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We put up a flipgrid to capture your posts, songs, and artwork. You can access it by using QR Code below  the link https://flipgrid.com/bkbmayl

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Build a Leprechaun Trap S.T.E.A.M. Challenge

Leprechaun traps are a fun way to get kids involved in a S.T.E.A.M. project. These traps can be made as part of a class project or during at home learning.
S.T.E.A.M. activities in this project include:
Science: Take it outdoors! Find natural objects to add to your leprechaun trap and plan the perfect spot in your yard to catch a leprechaun.

Technology: Using this step by step tutorial gets kids following directions online. Do a search on trap doors for the top of your leprechaun trap to find the best options for your project.

Engineering: During the construction of this leprechaun trap kids will be building a trap door and a ladder.

Art: This is my favorite part of our leprechaun trap! Add a rainbow of colors so leprechauns are sure to see it in your yard!

Math: Measuring paper length and height are math related tasks in this activity.

Supplies

Empty Coffee Can with Lid

Green Construction Paper

Yellow Construction Paper

Gold Pipe Cleaners

Rainbow Craft Sticks

Glue

Directions

Clean the coffee can and remove the lid.

Measure around the can to find the length and width of paper you'll need to cover the can. Cut green paper and glue it around the can.

Research trap doors online or use our example. We cut a line across the lid leaving about half an inch attached on each side. Next, we cut a semi-circle around the sides of half of the lid, leaving about half an inch attached in the center. See the image below for help.

Cover the lid with yellow paper and cut the paper to match the cuts in the lid.

Measure the length of the ladder you'll need to reach the top of the can. Our pipe cleaners were already a good length. Shorten them as needed with scissors or lengthen them by wrapping the ends of two pipe cleaners together.

To strengthen the ladder and add the craft sticks we wrapped two pipe cleaners together leaving loops to insert the sticks. If you're looking for a simpler way to add the sticks to the ladder you can tape them to the pipe cleaners.

Bend the top ends over the edge of the coffee can and push the lid on the can. Make sure your trap door is at the back, not near the ladder.

Glue plastic coins behind the trap door. The leprechauns will see the coins and fall into the trap before they reach them.

Set the can outside before St. Patrick's Day and see if you can catch one of those sneaky leprechauns!
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Build a Leprechaun Trap S.T.E.A.M. Challenge - Green Kid Crafts

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Leprechaun traps are a fun way to get kids involved in a S.T.E.A.M. project. These traps can be made as part of a class project or during at home learning. S.T.E.A.M. activities in this project include: Science: Take it outdoors!

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The Science of Snow from the forest Service

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The Science of Snow from the forest Service

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Many school districts are closed today due to the incoming storm. Use KUSA School closures notification site and check off the districts closed on the image below. Think about what impact  has on our economy, kids, teachers, and families and share your thoughts below.
https://www.9news.com/closings

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Dogo News has some information for you

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Photo Credit: NOAA

The extreme hurricanes and devastating wildfires of 2017 caused $306 billion in total damage, making it the most expensive year on record for natural disasters in the United States. Unfortunately, 2018 has commenced with extreme weather conditions of its own. After a frigid last week of December, the East Coast of the United States is being pummeled with a "bomb cyclone" winter storm that has brought bitterly cold temperatures, deep snow, and hurricane-speed winds to the region.

Contrary to what the name might suggest, there is nothing explosive about what is being dubbed winter storm Grayson. "Bomb cyclones" get their name from the process that creates them: bombogenesis. Derived from the words "bomb" and "cyclogenesis" (a technical term for storm formation), they tend to occur in the winter due to the collision of warm and cold air masses.

Image Credit:Accuweather.com

The western North Atlantic is particularly susceptible to the phenomenon because the cold air over North America collides with warm air over the ocean, which tends to retain more heat. The drop in pressure creates a gap between the hot and cold air masses, leading to high winds that help fuel the storm. "When you have this really tight temperature gradient, you can get these pieces of energy - weather disturbances - coming through the atmosphere," says meteorologist Ed Vallee.

