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How do I use Pastels and Teach Others? By: Catelyn R.

10/20/2016

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This Is What I used to Get Information!
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What do I know?
  • Pastels are mostly oil 
  • People used Pastels before they used paint 






  • What do I want to know?
  • How do you blend pastels
  • How did people origanally make Pastels
  • Who invented the first Pastels  
  • How can you make pastels blend together with water 
​How will I learn this?
  • YouTube
  • Google
  • Research
  • Dictionary
​What did I learn?
  • I learned that you can blend pastels with water.
  • I learned that a foundation brush is the third best thing to blend Pastels with.
  • I learned to blend pastels you need to use the color white in between the colors.
  • I learned how to Create a Trello card.
  •  I Can now use a paintbrush to blend and color with Pastels.
What action will I take?
  • I will encourage others to use pastels.
  • I want to make a small after school 15 minute learn how to use pastels class. 
What new questions do I have?
  • Can you make Pastels into paint?
  • Can I use Pastels in a pencil?
  • How can you make Pastels

​My Reflection 
Reflection (choose a few): 
  1. What did I learn?
  2. What was the most fun?
  3. What was difficult?
  4. What was easy?
  5. I learned so many things about the pastels and my experiments like I learned that Your thumb, middle,and pointer fingers are the best thing to blend with!
  6. The most fun fun thing for me was my video and my experiments!
  7. A difficult thing for me was trello cards because that was new to me!
  8. A very easy thing was the video because i've made them in the past!


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How Can I Write a Novel in Verse? By: Louisa F

10/20/2016

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What do I KNOW?
  • I want to write a realistic fiction novel in verse.
  • The plot will be about  a girl who is bullied, through the viewpoint of the bully.
  • The setting will be a middle school.
  • I want to write at least 130 pages.
How will I LEARN this?
  • Research self publishing websites.
  • Google "What is a manuscript?" 
What ACTION​ will I take? 
  • I will complete the book in the next project and at home and publish it
What do I WANT TO KNOW?
  • What self publishing websites are the best?
  • How much money will I need to spend to publish my book.
  • What is a manuscript?
What QUESTIONS do I still have?
  • What is a manuscript?
  • What should I title my book?
  • Should I change the perspective per chapter?
What have I LEARNED?
  • That writing a book takes a long, long time
  • That I may need to take this project to the next round
  • That it takes a lot of money to self publish, and it may take a while to earn it
  1. What would I do differently next time?
  2. What was easy?
  3. What advice can I give others who are doing a project like this?

  1. Try to follow the passion time steps more carefully
  2. Writing the poetry - free verse comes to you easily
  3. Don't expect to finish it all quickly

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How Do You Make An App? By: Jack L.

10/20/2016

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This is where I found all my facts. Below.
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What Has Changed About Movies In The past Century? By: Elijah P.

10/20/2016

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This is where I got most of my information:)
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My Reflection:

I think that this was a great experience, and was very educational. I think that the most fun part of this round of passion time was the researching part. The most difficult part was when I had to make my video in 1 take! The easiest part was submitting my question to G-form. I will also make a G-doc for my round 2 project. I think that I would tell others to make a timeline of the titles of movies, and what year they were made:)
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Can I learn how to say different thing Italian and teach it to others? By: Hailie B

10/20/2016

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                    This is the video I used for learning Italian.
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How Can I Learn Common French Words And Teach Others? By: Michelle S. 

10/20/2016

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What do I know?
  • ​Bounjour



What do I want to know?
  • How to say Common French Words?



How will I learn this?
  • ​By Watching Vidoes




What did I learn?
  • How to say some common french words!



Reflecton

I think that I did a good job with this passion time project, I think that my blog post could have been better! :)
What action will I take?
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What new questions do I have?
  • How long does it take to learn french fluently?
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How and why are tigers being hunted and what are people doing to prevent it? By:Madison D.

10/20/2016

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-This is one of the videos that I used for my research.
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Can I Build a Working Google Cardboard Prototype for Ipad mini? By: Connor

10/20/2016

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How Do Reflector and Refractor Telescopes Work? By: Sam

10/20/2016

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This is the Youtube video I used to learned about telescopes.
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​What Do I Know?​
  • I know that they reflect light.
  • They help you see things up close.
  • I know that the telescopes have different eyepiece placement
What Do I Want To Know?​​​
  • I want to know how reflector and refractor telescopes work.
  • I want to know what the difference is between them.
How Will I Learn This?
  • I will watch videos.​
  • I will research online.
What Did I Learn?
  • That refractor telescopes don't reflect the light.
  • They are different shapes and sizes.
  • The eyepiece placement is different.
What Actions Will I Take?
  • I will make a poster of the differences
  • I will make a diagram of both telescopes.
  • I will present the posters in a video.
What Questions Do I Have?
  • Which telescope sees further?
  • Which one is more popular?

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​Reflection

I finished my Round 1 passion time project. My question was What is the difference between reflector and refractor telescopes and how do they work? I thought the telescopes were almost the same, but I learned that they are very much different. I also thought that both of them used mirrors, but I learned that only the reflector does. I definitely learned a lot of things that were very interesting. This passion project was very fun to learn about. Also I also learned a lot of things that I didn't know. This Passion project was a good learning experience and it was very fun.
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Can Dogs Eat Human Food? By:Jody B

10/20/2016

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What do I know?
  • I know that dogs can eat dog food
  • I know that they can eat cheese
  •  I know they can eat pumpkin
What do I want to know?
  • I want to know what they can eat
  • If they can eat Grass 
  • I want to know if they can eat yogurt 
How will I learn this?
  • Research
  • Youtube
  • Study my dog
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What did I learn?
  • I learned what more I can feed my dog
  • I learned how to feed a dog cheese 
  • I learned what things my dog can not eat


What action will I take?
  • I will make sure people who have or are getting dogs know what to feed them.

What new questions do I have?
  • Can they have Candy?






Reflection: I think this was a fun project and I learned a lot about what to feed my dog and other dogs! I researched about what they can eat and what they can not eat.     





Reflection (choose a few): 
  1. What did I learn?               I learned what to feed dogs.
  2. What was the most fun?   Testing them on my dog. 
  3. What was difficult?           Making this blog.
  4. What was easy?              Researching.
  5. What would I do differently next time?     Make a better blog post.
  6. What advice can I give others who are doing a project like this?   What websites to go to.





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