Posted by Mrs. Ibrahim | Posted in 5th GATErs, ePals, Inquiry, Natural Disasters, Science, Technology | Posted on 28-10-2010
Hypothesis
Last week you learned about the top 3 Natural Disasters in San Diego. Today we are going to hypothesize about what natural disasters you think are more likely to happen in North Carolina where our ePals live?
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In the email
- Introduce yourself. Tell them your age and gender; family size and members; and favorite things to do.
- Share your research on natural disasters so far. DO NOT TELL THEM THE TOP 3 DISASTERS IN OUR AREA!! They will be guessing about that later.
- Tell them your hypothesis for their top 3 disasters and why you think that.
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