Group Two Swims
On Monday 7/28/14 it was the first day my
group got in the pool. I thought I wasn’t able to do it but I already took
lessons years a go but I’m a expert but every one else was to short or was just
learning how to swim. Miss. Kelsey, Miss.
Aaron and Miss. Lindsay taught the lesson today. We first started kicking while
holding on a wall and we started blow under water. That part of my day it was
so fun and cool I am the tallest camper, so I can go deep in the water. –Ciera
C.
The Franklin Institute
On 7/24/14 at the
Franklin Institute we got to go in plenty different places. The one place I
really liked at the Franklin Institute was the electricity room. I really liked
the electricity room only because if you touched the key when u first walked in
u would get shocked but it does really hurt. Well after u touch the key when
you to someone you would shock him or her. I thought that was cool. That the
reason I really liked the electricity. -Journee N.
At the
Franklin Institute we went to the new illusion room and that was my favorite
exhibit. In the illusion exhibit we went in this room and watch this movie
about how our brain and mouth are connected. We thought we were moving but it
was just the floor. When we walked out it was a fake laundry mat and once you
look into the dryer or washing machine it was spinning and the dot in the
middle got bigger. I saw a, ice cream stand and it made ice cream look like
brains but we couldn’t get anything but it was so cool. – Ciera C.
The Franklin Institute was so
fun! Inside of the Brain room, there was this maze having to do with your
nerves. I was over reacting when I went through. It was so funny. Nayomi and I
were lost and didn’t know what to do with our selves. Mr. Denzel and Ms.
Catherine were trying to guide us through and like I said, it was so funny!
Also in the Brain room, we felt how the human brain really felt like. It was
moist, soft, squashy and sensitive to your finger. I was so disgusted. The
brain was my favorite part of the field trip because it made me laugh the most.
– Tamye A.
Sharpening our Skills
On 7/24/14 in PECO STEM, we learned how to budget. We were given 10,000 Waple dollars, and
we picked which website we wanted to get our items off of. We were given a
various amount of websites to choose, but I chose Sears. The categories that
were given was, Bedroom, Bathroom, Livingroom, and Kitchen. Mr. Jess made a bar
graph for us to record and calculate the numbers. It all had to add up to
10,000 or it wasn’t going to be right. I only got to Bedroom, & half of Living
room but they said we would finish tomorrow. I learned, how to budget and spend
money well. I also learned how to take off of it and add on to it. – LaTia W.
On 7-28-14 in PECO STEM, we learned how to manage money, with
partners. We got into groups of 3, and we all had to get on a laptop and we
chose what rooms we were going to do. I got the bedroom, Camille got the
Kitchen and Cierra has the living room. We are going to finish the rest of the
rooms tomorrow, because we ran out of time today. This experience was hard to
me because, it was basically like we were actually living with each other. We
argued like we were literally getting a house together and buying stuff. It was
crazy. I learned a lot, I learned you have to work as a team and that you have
to spend your money wisely. – LaTia W.
Tie Dye
For our free time on 7/23/14Mr. Jim and Mr. Jess and our language arts teachers made tie dye shirts. The others watch the snake Dori eat a mouse. We make a pattern of
rubber bands. Then we put as many dyes as we want on the shirts. Then we put
them in bags. Mr. Jess said we are going to get them on either Monday or
Tuesday because we’re going on trips these next four days!!!! –Ciera C.
Chemical Reactions
In class we used
chemicals to see what would happen to colored paper. Many people didn’t like it
because of the smell (I didn’t like it ether L). We used soda, lemon juice, Bleach, and
cabbage juice. The Bleached paper turned pure white. The experiment came out
well which was good. Be ready for more about class tomorrow! -Paul M.
Separating liquids
We got to learn
how to make liquids separate. So it mixed together when we put food coloring in the water then we
took them apart with rubbing alcohol. So the rest that we did was that we were
shaking the water to make the agents bond. After the tubes rest for a while
they separated again it was fun for most of the campers. -Marquez .C
During STEM instruction on 7/28/14 Mr. Jim taught the class a
recipe for mayo. It was really cool. We used, egg yolk, mustard, salt, and
lemon juice. We used the wrong mustard, so the mayo wasn’t white. It all came out
in a yellow color. Mr. Jim threw it out because we couldn’t eat it but we were
going to do more anyway. STEM was fun today. -Tamye
PECO Career Day
After our STEM class on 7-28-14 went to go speak
with people from PECO Energy Company. We learned how people have to train before
coming on a job. We also met 2 workers that work at PECO. One of the people was
from Chester the other one was from Philly. The other visitor didn’t work at
PECO. He worked for the company that owns PECO witch is called the Exelon
Company. Well I learned a lot about what they do at their job. Journee N.
