7th Grade Field Trip - Palm Springs Air Museum - October 29, 2013

http://palmsprings.com/airmuseum/

Volunteers at the Museum are those who have been in War. 

What makes a plane go up?  - overcame gravity with lift. Overcame drag with thrust.

4 forces of flight - gravity, lift, drag, thrust. 

P-47 Thunderbolt - helped win the war. 

Has 18 cylinders. 

Strayfee - air to air combat

Air to ground rockets

Bombing run

Pby -amphibian - takes off on land and can land on water. And can take off on water. 

Mid way island

Wake island - closer to Tokyo than Hawaii . Aug 1941

7th Grade Class - Martial Arts - Oct. 2013

Shozen Martial Arts - The comprehensive Shuri-ryu karate system developed by Master Robert A. Trias.

7th Grade Field Trip - Wild Animal Park - Oct. 25, 2013

7th Grade Field Trip - Jamba Juice - Oct. 14, 2013

 Got to go behind the scenes in Jamba Juice. Refrigerator, Freezor, and Making our own Smoothies.

7th Grade Field Trip - Bates Nut Farm - Oct. 10, 2013

http://batesnutfarm.biz/p-9223-tours.html

This tour is offered during the month of October and is a tradition with schools, families and youth groups. Learn how pumpkins are grown and cared for, their nutritional value, uses, and their squash cousins.

Start an annual tradition!  Bring your class, group, family or organization to the pumpkin patch and enjoy over 8 acres of pumpkins, squash and gourds.  Visit the goats, sheep, chickens, pigs, miniature
donkeys, llamas and other farm animals at the Farm Zoo.  Enjoy the straw maze and tractor hayride.  Bring a picnic, plan games, and enjoy the open space. 

Pumpkin Package:  1 Jack 'o Lantern pumpkin, 1 straw maze, 1 tractor ride, Farm Zoo, Picnicking and "Life of a Pumpkin" educational presentation

7th Grade Field Trip - Crystal Cove - Oct 7, 2013

 All our in-class programs are curriculum-based, fun, and interactive and can be adapted to any grade level.  We use taxidermy mounts, bones, skulls, pelts, and puppets to enrich our presentations.  We involve the students in critical thinking and problem solving by asking questions, playing games, and listening to theme-related music.  Ultimately, we strive to mentor the students so that they gain a lifelong appreciation of nature and the environment.

7th Grade Field Trip - Boron, CA - September 26, 2013

Joshua Trees, Super Friendly People, Borax Visitor Center, 20 Mule Museum, Saxon Aerospace Museum, Firestation, Police Station, and Amazing Friends to share the learning adventure with :)

We went to Visit the Borax Visitor Center, http://www.borax.com/

20 Mule Museum, http://www.20muleteammuseum.com/20%20Mule%20Team/home

Saxon Aerospace Museum, http://www.saxonaerospacemuseum.com/Saxon/home

Firestation, and 

Police Station.

Discover the Hidden Treasures of Boron

The Boron Chamber of Commerce would like to take this opportunity to invite you to visit Boron and discover the hidden treasures of our small desert town. In Boron you can spend a leisurely day browsing our antique and gift shops, enjoying a home cooked meal in one of our restaurants, taking in our unique main street exhibits, and visiting our world-class mining and aerospace museums. Boron is the kind of community where people pull together and work hard to accomplish great things. The community-minded citizens of Boron have donated thousands of dollars and hours over the last 20 years to preserve our rich mining heritage and our community's involvement in the advancement of aerospace research. Two of our communities greatest accomplishments include the opening of our Twenty Mule Team Museum on August 8, 1984 and the recent dedication and grand opening of our Saxon Aerospace Museum on September 5, 2003.

Notes - Movie @ Visitor Center

Borax Sept 26, 2013
http://www.borax.com/

Death Valley harmony mine 1800s
Barstow 
20 mule team
1927 underground
1959 overground 

Borax is formed from volcanoes
Mine in Argentina, turkey and Serbia 

Blast, then electric shovels to haul trucks out of way (4 stories high)

Crush first

Kernite after processed becomes borax acid- pharmaceuticals ant killers 

Borate stops nuclear reaction 
Nuclear submarines keep them on their ships in case of emergency

1988 sold product line to Dial soap 

Lumber is dipped in borax so it can last 

Bullet proof vests 

40% of global demand

Sodium borate - another name

Soil, water, plants and crops
Detergent, soap, glass, ceramics, solar energy panels

History 
Death Valley 
Hauled 100 miles wagons 20 mule team
Today mule replaced with trains, trucks boats etc

Denver colorodo borate research and development group. 
Rio Tinto 

Product innovation 
Preservatives for wood to last longer
Glass for computer screens
Flat screen tv

Environment 
Sustainibilty 
Water is scarce in desert
Recycle water
Reduced green house emitions
Monitor all emitions

Safety 
Emergency response team bc in desolate area

Future
Process, packaging 

Pit 950ft deep