1. Find out: Who is Rube Goldberg?

2. Watch 1 or 2 videos of a Rube Goldberg project. If your videos are blocked try these:

3. Complete this Rube Goldberg challenge - drop a snowball from higher than your head and make it land in a dish of water BUT it MUST have 5 transfers of power. Use materials from home to complete the challenge (Check with your parents to see what they're comfortable with you using!). If it's too cold outside, use another ball to do the challenge.

4. (This step is optional.) Video it to share with your teacher and/or classmates! Post your video here!

It's important to be an active part of your community and look for ways to serve others. If you have the opportunity, help shovel a neighbor's driveway and/or sidewalk. If you can't help shovel, choose another way you can be helpful at home or in your neighborhood.

After you help out, write a doc talking about your experience. What did you do? How did it make you feel? How did the people respond? 

1. Build a snow fort! (No snow? Build a fort in your house!)

2. When you complete it, try to measure it and find its volume in cubic units. (Remember volume is length x width x height)

3. If you can, take a picture and share it with us! Good luck! Have fun! 

You will need an ice cube, string (or shoe lace might work, but a thinner string may work better), salt, and a bowl or container.

Place a cube of ice in a bowl or container. 

Using just a string and tying no knots, try to lift up the ice cube.

Now try it this way: 

1. Place a cube in a glass or bowl with or without water (You can try this experiment both ways!)

2. Lay string over ice. 

3. Cover string and ice with salt.  

4. Watch for one minute or two. 

Observe. What do you see happening to the ice? Do you hear anything?

5. Grab carefully each end of the string and lift slowly up. 

What happened? Could you lift the cube? (If not, maybe try the experiment again until you can.) Why do you think it did that?

Why do you think they use salts on our roads when it’s icy in the winter?

6. Share your experience and thoughts about this experiment in a doc or e-mail to Miss Sandgren.

Other experiments to try if you're interested: 

Try this with or without water in your container. You could also try different kinds of string or different kinds of salt.

Water, Snow and Ice - Are they equal when they melt?

You will need three of the same kind of containers with lids - mason jars work great if you have some.

Fill one container with water and cover.

Fill container 2 full of ice and cover.

Fill container 3 full of snow and cover.

Allow container ingredients to melt. What started to melt first, the ice or the snow? Did you end up with the same amount of water in each container? Write an e-mail or doc about what happened and why you think that happened.

After your writing, you could check out this site that explains more about the results: https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/activities/snow-ice-simple-science/ 

Create a comic strip with at least 6 squares that describes what you're doing at home or the events you read about in your book today.

You can draw your own squares, use the link provided here to print one, or try out one of these sites to make a digital comic strip:

Comic Maker - ReadWriteThink (basic options) http://readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/ 

Make Beliefs Comix (more features) https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ 

Write a story that uses 3 emojis of your choice! Create a doc and go to Insert then Emoji and choose 3 to include within your story.  Share your story with your teachers when you're done. I'm excited to see your creative stories!

Create an obstacle course in your house or backyard. It needs to have at least 5 obstacles. 

Complete the obstacle course 4 times. Time each one to see how long it takes you to complete.

Draw a graph that shows the times of all 4 attempts. Which one was your fastest? Did your time increase with each attempt or did you start to slow down?

Share your course! Post on Padlet - Your post can explain your obstacles  - or take a picture (of your graph or your course) - or video your course!

Want an extra challenge? See if you can learn how to create a Google Sheet with your time data and have the Sheet generate a graph for you! 

Read this article from Scholastic and answer some math questions related to the text. What do you think of Burger Bugs? Would you try them?

Check out other learning opportunities from Scholastic right here!