Optional Challenges for Your Day!

Attention Brainiac Base!

Below you will find a number of options for you to complete today when you are not working on your Newsletter.  Consider the length of the task - how long it will take you to complete it - as you plan your time.  These challenges are to be interspersed (which you know means distributed) with your Newsletter effort, which is your number one goal today.  

They may even give you additional knowledge or experience that you wish to write about in your newsletter.  Or they may provide a writing break while still keeping your brain in full motion!

Enjoy!

Mrs. Walters

• Click here to read about the Moon Landing Hoax (what does Hoax mean?)  Once you have completed the article, leave a comment below sharing your opinion.  Was it real or a hoax?            

• Ever wonder how a snowboarder is like an astronaut?  Click here to watch a short video that will explain it to you.

• Check out the PLANET SUDOKU. Follow regular SUDOKU rules and place each of the planets horizontally, vertically, and within the 3 X 3 square.  Enjoy!

• Check out Brainpop.  Facetime me for log-in and password if you can’t remember.  You may choose from: Moon Phases or Apollo Project.  Take the Graded quiz and leave a comment with your score.

• Why does the shape of the Moon seem to change?  Click here for a short explanation.

• Create a patch for our Mission to the Moon crew.  Remember it should represent the teammates and their objective in returning to the Moon.  Be creative.  It might be circular or square - either way with a 3 inch diameter. (You might need a ruler and a compass.)  If you create it on Paint, save your project and I will post it on our class blog. If you create it on paper, then I can scan it and post it online.

• Complete a game of SET at setgame.com.  Check-out your timed success at the end of the challenge.  Leave a comment with your time below.

• Watch LIVE NASA TV here.  After listening to an informational video, then leave a comment sharing with our readers what you learned.  PLEASE use correct spelling and punctuation.  Ask a buddy to check it for you if that helps  you.

• What do you already know about the proportion of the size of the Moon to the size of the Earth.  Watch this video to learn more. Then leave a comment that shares a high five - that would be five things you now know because of this challenge.