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Can I create a google slideshow about characters from Wings of Fire?

5/20/2019

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What do I know?
  • I know about characters from the book series Wings of Fire.
What do I want to know?
  • how much I actually know about the backstories (and other things) of the characters.
How will I learn this?​
  • hopefully I will already know lots of things about the character but if I don't know something I will use google.
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Can we learn about Marvel movies and make a timeline about it? By: Sama M and Matthew C

5/16/2019

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What do we KNOW?

There are a lot of MARVEL movies

What did we LEARN?

​What do we WANT to know?

We want to know about marvel movies

What ACTION will we take?

HOW will we learn it?

We will create a timeline

What new QUESTIONS do we have

Matthew's Reflection

Sama's Reflection

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Can I learn about Cristiano Ronaldo's lifestyle and career and make a slideshow By: Oscar B

5/15/2019

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What I know

 Cristiano plays soccer and he is known all around the world.
 Cristiano had a heart disease at age 15.
 He has a son named Cristiano Ronaldo Jr.
  Cristiano played soccer for 34 years
  Cristiano is always a compatition with lionel
 

What I want to know

 What is Cristiano's salary?
 How many goals has he scored in his whole entire life?
 How many cars does he have?
  How did he get his heart disease?
 What was his first ever thing he bought from his own money?
 How old is his son?

How I will learn this

I will learn on google and find trust worthy websites that I trust, and ask people questions if they know any thing about his life  

What I learned

 I learned that Cristiano was the best UEFA champions league and the La Liga team and he was named the best player during that.
 I also learned that his salary for this  year was $450 million dollars..
 I learned that he had to ay a fee when he bought his house in Madrid and it cost $130 million dollars. 

What action will I take?

I will show the people that want to see my project I can show them my passion time slide show and the can learn from that exact slide show.

What new questions do I have?

 How long will he keep playing soccer for?
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May 14th, 2019

5/14/2019

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Can we learn why and how Einstein created the theory of relativity and why it's so important? By: Jeremiah

5/14/2019

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What do I already KNOW?

​What do I WANT to know?

​how do I LEARN it?

I know that Einstein created E=mc2

What did I LEARN?

Reflection:

What E=mc2 means.

​What ACTION will I take?

By searching it up.

​What new QUESTIONS do I have?

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Can I learn about some awesome Cubs players and find out their special talents on the baseball field and make a flip book about it?    By: Molly S.

5/6/2019

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What do I KNOW 

I know that the Cubs are a major league baseball team. The are from Chicago and they have some really awesome players. Also thanks to their great players the Cubs won the world series is 1907 1908 and 2016. 

What did I LEARN

Reflection 

What do I WANT to know 

I want to know about a some Cubs players and find out their special talents on the baseball field. 

What ACTION will I take 

HOW will I learn this 

I am going to learn this by going on to websites about a player and trying to remember some great facts. 

What QUESTIONS   do I have now

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Can I learn about softball and how it originated, then make a poster about it? By: Kali W.

5/6/2019

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What do I KNOW?

I know that softball is basically baseball, but usually women play it. It had started after baseball was invented. Then it became more famous. Softball has teams and everything like baseball.

What did I LEARN?

Here is what I learned all in one link: ​docs.google.com/document/d/1LwWrgSzwGWlqqkEXAs9UDO5-F05ZyUOVrjysTNZsH1A/edit?usp=sharing

What do I WANT to know?

I want to know when and why it started. I want to know a quick list of the best players and who invented it. I want to know basically the main idea of softball and why everything is called that.

What ACTION will I take?

I will show my work on a poster and show my friends and family the work that I have done. I will also tweet my project onto twitter to get the word out about my project.

HOW will I learn it?

I will research with the internet and books with all of the softball websites and records. I am really excited to learn about softball. I will also use some of my prior knowledge.

What QUESTIONS do I have now about the topic?

  • Why do softball players not get paid as much as baseball players?
  • Why is a softball bigger than a baseball?
  • Why is a softball pitch different?

Reflection:

I learned all about softball and how sit originated. Softball was originally made as indoor baseball so that it could be played in the winter. Then it was reinvented as an outdoor game for girls. I also learned about the top five best softball athletes and their positions. They are Jennie Finch- Pitcher, Cat Osterman- Pitcher, Kelly Barnhill- Pitcher, Lauren Chamberlain- First Base, and Monica Abbott- Pitcher. The most fun part was making my poster because I got to print pictures and draw the positions. I love softball so that is why I did a passion time about it and it was so much fun to learn about something that I like to do. The most difficult part of this passion time was when I had to learn about how softball originated. I had to go to many different websites to find and confirm all of the facts and stories. The easiest thing to do was to glue all of the papers onto the poster because I could just put them right onto the poster. I had a really fun passion time.
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Why do People see Different things in Optical Illusions and Why do they see it Differently? By: Molly D and Joey

5/3/2019

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What do we KNOW?

