Monthly Archives: October 2018

Columbus Debate Reflection

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Explain how your group worked together before the debate (during research). Did you work well together?

We worked together by finding sources and then telling the group about them. I think w worked well together but sometimes other people weren’t putting the sources in.

 

Explain how your group worked together during the debate. Did you work well together?

We worked together to figure out who was talking when. I think we worked pretty well together.

 

What can you do differently next time? Why will this help you and your group improve?

Maybe if we source the sources right after we use them. This will help us because we won’t have to search for the sources later.

 

Explain how this debate influenced your opinion on Columbus.

It influenced my opinion on Columbus because my group was researching why NOT to celebrate Columbus day. Before we did this, I didn’t really know anything about Columbus, but when I was researching, I saw some stuff that I didn’t know and it was some bad stuff. Now I don’t really think Columbus day should be celebrated  even though we didn’t pick to argue with Columbus or against Columbus.

Where Do Living Things Get the Food They Need Lab

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Today in science we tested a bean seed and a potato for starch to answer the question, “Do plants contain the food that organisms need?” Below, is my scientific explanation that explains what we learned and discovered from our lab today.

Image of lab:

Claim:
Plants contain the food that organisms need.

Evidence:
When we looked at what people ate for dinner last night, we could trace the food back to a plant. We also tested a seed in iodine and there was some starch in it which means there’s food in it. The way we knew there was starch in it because when we put the iodine in/on it it turned black/darker.

Reasoning:

We know there’s food in plants because when the seed turned black, that’s saying there’s starch in it. For something to be food it has to have either starch, fat, sugar, and/or protein and the seed has starch.

Pinball/Marble Run Challenge

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Essential Question: Can my group successfully plan, design and build a paper plate pinball/marble run using only the provided materials?

 

Goal: Move the marble from one end of the plate to the other, having the marble travel through at least three obstacles.

 

My teamwork/communication goal for this challenge:  Our goal is to not fight and not yell at each other and not fight.

 

Step 1: Brainstorm Look at the supplies table. You may NOT take anything from the table yet.  

You may only take ONE plate and ONE marble. There are no other requirements. You will have 15 minutes to build.

What ideas do you have?

  • We can do a thing to push the ball for one of the things it goes through.
  • We can make the marble go through the toilet paper roll.

Your group has shared all of your ideas. Before you can start building, what is your actual plan?

  • What will your marble run look like? (draw a sketch & insert photo here)

  • How will you make sure all members of the group are included in the building process? We can think of jobs so everyone can do something.

Build and test

  • Insert a few photos of the building process here

Share

  • Insert a photo of your final product here

Reflect

What was comfortable about the challenge/teamwork?

Skrivitsky had already sketched out  the ideas so we didn’t need to sketch them later.

What was difficult about the challenge/teamwork?

It was kind of loud in the room so we couldn’t all hear each other.

How did the teamwork rubric help your group today?

We didn’t really look at the rubric while doing the challenge.

Is there anything you would change about the teamwork rubric after going through this challenge?

Maybe that we have to stay at a level 2 because during this challenge it was hard to hear my teammates.

How did you support your team today?

I helped work and helped make the marble run.

What might you do differently during our next team challenge?

Make sure everyone can hear us because during this challenge we couldn’t really hear that well.

 

What Makes a Team Work?

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Today’s essential question: What makes a team work?

Why is it important to develop the capacity to work as a member of a team?

It’s important so you can get the task done and not fight.

What areas of teamwork do you find easiest and why?

I find that challenges are easiest because we don’t need to prepare for them or research anything about them

What areas of teamwork do you find most challenging and why?

I find projects that involve research are the hardest because we need to get all the sources down and make sure everyone is researching something different. Also sometimes when researching other people in a group go off task and don’t get their research done in time.

What difference does it make if you are able to play a role in the development of assessment tools?

It would be different than a teacher handing out a rubric because we would be able to put down what we know we can do and feel comfortable to agree to and think we can stick to it.

In what way(s) do you connect this work to our Core Values: Wonder, Empathy & Tikkun Olam

We should be empathetic to others and we might ask questions while doing teamwork. For Tikkun Olam, we can’t really connect to it unless we are inventing something or doing a challenge to help the world.