Snow Day 3Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: English

Chapters 6 – 7

Chapter 6

1. How did Peter and Susan discover Edmund was lying to them?

2. What happened to Mr. Tumnus?

3. What creature do the children follow?

Chapter 7

4. Why do they have to whisper when talking in the woods?

5. How do they know Beaver is a friend?

6. What does Beaver say that has enormous meaning?

Snow Day 3Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Computer Science/STEMLook up the vocabulary on the computer, if you don’t have a computer use a dictionary.

Chapter 6wrench

treason

fraternize

Chapter 7beckon

modest

festoon

Snow Day 3Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Math

In America, we use Fahrenheit to understand temperatures, but most of the world uses Celsius. So how do you figure out how many degrees it is when the temperature is in Celsius. Use the following formula.

Degrees Celsius x 1.8 = YY + 32 = Degrees Fahrenheit

Here are two examples:

13 Degrees Celsius x 1.8 = 23.423.4 + 32 = 55.4 Degrees Fahrenheit

-11 Degrees Celsius x 1.8 = -19.8-19.8 + 32 = 12.2 Degrees Fahrenheit

Figure out how many degrees Fahrenheit these Celsius temperatures are.

7 Degrees Celsius =

-20 Degrees Celsius =

27 Degrees Celsius =

-5 Degrees Celsius =

10 Degrees Celsius =

Snow Day 3Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Health

To Forgive or Not to Forgive? – That is the Question What is forgiveness? Come up with a definition in your own words.

Why is forgiveness important?

Think of a time you were forgiven for something you did and answer these questions.

1. What did you do?

2. Who did you do it to?

3. Why did you do it?

4. What happened because you did it?

5. How did the person you did it to find out what happened?

6. Why did they forgive you?

7. Did you have to make restitution (make things right)?

8. How did you feel at the end?

Snow Day 3Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Social Studies

Accent on LondonThe East End of London was heavily bombed during World War II. It is the part of London that became a well-known slum in the 19th century. It has historically been home to London’s working class, the docks, and high crime rates.

Those born in London’s East End are referred to as “cockneys.” It is said that to be a true Cockney, a person has to be born within hearing distance of the bells of St. Mary's.

Cockney also refers to the dialect spoken in that area. Some of the characteristics of this dialect are:Dropped ‘h’ at word beginnings house = ‘ouse hammer = ‘ammer‘TH’ to ‘f’ or ‘v’ thin = fin three = free brother = bruvver bath = barfBare sounds for ‘t’ and ‘k’ city = ci’ y A drink of water = A drin’ a wa’erUse of ain’t instead of isn’t or aren’t

A Cockney accent often has a rougher, harsher sound than proper English. 1. Based on the characters which animals in Narnia have a Cockney background. How do

you know?

2. Is it likely that the Pevensie children were from London’s East End? Why or why not?

3. Do you know of any dialects in America that are different from your own? Where have you heard them? Write a short dialogue between two people of different dialects using the spellings to show how they would sound. Make one of them a Cockney dialect.

Snow Day 3Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Science

The Wind Chill Factor Adapted from USA TODAY

Wind chill is an important factor that many outdoor enthusiasts fail to take into consideration before departing on an extended winter expedition.  With dog mushers in Alaska, the general rule of thumb is at -30 degrees with a 30 mph wind, your flesh will freeze in 30 seconds. If that doesn't get your attention, then you've never been really cold.

The “Wind Chill Factor” is described as a "feels-like number." It is based on the fact that wind carries heat away from the body, causing the body to cool more quickly. Wind chills are designed to indicate the dangers of different combinations of wind and temperature on the bodies of humans and animals. 

The ProblemTheoretically, the wind chill index is supposed to measure the rate at which the body loses heat when exposed to cold and wind. This index was created as a public health tool to reduce hypothermia, frostbite and other cold-related ailments.  As a practical matter, the wind chill index is supposed to tell people how warmly to dress, a crucial decision for people who spend long periods outdoors such as construction workers or skiers.  But scientists say the wind chill index is at best a rough estimate. It doesn’t take into account big differences between heat loss in the sun and heat loss in the shade, for example.

