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Monthly Archives: March 2019
Food for Thought: Temperature and Odor
Do you think the temperature of the room affects the time it takes an odor to get to your nose? Explain your answer. Provide two pieces of scientific reasoning to explain why. If it is more humid it might take longer to get through the wet air? If the odor is frozen in a block of ice it cannot come through and please/kill my nose
Civil War Speed Dating Reflection
- What role did your character play in causing the Civil War? Charles Sumner fought against slavery and helped Lincoln abolish it.
- Did your Character believe in slavery? NO!!!
- Does your character believe that the government should have the power to tell states what to do? Yes
- What other person/people does your character believe is most at fault for causing the war? The South
- Do you like the character you were assigned? No, I would rather have somebody more important.
Minecraft Reflection
- What did you notice or observe during this challenge? In the beginning, it was easy but when we got to the 8 letter word we were stuck.
- What kind of questions did you ask yourself (meta)? When will this be over?
- What was your “aha” moment during this challenge? How did this impact finishing the challenge? There was no “aha” moment.
- How did this challenge compare to the other two we have completed? it was a ton harder.
- What was the most challenging aspect of this challenge? the 8 letter word.
- What two strategies helped you and your team the most when completing the challenge? growth mindset
Slavery Primary Sources
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? It is a lot sadder and more descriptive in their perspective.
What was one new thing you learned from reading these stories? How sad it would be to get whipped daily.
Did reading these stories from slaves change your perspective? How so? Yes, it must have been so hard to be a slave.
Why did slaves move? Be specific in your answer. They move because they are being sold or set free which is good.
Silly Shamrocks Reflection
What did you notice or observe during this challenge? I noticed that it was a lot easier then the other one.
- What kind of questions did you ask yourself (meta)? I asked if we were going to finish in time.
- How did the time limit impact your ability to solve this breakout session? The time limit did not impact us, we did not need to pay attention to it.
- What were your biggest connections when solving this challenge? The puzzle lock. it was easy.
- What was the most challenging aspect of this challenge? The directional lock.
- What two strategies helped you and your team the most when completing the challenge? We worked together very well/