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 * POTATO LAUNCHER**

Potato Launcher

Please visit this site MAKEZINE and search for potato launcher/gun. Look carefully through the results in order to find resources and ideas.

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Why a Potato Cannon?

Let's be convincing.... Read through this site and think about the reasoning behind our plans. How will we inform an audience that our goals are educationally related.

=How to Write a Persuasive Essay=

by Jesse Seldess, Professional Writer
When writing a persuasive essay, your purpose is to convince your audience to embrace your idea or point of view. Keeping this purpose in mind is the key to writing an effective persuasion.

Essential steps for writing a persuasive essay:

 * 1) **Identify your main idea or point of view**. Your purpose will be to persuade your audience to accept this idea or point of view.
 * 2) **Identify your audience**. To write an effective persuasive essay, try to understand your audience. For example, are your readers undecided about your issue? Or are your readers hostile to your point of view?
 * 3) Considering your audience, **identify the strongest supporting points** for your persuasion.
 * 4) **Identify the most significant opposing view**. Explaining and then refuting the opposing view strengthens the credibility and scope of your essay.

How to organize your persuasive essay:
//Introduction// //Body paragraphs// //Opposing view// //Conclusion//
 * Your introduction should hook your reader's attention and provide background information on your topic or controversy.
 * The paragraph should end with a clear statement of your main idea or point of view.
 * Your body paragraphs should present the points in support of your main idea.
 * Each body paragraph should focus on one point.
 * Be sure to provide evidence or examples for each point.
 * After presenting your supporting points, develop one paragraph to accurately explain and then refute the most significant opposing view.
 * Creatively restate your main idea and supporting points.
 * Try to leave your audience even more connected to your topic and persuaded by your main idea or perspective.


 * Algebra Practice**

Practice your Algebra Skills. Use this site to Math Playground to do so. Go to the Word Problems link on the left menu bar and scroll to the bottom right corner on SAT Math practice gr. 7+. Click on the Algebra option.
 * Use notebook paper to document how you solve the problems. Turn this in for an assessment grade.
 * Use the video to explain how to solve a problem if you are unsure.

You may also go to the Logic link on the left menu bar and choose to interact with either or both
 * Battleship and Switch It.
 * Please write down you scores for each simulation you interact with.

Test out the physics behind these launching simulations. Pay attention to the principles of force and motion.

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 * Contrast Cannon**
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Test your algebra skills by visiting Nomean City Use a record sheet to keep track of your progress. Submit as an assignment.
 * ABSURD MATH **