For many areas, the storm has brought blizzard-like conditions not experienced for decades. In Boston, the strong winds resulted in the highest tides since 1978, leaving many streets surging with water. The city also received more than a foot of snow, and 20,000 people throughout Massachusetts have lost power. The mighty Niagara Falls is partly frozen, while the Atlantic Ocean's usually rolling waves sport a thick crust of ice over its salty waters. Though common along the coast of Alaska, the phenomenon has rarely been seen in the lower 48 states. Saturday's wind chill caused the Northeast's highest peak, Mount Washington in New Hampshire, to feel as cold as -93 degrees Fahrenheit (-69 degrees Celsius) and tie with Armstrong, Ontario as the second coldest region in the world.

Image Credit: Weather.gov

The southern states have not escaped Grayson's fury either. Ordinarily mild areas like Georgia and South Carolina have experienced freezing rain that has made driving perilous, while residents of Tallahassee, Florida are learning to cope with the first snowfall in 30 years. The unusually frigid weather has caused the nearly-frozen iguanas in South Florida to fall out of trees. Luckily, the cold-blooded animals, which become immobile when the temperatures drop beyond a certain level, fully recover once they thaw out.

All in all, Grayson has affected 100 million people, grounded thousands of flights, caused numerous school districts to close, and severely impacted public transportation throughout the East Coast. So far, at least 22 people have perished from the cold. Fortunately, temperatures are expected to return to seasonable norms by the end of this week.

Partially frozen Niagara Falls (Photo Credit: Clint Dubuqe via Twitter)

While many people have attributed Grayson to climate change, some meteorologists caution making that connection, as the event is not unusual. Between 40 and 50 "bomb cyclones" occur annually worldwide, but since most manifest over the open ocean, they are rarely noticed. However, other experts argue that as the ocean temperatures continue to rise, the wicked winter storms may become a common occurrence. Rutgers climatologist Jennifer Francis says, "We expect these patterns to become more frequent, but they may align differently in different years."

Resources: livescience.com,nationalgeographic.com,accuweather.com,wired.com

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"Bomb Cyclone" Brings Bitter Cold Weather To The US East Coast

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The extreme hurricanes and devastating wildfires of 2017 caused $306 billion in total damage, making it the most expensive year on record for natural disasters in the United States. Unfortunately, 2018 has commenced with extreme weather conditions of its own.

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How do weather people predict weather and what is a Bombogenesis. Presented to you by teen kids news

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As bone-chilling cold takes hold of parts of the United States, more ferocious winter weather is on its way.

The National Weather Service tweeted Wednesday that snow, ice, strong winds, and flooding in coastal areas will plague much of the East Coast, spanning from Florida all the way to New England. Weather forecasters warned a so-called "bomb cyclone" will likely form off the New England coast as the storm system makes its way north.

So what exactly is a 'bomb cyclone'?

A bomb cyclone, which occurs through the process of bombogenesis, is basically a winter hurricane. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,it "occurs when a midlatitude cyclone rapidly intensifies," or quickly drops in atmospheric pressure, marking the strengthening of the storm.

Bombogenesis is said to occur when a storm's central barometric pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours. (A millibar is a way of measuring pressure.) The lower the pressure, the more powerful the storm.

The word is a combination of cyclogenesis, which describes the formation of a cyclone or storm, and bomb, which is, well, pretty self-explanatory.

"This can happen when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass, such as air over warm ocean waters," NOAA said. "The formation of this rapidly strengthening weather system is a process called bombogenesis, which creates what is known as a bomb cyclone."

In the 1940s, some meteorologists began informally calling some big coastal storms "bombs" because they develop "with a ferocity we rarely, if ever, see over land," said Fred Sanders, a retired MIT professor, who brought the term into common usage by describing such storms in a 1980 article in the journal Monthly Weather Review.

Many nor'easters - infamous big storms that wallop the East Coast - are the product of bombs, according to meteorologist Jeff Haby.

Brian Hurley, a National Weather Service meteorologist, told the Associated Press that as the system makes it's way north, New England will see blizzard-like conditions along the coast.

"Because of the intensification of the system that is only going to reinforce the cold air," he said.

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What is a 'bomb cyclone' and 'bombogenesis?'

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As bone-chilling cold takes hold of parts of the United States, more ferocious winter weather is on its way. The National Weather Service tweeted Wednesday that snow, ice, strong winds, and flooding in coastal areas will plague much of the East Coast, spanning from Florida all the way to New England.

