Sound is here!

Happy February Champions. We have a lot happening this month. We are starting a unit on Sound. We will be looking at some of the properties of sound. Sound is the vibration of matter. Here are two websites that you can go to for extra information. http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/sound.htm.

Visible Light

Hello Champions. Happy New Year! Special thanks to all who helped make our team time a success. Sam, Taylor, Preston, Justin, Brandon, Kansas, and Thad made it a awesome time.

So, next topic we are covering is Visible light. Yes, it is part of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. We will be doing some activities that focus on the properties of light. If anyone has a Laser pointer, bring it in. We will be focusing on reflection and refraction this week. Stay tuned.

Energy is the ability to do Work!

Hey there Champions. Thanks to all the Champions that helped out at the Senior Tea on Saturday. It was great to meet the Grandparents. This week in Science we will be doing the experiment on "Elastic Potential Energy". Think of some machines or devices that use Elastic Potential Energy. Tuesday we will be doing a "Gizmo" from http://www.explorelearning.com/ on Energy Conversions. It looks like we will have a busy week. There will be a quiz on Energy, Energy sources, and Energy Conversions at the end of the week.

Energy

Hello Champions. Great job on the "Jigsaws" today. I am enclosing some websites that are great for Energy. http://think-energy.co.uk. is one that has an interactive game you can play to learn the different forms of energy. Remember the forms are how energy is used. The sources are where we get the energy from. http://www.scilinks.org/ webcode: scn-1351. has information on the sources.

Energy is here

Hi Champions. Well, the Holiday season is upon us. We have the Senior Tea this Saturday. I hope you all can make it. I passed out chances to everyone today in class. I hope to do a raffle before the holiday break. Thanks again for the suggestions for prizes.

So, I enclosed a link on energy. Just click on the title an should be forwarded to the Dept. of Energy. I will be assigning a scavenger hunt that goes along with this web site. Tomorrow in class we will be doing a "Jigsaw" on the two chapters on Energy. Remember, you are the experts on your section of the chapter. You will be teaching us!

Energy Monday

It's Energy Monday! So, I put a diagram of energy sources for you all to look at. What is the primary resourse of all energy? If you said the sun, you are correct!

Many of you have been out sick. I hope everyone is feeling better. I will be afterschool next week. Please see me if you need to make up a lab or a quiz. The retake for the Motion quiz will be next monday at lunch. Remember, you need to have your quiz signed by a parent in order to retake any quiz.

Newton's Laws of Motion

So, we are coming to the end of our unit on Newton's Laws. The last law is the Newton's third law. I will be demonstrating this in class using my trusty "skateboard". Yes, I can skateboard. For every action, there is an equal and opposing reaction. Think about how this law applies to things in our daily lives.