One of this week’s Science challenges was the “Paper Tower Challenge.” For the Paper Tower Challenge, we had to build the tallest tower out of an 8″x11″ piece of paper and 12″ of tape. My group had a plan to fold the piece into long rectangular prisms and put a piece of paper on top and repeat the process. Unfortunately, that did not work so we had to add rods that would help the force keep its balance. When we tried that it helped but did not succeed and the timer ran out so we couldn’t finish. If the tower stayed up it would have been about 29 inches or 2′ 5”. This week was awesome and I can’t wait to try some more challenges.
High Holiday Project Brainstorm
What do I know about my topic? Describe all the details, information, ideas that you do know. I know that forgiving others is showing gratitude.
What are 10 other questions I have that I need to research for a further study? What is forgiveness? How can we show forgiveness? Why forgiveness? Why do we show forgiveness on the high holidays? Why are they called the high holidays? What are the names of the holidays that are in the high holidays? What is Yom Kippur? What is Rosh Hashanah? What does Rosh Hashanah mean?
Where will I begin to look for those answers? I will research on the internet and in books.
What help do I need to move forward in my project? The help of me and my partner.
6th One Pager Reflection
My summer reading book was Alex Rider: Eagle Strike. I chose this book because my favorite genre to read is mystery and action. Fortunately, I got a 2 in 1 and thought this book was a hit! On my One-pager, I decided to do a quote that represents the book, a border that has a saying, a summary that describes the book, images of Alex Riders and the book cover, and the “#1 New York Times Bestselling author.” I picked these text features to put in my book because it shows the book on what its about, the meaning, and what genre the book is to explain it to others and it shows that I have learned and discover the features in the book. One of my text features my quote “Saving the world one mission at a time” represents the main meaning of the book.
My first connection to the one-pager to the book is that I drew a Yacht because that represents Damian’s big yacht in France. My second connection to the one-pager to the book is the U.S. Flag and the English flag to show that Alex was working with the CIA when really he was from England. My third connection to the one-pager to the book is the book cover. I added this because whenever you book-talk a book you never read the inside, you never judge a book by its cover and you always read the back so you get a little hint of what the book is about. My fourth connection to the one-pager to the book is the quote “Saving the world one mission at a time.” which is the quote that is one every Alex Rider book that helps you understand the books meaning. My fifth connection to the one-pager to the book is the Genre meaning that I put on top of the Alex Rider image that helps people understand the genre so that if you like mystery this is a good book.
Experimental Exodus reflection
I think that the darkness and the beginning with the fan went very well. The party and the matzah did not go as planned. I would have it my way next time. I learned that things don’t come out as you thought they would.
Invention Convention Ideas
- A slot in your shoe that hold bandages and wiped
- Mixer for food
- A sweatshirt that charges your phone
Civil War Speed Dating Reflection
- What role did your character play in causing the Civil War? My Character Harriet Beecher Stowe did not like slavery.
- Did your Character believe in slavery? Why? Why not? My character did not believe in slavery because she did not like that innocent people were getting tortured.
- Does your character believe that the government should have the power to tell states what to do? Yes, then they could have changed history and slavery.
- Do you like the character you were assigned? Why? Yes, she is a good person and did not want slavery to not be a law.
Scientific Explanation
Scientific Question We Investigated: Does air have mass?
Air has mass. Before we put air into the balloon it had a mass of 1.9 grams. After blowing into the balloon it weighed 2.5 grams. This proves that air has mass because mass is technically atoms and atoms make up the universe and world. If you have a balloon without air and you weigh it will be lighter than a balloon with air in it. When you fill up the air in that SAME balloon you should have a bigger number because air has mass, which means the balloon will weigh more. The difference between 2.6 and 1.9 is 0.6.
CER – Claim Evidence and Reasoning Reflection
The Young salmon is the only omnivore on the river food web. My Evidence is that it is an omnivore and omnivores eat a plant and animal. The reasoning is that a salmon is an omnivore because it eats the algae and sculpin.
Minecraft Breakout Reflection
- What did you notice or observe during this challenge? That there were many different mini-assignments and a lot of clues.
- What kind of questions did you ask yourself (meta)? How can get better at breakouts?
- What was your “aha” moment during this challenge? How did this impact finishing the challenge? When I broke out.
- How did this challenge compare to the other two we have completed? It was google forms like the other on and it felt the same.
- What was the most challenging aspect of this challenge? When we couldn’t get something
- 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) Not freak out and don’t think to hard.
Silly Shamrocks Reflection
- What did you notice or observe during this challenge? That when your brain gets going and is warmed up that it puts less pressure on me in the 30 minutes. I feel enthusiastic when
- What kind of questions did you ask yourself (meta)? What other ways can I solve this?
- How did the time limit impact your ability to solve this breakout session? It didn’t it kind of put pressure on me.
- What were your biggest connections when solving this challenge? When I have big problems to solve and I don’t know how to
- What was the most challenging aspect of this challenge? Working with only one partner.
- What two strategies helped you and your team the most when completing the challenge? How can I make this even better?, how can I inspire others?