R.I, Jan 4-8

Bellwork, week 4 




Project #4 - Machine to Make Art

R.I., Project #1

Parade Float

Research Investigations, Dec 7-11

Bellwork - Week 2

Monday - Wednesday
Kitchen Myth lab packet -- Check your email for the lab report document.

• This is a group project (If you wish it to be. You can always work on your own.)
• Choose a kitchen myth/fact/misconception that you could test.
• Write a hypothesis for the outcome of the experiment.
• Create the experiment. Use the sample lab report as a guide.

Wednesday - Friday
THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
Science Friday - New Mode of Communication

• PNG Document to be tweeted: Create a document with a picture of your device (I would like you in the picture, but it is not required.) You will need a short description of how the device works. If you have a Twitter account, tweet it out with #messagechallenge #wearechargers. Also tag myself and CTA (@rosebud_mama and @ctachargers)

Digital Media, December 7-11

Monday
Share your flip book with 3 friends.

• Hashtag project
• Stop Motion discussion

Tuesday

Creative thinking puzzle.

• Stop motion discussion
• Group project planning - what will your topic be?

Wednesday

Creative thinking puzzle.

• Group project planning - what materials will you need?

Thursday - Friday

Movie Activity sheet

Digital Media, week 1

Monday:

• bell work - origami

Tuesday:

• bell work - origami
• What is stop motion?
• notes sheet

Wednesday:

• How has technology helped stop motion video progress?
• Origami teaching
• Flip Book creations!  (Watch the video below. Its fascinating. For real.)

Thursday:

• Finish flip book animation. Try to get something to move across the page. Keep adding detail. Wow me. :) 
• Presentation
• Note Sheet

Friday:

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R.I, Nov 2-6

Monday

• Presentations
• Discuss zip line vs. glider

Tuesday:
Fact or Fiction? If you don't have a fan on when sleeping your risk of suffocation increases.

• Presentations
• Discuss zip line vs. glider

Wednesday:
Name an ancient invention still in use in most parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls.

• Presentations
• Discuss zip line vs. glider

Thursday

A farmer buys a horse for $60. He sells it to his neighbor for $70. Then he discovers he could have made a better deal. He borrows $10 from his wife and buys the horse back from the neighbor for $80. Then the farmer sells the horse to another neighbor for $90. How much did the farmer make? Answer here!

• presentations?
• paper airplanes!
• zip line project 

Oct 19-23, 2015

Bellwork for the week:

Monday - Who is your favorite musician or band? Why?

Tuesday - Quicksolve: Station Stickup

Wednesday - Quicksolve: Brotherly Love

Thursday - True/False with evidence. On the other side of the world, the toilets flush the SAME direction as here.

Friday - early release 

This week we are working on our Urban Planning project.