Dear Parents,
This post makes much more sense in the context of my previous post about the energy project. We've begun the unit with some good books and great questions.
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| Here's the board as it looks right now...we'll keep adding questions |
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| How does energy come from the sky? |
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| How does engines work? |
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| How does rides work?/How does the car work? |
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What will happen if you scrape your eraser?/How does the snow shoe hare change colour?/How does the boat repel?
(Not sure about what the first one is saying) |
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| How does the energy get through the wire? |
These next few are about Rosie Revere, Engineer:
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| "At the beginning her uncle laughed at her, then her Aunt came and she decided to try, then the helicopter flew" |
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| Her uncle says, haha you're funny and she is sad, then she dreams about her invention, then her aunt laughs but she feels better |
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| First she likes to invent, but then her uncle makes her feel bad and then her aunt tells her, "it was your first try and you made it fly". |
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| At the beginning she likes to invent, but then her uncle and the snakes laugh, then in the end she will try again |
These next two relate to 11 Experiments that Failed. I asked students to talk about their favourite bad experiment and why it didn't work.
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| Why was it a bad idea to put the gerbil on the ferris wheel? He was too short |
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| Why was it a bad idea to try to grow a fungus garden? Because the brother is saying "My shoe are missing" and there are mushrooms growing in it and it is stinky. |
