s flag and other decorations. 5. Keep your family’s personal military history alive
Over the picnic table, share stories of family members who served this country. Wearing the uniform calls for sacrifice but it is also an amazing adventure and one that deserves to be documented. If you have someone willing to reminisce, take a video or jot down notes. Don’t let your family’s story disappear without it being recorded.
By Laura Edwards
Rhinoceros
Did you know that the word rhinoceros means nose-horned? The first word, “rhino,” translates to nose and the second word, “ceros,” translates to horn. The rhinoceros has lived on Earth for more than 50 million years. The closest relatives to rhinos today are tapirs, horses, and zebras. There are five species of rhinoceros: Black, Indian (one-horned rhinoceros), Javan, Sumatran, and White. Rhinos live in forests, savannas, and tropical regions throughout Africa, India, Indonesia, Nepal, and Vietnam. Rhinos, including the White rhino, are shades of gray or brown in color and their
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hooves have three short toes with broad nails. Except for their tail and ears, rhinos are either hairless or have a small amount of hair, and their skin is very thick. Rhinos range between 6-12 feet in length and between 4- 6.5 feet in height. Since rhinos are the second largest animal on land, it’s not surprising that they are heavy. Rhinos weigh between 1,300 and 7,000 pounds! Rhinos are herbivores, which means that they only eat plants. While the White rhinoceros eats grass, the Black, Indian, Sumatran, and Javan eats leaves from trees and bushes. Rhinos do not have a good sense of sight, but they do have excellent senses of smell and sound. They rotate their ears to hear sounds around them too! Rhinos like
to spend very hot days asleep in the shade and they use muddy pools to cool off. The mud dries on their skin and creates a layer which protects them from the sun and insects. Although rhinos usually live alone, and are territorial, species like the White rhino often live together. A group of rhinos is called a “herd” or a “crash.” In the wild, rhinos can live for approximately 35 years. Rhinos communicate with one another through sounds such as growls, snorts, and squeals. They are also able to communicate through infrasonic frequencies, which is a frequency that is too low for humans to hear. The sound of a Sumatran rhino’s whistle can travel 12 miles.
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What else makes the rhinoceros so interesting? • Rhinoceros horns are made of keratin, which also makes up our hair and fingernails! • Rhinos use their teeth for defense. • Rhinos can run as fast as 30 or 40 miles per hour! • The Sumatran rhinoceros is the closest living relative to the ancient woolly rhino! • Black rhinoceros have a beak shaped lip. • Despite their size, rhinos scare easily, and their instinct is to charge at whatever frightened them.
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By: Jennifer Downing, 5th Grade Teacher, Fountain Woods Elementary School, Burlington Township, N.J.
A Universal Celebration!
Mother’s Day is a holiday that is celebrated around the world. It became an official U.S. holiday in 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson declared it to be celebrated on the second Sunday of May. There are more than 60 countries that also share the same date as the U.S. The UK celebrates it and calls it Mothering Sunday, which is on the 4th Sunday of Lent. Many other countries call it Parent’s Day, Women’s Day or Ladies Day and celebrate it in different months throughout the year. Celebrations for mothers can be traced all the way back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. They had spring festivals to celebrate their mother goddesses.
This is a holiday that everyone has in common, people everywhere, and all through history, love to show appreciation for their mothers. There are fun facts about this holiday to share. Almost 96% of all Americans participate in Mother’s Day in some way. It is one of the busiest days of the year for phone companies and restaurants. Mother’s Day is the second biggest gift-giving holiday in America. Americans spend more than 14 million dollars a year on this day! There are over 83 million mothers living in the U.S. today and 2 billion worldwide. The President of The United States always gives a proclamation on this day as
Here is an example of a Haiku written by a 5th grader.
well. Wow, this is a wonderful day to have on our calendar! Take time this Mother’s Day to show your appreciation for your Mother, Grandmother, Aunt, Stepmother or special woman in your life! It would be great to make them a gift or meal, buy them flowers or take them out somewhere. One of the best gifts you can give them is a poem or letter. Writing a poem or letter costs nothing but your time and thoughts, and they will surely cherish this! Choose a Limerick, Diamante, Acrostic, Haiku or Free Verse Poem to write. Give it to your special person and enjoy!
