March Facts Activity #2

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1. Your dad has decided to make Corned Beef and Cabbage from scratch for his first, annual St. Patrick's Day party.
How much corn will he need?

2. In March 1847, Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland.
What communication device did he invent?

What did he call his invention?

TAI (Think about it) Name a few ways your phone is different from Bell's invention?

Examine this Master Map of Bell's path to invention. What problem was he originally trying to solve?

3. Joseph Priestley was a famous chemist who was born March 13, 1733. Name two of his important discoveries.

4. Tornadoes are dangerous storms. Write two facts about tornadoes.

a.

b.

5. You are watching your favorite TV show at home. They interrupt the show to say there is a tornado warning for your town.
List two actions you should take.

a.

b.

6. Robert Frost was an American poet. One of his most famous poems is "The Road not Taken".
Find this poem online. Read it. Finish this quote from it

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by,

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7. A credit card is a powerful tool. How you use the tool can be good or bad.

Take the Spending Challenge.
Record how well you do.

8. Someone took a slice from the cake you made for the bake sale.
When you ask your brother if he did it, he replies,"I take the fifth."
You realize he means the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

What rights are protected by the Fifth Amendment?

9. How did Alice Hamilton contribute to making this a healthier world?

10. The rules for daylight savings time have changed.

Why do we annually make these changes?

Calculate the answer to this Daylight Savings Time problem at MathMastery.com.

11. Which of these facts from Women's History Month: March 2008 @ the Census Bureau is the most surprising to you? Why?

12. On March 4, 1917, Jeannette Rankin took her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Why is this noteworthy?

13. Glenda Goodacre's works have been part of many lives.
Identify one. What was its theme?

14. Evaluate: How is your school building or home green?

Legends are works of fiction. But many elements of a legend can be indeed fact.
Read this legend about Fionn mac Cumhail. Select three facts in the legend.
Use your online research skills to check if they are real or imaginary.

Extras:

Chasing Metaphors - seeing is believing WOW!

Check out the Daylight Saving Time web site. We tend to think that what happens here, happens all over the world.
Does the whole world switch time or just the U.S.A.?

Science Observation Skill Builders - try one

The Yes Men - democracy for sale - Try your hand at this approach to dealing with a problem facing you today.

Explore Science videos at DFTV - check it out and then do a Try It

Challenged by Math or science? Try the free videos at Khan Academy. They start at the beginning. You can watch them many times.

"My interest is in the future because I'm going to spend the rest of my life there." Charles F. Kettering
More quotes from Mr. Kettering

posted 2006 Cynthia J. O'Hora, Educators may print a hunt, exactly as it appears, for use in a classroom setting.

Save a tree - use a Digital Answer Sheet: Highlight the text of the questions on this web page, copy them - Edit .. Copy. Open a text document or word processing document. Paste the questions into the blank document. Answer the questions in the word processing document in a contrasting color ( not yellow) or font (avoid fancy fonts like: , Symbol, or . Save frequently as you work. I do not like losing my work. You will not like it either. Put your name and the date in a header. Bad things happen. Retain a copy of your work on your computer. Submit your assignment via a class electronic drop box or email attachment.

Proof your responses. It is funny how speling errors and typeos sneak in to the bets work. Make Your Own Printed answer sheet

Tech Tip: Working in a group or in two different places like the library & home? You do not have to be physically together to work together.
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