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Debate Argument and Advocacy

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About 2-3 weeks ago, my teacher assigned an assignment about Argument and Advocacy and we started to have a debate with our book club. I was very sad when we got the topic of plastic bags because I thought that plastic bags were pretty boring and were hard to find evidence for the reasons for the claim. 

 

My teacher created 2 teams in our book club where we would start to get reasons and evidence to support our claim. Our group’s question was that if we should ban plastic bags, my friend and I, Evan, were on the side that we shouldn’t ban plastic bags because people are employed and have higher salaries. Our other reason why plastic bags should not be banned is that it is better for the environment than other types of bags like paper bags. We found lots of evidence from different websites like comparably.com.

 

The other team was trying to add a link to the debate but then they realized that if they put a link in a debate, then the debate will not work because it is a debate. When we were going to record the debate, there were also some other requirements for the debate when we were recording. The requirements were that we would have to stay still and not speak super quietly, we also didn’t want to hide our faces behind the computers that we were reading after.

 

In conclusion, this was a very fun project and debate because I really enjoyed trying to find reason and evidence, I also thought that using the counter-evidence to counter our opponent’s evidence and reasons.

Rube Goldberg Contraption Reflection

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About a week ago, my teacher assigned a very big project called a Rube Goldberg contraption. A Rube Goldberg contraption is a machine that can do simple tasks. For example, when you want to feed your fish, you can just press one button and it will go through many contraptions and will feed your fish. This was going to be one of the most important projects that we did. I was very excited to do it. But when my teacher broke the news that we were not allowed to do it with a partner, I felt sad because this was what I was waiting for the entire time. So far, we only finished the sketch for our Rube Goldberg project. I have 8 steps for my project. I decided to create a contraption for feeding my fish, so I decided to make my name, “Fish Feeder.”

 

I used many different types of materials. I used a Ping Pong ball and Ping Pong Paddle, I also used dominos, a soccer ball, an inclined plane, a toy car, and a pulley. We were supposed to have at least 8 steps for our Rube Goldberg contraption. 

 

Before we were going to start building our contraption, we have to start the sketch of our contraption. After I drew the sketch, I decided to get all of the materials for my contraption. When we were at school, we had a lesson with Mr. Casal about our Rube Goldberg project. He told us to take pictures at least 10 pictures of our Rube Goldberg, he said that the 10 pictures could be anything, but it has to be about our Rube Goldberg. I decided to take pictures of all of my materials. I also decided to take pictures of my fish and the food for my fish.

 

Since this is only my first blog post, this means that we still have to do many things before we are considered done. This means that we still have to start building our contraption, and also have to do our second blog post. After this, we also have to take many pictures and videos of our project and what happened in our contraption.

 

In conclusion, I am very excited to start building this contraption, although we cannot work with a partner this year, I am still very happy that we can still experience this feeling of building a Rube Goldberg contraption.

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