Balloon

Models

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www.icedrill-education.org

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Balloon Models Bill Grosser Date

Scientific Models

• Mathematical Models. (Y = mx + b)
• Physical Models
• Computer Models (Combination)
• Conceptual (mental) models

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Balloon Models Bill Grosser Date

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Balloon Models Bill Grosser Date

I notice…

I wonder…

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Balloon Models Bill Grosser Date

Strengths…

Weaknesses…

Analyze using ice balloons as a physical model of an ice core.

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Balloon Models Bill Grosser Date

Ice balloons as physical models of the Greenland Ice Sheet

• Add a spoonful of rock salt to the top of the frozen ice balloon
• Put a few drops of food coloring on top of the rock salt
• Observe…

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Balloon Models Bill Grosser Date

Analyze using ice balloons as a physical model of the melting summer Greenland Ice Sheet.

Strengths…

Weaknesses…

Google search “Greenland Surface Melt Photos”. Compare ice sheet images to your balloon.

I wonder…

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Balloon Models Bill Grosser Date

Analyze using ice balloons as a physical model of the melting Greenland Ice Sheet in the summer.

Use a jam board page to have your students past images from Greenland and the ice balloon that have similar structures.

Alternative Approach…

Balloon

Models

Dartmouth-SOI 2023

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Top-5 Great Expectations

For my kids.

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• 5
• 4
• 3
• 2
• 1

Record as a table, the top-5 things you are hoping bring to your students.

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Lego Engineering Bill Grosser

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• Group Goal: 100% of group build an identical structure
• One Engineer (Chloe) has designed a structure and prepared assembly instructions. (No other communication)
• Group: Group CAN NOT talk to each other but can see each other.
• One person (Lee Ann) is allowed to raise her “thumbs up” when she believes everyone has successfully built an identical structure.

Write-It Do-it