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Game Design Quest

Day 2: Probability Challenges

Your challenges today are to:

• 1. Play the Olympic Probability Game using the Game Pieces and scoresheet.

  2. Play SKUNK using the Exploring Probability- SKUNK sheet.

  3. Submit completed challenges for the Excellence Committee to review to earn tokens for the PLAY Lab.

  4. Once your challenges are submitted and you have tokens, spend some time in the PLAY Lab!

Day 1: Probability Challenges

Your challenge today is to begin work on and complete as many of the 5 Probability Challenges as you can:

• 1. Challenge 1: Paper Plate Challenge

  2. Challenge 2: Beads Challenge I

  3. Challenge 3: Beads Challenge II

  4. Challenge 4: Smoke or Fire Challenge

  5. Challenge 5: Pick a Cup Challenge

  6. Submit completed challenges in the Inbox, with your name on them for the Excellence Committee to review to earn tokens for the PLAY Lab.

  7. Once your challenges are submitted and you have tokens, spend some time in the PLAY Lab!

Today’s challenges DO NOT need to be done in order, and they all don’t need to be completed.  Its up to you. We’ll be moving on on Wednesday, but you always have the opportunity to go back if you want to complete more.  I have all of the sheets here- please go to the project links to explore the challenges so you can come take the one you want!

Prediction Tools Quest

Day 13: Week 5, Monday Challenge:

If you HAVE completed the minimum number of challenges:

• 1. Begin working on your final challenge: Create Your Own Challenge found at the bottom of your Predictions Tools Quest Game Board .

  2. Choose which ones you would like to work on today. Set a goal for quest time and share it with your squad.

If you haven't completed the minimum number of challenges:

                                Your challenge is the same as Day 9. Read below.

Day 12: Week 4, Friday Challenge:

First, Complete your Full Circle Feedback, found in your email.

Then: Same as Day 9. Read below.

Day 11: Week 4, Wednesday Challenge:

Same as Day 9. Read below.

Day 10: Week 4, Monday Challenge:

Same as Day 9. Read below.

Day 9: Week 3, Friday Challenge:

• 1. Continue to explore the Strategy, Analysis, and Measurement Tools found on your Prediction Tools Quest Challenge Board.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: Choose which ones you would like to work on today. Set a goal for quest time and share it with the studio on the Tracking Board.

FIND all of the links you need on either the Day 7 or Day 3 Quest Challenges by scrolling below.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. Unlock the Create Your Own Tool Challenge (Final Challenge) when you have completed:

   1. 1. ALL Studio Tools Challenges

      2. ALL Self-Knowledge Tools Challenges

      3. ALL Teamwork Tools Challenges

      4. 9 of the 14 Challenges amongst Strategy Tools, Analysis Tools & Measurement Tools Challenges

2. Quest Winners, determined by Quest Points on the Gameboard, will win the opportunity to decide on a Studio Improvement!

Day 8: Week 3, Wednesday Challenge:

Begin today's Challenge if you have completed your Studio, Self-Knowledge & Teamwork Tools Challenges.

• 1. Your challenge today is to focus on the decision-making challenges on your Prediction Tools Quest Challenge Board:

     1. Decision Chain Challenge

     2. Trial and Error vs. Question Funnel

  2. Continue to explore the Strategy, Analysis, and Measurement Tools found on your Prediction Tools Quest Challenge Board. (more information on the Day 7 Challenge list below.)

  3. Set a goal for quest time and share it with your squad.

Day 7: Week 3, Monday Challenge:

Your Challenge TODAY, and for the rest of the session, unless otherwise noted:

1. By now, if you have not already, complete the following:

• • • ALL Studio Tools Challenges,

    • ALL Self-Knowledge Tools Challenges

• • The first three Teamwork Tools Challenges (do not do Team Building Challenge 2 yet).

Skip the following until later:

• • Decision Chain Challenge (Strategy Tools)

  • Measure the Joy (Measurement Tools)

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. Unlock the Create Your Own Tool Challenge (Final Challenge) when you have completed:

   1. ALL Studio Tools Challenges

   2. ALL Self-Knowledge Tools Challenges

   3. ALL Teamwork Tools Challenges

      1. 9 of the 14 Challenges amongst Strategy Tools, Analysis Tools & Measurement Tools Challenges

2. Quest Winners, determined by Quest Points on the Gameboard, will win the opportunity to decide on a Studio Improvement!

3. Here are the videos you may need from various challenges in the Strategy Tools, Analysis Tools, and Measurement Tools Challenges: 

• • • Scientific Method Challenge: 

      • “Study Jams - Scientific Methods”

    • Design Your Own Experiment worksheet

    • Scientific Paradigms and Prediction Challenge: 

      • “Kuhn’s Paradigm Shift”

      • “Aristotle vs. Galileo”

      • “Einstein vs. Newton on Space and Time”  

      • “Nicolaus Copernicus Biography”

• • Trial & Error vs Question Funnel Challenge

    • Roborush

    • Maps Challenge:

      • “My How Big Is My World and Do Maps Help Me Find My Place in the World?”

