Blog Poll: Are you challenged by the classwork given at school?

Are you challenged by the classwork given at school?

Never (3) 8%

Most of the time (6) 16%

Only by one or two teachers (20) 54%

All the time (8) 21%

Votes: 37

Poll closed December 18

Lander: Egg Drop

Everyone did well! Congratulations. 

Water Cycle Song II

Objective: It is time to show your creative side along with your knowledge of the water cycle terminology.

Vocabulary: 

1. Transpiration

2. Percolation

3. Aquifer

4. Evaporation

5. Condensation

6. Precipitation

7. Runoff

9. Groundwater

Building Landers

Build Day!

Enrichment Group 1: Final Project

Try One!

Egg Lander Projects

Examples of past projects. Students will learn more about the project this week. 

Enrichment: Fire

Safety:  Locate the fire blanket and fire extinguisher. 

Discuss how to use the blanket and fire extinguisher.

Wearing googles place a cup of water next to you.

Strike match away from you, keeping your fingers clear of the flame. 

Hypothesis: What direction will a match burn fastest? How can you use matches in your project?

Play-Doh Review

Mr. Swafford!
Students explaining Earth's place in the cosmos.

 Today we finished class with the students seeking to answer our big questions for this nine weeks: "What big ideas guide human understanding about the origin and structure of the universe, Earth's place in the cosmos, and observable motions and patterns in the sky?"

Earth & Space Review Probes

Use the review probes to help you increase your performance on the exam. 

Rotation

Planets

Eclipses

Seasons

Tides

Force on Objects

Light

Enrichment Project Group 1

What is Parallax?

Lab today used the scientific method testing a project to view parallax.

Here are two links to help you learn more:

Stellar Parallax

Astroprof's Page: The first parallax Measurements

Water Cycle Song!

Objective: It is time to show your creative side along with your knowledge of the water cycle terminology.

Vocabulary: 

1. Transpiration

2. Percolation

3. Aquifer

4. Evaporation

5. Condensation

6. Precipitation

7. Runoff

9. Groundwater

Student Example:

Blog Poll: How often do people ask to look at your work?

How often do people ask to look at your work?

1. Never (3) 14%

2. Sometimes (12) 57%

3. All the time (6) 28%

Poll two week long with 21 respondents. 

Taken durning the last two weeks of November 2008