1. Monday– October 17th DAILY AGENDA REQUIRED MATERIALS
Start of Class Routine
Pre-Test
Boomtown Assessment Reflection Graphing
Welcome to Boomtown! Activity
Science Binder
Pencil/Eraser

2. Pre-Test 1
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3. Pre-Test 1 Grading
Write your score on your Bellwork and circle it. 5/5  3 4/5  2 3/5  1 2/5 or less  0

4. Boomtown Assessment Reflection
Graph your score on line a:
5/5  3
4/5  2
3/5  1
2/5 or less  0

5. Clear your desk, except for the Welcome to boomtown! worksheet

6. What is your role? Welcome to Boomtown!
You have been awarded a contract to build Boomtown’s newest housing area.
Over the past 100 years, Boomtown has welcomed thousands of new residents.

7. What is Boomtown? Boomtown is a large town.
It is 100 miles from one side of the town to the other.

8. Boomtown’s Area Boomtown has three main areas: Swamp Seaside Cliff
Green Hill

9. Landform A feature of the Earth’s surface Examples: lake stream valley
canyon
hill
ridge
mountain.

10. Swamp
Area that has a high proportion of water but dominated by trees surrounding the area.

11. Cliff
A straight up and down rock formation that is steep. In Boomtown it is near the water.

12. Hill
A naturally raised area, it is not as high or rough as a mountain.

13. Boomtown Engineering Report 1
Work with your shoulder partner to read the Procedures and complete the Boomtown Engineering Report Data Table.

14. Conclusion Directions:
Which area of Boomtown should you build the new housing development?
State one area
EX: Based on research, engineers should build in the _______ area of Boomtown)
State the positives of building in that area. Answer the question “What makes it better than the other areas.”
Use data to prove this
(EX: building on the moon means that zero endangered species will be harmed)
State one weakness of building in the area.
(EX: Even though building on the moon is the best option, it will still …)
5 – 6 sentences
Proper grammar!