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From: Linda Swentzel (LSwentzel@byramschools.k12.nj.us)
Date: Fri Apr 11 2003 - 16:11:08 EDT

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    In answer to the challenge question #17 about the amount of weight a person
    would gain in 9-14 days if they gained weight like a caterpillar. Mrs.
    Swentzel's third grade class from Stanhope (Byram) NJ, took an average
    weight for the class. We added up everyone's weight and then divided by
    the total students in the class. We came up with a weight of 74
    pounds. We then multiplied this weight by 2,000 and came up with 148,000
    pounds. "Wow, what a lot of weight. We can't imagine what it would be
    like to be that heavy." Next, we brainstormed different types of animals
    that might be alive today that might weigh that much. They came up with
    great white shark, a whale shark, 4 elephants, 10 dolphins, and a Blue
    Whale. Well, we thought the blue whale would be the closest. When we
    checked, a half grown blue whale would best match our weight. "This is
    pretty amazing!"



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