Timeline Refection

How did the events we looked at today lead to the cause of the Civil War?

they all had to do with slavery which was the main cause of the war.

How did this activity show us the lead up to the Civil War?

We had to find the timeline without talking which was harder than normal but it showed all the events and a little more detail about them.

What did you find most valuable about this activity?

I thought that the most valuable thing was researching the events and writing them down 

Why is it important to learn about the events that lead to the Civil War?

It is important because we need to know the events to understand the whole Civil War

Why do you think your event lead to the Civil War?

Yes because Abraham Lincoln didn’t like slavery and he was elected president that lead up to the Civil War.

Speed dating Refection

  • What role did your character play in causing the Civil War?

He really didn’t do much but he was a slave so he was fighting for freedom.

  • Did your Character believe in slavery? Why? Why not?

He didn’t because of him being a slave so he wanted to be free.

  • Does your character believe that the government should have the power to tell states what to do?

He believes that States shouldn’t be able to do whatever they want, and because of that he wouldn’t have been kicked out of the country 

  • What other person/people does your character believe is most at fault for causing the war?

He thinks that the south is at fault because they wanted slaves and he was one so that is how the war started.

  • Do you like the character you were assigned? Why?

I liked who I was given because I think he has a cool story and it was someone who I never knew about.

CER: Air has Mass

Air has mass. I know air has mass because when we weighed a balloon without air it weighed 2 grams, but when we weighed the balloon with air it weighed 2.7 grams this shows that the weight changed. We also can feel the air, when it is windy out you can feel the wind which is air. When I felt the balloon without air it felt rubbery and was able to stretch, When I felt the balloon with air it was more firm and couldn’t really stretch. Also, when you bounce a balloon it goes up than down which means it was affected by gravity and it kinda floated a little bit and after it dropped. This proves that air has mass because it weighed more which meant there was a substance inside that had a weight which meant it would have to have mass. Also when we blew air into the balloon and it expanded so that showed that the air had mass because it made the balloon and different shape. This proves why air has mass.

Breakout Refection: San Diego

  • How did having limited time to play the game impact your teamwork?

We tried to take the computer from each other because we were stressed.

  • How did having limited time impact or shape your thinking during the game?

We started getting off task and we had to really focus or we wouldn’t finish.

  • In what way(s) were your critical thinking and strategies different during the timed games than they were during the initial games?

It was different because we had limited time so we kinda forgot all of them so it was hard.

What Top 3 strategies/tips would you suggest to others when playing a timed game?

1. don’t get off task it won’t help your group

2. click on everything.

3. work together.

Scientific Explanation First Piece

The young salmon is the only omnivore on the river food web. I know from the image that the young salmon eats algae and sculpin which are both plant and animal. This supports my claim because omnivores eat both plants and animals, which the young salmon eats both, so that makes the young salmon an omnivore.

Minecraft Breakout Refection

  • What did you notice or observe during this challenge?

I noticed that you have to follow every picture and read them closely 

  • What kind of questions did you ask yourself (meta)?

I asked myself what can I click on and what is this trying to tell me

  • What was your “aha” moment during this challenge? How did this impact finishing the challenge?

My aha moment was when I realized I had to search for mining in the search bar 

  • How did this challenge compare to the other two we have completed?

It was harder but it wasn’t too hard that we were about to quit but it made your brain think hard

  • What was the most challenging aspect of this challenge?

I thought the 8 letter word lock was hard because it was the most confusing to find and finish.

  • What two strategies helped you and your team the most when completing the challenge? (Use the strategy sheet for this! If you used a different strategy, list it here as well)

I think that I helped my team with finding the 8 letter word lock and I helped with solving math equations.

Primary Source Refection

How did the experiences of slaves first hand compared to what we have read about in the past? Were our secondary sources accurate to the slave experience? Explain.

The Comparison is that the Primary sources were less described than the Secondary on how hard it was and how painful it was.

What was one new thing you learned from reading these stories?

I learned from a slave’s perspective of how hard life was back then.

Did reading these stories from slaves change your perspective? How so?

Yes because reading what life was like for slaves is so different than what people go through life today. 

How do you think that the stories of slaves relate to our essential question of “Why do people move?”?

I think it relates because when slaves were sold they would move to different places even if they didn’t want to.

Why did slaves move? Be specific in your answer.

they moved because if their master didn’t want them they would sell them in an auction and then the slave would move to a different master’s household. 

 

Silly Shamrock Refection

  • What did you notice or observe during this challenge?

I observed that you have to look at the pictures very closely and you have to think where the puzzles start 

  • What kind of questions did you ask yourself (meta)?

I asked for an example, I asked for the problem that said St. Patrick’s Day Month, I asked what month is that? Then we had to literally look outside the box to find the answer.

  • How did the time limit impact your ability to solve this breakout session?

It made it very hard and stressful to finish because if the timer ran out then we would have lost

  • What were your biggest connections when solving this challenge?

I saw that the St. Patrick’s day month was March so I said that and it was right.

  • What was the most challenging aspect of this challenge?

The most challenging thing was the timer because it made it so much more stressful.

  • What two strategies helped you and your team the most when completing the challenge?

The first strategy was writing stuff down so we could see what the combination could be. Second, we used MEDA to think about what we were thinking about.