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Post your 5-7 Research Questions HERE!
In writing workshop we wrote five-seven questions that we wanted to know about our topic for our magazine article. We will write our questions here to share them with our classmates and teacher. In class we talked about What makes a good question?
At the library we looked for and checked out at least one nonfiction book to use for our magazine article. We will read this book and look for questions. We will use all we know about reading nonfiction. In class, we will be learning a new nonfiction strategy called, “2-Column Notes” to add to our non fiction strategies.
What 5-7 Questions do you Hope to Learn About your Topic?
Posted December 3, 2013 by Mrs. O'Brien in category Block 1/5, Block 3/6, Nonfiction, Research, Writing Workshop
1. what is the oldest console?
2. how do people make game controllers work?
3. how do games evolve in graphics?
4. why do games sometimes lag a lot?
5. what is the most popular console?
How many planets are there in space?
How many galaxies are there that we know of?
How was space formed?
What type if gas is in space?
How are black holes formed?
1) Who are the Argonauts?
2) Can you name 5 heroes?
3)Who is Jason of the Argonauts?
4)What is Typhon?
5) What did the Sphinx come from?
6) Is the “Achilles Heel” saying after THE Achilles?
1. How did he get the idea?
2.What did he make it for?
3. Why did he make it with a normal basket without a hole in the bottom?
4. How did he come up with the rules?
5. When did he invent it?
1) who invented baseball
2) have rules changed
3)did the players use full equipment
4) was baseball invented in America
5) have the actual balls changed
History of Basketball
1. Who invented it, why & when?
2. Who are the best players?
3. Have the rules changed since the creation of the game?
4. What were some major events in the history of Basketball?
5. How did basketball become popular?
Electricity
1) how is it made?
2). Why is it hot?
3). How and why does it react with water?
4). Can it be reused?
5). What is a “watt”
6) what causes power outages and how do they fix them?
1) When did the first ever competitive cheer competiton happen? And Where?
2)Who started competitive cheer?
3)What was the first competitive cheer gym to come to Virgina?
4)Who made up the “rule book” for cheerleaders? And why?
5)What high school cheer teams were undefted?
6)About how many people belive cheer isnt a sport?
7)What are chants?What is their main purpose?
1-How did apple become so popular?
2-How did the company start?
3-How many inventions have they made so far?
4-What was thier first product?
5-The Mac computer has that name because Steve Jobs’s favorite fruit was the Macintosh apple, do any of his other products have a reason behind thier name?
6-Why do most of his products start with (I)?
7-What is thier most popular product?
1. what conflicts were the USAAC /USAF involved in
2. what year was the USAAC formed (it came first before the USAF)
3.what tactics / maneuvers did they use
4.how effective were the early USAAC
5. how did the insignias change over the years
(what is an insignia, click the link for an example http://www.clker.com/cliparts/b/7/5/b/11954431021624931238u.s._aircraft_insignia__01.svg.hi.png)
(yes the USACC are real, here is their wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps)
Why did FDR make the “New Deal”?
What was the cause of Roosevelt’s death?
Did Roosevelt make any big military actions during WWII?
Who planned to shoot Roosevelt before Roosevelt became president?
How old was Roosevelt when his cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, became president?
What were Roosevelt’s government jobs before he became president?
How chocolate is made
1. How are the coco beans harvested
2. How do you carve designs in the chocolate
3.How much does it cost to make a chocolate bar
4.How many machines does it have to go through
5.How long does the process take to make a bar of chocolate
6.What ingredients do you need to make it
7.Who made the first chocolate bar
1.How many years have the wild been a team?
2.How many playoff appearances do the wild have?
3.How many players does the minnesota wild have?
4. Who is their captain
5. What are the names of all of the players
1. Who made legos?
2. How many types of legos are there?
3. When was lego made?
4. Where were the first legos made?
5. What were some obstacles Lego ran into when making legos?
6. How many legos are made per year?
Polar Bears!:)
1. Are all polar bears white?
2.How big is the average polar bear?
3.Do polar bears have claws?
4. About how long do polar bears live?
5. Do polar bears only live in the arctic?
6.Where in the arctic do polar bears live?
what type of food allergies do cats have?
do cats have allergies to medicine?
do cats have asthma?
are some cats immune to allergies?
what are some cat reactions to food allergies?
1) How is lightning made?
2)How is a natural fire made?
3)Why dose snow not melt when it touches the floor?
4)What is freezing rain?
5) How is sleet or hail made?
