Monday, March 7, 2016

Rock your Socks!


Student Government will again be sponsoring Rock Your Socks Day.  The purpose of the day is to promote Down Syndrome Awareness.

Rock Your Socks Day will be held on March 21st.

Socks will be for sale starting next Monday, March 14th.  Socks will cost $1.00.  Last year we sold out, so encourage your students to buy their pair early.

Here is a link to the flyer below.

http://dsadelaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2016.RockYourSocks.3.21.pdf


Here is a link to educational tools.

http://dsadelaware.org/resources/educational-toolkit/

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Week of March 8th-12th

Gasoline stations sell you gas by volume. Could you get more gas mass by paying in the early morning hours when it is cooler or paying in the afternoon when it is hotter? Does it matter since the tanks are underground? Does temperature effect density? Why does hot air rise? Tell me your thoughts in the comments below.
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

3/7 Graduated Cylinder practice- Calculating the density of irregular objects

3/8 Using Density to make predictions- Floating or Sinking?

3/9 Calculating the mass from the density.

3/10 Calculating the density of the mystery objects- Density as a identification tool

3/11  Finding the density of Air- Mylar Balloon Race?


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