Posted in Creativity, Science, Technology, Uncategorized on May 12th, 2009 No Comments »
The lab this week was a real team effort. Period 1 class introduced us to the “crime”, period 2 began making observations, and period 3 recorded a heating curve of the “mystery drink” that sent poor Cody (only acting) to the hospital! Today, period 1 identified the poison as Isopropyl Alcohol, period 2 used fractional [...]
Posted in Science on Apr 21st, 2009 7 Comments »
I have an assignment for you to complete on your own. You can do this assignment from school computers or at home if you have a computer at home. It will take about 15 minutes to complete. Your task is to learn about a career in science called a Conservation Biologist. While you read you [...]
Posted in Science on Apr 8th, 2009 1 Comment »
The Transition Metals were the biggest family at the social as you can see in this Family Photo!
What a great time! We mingled with the Metalloids and hobnobbed with the Noble Gases! We made compounds and crowned the King and Queen Element. Sometimes we learn best when we create something silly and fun. I hope [...]
Posted in Science on Mar 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
Let’s try something new…a lab you do at home. This one doesn’t require you buy anything, just that you exercise your curiosity and inquiry skills.
Step 1: Read the lab found at this link.
Step 2: Make observations as you try the lab and list them in your lab notebook (write the date and use the lab notebook skills [...]
Posted in Creativity, Science on Feb 11th, 2009 2 Comments »
he energy projects are in and wow…I have to say I’m impressed. Everyone thought my ban on all premade graphics was too extreme but Team 8 Blue came through with the most amazing homemade graphics I’ve ever seen! I hope you can visit our wiki and view some of these projects. Such a great assortment! Now…I [...]
Posted in School/Work, Science on Feb 2nd, 2009 7 Comments »
This picure was intended to make the students laugh but the motto of our school in the background is an important reminder. How can we use what we learn at school to serve our community?
I attended a webinar today. The speaker encouraged the teachers in our group to take students beyond the curriculum. She said [...]
Posted in School/Work, Science, Technology on Jan 20th, 2009 7 Comments »
View our Heat Technology Projects
The heat technology presentations were very impressive. While the students were given some choices, they designed projects that were original and innovative. Students made their own computer graphics or used their artistic skill to draw intricate diagrams. They made podcasts, movies, Power Points, and cartoons. We were able to share projects [...]
Posted in School/Work, Science, Technology on Jan 11th, 2009 No Comments »
I have been reading up on some of the common household appliances that make use of the heat technology we are reading in Chapter 10. Some are very challenging to explain but I think it is important to be able to apply the concepts we learn to actual real life experience.
Some interesting appliances are the [...]
Posted in School/Work, Science, Technology, Uncategorized on Dec 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
A student is making a podcast while her group performs a lab experiment.
Our podcasts are up an running! Here are some things I have learned. Windows media files need to be converted before they can be uploaded to the server but there are free online tools to solve that problem. Movies have to be small [...]
Posted in Science on Dec 3rd, 2008 2 Comments »
Today students learned how to use some common science equipment to boil water and collect the steam. This process has a name called distillation. I never cease to be amazed at the way the temperature of the water stops at rising at precisely 100°C. We know that energy is still begin added to the water [...]
