Web+Quests

If you are absent, you can make up the webquest: just do the assignment and email it to me at dstamm@graniteschools.org

5/29 Wednesday Proverbs: **__Do not email this one, write it out.__**

What is a proverb? Define it.... Fill in the blank…. Examples of "common" or well-know proverbs. If you don’t know the answer, make something up, what you think it should be. Copy of the paper is on the teacher’s desk.

5/30 Thursday Yea! The last Webquest…. [|Bucket List] What is a “bucket list?” Create your own bucket list for the summer 2013, list 10 things Create a bucket list for your life. What do you want to do before you die? List 10 things.

5/31 Zac Beaver Quiz Quiz is online..... [|Zachary Beaver Quiz]

4/11 Tech Discovery - Find 5 different global technologies and write 4 details (things that everyone doesn't know about them) about each and save it on your computer.

Eight Track Tapes [|Eight Track Tapes] William Lear, who was he? Write 5 facts about his life. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|William Lear 1] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|William Lear 2]
 * 4/12**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Tax Day…. Everyone pays taxes or do they? Find out the percent of people in the US pay taxes and those that don’t. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Taxes]
 * 4/15**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**4/16** Stress <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is it? What causes it? How do you get rid of it? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Stress]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**4/17** If you could have the perfect day, how would it be? Describe in detail, 100 words or more.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**4/18** High Five <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is it, why do we do it, when did it start, and give examples. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|High Five]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**4/19** What is nothing? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Nothing] [|Nothing Video] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pick one of the scientists and write about their definition of nothing. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">After reading it what is your definition. 50 words or more…

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**4/22** Jelly Bean Day <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Jelly Beans]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Jelly Belly jelly beans were the favorite candy of which US President? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How many flavors of Jelly Belly jelly beans are there? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Jelly Belly Bean Flavors]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**4/23** World Laboratory <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|World Laboratory] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Zombie Cells Created in Lab <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Zombie Cells Created] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Write 5 facts that you learned about Zombie Cells. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Do you think this is important, why or why not?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**4/24** Electronic gadgets you couldn’t live without…. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Gadgets We Can't Live Without] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Make a list of the gadgets you couldn’t live without, 10 things or more. (more gets extra credit)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**4/25** A day without electronic gadgets…. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|No Technology Day] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are the advantages and disadvantages? Could you do it, would you want to? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">100 words or more…..

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**4/26** Richter Scale <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Richter Scale] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Write down the last 5 major earthquakes in the US, how strong, where, and date <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Write down the most recent earthquake in the world.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4/29 Shrimp Scampi <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|What is Shrimp Scampi?] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Write the steps in making shrimp scampi. Do you like shrimp, why or why not? What is your favorite seafood? 50 words or more…..

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4/30 Hairstyle Appreciation <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Hairstyles] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Research 2 different hairstyles and tell what you like about them and don’t like. What is a hairstyle that you would wear, that is different from the one you are wearing now? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">50 words or more…..

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/1 This is the assignment when you are finished with the CRT Test <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">May Day or Mayday? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|May Day 1] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|May Day 2] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are they? What is the difference? How do they celebrate in America? In other countries? 50 words or more…..

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/2 International Space Day <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Space, the final frontier] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is the origin of this day? What is the recipe of the day and what does it have to do with space? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">50 words or more…..

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/3 This is the assignment when you are finished with the CRT Test. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Even though it is not May 4th, we are going to be talking about it…it is Star Wars Day! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(May the 4th be with you!) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Star Wars] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is the origin of this day? Do you like Star Wars, why or why not? Do Wookies have a hair face? Do you have a favorite character from Star Wars? How does Star Wars compare to Star Trek? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">50 words or more…..

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/6 Doughnut Day <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Doughnuts] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">When is this day celebrated? What is the origin or beginning of Doughnut Day? What is a “dough boy? Do you like doughnuts? What is your favorite and why? Have you ever made them at home? Do you think that all police man eat doughnuts? Why do they have this stereotype? <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">50 words or more….

