Math
Ms. Zelkowitz has 89 baskets in her class library. Each one has 34 books in it. How many books are in the class library?
What is 3,026 books?
Upon visual inspection, a soil sample contains the following: some gravel, some sand, some clay, and a large amount of humus. What ecosystem is it likely to come from?
What is a forest?
In Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All, what article of clothing did she and her friend Iris try to return to their owners?
What are socks?
Name one indigenous group from New York
The Haudenosaunee (others may vary, your teachers will decide)
Mrs. Edwards' favorite singer
Who is Taylor Swift?
The number of lines of symmetry in a regular polygon is equal to this.
What is the number of sides in the polygon?
Name five structures of an eye.
What are pupil, lens, cornea, retina, iris, optic nerve, lashes, lids, uvea, tear ducts... or others.
Name a theme in Front Desk.
Answers vary... your teachers will decide if your team's is valid!
What are the five states that border New York?
What are Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and New Jersey (any order)?
Ms. Zelkowitz's favorite color
What is purple?
Mr. Beverage has two $10 bills and a $5 bill in his wallet. He buys a book for $7.89 and a coffee for $3.49. He also buys two cookies for $1.25 each. How much money does he have left?
What is $11.12?
When solving an engineering problem, these are the two things that must be taken into consideration.
What are criteria and constraints?
Name two groups who benefited from and two groups who were disadvantaged by the Transcontinental Railroad.
Benefit: European-American settlers, tycoons, Chinese railroad workers, Irish workers
Disadvantage: Native Americans, Chinese, Irish, and Black railroad workers
Whose famous midnight ride warned Patriots that "the British are coming?"
Who is Paul Revere?
Mr. Beverage's daughter's job
What is astrophysicist?
There are 684 random loose crayons in Ms. Zelkowitz's classroom. She wants to put them in boxes of 8. How many COMPLETE boxes of crayons can Ms. Zelkowitz make? How many crayons will be left over?
She can make 85 boxes with 4 crayons left over.
Name three possible indicators of energy in a system.
Light, heat, motion, sound (or others)
Name the AUTHOR of Number the Stars and the AWARD it won.
Who is Lois Lowry and the Newbery?
What important Revolutionary War battle is considered to be the turning point of the war and WHY?
Battle of Saratoga, it convinced the French to join the war and fight for the Patriots
Ms. Zelkowitz's daughters' names
Who are Flora and Delly (Adele)?
Mrs. Edwards' son Graeme plays lacrosse. They had a pizza party for the end of the season. They ate 2 7/8 cheese pizzas, 3 1/2 pepperoni pizzas, and 1 1/4 veggie pizzas. How many pizzas did they eat in total?
What is 7 5/8 pizzas?
What is required to consider something a communication?
Sender, signal, receiver
What are the three pieces to a well-supported argument?
What is the claim, evidence, and explanation (warrant)?
What important social movement is associated with Seneca Falls in the Finger Lakes region of New York?
What is women's suffrage?
Who is the best fourth grade teacher at Craig School?
Who is MS. ZELKOWITZ???!?!?!?!!?