Interactive waves

We are wrapping Chapter 1 "Characteristics of Waves"

Here are some links to explore about types of waves

wave-on-a-string


Waves-and-Sound/Simple-Wave-Simulator


Videos

Science Festival!!!!! OMG

Extra Credit Trip!!

The Science Festival: April 21st to April 29th
phila science festival calendar

http://www.philasciencefestival.org/calendar

·      Are you just staying in the house this weekend? Get out and head to the Science Festival.

o   There is a calendar that you can use to see all event that are happening around the city. (Sunday seem to be the busiest day)

Students can earn extra credit for attending the festival and writing a short report about it.

What do you need:

1)   What event did you attend?_____________________________________________________

2) When and what time did you attend? __________________________________________________

3) Choose a topic you have seen/learned _________________________________________________

4) Write a narrative of your experience on a separate sheet of paper or typed and emailed to me (zhenry@ucvare.org)  See the rubric for the writing.

5) You will need to take pictures (selfies, I know you can) of yourself at the event.  Get a sticker or pin (“I love science”, “I’m a scientist”) and bring it into school.

 

Elaborate energy flow

These are the link for the web surf

maggiesscienceconnection.weebly.com

http://www.cas.miamioh.edu

http://www.eduweb.com

Quiz tomorrow. 3/30

I know many of you sleeping (or should be sleeping). If you are checking the site in the morning here is the quiz you will be seeing during class.

Click on the link below

Adaptation and organism level

Planets research links

For the Explore portion of your Journal you are to use the following links to find your information.

Click on your assigned celestial bodies in the website and fill in the data chart for your objects.

Remember to click on the arrows and read the text/captions 


solar system exploration

kidsastronomy

Planetsforkids

A Day Away

I hope you all took the assignment seriously and turned it in. It is worth 200 points completed.

Be prepared to analyze illustrations of fossils to determine what information about the evolution of the organism and the environment.

What you have been waiting for!!!

Sorry that it is a little later. But for those that are going the extra mile: the whole test awaits

The Student journals (Classifying rock and changing land are Due tomorrow. I will grade them while you are completed your test. If you did not turn in your lab write up (project, journals and homework) it is in your best interest to turn them in tomorrow.

Hello

Ok.... Have not posting much recently, However I did say I would post sneak peeks of the test for tomorrow.

What is going to be covered:

Classifying rock:

• How are each type of rock formed
• What are the characteristics of each rock (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) 
• What is the rock cycle

Changing land: 

• Categorize Constructive and destructive forces
• What are the agents (cause) of change
• What is each stage of changing the earth surface
• define the stages
• How can the changes affect the ecoregion 

Come back at around 7:30 for a detailed idea.

The Student journals (Classifying rock and changing land are Due tomorrow. I will grade them while you are completed your test. If you did not turn in your lab write up (project, journals and homework) it is in your best interest to turn them in tomorrow.

Quiz tomorrow. 1.13.17

Here are some questions you can answer. If you are can correctly answer the questions you will be fine on the quiz. :)


What is the difference between input force and output force
What are two ways a machine makes work easier?
How can machines be made more efficient?
How does using a ramp to put items in a truck make work easier?
How does using a hammer to a nail boards together make work easier?

Calculating Efficiency and using machines

Here is some extra practice for Calculating Efficiency and Using Machine

Click on the links below

Calculating Efficiency questions

Using Machines self-checking quiz

For extra credit..... email the first time results to me zhenry@ucvare.org

OK..... what you have been waiting for!!!!! (quiz peek)

The link the for the peek is below :) good luck

If you want,  you can complete the quiz online and email the results to me at zhenry@ucvare.org for additional credit.



Quiz peek!!!! (work and power)

Scope and sequence

As Promised,I am posting what we are to be learning for the of the reminder of marking period. Of course there are some changes (dates) but this is the order of information we are learning

for extra credit post your (initials), if you liked the song in class and what was the song about. :)