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Can we Make Music and Share it to Others

5/30/2017

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  Ben  
​I Know that It takes a long time to make diffrent songs
I know that music can bring people together. I know that music is entertainment.

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Ben
​How to make the best songs
I want to know how to make rock and roll.

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Ben
I will watch some videos and use sound trap
I will watch tutorials and use different sites
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Can We Make Comic and Flip books and Can We Teach Others How to Make Them

5/19/2017

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From:http://www.gocomics.com/?scrlybrkr
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What do I know?
  • How to draw well​
  • How to 
What do I want to know?
  • ​How to draw a real comic
How am I going to find out?
  • ​Looking at real comics
Find the cow in our comic (animal).
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Can I figure out how to improve the aerodynamics and momentum of an object and how to record it?

5/19/2017

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What do I know?
  • I know that you have divert the air to be aerodynamic.
  • I know that something has to have at least a certain weight to gain momentum.
  • I know a ball is one of the most aerodynamic objects.
What do I want to know?
  • I want to figure out the easiest way to make almost any object aerodynamic.
  • ​I want to figure out how to give an object more momentum.
How will I learn this?
  • I will learn this by expiementing.
  • I will learn this by looking online.
What did I learn?
  • I learned that cone like objects usually adds aero dynamics.
What action will I take?
What new questions do I have?


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Can I design a car that doesn't pollute and runs on an environmentally friendly fuel?- By: Harvey

5/16/2017

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What do I know?
  • I know that some liquids, gases, and liquids  have component that can power a lightbulb. For example a potato is an energy conductor that means that it can have electrical energy inside it without causing a problem.
What did I learn?
  • ​I learned
What do I want to know?
  • I want to know what kind of liquids, gases, or solids that can power a car and is an environmentally friendly fuel. I also want to know how can I reserve enough energy so it can last a long time.
What action will I take?
  • ​
How will I learn this?
  • I will learn this by researching the formulas for liquids, gases and solids. Also, research how to make a body of a car the most aerodynamic as I can.
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What new questions do I have?
  • ​ 
Reflection:
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How To Play NBA Live Mobile (what are the best players and packs)? Sam and Chingoon

5/16/2017

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  • I know what some of the good players in NBA Live Mobile.
  • I know what some of the packs are like and how often you pull good cards.
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  • I want to know which packs give you the best players, and what player is the most fun to play with?
  • I want to know what is the easiest way to teach others how to play.
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  • We will watch videos, and see for ourselves which players we like to play with.
  • I will experiment with different ways to teach to see which is the best.
Sam's Reflection:
This project was very fun and taught me a lot about NBA Live Mobile, and how to teach people. The easy part of this project was researching and deciding what players and packs were the best, and the hardest part was trying to teach people by saying things that would help them. If I did a project like this again, the thing that i would do differently, is to put forth a little more effort for the finished product for the project.
Chingoon’s Reflection:This passion time project was easy because we play the game at home so which we can test if some of the videos are real and the youtubers are telling the truth,  it was hard because we had to find good videos and which not everyone records NBA Live Mobile.  It was fun because we can collect info and then go home to play and we can get right to playing.  The advice I give to others who do this project is before the project,  collect info so you know there is a lot of videos so you don’t waste time doing nothing.

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We learned all the                  The actions we will take                         Who is the best player in NBA Live
Players and packs,                is to play NBA Live Mobile                      Mobile,  and players that didn’t get
 We learned how to               for the rest of our lives till                       added because maybe are too good.
teach others who                   we get tired of the game.
don’t know what                    We will also watch videos
NBA Live Mobile is.                  of others playing the game.

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What is the Science Behind Popular Myths and Legends, and How Can We Teach Others? Catelyn R. - Louisa F.

5/16/2017

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What do I know? (Louisa)
  • A lot of urban legends... (scared)
  • Some science behind them.
  • How to debunk creepypastas.
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 K What do I know
​(Catelyn) 
  • I know that there have been bigfoot signings around the country, some arent real though. 
What do I want to know? (Louisa)
  • The science behind nessie...
  • How to share this info with others
  • How to research well
W What do I want to know (Catelyn)
  • Are any of these creatures real?
  • Will we find good information on this topic?
  • ​Will it be easy or hard to complete the project? 


How will I learn his? (Louisa)
  • ​By orginizing how I research




H How will I learn this? (Catelyn)
  • I will use...
  • Youtube
  • Google
  • Yahoo
  • Wikipedia
  • ​
Catelyns Reflection: This was a really fun project to work on and I got to do it with my one and only best friend. It cleared a lot up for me on this kind of thing, at first I had no idea if I should or should believe in this kind of stuff, now I do. It was challenging to find fun and friendly information on this topic but we made it work. This project was overall, Exciting.
Louisas Reflection: 
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How Can I Teach Others to do Ballet?

