Index Card Challenge

Today’s Challenge: Using only an index card and 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 to plan very specifically and know every step.

 

My Individual Plan <insert photo of sketch and/or type out the plan>

we can cut a design and make it a circle

Why I think my plan will be successful: it will be big and wide

 

Our Group’s Plan <insert photo or sketch and/or type out the plan>

we can cut a design and make it a circle

 

We chose this plan because… it was the idea we voted on

 

Possible challenges that may come up during construction… it could break

 

Each team member will be responsible for… cutting and blogging

 

After the Build

<insert photo of group member fitting through the index card>

pic did not work. we cut around the edges without breaking it.

Our design worked well because… it did not break.

 

This activity was challenging because… it was not

 

This activity was comfortable because… we did not fight

 

I met my teamwork organization/planning goal by… being detailed to my partner.

 

A strength of my team was… we finished.

 

An area of growth for my team is… N/A

 

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

 

Why are Midterm Elections Important?

What do Midterm Elections decide in the government? The house and the senate

 

How are citizens impacted by Midterm Elections? Sometimes different laws

 

What can citizens do to get people they want to be elected? They can vote

 

Why do Midterm Elections exist? The Senate and house are not all 4 years.

 

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

 

CER writing

Did the sea lamprey cause a decline in the trout population?

Claim: The sea lamprey caused a great decline in the trout population.

 

Evidence: According to the sea lamprey graph, from 1953 to 1961 the sea lamprey went from 50000 of them for 275000 of them. This means that they had eight years of great feasts.

According to the trout graph, from 1948 to 1971 the lake trout went from 200000 of them to less than 1,000 of them. They were eaten like filet mignon.

According to the Journal of the fisherman, the sea lamprey started out in the Atlantic Ocean. Then they came into the Great Lakes. And finally, they started eating an all-you-can-eat buffet of lake trout.

 

Reasoning:

This indicates that the trout have been dying because of the sea lamprey. This is why the trout were less than 1000  and the sea lamprey jumped to 275,000.