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Newsela is a free newsletter designed for kids. You can join for free and read about Bombogenesis here

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Storm systems have more in common than you think

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Perhaps you have heard of the superintendents singing songs to cancel school. Can you rewrite a song about the snow day? Which song will you chose? Or will you write your own? Post your video to our flipgrid site if you chose https://flipgrid.com/bkbmayl

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Michigan superintendent, high school principal sing snow day announcement

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Place a container outside and a ruler in the ground. Check on your progress hourly and graph it in Excel or PowerPoint. Post your pictures below.

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How much snow do you think we will get? Enter your guesstimate in the comments below:

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Can you catch a snowflake long enough to measure it and put it under a magnify glass? Here is a fun challenge for you to try

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Weather Wiz Kids weather information for kids

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Weather Wiz Kids is a fun and safe website for kids about all the weather info they need to know. It contains tools for weather education, including weather games, activities, experiments, photos, a glossary and educational teaching materials for the classroom.

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Build a leprechaun trap and post
your pictures in padlet.

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Tree House Weather

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Under An Ocean of Air Pressure - Tree House Weather Kids - University of Illinois Extension

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The weight of all this air weighing down on us is what's known as air pressure. The more air that is above us, the higher the air pressure will be. At sea level, the average air pressure is about 15 pounds for every square inch of surface area.

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Learn about precipitation try building a snowflake

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Set the air temperature (green) and dew point (yellow)
in the four different altitudes and see what type of precipitation will fall to the ground.
Watch closely. They may even change form as they fall.

Legend of symbols:

"Precipitation Type" WebApp Courtesy of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Copyright © 2013 by Tom Whittaker at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Moisture measured in degrees? What?

The dew point is the measure of how much moisture is in the air. The higher the number, the more moisture there is. But you may notice that it's measured in degrees Celsius. Why would a unit of water in the air be written in a temperature scale?

The number on this simulation is the dew point temperature. This is the temperature at which the air can't hold any more water vapor. When the temperature of the air cools to the dew point, water vapor condenses into liquid water.

The dew point will always either be the same or lower than the actual, or ambient, temperature. Think of the dew point temperature as the goal temperature for condensation to happen. It isn't the actual temperature of something we're measuring. Instead, it's marking the temperature line where water vapor is going to condense and lead to rain, snow, hail, and other forms of precipitation.

What this all means is that when you move the green and yellow lines in this simulation, you're actually determining the relative humidity (RH)-how much water is in the air. If you place them in the same place, that gives you 100% humidity. See how that affects the type of precipitation. If you move the yellow and green lines far apart, you're setting the humidity level very low. If it's extremely low, there might not even be a cloud in the sky.

Can you move around the points on the simulation to get all the types of precipitation?

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Set the air temperature (green) and dew point (yellow) in the four different altitudes and see what type of precipitation will fall to the ground.Watch closely. They may even change form as they fall. Legend of symbols: "Precipitation Type" WebApp Courtesy of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Copyright © 2013 by Tom Whittaker at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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What makes rain turn into snow? In this storm we will experience rain, wind, and snow. What are the required elements for each? Comment Below:

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What Makes it Snow? Winter Precipitation for Kids - FreeSchool

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The Young Meterologist program has a fun interactive game for you. Try it see how you like it and let us know in the comments

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You can use this tool to generate a word cloud telling us what you learned about Bombogenesis or what you will be doing on this snowday . Once you created your word cloud share your work in a new padlet add.

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Free online word cloud generator and tag cloud creator

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Wordclouds.com is a free online word cloud generator and tag cloud generator, similar to Wordle. Create your own word clouds and tag clouds. Paste text or upload documents and select shape, colors and font to create your own word cloud. Wordclouds.com can also generate clickable word clouds with links (image map). Save or share the resulting image.

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Now that you have learned some new words researching the Bombogenesis make your own word puzzle. Take a picture and share below.

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Copyright ©1999,2011 Variety Games, Inc. All rights reserved.
This copyright notice applies to our Online Word Search Maker.
As for the puzzles you create with our Online Word Search Maker, you are free to use them in any way you wish. Please give credit (e.g., "Puzzle made at www.puzzle-maker.com").

Privacy policy: We don't know who you are, so we can't reveal any information about you to anyone else. As a condition of using this online puzzle maker, your words and clues will help build a database of words and clues that will help other teachers and puzzle makers in the future. We might also be retaining, editing and reusing certain puzzles that are particularly well done.

