Homework- Grade 5 Week Nov 19-20

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GREEN BLUE RED

                                                                      Field Site # 13 – November Gathering                                                Time (24 hour) ___________ Date _____________________________ Air Temperature­­_____C           Ground Temperature_____C Cloud I.D. (include % of cloud cover)                                                                   General Weather Conditions                                                                Weather Mood ___________________________________________ Leaf Color Changes %:  0  10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 ALIEN DIARY ENTRY Alien Diary          Wherever you are on Thursday, you will have an opportunity to experience one more human holiday.  Mention at least 7 of the following bullets in your diary entry.·       what are people doing at the gathering?·       does it appear to be a gathering of friends and relatives or are there important officials also?·       do people have to take part in the celebration?·       is a game called football related to this celebration…you wonder because many people appear to watch this event on the projection screen (TV)·       You have heard mentioned:  pilgrims, Native Americans, harvest, turkeys – what does all of this mean?·       food appears to be central to the event-what kind of food?·       is there any kind of celebration on your home world that is similar?·       are there are particular objects that are part of the event?·       is it an event that is for both young and old?·       does it appear to be fun or serious – or both?·       record one formula (recipe) for a food eaten at this event  TURN OVER FOR A SAMPLE DIARY ENTRY       

This week I witnessed another unusual Earthling happening. I believe it was a celebration because the Earthlings made the chattering sounds that I have come to understand means they are excited or pleased.  Here are some of my notes.          The moving picture screen had an important part in the celebration because many people gathered around it.  Early in the day it was mainly the children.  On the projecting screen, they watched a large group of other Earthlings in costumes riding on moving platforms that were colorfully decorated.  The platforms moved in a long column down the street of a very large city with tall buildings.  Curiously, this group also had large airborne decorations that were many meters high and shaped like animals.  All along the street, thousands watched and cheered.  It was an amazing display and I cannot imagine what it had to do with the rest of the day.  Perhaps it was done in honor of Earth animals although to be sure I have never seen any animals like those in the air – maybe they are all extinct. After a large meal, the older Earthlings took their place at the picture screen and watched something that is called Football.  It appeared to involve groups of very large Earthlings in two different colored costumes running recklessly about on a large field with an oval shaped object.  They tossed or kicked the object and then all ran and chased after it.  It was a somewhat violent event, but I do not believe that anyone was actually hurt.  I have no idea how this spectacle is related to the earlier event with the flying animals or to the food that was eaten.  Earthlings are a very strange group.  This day was more curious than the one I witnessed a few weeks ago (which I recently discovered was call Halloween). About the meal…the food eaten was of many varieties and included a red runny sauce that is made by cooking berries with water and sugar.  I witnessed this preparation from behind a large pottery jar. This mess cooled and I was able to steal a taste.  What a wonder… it was very sweet.  I snuck out during the cooking and recorded the formula for this food.  It was 3 cups of berries; ¼ cup water; 1 Cup of sugar.  Sugar is a white crystalline material with a very sweet taste.  Of course at home we only eat sweet foods to cure serious illnesses, so perhaps the Earthlings eat it to prevent disease.   Other foods included a large cooked animal called a Tur Key as well as orange, green and white plants that were covered in a brown liquid and a large flat dish they called pumpkin.  It did not look at all like the round pumpkins carved out at the last event.  Because of the meal, I think this celebration may be something like Ranforit* more later, ZarnacRanforit is the annual food holiday on Zarnac’s home world.  During this event, all the Planet’s 9 groups of essential foods are honored and eaten.  Each town has its own favorite food which is celebrated with a theatrical production that the whole community attends after a large feast.  The production lasts up to 6 hours!