1.what do all the gods and goddesses represent
2.what are the demigods’ enemies
3. what are all the gods names
4.what are the titans names
5. what are some prophecies
1. Did the Greeks get their idea for mythological creatures/gods from a different religion?
2. Other than the base 13 gods (including Hades) which others are there?
3. Which demigods became gods other than Heracles (in Roman he is known as Hercules)?
4. Which gods/demigods have their own prophecies?
5. What are 5 of the mythological creatures’ names?
1) Who is the God of Sleep?
2) What is a minotaur?
3) How does Zues control weather?
4) Who are Zues’ brothers
5) Who is hurcules
hi
1) Why are there different color germs?
2) Why can’t we see germs?
3) How do they get in your body?
4) Where do they come from?
5) What shape are they?
6) How big or small are they?
7) Whats in germs?
8) How are they made?
9) How many germs are on the human body?
1. What is the most valuable gemstone???
2.What is the rarest gemstone???
3. What is the most common gemstone???
4. What is the largest gemstone???
5. Why are gemstones so precious???
6. Why are gemstones cut and polished???
1. What is the most valuable gemstone????
2.What is the rarest gemstone????????????
3. What is the most common gemstone????
4. What is the largest gemstone???????????
5. Why are gemstones so precious?????????
6. Why are gemstones cut and polished????
1. Who was the first president to ride the Air Force One?
2. What type of plane is the Air Force One?
3. What preparations do you have to go through to get it ready to fly?
4. Why do you call it Air Force One?
5. How can you contact anyone in the world while flying?
6. When was the first plane made for the president made?
Where are most of them living right now?
What do they do?
Do they always study bones or can it be body’s?
What machinery do they need to do their job?
Why do they work in a lab?
Do they work with other people?
How many are in North America?
1:What were the main reasons world war 2 started?
2:what were the casualties during the war?
3:what were living conditions like in camp/trench?
4:what ranks were there and how did u get promoted?
5:what weapons were used?
1) How many known accents are there?
2) Say if you lived somewhere for a long time and then moved somewhere else, could you ever be completely rid of your accent?
3) Is there a certain place where no tourists are allowed to visit?
4) How many known religions are there?
5) How did they name some of the religions (ex. Islam, Buddhism, Hindu, etc.)
6) How many languages are there?
7) What were some of the closest theories believed to what happened on Roanoke Island?
Who started synchro skating
What was the first synchro team
Who was the first Olympic skater to win gold
Who were through first pair skaters to win gold in tthe Olympics
How many levels wher there when synchro first started
1)How does a tiny spec of light contain everything in space?
2)Why is the spec of light infinitely hot?
3)After the Big Bang, the spec of light went Below Zero degrees, how?
4)Why is it so peaceful after 3 minutes of the Big Bang?
5)I know 2 Elements create dust, but how do they combine and create dust?
1]how do people get phobias
2]what is agoraphobia
3]is it possible for phobias to go away troughout life
4]does everyone have at least 1 phobia
5]what phobia is the worst to have
Korea
1. Who was Korea’s first ruler?
2. When did the Korean war start and end?
3.What are some of the holidays celebrated in Korea?
4.What would it be like for a forengier to live there?
5.What do Koreans do in there free time?
1. are there any other kinds of sea horses?
2. are they predators or prey?
3. what do they eat?
4. what depth can they handle?
5. what part of the ocean do they live in?
6. why would people want to kill sea horses?
1. What do the Di Penates do around the house [Gods of the Indoors]
2. What is a faun?
3. Vesta is the goddess of the hearth. What is a hearth?
4. What does a trident do?
5. Who is Romulus?
6. Is Hercules a god?
7. Who is the god of Athletics/Sports?
8. Why did Proserpina have to stay with Pluto in the underworld for half the year?
9. Who tames Pegasus?
When was Hockey invented?
Who invented Hockey?
Were the NHL rules always the same?
When did they start youth Hockey?
What NHL Hockey team has one the most Stanly Cup?
What team won the Stanly Cup first?
► Persian Cats ◄
1 } how long is a persian cat’s average life span?
2 } where/how did the first persian cat originate?
3 } are there different kinds of persian cats?
4 } how would you properly care for a pet persian cat?
5 } do female/male persian cats have different feature + personalities?
1. How did dance start?
2. Who started it?
3. When did it start?
4. Where did it start?
5. What was the first type of dance
1) What causes your body to react to a certain kind of food?
2) How many people in the U.S has a true food allergy?
3) Are you born with food allergies or do they come when you grow?
4) Can you grow out of a food allergy or more?
