Facts about Me
Native Code Talkers and Persuasive Strategies
Order of Operations and Pineapple Enzymes
Algebraic Expressions and Salmon
Other Lessons
100

What is my favorite color?

Orange

100

What is persuasive writing?

trying to convince someone of something

100

What is the acronym we use for the order of operations?

PEMDAS

100

Simplify: 2a+3a

5a

100

When a frog is brightly colored, what is this signaling to potential predators?

That the frog is poisonous

200
What is my favorite animal?

Elephant

200

The name of the emotional persuasive appeal

Pathos

200

The function of an enzyme

To speed up chemical reactions in biological settings

200

What does a variable represent in an algebraic expression?

an unknown value

200

What does it mean to use ordinal words, like in procedural writing? 

Use words that indicate an order - "first, second, next, last" 

300

What is in my green cup every day?

Coffee

300

A tribe that the code talkers were a part of

Navaho, Comanche, Cherokee

300

Step #1 in this problem: 45-32+(6x52x3)+27

52=25

300

The reason salmon go to the ocean

To feed on abundant, nutrient dense food
300

What is personification?

giving human attributes to non-human beings/ things

400

What do I eat for lunch every day?

PB&J, cheez-its, and apple slices

400

Why is a concession and refutation strategy effective?

It builds credibility/ proves you know all sides of the argument

400

Solve: (92+4)-6x3

4

400

Why are salmon considered a keystone species?

Salmon serve as deliverers of ocean nutrients to their freshwater spawning grounds. Without salmon, those freshwater and surrounding terrestrial environments are susceptible to drastic change.

400

The material we used to make chromatograms

Coffee filters, water, markers
500

What is my last name?

McMakin

500
What did the Code Talkers use in their language to name the planes used in WWII?

Birds

500

The reason the milk formed precipitates when pineapple juice was added

Bromelain (protease enzyme in pineapple juice) broke down the casein (protein in milk) 

500

2(-16y+4y-2)

-24y-4

500
What makes water a polar molecule?

Positively charged hydrogen end and negatively charged oxygen end