    • How to Make a Map | Geography for Kids | Made by Red Cat Reading

  • Dream Journal Challenge: 

    • • “The Busy World of Richard Scarry - Play It Safe - Sleep”

      • “The Benefits of a Good Night's Sleep” (Ted-Ed)

      • “What Would Happen If You Didn't Sleep?” (Ted-Ed)

      • “How Does Your Body Know What Time It Is?” (Ted-Ed)

      • “Why Do We Dream?” (Ted-Ed)

  • Statistics- Polling and Sampling Challenge

    • • “Sampling: Simple Random, Convenience, systematic, cluster, stratified - Statistics Help” (Youtube)

    • Measuring Time Challenge: 

      • “The History of Keeping Time” (Ted-Ed)

      • “An Exercise in Time Perception” (Ted-Ed)

      • “The Pendulum and Galileo” (YouTube)

  • Building an Inclinometer Challenge

    • "Hila Inclinometer"

Day 6: Week 2, Friday Challenge:

For today's Squad Identity Challenge, you will need this link:

Interesting Facts for Kinds about the Flags of the World

Day 5: Week 2, Wednesday Challenge:

• 1. Your challenge today is to first complete the Team-Building Challenge 1 found on the Prediction Tools Quest Challenge Board. This serves as a reflection on the team-building game you just completed.

  2. Continue working on your completing the Studio Tools, Self-Knowledge Tools and the Teamwork Tools challenges.

You’ll complete the Self-Knowledge Tools on your own. The Teamwork Tools should be completed with your squad. (Do not work on the Squad Identity Challenge or Team Building Challenge 2)

Day 4: Week 2, Monday Challenge:

Your Squad's challenge today is to complete in order:

PART 1:

Tech Tools Challenge

Accountability Tools Challenge

Hero's Journey Framework Challenge

Find links for the above challenges in your Gameboard and below.

PART 2:

Once these are done, complete remaining

Studio Tools Challenges and Self Knowledge Tools Challenges (Do not begin the Dream Journal Challenge.)

Here are a couple of links will need for the Self-Knowledge Tools Section:

• • What Is My Learning Style?

  • The Five Love Languages

Day 3: Week 1, Friday Challenge:

Day 3: Week 1, Friday Challenge:

• 1. Systems of Accountability Challenge

  2. Technology Tools Challenge

  3. SMART Goals and Excellence Challenge

  4. Personal Maintenance and Organization Challenge

Here are some videos you may need for these challenges:

• Technology Tools Challenge:

  • Wild About Safety with Timon and Pumbaa: Safety Smart® Online

  • NetSafe

  • Email Template

  • Personal Maintenance and Organization Challenge: How to be Organized for School, College or Life - The 6 Habits of Highly Organized People

  • SMART Goals and Excellence Challenge: “How to Practice Effectively . . . for Just About Anything”

Day 2 Challenge: 

Today, start with the Accountability Tools Challenge and learn as much as you can about the systems within the studio that help predict success by holding you and your studio-mates accountable to your promises.

Day 1 Challenge: 

• 1. All of your challenges for this quest can be found on the Predictions Tools Quest Challenge Board. This is in the form of a Google Sheet and your personal challenge board has been shared with you through email. Check your inbox for the link to your challenge board. Track your personal progress on your challenge board.

  2. Your challenge today is to work with your squad to begin completing the first challenge in Studio Tools: the Technology Tools Challenge.

     1. Here are the videos you’ll need for this challenge:

        1. Wild About Safety with Timon and Pumbaa: Safety Smart® Online

        2. NetSafe

        3. Email Template

Year 9 Projects

Forms

• • Eagle Bucks Request Form

  • Milestone Request Form

  • Badge Request Form

  • Town Meeting Request Form

  • Town Meeting Tracking Form

  • Gotcha Slip

  • Leader Board Slip

  • Minutes from Council Council

Storybird: Creative Writing WW

Click here for daily challenges.

Tinkercad

Click here for Tinkercad.

Growing Curiosity Quest

Click here for daily challenges.

Technical Writing Writers' Workshop

Click here for daily challenges.

Detective Science Quest

Click here for daily challenges.

Community Garden Quest

Click here for daily challenges.

Writers Workshop: Science-based Fiction

Day 1 (2/20/18):

Did the game help you brainstorm a topic you might choose for your story? I hope so! You have three challenges today:

• 1. Choose your unique topic to write about. It could be:

     1. A specific living thing (like an animal)

     2. A special place (like the Amazon rainforest)

     3. Something more general (like natural disasters, clouds, or microscopic cells)

  2. Dive deeply into your topic.

• • 1. Read and research about your topic without taking notes.

    2. Fill your brain with enough inspiring ideas that you can talk about your topic for 2 minutes straight.

• 3. Circle back up at 11:35 am to share what you learned! 

