Rube Goldberg #2 – Building our Project

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As soon as we entered my house we went straight to working. We managed not to get distracted by anything or anyone.  We gathered as many items as possible to use for our project, which includes Basketball, dominos, jenga, a ramp, blocks, and magnatiles. We had to take many trips upstairs and downstairs. We found it was challenging to fill in eight steps but we managed to exceed our expectations with nine steps in total.

We had many ideas most of them were fails but we created a nine step idea. Though we had a couple of repeating steps (we did not count them.) we pulled of a great start with all of our amazing, mind blowing ideas. I’m so excited to continue working on this project. We had many challenges starting our project for example the dominos kept on falling. But we still continued to work super hard. Although we found our work very appealing to ourselves we knew we that we still had some work to do.

 

Rube Goldberg #1 – Our Plan

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Hannah, Gia and I were are creating a Rube Goldberg at my house. We figured since I’m allergic to gia and Hannah’s pets we can do it at my house. A Rube Goldberg is a chain reaction from one thing to another and at the end will do a simple task. But, first we needed to figure out what we were using, and what our task was. Finally we decided for our simple task to be a basketball going in the hoop, it might seem simple but it is not especially the fact that it’s eight steps or more.

With all of our teamwork and creativity, my prediction is that this Rube Goldberg will exceed our expectations. It was a bit of a challenge finding the perfect schedule for our Rube Goldberg project but we managed it correctly. We tried to find as many items to use as possible to fill in the eight steps. We are supposed to do a blog post, create a eight step project, video recording, sketch and documentation. My group and I are trying to make a complex Rube Goldberg and exceed expectations. We can’t wait to continue our Rube Goldberg.

Kindness challenge

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Receiving a kind deed from a friend or classmate can be so wonderful and put a smile on your face. As well as giving a considerate gift or deed can warm your heart. The kindness challenge is a way to show appearance of more kindness and to thank someone in a accomplishment of kindness. Even the smallest act of kindness can turn someone’s day around.

A kind act can be very small like a smile or saying thank you. The goal of the kindness challenge is this to do as many kind things as possible as well as a time limit at the end of the week. I hope the kindness challenge will continue to encourage students to be more kind to each other.

Martin Luther King

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Martin Luther King had many important events in his life. He was a person who has been remembered and known for his civil rights dynamic movement and commitment. Every Year we celebrate Martin luther King’s birthday. He is very inspirational and many people follow in his footsteps.. Most people saw King as Frustrating or a sign of hope. Even though his death was long ago we still think of Martin Luther King as a role model. Kings family was very religious. He had began preaching at a church like his father and grandfather. King was very famous for his “I have a dream speech.” he spoke in front of two hundred fifty thousand people, both Colored and white when most people think of him they are reminded by his speech. I’m reminded by his letter from Birmingham jail. The purpose of the letter from Birmingham jail was a response to some of the white church leaders who were criticizing King’s methods. The letter was meant to show frustration and hope. He also was in the  Southern Christian Leadership Conference this is something I will remember. King joined together with other black religious leaders to form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference they started from the bus boycott he was not afraid to work together. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference boycott lasted for 381 days from December 5 1995 to December 21 1996 this took more than a year I find that impressive. Martin Luther King’s great work Brought him to Memphis, Tennessee to help the group of workers on a strike, king believed  the struggle in Memphis for the need of economic equality and social justice I think this means he is very selfless. In conclusion Martin Luther King was a great leader we remember his struggles and his deeds. We think of him as a role model and soon to follow in his footsteps.

This is the link to my timeline:

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/

Rocketry Presentation

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I think we did a pretty good job on presentation, I could of done a better job not looking at the screen and talking more clearly and loudly so the audience could understand more, each group member had an equal part but that did not seem like the case for our group.

We practiced a lot for our presentation it was a bit of challenge when we worked at home because we were not working together and that was really the key to our presentation, working together, but we managed to figure it out.

Throughout all our imperfections we thought we did great. All the practice paid off at the end. We are so proud.

Here is my group presentation

 

Flying Goats rocketry presentation

https://youtu.be/L0nADlw0F6g

 

week 1 of planting

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Week 1

 

The first week of planting our plants were so small  the stem was like a centimeter tall only cell 3 and 4 were growing I mean the plants were healthy because they were green but they just were not so tall. The manipulated was kinetic sand instead of soil which on the first week did not grow.

As a class we started the no sunlight that was manipulated  this started to grow a little bit, but it was not so green it was more like a yellow I could tell that this plant was not so healthy.

 

week 2 of plants

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kinetic sand and controlled
no sunlight plant

On the second week of planting cell three and four each had two plants I was realizing the plant just kept getting better and better.
Now the plant was growing taller they were about two centimeters.
The leaves are looking more green I could tell that this plant was healthy. There was at least four leaves on each plant. In our manipulated there was still nothing growing.I think that it is not growing because it did not have the same minerals that soil has.

Our no sunlight plant was taller but it was still yellow and white. It’s about 3 centimeters it still does not look so healthy. I think for a plant to stay healthy it needs sunlight.

one plastic bag

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One Plastic Bag by  Miranda Paul is mostly about five women that try to stop people from using plastic bags. They make the old plastic bags into little purses. My favorite part was when Isatou tries solve the problem. This reminds me of when the green club tries to stop people to buy plastic. The message of the book is that you can do anything you want. You should help the earth be a better place too.

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http://oneplasticbag.com/

Banning the Plastic bags in Bali by TED talk is mainly about two girls that try to stop plastic bags in Bali .My favorite part is when they convinced the mayor of Bali to ban plastic bags because it was really cool to see kids accomplished so many things .This TED talk reminds me of the book One Plastic Bag.  

my reflection on the ELA state test

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I liked the ELA test. I thought it was a challenge. It also helped me learn a lot. Even though it was a lot of work I thought it was  kind of fun. I am happy that we get to do it again in May, but the funny part is that my teacher read a script everyday. I am happy that we got to stretch in the middle of the ELA test. This is why I liked the ELA test.