Raft Task Card

ROLE (student)
A teacher teaching
your class about
science and the earth.

AUDIENCE
Your students.

FORMAT
An informative
video presentation.

An interior designer
recording
measurements of a
room to lay new
carpet.

Your clients who

you are doing the
new carpet for.

A PowerPoint
presentation or a
Prezi presentation.

You work for the

President of the
United States.

Citizens of the
United States.

Write an
informative paper.

Row 1

Row 2

Row 3

TOPIC
Have you ever
wondered why
there is daylight
and nighttime?
Have you ever
wondered why it
happens daily?
Create
measurement data
by measuring the
dimensions of a
room. Show your
recorded
measurements
through a line plot
with whole
numbers.
Understand the
U.S. Constitution,
the purpose of
rules, basic
concepts of
government, and
citizens
responsibilities
and write a paper
explaining these
topics to citizens.

RAFT Row 1
Objective: Understand and apply knowledge of events that have repeating patterns. Iowa State
Standard, Grade 2: Earth and Space.
Student Role: A teacher teaching your class about science and the earth.
Audience: Your students.

Format: An informative video presentation.

Topic: Have you ever wondered why there is daylight and nighttime? Have you ever wondered
why it happens daily?

Directions:
1. Visit the resources given below and research the topic.
2. Use a diagram of your choosing that we have learned how to use to organize your
information and thoughts.
3. Make a list in the order of things you want to cover in your video so you can refer back to
it during taping your video.
4. Do a few practice runs of your video before actually recording it.
5. Record your video like you are teaching your students about this given topic.
6. Upload your video onto a flash drive and be prepared to show it in class.
Resources:
Solar Facts: http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/solarweek/MONDAY/facts.html
SunCalc: http://suncalc.net/#/51.508,-0.125,2/2014.12.01/19:16
The Sun: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/sun/rotation.shtml
Rotation of the Sun:
http://www.windows2universe.org/sun/Solar_interior/Sun_layers/differential_rotation.html
Why Do We Have Day and Night?: http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/

Assessment: Create a 3 minute video teaching your students about the sun and its repeating
behaviors. Discuss why we have day time and night time.
This assignment is worth 100 points. You must turn in all of your research and notes along with
your video.

RAFT Row 2
Objective: Iowa State Standard, Grade 2, Mathematics, Measurement and Date. 2.MD.D.9
Generate measurement data by measuring lengths of several objects to the nearest whole unit, or
by making repeated measurements of the same object. Show the measurements by making a line
plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in wholenumber units.
Student Role: An interior designer recording measurements of a room to lay new carpet.
Audience: Your clients who you are doing the new carpet for.
Format: A PowerPoint presentation or a Prezi presentation.
Topic:

Directions:
1. Pretend you are an interior designer and you have to measure a room of your clients to
give to the carpenters for new carpet
2. Review all of the resources listed below.

3. Pick a room in your house and take a tape measure the floor lengths from wall to wall.
4. Draw a diagram of the room showing the measurements.
5. Pick three more objects in that room to measure and draw a diagram of them with the
measurements on it.
6. Take all of your measurements and put them into a PowerPoint presentation or a Prezi
presentation.
7. With this presentation act like it is for your clients.
Resources: Rounding to the Nearest Whole Number: http://www.mathatube.com/roundingrounding-to-a-whole-num.html
How To Use a Tape Measure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKarbrOme_Y
Measurement Line Plot: http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/supportfiles/measurementlineplot.pdf
US Standard Lengths: http://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/us-standard-length.html
Measurement Game: http://www.funbrain.com/measure/
Assessment: Create a PowerPoint presentation or a Prezi that is 3-6 slides about measurement
data by measuring the dimensions of a room. You need to turn in your notes and drawings in
along with the presentation. This assignment is worth 100 points.

RAFT Row 3
Objective: Iowa State Standard, Grade 2, Social Studies. SS.K2.PSCL.1: Understand the basic
concepts of government and democracy and that the Constitution defines the rights and
responsibilities of citizens.
Student Role: You work for the President of the United States.
Audience: Citizens of the United States.
Format: Write an informative paper.
Topic: Understand the U.S. Constitution, the purpose of rules, basic concepts of government,
and citizens responsibilities and write a paper explaining these topics to citizens.

Directions:
1. Review the resources listed below.
2. Take notes in a graphic organizer over the topic of this paper.
3. Organize your notes in ordered list of what you will talk about in your paper.
4. Write an informative paper to the citizens of the United States teaching them about the
topics of this paper.

Resources:
Kids Gov: http://kids.usa.gov/
Congress for Kids: http://www.congressforkids.net/
Our Government: http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government
The Democracy Project: http://pbskids.org/democracy/my-government/
Gettysburg Flag Works: http://www.gettysburgflag.com/AKidsGuideToUSGovernment.php

Assessment: Write a 1 page paper the U.S. Constitution, the purpose of rules, basic concepts of
government, and citizens responsibilities. This assignment is worth 100 points. Turn in all of
your notes and graphic organizer with the paper.