EGG DROP CHALLENGE

This project begins March 28,1997 and runs through April 25, l997. Science (shock absorption) and mathematics (percentages) are the curricular areas covered. Any K-8 class is invited to participate. Do you love a challenge? This project involves dropping an egg in a container from a height of 8'. The result your students want is an intact egg. Materials each student will need: 1 half gallon milk or juice carton (no glass) 1 fresh egg (if eggs are not provided by the teacher, the intact eggs must be broken after they are dropped to determine that they are fresh) Packing materials (anything can be used inside the container, nothing is to be added to the outside)

Procedure: Students will bring a carton and packing materials from home. They will add the packing materials and fresh egg at school. The teacher will drop each container from a height of 8' onto a hard surface. This can probably be done in most classrooms. Open the containers. Students can make tally marks to keep track of intact and broken (cracked) eggs. Then figure the percent of eggs that survived the drop.

Please contact me by April 18, 1997 if you would like to participate or if you have any questions. A list of classes from highest to lowest percentages will be e-mailed to participants after April 25, 1997.

Barbara Sutton (third grade teacher) bsutton@starvedrock.com Earlville Elementary School P.O. Box 539 Earlville, IL 60518 815 246-8361

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Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 19:14:05 -0700
To: hilites@gsn.org
From: cbarner@int1.mhrcc.org (Cheryl Hendrickson)
Subject: hilites> 2-5: Reservoirs - Animals & Regulations
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Project: Reservoirs - Animals & Regulations

Date: April 28 - May 16, 1997

Purpose: Participants will investiagte the wildlife that lives in and around the reservoirs in their area. This information will be shared with participating schools via e-mail. Rules and regulations governing the hunting, fishing, or boating on or around the reservoir will be compared.

We will be adding information to our existing web site. You can view it at: http://www.mhrcc.org/tr i-valley/tv-intro.html

Subjects: Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Technology

Grades: 2-5

Participants: 20 schools in reservoir areas world wide

Summary: Participants will gather information about the animals that live in and around the reservoirs in their areas. Lists of animals will be exchanged among participating schools, along with a picture and additional information about the most unique animal in the area. A slide show will be compiled by the class coordinating the project and will be e-mailed to each participant.

Each school will also interview the local officials who govern the reservoir and surrounding watershed area. They will gather information about the rules and regulations regarding the hunting, fishing, boating, and other recreational use of the land and waters around the reservoir. This information will be shared with all participants.

Project Coordinators: Donna Flynn-Brown & Jane Tingley Tri-Valley Elemenatry School PO Box 420 Grahamsville, New York 12740 dflynn@tvcs.mhrcc.org (914)985-2278

If interested in this project, send an e-mail message to:

dflynn@tvcs.mhrcc.org

No later than:

April 23, 1997

Include the following information:

Your name: E-mail address: Name of School: School Address: City: State: Zip: Country: Telephone number: Grade Level(s): Global Address (latitude & longitude): Date your school year ends: Distance to the nearest reservoir >from your school: Platform (Mac, IBM, etc.): Graphic Software (KidPix, PhotoFlash):

We will notify all schools by April 28, 1997, and will send detailed instructions and a timeline for those schools selected to participate.

Donna Flynn-Brown Jane Tingley Patty McClay Multi-Age Grade 2/3 Tri-Valley Elementary School P.O. Box 420 Grahamsville, New York 12765

e-mail: dflynn@int1.mhrcc.org World Wide Web: http://www.mhrcc.org/tri-valley/tv-intro.html

Mrs. Cheryl Hendrickson e-mail: cbarner@int1.mhrcc.org Tri-Valley Central School http://www.mhrcc.org/tri-valley/tv-intro.html PO Box 420 Grahamsville, NY 12740

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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 14:36:52 -0700
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From: Cheryl Matas <matascl@csd.uwm.edu>
Subject: hilites> 3-8: The Incredible, Edible Orange Project
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Project Title: The Incredible, Edible Orange

Dates: April 28 - May 28

Purpose: Students investigate the proportional relationship between the edible part of an orange and the peel or inedible part of a orange. They will investigate different types of oranges such as navel, blood, and clementines and see if there is common percentage of edible to inedible.

Educational Objectives: In this project, students will look for patterns in nature, use a scale with gram measurements, define and measure circumference of oranges. They will calculate a percentage and averages of the edible parts of the fruit and use that information to design spreadsheets, charts, and computer generated graphs. Students will also be developing scientific processing and communication skills

Subjects: Math , scientific process skills, technology , language arts, and comsumer skills (how much of what we purchase is inedible and at what cost).

Grade Level: Grades 3-8

Summary: When your entire class does an experiment with oranges, the peelings fill up the waste can fast! This led to this student designed project as they comtemplated how much of foods in their own "wrappings" are thrown away. They wanted to know how much of an orange do we discard. Is there a common percentage among different kinds of oranges? How many different kinds of oranges are available in the supermarket? We hope that other students will help us out by joining our project. Our class is a multi-age level class in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

In this project, classes will measure the circumference of an orange, weigh the orange with and without the peel, and find out the percentage of the orange that is edible. Make sure you identify the type of orange you use (navel, blood, clementine, with seeds, etc) Do you know where your orange is from? Classrooms will post their results on our school's web site and at the end of the project, a spreadsheet and graphs will be created and posted to share the results. "Orange" you excited to be joining us?

Number of participants: The first 50 classrooms to register will be our official team, but please check out our results and compare them to your class results.

How to Register: To register, send the following information to our e-mail (matascl@csd.uwm.edu) address by May 2:

Teacher's name: School: Address: e-mail: Grade level: Timeline:

May 2 : Please register by then. May 5 : All official team members will notified by then. May 23: Please have all orange data sent in by this date May 28: All data will be displayed in spreadsheets and graphs for classes to print. An page with raw data will be accessible for those classes wishing to create their own spreadsheets and data. Project ends.

Procedure: This is a fairly simple project that can be completed in one class period. Here is the step-by-step procedure:

1. Purchase oranges for class. Make sure you know what type of orange you have, the price you paid for the oranges, and how many you got. If you use the school's oranges, ask the head cook about price. 2. Students will then measure the circumference in centimeters. 3. Students will weigh the orange and record the data. 4. Students will peel the orange. 5. Students will weigh the edible part of the orange and record the data. 6. Students should calculate the weight of the peel from the data already collected. 7. Now, they must calculate the percentage of orange that is edible. This is the formula: Divide the weight of edible part by the weight of the whole orange. Multiply that number by 100. Have students round off the percentage. 8. Please have the students calculate the average percentage and send to us along with other information about your oranges. A good extension is have your students create a class graph.

This is the project. Good discussions will crop up about price, waste, and if we find any differences among the different types of orange. Garfield School is looking forward to hearing from you!

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