Thanks for a good day all!
After
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
UTC Science Methods
UTC Science Methods Class
Thanks for letting me be apart of your class.
If I can be of any help feel free to contact me.
swafford_christopher(at)hcde(dot)org
Monday, July 6, 2009
Summer Caving Trip!
When: July 9, 2009
Leave time: 10:15 AM Bi-Lo at the foot of Signal Mountain
Return time: About 5:00PM -Everyone will call home when we start the ride home.
What: Caving trip to an area cave about 1:30 minute drive from the base of the base of Signal Mountain.
Who: Chris Swafford, Doranne Lane, and members from the Chattanooga Grotto are inviting confirmed students from SMMHS --Call Chris Swafford at 423-236-forty-nine forty-five
Cost: $6 donation for use of the borrowed helmets/lights
Items to Bring:
1. Helmet (provided)
2. Lights (bring two and one will be provided on helmet)
3. Long Paints & Long sleeved shirt
4. Gloves: Gardening gloves with thick rubber will keep your hands warm and minimize cuts and scrapes.
5. A large plastic trash bag
6. Knee Pads
7. Lunch Snacks & Water
8. Large mouthed Gatorade bottle: Crush-proof container for human wastes -Pack it in, Pack it out!
9. Boots with lugs (cheap ones can be bought at Wal-mart)
10. A small, strong, lightweight pack
11. A new set of cloths and shoes to wear on the ride home.
12. Money for fast-food
13. Each person on the trip will need to provide parent contact info, health info, and carry an insurance card. This is so we will not need it!
FYI: We will be in water so warm clothing will be a very good idea. I'm planning about four hours in the cave. Getting food on the way home will keep us out longer than 5 PM. Everyone will be asked to call home after we get out of the cave to let parents know when we plan to return.
Links:
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Exams! Are we going to finish?
Student's working on their exams!
160 minutes in the Media Center
Are you Finished?
Monday, May 11, 2009
Exam Help: Links
1. Endangered Species in Tennessee: Remember to answer why it is endangered.
5. Food Web: Your food web must be specific and not have generic names such as "bird" but "Eastern Blue bird." Every organism in your web must come from the biome you selected. All food webs need to be in your handwriting not a print-off from the web. Here is a great website to help you build a food web. Caution it may have generic name.
Level B Work
Recycling: Basics of Recycling - How to setup
Level A Work
Pro/Con Nuclear Power -This is a link for school.
Important Scientist -100 Scientist Who Shaped World History
Space Junk -This is a link for school.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Cookin' Up S'mores: Solar Cookers
Object: design and build a solar cook to produce the hottest temperature
Vocabulary: reflect, insulate, capture/trap, absorb, celsius, fahrenheit
Congratulation to our top two cooker!
Griffin at 122 degree Celsius
Mila at 104 degree Celsius
Do you want to know their temperatures in fahrenheit?
C=(F-32) 5/9
or
Grading Scale:
The temperature of your cooker will make or break your grade! The temperature will determine one of the two grades you will receive on this project.
2009 2010
A = 125 degrees plus! 220 degrees plus!
B = 91 -124 degrees 120-219 degrees
C = 76 – 90 76-119
D = 70 - 75 70-75
F = No project No project
Higher temperature would have been required this year however our thermometers maxed out at 120 and popped at 130! Wal-Mart has cheap oven thermometers that will be used next year.
Written Assignment: Solar Cooker Essay
--Use three different internet sources
About My Planet - Solar Cooking.org -Places of Use - These are just two I used.
--MLA citation of sources at bottom of the page
–use citation machine:http://citationmachine.net
--One page that answers:
What is a solar cooker?
How does it work?
Who uses it? Give real examples (two) you find in your research.
Where (what places) is it used?
Why is a solar cooker used?
--Make sure you underline/highlight the key words- who, what, when, where, why, and how in the paper.
--Paper can be typed or neatly written.
--Include pictures (drawn or printed) of two different types of solar cookers.
Due: Friday, May 1
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