Thursday, February 25, 2016

Week of February 29 - March 4th

Looking back.
READING MADNESS! Has started. Please have your student fill out this form on a weekly basis. Each week your total pages read goes towards a vote also.  http://tinyurl.com/m499umm

CHECK HAC
                                               
Looking ahead
See Below


3/1 Calculating Density- Cylindars

3/2 Calculating Density- Liquids

3/3 Calculating Density- Irregular solids ( water Displacement)

3/4 Calculating Density- Gases.
Deadly Density
Air Heads

Vocabulary Championships
https://quizlet.com/_22nrcb

Foster your family’s passion for science and technology


BSS Community Events

Poster Contest!!!


National School Breakfast Week


Friday, February 19, 2016

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Week of 2/16

Reading Madness has begun!

http://tinyurl.com/m499umm


Please keep this URL in your records so you can fill out the reading madness form! It starts February 1st and ends April 22nd.
Where is this garden? Notice any Ratios?







WEEKEND HOMEWORK !!!!


2/12- 12/15  Paper Pet- Create a paper person this weekend. Instructions handed out Thursday 2-11

After making your paper pet, please register your pet here





2/16 Intro to genetics, flower color hybrids,  gene symbols, co-dominance and blood types, the 


double helix.


2/17 Paper People II- Looking for pattern

2/18  Paper People III- Adaptations and evolution

2/19 Jeopardy and vocab games

2/22 Jeopardy and Kahoot


2/23 Genetic Final- 


Vocabulary
Big ideas
Jeopardy

Kahoot
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/1c5729fb-1ce0-40e5-8063-2ddb2cc62e3a
 Another Study Aid
https://quizlet.com/4124168/genetics-final-flash-cards/


2/24 New Vocabulary What is matter?- Demonstration and Readings Periodic Table.


http://www.webelements.com/


What is Matter?

Where Did Matter Come From? 



2/25 What is Mass? What is Volume?


Useful CalculationsMass or Weight?

Archimedes' Crowning Moment 


2/26 What is Density and how do you calculate Density?

Density As a Characteristic Property

2/27 Density of Cubic Solids


2/28 Density of Cylindrical Solids







Friday, February 5, 2016

Genetics Current Events


Science Current events about Genes, Genetics and Heredity. Due 2/12

Choose one of the following articles below, and use the form to analyze the article.

Preferred method of submission - E-mail- peter.kelly@redclay.k12.de.us


Your Name 
Date 
Subject-Period
1. News Source (Newspaper Name, Magazine etc.) 
2. Date of Source 
3. Location of event in article 
City    Country    Continent 
4. Headline 
5. Summary 
      Who is the event about? 
      What happened? 
      When did the event happen? 
      Where did the event happen? 
      Why did the event happen? 
       other details 
6. Write the above facts into a paragraph 
7. Opinion: What do you think of the event. Would you have reacted the same? Why or why not? 
Why is this science information important to you? 



http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-pigs-genus-idUSKBN0TR1DL20151208?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-pigs-genus-idUSKBN0TR1DL20151208?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151008142459.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151001094723.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29

http://www.wired.com/2016/02/schools-kicked-boy-based-dna/

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160203145716.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160201125518.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-genes-editing-idUSKCN0VA26P?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160128151937.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29

http://www.npr.org/2016/01/29/464893309/scientists-use-genetic-engineering-to-vanquish-disease-carrying-insects?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160126091523.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160119153508.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-health-mosquito-idUSKCN0UX2V3?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews





Thursday, February 4, 2016

Coming Weeks 2/8- ?

Reading Madness has begun!

http://tinyurl.com/m499umm


Please keep this URL in your records so you can fill out the reading madness form! It starts February 1st and ends April 22nd.


2/8  Searching for lost Children Day I
2/9 Searching for lost Children Day II

2/10 Mendel Peas Drama and coloring Mendel's peas

2/11 http://www.radiolab.org/story/galapagos/

Charles Darwin, Artificial and natural selection, natural selction we can see

2/12 Quiz- Pedigree Analysis https://quizlet.com/14494777/pedigree-analysis-flash-cards/

Current Event is due- http://seventhsci.blogspot.com/2016/02/genetics-current-events.html



2/12- 12/15  Paper People- Genetic Crosses Create a paper person




2/16 Intro to genetics, flower color hybrids,  gene symbols, co-dominance and blood types, the 

double helix.

2/17 Paper People II- Looking for pattern

2/18  Paper People III- Adaptations and evolution

2/19 Jeopardy and vocab games

2/20 Jeopardy and Kahoot

2/21 Genetic Final

Share your Water Story

http://www.h2you.co/

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

New Enrichment

We are going to offer new enrichment classes. Please click on the link below to let us know your first and your second pick. Please only one entry per student. Please spell your first and last name correctly!


Monday, February 1, 2016

Reading Madness has begun!

http://tinyurl.com/m499umm


Please keep this URL in your records so you can fill out the reading madness form! It starts today and ends April 22nd.