Time Well Spent: May the force be with you...

So, I posted on my facebook earlier, that I was actually really looking forward to starting our unit on forces and motion in science. Since benchmark testing is over...thank goodness...we are able to start this new scientific journey tomorrow! Introducing 5th graders to the beginning concepts of physics is not necessarily the easiest of tasks (I was NEVER a science and math person...my brother was the one who inherited that gene), but I spent the entire day today making a PowerPoint to introduce the students to Newton's Laws and the ideas surrounding forces and motion.

While we will dive into the specifics of force and motion as we go throughout the quarter, I am extremely excited to show the students my introduction PowerPoint tomorrow. While I don't feel like trying to embed my PowerPoint into this blog, I have uploaded all of the slides so you can see. While the multiple sound effects and musical additions to my presentation will not be able to be heard on here, you can get the idea.

After spending an entire day with Yoda, R2D2, C3PO, Chewy, and yes...even Darth Vader himself...I really just want to watch Star Wars now!

And this is how our journey will begin tomorrow morning at 8:40am, in room 15...

A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, “The Great One” was born. Not only was he a physicist, a mathematician, a philosopher, and a theologian, but he was…as many claim…the greatest scientist ever to have lived. They were his discoveries that led us all to an age of understanding. Understanding of the way that the world works…

(and yes, in my PowerPoint this introduction is crawling up the screen with the Star Wars theme playing in the background)

Yes...on this slide there is a Wookie sound in the background!

During this slide I have the "Imperial March" playing in the background. It reminds me of my marching band days when we'd play it after the away team scored...which was all the time hahaha!