What are turn-of-the-19th-century businesses that helped grow the Baltimore we have today?
100
Throw trash out the bus window...wave an arm through the bus window...shout at passing vehicles...make loud noise to disturb the driver...
What are examples of things a middle school student on a field trip from our school would NEVER do?
200
because cocoa trees grow well in humid tropical climates with regular rains and a short dry season.
Why are most cocoa trees found in the tropics/so near the equator?
200
Mexico and Guatemala
Where were two of the first places it is known chocolate was used as a dietary ingredient?
200
to put thought and skill into planning a project or construction
What is to design something?
200
In the first case, one needs special training or education; in the second case, anyone with reasonable ability and intellect can be put to work there after one day's training or less.
What is the difference between skilled and unskilled labor?
200
T/F: Students may purchase their lunches at the Baltimore Museum of Industry today.
FALSE! Though some of the exhibits contain old soda fountain machines, etc., no food is served during regular operational hours unless brought by the visitor.
300
Theobroma cacao
What is the scientific name for the seed from which cocoa butter and solids come?
300
bitter
What is how raw, unprocessed (or baking) chocolate would taste - bleh, phooey! ?
300
good at math and measuring; artistically-inclined; detail-oriented
What are some skills engineers use to design buildings, cars, bridges, etc.?
300
1. There were more manual and untrained laborers than today
2. More industries depended on life in and from the harbor and Chesapeake Bay than today.
3. More work was factory work than we have today.
What are specific ways in which Baltimore was different a century or two ago?
300
The box or bag assigned to you before we leave by your advisor.
What is the spot where we need to place all of our self-contained lunches - a student will then be asked to carry that box or bag into the museum with us and place it in the lunchroom there until it's time to eat.
400
The Spaniards
Who were the people who introduced cocoa to Europeans?
400
Where almost 67% of the world's chocolate is now produced
What is western Africa?
400
examples include: "Is this fiscally possible?" "Are all the materials I need available?" "Do I have the tools needed to alter the materials as I need to?"
What kinds of questions will engineers ask themselves before they are ready to build something?
400
Patapsco
What is the name of the river that runs through Baltimore and helped support many of the industries and businesses "back in the day"?
400
So we have an easier time counting heads at every stop along our way today...so others know the school we represent on our field trip...so docents can tell us of someone in our group has made a poor decision while visiting...
What are some reasons we come in school-sponsored dress today?
500
400!
What is the average number of dried cocoa beans needed to make 1 pound of chocolate?
500
the year milk chocolate was invented (by adding, oddly enough, milk to chocolate) by a Daniel Peter
What is 1875?
500
chemical...electrical...mechanical...civil...
What are examples of types of engineers?
500
more goods could be produced faster and with fewer employees
What is the importance of industrialization in Baltimore's factories?
500
the spot every student loves to visit on every field trip