Moms Are Eagles By: Evelyn E.
Moms are like Eagles Majestic and beautiful Strong like Eagles too.
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id you know that every person has an imaginary bubble that follows them around throughout the day? It is called personal space. Personal space is the space around your body that is reserved, or saved, just for you. When someone enters into your personal space circle, you may feel scared or annoyed. Let’s say you are working at your desk and the person at the desk next to you starts to put his papers on your desk. How would you feel? What if you had a
pencil in your hand and someone just took it and started using it without even asking? Have you ever been in line and someone bumped you from behind? These are all examples of someone invading your imaginary bubble or moving into your personal space. How do these personal bubbles happen if you cannot even see them? According to science, our individual sense of personal space begins to develop around the age of three or four years old. Researchers believe that personal space is created
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and activated by the amygdala (a-migda-lah), the part of the brain that alerts fear. When the amygdala is activated, it can make you feel scared. The amygdala develops differently for some people so there may be people that do not understand personal space as well. Many conflicts, arguments, or fights can be avoided if everyone would remember to stay out of each other's personal space. Let’s spread more kindness by keeping a safe distance, not touching things that do not belong to us, and showing control of
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our body and the things that do belong to us. If you do get in someone else’s personal space by accident, apologize. If someone gets in your personal space, remind them that it makes you feel uncomfortable. Actions speak louder than words, but if your actions make a mistake, use your words to help fix it.
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Our Lady Queen of Peace School, adorable Pre-K 3 students showing off Easter bonnets. St. Adalbert students participated in the Junior Shark Tank which gave them a great opportunity to create amazing inventions.
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Sacred Heart School Theatre Group performed Peter Pan Jr. with the help of Mrs. Rizzuto, Miss Diana
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ART OF THE CARNIVAL
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Make a simple Mother’s Day Card
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MAY IS NATIONAL SMILE MONTH
Enjoy this fun poem that will remind you about the power of a smile.
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Smiling is infectious; you catch it like the flu. When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too. I passed around a corner and someone saw my grin. When he smiled, I realized I had passed it on to him. I thought about that smile and then I realized its worth. A single smile, just like mine, could travel around the earth. So if you feel a smile begin, don’t leave it undetected. Let’s start an epidemic quick and get the world infected. Author Unknown
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WOW, THAT’S BIG! Answer: 11 Earths
Solution: Diameter is 2 × radius. Jupiter's diameter is 5.6 × 2 = 11.2 Earth diameters. So, while there might be a little room left, only 11 Earths will fit across Jupiter's diameter.
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Solar Power: Create a Solar Updraft Tower For this month’s science experiment, we will explore solar energy. Solar energy is power obtained by harnessing the sun’s rays. Solar energy helps to reduce the amount of pollution and chemicals being released into our earth’s atmosphere. You might see people using solar energy right now. Look around your neighborhood for houses or buildings with solar panels. These individuals are using the sun to help power their homes and in turn are becoming more earth-friendly citizens! Follow the steps below to create a Solar Updraft Tower. You will have fun observing just how powerful and useful our sun is for planet earth!
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6. Ask an adult to help balance the center of
Procedure: 1. Stack the 3 cans on top of one another. Tape
the cans together so they are connected. 2. Unbend the paperclip and shape it into an arch for the top of the tower. The arch should be big enough that it connects one side of the top can to the other side of the top can. It should look like the handle of a basket. 3. Tape the arch to the opening of the top can. 4. Ask an adult to tape a thumbtack or pushpin to the middle of the arch with the point facing up. 5. Create a paper pinwheel. Feel free to number, letter or color your pinwheel blades to help you see the blades move later during the experiment.
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5. 2 books or 2 wooden blocks 6. 1 paper pinwheel 7. A sunny spot
the pinwheel on the thumbtack. The side of the pinwheel with the tape in the center should face down on the tack. 7. Find a sunny spot in your house. 8. Place 2 books or two blocks side by side with about two inches of distance between them. 9. Place the solar tower on top of the books. Be sure that there is room between the books for air to enter in from the bottom of the tower. 10. The heat from the sun will warm the air in the can. This will cause an updraft (a small current or rising of air, typically warm air), which will spin the pinwheel.
