May 18th Look up every day for the next three!!
Explain what you see, smell, feel! Saturday to Sunday strong cold front, yesterday weak warm front, maybe some sun by Friday, why? which direction is the wind blowing, use the flag out front! AC, advertisements, collective wisdom, climate change, biomes, all in one day, snap!
May 17th Check out the change in weather, give reasonings why we changed from warm to cold, saturday/sunday and clear to cloudy, monday to tuesday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdMliEZejJ0
May 16 we looked through the telescope at the surroundings on this clear crisp May day! We built circuits in class, just like a motherboard! Here is a fun assignment, go home and look up the name of 10 adults and siblings and tell if you would lean toward the yes or no response https://www.kabalarians.com/cfm/what-does-my-name-mean.cfm
May 14-15 Over the weekend please complete some study islands, 2 in each category until you are proficient! The NJ ASK 8 is soon to arrive!
May 12-13 Elephant, ivory trade, expect a big change in the weather from warm to cold on Sunday! Maybe even snow! Snow in May? http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2016/05/15/Yes-that-was-snow-you-saw-today-in-parts-of-Pennsylvania/stories/201605150190
May 11 lets sprint! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh2P5CmCC0M
May 10th Mag lev trains! How will your factory produce your products of the future? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_lfxPI5ObM
May 9th Today we walked without vision to compare with other species, the tent moths are leaving home! How do we assure that we can walk the line toward our future? Check out the maglev in china https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc81Wej6XWIAt what speed does this train reach? How will you avoid traffic in your future?
May 5th We played some more games, record your results, please!
May 4th We upped the ante with competitive games, way to go the President, DH, JM, JS DT all at 99.99% complete! In only one half hour!
May 3rd Create a mystery scene to determine what really happened! Play a group of games, thinking games to determine end results, human nature, "cover the spot", www.smart-kit.com
May 2nd Today we used study island to review the 38 Science standards that we will be exposed to on the NJ ASK8, in three weeks, please practice, 2 questions/category, if you are not sure or you get a questions wrong, do 2 more! You are graded by completion not correctness, so just make an effort! We will use your results to help us review, thanks. www.studyisland.com
May 1st give some credit to the most important person in understanding cancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y38pgPY6Zq0how about the metamorphism of amphibians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OKQM9D1xQQ
April 30 the yesterday we looked at earthworms and tent catepillars, don't stop there check out all major kingdoms of life including the fungihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evp6oQst0v8 check out other insects like jumping spiders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhpL5h8sEHo
April 29th Check out the following video, this should help you in your final preparation for the science fair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuFlAyaDdlwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e5XU0HKFLAAll forms due by Monday! May 2nd. We will be able to take the top 24 students! Trifold include the scientific method, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XQNeDZaYLw
We will compete against all 5 middle schools! Lets get excited about the competition! Teen converts bus into a home, what do you think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o61BEjKMSfI
April 28th Forms for the science fair have now been handed out, we can take the first 50 students that would like to attend! Currently 6 have turned in their forms! Check out this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUmYAx8cotk&list=PLrX12y6bxjowMLYKnJS3tZNB_AihObW51
April 27th what if you could take a college class now before you get to high school, would that shape your focus? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XAEidVKqpI
April 26th we ran 6 simple experiments in class today and gathered real data. When I was in college this is how I studied biology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqf_RWwSm2Q
April 25 Code S2's to travel a classroom course! Today I planned to code, unfortunately we spent a lot of time on independent research, Please run your experiments, gather your experimental results and prepare for our science fair quickly arriving. We also reviewed the clean water act and clean air act of the early 1970's https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-acthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izc9t_Hhc88and the clean air act https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-air-act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMVaH9kFM60
April 22 Today we experienced midevil times!! We will program our S2 by parallex on Monday! Check out the following link https://www.parallax.com/sites/default/files/downloads/28136-S2-StartupGuide.pdf
April 21st be prepared to code our robots tomorrow, hopefully the batteries will now be charged. Check out this video and comment how you feel robots will affect our near future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQIMGV5vtd4
April 20th Sorry students, I will be out today, because I have to have my dog put down. I will share when I return. Please, spend class time as expected, complete at least 2 to three articles with a review, a picture and most importantly a positive alternative ending. Share your inspirational responses with the class. I hope to share an updated video of alternative resources in my life when I return.
Does Moore's law apply to the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWLBmapcJRU
you watched yesterday? What else should we be doing with these microchips? why could we create a sphere in the 1960's that is better than that of today? Why is the world speed record for flight from 1991, world water record the late 1970's???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezl8Yb8idyY
or check out the backgroundhttp://warbymotorsport.com/Spirit_of_Australia.php
April 19 For homework, code, code, write code it is fun! https://scratch.mit.edu/, orhttps://code.org/, or this onehttps://code.org/starwars
There are a million experiments that you could do with the following video. List 5 experiments that you would do if you had a 1965 and modern super sphere!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r46yH7j4g2s Why don't we have more examples of kids working like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIqVvRh_cEY
April 18 Begin your research presentationtoday this will be due on May 1st, a massive earthquake in Equador and Japan over the weekend! Check it out! Also look at the following site to see other topics of interest
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/writing/research-paper-topics/
this is a starting pointhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Ball Use these spheres to control your own dependent variables, speed, bounce, mass or you Coefficient_of_restitution
knowhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coefficient_of_restitution
Follow the scientific method! Check out Bernouli's principle too