Thursday, October 28, 2010
Blood Splatter Animations
Click here to view tutorials & animations about the forensics of blood splatters.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Warm & Cold Fronts
Use your handout & the links below to complete the Venn diagram comparing warm fronts & cold fronts.
Click the links below to learn more about each topic:
Air Masses
Cold Fronts
Warm Fronts
Animations of Cold & Warm Fronts
Satellite Images of Air Masses
Click the links below to learn more about each topic:
Air Masses
Cold Fronts
Warm Fronts
Animations of Cold & Warm Fronts
Satellite Images of Air Masses
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Air Pressure
Click HERE to view the air pressure animation.
In your notebook, please use complete sentences to answer the following questions about how the air pressure changes as a storm passed through Palm Beach, Florida.
1. When the pressure graph is at the lowest point where is the storm in relation to Palm Beach?
2. Where is the storm when the pressure is at its highest in Palm Beach?
3. When the pressure begins to rise up again where is the storm located (in relation to Palm Beach)?
4. Based on the image and your understanding of air pressure, what kind of weather should Palm Beach, Fl experience for the next 24 hours?
5. What relationship is there between air pressure and type of weather you might be experiencing?
In your notebook, please use complete sentences to answer the following questions about how the air pressure changes as a storm passed through Palm Beach, Florida.
1. When the pressure graph is at the lowest point where is the storm in relation to Palm Beach?
2. Where is the storm when the pressure is at its highest in Palm Beach?
3. When the pressure begins to rise up again where is the storm located (in relation to Palm Beach)?
4. Based on the image and your understanding of air pressure, what kind of weather should Palm Beach, Fl experience for the next 24 hours?
5. What relationship is there between air pressure and type of weather you might be experiencing?
Monday, October 4, 2010
Exam Review
Electromagnetic Spectrum:
Website 1 shows the wavelengths of visible light.
Website 2 has a table of visible light wavelengths.
Website 3 has NASA's great site for electromagnetic waves.
Website 4 is a spectroscope extention activty for preAP students.
Greenhouse Effect:
Website 1 is a tutorial for greenhouse effect.
Website 2 is a great animation showing the greenhouse effect.
Experimental Design:
See the previous posts below for help with identifying variables in an experiment.
Science Equipment:
Website 1 is an equipment online quiz.
Safety:
Website 1 is a list of safety guidelines. These are also found in your notebook.
Website 1 shows the wavelengths of visible light.
Website 2 has a table of visible light wavelengths.
Website 3 has NASA's great site for electromagnetic waves.
Website 4 is a spectroscope extention activty for preAP students.
Greenhouse Effect:
Website 1 is a tutorial for greenhouse effect.
Website 2 is a great animation showing the greenhouse effect.
Experimental Design:
See the previous posts below for help with identifying variables in an experiment.
Science Equipment:
Website 1 is an equipment online quiz.
Safety:
Website 1 is a list of safety guidelines. These are also found in your notebook.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Radiation from the Sun
Click here to view an animation of earth's surface temperature over 1 year. Watch it several times slowly.
On your small paper write 3 sentences that describes what happens to earth's temperature over the 1-year period.
On your small paper write 3 sentences that describes what happens to earth's temperature over the 1-year period.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Monster Storms
Click here to login to the Jason Project website.
Your user id & password should be your lunch code.
Once you login go to the left side of page & click on "Monster Storms."
On the next page click "Mission 1."
On the next page click "Defining a Storm."
Read this section & fill in the blanks on your notes.
When you have completed the reading you must choose 5 of the underlined words. On the left side of your notebook create a drawing for each word. Label your drawings.
You may use the internet for ideas, but images are usually blocked.
Have Mrs. Miles stamp your paper when your drawings are completed.
Your user id & password should be your lunch code.
Once you login go to the left side of page & click on "Monster Storms."
On the next page click "Mission 1."
On the next page click "Defining a Storm."
Read this section & fill in the blanks on your notes.
