Create a Quarantine Time Capsule!
This is a year like no other....... document it so that you never forget! Materials:
Think about the year..... especially the beginning of this school year. Gather artifacts that will remind you of the year when you look back at it a long time from now. Some ideas:
Math Challenge: The following is an square array of 16 dots with 4 rows and 4 columns. The red dots are on the outside of the array. If you use 144 dots to form a square array, (a) how many rows and columns are there? (b) how many dots are on the outside of the array? Writing Challenge:
Describe something you feel very, very strongly about. Explain one of the reasons you feel the way you do. Math Challenge: Here is a Perplexor to complete. Use your deductive logic to find the answer. Some of the clues will tell you what something is and some will tell you what it is not. Circle and cross off options accordingly.
Writing Challenge:
Clarissa and Elaina can't stand each other. Describe the event they are both attending. Let us know they can't stand each other without telling us they can't stand each other. Math Challenge: STEM Challenge: Make an X-Wing Fighter from office supplies! For materials and directions, click here. If you don't have some of the supplies, get creative and use what you have!
Math Challenge: How Much Does It Cost? 1. If 3 ounces of peanuts cost 60 cents, what would a pound of peanuts cost? 2. Bumper cars cost $12 for a half hour. How much does 20 minutes cost? 3. Store A sells ice cream cones for $1.50 each. Store B sells ice cream cones for $1.75 each, but they give you a free cone after you buy 5. If you want 6 ice cream cones, which store has a better deal? 4. A hot dog and candy bar together cost $5.00. If the price of the hot dog is $4.00 more than the candy bar, what is the price of the candy bar? (Be careful....... it's not $1.00) Writing Challenge:
If you haven't completed last week's Write to a Senior Challenge, I encourage you to do so. Here is a new challenge, too: In one paragraph, describe a scene from any sport. Use these words somewhere in the paragraph: bounced, struggled, spied, roared, collapsed, giggled Math Challenge: New Challenge this week:
Writing Challenge: Write a Letter to a Senior Most Assisted Living and Senior Living Facilities are on lockdown and the residents are feeling very isolated. Write a letter to cheer someone up! Click here for addresses to some local senior living facilities that would love to hear from you! Math Challenge: STEM Challenge:
Basketball Tower Create a tower that can support a basketball using only newspaper and tape. A basketball is pretty heavy...... do you think you can make a tower out of newspaper (or regular paper) that can support it? Materials: Basketball (if you don't have one, use another type of ball) Newspaper or plain paper Tape Extra Challenge: Limit the amount of newspaper (or tape) used or try to make the tallest tower possible that will still hold the weight. Math:
Dominos Did you know the dots on Dominos are called pips? Miss Amicos crazy Italian grandparents have a set of Dominos with 0-9 pips on them. The Dominos we have in our classroom have 0-6 pips on them and 28 come in a set. How many Dominos come in a set with 0-9 pips? What is the most efficient strategy to solve this problem? STEM: Biome vs. Ecosystem Focus on deciduous forests; specifically location, climate, flora, fauna, and non-living organisms. Can you make a computer generated image to show the comparison? |
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