We know that there are pictures/optical illusions that people see differently. We also know that you can edit the photo's so that more people see it one way. 

What did we LEARN

       We have learned many different things. Mostly people see different things by how they percept different things. For example the lighting is how you see different colors in the dress. Also, in  ambiguous images that artist tries to make to different things in one image. For example the old lady and young lady image the artist drew it so you could see different things in one image. Also you can use photo shop to mess with the type of tint in the picture which makes you see a different color. For example in the dress, if it's a warm tinted picture you can see the white and gold better. That is the most important things we learned.

WHAT do we want to Know?

 We want to know how many people see a picture one way it one way and how many people see it another way. We also want to know why they see it differently.

What ACTION will we take?

We shared this with friends all ready by asking them for the surveys they took so they know what we are doing and what we are learning about. We will also tweet this out on twitter to share it with the world. 

HOW will we Learn it?

We will learn by researching why people see it differently. We will also take surveys to see which people see it different. 

What new QUESTIONS do we have?

We have two new questions:
  1. How many more ambiguous and optical illusion pictures are out there
  2. Do they have different reasons why people see it differently?

Molly's Reflection

       This passion time round was a lot of fun to do! My favorite part was surveying people and seeing what they saw. It was fun seeing the different things people saw. For example asking them what they saw and having them explain to me. I had Joey, my partner explain where you could see the old lady in the young lady or old lady ambiguous image. The hardest part was finding out why people see two different things. It was hard because either you couldn't find it, try to make it make sense, and sometimes interpret the other thing to write about it.

Joey's Reflection

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Can we learn about the top ten most gorgeous mansions, and build a house out of legos? By: Isabel and Nellie

5/2/2019

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What do I KNOW?

We don't know much about this. But I'm exited to see and learn about all the cool mansions out there. Nellie and I chose this partially because we wanted to see the mansions, and we wanted to do something were we could make a lego.   Some things I know(Nellie) is that Michael Jordan his house is really nice and it's for sale. I think it's also been for sale for a long time.

What did I LEARN?

What do I WANT to know?

 One thing I(Nellie) want to know is how big is the most gorgeous house and who is it owned by. I also want to learn about how gorgeous the #10 house is because I think that it's still pretty gorgeous. I (Isabel) want to know how the top ten mansions look in the inside, how big is it, and who owns it. 

What ACTIONS will I take?

HOW will I learn this?

I (Isabel) may use books from the library. Will look up the top ten mansions on Google. We may ask parents and our teacher. 

What new QUESTIONS do I have? 

Reflection:

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Can we learn about the Roman Empire and then make a slide show on Google Slides. By: Inti and Edy.

4/23/2019

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What do I know?

I know that Rome was a monarchy then a republic then dictatorship and that it was one of the biggest empire in history.The Romans built an empire that survived for 1,000 years . The Roman Empire ends in 1453 A.D.

What did I learn?

​The Roman Republic lasted for about ​500 years. The Romans are the people who originated from the city of Rome in modern day Italy. Roman solders in war they use big huge weapons that look like crossbows and sling shots.They fire ten pound boulders.

 Reflection by: Inti

    I learned that the Roman Republic lasted for about 500. In wars the Romans used these huge sling shots that fire then pound boulders that can smash thru someones scull.
     The most fun was leaning about the romans and how they lived.Also I liked learning about the Roman family tree and what they did. The thing that was most difficult was finding a trust worthy website that I could find good information on.
​      The most easy thing that I did was figuring out what they did and what they would do to pass time.
      Next time I would plan better and use my time wisely and be more focused and on task.
​     The  advice can I give others who are doing a project like this is that if you are searching up something about the Romans you should use a key word like Roman war or Roman life style. 

What do I want to know?

We want to know ​more about the roman empire and how successful it was. Also the family tree and how long every one in the family lived. 

What action will I take?

We will make a google slide and take a screen shot of it and post it on twitter so every one can see it and learn all about Rome. 

How will I learn this?

By looking it up on google. Also By searching up how successful the roman empire is and pictures of the family tree. Another way that I am going to figure things out is by looking at Roman empire time lines.

What new questions do I have?

How many Roman solders were there in the Roman war.​ How many wars did the Romans win lose and were in. 

 Reflection By: Edy

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