1. The activities that increased my heart rate the most were doing squats, sit - ups, and running in place. I predicted from the start that these would get my heart rate up the most because I did my activities in where I thought I would get the least amount of beats per minute to the greatest amount of beats per minute.
2. The activities that increased my heart rate the least where resting, sitting, and standing. (The same explanation for 1.)
3. I got five out of six correct. I never new that doing sit - ups produces more beats per minute than running in place!
​4.  I noticed that resting sitting, standing, and doing squats only made my heart rate went up a little each time but then when I did sit - ups, it my heart rate went up by 48!
​5. I think my heart rate changed when I was more active because you are using up more oxygen when active so you heart needs to pump blood to get oxygen through the body. My inference is that 
when active, your body needs nutrients, oxygen, and blood. So your heart needs to beat faster to get enough of these materials into certain parts in your body.

1. Our model needed two bones, which were two cardboard tubes. Our model needed three muscles, which was a tennis ball, and two metal strings. We were hoping that these muscles would work, but they did not.
2. Our tennis ball was similar to real muscle because it stopped the two bones from touching (Cartilage). Another way that it was similar to real muscles is that they both got the job done, making your elbow bend properly. Our actual model though did not do that. A difference was that our model looked so plain and dull. It was just a basic model of an elbow joint with nothing much really to it. Another difference was that you had to make your elbow move mechanically. You had to pull the strings up and down to bend it.
​3.  The model would not be able to bend properly. The model would bend to much. I am thinking of this just like a real life situation. You grab a rubber band that you found and play with it. Overtime the rubber band gets more stretched out and you can stretch it a lot more far back.
4. Ligaments are short bands of flexible tissue that holds together joints, bones, and cartilage. Tendons are strong tissues that connect a muscle to a bone. Cartilage is a material that keeps your bones from touching.
5. This activity was fun because you got to be creative and use tools to build a working product. This lesson was putting you to the test on your human body skills engineering skills, and how creative you are.
6. This activity was challenging because you had to work cooperatively with your partner. Many of the habits played a big part in this lesson like habit six, habit four, and habit two. In my opinion I thought it was really hard to work with a partner in this project. You feel like doing it your way but your partner has a good idea too and it is hard to let go of your ideas.

1. It was difficult to use the same technique throughout the whole experiment. I think this because overtime in this experiment, you get fatigue and you feel the pain and want to switch hands so badly but you know you can't. After the third trial, I felt like my hand was about to explode. Another reason it was difficult was because you only got to second breaks in between! If you subtract the time of pinching and the how long all of your breaks are combined, it feels like after the whole project, that you pinched a clothespin for about 3 minutes and 33 seconds straight! 
2. Before the experiment my hands felt energized and jumpy to pinch a clothespin. During the project my hands regretted doing this, they felt very fatigue, and numb. After the project my fingers felt numb, sore, and some really odd feeling that I can't really explain.
​3. On my first trial I did well andI then suddenly went down and down and then I got a little better each trial.
4. One error is that people were running around the room while pinching and saying that it helps with the fatigue was distracting. I might of lost my exact number and my graph is not exact but it is still accurate.
5. The hand strength changed over time during the experiment because it got used to the fatigue and said to itself fight through it. On the outside it still felt painful to do it when I gained pinches.
6. I think the muscle cells get oxygen, nutrients, and water from what we do. We get oxygen by breathing it in. We get nutrients by eating healthy foods. We get water fro drinking water and staying hydrated.
​7. During the 10 second breaks I could have got a quick sip of water, and shaking or stretching your finger muscles. Water keeps your muscles healthy and not tired along with nutrients and oxygen and shaking or stretching your muscles wares off the pain.
8. During the spring, I do lacrosse and have experienced muscle fatigue. Running back and forth on an 110 yard field is tough and you do experience muscle fatigue in your legs. What I do is drink lots of water and stretch out the muscles. One year we had healthy snacks during halftime to get nutrients in our body.

1. How was your first round of KinderPals gone?.
2.  What were some differences between the two experiences (AM and PM)?
3. How did you improve your skills as a KinderPal from the first experience to the second?
4. In what specific ways did you help improve your students' self-esteem?
5. Why should other schools do a program similar to KinderPals? Is it worth the time spent?

1. My first round of KinderPals went pretty good. I loved how they weren't shy about talking about certain things that I asked them about and when I was asking them certain questions they didn't get distracted by many different things around the room.
2. The AM was a little bit more wild and loud and the PM was more calm. This probably happened because the AM just started the day and the PM is halfway through their day.
3. I improved by having a plan of what to do with the second time than the first. I remembered what I would do and how to introduce myself to the kindergarten and certain ways to ask questions.
4. I improved my students self - esteem by making positive comments on what they do and tell them that they have a " superpower at something ".  It was very hard to act out if they are good at something when they aren't but in some cases they are actually really good at something. My AM kinderpal told me he played chess and I don't even know how to play!
5. Other schools should do a program similar to KinderPals because it makes kindergartners feel like they are awesome and special. It also makes a kindergartner's day because a 5th grader came to see you. It is worth the time spent because it shows the 5th graders how kindergartners can be just as good as some things like you.