Thursday, November 29, 2012

Julianne's School of Rock

During our second Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday night Julianne informed us that she had a science project due the next day. (Insert big sigh here.) And although at the time she wasn't entirely sure exactly what she wanted to do for the project, she did have some lyrics she had written about continental drift to Owl City and Carly Rae Jeppson's song Good Time with the vague idea of using them somehow. After some thought and pow wow with her cousins, she came up with this video that they used my iPhone to record. Take after take, they worked out the bugs. It got late and families started heading home so Julianne was forced to take the best of the bunch and accept it as done even though it wasn't as perfect as she would've liked.

She turned it in on Monday and waited to see what her teacher would think. Yesterday during a quiet time when the students were all working on assignments, he came to her desk to return the flash drive. 
"Julianne," he said, "That is probably the most awesome thing that I have ever seen!" 

She got a 35 out of 26 on the assignment.


Lyrics:

It first starts with Magellan the scientist,
He saw that the pieces would fit
Together they would be like a puzzle
But no one believed him.

Next came Alfred a man who said, "Gee,
What if the continents could move across the sea."
This was the beginning of a theory
Called continental drift.

This is how we know, that the earth can grow
And through science it shows
Pangaea was one big land mass long ago way in the past.

Whoa oh oh oh oh oh, whoa oh oh
It's called continental drift
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh
Now we know about plate tectonics thanks to scientists who got it.

Finally there came a man know as Harry,
He made one of scientists great discoveries
All while he was sailing the seven seas
He saw sea floor spreading.

This is how we know, that they earth can grow
And through science it shows
Pangaea was one big land mass till the plates moved and it cracked.

Whoa oh oh oh oh oh, whoa oh oh
It's called continental drift
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh
Now we know about plate tectonics thanks to scientists who got it
2x

Now I understand all about this theory
Now you understand, all thanks to me
Now I understand all about this theory
It's called continental drift.

Whoa oh oh oh oh oh, whoa oh oh
It's called continental drift
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh
Now we know about plate tectonics thanks to Julianne who taught it.
2x

6 comments:

Mindy said...

I want to see the video, it says it's privet and wont let me watch it :(

Sarah@The Best Stuff said...

Okay. I'll fix it and let you know. It might have to be later this afternoon before I can deal with it.

Sarah@The Best Stuff said...

Okay...FIXED! Should work now.

Melissa@thebblog said...

AWESOME!!! I just watched it on YouTube and my co-workers all wanted to know what was making me smile so big first thing in the morning. Great job Julianne. You are such a clever, talented girl.

Jill said...

I love her. Seriously so talented!

Mary said...

That's so Julianne! Love it. Never in a million years would I have come up with something so creative as that. Glad her teacher thought so too. It's awesome.