1. Student Name: Brendan Dobbin

2. Welcome to our Virtual Wiki-Classroom Visit us anytime at www.gate2learning.pbworks.com www.gate2learning.pbworks.com

3. Explain in your own words what happens on the classroom Wiki-workspace. We go to our class room page. I can post a comment. I can go to the games or the blog. It is a place that we can log in.

4. I use Performance Based Objectives in GATE. PBOs are important because they tell us what we are doing today.

5. I use Language Based Objectives in GATE. LBOs are important because LBOs are reading writing and speaking. With out those there would be no communication. So there would be no gate if there were no LBOs.

6. What is Red Light Thinking? Red Light thinking is gathering facts. Provide an example of Red Light thinking. There’s another fun fact about Uranus—it’s the only planet named after a Greek god instead of a Roman god. That is a example of Red Light thinking.

7. What is Yellow Light Thinking? Yellow Light Thinking is your opinion. You are processing your idea. Provide an example of Yellow Light Thinking. 3. Which statement about Uranus is true? b. Uranus is a very windy planet. This is an example of Yellow light thinking.

8. What is Green Light Thinking? Green light thinking is your what if thinking. You take facts and make something new Provide an example of Green Light thinking. What if…. Uranus and Earth positions were switched. That is a example of Green light Thinking.

9. Why is our GATE Student Checklist important? You don’t have to wait for anyone. You can go at your speed.

10. Critical Thinking Shapes I created the shape by going to insert shapes and clicked the plane line. Then I fitted the line twice as big as the line that I was matching. The second shaped looked like Pac-Man which is a video game.

11. GATE Student Journal If I could be a super hero or super villain I would be a super hero. I would be called Magic Man. I would be able to teleport. I could make a huge fist and hit bad people. I would be able to make anything I can picture in my head. If I had to I would fight crime in a volcano. I would mainly fight super villains. I would be able to fly.

12. Mercury,Venus, Earth,Mars,Jupiter, Saturn,Uranus, Neptune

13. Solar Systems Post ten facts you learned about the Solar Systems. The moon has craters on it. Uranus is a giant icy ball of gas and liquid, with a solid center. It’s the seventh planet from the sun and the farthest that you can see without a telescope. There’s another fun fact about Uranus—it’s the only planet named after a Greek god instead of a Roman god. Uranus is a windy planet. Comets are part ice. Sunspots are regions of lower temperature on the surface of the Sun. They last from a few hours to a few months. Mars has two ice caps just like our North and South Poles.

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16. In both cities you should dress for hot weather. It may get kind of hot. The stationary front covers It goes from Washington to Kansas. A cold front will effect the mid-western states.

17. Weather Report What is a cold front? It is cold air. What is a warm front? It is a big warm air mass. What is a stationary front? It is a boundary of 2 different air masses.

18. Hurricane Facts The word hurricane comes from a native word. A hurricane wind can get up to 74 miles per hour or more.

19. Tornado Facts The Midwest get most tornados. Tornados are most powerful in the U.S.

20. Introducing my GATE Teacher Mr. Lewis is nice. He helps me when I have computer issues. He makes learning fun.

21. Why is GATE important to you? Because I can learn more than I learn in class. I learn new things. It’s really fun. I love to learn.