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Design
something to extract the juices from the rosehips (page 35
)( rosehips contain the memories of the roses and that when
you drink the tea made from it, you take in the beauty that
the plant had known). Life science , simple machines,
state of matter ( solids, liquid, gases )
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Design a
better habitat for the wagon that they used to escape.
Living things and their environment, tools, state
of matter
·
Design
something to hear the earth’s heart beat. Can that really
be? Is that a metaphor for saying the earth is a living
object? Structure of the Earth
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Design a
glove that you can handle a rose thorn ( page 8 )
Properties of Materials, Life science ( why does it have
thorns?), evolution and biodiversity,
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Can we
design a 1930 washing machine and Dryer that uses no
electricity but only simple machines Simple machines,
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What
material item can we design so the young girls can carry the
babies and have their hands free? Life Science,
Properties of Materials,
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Can we
design a tent like structure to keep her mother cool and
moist during her sickness? Life Science, Materials
·
Design a
machine to make smoke vapors (page 179). What causes the
vapor?
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Using the
cycle of the harvests, could you design a clock / calendar?
How would it relate to today’s clock/ harvest ( page 247 )
. Esperanza birthday was at grape harvest time. Earth &
Space,
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Design a
packaging system to transport the rose roots without water
for a set period of time ( page 84 ) Life Science,
Materials
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Esperanza
and family need to take a bath. Can we design a hot water
heater without using fire? Use Solar heat and
material.
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Design a way
for someone who doesn’t understand how to use a broom to be
able to use it without training ( page 116), Levers &
machines
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