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Early Enrichment #20: Math Challenges

Early Enrichment

Do you have what it takes to be a math olympiad?

Try these math challenges to find out! 

 

(1) How many squares and triangles are there in the following drawing?

Triange Squares

(2) Draw the following shapes in one stroke without lifting the pencil and without retracing the same line.

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(3) Sam lives in an apartment building. There are 3 levels above her and 2 levels below her. How many levels are there in the building?

(4) What do the following letters have in common?

Y M A O T U V X

(5) There are 2 rings and 6 triangles. Move the rings and triangles so that each ring has 4 triangles in them.

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(6)  Alphabet Spaghetti Puzzle

Spaghetti is famous for the way it all gets tangled up on the plate. Those of you who think they know their alphabet are bound to get all tangled up with this puzzle too, unless you read it and think about it very carefully!

What letter of the alphabet is the one which comes eight letters before the letter which comes five letters after the fourth appearance of the first letter to occur four times in this sentence?

Comment Below with your answers!

Questions from Math Top 10 and Math is Fun

2016 Summer Opportunities

Other Events & Contests, Parents
Summer is right around the corner and there are plenty of opportunities to continue the learning through June and July!  Feel free to leave a comment and add additional opportunities.

Omaha Public Library: http://omahalibrary.evanced.info/signup/eventcalendar.aspx?Lib=ALL

Do Space: http://www.dospace.org/events/month/2016-06

Although events and workshops haven’t been posted yet for June and July, make sure to check out Do Space’s calendar!

Camp for Creative Writers: http://finelines.org/camp-for-creative-writers/

  • June 20-24, 8:30-12:00 pm at University of Nebraska Omaha
  • Cost: $150
  • Ages 10 and up

Space Adventures, Robotics, and Survival: Zombie Apocalypse…All at the Strategic Air and Space Museum: http://www.sasmuseum.com/camps/

Young Nebraska Scientist Camps:  http://yns.nebraska.edu

KANEKO Programs: http://thekaneko.org/kaneko-programs/

Arts for All Inc.:  http://www.artsforallinc.com

Lauritzen Gardens:  http://www.lauritzengardens.org/Learn/Programs_for_Children_and_Families/Summer_Camps/index.asp

My Current Events Essay Contest

Other Events & Contests
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My Current Events
Essay Contest (Grades 5-12)

https://clubs2.scholastic.com/?fileName=contests-and-programs

Due Date for Entries: March 31, 2016

One (1) Grand-Prize Winner will win a trip for two (2) to
Washington, D.C.

Ten (10) Runners-Up will receive two (2) Ripped from the Headlines
Libraries—one to take home and one for their class.

Watch a news segment or read an article about an issue affecting the world today. Then, in two pages or less, write about how it relates to your life.

All entries must include student’s name, age, and grade; and teacher’s name, school name, address, and phone number.

Send entries to:
My Current Events Essay Contest
P.O. Box 714
New York, NY 10013-0714

Early Enrichment #19: Are We There Yet? (E.2)

Early Enrichment

This week we are traveling to visit one of the largest cities in the world, 

London, England! 

United Kingdom

England is a part of Great Britain or the United Kingdom, and makes up the southern half. You can see it below in Yellow. Can you believe London, England is 4,287 mi away from Omaha, Nebraska. To get there you would have to take at least two different planes!

Checkout these activities about London, England: 

  1. Read more about England
  2. Build your own London Bridge  
  3. Learn to draw Big Ben 
  4. Design an English castle and try to include at least 5 different shapes!

Share what you learned below or with your EY Coordinator!

 

 

Social Studies Mini-Spark #10: Explore!!

Social Studies Enrichment
An unmanned European-Russian mission to Mars blasted off successfully from Kazakhstan in March 2016.
Learn more about this trip and Mars by completing this mini mars research project.
1. Watch a Mars video (free at Brainpop) https://www.brainpop.com/science/space/mars/
Take a quiz after the video and record your score.
2. Please read this article
article https://phys.org/news/2016-03-spacecraft-blast-mission-life-mars.html

3. Watch this BBC video about the Rover, Bruno
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35788195

Respond in the comments section below with your score from the Brainpop video. Also include 5 sentences about what you learned from this research.
**Remember to only use your first name, your grade, and your school when responding in the comments section below!

Web Page Game Design at Do Space

Other Events & Contests

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http://www.dospace.org

Who:  Teens ages 12-17

What:  Web Page Game Design Class

Where:  Do Space (7205 Dodge Street)

When:  Wednesday & Thursday, March 30th & 31st, from 6:00PM to 9:00PM

Participants will create a web-based game to take home on a DVD to play with family and friends. The cost of this learning experience is $44. The course number is: 16/AP TEEN 108N 80. Call 402-457-5231 to register today! 

Westside Community Schools does not sponsor or endorse the organization or activity described here.  The sharing of this information is provided as a community service.

