FUTURA: Week 5

Wonders of the World: Week 3

Agenda/Reminders

• Renzulli Assignment: Building Big due 10/27• Possibly: Materials for Center Work or Seven

Wonders• Present Wonders of the World projects next

week

Computer Updates• Computers– Username: “buf4” or “buf 5”– Password: “buf4” or “buf5”– Global>FUTURA…this will give you access to resources

Mrs. Mapp has made available to students.– Grade>Fifth or Fourth>FUTURA>Your FUTURA Day…this

will be where you save work from now on. The big thing is that you make sure to put YOUR NAME in the document title so we know it is yours. If you are doing group work and someone is absent we can still access the document and keep working. It also means you should NEVER open a document that isn’t yours and edit it.

7 Wonders Project

• Step 3 & 4 should be completed• Step 5 will be completed today– Choose project – 5 minutes– Draft project – 10 minutes– Teacher signature – 5 minutes– Publish project – 1 ½ hours– Practice presenting project – 20 minutes

Centers

• Remember to do HIGH QUALITY work.• Look carefully at directions before asking for

help.• All work is independent.• Log your resources – you now have a resource

log that will stay in your center folder• When finished with your level, organize your

work in order and fill out a center reflection.

Brainstorm & Design

Look at materials and think about the questions below. Then sketch your ideas on a piece of paper.1. How can you make a strong tube out of a piece of

paper?2. How can you arrange the tubes to make a strong,

stable table?3. How can you support the table legs to keep them

from tilting or twisting?4. How level and big does the table’s top need to be

to support a heavy book?