Throwback Thursday
Engineering Challenge
Valley View History
Riddle Me This
100
Fifth grade can be an emotional roller coaster! What 2015 Disney/Pixar movie takes viewers inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl to meet the emotions guiding her decisions?
Inside Out
100
Engineers often need to figure out how much space a flat surface covers, like floors, fields, or blueprints. This is called area. What is the formula for finding the area of a rectangle?
A = L x W
100
In what year was Valley View built?
1965
100
How many months have EXACTLY 30 days?
4
The months with exactly 30 days are:
April, June, September, and November
200
What fruit-named cellphone was so popular in the 2000s that many people thought it would never be replaced?
The Blackberry
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY- Take Flight Challenge:
Your group will receive ONE piece of paper and three minutes to create a paper airplane that outflies the rest. You may do a few practice throws if needed, but only ONE person from your group can launch the plane in the final challenge.
Flight Challenge
200
Before becoming your principal, Mr. Karel was a teacher. What grade did he teach?
5th Grade!
200
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel
300
Kids today stream everything—but in the past, this 3-letter box was how you watched movies at home.
VCR
300
Spelling: There are many types of engineers out there! Listen carefully and correctly spell this type of engineer that works to make things run smoother.
INDUSTRIAL
300
Which current Valley View teacher has been a Valley View teacher the longest?
Mrs. Lanham
300
What has to be broken before you use it?
An egg
400
In CKLA, you learned about this Renaissance artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Despite some confusion, his name was recognized first as a famous artist, not a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle! Who is he?
Michelangelo
400
A robot starts facing north. It turns right, moves forward, turns left, moves forward again, then turns left one more time. What direction is it facing at the end?
West
400
In the not so distant past, you arrived at school one morning to find Mrs. Neal ready to greet you at the door instead of Mrs. Brenner. Give the month and day of this event (hint: it's Baby Bennett's birthday!)
March 25th
400
You find three doors:
Door 1 leads to a room filled with venomous snakes.
Door 2 leads to a room with a fire that's been continuously burning for 12 hours.
Door 3 leads to a room with lions that haven't eaten in three years.
Which door is safest?
Door 3. The lions would not survive three years without food.