Monday, February 24, 2020


Science Fair 2020

Fill this form out by Monday March 2nd! You can type this on google forms and share it with Miss Klein.

Your name:

Partners name:

Problem question:


Independent Variable:

Dependent Variable:

Control:


Hypothesis: If_______________________________________________________________________________________________, then _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ because ___________________________________________________________________________________.

Materials needed:




Procedure:

Honors Science Fair Project ideas

HONORS ONLY
Science Fair Project - idea due by March 1
Project due in April

Problem: Which toothpaste gets teeth the whitest?
*google search for population science fair projects! There are tons of ideas!

Hypothesis: If I scrub a coffee stained egg for 30 seconds with crest toothpaste, then it will make the egg white and clear of stains.

Variables
Independent variable- what you change-toothpaste types: crest, organic toms, colgate, target brand


Dependent variable- what you measure- how white the egg becomes- how much coffee stain is removed

How long does it take for different popcorn brands to start popping?
choose different popcorn brands

materials list

procedure- step by step what you do

time how long until first pop

record data

make a chart/graph

take pictures


write conclusion- Popsecret brand starts poppping first! Why?

Friday, February 21, 2020

Earth's Resources Unit First Model!


Monday:
Finish Lorax and chart
begin figuring out science fair (honors)

Tuesday:
LORAX paragraph
variable practice HONORS

Wednesday:
Finish questions 1-13
begin group model Group model and Awards Ceremony

Thursday:
group model due Finish questions 1-13
begin group model


Friday:
mineral research
activity 3


Your binder should have: cover page, vocab list, textbook scavenger hunt, popcorn questions 1-10, summary table (DON'T LOSE IT!), and LORAX chart 
Be ORGANIZED!  

week after the long weekend

Hi Everyone!

Some people have been absent this week due to having Monday and Tuesday off.

Here's what we did in science class:

Wednesday:
we worked on our Earth Resources cover page and emptied our binder of all GP papers. We also did a textbook scavenger hunt of the new text.

scavenger hunt- use the online textbook for this

Thursday:
Popcorn activity- class demonstration about non renewable resources and how they can get used up and cannot be replaced by the earth

answer questions 1-10- this was a graded classwork assignment so you need to make this up!

popcorn demo questions 1-10

popcorn questions answer key

Friday:
LORAX- symbolism-

ex: fake trees in the LORAX represent the future environment if we keep destroying ours in real life
Ex: bottled air and Mr. O'Hare represent the ECONOMY and money- all they want is money

symbolism chart- to be graded!


Have a great weekend! See you Monday!

Monday, February 10, 2020

This week in science


Please take this sound waters post survey after the unit test! 

Thanks! 



Monday Feb. 10- Urban Air Field Trip

Tuesday: Geological Processes test review sheet DUE (you worked on this Thursday and Friday when I wasn't here) Turn in blue bin for a grade. You will be checking the answers during class and working on summary table. There is a review quizlet below.

Wednesday: GP SUMMARY TABLE DUE! (see examples below) during class we will be working on the review quizlet

Thursday: Geological Processes UNIT TEST!

Friday: No School