Albin's  Science
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Monday - Friday     Oct 1 - 5     8th Science 

Monday

 Finish and turn in Cool Birds
bulletHere's how you turn it in:
  1. click FILE / SAVE
  2. click FILE / SAVE AS
  3. click the DESKTOP button on the left side of Save As window
  4. double-click Xenon / aa Friday ppts turn in here / your period
  5. click SAVE
    bulletobjectives:  learn how to turn in work, back up work; find information and publish electronically

check these out:

bullet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7009798.stm
bullet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6105500.stm
bullet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1304796.stm
bullet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7016079.stm
bullet 

Tuesday

 Reading:  A Special type of Balance pp 47-50
bulletread & answer Stop & Think on paper
complete sentences
bulletturn into trays when done
FINISH FOR HOMEWORK IF YOU DON'T GET DONE
bulletobjectives:  begin to understand systems, their parts, how they work

Class discussion of questions/vocabulary last 20 minutes of class

vocab:  system / components / feedback mechanism / restoring mechanism

Create a MS Paint picture (Billboard)  to define 'system' if you get done early.  Click here for more info.  Scroll down to Vocabulary Billboard

 

Wednesday

          
bullet    Investigation:  A Self-Balancing System pp 50-51. 
bulletworking in pairs.
bulletGet notebook ready
bulletread procedure, What are you doing in this investigation?
bulletwhen ready, show me your notebook, then:
bulletget materials; do investigation
bulletwrapup
bulletReflection
bulletobjectives:  further explore systems in balance, parts of a system

 

Thursday

  
bulletInvestigation
bulletDifferent Way to Boil Water pp 64-65
bulletget paper ready
bulletread thru
bulletI'll lead a demo for you
bullet

Objectives:   practice observation; identify components of a system; further explore the idea of balance in a system. 

 

 

bulletPlan Investigation:  Boil Water Paper vs Metal
bulletobjectives:  review and practice planning an investigation for the WASL
 

Friday

   

QUIZ

RSF    Reading Science Friday

bulletafter you turn in your quiz get a book from our science library
bulletpick something interesting to you
bulletno talking
bulletuse our library to read about something of interest to you

  

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

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

 
musuems
http://vlmp.museophile.com/

http://www.museumca.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/museumca/usa_search.cgi?star
 
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

 
current
           birds

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

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

 

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