Coding & Robotics

Day 17 (2/7/18):

• Your challenge today will help you program your robot to follow a racetrack! The final competition will require your robot to follow a certain track, so today’s challenge is designed to help you further prepare for this challenge. There will be 2 practice racetracks on whiteboards today. You have the rest of quest time to write a program that will enable your robot to follow the track and to touch the finish line using the touch sensor. In the Exhibition, we’ll have two winners of this competition:

  • The team who completed the track first (that is, wrote code that worked before anyone else)

  • The team whose robot completed the track fastest (that is, wrote the best code so the robot’s time on the track was fastest)

• You can create a "Record Times" table on a whiteboard where each team can record their best times for each racetrack.

Day 16 (2/5/18):

• • Your challenge today will help you program your robot to follow lines! The final competition will require your robot to follow a certain track, so today’s challenge is designed to help you prepare for this challenge. Go to your Project Links site and click on the “Basic Line Follower: Beginning Programming Lesson.” Follow the instructions to see if you can complete the challenges. At the end of each lesson is a solution. Before you follow the solution, you must try to solve the challenge on your own at least twice (that is, writing two different programs).

Day 15 (2/2/18):

• • Your challenge today will teach you how to use the color sensor, switches, and loops! You’ll find the links to the following four lessons on the Project Links page:

    1. “Displaying Text and Graphics”

    2. “Switches” (only complete challenge #1)

    3. “Color Sensor”

    4. “Loops”

  • Follow the instructions to see if you can complete the challenges in this order. At the end of each lesson is a solution. Before you follow the solution, you must try to solve the challenge on your own at least twice (that is, writing two different programs).

Day 14 (1/31/18):

• • Your challenge today will teach you how to use the touch sensor on your robot! Go to your Project Links site and click on the “Touch Sensor: Beginning Programming Lesson.” Follow the instructions to see if you can complete the challenges. At the end of each lesson is a solution. Before you follow the solution, you must try to solve the challenge on your own at least twice (that is, writing two different programs).

Day 13 (1/30/18):

• • Download "Mindstorm for Education" onto your Chromebooks from the Chrome Web Store.

  • Watch all the how-to videos found on the Mindstorm website, and follow along with your group’s robot.

Acton Athens Session 3

• • Acton Athens Challenge Chart

  • How to tie a toga

Academia:

• • Abacus Math

  • Draw Your Own Infographic

  • Greek Alphabet and Writing

  • Pizza Box Salt Dough Map Making

  • Timelines

Oikos:

• • Greek Mythology and Avatars Sheet

  • Olympian Gods and Goddesses Chart

  • Oikos Creations

Stoa:

• • Socratic Smackdown Game

  • Stoa Discussion 1: Socrates and Democracy

  • Stoa Discussion 2: Stoicism

  • Stoa Discussion 3: Plato vs. Aristotle

  • Stoa Discussion 4: Plato's Cave Allegory

ESHIP Session 2

Markets Challenge:

• • Lemonade Stand-off Website

  • The Importance of Competition

Robo Rush:

• • Robo Rush

Image Challenge:

• • "Famous Logos with Hidden Meanings"

  • Mac vs PC Commercial

  • FedEx Commercial

  • Southwest Airlines Commercial

  • Virgin Airlines Commercial

  • Sets of Images for Image Challenge 4

Heroes and Callings Videos:

• • Dallas Crilley

  • Maya Penn

  • Blake Mycoskie

  • Tony Hsieh

  • Moziah Bridges

  • Debbie Sterling

  • Bill Gates

  • Steve Jobs

TESTING

Eagle Instructions for:

• 1. Have your Deep Book at your desk.  During the test, everyone must complete a test section before anyone can move on to the next one.  If you finish early, you may read your Deep Book until everyone is ready to advance to the next section.

  2. There can be no communication of any kind between Eagles during the test.

  3. Run the System Checker

  4. Install the Secure Student Browser:

     1. Chromebook

        1. Instructions: http://downloads.hmlt.hmco.com/Help/DMDigitalResources/Baggage_Files/Quick_Guides/HMH_InstallChromebook_Unmanaged_QRG_072115.pdf

  5. Run the Secure Browser and log in to your first session, using the code for the "Getting Started" session for your grade level (see printout).

Mini Tech Quest

To complete stage 3, watch these videos on internet safety:

1. Timon and Pumba

2. NetSafe Videos for Kids: Watch episodes 1-3 

Year 8 Projects

Newton's Toy Workshop: A Physics Quest- click here

Writers' Workshop- Moral Compass Links

Explore these sites, and more, to find ideas to enhance your illustration:

Draw Tip Tuesday

We Draw Animals

Aesop for Children

Aesop's Fables

Survivor Quest- click here

Writers' Workshop- Fund My National Park Links

Videos on the 58 National Park

National Parks Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm

Find a Park (National Parks Service): https://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm

National Parks Foundation: https://www.nationalparks.org

Jacques Cousteau Marine Science Quest

Week 4 Links

Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cams 

Resources all about fish:

http://www.fishbase.org/search.php

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/hubs/fish/

Week 3 Links: 

How to create papier-mâché: http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Papier-M%C3%A2ch%C3%A9

Week 2 Links: 

NOAA Coral Reef Resource (week 2, part 1)