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Free online word search puzzle maker--instantly make word search puzzles using your words!

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Microwave Ivory Soap - Cool Science Experiment

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Cooking is a great thing to do when the snow falls. It involves following instructions, measurements, a little creativity, and patience. What are you cooking to do on this snowday? What ingredients to you have on hand on to whip a special dish. Here is our favorite roast
https://belleofthekitchen.com/2016/04/13/mississippi-pot-roast/

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What do you think? Are there two snowflakes alike? Catch your own snowflakes and let us know on our flipgrid video what you think after watching this video

https://flipgrid.com/3785dde7

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Flippity: Google sheets become interactive 

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Nothing to do with weather here but perhaps you would like to make your own scavenger hunt, typing test, word lists using google sheets. Use this site and create your own or click on demo to try them out.

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Flippity.net: Flashcards and Other Resources for Educators and Learners

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Create an interactive virtual breakout activity.

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As explained by the National Ocean Service

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Bombogenesis, a term used by meteorologists, occurs when a midlatitude cyclone rapidly intensifies, or strengthens, over a 24 hour period. This intensification is represented by a drop in millibars, a measurement of pressure used in meteorology.

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Make Snow Ice Cream

Scoop up snow in waffle cones or cups.

1/2 cups half & half or whole milk

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla

4 cups of clean snow or shaved ice

Blend the milk, sugar and vanilla together until the sugar dissolves.  Mix 4 cups of snow and stir until you get the same consistency of ice cream.  Add toppings or chocolate syrup to make a Snow Sundae!

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Can you find the word bombogenesis in your dictionary at home? Can you find it on google? What do you think it is? Is it or is it not a real word? What makes up a word anyhow? Comment below your thoughts.

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When the snow flies it is a great opportunity to read a book. Didn't have time to check out a book? No worries Henry the Wonder Reading dog has some resources for you from your Jeffco Library and the web. What's your favorite snow day book and how would you review it?

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So it's probably clear to most of you that I am dog! So I love to look at pictures in books and listen to my handler read aloud while I follow along, but I also love to listen to audio books, podcasts, ebooks, and books on CD's. The best thing about audiobooks for me is I can relax with my favorite toy (Moose) while listening to a great story!

You should try it! Ebooks, podcasts, and audio books all count towards your minutes for the Jefferson County Library Rock the Books Summer Reading Program.

At last update Green Gables was number 8 in reading minutes out of all of the Jefferson County Elementary Schools.

EIGHT is great.. but wouldn't ONE be much more FUN?

Did you know that your library card gives you access to Ebooks? There are a few options from Jefferson County Library check them out here: https://jeffcolibrary.org/faq/ebook/ .

I tried a few and here are my reviews:

Hoopla

I am a HUGE Youtube fan and I really like Dude Perfect! You know the guys who do crazy basketball shots? Recently I downloaded their ebook from Hoopla Go Big. I can get 10 titles a month on there and I can listen to the audio while I read the pdf.

Axis 360

Axis 360 is a really great resource for me! I can download the book and I can even read it in a browser. You can download the app to your phone and download items for reading offline. I even found Harry Potter on there! I recently used this option for a drive up to the mountains.

Reading on the Web

Keeping up with all that information out there on the web is a "Ruff" job, so I use some of these sites to help me find articles that I like. Check them out !

Newsela - Is a free download for your Iphone. You can set your reading level, set topic favorites, search for content, and have the article be read to you!

DogoNews - Well isn't obvious why I like this site? Hello I am dog! On this site I searched for an article on dogs and had the system read to me about a Labrador Retriever who rides the city bus solo and takes himself to the park. My handler did not think the article was a good idea, but I got a big chuckle listening to this dogs antics as he explored the outside world without a leash!

Stewards Resources Master Library - You can select your grade level to view and hear text. Every word on the page is clickable so you can see the different words and syllables, and really master that decoding thingy!

#Readonleprechauns
Henry| His story Henry| Takes a summer class Henry Explains| Lexile reading levels and how they can be used Henry| My First Book Review Henry| Checks out Audio Books

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Henry the Reading Wonder Dog| Checks out Audio Books

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So it's probably clear to most of you that I am dog! So I love to look at pictures in books and listen to my handler read aloud while I follow along, but I also love to listen to audio books, podcasts, ebooks, and books on CD's.