Index Card Challenge

 

Today’s Challenge: Using only an index card and a scissors find a way to cut your index card so you can fit your entire body through it.

 

Teamwork Rubric Focus (Organization/Planning):

 

My goal for organization/planning today within my team is…

My goal for organization/planning today within my team is to make sure we have a plan before we start and make sure we throw out all the leftover scraps so there is not a big mess in the room.

 

My Individual Plan 

Maybe we could;

-Cut the middle so its like a circle

-Have teammates hold the parts that could rip so when the person goes through it doesn’t break

-Cut it in the middle and roll the edges out

Why I think my plan will be successful:

I think the plan where the teammates hold the parts that could rip might work because then maybe someone can fit in it without it ripping.

 

Our Group’s Plan 

We will cut the paper into thin strips and then cut out slits so the pieces can fit together then bwalker21 will lift me and put me through the hole.

 

We chose this plan because…

We chose this plan because we thought that this was the most successful plan and because it looked pretty easy to do.

 

Possible challenges that may come up during construction…

Challenges that may come up during construction are that the paper could rip because of the thin strips or it could not be big enough for me to go through.

 

Each team member will be responsible for…

bwalker21 will cut the strips, I will cut the slits, and ygaines21 will hold the index card so I can fit through.

 

After the Build

PHOTO COMING SOON

 

Our design worked well because…

Our design didn’t work but at least it was easy to make.

 

This activity was challenging because…

This activity was challenging because the paper kept coming apart when I tried to fit in it.

 

This activity was comfortable because….

The activity was comfortable because it was easy to fit the slits together

I met my teamwork organization/planning goal by…

I met my goal by making sure we had a plan before we started cutting and stuff.

A strength of my team was….

A strength of my team was we didn’t really fight and we agreed on an idea pretty fast

An area of growth for my team is…

Something we need to work on is not everyone did something and some people sat around and didn’t  do anything

For our next challenge, my new teamwork organization/planning goal for myself is…

My goal for the next challenge is the same, but I would add that I should make sure no one is sitting around doing nothing.

Why are Midterm Elections Important?

What do Midterm Elections decide in the government?

The midterms elections decide whether the majority of the congress is Republican or Democrat. They also elect a new Senate and a new Governor.

How are citizens impacted by Midterm Elections?

Citizens could be impacted by the midterm elections if the congress changed from Democrat to Republican (or the other way around) or if a new person gets elected, they could have different rules.

What can citizens do to get people they want elected?

Citizens can get the people they want to get elected elected by voting for them.

Why do Midterm Elections exist?

Midterm elections exist because if the same people made rules, the rules could stay unfair (if they were unfair), or people could just get bored of them and if someone new makes rules, then they could change the rules (if people didn’t like them.)

Why is it important for different groups of people to run for government positions?

It is important for different groups of people to run for the government positions because if a group had unfair rules, they can change them so that they are fair for them.

Connecting the God-Cast to the Quote

Today in class we watched a God-Cast that was about Parshat Chayei Sarah: Rebecca Meets Isaac   We were supposed to connect the video to the quote we looked at on Tuesday. (see Textual Tuesday blog post to see more about the quote) The quote in English is “If there is a place were there are no people, be a person” . In the video, it explained that Rebecca was really nice at the age of three, so the quote can kind of be changed to connect to the God-Cast. Quote Connection: “If not everyone is being nice, be the nice person”. That would maybe explain why Rebecca was so nice.