When you have completed the reading you must choose 5 of the underlined words. On the left side of your notebook create a drawing for each word. Label your drawings.
You may use the internet for ideas, but images are usually blocked.
Have Mrs. Miles stamp your paper when your drawings are completed.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Getting off to a great start!
The 3rd week of school is about to start. Things are going great so far. Make sure you are checking your grades on Skyward (progress reports go out next week) and looking at the daily assignments calendar (tab at the top of the page).
Field Trip: October 1st.
JJ Pickle Research Facilty
Earth Science Career Fair
Field Trip: October 1st.
JJ Pickle Research Facilty
Earth Science Career Fair
Friday, July 30, 2010
2010-2011 School Year
Back to School Night is Thursday, August 19th 5:00-7:00 p.m.
School Starts Monday, August 23rd.
School Starts Monday, August 23rd.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Analyzing Cemetery Data
Problem: What are the main causes of death over the last 200 years.
1. Click here to open the excel document with all of the cemetery data from BASTROP, ELGIN & AUSTIN.
2. Your table group will be given a range of dates.
3. You must find the year(s) with the largest number of deaths in your range.
4. Once you have found that year you must research the following things to find correlations between deaths and war/disease/disaster.
5. 1 person research Texas wars
1 person research diseases in Texas
1 person research any natural disasters that might have occurred near Bastrop (floods, fires)
1 person research man-made disaster that might have occurred (explosions, car wrecks, etc)
6. Each person must write a one paragraph conclusion that answers the problem question above.
Your paragraph must have at least 6 complete sentences. Your paragraph must include the following stem: I conclude that the deaths in the year ____ were caused by _____.
7. Turn paper into the class box.
1. Click here to open the excel document with all of the cemetery data from BASTROP, ELGIN & AUSTIN.
2. Your table group will be given a range of dates.
3. You must find the year(s) with the largest number of deaths in your range.
4. Once you have found that year you must research the following things to find correlations between deaths and war/disease/disaster.
5. 1 person research Texas wars
1 person research diseases in Texas
1 person research any natural disasters that might have occurred near Bastrop (floods, fires)
1 person research man-made disaster that might have occurred (explosions, car wrecks, etc)
6. Each person must write a one paragraph conclusion that answers the problem question above.
Your paragraph must have at least 6 complete sentences. Your paragraph must include the following stem: I conclude that the deaths in the year ____ were caused by _____.
7. Turn paper into the class box.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Cemetery Graph
Click here to open a PDF document containing all of the State Cemetery Data.
You will work with a partner to create a graph of all the deaths for a certain range of years.
1. Turn your graph paper sideways (landscape).
2. USE A PENCIL
3. Title the graph Texas State Cemetery Deaths
4. Label the x-axis Years
5. Label the y-axis Number of Deaths
6. Create a BAR GRAPH
7. Use colored pencils / markers to color your graph.
8. Put all names at the top of the graph.
9. Tape your graph to the colored paper.
You will work with a partner to create a graph of all the deaths for a certain range of years.
1. Turn your graph paper sideways (landscape).
2. USE A PENCIL
3. Title the graph Texas State Cemetery Deaths
4. Label the x-axis Years
5. Label the y-axis Number of Deaths
6. Create a BAR GRAPH
7. Use colored pencils / markers to color your graph.
8. Put all names at the top of the graph.
9. Tape your graph to the colored paper.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Epidemic Research
If you have finished entering at LEAST 25 names from the cemetery you will now complete the following. (If you have not finished please use the last blog post to complete your data entry.)
1. Using a program like Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc and create the table below:
2. Use Google to research Texas epidemics & fill out your table.
3. When you are done save your table in 2 places: Your desktop & Your student folder.
1. Using a program like Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc and create the table below:
Texas Epidemics After 1800
Epidemics Description Years Deaths Regions Affected
2. Use Google to research Texas epidemics & fill out your table.
3. When you are done save your table in 2 places: Your desktop & Your student folder.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Cemetery Data Entry
Please click HERE to enter your cemetery data.