5/16/2017

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What do I know?
  • I know how to do a tondue 
  • I can do a aribesk  
What do I want to know?
  • I want to know more ballet moves
  • I want to know how to teach other how 
How will I learn this?
  • Google 
  • Yahoo
  • Youtube 
  • Books 
LAQ 


What did I learn?
  • I learned how to do a Padebure 
  • I learned how to do a Sous - Sous  


What action will I take?
  • I will teach other how to do Ballet.
  • I will teach others how to do certain moves that are hard for them to learn. 

What new questions do I have?
  • How do you do at Battemen fondue 
    • How do you do a Attitude?











Other video

                                                                                     Trello Card: 

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Reflection:  This was a project that was not easy to learn but after a few days it was easy to realize that it was easy. What I learned was I learned how to do a Padebure and I learned how to do a Sous - Sous.  I will take action as in, I will teach other how to do Ballet. I will teach others how to do certain moves that are hard for them to learn. I have a few questions like, is point like ballet? and how can I do a Attidude or a Battment fondue? Ballet is for people who like to move freely and like to point their toes! All of these words are in french so they might be hard to understand.  
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How can I Learn New Easy Songs for Clarinet and Teach Others? -Abby R

5/16/2017

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LAQ

​What do I know?​
  • I already know Banana Boat, March Across the Seas and Gentle Winds.
  • I know little songs that are simple but short.
  • I know some notes like G, A, E, F, low B, low B flat, high B flat and etc.
What do I want to know?
  • I want to learn how to play Hello by Adele.
  • I want to learn how to play Star Wars theme song. 
  • I want to learn the song Counting Stars and more.
How will I learn this?
  • Youtube
  • Band teacher
  • Friends (suggest songs)
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How can I learn to draw farm animals and teach it to others?

5/9/2017

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What do I know?                      
  • I know that some of the animals are pigs, horses, chickens, ducks, cows, bunnies, ect. 
  • I know that farm animals live on a farm.
  • Some of farm animals eat plants, and meat. 
What did I learn?
  • I learned how to draw many different types of farm animals. 
  • I also learned how to use different kinds of tools to draw.
  • What do I want to know?
  • How can I learn to draw bunnies, ducks/goose
  • How can I learn to draw pigs, cows, horse, ect. 
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What action will I take?
  • I will keep drawing different farm animals, and other things not just animals.
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How will I learn this?
  • Watching Videos
  • Reading Books
  • Reading Websites
What new questions do I have?
  • How can I learn how to people using fine piont sharpe markers.

​Reflection

I learned how to draw different animals, including some that I already knew how to draw and some that I did not know how to draw. I think that the most fun was creating all the video's that are on the playlist, and watching video's to learn how to draw the animals. I enjoyed this topic a lot. 
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Can we teach others the science behind various science projects? By: Ashley and Hailie

5/9/2017

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What do I know?
  • ​I know how to make a few simple science experiments. -Ashley
  • I know the science behind various science projects. -Ashley
  • I know the science behind some basic experiments - Hailie
  • I know how to do some experiments - Hailie
What do I want to know?
  • I want to know how to make science experiments using different materials.-Ashley
  • How to make complex science experiments that have cool effects that have reason on why they do that. -Ashley
  • I want to know something that I didn't think could happen - Hailie
  • I want to learn something new that is really amazing - Hailie










How will I learn this?
  • Watch Videos
  • Read Books
  • Research ​​





What did I learn?
  • I learned how to make different science projects using household materials. -Ashley
  • I learned how and why science project do and the science behind them -Ashley
  • I learned about the science behind projects that I didn't know the science behind before - Hailie
  • I learned some really cool science experiments - Hailie
What action will I take?
  • I will teach others our science project and why they do what they do. - Ashley
  • I will show my family and friends our videos. - Ashley
  • I will take the action of showing people our website - Hailie
  • I will teach others the different science experiments - Hailie








What new questions do I have?
  • Can I make science project using other materials making the same effect? - Ashley
  • Can I make science projects with only a few science projects? - Ashley
  • I wonder how many other things are related to the science projects we did - Hailie
  • I wonder if there are any science experiments that a ton of people don't know about - Hailie
Ashley's Reflection:
This project was so much fun to do. It was cool to do the different science projects and see them working right in front of your eyes. My favorite thing was doing the walking rainbow and it was so cool to see it start working right away. The hardest part was trying to set up the camera so you could see what was happening but also not be to close to the water. But almost tied with that was researching new projects because it took a while to find some that we could do using the materials that we have. I loved working with Hailie to work on this project to make tons of projects like the silly putty, bets, walking rainbow and slime.
Hailie's Reflection:
This was a really fun project. Probably the easiest part of doing this project was making the videos and doing the project. The hardest part of this project was researching and finding the perfect projects for us to do. The most fun part of doing this project was definitely doing the science experiments. It was really fun doing them and figuring out the science behind them. The most boring part of doing this project was doing the research. Next time I would do this project differently by doing a lot more and very different experiments.
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