Our school's seventh grade class conducted a survey to find the technology use in our school.  The survey consisted of 5 questions, 2 of which were the same on each survey.  Each student who created a survey thought of three questions that they would ask the class that they were assigned.  I surveyed our school's fourth grade class.  The data was collected by putting the questions into a Google Form and making it applicable to the whole school so they could take it.  Every student in our school was given an account to access Google.  The main problem that I encountered was that some students took my survey more than once, giving me inaccurate results.  If you would like to see the survey that I created, click

        To display my results, I created an infographic in a PowerPoint that contained the results that I had achieved in my survey and made visuals of my results.  I developed them as four indiviadual slides containing different images showing the outcome of my survey.  Then I saved each individual slide as a JPEG and converted them into a single slide by stacking them one on top of another to turn them into an infographic.  To construct each slide, I used the CARP principles; they are Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, and Proximity.  To follow these principles, I had to make sure that my background color was the same throughout all four slides and the title for each slide was aligned in the same place for each slide.  In each slide, I used the same font and font sizes for it to be repetitive.  Infographics help to portray information in the form of visuals with the use of few words.  They make it interesting to learn new facts about a topic so that you don't have to read paragraphs and paragraphs of information to find what you are looking for.  With graphs and other visuals, you can find the basics of the information that you need easily.

To view my infographic full size, click the image to the right.

 To see the full size inforgaphic, click my image to view.

There were four roles included in this project.  The first role was the historian and she found the history of roller coasters from the first ones to the present.  She also had to find out how they changed in height, materials, etc. and the name and place of the largest roller coaster.  The second role was the design engineer and he had to find out what materials were used to build roller coasters and how the designs changed on roller coasters.   He also had to find out the length of time from desighning to building the roller coaster.  The third role was the physicist and she had to figure out how roller coasters are tested.  She also had to figure out the height of hills versus loops.  The last role was the lawyer which is what I was.  The lawyer had to find out the safety regulations for roller coasters and amusement parks and I also had to find out the laws and regulations for rides and parks.

This roller coaster was a success because it had the right amount of speed and velocity to make it to the end.

This roller coaster failed because it had too much speed and crashed at the end. 

Our roller coaster was called Demon Hills because of all of the hills in the roller coaster especially the beginning hill.  To go to the site I used to create my roller coaster click here.

Description of the Event

Qualifying Scores

Tut- I would love to answer your questions.

SE- Great! Well let's get started.  Who did you marry? How many children do you have? What happened to them?

Tut- I married my half-sister.  Her name is Ankhesanamun.  I have two children.  My children were stillborn when my wife had them.  When I died my children were buried with me for when I would go to the Afterlife.

SE- Why did you change your name?

Tut- I changed my name because of religious beliefs in my country.  I changed my birth name,Tutankhaten, to Tutankhamun.  Aten, the last four letters of my old name means "the living image of Aten".  Amun the last four letters of my current name means "the living image of Amun".

SE- Do you have any illnesses?

Tut- Yes, I have malaria and a bone disorder.  I also have necrosis, or death, of bone tissue in my left foot.  This caused me to walk with a cane.  The necrosis is not life threatening to me, though.

SE- Why did you change the religious beliefs in your country?

Tut- I changed the religious beliefs in my country to maintain order of the universe, or maat.  Before my father, Akhenaten, took the throne all spirits and deities were ruled.  When my father took the throne he changed the religious beliefs so everyone only worshipped one god: Aten.  When my father died I took the throne.  During my rule I tried to reestablish the belief in all the gods and goddesses my father had neglected worship against.  Along with those gods and goddesses I also tried to restore the worship of Amun.  I rebuilt their temples and replaced their treasuries to honor them.

SE- What made you such a well-known pharaoh? What was found in your tomb?

Tut- I became famous becuase my tomb was untouched for thousands of years.  I was a minor pharaoh but my tomb's discovery made me famous worldwide.  When my tomb was found many people were amazed by the riches in it.  About 3500 articles were found in my tomb.

SE- Who was your tomb discovered by? When was it discovered? Where were you buried?

Tut- My tomb was discovered by two men.  Their names were Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon.  My tomb was discovered in 1922.  I was buried in the Valley of the Kings.

SE- Thank you, King Tut, I sure learned a lot about you! That was very eduactional and we all enjoyed your time with us!

Tut- It truely was an honor to be here.  I am glad that I was able to teach everyone some more about myself. 

Resources:

Facts About King Tut

King Tut Biography

National Geographic

King Tut- About King Tut

King Tut

King Tut- About King Tut

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1. The tenth Amendment says that any power not given to the federal government belongs to the states and to the people. 


2. The thirteenth Amendment abolished (got rid of) slavery.  This Amendment was passed after the Civil War.


3. The nineteenth Amendment gives women the right to vote in all state and federal elections. 

 As you can see this is not all of the Amendments.  This is just three of the twenty-six Amendments of our country as I said at the top of the page.

1. The first of the seven articles is Congress which is outlining the lawmaking branch of government or the Legislative Branch. 


2. The second article lays out the framework of the Executive Branch which includes the President, the Vice President, and the departments of the federal government.


3. The third of the seven articles is outlines the Judicial Branch which includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts.


4. The fourth article talks about the relationships between the states and the federal government.


5. The fifth of the seven articles explains how the Constitution can be changed.


6. The sixth article states that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land.  This means that the states cannot make laws that go against the Constitution and national


7. The seventh and final article says that the Constitution will go into effect when it is agreed by nine states.  This happened on June 21, 1788 when New Hampshire voted its approval. 

These are the seven articles of the Constitution.

The three principles are:

1. The Separation of Powers which means that the power is divided between the three branches of government (Legislative, Executive, and Judicial).


2. The System of Checks and Balances which means that each branch of government have some authority over the other branches and it assures that each branch has to work with the other.  That way no one branch is more powerful than the other.  One example of Checks and Balances is when Congress passes a law and the President than has the power to veto (reject) the law.  If 2/3  of the legislatures still want the law after its been vetoed they can choose to override the President.  The Supreme Court can cancel the law if they think it violates the principles of the Constitution. 


3. Shared Powers means that the Federal Government can share powers with the states.  The Federal Government has some powers and the states have some powers and they share some powers.  For example, only the Federal Government can declare wars and print money, but the states can establish their own schools and regulate local governments.  Both of them can impulse taxes, regulate banks, and have their own courts.

This makes our national government a federation.  These are the three principles of the Constitution.

1. The Legislative Branch would enact the laws.


2. The Executive Branch would see that the laws were carried out.


3. The Judicial Branch would see that justice was done under the law.

It was important for the delegates to compromise because that is how they found solutions to their all of their disagreements.  One of the most important issues was how they would assure that the large states would not dominate over the small states.  A resolution on the Virginia Plan was then passed.   

1. Congress had no power but Congress needs power to work out national problems.


2. There was no central court system for people to go to to work out their differences if they have a disagreement.


3. They had no central leader that they could point to as the head of government.

These problems caused the leaders of the colonies to get together and meet in Philadelphia.   

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