Deep Thinking Friday 1/16/20

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Independent Project Reflection

Independent Project Reflections

Now that you're done presenting your projects, write a blog post sharing and reflecting on your experience.  Answer each section as its own paragraph, in complete sentences.  Remember, we want your posts to make sense to people who look at them without knowing what questions you're answering.  Include the following:

• Embed your project into your blog.
• Briefly describe your project, both your topic and the format in which you presented. 
• What do/did you like most about your project?  Explain. 
• What was the hardest part of this project, and why?
• How did you improve as a learner or as a student during the process of this project?  Explain.
• If you could do the whole thing over again, what would you change and/or improve?  Why?
• If you have any genuine suggestions for Mrs. Edlin about how to improve this assignment or how to make this project more meaningful to future students, please include them at the end.

Publish your blog post, and after you publish, please comment on the posts of at least three other people.

When you finish, you may visit any link under Idleness Prevention Society at the left-hand side of this blog.

Rubik's Cube Reflections

5th grade GOAL:

Now that you've had some time to ponder your experience with Rubik's Cubes, start a new blog post and reflect on the following questions:

1. What was the hardest part of solving Rubik's cubes?  Explain.
2. How did you feel when you finally solved the cube?  Describe.
3. What are the life lessons that people can learn from Rubik's cubes?
4. What advice do you have for other kids trying to solve Rubik's cubes?
5. What advice do you have for other kids trying to do hard things? 

After you've published your post, comment on the posts of your classmates.

Sports and Games Projects

5th graders:

• Embed your project into your blog in a new post called "Sports and Games Around the World."
• Answer the following questions in your post:
• What was the sport you researched?
• What part of the world is your sport/game from?
• What is the most interesting thing about your sport or game?
• What was the most fun part of this project?

Deep Thinking Friday 12/6

Watch the following video.  What do you observe?  What do you notice?  What do you wonder?

National History Day, 2019: Breaking Barriers in History

Here is this year's NHD Theme Webinar to help you explore different topics and dissect this year's theme.  Find a topic that inspires you!

Here is a picture from our own town of Fairfield, provided by the Carnegie Museum.  What can this picture tell you about breaking barriers in our own community?

The Stock Market Game

7th grade GOAL students:

Have one person create a Google Doc for your Stock Market Game team.  Share it with each member and with Mrs. Edlin.  Make a list of stocks of interest.  Look for companies and parent companies of products you already know, use, buy, value, and respect.  Compare their prices and their histories.  Explore all the outside links on The Stock Market Game site, and use the other resources below.  We'll start trading next week!

More Resource Links for The Stock Market Game:
http://money.cnn.com/data/us_markets/
http://www.marketwatch.com/
http://markets.wsj.com/
http://eoddata.com/symbols.aspx

Deep Thinking Friday 10/18/19

Forces

What do you observe?  What do you notice?  What do you wonder?

Deep Thinking Friday 10/11/19

How do you feel about self-driving cars?

Deep Thinking Friday 10/4/19

What do you observe?  What do you notice?  What do you wonder?

Shadow Art

More Shadow Art

Earth's Rotation Time Lapse

Boomerangs

Mass Kung Fu Demonstration

The Scooters of Taiwan