Monday, December 10, 2012

What's up with the weather project?


What’s up with the Weather?
TOPIC: Natural Disasters
Essential Question: How are climatic and environmental changes affecting the weather?

You will be conducting a research project on a specific topic related to Natural Disasters and the Weather. You can work individually or with a pair to complete the work. Both members of the pair will be required to turn in work but the research can be done together. All of the written work in this project should be written in your OWN words for credit, no credit will be given for plagiarized work.

** SOURCES** – Sources are REQUIRED for ALL information gathered from the internet. If you did not write it, you need to say where you got the information.

TOPICS: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Wild Fires, Mudslides, Volcanoes, Tsunami, Flooding and Drought 

Animation - www.goanimate.com

Asteroid! by Kara Science on GoAnimate


Comics - www.pixton.com

Video - www.animoto.com

Presentation - www.prezi.com


Virtual Poster - www.glogster.com











Monday, October 15, 2012

Crystals & Minerals


1. CRYSTALS
In science class we grew two types of crystals. First, we created a saturated solution by mixing a mineral with water.

You write a complete summary in your OWN words. 

2. MINERAL PROPERTIES
color - the color of a mineral when you look at it
   GOLD COLOR








streak - the color of the powder a mineral gives when scratched on a streak plate 
GOLD/BLACK STREAK









You complete the rest...

3. MINERAL IDENTIFICATION
Mineral - Fluorite

- color - green 
- luster - non-metallic
- cleavage
- clear
Complete 2 total.