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Name: ___________________________________ Group: _______ Level: ______ Cycle 2 Project The answers to your questions should be typed or neatly written. 1. Check the Engrade calendar for due date(s). 2. This project relates to topics and skills covered in Science, Math, ELA, and Social Studies.
Introduction La Belle was one of Robert de La Salle's four ships when he explored the Gulf of Mexico with the ill-fated mission of starting a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1685. La Belle was wrecked in present-day Matagorda Bay the following year, dooming La Salle's Texas colony to failure. For over three centuries the wreckage of La Belle lay forgotten until it was discovered by a team of state archaeologists in 1995. The discovery of La Salle's flagship was regarded as one of the most important archaeological finds of the century, and a major excavation was launched by the state of Texas that, over a period of about a year, recovered the entire shipwreck and over a million artifacts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_%28ship%29
Visit the website for information to answer these questions. Do this work at home. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/ 1. What is an archaeologist? ______________________________________________________________________ 2. What evidence might he/she be looking for in a shipwreck? ______________________________________________________________________ 3. How could an archaeologist explore a shipwreck safely since the water pressure at the bottom of the ocean could crush him/her if he/she would scuba dive to the wreck, unlike in the picture above? ______________________________________________________________________
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Name: ___________________________________ Group: _______ Level: ______ Map skills 4. A. Use the map of the Atlantic Ocean with Europe and North America. B. Mark an “X” on France on a world map. C. Draw the possible route La Salle might have taken to reach the southern United
States from France. D. Calculate the trip's distance using the map’s scale.
_________________________________________ E. Estimate how long it might have taken to make the journey if the ship traveled
an average of 100 miles per day. ___________________________________________________________________
Visit the website for information: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/shipwreck.html and/or http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/timber.html
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Name: ___________________________________ Group: _______ Level: ______ List 5 artifacts that the archaeologists found and what the artifact might tell them these ancient sailors’ expedition. Artifact
Where it was found
What it tell you about the sailors’ expedition
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A steel cofferdam (left) Cofferdam around La Salle (above)
Building on Riverbeds Imagine that you had to build a bridge across a wide river. How can you put the piers in place without the river washing them away? The answer is by building a temporary dam called a cofferdam where the pier is to go. Bridge builders sink long beams of hardened concrete, steel, or wood into the riverbed to make a square or circular wall that rises above the water level. Then they pump out all the water from inside the cofferdam, so that work can be carried out on the riverbed. The mud and soil is dug away until hard ground is reached, after which cement is poured into the hole to make a sturdy foundation. The pier is built up from the foundation until it rises above the top of the cofferdam.
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Name: ___________________________________ Group: _______ Level: ______ 1.What is a cofferdam? _________________________________________________ 2.Why would the archaelogists need to construct one to study the archaelogical artifacts?________________________ Draw labeled arrows showing: 1. The force of the water pushing on the wall. 2. The force needed by the wall against the water to keep the wall from moving from the force of the water. 3. The water is 50 feet deep The cofferdam is 100 feet wide. Calculate the area of 1 wall of the cofferdam. ________________ 4. If the cofferdam is a square, calculate the perimeter of the cofferdam. ___________ 5. http://www.grow.arizona.edu/Grow--GrowResources.php?ResourceId=153 Enter the depth and width into the calculator at the bottom of the page. What is the force of water on one wall of the cofferdam? __________________________ (pounds) 6. Pressure = force / area Calculate the water pressure on this wall: _________________________________ TWEEC Use the TWEEC method write an essay about the archaeological excavation of LaBelle. Include the following information: • Historical background of the ship’s journey • Archaelogical importance • Archaeological excavation • How knowledge of mathematics and science helped to achieve the excavation
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Name: ___________________________________ Group: _______ Level: ______ La Belle ship construction (completed in class) Use Glencoe pages 126-127 You are La Salle’s boat builder, Pierre Masson. Your boat is supposed to carry back gold from the New World to France. La Belle was a barque-longue, with three masts and a relatively shallow draft of about 8 feet (2 m). Her beam was officially 14 ft 9 inches, and she was 54 ft 4 inches long with a cargo capacity of 40–45 tons The beads at your table represent gold bars. The styrofoam cup represents the boat. Use your knowledge and experience in science. Individual work (use the back of the paper if necessary) Design an experiment testing whether your “boat” could carry the “gold” that it found in the New World. Group work 1. What is the mass of your gold cargo? ________________________ (grams) If each gram represents 1 ton of gold, how many tons of gold do you have? Will the ship be able to carry the gold? Explain ________________________________ 2. How can you find the volume of the “gold?”____________________ 3. Volume of the “gold” ____________________ (ml = cm3) Density of the “gold” = _________________________ (mass) = _________ (g/ cm3) (volume) If the density of pure gold is 19.3 (g/ cm3), are your beads made of pure gold? Explain why or why not:_________________________________________________ 4. Using the Archimedes’ Principle of buoyancy, explain how the ship is able to float. Levels 1 and 2: Draw a picture show the forces of gravity and buoyancy on the ship Levels 3 and 4: Besides drawing the picture above, you should explain buoyancy by the displacement of water. 5. What volume of water is necessary to make the ship with gold float? ______________ Explain how you determined this. Test this amount if there is time.