2016 Science Olympiad Ticket

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A common experience most everyone shares is folding a paper airplane.  But what is the “perfect design” and do you have what it takes to build Westside’s furthest flying paper airplane?

Calling all 3rd and 4th graders at Westside Community Schools…

  1.  Fold 2 different paper airplanes.  Use the resources below or come up with your own designs.  Take a picture of your 2 completed paper airplanes.
  2. Collect data on your 2 airplanes.  Fly each one 3 times and record the distance flown in centimeters.  Find the average distance of each airplane.  Take a picture of your data.
  3. Take a 10 second video (or less) of your furthest flying airplane.  In your video, include your first name, the name of your airplane, and of course video of the airplane flying.
  4. Send the 2 pictures and video to the EY Coordinator at your building by April 12.  Only 40 students will be invited to attend the Science Olympiad on April 28 so make sure to turn in your best work!

Airplane Resource 1:  https://blog.adafruit.com/2014/11/25/how-to-fold-the-worlds-best-paper-airplane-arttuesday/

Airplane Resource 2:  http://www.amazingpaperairplanes.com/Basic_Dart-old.html

Airplane Resource 3:  http://www.funpaperairplanes.com

 

Reading enRichment: Essay Contest CLOSED CHECK BACK IN SPRING 2018

Other Events & Contests

SERTOMA CLUB OF OMAHA

2016

FREEDOM ESSAY CONTEST

In our continued efforts to promote good citizenship and appreciation for the freedoms we enjoy in America, the Sertoma Club of Omaha is again sponsoring our annual essay contest for students.

This year’s contest will involve 5th grade students in the greater Omaha area.

TOPIC : “What Freedom Means to Me”

DUE DATE : April 4, 2016

FORMAT : The essays will be judged on their content, not their method of presentation. Essays must be legibly written or printed, typed or computer printed. Added graphics, whether computer generated or hand done, will not be considered in judging. Each author must attach his/her name to the essay, their teacher’s name and the name of their school.

LENGTH OF ESSAY : As a guideline, each essay should be limited to approximately 150 words.

PRIZES : Five students will receive the cash equivalent of US Savings Bonds. First place is a check for $100, the purchase price of a $200 savings bond. The four runners up will receive $50 checks, the purchase price of a $100 savings bond.

JUDGING : Participating teachers should forward essays to Sertoma Club of Omaha for judging.

AWARDS CEREMONY : Winners will be honored at a ceremony and pizza dinner. Winners, their parents and teacher will be our guests. Each winner will be asked to read their essay at the ceremony.

STUDENTS:  Please submit your completed essay to the EY coordinator at your building by Monday, April 4th.  The coordinator will make sure the essay gets to the appropriate place by April 5th.

Essay Contest!

Other Events & Contests

SERTOMA CLUB OF OMAHA

2016

FREEDOM ESSAY CONTEST

In our continued efforts to promote good citizenship and appreciation for the freedoms we enjoy in America, the Sertoma Club of Omaha is again sponsoring our annual essay contest for students.

This year’s contest will involve 5th grade students in the greater Omaha area.

TOPIC : “What Freedom Means to Me”

DUE DATE : April 4, 2016

FORMAT : The essays will be judged on their content, not their method of presentation. Essays must be legibly written or printed, typed or computer printed. Added graphics, whether computer generated or hand done, will not be considered in judging. Each author must attach his/her name to the essay, their teacher’s name and the name of their school.

LENGTH OF ESSAY : As a guideline, each essay should be limited to approximately 150 words.

PRIZES : Five students will receive the cash equivalent of US Savings Bonds. First place is a check for $100, the purchase price of a $200 savings bond. The four runners up will receive $50 checks, the purchase price of a $100 savings bond.

JUDGING : Participating teachers should forward essays to Sertoma Club of Omaha for judging.

AWARDS CEREMONY : Winners will be honored at a ceremony and pizza dinner. Winners, their parents and teacher will be our guests. Each winner will be asked to read their essay at the ceremony.

STUDENTS:  Please submit your completed essay to the EY coordinator at your building by Monday, April 4th.  The coordinator will make sure the essay gets to the appropriate place by April 5th.

Early Enrichment #18: Pi Day

Early Enrichment

Pi

Not, Pie, but Pi! Have you ever heard about it?

Pi is the 16th letter in the Greek Alphabet, and it is also a math symbol used with circles.

radius

Pi equals the circumference divided by the diameter (π = c/d). The interesting this about pi is that mathematicians who have been working on this number believe that it is infinite, meaning that it’s not the quotient of two integers. In other words, the number pi goes on and on and on, and we don’t know where it ends!

Today, March 14th or 3/14 is celebrated around the world as Pi Day! 

Try out this fun Pi Day Early Enrichment activity below. Watch this video about the never ending number and download the Pi Day Grid Art!

 

Pi Day Grid Art 

Share your artwork with your EY Coordinator!

** Project adapted from Tinkerlab.com