National Geographic Video: Coral Reefs

Great Ideas for Constructing a Coral Reef:

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/coral-reef-craft/

Week 1 Links: 

National Geographic Map Maker

Ducks in Flow (to read aloud as a group)

National Geographic Wave Simulator

TedEd Water Molecules Video (week 1, part 5)

NOAA Games

Great Research Links:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com

NOAA.gov

Montereybayaquarium.org

Nationalgeographic.com

Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture Quest

Measuring and Scale Challenges:                                                                                               Drawing to Scale: How to Use an Architectural Scale (Note: Only watch to 2:18) and How to Draw Like an Architect: Scale

Drawing and Design:                                                                                             

How to Think Like an Architect: The Design Process                                                 Example Elevation Sketch Process: Pavilion                                                                  How to Draw Like an Architect: The Floor Plan                                                                                                     How to Draw Like an Architect: Elevation Drawing

Writers' Workshop- A Hero's Journey Links

Acton Academy Heropedia

For ideas and information on biography topics:

Garden of Praise- includes an image and a short phrase

Mr. Nussbaum's Biography's- alphabetical list of ideas

Ducksters- contains a list based on topic

E-Ship Gaming Quest Links

For Competition and Substitute Island:

Lemonade Stand Off

Identity Island

Logos

For Motivation Island:

Motivation Quiz

For Hiring Island:

Robo Rush

For Competition and Substitute 

Year 7 Projects

Camp Acton!

How to make a Solar Oven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbwliZJiHe8

Growing Curiosity Links

Crochet Quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqca00LdmAc

Electricity Quest:

Potato Battery (Day 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFuF2Tsg9HY

Simple Circuit (Day 1):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6XP6pAHjvM

Penny Battery (Day 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIdPfDHeROI

Cartography Quest Links

Interactive Map (political & geographical): http://mrnussbaum.com/interactive-world-map/

How to make salt-dough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmgQQWWa0SE 

Cardinal Directions/Compass Rose Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeeLivQH7Ok

Time for Kids- Around the World:  http://www.timeforkids.com/around-the-world

World Facebook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

NatGeo Mapmaker: http://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org

National Geographic: (search your country)  http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/search-results/?q=countries

Map Puzzles:  http://www.yourchildlearns.com/map-puzzles.htm

Geography App: 

Chess Quest Links

Explore, Level Up, Face Challenges, Watch Videos, and Play at www.chesskid.com. 

Another site to play Chess vs Computer: https://www.chess.com/play/computer

Learn about DRAWs:

http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/basic/draw/draw.htm

http://www.chessstrategiesblog.com/chess-draw/

Explore ALGEBRAIC NOTATION further:

https://www.chesskid.com/video/player/how-to-keep-score-algebraic-notation

We covered 5:30-10:15, 12:13-12:44 and 16:19-16:56

Civil Engineering Quest Links

Videos resources to learn about tension, compression, and trusses:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QheSSHUbPeE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJpHS6-iUrs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVOnRPefcno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IN544ZKzmQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-V_8_qmJbE

Read about how trusses work and about how to build a popsicle stick bridge:

http://makezine.com/2010/06/10/ask-make-how-do-trusses-work/

http://www.garrettsbridges.com/building/popsicle-sticks/

Game resources to learn about bridges:

http://www.engineering.com/GamesPuzzles/CargoBridge.aspx

http://www.asceville.org/just_for_fun.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/

Insect Exploration Quest Links

Week 1 Biological Classification Links:

Fact Monster

Mensa for Kids

Science Net Links

PBS Kids

Video on Mealworms

Video on Butterfly Metamorphosis

Build-a-Bug: 

http://www.mylearning.org/interactive.asp?journeyid=77&resourceid=311 and http://justkidsgames.com/play.php?BuildABug

Detective Chemistry Quest Links

Acton Department of Forensics Crime Lab Documents

ADF Official Crime Lab Report Template

if link does not work, check your email for a shared link

Sample ADF Official Crime Lab Report

if link does not work, check your email for a shared link

Fingerprinting

Fingerprint roll technique video

Where do fingerprints come from?

Fingerprint Types Video

How to Compare Fingerprints Video

Developing Prints with black powder Video

Fuming Fingerprints with Superglue

Chromatagraphy

Chromatography for Kids

What is Chromatography?

