Did you use the websites provided to you for this activity? Did they help? Explain.

Yes. But they did not help too much because they just said the same thing.

How do you think you can use your Cornell notes in the future?

I could use them on a test. They will help me by if I need to know the meaning of something I can look at them.

What are 3 new things you learned from researching the colonies in this way? (This one you can just bullet point if you’d like)

That debtor’s prison  locked up people who couldn’t pay debt

Everybody in Roanoke died

london company is the same thing as the Virginia company.

Why did we do this activity?

We do this activity to learn about US history. This is important because we need to learn about the history of the USA

How did you research for this activity?

I looked up the stuff on google. I know they were credible because I fact-checked them on lots of sites

What were the biggest challenges you encountered during this activity?

Finding stuff that was credible and good sites. The sites that they gave us said the same thing.

How did you overcome your challenges?

Kept on reaching. Using my search terms.

What materials did you choose for your build and why?

Wood because it is sturdy and doesn’t take long for the glue to set.

Here is a picture of my first attempt at the building process:

While you test:

What are you noticing?

Model is too big fo stairs because the stairs are to thin.

What things are working?

It’s holding up because I made the model light for that reason.

What things are not working?

Stairs are to narrow and the model cannot get a grip.

How will you tweak this? Make this better? (Be specific and detailed!)

Make the model more flexible and staircase bigger and wider.

Do you need any new materials? If so, WHY?

No, unless I use plastic or model magic for my model.

Sketch your new design with labels on a piece of paper. Make sure your drawing is detailed and specifically labeled.

Insert your sketch here:

Why will this new design work better than your first attempt? What is your evidence?

It will work better than my old design because it will be sturdier and be more supported because we have more wood and it is wider for even more support.

This week in science, we worked in teams to create a water bottle insulator that kept the water inside the bottle the coldest for the longest amount of time. First, we planned what we would need, how we would build it, and sketched our first design. Next, we tested our design to see how well our insulator worked. Below you will see the results and how we will improve our first insulator to make it even better!

An insulator is…

Something that keeps something cold.

Here is a picture of our original design:

The materials we used were…

Tin and wire with plastic.

Results! What was the temperature of your water to begin with? After 15 minutes? After 35 minutes?

The engineering process includes thinking about how to make your design better and re-building your product. The improvements that we will make to our insulator are…

add polyurethane

These changes will improve my insulator because…

polyurethane is a good insulater

New results: