Questions for today's class:
Q:1 How do oceans affect weather?
Q:2 How do they affect our food?
Main point: We are studying the causes of ocean currents and the affects they have on weather and food production.
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Do you know the pH, temp, and status of bacteria in our creeks? We do!
Mary Beth Sutton of Caribbean SEA join us today! Thanks for your help.
Enrichment students collecting samples from Connor Creek. Ask one of our sixth graders what they learned while testing the waters.
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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