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Week 10 · Hold the Land

Friday

Compare the solutions
// Slow wind and water from changing land
⏱ about 15 min

Friday: Compare the solutions

Rocket and Raven look at their test pans again.

"My stick wall held some soil," Rocket says.

"My leaves held soil too," Raven says. "What do you notice that is different?"

Nova beeps. "Great discovery! Every design has strengths and weaknesses."

Strengths and weaknesses

Engineers test more than one design.

A strength is something a design does well.

A weakness is something it does not do well.

Comparing helps engineers pick or improve a design.

THINK LIKE AN ENGINEER
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Why test two designs instead of one?
A design held soil but washed over the top. What is that?
What can you do after finding a weakness?
THE ENGINEER’S STEPS
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
Try it
Look for plants, fences or walls near slopes.
What land are they holding?
STRENGTH OR WEAKNESS?
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  • Tap your answer.
What is a strength?
What did Rocket’s stick wall do?
What is the last engineer step?

Word Spot review

Let us review this week's sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Use: U-S-E.

Very: V-E-R-Y.

Wash: W-A-S-H.

Which: W-H-I-C-H.

Later: L-A-T-E-R.

Miss: M-I-S-S.

Idea: I-D-E-A.

Enough: E-N-O-U-G-H.

Face: F-A-C-E.

Watch: W-A-T-C-H.

Far: F-A-R.

FIND THE WORD
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  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
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  • Tap it.
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  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
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FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
We ___ a ruler to measure.
An ant is ___ small.
___ your hands with soap.
___ way is the park?

You are a land-saving engineer! Next week we make maps.

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