Today author David Getz came to our school. We have been studying ancient man and we read a book by David Getz about a frozen man that was found in the Alps by two German hikers. The story goes on to describe how the scientists realize that the body is actually very old: the man lived about 5300 years ago! We took notes on the story and later we will have a quiz.
Author David Getz talks to 5th grade in the library
We are still studying the body today and it is amazing that we are, for the number of coincedinces that happened to make the body able to be studied is amazing. Some of them were: that it was in a crevice so a glacier could not squish and destroy the body. Also it was very important that the summer that year was especially hot and that a dark sandstorm sent dark dust on the Alps and that caused them to melt, because dark colors attract heat.
We learned many things about David Getz today, he was a teacher as well as writer and he wrote many books. First he was a teacher and then he started writing books. Many of his books were science fiction so his editor suggested writing a actual book based on facts but not just a “fact book”. He couldn’t find something to write about until one day he was reading a story about the “frozen man” in the natural history magazine and thought “hey, this sounds interesting. I know kids like kind of disgusting stuff so maybe I could write a book about this.” And he did, writing the Frozen Man. He has also wrote other books based on true stories.
One of them was about two hikers who were hiking on a mountain and come across a young girl who looked to be about twelve. She was dead and looked kind of old, she was all dried out like the frozen man. The men recognized her as a Inca, a tribe in that area. She looked very young and they were wondering how they would bring her down. If they left her then animals might eat her before they came back and if they brought her down they might be arrested for being Incas before they could get her to a university. In the end they covered her with their backpack matieral. In the end they made it to the University and were able to examine the girl. In both these books David Getz was able to talk to top experts about those subjects. He is currently teaching as a principal. We were very honored to have him come and are glad that he came.
Nicholas
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Hi, 5A hello from the Scottish Government and the United Nations I’m pleased that you learned something from David Getz! Keep blogging!
There is no better way to learn about a topic than from an expert. You are very lucky to have had a visit by Mr Getz. I was also impressed by your reflection and synopsis of the topic. Keep blogging
I am impressed by your class blog. It has inspired me to see if I can gather a few students together to do a community blog. I have my own teacher blog, but I’m very interested in giving students a safe place to share stories about their own learning adventures. I’ll bookmark your blog and watch for more inspiration
Thanks Sharon! I’m glad you liked my post! I also found it very interesting that he had written other books- fiction ones. I also liked the other story about the girl. In Frozen Man David Getz mentions something called adipocere which is when your skin gets soapy and disgusting when you suffer from lack of oxygen. Both the bodies were dried out, and it was good they were. -Nick
Hi 5A
I can’t believe that you had a real author come to your school! The best we get is Fred the Fire Safety Man. Have you had any other interesting people come to your school? And if so who are they?
Thanks for reading , William
Hi William,
I agree, it is realy cool that we have real authers come to our school, but has your school never been visitid by someone? We have many, many visits a year. If you look on our blog, I just posted about some chinese musicians that visited us.
Keep blogging,
Catherine
P.S. Who is Fred the Fire Safety Man?
Dear Sharon,
I agree that experts can teach you a lot! Also that we are very fortunate that have authors come to our school. (Like Catherine said). And I hope that you keep blogging.
Yours truly,
Madison
Dear Mrs.Stanley,
I am glad that this inspired you to make a class blog. Having a class blog is a big but fun responsibility. On a class it is a safe space, but make sure that your students don’t give away too much information! On a blog you can kind of spill out your ideas. I hope that some more of our posts inspire you!
Yours truly,
Madison
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