on Pretend you have to go away for a two week vacation and need to water your plant. Use the Engineering Design Process to invent a plant watering device.
Before:
After 2 weeks with my plant watering invention:
Presenting my ideas to the class:
on What’s for Dinner?
(researching a NH fish)
I’m an eagle.
I’m hungry.
I want a yellow perch for dinner.
I found a yellow perch in a lake.
I dove for it.
I missed it.
I saw an osprey with a perch.
I swiped it.
“Hey!” screeched the osprey.
I stole its prey.
Oh, no! The fish is squirming.
Rats! The fish got away.
I tried five more times, but no.
No dinner for me.
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on Jack Be Nimble
(a thesaurus poem)
Jack be adept, Jack be swift,
Jack vault over the menorah.
Jack hurdled high, Jack dived low.
Jack shot over and scorched his appendage!
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