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ST. LOUIS AMERICAN • NOVEMBER 7 - 13, 2013 A13
MAP CORNER
This special Newspaper In Education initiative is made possible through The St. Louis American Foundation and its NIE Corporate Partners:
The St. Louis American is proud to partner with Hazelwood, Ferguson-
Florissant, Normandy, and the St. Louis Public School Districts to provide
this classroom tool for STEM education for students in 3rd, 4th and 5th
grades, with content based on Missouri Learning Standards.
stlamerican.com
MATH CONNECTION
In this week’s science
experiment, you measured
volume in your lungs. For
this activity, you will practice
calculating area. The volume
of a rectangular prism is length x
width x height. Use the formula for area
to answer the following problems:
q What is the volume of a rectangular prism with a length
of 5 meters, width of 6 meters, and a height of 12
meters? ________
Materials Needed: Clean Plastic Tubing • Large Plastic
Bottle
• Water • Sink or Bucket • Ruler
Procedure:
q Put 10cm of water into the water
basin.
w Fill the plastic bottle with water.
e Put your hand over the top of the
bottle to prevent water from
escaping when you turn it
upside down.
r Turn the bottle upside
down, placing the top of the bottle under
the water in the basin before removing your hand.
t Push one end of the plastic tube into the bottle.
SCIENCE CORNER
SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
Floyd Malveaux studied asthma
and how it affects the lungs.
The lungs take oxygen from the
air you breathe and transport it
throughout the bloodstream,
while removing the
carbon dioxide,
releasing it in the
air you breathe out.
Asthma is a disease
that affects the
lungs. When airways
become irritated
and narrow, it
triggers an asthma
attack. The narrow passages make it hard to breathe
air. Asthma makes everyday activities uncomfortable and
difficult, due to a lack of oxygen. Symptoms of asthma
Use the newspaper to
complete these
activities:
Activity One — Technology in
Our Community:
New technology is
always changing the way
we do things. Use the
newspaper to locate a picture of
an invention that has affected or changed your life in
some way. Write about how the
invention has changed your life.
Activity Two — Inverted Pyramid:
News stories are often written
in a style of writing called
the inverted pyramid. The
most important information in the story is contained in
the lead, or first paragraph(s), and the details are added
in descending order of importance. This allows readers
to browse through the newspaper at a quicker pace. Find
an example of a story in the newspaper that is written
in inverted
pyramid style.
Learning Standards:
I can use the
newspaper to locate
information. I can
write with a key idea
and supporting details to
support my answer.
include coughing, wheezing (especially
at night), difficulty breathing, and
chest pain. Asthma is treated with
medicines to control the swelling
and open airways. Sometimes
medicine is taken orally, in a
daily pill. Sometimes an inhaler
is used to deliver the medicine
when someone is having
an asthma attack.
Scientists, such as
Malveaux, study asthma
and how it affects
the body, and create
treatments.
Learning Standards: I can read a nonfiction passage for main idea and supporting
details.
Converting measurements!
What Is your lung volume?
AFRICAN AMERICAN MICROBIOLOGIST:
Floyd Malveaux Floyd Malveaux was born
on January 11, 1940, in
Opelousas, Louisiana. With
the guidance of his mother,
a math and science teacher,
Malveaux excelled in school
and placed first in a statewide
math competition for minority
high school students.
In 1961, he earned his
bachelor’s degree in biological
science from Creighton
University. Three years
later, he earned his master’s degree in biological science
from Loyola University in Chicago. From there, he earned
his doctorate degree in microbiology and public health from
Michigan State University, then went to Howard University to
attend medical school. Malveaux also completed studies at
Washington Hospital Center and Johns Hopkins University.
While at Howard University, Malveaux studied allergies and
asthma, training in internal medicine and allergy/clinical
immunology. In 1978, he became an associate professor of
medicine at Howard University College of Medicine (HUCM),
and created a training program for allergists. In 1986, he
joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins University and created the
Urban Asthma and Allergy Center in Baltimore, Maryland. His
work led to the Community Outreach for Asthma Care, which
was a treatment program at HUCM. In 2005, Malveaux retired
and joined the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc.
Malveaux has won many awards, including the National
Institute of Health’s National Research Service Award,
and Jewel Plummer Cobb Distinguished Lecture Award. He
continues to increase public awareness of asthma and leading
healthy lifestyles.
Questions:
q Why do you think Malveaux attended medical school?
w How did that change his career path?
e What parts of the body does asthma affect?
r Are you allergic to anything?
t What are some of the side effects of allergies?
Learning Standards: I can read a biography about a
person who has made contributions in math, science, or
technology.
w What is the height of a rectangular prism with a length
of 10 inches, width of 3 inches, and a volume of 210
inches cubed? ___________
e If a cube has a length, width, and height of 6 inches,
what is the volume? __________
r If a cube has a volume of 27 feet cubed, what is the
length of each side? ___________
Learning Standards: I can multiply and divide
to calculate volume.
What Is Asthma?
SCIENCE STARSCLASSOOM SPOTLIGHT
Teachers, if you are using the St. Louis American’s NIE program and would like to nominate your class for a Classroom Spotlight, please email: nie@stlamerican.com.
Cold Water Elementary School fourth grade teacher Dawn Probst works with students
Brianna Baldwin and Kevin
Wodds to practice non-
fiction reading skills using
the STEM page from the
newspaper. The school is
in the Hazelwood School
district. Photo: Wiley Price /
St. Louis American
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When resting, the average
person breathes around 12-
20 times per minute.
The average
person breathes
in around
11,000 liters of
air per day.
DID YOU KNOW? Did you know your left and right
lungs aren’t exactly the same? The
lung on your left side is divided into
two lobes, while the lung on your
right side is divided into three lobes.
The left side is also slightly smaller
to allow room for your heart.
Photo courtesy malveauxmission.org
Photo courtesy Brooke Martin
Bluetooth was invented in 1994 by Ericsson. It allows wireless communication between devices such as cell phones, computers, and and headphones.
Who, what, when, where, why;the most important information
Supporting information; key quotes
Additional facts, informationand quotes
Background andalternative explanations
Least importantinformation
Inverted Pyramid of Journalism
Normal
bronchus
y Take a deep breath.
u Breathe out as much air as you can through
the tube.
i As you breathe out through the tube,
the air from your lungs takes the place of the
water in the bottle. Measure the volume of air
your lungs had in them.
o You will need to sanitize the tube in
between each person using it, or provide a
separate tube for each student.
Reflection: Did you know that if
you have a big air capacity in your
lungs you can distribute oxygen around
your body at a faster rate? You can increase the air
capacity in your lungs with regular exercise.
Learning Standards: I can follow a procedure and
analyze results.
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