Author: Julia Medina
Robotic Hand Activity
Goal to Reach: Choose your own goal! Check one.
Create a hand that can hold 4 oz of water. Create a hand that moves quick enough to sign three letters
Materials:
- Cardboard
- String
- Plastic Straws
Estimated Time: 30 minutes
Learn about your hand! Questions to think about:
- What are the straws acting like?
- What are the strings acting like?
- How does your body pull strings?
Challenge for Robotic Hand Station:
Find out which type of material makes the best string and which type of material makes the best hand!
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Rocket Ship Activity
Goal to Reach: Make the rocket ship fly over your head by 1 foot!
Materials:
- Plastic Straws
- Thin Strips of Paper
Estimated Time: 5-10 minutes
Thinking about spaceships. What do you think is most interesting about spaceships out of this list?
- They are fast.
- They are heavy.
- They are air tight.
- They go up while gravity is pulling down.
Challenge for Rocket Ship Station:
Measure the height of your rocket ship flight by telling us what to do. Write down your measurement process in a table format like this:
| Flight Attempt | Measurement |
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| #3 | |
| #4 |
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Balloon Car
Goals for Balloon Car Activity
Goal: Make a car that goes 4 feet.
(Make sure forces are not pushing your car backwards!)
New Words:
- Axle – Connects 2 wheels
- Force – pushes and pulls that move and stop things.
Materials:
- Uninflated Balloon
- Plastic Straw
- Toothpicks
- Plastic Toy Wheels
Estimated Time: 20 minutes
Challenge for Balloon Car Station:
Make your successful car as cheap as possible!
Cost of parts:
- What is the cost of your first design?
- What is the cost of your final design?
- List the price of the parts that are no longer on your car.
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Rubric for using 3 Citations
This rubric is for using 3 details from the book to explain your artifact.
| Attempt is missing or barely started. | Paragraph is not supported by facts from the book. | Only one fact cited from the text is used. | Only two facts cited from the text are used. | At least three facts cited from the text are used. |
| Missing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Review your work and give yourself a score. Explain why you gave your work this score.
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Rubric for Well-Written Paragraph
This rubric is for how well-written your paragraph is.
| Attempt is missing or barely started. | Paragraph is disorganized, lacking main idea with supporting details and/or grammar inhibits a reader from understanding. | Paragraph is somewhat organized, but main idea and details are not closely related or well-structured. | Paragraph is clearly organized with a main idea and strong supporting details. |
| Missing | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Review your work and give yourself a score. Explain why you gave your work this score.
Rubric for Making a Connection
This rubric is for how well you made a connection between a museum artifact and Frederick Douglass’ autobiography book.
| Attempt is missing or barely started. | The connection is unclear or misinterprets the book. | The connection is vague or shows partial understanding of the book. | The connection is realistic and well described. |
| Missing | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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African American History & Culture Artifact
The National Museum of African-American History & Culture has amazing collections from a variety of eras of African-American life and culture. For this project, we will explore the 1850s collection (but please explore some other decades when you can!).
You can see the collection by clicking “Date/Era” then “1850s” here:
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/collection
Choose an artifact from the collection that has a connection to The Narrative of Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Then, write a paragraph that explains the artifact you choose, how it connects to the book. Be sure to cite 3 details from the book in explaining your artifact.
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Rubric for 5 Citations in Voices Remembering Slavery Essay
| Essay is missing or barely started. | There are less than 2 citations or the citations may be vague or unconnected to the essay’s main idea. | There are only 2-4 citations that are clear and connected to the essay’s main idea. | There are 5 citations that are clear and connected to the essay’s main idea. |
| Missing | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Review your work and give yourself a score. Explain why you gave your work this score.
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Rubric for well-constructed paragraphs in Voices Remembering Slavery Essay
This rubric is for how well-constructed the paragraphs of your essay are.
| Essay is missing or barely started. | Paragraphs are disorganized, lacking main idea with supporting details and/or grammar inhibits a reader from understanding. | Paragraphs are somewhat organized, but main idea and details are not closely related or well-structured. | Paragraphs are clearly organized with a main idea and strong supporting details. |
| Missing | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Review your work and give yourself a score. Explain why you gave your work this score.