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Science

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1. Chicken bone and vinegar Date: 6/23/2020 We put a chicken bone from a chicken thigh in a jar. Then we poured vinegar in the jar and closed the lid. Date: 6/25/2020 The chicken bone is still hard.  Date: 6/28/2020 The chicken bone is sort of bendy. Date: 7/2/2020 We took the chicken bone out of the jar and rinsed is and dried it. Now the chicken bone is bendy. Date: 7/3/2020 The chicken bone is turning black. The chicken bone is still bendy. 2. Floating dry erase drawings Date: 6/26/2020 We drew a stick figure on aluminum foil and poured water on it. The drawing floated to the surface of the water. When I took it out of the water it shriveled up. Sharpie did not work. 3. Changing arrows Date: 7/6/2020 We put a clear bottle with water 1ft away from a computer that had 2 arrows pointing to the right. We saw that the arrow behind the water changed directions. 4. Moving eye Date: 7/12/2020 We used lego robotics and a color sensor to make a moving eye. The eye is a pingpong ...

Recipes

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 Date  Food🍲 😋  June 15 Cheese Omelette   June 25  Spicy Egg             how to cook the foods Cheese Omelette You'll need:   1 egg    Oil    A pinch of salt    A pinch of pepper    Half a hand full of shredded cheese Instructions:  Mix the egg, salt and pepper together.  Heat up the frying pan and pour in the oil.  Put the egg on the frying pan and heat them up for a few seconds and put in the cheese.  Then take it out on a plate and fold it. Spicy Egg You'll need: 1 egg Oil 1 tbsp of cheese A pinch of pepper 1 tbsp of spicy sauce  1 tbsp of copped lettuce Instructions: Mix the egg. Heat up the frying pan and pour in the oil.  Put the egg on the frying pan and heat them up for a few seconds Then take it out on a plate. put the cheese, pepper, spicy sauce and the lettuce on the egg

Math

Claire's progress on Khan Academy 4th grade math  Date  Expected  Actual Progress June 7  69%  69%   June 13  79%  79%    June 20  89%  89%   June 27 99% 91%    July 5  100%  96%       July 12  100% 100%

Crafts

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List of crafts that Claire has made during the summer of 2020. 1. Pom-pom Note: Mostly following this page for instructions: https://mrprintables.com/blog/making-flower-pom-poms-diy-pom-pom-maker/ There are other tutorials that may be useful in the future: https://mrprintables.com/blog/how-to-make-animal-pom-poms/ https://blog.pommaker.com/how-to-make-a-panda-pompom/ 2. da Vinci Bridge Note: Following this video but used bamboo skewer sticks.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMt2pEQ8IR0    We first tried popsicle sticks but failed. For the bamboo sticks, I used a saw to cut out the notches, and those notches helped the assembly a lot. 3. Light saber card 4. Glowing flower 5. Night light 6. Flashing LED star 7. Harmonica 8. Ribbon Flower 9. Purse 10. bubble maker

Books

Here is a list of books that Claire wants to read. Bone I Funny (series) Math Curse The Earth Dragon awakens Diary of a wimpy kid (series)  The book club kit Wings of Fire (series) Percy Jackson (series) Descendents (series) Here is a list of books that Claire read. June 13. Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy June 16. Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir June 16. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief June 19. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters June 19. Wings of Fire: The Hidden Kingdom June 26. Wings of Fire: The Dark Secret June 26. Wings of Fire: The Brightest Night June 27. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse July 5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth July 8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian July 18. I Funny July 18. I Even Funnier July 18. I Funny School of Laughs July 18. The Nerdiest Wimpiest Dorkiest I Funny August 8. Dog's Best Friend August 8. Born to Rock August 8. Esc...

Clean up

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Clean up schedule   Date  Clean up  June 13  Done  June 27  Done  July 11  Missed  July 25  Missed  August 8  Missed  August 22   June 13 Before After June 13 Before    After     

Goals

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Claire has 10 goals for this summer. Build an art book. Done Clean up once every other week starting on June 13. ( Progress ) Partly done. (2/5) Finish 10 crafts. ( Progress ) Done Read 20 books. ( Progress ) Done Do 5 science projects. ( Progress ) Done Create 5 new recipes. ( Progress ) Partly done. (2/5) Finish Khan academy 4th grade math. ( Progress ) Done Build 5 Scratch projects. Done Build 1 Mindstorm project. Done Build a house for toys. Done