Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Let's Go Camping! Shopping Excursion Part II

Great job yesterday shopping for groceries!

Today we are going to shop for camping items. Use the link to Bass Pro's website below.

Please read the directions carefully!

You will want to use the categories listed under the Online Shopping bar on the left side of the screen to find camping items.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Department_10151_-1_10001_350000000?CMID=MH_OS_CAMPING

Let's Go Grocery Shopping!

Use the following link to complete our Grocery Shopping Math Activity.

Once you click on the link, you will have to select a city in the drop down menu. Please select Nixa, and then press search.

http://www.pricecutteronline.com/ads.php

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Chunky Monkey Swirl wins the Yogurt Challenge!




Chunky Monkey Swirl swept the Yogurt Challenge competition with its exciting ingredients of strawberries, bananas, and granola. Most students said they preferred this flavor because of the extra special ingredient of granola.

Each group did a fantastic job advertising and creating a new yogurt flavor!


Thursday, September 20, 2007

Inventor Report Challenge

Alexander Graham Bell

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/bell/index.html

http://www.famous-inventors.com/phone-inventor.html

Louis Braille

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/braille/index.html

http://www.afb.org/braillebug/louis_braille_bio.asp

Thomas Edison

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/edison/index.html

http://www.famous-inventors.com/thomas-edison-biography.html

Henry Ford

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/ford/index.html

http://www.famous-inventors.com/automobile-inventor.html

Johannes Gutenberg

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/gutenberg/index.html

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/gutenberg.htm

Samuel Morse

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/morse/index.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001490/SamuelMorse.html

Eli Whitney

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/whitney/index.html

http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/152.html

The Wright Brothers

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/wright/index.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001490/WrightBrothers.html

Sylvester Graham

http://www.suffield-library.org/localhistory/graham.htm

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9037611/Sylvester-Graham

Edward Binney

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcrayon.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_William_Binney

Benjamin Franklin

http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/

http://www.famous-inventors.com/benjamin-franklin-biography.html

James Naismith

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbasketball.htm

http://www.naismithmuseum.com/naismith_drjamesnaismith/main_drjamesnaismith.htm

Ruth Wakefield

http://www.women-inventors.com/Ruth-Wakefield.asp

http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/wakefield.html

Mary Anderson

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blanderson.htm

http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/anderson.html

Patsy Sherman

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blscotchgard.htm

http://www.women-inventors.com/Patsy-Sherman.asp

John Deere

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldeere.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001490/JohnDeere.html

George Washington Carver

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa041897.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001490/GeorgeWashington.html

Bette Nesmith Graham

http://inventors.about.com/od/lstartinventions/a/liquid_paper.htm

http://www.women-inventors.com/Bette-Nesmith-Graham.asp

George Eastman

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/eastman.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001490/GeorgeEastman.html

Allen Breed

http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/breed.html

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06EFD8123AF937A25752C0A9669C8B63

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Apprentice Challenge #1

Why is it important to give a product (frozen yogurt) an interesting or catchy name and slogan?

Why is it important to advertise your product?