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.

Click here to watch on youtube.

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

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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.

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