Today is the day, engineers! You will be creating your designs to test to see who has designed a ski jump hill that will send the mouse skier the farthest!
You will run three tests of your design and record your results using the test sheet.
After running your tests, you will need to write to the Mouse Olympics to convince them that your design is the best and should be used for their ski jump hill. Follow the directions on the back of the test sheet for your writing.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Thursday, February 27 - PLAN, CREATE
Welcome back Wildcat Engineers! Today is an important day in your design challenge. Today is the day when you will be working with your partner to plan and begin creating your ski jump design.
Always keep your question in your mind as you begin thinking about your design.
How can I design a ski jump hill for a mouse that will make my mouse skier go the farthest?
Before meeting with your partner, you must create a sketch of your potential design. Remember all of the information you researched yesterday. You may go back and look at the resources from yesterday if you would like. Click here to do that.
Get a sheet of white paper and begin creating your design. Include measurements as much as possible. When you have completed your design and your partner has as well, then you may get together to see what you came up with. Each partner gets a turn to share their thoughts. Use the sharing sheet to guide you through the sharing and planning process. Your sharing sheet will be turned in as a part of your overall grade.
Good luck, engineers!
Always keep your question in your mind as you begin thinking about your design.
How can I design a ski jump hill for a mouse that will make my mouse skier go the farthest?
Before meeting with your partner, you must create a sketch of your potential design. Remember all of the information you researched yesterday. You may go back and look at the resources from yesterday if you would like. Click here to do that.
Get a sheet of white paper and begin creating your design. Include measurements as much as possible. When you have completed your design and your partner has as well, then you may get together to see what you came up with. Each partner gets a turn to share their thoughts. Use the sharing sheet to guide you through the sharing and planning process. Your sharing sheet will be turned in as a part of your overall grade.
Good luck, engineers!
Wednesday, February 26: ASK and IMAGINE
Wildcat Engineers, it is time to put our engineering minds to work!
The 2018 Winter Mouse Olympics have asked us to help them
design the ski jump course. The course will be small, of course, because it is for mice! You will be working with your partner to design a ski jump hill that will send mouse skiers the farthest on their ski jump.
ASK
Here is our question:
How can I design a ski jump hill for a mouse that will make my mouse skier go the farthest?
IMAGINE
In order to answer our question and begin designing, we will need a bit more background knowledge on ski jumping.
Visit the link below. When you get there, there will be many links to resources to teach you more about ski jumping. Your job today is to explore the links. Please visit each one and spend some time there. The more you know and understand about ski jumping and how it works, the better chance you have of winning the design challenge! You will need to take some notes in your journal so that you can share them with your partner.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Introduction to Ski Jumping 2/25
We will be focusing on the sport of ski jumping for our Olympic camp activities. Below is a video and text about ski jumping. You will need to listen carefully and follow directions very carefully. At the end of the video, you will be writing a summary to add as a comment to this blog post. Click on the link below to get started!
Introduction to Ski Jumping
Winter Olympics and the Human Body
Click on the Smore below and follow the directions very carefully to explore how the human body is used for winter Olympic sports. After reading and doing the Smore, you will be leaving a comment at the end of this blog post.
Winter Olympics and the Human Body Smore
Winter Olympics and the Human Body Smore
Thursday, February 20, 2014
How to Draw a Gorilla
Listen and watch closely to learn how to draw a gorilla. You will be drawing your gorilla on white paper with pencil. Be sure to draw lightly so that you can erase any errors.
After you have drawn your gorilla with pencil, you will outline the gorilla with a black crayon.
Then you will use water colors to paint your gorilla and the background. Use your powers of visualization to paint the background like Ivan's domain. What things are in his domain? How might it look?
Don't worry if your gorilla isn't perfect; Ivan would be proud that you tried!
Educreations: How To Draw a Gorilla
After you have drawn your gorilla with pencil, you will outline the gorilla with a black crayon.
Then you will use water colors to paint your gorilla and the background. Use your powers of visualization to paint the background like Ivan's domain. What things are in his domain? How might it look?
Don't worry if your gorilla isn't perfect; Ivan would be proud that you tried!
Educreations: How To Draw a Gorilla
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Olympics Race On
Today is the twelfth day of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Read the article below about the Olympics.
Click here to read the article.
After you have read the article, post a comment below answering these questions:
Who is winning for the most medals in the 2014 Winter Olympics?
What is the main idea of this article?
Why would someone read this article? For what purpose?
Monday, February 17, 2014
Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest
How does the environment where you live compare to these extreme locations?
"Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest" by Steve Jenkins is an expository nonfiction text. That means it gives information about the real world.
You have done a picture walk with your reading group. Now you will listen to the text as you follow along in your book. To listen, click on the link below and then click on the yellow play button (yellow triangle) under the words "Listen here." Be sure to follow along with your finger as you listen.
Click here to listen.
"Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest" by Steve Jenkins is an expository nonfiction text. That means it gives information about the real world.
You have done a picture walk with your reading group. Now you will listen to the text as you follow along in your book. To listen, click on the link below and then click on the yellow play button (yellow triangle) under the words "Listen here." Be sure to follow along with your finger as you listen.
Click here to listen.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
The Ancient Greek Olympics
The Olympics are a very old tradition. The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia are part of an ancient tradition!
Read the article about the ancient Olympics using the link below. When you have finished reading the article, complete the quiz using the link below. You will need to write your quiz score on a post-it note for Mrs. Lord so that she knows you have finished it!
Article: Ancient Greece: Olympics
Quiz: Ancient Greek Olympic Games
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