Ink Jet printer

inkjet printer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcc69NPBc2M

Week of June 2, 2014

Week of 6/2/14-

Monday- Finish Bubble labs. Due Tuesday after quiz.
Tuesday- Water quiz & finish lab
Wednesday & Thursday- -ice video
Begin-
Water assignment-  Due the June 9th, end of class.

Today, I shall shrink you down to the size of a water droplet.  You are in China Lake.  China Lake supplies the drinking water for the town of Winslow. You need to tell the story of your journey from China Lake- through the water purification plant-(Kennebec Water District) to the school's drinking fountain- FROM the school's toilet, to the  Kennebec Sanitary Treatment plant ( sewage plant), into the Kennebec river, up through the water cycle and back into China Lake. Give details about each step and what happens to you- and what you might see?

-can be a story OR a cartoon OR a flowchart

-worth a test grade :)

Sources

TEXTBOOK!
p. 33, 85, 88.

flushtracker.com - not our country but tracks a "flush"



what happens to all the stuff that goes down the toliet- NYC
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2185/what-happens-to-all-the-stuff-that-goes-down-the-toilet

water purification
http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/drinkingwater/watertreatmentplant_index.cfm
http://www.kennebecwater.org/info/treatment-plant-tour
sewage treatment
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/wwvisit.html

video- job
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/dirty-jobs/videos/sewage-treatment-pump.htm 


video- the poo crew
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3521276.htm

step-by-step
http://eschooltoday.com/pollution/water-pollution/sewage-treatment-process-for-kids.html


http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetkids.biz%2Fdocuments%2Fstpfacts.pdf&ei=g8qcUYH9LvWj4AOXs4D4Dw&usg=AFQjCNFwb8BRDF9qiCgQAmFwVwFjp54yPA&sig2=ZyG_bkZR2WxTuFPlr8fj5w&bvm=bv.46751780,d.dmg

Week of June 9, 2014 to the end of school!

MONDAY, JUNE 9- water assignment due end of class.  Put in correct folder.

June 10,11,& 12- Final assignment- 4 spheres and the effect of an ELE on each.
HYDROSPHERE, LITHOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE. = quiz grade

June 13- BEACH DAY

June 16- @ noon = talent show
June 17- 8th grade final assembly & dismissal at 11:00

Week of May 27, 2014

week of  5/27/14
TUESDAY-
1

Amount of water on Earth

2. Water facts- sketches ( 1 for each fact). = quiz grade ( Due Thursday, 5/29/14)

WEDNESDAY -
-Water videos-
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/458-how-water-works-video.htm

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/env-freshwater-whycare 

video
http://video.mit.edu/watch/surface-tension-8413/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gwm9h

Water forms drops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpyW3yHn5nU 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_OyHUqIIOU

Bubbles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV6Wh-KX3bY


 Surface tension experiments- drops on a penny

"sticky" water explained.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/bubbles/sticky_water.html



bubble shape
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/bubbles/shape_of_bubbles.html

A Love story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7-MjuWn81U

one of my favorites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4wveY2-lCo 



Water distribution on Earth
Is this changing?
http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/uncorking-east-antarctica-could-mean-10-foot-sea-level-rise-140504.htm
Assignment- read
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/big-thaw/


how soap works
http://mocomi.com/how-does-soap-work/

THURSDAY & FRIDAY  - Surface tension lab.  Group grade = test grade.
-
inkjet printer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcc69NPBc2M

Extended work- http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/euler.html

Week of May 19, 2014

MONDAY- Finish Climate unit!
If the link doesn't work from my blog,
try this
 has.portal.concord.org

TUESDAY- Go over climate unit.  Come in with prints!!!

Wednesday- Climate quiz

Done ??  Go here-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPvX52jOYDw


Carbon calculators=

http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/

http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx

https://www.google.com/search?q=calculate+your+carbon+footprint&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb

Applications to try=

you may download

images of change

ecoexplorer

geoquiz 

 global warming adventure

Thursday- Veterans speaking

Week of May 12, 2014

5/12//14
Monday-  Begin Climate Unit- Work independently on this unit on your iPad.  At the end of the unit, screen shot your answers.

http://concord.org/stem-resources/modeling-earths-climate

ice cores-
http://www.rsc.org/images/CG7_tcm18-137901.pdf

Monday- Unit 1
podcast
http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/f/8/5/f85eef5e5af60e00/AstroCast-130527.mp3?c_id=5878858&expiration=1399905494&hwt=21f0a714ff4626a8004d45ccc48ca240
Tuesday- Unit 2
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/basics/index.html 
http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/ 
oh dear-
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/science/earth/collapse-of-parts-of-west-antarctica-ice-sheet-has-begun-scientists-say.html?_r=1
Wednesday- Unit 3
Thursday- Unit 4
Friday- Unit 5
week of  5/19/14
Monday- Work day to catch up.
Tuesday- all work for Climate unit is due.  Graded & gone over.  = test grade
Wednesday- Quiz over climate unit. = quiz grade
Thursday- Veterans speaking and 1/2 day

week of  5/27/14
TUESDAY-
1. Water videos-
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/458-how-water-works-video.htm

