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Note: These Challenge Questions coincide with the Spring 2003 Reports
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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