5) What are the most common food allergy and am I allergic to it?
1) who was the player of the year in 2008 & 2009?
2) what year did the first USA team become a team? (Men’s and women’s)
3) how did they decide on they field measurements?
4) When did soccer first start being played on Astro-Turf?
5) Why do ball sizes vary for different age groups? Why can’t U12 & U13 use size 5 balls?
6) Why is the field set up for professional teams 11 players on at once? When does it change?
Where did ballet originate?
Who were the first people to start it?
Where was it mostly performed?
Was it originally for men and woman?
What kind of ballet did they start with?
Topics:Block 1/5
African American History
Greek Mythology
Human Anatomy
Questions:
1.When did greek mythology originate and why so many gods and goddesses?
2.Why were the minor gods ignored?
3. How many greek and roman gods, goddesses, and beasts were there total?
4. Why was Argus created?
5. How did Argus die?
6.What were Argus’ reasons for death?
1.why did they pick to have the bases in a dimond shape?
2. who made the first idea of baseball?
3. when was the first game of baseball played and who played in it?
4.what was the ball made out of when the first started playing baseball?
5. How did they come up with the game of baseball?
1.Why did they pick to have the bases in a dimond shape?
2. Who made the first idea of baseball?
3. When was the first game of baseball played and who played in it?
4.What was the ball made out of when the first stated playing baseball?
5. How did they come up with the game of baseball?
6. Was baseball inveted in America
7.Did they wear full equipment
8.Have rules changed in the years they have played?
1. Has there ever been life on Venus?
2. How many probes (robots) have been on Venus?
3. Why is Venus a planet?
4. Is it possible to have life on Venus?
5. What is the atmosphere like on Venus?
6. How many earth days does it take for Venus to travel around the sun TWICE!!
Where was JFK assassinated
What number president was he
What gun killed him
When did he die
Which part in his body was he shot
1. what year where girls aloud to start irish dance
2. how was thi9s style of dance created
3.who are some of the best irish deancers
4. why do girls have to wair curly wigs
5.what are some of the best dance schools
6.what is the history of the types of dance shoes
7.why do girls wair poodle socks
TORNADO
1. How many tornado categories are there?
2. How many miles per hour does a category 4 have?
3. What is the wind speed of a tornado that can lift an average person off the ground?
4. How does a tornado form?
5. Where in the US do tornadoes mostly form the most?
6. Can you make a man made tornado?
my questions about India are:
1 Why are there so many gods/ avatars?
2 Ho w many gods are there?
3 Why are there so many traditions in India?
4 How many languages are there?
5 How do you speak in Tamil ( my home language) ?
6 How did India get all the spices and why did other people want it?
1.How do waterfalls run nonstop?
2.Do any gems grow near waterfalls?
3.How many waterfalls are there around the world?
4.Are there any man made waterfalls?
5. What is the average speed for a waterfall?
1) How many kinds of monkeys are there? 2) What sounds do monkeys make? 3) What do most monkeys eat? 4) Do monkeys really love bananas? 5) Do all monkeys have red butts and why? 6) Where do monkeys live? 7) What is the difference between monkeys and apes?
What causes Optimism and fear of the brain?
What causes people to think differently?
Why do humans have different fears?
Why does our brain work the way it does?
What parts of the brain do we use or not use?
Is there a way to eliminate fear?
I think most the audience knows what the brain is and how important it is. Although they might not know why we have have fear and what it stops us from doing. Why we Think different than other people. Things that we don’t use in are brain, that could maybe help us in daily tasks. How can we eliminate our fears .
PENGUINS
How long does the average penguin live?
Which animals are predators to penguins?
Which animals are prey to penguins?
What is the usual size of the packs they live in?
How many different penguin types are there and what is each type of penguin called?
What is the most popular penguin type?
1. how to treat a horse with a lame foot
2.hot to find the right barn for your horse
3. how to find the proper feed for a horse
4.how much u should feed your horse
5. how to create a pasture secdual
1. Who invented drums?
2. How do you set drums up?
3.What are all the drum names?
4. When were the drums created?
5. Can you tune a drum?
1. Do marine corps have to get haircuts? if yes, why?
2. Do marine corps get paid?
3.Is there such thing as a bullet-proof-vest?
4.Do marine corps have to have some sort of requirement?
5. How long does it take for a marine corp trooper to be fully trained?
1.what is the difference between alligators and crocodiles?
2.what is Latin for saltwater crocodiles?
3.how long do they live?
4.were do saltwater crocodiles live?
5. what do they eat?