The term "wind chill" goes back to the Antarctic explorer Paul Siple, who coined it a 1939 dissertation, "Adaptation of the Explorer to the Climate of Antarctica." During the 1940s, Siple and Charles Passel conducted experiments on the time needed to freeze water in a plastic cylinder that was exposed to the elements. They found that the time depended on how warm the water was, the outside temperature and the wind speed. The original formula used to calculate wind chill was based on those experiments.   But human skin freezes at a different rate than water. Even different parts of the body – the face versus the hands, for example – freeze at different rates.

A few years ago, mechanical engineer Maurice Bluestein went outside to shovel snow on a bitterly cold day, a -25 degree temperature and a -65 degree wind chill factor.  While standing in the driveway, Bluestein noticed that his exposed skin wasn’t freezing in 15 seconds, as it should have if the wind and the cold were the equivalent of –65 degrees.  The wind chill index used by the National Weather Service from 1973-2001 significantly over-stated how cold it feels when the wind blows.  Bluestein and his colleague, Jack Zecher, went on to devise a new wind chill formula that would make use of a more accurate estimate of "the thermal properties of the skin" and "modern heat transfer theory."  Bluestein admits he’s no weather expert but, as a mechanical engineer, he does know a lot about heat transfer.   "It didn’t take me long to realize it wasn’t as cold as the chart claimed it was," says Bluestein, a professor at Purdue University-Indiana University in Indianapolis.

A Revamped Wind Chill In the fall of 2001 the National Weather Service, finally began using a revised wind chill formula based on the one created by Bluestein, as well as other models created by half a dozen other researchers rather than equations based on 1940s experiments.  In addition, wind speeds used in the new formula are from winds 5 feet above the ground. The wind at 5 feet is about one-third the speed of wind at 33 feet, where official wind speeds used to be measured. 

The new formula in its final form was developed by representatives of seven government agencies, including the U.S. National Weather Service, the Canadian weather service and university scientists after testing in a chilled wind tunnel at Canada's Defense Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine in Toronto. In the experiment, faces of several men and women were exposed to various temperatures and winds. The researchers measured how fast the temperatures of the exposed skin dropped to devise the new formula.

The new wind chills aren't nearly as scary-sounding as the old ones. For example, at 5 degrees with a 30-mph wind, the old formula determined a wind chill of minus 40 degrees. The new formulas says the chill would be minus 19 degrees.

1. Wind chill is the rate at which...

2. Who coined the term “wind chill”?

3. What was one problem with those original experiments when it comes to applying them to human skin?

4. What was the name of the Purdue University professor that devised a new wind chill formula?

5. What two things did he take into account that allows his formula to be more accurate?

Snow Day 3Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Art

Worlds Within Worlds: Set Design

Roger Ford, the Art Director for the film, worked very closely with director Andrew Adamson to transform the pages of the screenplay into the settings of the movie as Andrew saw them in his imagination. Roger’s team then turned these impressions into drawings, models, and finally, sets.

For inspiration, says Set Decorator Carrie Brown, “I start with reading the book and the script. Then I start to look at images, lots and lots of images. And then I just start pulling out the images that I like from anywhere – from books, from magazines…and start to try and piece a puzzle together.

Set designers must also consider how sets will look when seen through the lens of a movie camera, from many different angles. Often they will build small-scale models of the sets, called concept models, to use as tools to figure out how the movie camera will “see” things. On The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, two model-makers built hundreds of these concept models.

Your turnMake a set of a scene from Narnia. Make sure you take into account how everything will be placed as well as small items that give it depth such as trees and rocks. You may either draw or create the scene.

Snow Day 3Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Theater

Spell your name

Mr. Beaver used body symbols to get the children to come to him. You are going to spell out your name using body parts.

For example, if your name is JOE you would make a J with your head “drawing” it. Be prepared to spell your name when you come back.

1st Letter: Head2nd Letter: Arm3rd Letter: Hips4th Letter: Knee5th Letter: Foot

If you have more than 5 letters in your name you start over with head.

Snow Day 3Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Yearbook

Yearbooks usually have a section for what people are known for like “class clown”, “cutest couple”, etc. Choose a title for each Pevensie sibling below and why you chose that title for them.

Peter

Susan

Edmund

Lucy

Snow Day 3Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Band

If you listen to the radio or Internet, there are songs about almost any topic you can imagine.

Choose a song about the following topic. Write the song title, artist, and how it relates to the story.

Heroes