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/env-freshwater-whycare


Amount of water on Earth

2. Water facts- sketches ( 1 for each fact). = quiz grade ( Due Thursday, 5/29/14)

WEDNESDAY - Surface tension experiments- drops on a penny
"sticky" water explained.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/bubbles/sticky_water.html

bubble shape
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/bubbles/shape_of_bubbles.html

A Love story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7-MjuWn81U

one of my favorites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4wveY2-lCo 

how soap works
http://mocomi.com/how-does-soap-work/

THURSDAY & FRIDAY  - Surface tension lab.  Group grade = test grade.
-
Water distribution on Earth
Is this changing?
http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/uncorking-east-antarctica-could-mean-10-foot-sea-level-rise-140504.htm
Assignment- read
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/big-thaw/

Extended work- http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/euler.html

Week of 6/2/14-

Monday- Bubble labs due at end of class.
Tuesday & Wednesday - 75 min ice video
Thursday- Quiz over water facts  & water distribution on Earth
Begin-
Water assignment-  Due the June 9th, end of class.

Today I shall shrink you down to the size of a water droplet.  You are in China Lake.  China Lake supplies the drinking water for the town of Winslow. You need to tell the story of your journey from China Lake- through the water purification plant-(Kennebec Water District) to the school's drinking fountain- FROM the school's toilet, to the  Kennebec Sanitary Treatment plant ( sewage plant), into the Kennebec river, up through the water cycle and back into China Lake. Give details about each step and what happens to you- and what you might see?

-can be a story OR a cartoon

-worth a test grade :)

Sources

flushtracker.com - not our country but tracks a "flush"



what happens to all the stuff that goes down the toliet- NYC
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2185/what-happens-to-all-the-stuff-that-goes-down-the-toilet

water purification
http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/drinkingwater/watertreatmentplant_index.cfm
http://www.kennebecwater.org/info/treatment-plant-tour
sewage treatment
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/wwvisit.html

video- job
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/dirty-jobs/videos/sewage-treatment-pump.htm 


video- the poo crew
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3521276.htm

step-by-step
http://eschooltoday.com/pollution/water-pollution/sewage-treatment-process-for-kids.html


http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetkids.biz%2Fdocuments%2Fstpfacts.pdf&ei=g8qcUYH9LvWj4AOXs4D4Dw&usg=AFQjCNFwb8BRDF9qiCgQAmFwVwFjp54yPA&sig2=ZyG_bkZR2WxTuFPlr8fj5w&bvm=bv.46751780,d.dmg





























water cycle app on ipad

Reading about ocean currents
Kon-tiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki

Week of May 5, 2014

MONDAY- LAB DAY
TUESDAY- MEA testing 1-3, then lab day.
WEDNESDAY- LAB DAY or work on research   OPEN period 2 for lab work!!!!!!!!!
THURSDAY- Lab day  for 1,7 & 8.  MEA testing periods 4&5.
FRIDAY- QUIZ (see study guide in earlier post)  & Vernal Pools project due!!!  May print out after quiz and staple.

Vernal Pool Help & study guide

If these don't work- check youtube!   oh iPads :)

Birds again
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=chickadee
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=robin
www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=pileated woodpecker

Native Maine Trees
http://www.nrcm.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ftm.pdf

Frog calls
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/collections/frog_calls/

Birds of Maine

robin
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=robin
pileated woodpecker
www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=pileated woodpecker
Chickadee
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=chickadee
Maine Vernal Pools
http://www.umaine.edu/vernalpools/

http://www.vernalpool.org/vpinfo_1.htm

http://www.maine.gov/dep/land/nrpa/vernalpools/

http://www.maine.gov/dep/water/wetlands/vernal.html

http://www.vernalpools.org/education.htm

http://www.vernalpool.org/vernal_1.htm

http://www.umaine.edu/vernalpools/Powerpoints/TrivialPursuit.pdf

Study guide-
Know -
what vernal means, toad vs frog, type of fertilization frogs have, what cannot live in a vernal pool, that vernal pools are seasonal, what the scientific name is ( Genus & species), all 5 frog calls, and 3 bird calls, major parts of microscope, and the names of some of the critters you drew.

Oligochaete, dragon fly larva, amphipod ( scud), vorticella, caddisfly larva, duckweed, nematode, clam shrimp, rotifer, cyclops (copepod), mosquito larva