GEO SCIENCE
What percentage of the moon is always daylight and what percentage of the moon is always dark?
Answer: 50% daylight 50% dark
The seven types of figurative language we covered this year.
What are onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, alliteration, personification, idiom.
!! DAILY DOUBLE !! You MUST pick a member of your house to answer the question.
In order to make the perfect pitcher of lemonade, Drew always uses 32 ounces of water and 8 scoops of lemonade powder. What is the unit rate of ounces of water per scoop of powder that Andre uses?
Answer: 4 ounces per 1 scoop
Name the four animals that represent each house.
What is:
Reveur-unicorn
Amistad- peacock
Isibindi-lion
Altrusimo- snake
Who is the youngest 6th grade teacher?
Answer: Mrs. Mihalko
What percentage of the Earth is covered in water?
Answer: around 70-75%
!! DAILY DOUBLE!! The group must pick 1 person in their house to answer the question correctly.
What is the name of the Hero's Journey stage where the hero goes into a new world with new rules?
What is Entering the Unknown.
Write an expression that shows: seven less than three times a number.
Answer: 3n – 7
The name of the creator of the House System.
Who is Ron Clark?
Which 6th grade teachers went to Greensburg Salem as students?
Answer: Who are
Mrs. Brannigan
Mrs. Mihalko
Mrs. Beavers
What causes the Earth's seasons.
Answer: The 23 1/2 degree tilt of the Earth.
What vocabulary word from the Lightning Thief novel means: to defeat an opponent in a long and difficult contest?
What is prevail.
Cameron surveyed his classmates to find out how many movies they watched last month. The number of movies watched last month were: 0,1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 10. What is the mean number of movies watched by his classmates?
Answer: 4 movies
Name 3 topics covered in House WIN this year.
What are responsibility, problem solving, anti-bullying, teamwork, handshakes/meeting new people, kindness, community.
How many children of their own do all the 6th grade teachers have in total?
Brannigan- 3
Mihalko- 1
Beavers- 2
Mankins- 3
Shirey- 2
Geer- 2
Peoples- 1
Siegel- 2
Planic- 2
Keefer- 2 TOTAL: 20 children
Name the 3 sediments that rocks break down into.
Answer: Sand, silt, and clay
Name the specific parts that go in each paragraph of a TDA Essay:
Introduction
Body 1
Body 2
Conclusion
What are
Intro- Title, summary, claim
Body 1/2- Evidence, inference, connection
Conclusion- Restate claim, mic drop
What is the difference between surface area and volume?
Answer: Surface area is the total area of all faces of a shape. Volume is the number of unit cubes that can fit inside a shape.
Stand up as one house and sing another houses cheer song!
Points awarded if correct and in unison.
Which principal in the GS district was a former 6th grade teacher?
Who is Chris Thomas.
What factor creates the movement / exchange of energy in water, magma and air?
Answer: Density
Name and spell correctly, all three main characters from Three Skeleton Key and give one theme that would fit the story.
What are Itchoua, Le Gleo, and the Narrator and possible themes include: Never give up, even in a bad situation; quick thinking can save your life; etc.
Trinity and her mom are building raised garden beds.
Using this information, help them determine how wide they should build the garden bed.
What is a width of 5 feet.
!! DAILY DOUBLE !! Choose three people in your house to come up to the stage to submit your answer.
Name one item on each house shield and say what that item represents about the house.
What are:
Isibindi- axe, swan, tree
Altruismo- diamond, griffin, flowers
Reveur- unicorn, knight, moon/stars
Amistad- crossed keys, castle, peacock
Meanings may vary
Give the sum of the ages of all 11, 6th grade teachers, and be within 15 years.
Brannigan-36
Beavers-35
Mihalko-29
Cooper-33
Keefer-50
Mankins-48
Planic-49
Geer-33
Peoples-37
Shirey-37
Siegel- 47 TOTAL- 434 (Correct answers:419-449)