Animated

Forensic Science

What is Forensic Science

Forensic Chemistry Lab - Behind the Scenes

The Real Science of Forensics

Early Forensics and crime solving chemists

Fighting Crime with Science

The Scientific Method

Chemistry

What is Chemistry

What is chemistry second video

Importance of Chemistry

ChemMatters: Flavor chemistry - The science behind the taste and smell of food

Chemistry of Pickles

Jobs in Forensic Science

Day in the Life of A Crime Lab Tech

So you want to be a Forensic Science Technician

Forensic Toxicologist

Crime Scene Investigator

Forensic Scientist

CSI Jobs in Criminology

Writing a Mystery

Heroes

Forensic geologist Lorna Dawson

A Crime Scene Analyst: A Real Job

E-Ship Gaming Quest Links

DIY Game Design Challenges

For Motivation Island:

Motivation Quiz

For Hiring Island:

Robo Rush

For Competition and Substitutue 

For Hero Island:

• Kidpreneur author Dallas Crilley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqxU-T3H31U  

• Clothing entrepreneur, Maya Penn: https://www.ted.com/talks/maya_penn_meet_a_young_entrepreneur_cartoonist_designer_activist?language=en

• Blake Mycoskie, founder of Toms Shoes: http://www.reuters.com/video/2010/03/26/entrepreneurs-edge-toms-shoes?videoId=62797761

• Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos.com: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqNIvcJUyzs

• 11-year-old entrepreneur, Moziah Bridges, CEO of Mo’s Bows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D5bUoRI720

• Bill Gates, the creator of Microsoft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR7Dskv0dKY

• Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar: http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html  

Year 6 Projects

INDEPENDENT PROJECT RESOURCES

DIY Website: https://diy.org/skills

SOLE RESOURCES

Examples of Big Questions: https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org/big_questions

Choosing the right Question: https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org/library/resources/choosing-the-right-big-question

Inspired by the Pocket Scavenger Quest?

Create a Scavenger Hunt Book

Collect items and build a display

Inspired by Eship?

Start working on an idea for the children’s business fair.

Start a summer business.

Inspired by the Biology Quest?

Research different parts of Biology and write a paper or speech to present your findings.

Inspired by the Physics Quest?

Conduct experiments with the 6 simple machines and document them in a lab journal

you create.

Build a car by combining simple machines.

Create a Rube Goldberg machine.

Inspired by the Draft to Build Quest?

Design something on CAD and present it to the class

Inspired by Growing Curiosity?

Grow your own garden and document your results

Conduct a chemical reaction experiment

Inspired by something else?

Choose a topic to research. Write a paper or speech or create a presentation or lesson to teach the rest of the class.

Work on a Core Skills goal.

5th graders, work on your Independent Learner binders.

Other ideas:

Build an elastic band flinging helicopter.

Build a paperclip machine.

Knit a hat.

Lots of ideas on Instructables, especially the play category – you could even make an instructable to teach others to build what you built.

Make a book.

Build a structure using every single Lego pieces

Chemical Reaction Quest Links

Boo Bubbles Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP_lZaOchE0

Periodic Table Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cqauZq4uYM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m6RtOpqvt

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-Magic-Mud-From-a-Potato/   For the potato experiment stop after you do step four and go to Mei Li for further instructions  

Welcome to the Growing Curiosity Quest!

Links for Plant Research:

1. Growing Thyme - Bonnie Plants

2. Growing Basil - Bonnie Plants

3. Growing Peppers - Bonnie Plants

4. How to Grow Zinnia - Gardening Tips and Advice, Annual

5. Marigold - Dwarf - Bonnie Plants

6. Black Eyed Susan Vine Plant - Gardening Know How

7. Growing Lemon Balm - Bonnie Plants

8. Planting Daylilies - National Gardening Association

9. Growing Sweet Potatoes - Bonnie Plants

10. Gardenia Planting - National Gardening Association: Search .

11.Care Of California Poppies: How To Grow A California Poppy

12. How to Grow Garlic in 5 Easy Steps | Maria's Farm Country ..

Links for Plant Videos:

1. TROPISM: Tropism - YouTube

2.TOMATO:Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? - YouTube

3. HOW A SEED GROWS: How A Seed Grows - YouTube

4.HOW TO PLANT A FLOWER: How to Plant a Flower - YouTube

Links for Plant Activities:

1.) Growing Plants

2.) Cloud in a Bottle

3.) Rain Forest in a Jar

Chicken Challenge, Part 1

Check out these links to find out more information about chickens and eggs:

• Inside an egg

• The stages of embryo development

• A few fun facts

• A few more fun facts

Cells Challenge

If you want the Quizlet link for the Learning to Know Card answers, you can pay $3 SB and a link will be sent to your e-mail.  Otherwise, all of the answers should be in the links below. Good luck and have fun!

Check out the links below to find out more information about cells:

• Life of a Cell

• The parts of a cell video

• Interactive Cell Model

• Cell Parts Tutorial

• PLAY INDIVIDUALLY: Cell Parts Game

• PLAY INDIVIDUALLY: Cell Craft Game, Level 1

• NEW CELL MODEL INSPIRATION LINKS BELOW!

• Cell Model Inspiration 1

• Cell Model Inspiration 2

Chicken Challenge, Part 2

If you want the Quizlet link for the Learning to Know Card answers, you can pay $3 SB and a link will be sent to your e-mail.  Otherwise, all of the answers should be in the links below. Good luck and have fun!

Check out these links to find out more information about chickens and eggs:

• Caring for Chicks 1

• SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM SECTION: Caring for Chicks 2

• Caring for Chicks 3

• Chicks Hatching

• Chickens are intelligent!

