When Homework Gets too Much

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Not really
Ive never done a report on the Shuttles materials Other then this small piece of trivia,I have no idea how they built the damned thing
But it is cloth related,the cloth base that the outer shell is welded down with was designed and produced by Spinlon my mom worked on it,which probably goes a long way to explaining the two disasters

I don't see how the food they eat in Kenya is more difficult than materials used in the shuttle. I'm not trying to say that I had it bad, but I think looking up the food that is eaten in Kenya on google and then telling the class what was read is pretty easy even by 2nd grade standards.

FOODS OF THE KENYANS
Staple foods consist mainly of corn, maize, potatoes, and beans. Ugali (a porridge made of maize) and meat are typically eaten inland, while the coastal peoples eat a more varied diet.
The Maasai, cattle-herding peoples who live in Kenya and Tanzania, eat simple foods, relying on cow and goat by-products (such as the animal's meat and milk). The Maasai do not eat any wild game or fish, depending only on the livestock they raise for food.
The Kikuyu and Gikuyu grow corn, beans, potatoes, and greens. They mash all of these vegetables together to make irio. They roll irio into balls and dip them into meat or vegetable stews.
In western Kenya, the people living near Lake Victoria (the second-largest freshwater lake in the world) mainly prepare fish stews, vegetable dishes, and rice.

found at..... Food in Kenya

Different site then I found
But i worry about pushing the kids too hard,and not getting legitimate understanding.
Yeah,I can have him google something,or do it for him,but does he actually UNDERSTAND the information.
We're talking a difference between rote repetition,which even a parrot can do,and cognetive understanding of the information at hand

Surely he can understand corn, potatoes and beans. I think you are making this much more complicated than it is. Surely, this assignment is to teach him communication and research skills as opposed to the subject matter.