Albin's  Science
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Monday - Friday     Sept 24 - 28     8th Science 

Monday

return papers, discuss how I graded them

start Stepping into Balance pp 40-42
  wrap up
   write reflection
   turn in

Tuesday


finish Stepping into Balance
   wrap up
   write reflection
   turn in

bulletreflection
 

Wednesday


 

Ups & Downs of Temperature pp 43-46

bulletsetup notebook
bulletread procedure to know what to do
bulletnote:  maintain the temperature for 5 min, not 3 min like book says
bulletget step 2 & 4 of procedure done
bullethint:  for procedure #2, here's a sample plan
bulletwe will take the temp before starting and record for Time 0 in data table
bullettake temp every 10 secs and record
bulletplace beaker in cold water if warmer than 15o
bullettake out of cold water if cooler than or = 15o
bulletwho keeps time?, who reads thermometer & holds beaker?
bulletperform lab
bulletwrapup

 

Thursday

finish, or  perform, Ups & Downs of Temperature
 pp 43-46

Wrapup

write Reflection paragraph (see handout in front of lab notebook)

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Friday

half-day

 

RSF    Reading Science Friday

bulletfinish Cool Birds ppt
bulletcheck 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

  

coming soon

Reading:  A Special type of Balance pp 47-50

read & answer Stop & Think on paper
complete sentences

turn into trays when done
FINISH FOR HOMEWORK IF YOU DON'T GET DONE

Class discussion of questions/vocabulary last 20 minutes of class

vocab:  system / components / feedback mechanism / restoring mechanism

 

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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