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When writing a story or essay, this is the part where the main problem is introduced and the story’s action begins.
What is an introduction, or an exposition?
Our Journey Through Time marble runs involved shapes and angles. How many degrees are in a right angle?
What is 90∘
This natural phenomenon can cause the ground to shake and is caused by movement of tectonic plates.
What is an earthquake?
Hawaii, Ms. Garry’s favorite place to visit, is located in which ocean?
Students created websites about careers using these two popular online tools. Name both.
What is Canva and Google Sites
The lesson or message that the author wants the reader to learn is called what?
What is the theme?
If a student’s career website shows that for every 2 hours spent researching, they spent 3 hours designing, what is the ratio of research time to design time?
What is 2:3
Plants use this process to turn sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into food and oxygen.
What is photosynthesis?
This imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
This project had students research a specific time period and build a marble run to represent it.
What is the “Journey Through Time” project?
When you say “the wind whispered through the trees,” this is an example of what literary device?
What is personification?
During the Journey Through Time project, students built marble runs to represent different time periods. If a marble run is 2.5 meters long and a student wants to divide it into 5 equal sections to represent 5 centuries, how long is each section in meters?
What is 0.5 meters per section (2.5/5)
Matter can exist in three common states: solid, liquid, and this third state.
Name the continent where the ancient Egyptian civilization developed.
What is Africa?
In our Greek mythology unit, students wrote their own myths based on this type of real-world event.
What is a natural phenomenon?
This punctuation mark is used to show possession or to form contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
During the independent study, a student coded a simple program that repeats a message 5 times. If each message takes 3 seconds to display, how many seconds will the entire message take?
What is 15 seconds?
This planet is known as the “Red Planet” because of its reddish appearance.
What is Mars?
The Mississippi River is one of the longest rivers in the United States. It flows into this body of water. Name it.
What is The Gulf of Mexico?
You developed many important skills this year, including problem-solving and this other one that means you are able to work well with others.
What is Collaboration?
When you use the words around an unfamiliar word to figure out its meaning, you are using what?
What are context clues?
In the Greek mythology unit, students researched natural phenomena. If 12 students wrote myths about volcanoes, 8 about storms, and 10 about earthquakes, what is the total number of myths written?
What is 30 myths?
When conducting an experiment, this is the factor you change on purpose to test its effect.
What is an independent variable?
If a student travels from Valley Stream to the state known as the “Sunshine State,” which state are they visiting, and what ocean borders it to the east?
What is Florida and the Atlantic Ocean?
This project allowed students to explore a topic they chose themselves, giving them a chance to dive deeply into their own interests. Along with stories and career websites, it was one of the main highlights of the 6th Grade Showcase.
What is the independent study project?