Forces and Motion

Happy Thursday Champions. I have about 30 more "Home Labs" to correct. I hope you all enjoyed using the "Gizmo" today on motion. We have started our section on Forces and Motion. Here is a great website to check out: www.physics4kids.com/files/motion_intro.html. The website covers some of the important topics we will be learning about.
Just a reminder, if you have been absent, you need to make sure you get any work you have missed. Grades are closing next friday. I am afterschool on thursdays for extra help.

Moving on

Hello Champions. We will be starting our next topic: Forces and Motion. What do those two words mean? Tomorrow we will be setting up our accounts on the Gizmo website. It is http://www.explorelearning.com/. I am still correcting the take home labs. Some are really great. I will give everyone the opportunity to revise their lab for a better grade. I am also afterschool on thursday if you think you might need some extra help.

Gadgets and Gizmo's

Hello Champions. Well, all the home labs are in! They are great. I hope you enjoyed doing the labs. I guess "Bounty" is the quicker picker upper. Crumpled paper can sure fall fast. Which brings me to one of the labs we will be doing next. We are going to be doing a parachute lab. We will need materials to make our parachutes out of. Be thinking of what material will make the best parachute. Also, if you get a chance, check out www.explorelearning.com. This is the website with the interactive lab similations. We looked at it on friday in class. Hopefully, we will have a chance to go to the computer lab and try some out. This week we will be starting "Forces and Motion". It is all about Newton's laws and why things move. We will definitely be doing the "Domino Rally Lab". Have a great week champions.

Classification.

Hello Champions. So, I had breakfast at the Zoo on Saturday. As you can see, the zoo has classified their animals by habitats. Classification is an important process for all scientist to do. I have a lot of great pictures of "Kira". She is a 5 year old Ape. I saw "Joe" as well. He was in rare form. He kept charging us and showing off. What a "ham".

Home Lab

Hello Champions. Well, the NECAPS are a thing of the past. You all did really great. I know everyone did their best. So, getting back to the "Home Lab". The Final Report is due on Friday, October 23rd. In the Final Report you should include the following:
1. Question: Which problem are you going to test? What is your question? For example, which paper towel absorbs the most water?
2. Research: This is your background information. Commericials, parent polls, internet info, or general info you have about your experiment.
3. Your Hypothesis: If I put the "bounty" paper towel in 50ml of water, it will absorb more water than "Viva" and "Hannaford" paper towels.
4. Procedure: These are the steps you take to do your experiment.
1. Gather materials.
2. Pour 50ml of water into a glass.
3. place paper towel in glass so that it is completely submerged in water.
5. This is your data table
6. Conclusion: What did your data tell you? What did you learn from doing this experiment. It should be one paragraph.

Oscar De La Renta

Hi Champions. I thought I would post some pictures of Oscar De La Renta. He was very sick, but is making a full recovery. He is still pretty battered from his stay with Oscar De La Hoya.

Home Lab

Well Champions, we are half way through our home lab. Tomorrow, you will turn in your "hypothesis". It is just your educated guess as to what you think will happen. I will be after school on thursday for extra help. We have a quiz tomorrow. Make sure you know the steps you take for doing the home lab.

Methods of Science

Here is a picture from the"Penny Drop Lab". This is a great example of cohesion. We examined what the effect of dish soap had on the water forming this dome. Pretty interesting. We will revisit this lab tomorrow and gather our data from the other classes. So, do you think the dish soap made a difference in the amount of drops of water you could fit on the Penny?

New week we will be starting our NECAP testing. Students need to get a good night's rest and a healthy breakfast. We will have testing on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Testing will start at 8:00 am and go to 9:30 am. We will then have a regular schedule with shorten classes.