Check out this link for your eggs/osmosis experiment:

• Egg/Osmosis Experiment

Germs & DNA Challenge

Check out these links to find out more information about germs and DNA:

• What is the difference between a virus and a bacteria?

• What is bacteria?

• What is DNA?

• How does a cell fight germs?

Check out these links to do your germs and DNA experiments:

• Extract DNA from a strawberry

• Growing Bacteria (materials)

• Growing Bacteria (Video/Experiment)

Plants Challenge

Check out these links to find out more information about plants:

• Photosynthesis 

• Osmosis

Check out this link to help you complete your plant cell diagram:

• Plant Cell Game

Check out these links to help you with your plant experiments:

• Capillary Action Carnations

• Potato Osmosis

• Virtual Photosynthesis video

• Virtual Photosynthesis experiment

Information on the Body Systems

Check out these links to find out more information about the systems in your body!

• A quick overview of the 12 body systems

  • (Click to the system you are interested in on the right hand side of this page): More information on each of the 12 body systems

• Immune/Lymphatic System Video

• Skeletal System Video

• Muscular System Video

• Circulatory System Video

• Nervous System Video

• Respiratory System Video

Bonus Biology Games and Links

Check out these links to explore more about biology!

• Life Cycles Games

• Cell Structures Games

• Cell Craft Game

Welcome to the Physics Quest!

Final Design Challenge

Check out these links to playground toys:

• Playworld

• Playlsi

• Natural Playground Store

Challenge 4: Pulleys

STEP 1: Check out these videos on pulleys

• Pulleys, Part 1

• Pulleys, Part 2

STEP 2: Make your "Learning to Know-Cards".  Use the link below to help you create them.

•  Quizlet flashcards for Challenge 4

STEP 3: Check out your challenge sheet for the experiments and reflections. Here are links to inspire your pulley designs:

•  Pulley Design 1

•  Pulley Design 2

Challenge 3: Mechanical Advantage

STEP 1: Check out these videos on mechanical advantage

• • Mechanical Advantage, Part 1

  • Mechanical Advantage, Part 2

STEP 2: Make your "Learning to Know-Cards".  Use the link below to help you create them.

•  Quizlet flashcards for Challenge 3

STEP 3: Check out your challenge sheet for the experiments and reflections. Here is a link to building your catapult:

•  How to make a catapult

Challenge 2: Simple Machines

STEP 1: Check out these videos on simple machines

• •  Inclined Plane

  • Lever

  • Screw and Wheel

STEP 2: Make your "Learning to Know-Cards".  Use the link below to help you create them.

•  Quizlet flashcards for Challenge 2

STEP 3: Check out your challenge sheet for the experiments and reflections.  All the information that you need is there!

Challenge 1: Work and Force

STEP 1: Check out these videos/links on work and force.

• •  Video 1

  • Video 2

  • Video 3

  • Video 4

Check out the first paragraph in this link: Click here!

STEP 2: Make your "Learning to Know-Cards".  Use the link below to help you create them.

•  Quizlet flashcards for Challenge 1

STEP 3: Check out your challenge sheet for the experiments and reflections.  All the information that you need is there!

BONUS

Try these fun simple machines games if you have extra time:

• •  Museum of Science and Industry

  • PBS Kids

  • Ed Heads

Check out these three videos.  As you do, think about:  Which science concept are you most interested in?  

• •  Simple Machines

  • Magnets

  • Electric Circuits

Website made by a Fellow Traveler

Check out this website from a fellow Acton Academy Eagle at Talent Unbound!  You could create your own website, too.  See her website by clicking here!      

Time your pitches

TIMER:

Short elevator pitches for the trade show should be 30 seconds long.  Long pitches for the shark tank should be 2-3 minutes long.  Use this online timer to time yourself an dyour fellow travelers!  Find the timer by clicking here!      

BONUS PROJECT TIME:

Are you 100% prepared for the Trade Show and Shark Tank?  Then go ahead and play one of the Bonus E-Ship games below: 

• •  Roborush

  • Price Point

  • Galactic Zappers

Costs and Risks Challenge

The three links below are for recipes to Snack Mix.  Choose which recipe you would like to make. There are enough materials for 3 teams to make each recipe.  First come, first served.                                   

• •  Cinnamon Raisin Snack Mix

    • Turtle Power Snack Mix (please cut the yogurt pretzels from this recipe.  All other ingredients are available)

  • S'mores Snack mix

Below is the recipe for Lemonade:

• •  Lemonade Recipe

If you are struggling with variable costs or any of the bonus costs challenges, check out the MBA unit costs video below:

• • Unit Costs Video

Games

• •  Roborush

  • Price Point

Civilization

Explore the Pyramids of Giza! 

• https://www.google.com/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/streetview/treks/pyramids-of-giza/

Heroes & Callings

Unit Cost Video

• •  Click here to go to the page with the video 

E-ship Links for the "Image Challenge"

Image Mini-Challenge #1

• • •  Fedex 

• • Macintosh versus Windows

  •  Southwest Airlines 

  • Virgin Airlines

Image Mini-Challenge #2

• • •  Colors (Watch from 2:55-4:56)

• • Logos

E-ship Games

• •  Roborush

  • Lemonade Stand Off

E-ship

TIMER:

Do you want to help keep your company members on track with your challenges?  Find an online timer by clicking clicking here!