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Discussion Questions:
What happens to your solar tower at night or on a cloudy day? Move the solar tower to a shady spot- do you observe the same results? Remove the cans from the books - what changes do you notice? Experiment with different materials for the tower - do you think other materials would work the same way?
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Registration Open For Summer Camps
Education At Its Best By: Sara Collins, Blended Learning Coordinator, Archdiocese of New York
Weather
We also have several Photography workshops Coming in May & June For Adults.
is all around us When most people think of weather,
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When most people think of they they immediately imagine theweather, sun, clouds, immediately imagine the sun, clouds, rain, or rain, or a number of other natural phenoma number of other phenomena found ena found on Earth.natural As you’ll learn in this on Earth. As you’ll in this of edition of Kidz Buzz,learn weather canedition be found Kidz Buzz, weather can be found on many on many planets, not just Earth. But how planets, Earth. But how muchon do you much do not youjust know about the weather know about the weather on Earth? SciJinks Earth? SciJinks is a great interactive website is a is great interactive website that is that designed to teach all about thedesigned weathto On teach the weather. On it, you er. it, all youabout will find videos, comics, arti-will findand videos, comics, articles,the andvarious gamestypes that cles, games that explain explain thewe various types weather we findit of weather find here onofEarth. To check heregoon To check it out go to www. out toEarth. www.scijinks.gov. Remember, techscijinks.gov. Remember, technology helps us nology helps us learn anything, anywhere, learn anything, anywhere, and at any time! and at any time!
WE HAVE Art Classes for Pre-K, Young Artists 6-12, Teens and Adults Summer Art Camps Kandinsky for Pre-K Camp Picasso for ages 6-12
Applications available for
The Summer Studio Scholarship Program, Ages 13- adult.
Find yourself at Art Lab You’ll be Glad you did!
Bee Published! Fun Banana Boat Ingredients
• Bananas • Strawberries • Blueberries • Whipped Cream • Sprinkles or mini chips (optional)
Directions
1. Holding the banana curving upwards, remove the top ¼ layer, using a knife (with help from an adult). 2. With a small melon scooper, make a shallow groove (like the inside of a boat) to hold the other fruits. 3. Spritz the banana with orange juice or lemon juice to prevent discoloration. 3. Fill banana boat with assorted fruits as shown. Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream and anything else fun.
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Hey kids! Send in your original artwork, letters, and poems to be printed in an upcoming edition. Just have your parents complete this form and send it with your submission to:
Kidz Buzz P.O. Box 734
Voorhees, NJ 08043 Name__________________________________________ Age ______________________ Address __________________________________________________________________ City____________________________ State_______ Zip __________________________ Home Phone______________________ Cell Phone ______________________________ Your Signature (This is my own artwork) ____________________________________ Parent’s Signature_________________________________________________________ Parent’s Email ____________________________________________________________
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YMCA SUMMER DAY CAMPS THREE GREAT STATEN ISLAND LOCATIONS
Kids grow as much on the inside as they’re growing on the outside at the Staten Island YMCA Day Camps. They develop core values, learn new skills and make new friends, while having loads of fun in the process. At our Day Camps, kids will enjoy swimming, arts and crafts, recreational sports and field trips, while building academic skills to prevent summer learning loss.
STATEN ISLAND YMCA DAY CAMP OFFERINGS INCLUDE: • EARLY CHILDHOOD CAMPS (AGES 3-5) • OUTDOOR DAY CAMP AT CAMP POUCH (AGES 5-13) • SOUTH SHORE STARS (AGES 6-13) • SWIM CAMPS (AGES 5-13)
10%
Sibling Discount
Available for all siblings of the first child registered at full price
• SPECIALTY CAMPS (AGES 6-13) • SPORTS CAMP (AGES 6-13) • COUNSELOR-IN-TRAINING - C.I.T. (AGES 14-16)
VISIT OUR CAMP OPEN HOUSE ON MAY 19th | 10AM-3PM South Shore Y l 3939 Richmond Ave. l 718-227-3200 l ymcanyc.org/southshore Camp Pouch l 1465 Manor Road l 718-227-3200 Broadway Y l 651 Broadway l 718-981-4933 l ymcanyc.org/broadway
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M AY 2018
Starting the year off right!