If you were absent & did not attend the field trip please click HERE to find data.
If you were absent & did not attend the field trip please click HERE to find data.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Geocaching Intro
Please put your earbuds in before watching the video below.
Click HERE when you are ready to explore GEOCACHING!!
To explore more websites about geocaching click below.
General Website 1
Texas Geocaching Website
Click HERE when you are ready to explore GEOCACHING!!
To explore more websites about geocaching click below.
General Website 1
Texas Geocaching Website
Monday, April 19, 2010
Science TAKS Study Guide
Science 8 TAKS - Thursday, April 29th.
If you would like to see practice questions & review materials before April 29th here are some links that will be helpful.
Click here to download the pdf version of the Science TAKS study guide.
Click here to go to the TEA website to view all TAKS study guides for Texas.
If you would like to see practice questions & review materials before April 29th here are some links that will be helpful.
Click here to download the pdf version of the Science TAKS study guide.
Click here to go to the TEA website to view all TAKS study guides for Texas.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Star Model Directions
Research the following info about your star:
Color
Temperature (K)
Distance from Earth in light years
Size (mass or radius)
Class (supergiant, etc)
Constellation your star is located
Brightness (magnitude)
Put the name in large lettering on both sides of plate.
Write the info above on front only
color both sides the color of your star
Cut the edges into a pointy star shape
Put your name on one side of star
Color
Temperature (K)
Distance from Earth in light years
Size (mass or radius)
Class (supergiant, etc)
Constellation your star is located
Brightness (magnitude)
Put the name in large lettering on both sides of plate.
Write the info above on front only
color both sides the color of your star
Cut the edges into a pointy star shape
Put your name on one side of star
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Galaxy Notes
1. Click here to view Galaxy Notes Powerpoint.
2. Use your notes to make a foldable.
Crease black paper in hamburger fold. Cut 2 slits on front flap. Use a white pencil.
A. Put this following on front: 1. Title "Galaxies"
2. Name the 3 main types of galaxies (omit barred spiral)
B. Put this info inside: 1. Draw a picture of each of the 3 galaxies.
2. Write 3 characteristics of each galaxy.
C. Put this on back: 1. Name of our galaxy
2. Type of galaxy
3. size of our galaxy
4. your name
2. Use your notes to make a foldable.
Crease black paper in hamburger fold. Cut 2 slits on front flap. Use a white pencil.
A. Put this following on front: 1. Title "Galaxies"
2. Name the 3 main types of galaxies (omit barred spiral)
B. Put this info inside: 1. Draw a picture of each of the 3 galaxies.
2. Write 3 characteristics of each galaxy.
C. Put this on back: 1. Name of our galaxy
2. Type of galaxy
3. size of our galaxy
4. your name
Monday, February 22, 2010
PreAP Atom Project
Click here to view the PDF verson of the PreAP Atom Model Project.
Click here to view the OneNote version of the Atom Model Project.
5th 6 Weeks - DUE Friday, MARCH 26th.
Click here to view the OneNote version of the Atom Model Project.
5th 6 Weeks - DUE Friday, MARCH 26th.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Fruitvale Vocabulary
Title Page 29 of your ISN (spiral) "Fruitvale Vocabulary"
List the following 8 words and then write their definition.
Use any of the dictionary websites listed on the left side of my blog to find the definition.
On Page 28: WRITE A COMPLETE SENTENCE OR DRAW A PICTURE for each word. You can do any combination that TOTALS 8. For example you could do 6 sentences and 2 pictures or 4 pictures and 4 definitions.
List the following 8 words and then write their definition.
1. permeable
2. aquifer
3. aquitard
4. pollution
5. contaminate
6. toxic
7. pesticide
8. dilute
Use any of the dictionary websites listed on the left side of my blog to find the definition.
On Page 28: WRITE A COMPLETE SENTENCE OR DRAW A PICTURE for each word. You can do any combination that TOTALS 8. For example you could do 6 sentences and 2 pictures or 4 pictures and 4 definitions.
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