BONUS CHALLENGES!

• Team Challenge: Pitch-a-book! 

Value: $2 Studio Bucks for the team if the entire team participates

1. Grab a sheet from the Bonus Challenge folder in the Projects Resources area.  

2. Follow those instructions.

3. Submit your deliverables in your Business Envelope.

• Individual Challenge: Reverse Problem Engineering

Value: $1 Studio Buck for your team per person that completes the challenge

1. Grab a sheet from the Bonus Challenge folder in the Projects Resources area.  

2. Follow those instructions.

3. Use these links:

Inventions of the 1920's:  Click here!

Best Apps:  Click here!

4. Submit the deliverables in your Business Envelope

• Individual Challenge: Heroes and Callings

Value: $1 Studio Buck for your team per person that completes the challenge

1. Grab a sheet from the Bonus Challenge folder in the Projects Resources area.  

2. Follow those instructions.

3. Use these links:

Man Cans:  Click here!

Jewelry by Christian:  Click here!

4. Submit the deliverables in your Business Envelope

Pitch-a-Pet!

GOOD RESOURCES FOR ANIMAL RESEARCH:

• National Geographic Animals.  Click here!

• ASPCA: Click here!

RUBRIC FOR THE PITCH-A-PET PITCHES:

• Begins with a question or an "imagine this . . ."

• Tells listeners why they might enjoy the pet

• Tells what supplies are needed and what they cost

• Tells how much time is needed for care

• Includes 1 funny or weird fact that people may not know

• Includes 1 personal story or example, if possible

• Is between 2 and 3 minutes

TIMER:

Help your fellow travelers to keep their pitch between two and three minutes!  Find an online timer by clicking clicking here!

Set the timer to 3 minutes and see how long they take!

BONUS CHALLENGES IF YOU FINISH EARLY:

• Create a visual aid for your pitch

• Find a video of your animal in the wild, like this one: Click here!

• Make a drawing of your animal's ideal home/habitat, like this one: Click here!

• Write a song for your pet

Pocket Scavenger Documentation!

Congratulations! You followed the clue and made it to the right place!

FIRST, READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW THEM

1. Log in to your Gmail account 

2. You will receive an email from Ben Bazan inviting you to "collaborate" on a folder called "You-seum Exhibition Photos"

3. Click on the blue button in the email that says "Open"

4. You will see all of the photos inside organized by name, including yours!

5. Click on the button in the upper right hand corner that says "Add to my drive"

6. Go to the Pathbrite website by clicking --> www.pathbrite.com

7. Log into your Pathbrite Portfolio.  

Your username is: yourfirstnameacton (example: taraacton)

Your password is: iloveacton

8.  Hover your mouse over the middle of the screen and text will appear over a black box. It will say, "Acton Academy: Your Name 2014-2015" and you will see a small picture of a pencil next to the word "edit."  Click the word "edit."

9. On the right hand side of the screen, you will see a yellow plus sign and the words "Add work."

10. Click on the button on the bottom right that says, "More."

11. Click on the button that says "Google Drive" with a blue picture of Google Drive on it.

12. Click on the words "Import from Google Docs"

13. Find the grey folder called "You-seum exhibition photos" and click on it

14. Find your name and photo

15. Click on the photo and then click on the yellow button that says "Add to Portfolio"

16. Congratulations!  You are done with this step!

 FOLLOW YOUR NEXT CLUE BELOW!

There's a darkened room where we keep supplies,

Look to the right and down with your eyes.

Be sly and watchful like a silver fox,

And look for names in a metal box.

Seeds of Potential

Take your Myers-Briggs personality profile test by clicking here.

Your Account ID is 676

Your Student ID is your first name and your last initial (example: Tarae)

Your password is the same as your Student ID

When you are done with the test, click on the green button on the left of the screen that says, "Already done :)" and then the yellow button that says "View Profile."  You will need to refresh the screen once so that you get an image that looks like a brain with clouds around it.  Once you have this, please PRINT it, WRITE your name on it, and turn it into the inbox. Thanks!

Here are some links to websites that will help you to learn about how to care for your plant pet:

Site 1

Site 2

Site 3

Lip Dub!

As has become our tradition, our very first project as a class will be a lip dub!  Based on popular demand by the fifth graders, this year's song is "On Top of the World" by the Imagine Dragons.  

You will find a link to a video of the song (with lyrics) here.

You will find a link to the lyrics and the time sections for each group here.

Here are the links to lip dubs from previous years:

2010: ABC  (password: abc)

2011: Rockin' Robin 

2012: Lean on Me

2013: Home

2014: We Are One

Independent Projects

Some Ideas to get you started...

Inspired by the community garden?

·      Bring pots from home and plant something.

·      Research what’s in season, how to prepare the soil, and plant something in our garden.  

Inspired by Eship?

·      Start working on an idea for the children’s business fair.