By Dr. Susan Miller, Acting Associate Superintendent of Curriculum and Staff Development Archdiocese of New York
WEATHER MATH
By: Dr. Susan B. Miller, Director of Math Instruction, Archdiocese of New York
What’s the weather like today? Is it sunny? Windy? sius. The Fahrenheit scale is a temperature scale based Rainy? Is it cold or hot? I’ll bet you looked outside to on one proposed in 1724 by Dutch-German-Polish determine the weather. Now, what’s the weather going physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. Did you know to be like tomorrow? How about the next day? To that only the United States and its territories use the know what the weather will be in the future, you might Fahrenheit scale? Everyone else uses the Celsius scale, look online, listen to a weather report or even check a which was created by the Swedish astronomer Anders newspaper. But how do they know what the weather Celsius in 1742. In the Fahrenheit scale, water melts will be? You might not realize this but predicting the at 32°F and boils at 212°F. In the Celsius scale, water weather actually uses a lot of math! freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C. The Celsius scale used to be called the Centigrade scale. Can you figure Activity 1: Checking out the weather out why? Go to this website (http://www.mathcats.com/exSince the rest of the world uses the Celsius scale rathplore/weather.html and check out the weather today. er than the Fahrenheit scale, you might get confused if Which city is the warmest? Which is the coldest? you check out the weather when you are on vacation. What is the difference in temperature between the ThisArchdiocese rhyme helps me warmest andB. theMiller, coldest? By: Dr. city Susan Director of Math Instruction, of keep Newtrack Yorkof the weather in Celsius. Activity 2: Fahrenheit vs Celsius “30 is hot, 20 is nice, 10 is cold and 0 is ice.” As you look at the weather website, you might notice Look back at the temperatures again. Does it make that the temperatures are given with two numbers. sense that 30 is hot and 20 is nice? Look at the low For example, Rome is listed as being 68°F/20°C. The temperatures. Can you see temperatures where 10 is F stands for Fahrenheit, while the C stands for Celcold, and 0 is ice?
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Activity 3: Graphing the weather Choose a city from the weather website and click on it. You’ll then see more weather details. Check out the 10-day forecast tab. Here you can see graphs of the temperature, pressure, precipitation and wind speeds. Can you make some predictions based on the graphed data? Make a list of all of your observations. Check out this website for even more activities with weather and math! http://youngmeteorologist.org/educator-resources/ weather-math/
Help celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Day on May 8th. Here are some easy and creative ideas for you to say thank you to your teacher.
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Where do those lost socks go? Remember your lost socks and enter to win a Gift Card to a favorite local place.
We don’t know where they go, but we know they’re always disappearing between the time they leave your feet to the time they come out of the dryer.
Just as we take a moment to remember those on Memorial Day in many ways, now is your time to remember your favorite socks that have disappeared.
Contest
• Send in a list of creative ways that you can celebrate and remember your lost socks. • You can include ideas of where the socks may be, how they got there, what they’re doing, or how the socks that are its pair are surviving without them. • Add a colorful drawing of your choice as an illustration.
Marco A.
age 10 5/1
Jeton N.
age 12
5/18
Ammar M.
age 10 5/2
Rustem N.
age 12
5/18
Michael C.
age 11 5/3
Vienna A.
age 4
5/22
Peter S.
age 13 5/3
Giuliana M.
age 3
5/22
Matthew M.
age 11 5/5
Daniel P.
age 10
5/22
Sophie S.
age 6
Angelina B.
age 9
5/23
Desani G.
age 14 5/6
Paul F.
age 10
5/23
Matthew Z.
age 11 5/11
Kaliyah B.
age 7
5/25
Amanda H.
age 11 5/12
Gianna I.
age 6
5/25
Kiera M.
age 3
Careecia P.
age 13
5/26
Michael A.
age 13 5/15
Yvemmanuel N.
age 12
5/28
Daniel F.
age 12 5/16
5/6
5/13
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Use the Bee Published form in the paper to submit your entry. Submissions should be received by the 15th of each month in order to be eligible to win.
Birthday Winner: Gianna I.
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