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Name: ___________________________________ Group: _______ Level: ______ Rubric
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Introduction
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All questions 1-3 were answered
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2 questions were answered correctly
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2 questions were answered correctly
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Many details referencing the website
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Many details referencing the website
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Some details referencing the website
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1 question was answered
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Few details referencing the website
Map skills
All map marks and calculations are answered correctly
All map marks are correct and but calculations are answered incorrectly
All or some map marks are answered correctly but calculations are not attempted
An attempt was made but no answers are correct
Artifacts
The table is completed correctly
Most of the table is completed correctly
Some of the table is completed correctly
An attempt was made but no answers are correct
Excavation using the cofferdam
All questions and calculations are answered correctly
Some questions and calculations are answered correctly
All or some questions answered but calculations are mostly incorrect
Few questions and calculations are answered correctly
TWEEC
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All parts of TWEEC were done.
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All parts of TWEEC were done.
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All 4 areas were included
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3 areas were included
2 areas were included
Ship construction
All questions and calculations are answered correctly
Some questions and calculations are answered correctly
All or some parts of TWEEC were done.
All or some questions answered but calculations are mostly incorrect
An attempt was made for any number the areas and/or not parts of TWEEC were done
Few questions and calculations are answered correctly
___ 1 point for neatness 25=100% 24=96% 23=92% 22=88% 21=84% 20=80% 19=76% 18=72% 17=68% 16=64% 15=60% 14=56% 13=52% 12=48% 11=44% 10=40% 9=36% 8=32% 7=28% 6=24% 5=20% 4=16% 3=12% 2=8% 1=4%
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© Mr. Kent, UIM 6 Grade Science Project, Cycle 2
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Name: ___________________________________ Group: _______ Level: ______ Cycle 2 Project The answers to your questions should be typed or neatly written. 1. Check the Engrade calendar for due date(s). 2. This project relates to topics and skills covered in Science, Math, ELA, and Social Studies.
Introduction La Belle was one of Robert de La Salle's four ships when he explored the Gulf of Mexico with the ill-fated mission of starting a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1685. La Belle was wrecked in present-day Matagorda Bay the following year, dooming La Salle's Texas colony to failure. For over three centuries the wreckage of La Belle lay forgotten until it was discovered by a team of state archaeologists in 1995. The discovery of La Salle's flagship was regarded as one of the most important archaeological finds of the century, and a major excavation was launched by the state of Texas that, over a period of about a year, recovered the entire shipwreck and over a million artifacts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_%28ship%29
Visit the website for information to answer these questions. Do this work at home. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/ 1. What is an archaeologist? ______________________________________________________________________ 2. What evidence might he/she be looking for in a shipwreck? ______________________________________________________________________ 3. How could an archaeologist explore a shipwreck safely since the water pressure at the bottom of the ocean could crush him/her if he/she would scuba dive to the wreck, unlike in the picture above? ______________________________________________________________________
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© Mr. Kent, UIM 6 Grade Science Project, Cycle 2
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Name: ___________________________________ Group: _______ Level: ______ Map skills 4. A. Use the map of the Atlantic Ocean with Europe and North America. B. Mark an “X” on France on a world map. C. Draw the possible route La Salle might have taken to reach the southern United
States from France. D. Calculate the trip's distance using the map’s scale.
_________________________________________ E. Estimate how long it might have taken to make the journey if the ship traveled
an average of 100 miles per day. ___________________________________________________________________
Visit the website for information: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/shipwreck.html and/or http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/timber.html
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© Mr. Kent, UIM 6 Grade Science Project, Cycle 2
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Name: ___________________________________ Group: _______ Level: ______ List 5 artifacts that the archaeologists found and what the artifact might tell them these ancient sailors’ expedition. Artifact
Where it was found
What it tell you about the sailors’ expedition
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A steel cofferdam (left) Cofferdam around La Salle (above)
Building on Riverbeds Imagine that you had to build a bridge across a wide river. How can you put the piers in place without the river washing them away? The answer is by building a temporary dam called a cofferdam where the pier is to go. Bridge builders sink long beams of hardened concrete, steel, or wood into the riverbed to make a square or circular wall that rises above the water level. Then they pump out all the water from inside the cofferdam, so that work can be carried out on the riverbed. The mud and soil is dug away until hard ground is reached, after which cement is poured into the hole to make a sturdy foundation. The pier is built up from the foundation until it rises above the top of the cofferdam.