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/7 This is the assignment when you are finished with the CRT Test <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Teacher’s Day <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Teachers]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">If you were going to nominate one of your teachers to be in the “Teacher Hall of Fame”, who would you nominate and why? 50 words or more…. Also, write a thank you note to a teacher… I have envelopes you can put them in.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/8 No Socks Today! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|No socks] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Take your sock off—just kidding! And not in class, please! Are you a shoes or sandals person? Do you go without socks often, in what situation? Do you like to go barefoot? Do you like the feel of sand or grass on your feet? What is your favorite pair of socks? Why? Favorite pair of shoes? Why? Answers those questions…50 words or more.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/9 Lost Socks <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Lost Socks] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">If you were a lost sock, where would you be? How did you get lost? How are you going to get back? What color are you? Do you like being a sock? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Write 50 words or more….

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/10 Clean Up Your Room (and find your lost socks!) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Write a paragraph; imagine you are standing in the doorway of your bedroom. Describe, in detail, your room and what it looks like. Clean, messy, cluttered, bed made, what about the windows, bed, lights, etc. <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">75 words or more… <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/13 Twilight Zone <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Twilight Zone] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Twilight Zone 2] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Twilight Video] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is the twilight zone? Have you seen the TV show? Who was the creator/inventor of the Twilight Zone? What is the 5th dimension? <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">50 words or more….

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/14 Chicken Dance… <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Dance Like a Chicken] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Octoberfest/chicken history] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What was the original title, who wrote the song, and what instrument did they play? <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Answer the questions….

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/15 Chocolate Chip Day <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Chocolate Chip Cookies] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Inventor or Creative Baker?] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Who was the inventor? When did she start making these cookies and where? What was the name of the place she baked the cookies? <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">50 words or more….

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/16 Sea-Monkey… <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Sea Monkeys] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is a sea-monkey? What is cool about them? (question in the reading material after the black and white picture) Can you have them for a pet? Would you want to, why or why not? <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Answer the 4 questions…..50 words or more

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/17 Pack Rats <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Pack Rats] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Write down the do’s and don’ts of Pack Rats. Are you a pack rat? Do you know anyone that is a pack rat? What are they saving? 50 words or more….

/20 Be a Millionaire! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Be a Millionaire] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">If money were no object and you could spend it anyway that you wanted, what would you do, how you would spend it—tell me about it. 50 words or more…. REMEMBER THIS HAS TO BE SCHOOL APPROPRIATE!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/21 Strawberries <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Strawberries] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Answer the questions in __**complete sentences**.
 * 1) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Strawberry is a member of _ family. __
 * 2) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Native plant of what country? __
 * 3) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Who discovered it and in what year? __
 * 4) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Who was Carl Linnaeus and what did he have to do with strawberries? __
 * 5) __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Madam Thérésa Tallien did what with strawberries? __
 * 6) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Your opinion: how would you eat strawberries? __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/22 Flip a Coin Today <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Coin Flipping] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Coin Flipping 2] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Where did it come from? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What was it called (not heads or tails), what was it called in England? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is “three-way” flipping? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Take a coin and flip it 10 times, record how many times it came up heads and how many times it came up tails.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/23 Lucky Pennies <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Lucky Pennies] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What makes a penny lucky? If you find a penny on the ground, do you pick it up or leave it there? Why? If you had 1000 pennies, what would you buy? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">50 words or more....

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/24 Friday, "Memorial Day" is next Monday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Memorial Day] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In the past, what day was Memorial Day traditionally celebrated? What day is it celebrated now? Memorial Day has another name, what it is? How do you celebrate Memorial Day? <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">50 words or more....

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5/28 Tuesday Alphabetical Advice <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Write a “bit” of advice for each letter of the alphabet. There is a copy of the paper on the teacher’s desk for you to fill out. **__Do not email this one, write it out.__** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Examples below... A Always Be on Time B Behave C Consider others D Do what your mom says

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