Albin's  Science
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Monday - Friday     Feb 5 - 9                     8th Science 

Monday

Quiz:  Changing Horses info

Tracking Those Tracks pp 184-186   
----on your paper write what you think on step 2, after discussing w/ your partner
          describe what you see   (label as evidence)
          what might explain this pattern (label as inference)

----answer the wrapup questions, considering the entire three-part picture of tracks shown by Mr. A
 

Tuesday

finishing Tracking Those Tracks pp 184-186   
----as a class continue with step 3, on.

----answer the wrapup questions, considering the entire three-part picture of tracks shown by Mr. A

 

Wednesday

Scientific Explanations p  193 - 199
bulletget heading on paper
bulletread aloud as a class
bulletanswer questions, complete sentences
bulletfinish for homework if not done
bulletbe nice to your sub
bullet 

Thursday

Evidence vs Inference:   Disappearing Dinosaurs pp 208-216

  1. get heading on paper for this Connections
  2. define on your paper: 
    evidence
    inference

Then Read 208, 209 (ignore last paragraph p 209)
-----read Explanation #1 pp 210-212
-----complete the handout
-----do same for Explanation #2

 

Friday

Quiz;   ssr

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/

coming soon

What Do You Already Know about Energy?  pp 271-274

bulletget ready (heading in notebook)
bulletSS: work quickly and quietly with your group
bulletread the investigation SILENTLY
bulletI will get you started for step B-1
bulletdo step B-2
bulletgo to normal assigned lab station and:
bulletdo steps B3  - B5
bulletreturn to computer seat
bulletstart on WrapUp while you wait for us to do step B6
bulletfinish WrapUp

 

new

and

interesting

and

relevant

and

SCIENCE

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6117880.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6108414.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6114962.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/6112476.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6108090.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6111528.stm

http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/press_releases/text.asp?pid=971

http://www.care2.com/news/member/525634130/212599

 

coming soon
to a science classroom near you

 

 

 

ecosystems sites 

 

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/03b_act.shtml

food web:  http://oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/foodweb/foodweb.html

http://www.oceansonline.com/oceanicfoodwebs.htm

http://www3.umassd.edu/Public/Exhibit/DES300/game/web-fr.htm

http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/human/foodweb.html

 

online build an african web: http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm

food chain:
http://www.planetpals.com/foodchain.html

 

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_foodchain.html

 

 

 

e-waste

tuna

UK birds

spy killer
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6187358.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6187228.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6185548.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6181688.stm
 

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4780876.stm  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4815230.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6041570.stm  Venus

 

current
        websites
WASL expectations:    What You Should Know
  1. Changes in Systems
  2. Properties of Systems
  3. Structure of Systems

 

Translate
http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr
               or
http://translate.google.com/translate_t
 
current  
           science

 

Science/Nature various
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/default.stm

http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2006/09/04/science/index.html
 

current
           birds

http://birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide

http://birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds

 

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