Helping others

For the extra class we get this cycle, if you are done with your project, we will be making some Kiva loans. Here are past loan.

Hamida

Herbert

Ekome

Veronicah

Lenah

King Tutenkhamen

Nobody picked King 'Tut', so here is an presentation on King Tutankhamen. Remember the bonus question about why 12 or a multiple of twelve is used so often?

King tut from St. James-Assiniboia School Division

Portfolios and Review

We will be doing our portfolios this class and doing a review in Kahoot.it.
For your portfolio, take a picture of an item you feel proud of and an item that you would do better on given another chance.
After doing your portfolio, go to Kahoot.it

More about Pyramids

Find out about pyramids  from this link. Read the story, take the challenge.  Now create a test. 

1. Have a question on why the pyramids were built, this would be important. 

2. Have at least 2 questions on how the pyramids were built. 

3. Think of another question

4. Finally, have a question about the complex that surrounds the Khufu's Pyramid, which is something that archeologists have been finding more about in recent years. 

Blog the questions and the answers below. We will be using this information in further classes. 

How big is that Pyramid?

The Great Pyramid of Giza was built some 45000 years ago, and for nearly 4,000 years was the tallest building in the World.  How big is our school compared to this fabled structure? See how many of the following ways to compare size you can complete.

The size of the Great Pyramid of Giza can be found from this Link.   Remember to show your work!

1.One way to compare is to measure the base area of Bruce and the Great Pyramid. Area is Width X Length

2.Another Way to measure is to compare the heights of the two structures. No climbing the school to find the height!!! Have someone stand beside the school estimate how many of them it would take to reach the top of the school.

3. Perhaps the most accurate way to measure the size is by comparing the volume.  Width X Length X Height/3 gives us the volume of Bruce Middle School. The volume of a pyramid is  Width X Length X Height /3.


Answers to above

Area of school and the pyramid

Bruce school 51,430 sq. ft

Height of main building, about 17 ft

Area of pyramid 586,500 sq ft

Height 481ft

11 Bruce’s for the base of the Great Pyramid

29 Bruce’s for the height of the Great Pyramid

Volume of the Great Pyramid

Area times Height divided by 3 = 94035500

Volume of Bruce = 291436

Difference between the two in area is that 323 Bruces would make the volume of the Great Pyramid. 

What should the pictures say?

I asked students to look at the pictures and try and find out what message the pictures had. Each student or pair of students were given one picture. Their guesses are in the blog posts below.
I didn't tell them that the pictures had the same meaning, but many of their guesses were similar. The message the pictures were to convey was:
Take the goats down to the grass by the fork in the river. The goats prefer that grass, and with it being such a bad season for wheat, we need fat goats. 

What do the pictures say 1?

A message with pictures. Please blog below what this message is