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Title |
Author |
Grade
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One
Grain of Rice |
Demi |
2nd to 4th grade |
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Summary of the story : |
Long
ago in India, there lived a raja who believed that he was
wise and fair. But every year he kept nearly all the
people's rice for himself. Then a village girl named Rani
devises a clever plan, using the surprising power of
doubling to win more than one billion grains of rice from
the raja.
Something you can do in your classroom
Can you fold a piece of paper 30 times? ... See the
power of Squaring
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Possible Design Challenges: |
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Design a habitant that you can grow rice and test
different ways to improve its growth.
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Design a tool that could be used to count the rice
faster than each grain at a time?
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Could
we design a wagon to carry the rice?
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Comments: |
Charlotte Dumaresq Hunt, known as
Demi,
has created more than 130 books for children, many of which
are adaptations of Chinese folktales. Her work also includes
concept and puzzle books, picture-book biographies, fables,
and novelty board books
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