End of the Year

The moon projects were due today. Please get them in as soon as possiable. I need the time to grade them. If you are missing a day or two, you are only going to lose a few points, but if you continue to turn it in late, you will drop 6 points per day! Do the math and figure out what would earn you the most points.

Please bring in used 2 liter bottles. We are going to try to do a lab and we will need a bunch of them. Make sure you rinse them out before they get to us!

Here is what the rest of the year will look like.
Wednesday June 4 Velocity and Rockets.
Thursday June 5 History of space exploration
Friday June 6 Many of you will be in Hershey, Pa.
Monday June 9 Lab Design
Tuesday June 10 Rockets Lab
Wednesday June 11 Apollo 13
Thursday June 12 Apollo 13
Friday June 13 Field Day
Monday June 16 Finish Apollo 13
Tuesday June 17 LAST DAY OF School!

Extra Credit

Well here we are. The pools are being filled and the tans are starting. School is not over yet. You still have to focus for a few more weeks. This is a time of year where your grade can really suffer if you do not stay on top of your work. With that said, I am offerring extra credit.To gain extra credit you must do a few things. First of which is to come up with an idea of what you want to do. This can be based on anything we studied in Earth Science. Once you have decided on what to do, you will have to assign a point value to what you are doing. The next step would be to write a proposal to me that explains what you want to do, how you will do it, and how many points you think it should be worth. You will then show me the paper and I will let you know if that idea is eligable for extra credit. Once I tell you that you can do it, you will start to work on it. All extra credit is due by June 13th! NO LATE WORK!

Presentations.

Tomorrow you will finally get chacne to make your presentations to the class. I haev made a list of who is to go on Thursday and Friday.
The presentation itself will be a few moments that you will tell what your project is. You will explain how you went about compleating the pjrojects. You will discuss anything that you had trouble with or anything you may have learned.


Thursday 1st. Period
Joe P.
Steven K
Martin J
Max C.
hannah R
Val R
Annette R
Nick A
Steph B
Renan A.
Sam Br.

Friday 1st. Period
Jess A.
Ashley B.
Danielle B
Sam Bu.
Laura G.
Adi C.
Alex G
Arianne P.
Leo R.
Dan C.
Brandon D.

Thursday 2nd Period
Amanda G.
Amanda C.
Nick B.
Emma V.
Luke B.
Nicole P.
Jarett G.
Angela A.
Nick H.

Friday 2nd period.
Matt A.
Matt F.
Brooke B.
Rashaun C.
Morgan C.
Ethan F.
Jay F.

PSSA Science Test

Well...the science PSSA is over for this year. Thank you so much for working so hard this test. On Wednesday, we will be back to our normal schedule. Please bring your completed guided reading that was given to you last Friday. You will have a short (10-15 question) quiz on Frdiday.

Moon Times

Make sure that you are working on your moon project that was posted below. Here is a link you can use for the moon project to ind the "set" and "rise" of the moon.
I am working on putting in an ocean of grades this week, so please keep checking the site for updates.

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Listening to: Johnny Cash - One Piece at a Time
via FoxyTunes

Moon Observation and Homework.

You will use the following websites to research the topics listed. Only do the one topic you are assigned. You are assigned a topic based on your last name. Follow the order, so you get credit for doing the right portion of the homework.
You will research the topic on these sites. You will gather infroamtion about your topic, and then present your findings to your class mates. There is a minimum of three paragraphs for this assignment.
THIS IS DUE FRIDAY!
If your last name is A-F your topic is Collision of Galaxies
• http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/97/34/af1.html
• http://www.prime-radiant.com/Colliding_Galaxies.html
• http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/big_banger_990921.html

If your last name is G-M, your topic is the Changes in Stars
• http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/starsbackground.htm
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/lifecycle/
• http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lifecycles/LC_main_p2.html
• http://www.imsa.edu/edu/astro/astrostudents/96_97_2/t06p1/
• http://www.d78st.com/life.html

If your last name is N-Z your topic is Black Holes
• http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/LIGO.html
• http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/bh_intro.html
• http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/black_holes.html
• http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/BH/blkbh.html

For the month of May, you will be observing the moon. The entire project is posted below. Please take time to read it over and start to develop your hypothesis and work plan now, so you are not scrambling in June for data.
This is due on June 3rd, 2008
Moon Observations #1
Moon Observations #2

Your View

Tonight I want you to think of how the universe was "created". You can bring in any beliefs that you may have, but you must back them up with some information. You can not simply say... giant Teddy Bear walked into the darkness and threw out marshmallows, and that is what we live on. Besides that being absolutely ludicrous, there is nothing you can use to support a statement like that.
Your description should be a minimum of three paragraphs long. Remember, as you prepare to enter 9th grade, your paragraphs should be longer than three sentences, and your paper should have some "flow" to it.

Solid Waste Reduction

We are going to try to reduce our solid waste production for the next week and hopefully for a long time after. To do that, I need you to keep track of what you throw away, and what you keep.
1. What do you think you can do without? What do you think you can save during the day?
2. What are some changes you would have to make to your day?
3. What types of changes can you not make?
4. What items would you need to reduce your solid waste output?

We will start back to the "regularly scheduled program" next week. That means that you will have to bring in your current books and I will give you solar system books. All books must be returned by Wednesday.

Climate Homework

Tonight this is your homework. Click on this link and complete the questions. If you dont have a printer, you can just answer the questions on a seperate sheet of paper.

Welcome Back

This is the last week of the third quarter. I have been updating grades. I will do more on that during this week. If you are missing something, or you see an error in your grades. Make sure you let me know with enough time to fix it.

I feel that I didn't get to see you guys all week! Two classes this week does not cut it. In the next two weeks or so, we are going to cover some information about Global Climate Change. We hear about it in the media and all over the place, but it seems that many people do not know what it is at all. I think with some research, discussion and a cool project or two, we will hopefully gain a better understanding of the idea of Climate Change. Lets keep an open mind, and look at the facts.