April 24, 2013
Click here to check out some cool videos about dinosaur fossils. Also there are some games on this website as well.
April 23, 2013
Check out some pics from our fossil activity!
Christian creating a mold fossil of a spider!
Harry making a scorpion fossil!
Vanessa with a cute little dino fossil
Ross very happy about his spider imprint!
April 17, 2013
Hello Parents! I am sending out a request. We have an upcoming lab that involves M&Ms. If you are willing and able to donate some M&M's to our class...we would appreciate it! We will be doing the activity after next weekend. Thanks in advance.
(The milk chocolate ones in the brown bag please)
Interested in building your own volcano? Click here
April 9, 2013
Want to learn more about the Mariana Trench? Click here
Want to see if an earthquake just happened? Click here
April 3, 2013
Want to recreate Pangaea? Click here
March 18, 2013
Ice Cream Sundae Celebration
March 8, 2013
Jason Mission Center License Key
copy and paste me
3e7d58ac-f5a2-4e6c-81cc-e989b18b146e
Format for Username: student #
Password: birthday (yyyymmdd)
click here to go to website
March 5, 2013
Curious about caves? Click here
March 1, 2013
Check out some pictures from our Chocolate Rocks! Activity
Tyler working on laying down strata
Kenneth referencing his science journal
Justin S. thoroughly enjoying the activity
Allen melting his chocolate "rock"
Ariana working away at her activity
Jared C. sittin' on his chocolate "rock"
Jason showing off his beautiful metamorphic "rock"
February 19, 2013
Coming up next week students will be participating in an edible rock cycle activity. Any parents that are willing and able to donate chocolate chips (any flavor) would be much appreciated
February 7, 2013
Want to pick your mineral early? Click here
Digital Lab: Identify Mines Click here
February 5, 2013
ADVANCED STUDENTS ONLY
Example persuasive essay click here
Persuasive essay map click here In order to bring your work into class tomorrow, you must save it to a thumb drive, and bring your thumb drive to school. You can also save it to your home computer, but you will not be able to access it at school.
Article Reasons for protecting our water click here
What is your "water footprint?" click here
Florida's Water Story click here
Video about our water crisis click here
How to protect water click here
Our Water, Our Future, Ours to Protect click here
February 4, 2013
Answers to some of the questions you had about the giant gypsum crystal caves can be found here
January 29, 2013
Click here to learn all about the International Space Station.
January 28,2013
Explore Mars through the rover Curiosity's eyes
click here!
January 23, 2013
Interesting information about tides can be found here
Study Guides for the upcoming Unit test have been distributed. If you lose yours, you can print another one here!
January 22, 2013
Curious about eclipses? Check out NASA's website. Includes dates, and paths of upcoming solar and lunar eclipses. Instructions for making a pinhole camera to look at the sun can be found here.
January 17, 2013
Test your moon phase comprehension!
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/moon/lunar_phase2.swf
Label the moon phases
http://www.neok12.com/diagram/Moon-01.htm
Birthday moon
http://www.briancasey.org/artifacts/astro/moon.cgi
January 6, 2013
Happy New Year!
Coming up this week students will begin to study the phases of the moon. A letter will be sent home on Tuesday regarding an upcoming edible activity. The letter can be found below.
Hello Parents,
Next week in science we will be doing an edible activity that involves Oreo cookies. If you are willing and able, please send with your child a bag of Oreo cookies. Thanks so much in advance.
December 19, 2012
Want to see what parts of the Earth are experiencing daylight and nighttime right this second? Click here
November 29, 2012
Want to take a stroll through the universe? Click here
November 27, 2012
Want to research about the lunar eclipse happening Wednesday, November 28? Click here
November 14, 2012
Want to learn more about galaxies? Check out this link
October 31, 2012
Want to learn more about the sun? Check out this link!
October 18, 2012
Check out this
space website
October 10, 2012
More pictures from the "Amazing Bubble Gum Experiment"
Chris and Luka measuring the diameter of their bubble
My star lab students Bryce and Justin being very precise with their measurements.
October 9, 2012
Here are some pictures of some scientists in action during our "Amazing Bubble Gum Experiment"
Samantha and Cassandra finding the dimensions of their bubble gum
Savannah and Selena making observations about each brand of gum
Siddiqah activating her Prior Knowledge!
October 8, 2012
Tomorrow we will be conducting our "Amazing Bubble Gum Experiment." Also, next Monday we have a MAJOR test for all of Unit 1. Study Guides have been handed out. They are due the day of the test, for 5 bonus points. Complete sentences, and ALL questions answered! Don't just guess at the answers, find them in your science journals!
September 27, 2012
BBC Measures Link
September 20, 2012
Here are some pictures from our "Sudsational Experiment"
Taylor and Alyssa collecting their data!
Aaron and Evan
Ariana and Daniella measuring
Omar, Jeremy, and Christopher looking very scientific
Alex and Bryanna
September 17, 2012
Hello Parents! I have a request. The students have an upcoming lab (next week) that involves bubble gum. If any parents are willing to purchase and donate either
Bubblicious
and or
Double Bubble
to the class it would be much appreciated. All flavors are welcome!
September 13, 2012
Still need more practice on identifying independent and dependent variables? Click here to print off a worksheet. Also click here to check out the variable song!
September 12, 2012
Today we set up our journal for our "Sudsational Experiment" lab. If you were absent, do your best to get caught up, you can print off the inserts (find them under the Handouts tab so you won't be behind tomorrow!
September 4, 2012
Remember to study for your quiz tomorrow. Visit the homework tab for more information.
August 30, 2012
Remember your homework is to review your lesson.
August 22, 2012
Well things are running smoothly! Students are familiarizing themselves with the policies and procedures of the classroom. Today students got to try out our interactive Activote "eggs." These are hand held electronic voting devices used in class for assessment. Make sure you pick up a 100 page composition journal, because we are going to begin setting up our Science Journals tomorrow.
August 20, 2012
You survived your first day of Middle School! Congratulations. It was a pleasure meeting each and every one of you. I would like you to spend some time exploring the website this week, and don't forget to sign up for email and text alerts. See you tomorrow.
We have a website for Science Class. You will find tons of helpful resources on this website.
• Notes from the Promethean board
• Homework assignments, and explanations
• Test dates
• Extra credit opportunities
• Links to fun websites
If you are absent check out this website to find your homework. If you did not finish your notes in class, you can find the notes here. If you want to keep your science journal in its bin, you can study your notes from here.
Notes can be found under the Class Notes Tab on the left side of the screen.
If you do not remember what your homework assignment was, did not get it written in your tracker, or need a reminder on how to do your homework look under the Homework Tab on the left side of the screen.