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© Mr. Kent, UIM 6 Grade Science Project, Cycle 2
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Name: ___________________________________ Group: _______ Level: ______ 1.What is a cofferdam? _________________________________________________ 2.Why would the archaelogists need to construct one to study the archaelogical artifacts?________________________ Draw labeled arrows showing: 1. The force of the water pushing on the wall. 2. The force needed by the wall against the water to keep the wall from moving from the force of the water. 3. The water is 50 feet deep The cofferdam is 100 feet wide. Calculate the area of 1 wall of the cofferdam. ________________ 4. If the cofferdam is a square, calculate the perimeter of the cofferdam. ___________ 5. http://www.grow.arizona.edu/Grow--GrowResources.php?ResourceId=153 Enter the depth and width into the calculator at the bottom of the page. What is the force of water on one wall of the cofferdam? __________________________ (pounds) 6. Pressure = force / area Calculate the water pressure on this wall: _________________________________ TWEEC Use the TWEEC method write an essay about the archaeological excavation of LaBelle. Include the following information: • Historical background of the ship’s journey • Archaelogical importance • Archaeological excavation • How knowledge of mathematics and science helped to achieve the excavation
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© Mr. Kent, UIM 6 Grade Science Project, Cycle 2
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Name: ___________________________________ Group: _______ Level: ______ La Belle ship construction (completed in class) Use Glencoe pages 126-127 You are La Salle’s boat builder, Pierre Masson. Your boat is supposed to carry back gold from the New World to France. La Belle was a barque-longue, with three masts and a relatively shallow draft of about 8 feet (2 m). Her beam was officially 14 ft 9 inches, and she was 54 ft 4 inches long with a cargo capacity of 40–45 tons The beads at your table represent gold bars. The styrofoam cup represents the boat. Use your knowledge and experience in science. Individual work (use the back of the paper if necessary) Design an experiment testing whether your “boat” could carry the “gold” that it found in the New World. Group work 1. What is the mass of your gold cargo? ________________________ (grams) If each gram represents 1 ton of gold, how many tons of gold do you have? Will the ship be able to carry the gold? Explain ________________________________ 2. How can you find the volume of the “gold?”____________________ 3. Volume of the “gold” ____________________ (ml = cm3) Density of the “gold” = _________________________ (mass) = _________ (g/ cm3) (volume) If the density of pure gold is 19.3 (g/ cm3), are your beads made of pure gold? Explain why or why not:_________________________________________________ 4. Using the Archimedes’ Principle of buoyancy, explain how the ship is able to float. Levels 1 and 2: Draw a picture show the forces of gravity and buoyancy on the ship Levels 3 and 4: Besides drawing the picture above, you should explain buoyancy by the displacement of water. 5. What volume of water is necessary to make the ship with gold float? ______________ Explain how you determined this. Test this amount if there is time.
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© Mr. Kent, UIM 6 Grade Science Project, Cycle 2
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Name: ___________________________________ Group: _______ Level: ______ Rubric
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Introduction
3
2
1
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All questions 1-3 were answered
•
2 questions were answered correctly
•
2 questions were answered correctly
•
Many details referencing the website
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Many details referencing the website
•
Some details referencing the website
•
1 question was answered
•
Few details referencing the website
Map skills
All map marks and calculations are answered correctly
All map marks are correct and but calculations are answered incorrectly
All or some map marks are answered correctly but calculations are not attempted
An attempt was made but no answers are correct
Artifacts
The table is completed correctly
Most of the table is completed correctly
Some of the table is completed correctly
An attempt was made but no answers are correct
Excavation using the cofferdam
All questions and calculations are answered correctly
Some questions and calculations are answered correctly
All or some questions answered but calculations are mostly incorrect
Few questions and calculations are answered correctly
TWEEC
•
All parts of TWEEC were done.
•
All parts of TWEEC were done.
•
•
All 4 areas were included
•
3 areas were included
2 areas were included
Ship construction
All questions and calculations are answered correctly
Some questions and calculations are answered correctly
All or some parts of TWEEC were done.
All or some questions answered but calculations are mostly incorrect
An attempt was made for any number the areas and/or not parts of TWEEC were done
Few questions and calculations are answered correctly
___ 1 point for neatness 25=100% 24=96% 23=92% 22=88% 21=84% 20=80% 19=76% 18=72% 17=68% 16=64% 15=60% 14=56% 13=52% 12=48% 11=44% 10=40% 9=36% 8=32% 7=28% 6=24% 5=20% 4=16% 3=12% 2=8% 1=4%
Glows (+)
Grows (-)
Your next step is:
