My 11yr old daughter came over this weekend. I had her lay out her homework on the table the night before so we can finish it this morning.
While doing the work, she expressed to me the need to make a 3D rock cycle model. What she gave me was a copy of the permission/request sheet that her mom recieved and signed Feb 12th that she will be making a 3D rock cycle with her which is due March 1st.
From the school, all they recieved is an diagramed example of how a rock cycle works and request that we build a 3D model of a rock cycle thats not on a flat surface and it must show all steps of the rock cycle with any idea or list of materials needed and then it must show "how one drop of magma would travel through your model rock cycle".
Essentially, nothing but the picture of a rock cycle is all the information that was given on this sheet. Under no circumstance does an 11yr old know how to build this 3D model, much less a physics major without any information at all other than whats required. The full list of requirements are:
The model needs to:
Demonstrate the continous flow of materials through the cycle.
Include all of steps in the rock cycle.
Have all parts labeled with a key
Be in three dimensions (not flat)
explain how one drop of magma would travel through your model rock cycle.
Absolutely no explaination on how to build one or any idea of what materials to use or even a list of items that can or should be used. The picture given is an actual cut away of a real rock cycle and not a picture of a model rock cycle.
Says "large part of her final grade". Doesn't say how much or what percentage or anything.
I called her mom and when I talked about the verification of her permission form, she said she never saw it when my daughter insists she turned the signed form in to the teacher and this is a copy of the form.
A lazy mother who wouldn't dare tell me whether her daughter has a project or not because I would say that obvious "why haven't you started on it"?
Self discipline is the sole reason we have crackheads, drug dealers, and failures in life. It has nothing to do with enviroment or racism, but puritanical laziness by parents. I'm going to figure this out and get this done this weekend, any help would be nice, but she can't go over her friends till its done right now.
While doing the work, she expressed to me the need to make a 3D rock cycle model. What she gave me was a copy of the permission/request sheet that her mom recieved and signed Feb 12th that she will be making a 3D rock cycle with her which is due March 1st.
From the school, all they recieved is an diagramed example of how a rock cycle works and request that we build a 3D model of a rock cycle thats not on a flat surface and it must show all steps of the rock cycle with any idea or list of materials needed and then it must show "how one drop of magma would travel through your model rock cycle".
Essentially, nothing but the picture of a rock cycle is all the information that was given on this sheet. Under no circumstance does an 11yr old know how to build this 3D model, much less a physics major without any information at all other than whats required. The full list of requirements are:
The model needs to:
Demonstrate the continous flow of materials through the cycle.
Include all of steps in the rock cycle.
Have all parts labeled with a key
Be in three dimensions (not flat)
explain how one drop of magma would travel through your model rock cycle.
Absolutely no explaination on how to build one or any idea of what materials to use or even a list of items that can or should be used. The picture given is an actual cut away of a real rock cycle and not a picture of a model rock cycle.
Says "large part of her final grade". Doesn't say how much or what percentage or anything.
I called her mom and when I talked about the verification of her permission form, she said she never saw it when my daughter insists she turned the signed form in to the teacher and this is a copy of the form.
A lazy mother who wouldn't dare tell me whether her daughter has a project or not because I would say that obvious "why haven't you started on it"?
Self discipline is the sole reason we have crackheads, drug dealers, and failures in life. It has nothing to do with enviroment or racism, but puritanical laziness by parents. I'm going to figure this out and get this done this weekend, any help would be nice, but she can't go over her friends till its done right now.