·      Start a summer business.

Inspired by Colonial Acton?

·      Research colonial times and write a paper or speech to present your findings.

Inspired by the Rocket Quest?

·      Build and test any of the rockets we experimented with.

·      Make a series of paper airplanes and test out which designs fly furthest, longest, or highest.

·      Conduct a series of science experiments and document them in a lab journal you create.

Inspired by the Rube Goldberg Quest?

·      Conduct experiments with the 6 simple machines and document them in a lab journal you create.

·      Build a car by combing simple machines.

·      Create another Rube Goldberg machine.

Inspired by Growing Curiosity?

·      Make a film – silent, interpretive, or stop animation.

·      Build another water wheel or experiment further with ice and the properties of water.

·      Create a computer program or  your further develop your coding skills.

·      Step outside to identify plants, make paint, or explore nature.

Inspired by something else?

·      Choose a topic to research. Write a paper or speech or create a presentation or lesson to teach the rest of the class.

·      Work on a Core Skills goal

·      5th graders, work on your Independent Learner binders.

·      Build an elastic band flinging helicopter.

·      Build a paperclip machine.

·      Knit a hat.

·      Lots of ideas on Instructables, especially the play category – you could even make an instructable to teach others to build what you built.

·      Make a book.

·      Build a structure using every single Lego piece.

Growing Curiosity 

Field Study 

Survival Skills Quiz Challenge 

• Survival Skills Quiz

Fire Starting: 

• How to build a fire

• Bow drill Fire Starting Method

• Magnifying Glass Fire Starter

• 1 Match Fire

Plant, Insect, Rock, and Mineral Identification: 

• Texas Native Plants

• Texas Insects

• Rock and Mineral Identification

• Mineral Identification Test

Computer Programming 

• Do this first or else suffer boredom!

  • Choice Challenges

Mural Quest - My Hero's Journey Flag

• CIA World Factbook: Flags of the World

Big small Quest: Rube Goldberg Machines 

Rube Goldberg Machine Resources 

Page Turner

Target

Issac Newton vs. Rube Goldberg

Cream that egg!

Week 3 Big Small Experiments 

(Choose one experiment for each simple machine.) 

Pulley: 

Broomstick Pulleys

Pulley Message

Screw: (No lab sheet required.) 

Screw as an Inclined Plane

Week 2 Big Small Experiments 

(Choose one experiment for each simple machine.) 

Wheel and axle: 

Rubber band car

Drag Racing Cups

Wedge: 

Wedge Raise

Week 1 Big Small Experiments 

(Choose one experiment for each simple machine.) 

Inclined Plane: 

Rolling Ball

Rubber Band Stretch

Lever: 

Desktop Catapult

Lever loads

Big small Quest: Rockets

Week 4 Big Small Experiments (Choose at least 1) 

Materials per experiment: 

6 sheets of paper per partners 

Contest 1 - Distance:

• Dart Paper Airplane

Contest 2 - Distance: Choose any design from a site below

•  Secret Paper Airplanes

• 10 Paper Airplanes

Water Bottle Rockets

Controlled Variables

    - PSI - 20lbs

    - Amount of water - 300ml 

Basic Bottle Rocket Designs 

• Step by step with template

• Step by step no template (design your own)

Advanced 

• Advanced Rocket Designs and Troubleshooting

Template

• Nose Cone and FIn Template

Week 3 Big Small Experiments (Choose 2-3) 

Choose at least 1

• Anti gravity water

• Skewer through a balloon

Only after you have completed one of the above, choose 1 or do both! 

• Bubbling lava lamp  

•  Homemade geyser tube- 

  • Watch one of these two videos before beginning your lab sheet. 

    • Coke and Mentos Car

    • Myth Busters - Diet Coke and Mentos

Chemical Rocket 

• Vinegar/Baking Soda Rocket

Week 2 Big Small Experiments (Choose 2) 

• Coin Drop

• Centripetal-force-penny

• Tablecloth Trick

• Magic Tube

• *Balloon powered race-car *(Only after you have completed at least 1 other experiment from this list.) 

Air Rockets 

Air Rockets

• Balloon Rockets- Science Bob

• Straw Rockets- Instructions can be found at the Artichoke Rug 

Week 1 Match Stick Rockets

• Match Stick Rockets- Popular Science

• Match Stick Rockets- Metacafe Video

• Match Stick Rockets- NASA 

• Match Stick Rockets- Grathio Labs

E-ship

Book Links

Marketing Team: 

Create Your Own Ad

Below are the links necessary to complete Sail Patch Requirements for Motivation, Competition and Substitute, and Hiring Islands: 

• Hero Island

  • Dallas Crilley

  • Leanna Archer 

  • Tony Hsieh

  • BlakeMycoskie

  • AnshulSamar

  • JackSmith

    • Steve Jobs

• Motivation Island 

  • Motivation Quiz

• Hiring Island 

  •  Roborush

• Competition and Substitute Island

  • Lemonade Stand Off

• BONUS

  • Price Point

  • Galactic Zappers