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Last Bonus Blog of the Year!

mr.p — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:09:49 +0000

Since this is the last bonus blog of the year, I want you to tell me what you thought the best part of science was this year.

stomach ache

mr.p — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:03:28 +0000

Since we are talking about digestion, I want you to look up information and find out what is really happening when you get a stomach ache.

surgery game

mr.p — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:02:17 +0000

Go to http://www.edheads.org/activities/knee/ and perform the virtual surgery. Tell my what you learned from the experience.

digestive system

mr.p — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:53:02 +0000

For this week’s bonus blog, look up a disease that can affect our digestive system and tell me about it.

Human organ systems

mr.p — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:08:26 +0000

Next week we will start our unit on human organ systems. We can’t learn about organs until we know a little bit about cells. I want you to look up information on any single-celled organism and tell me about it. Be sure to like your sources or you won’t receive bonus.

rocks

mr.p — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:30:15 +0000

This week we are learning about minerals, rocks, and the rock cycle. I want you to find a rock outside, take a picture and post it on here. Also use the internet to find a rock classificatio key and tell me what rock you think it is and why you think that.

seismograms

mr.p — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:58:08 +0000

Look online and see if you can find any seismogram recordings from major earthquakes. Where were the strongest ones located? Explain these results. What other patterns have you noticed? Be sure to list where you found your information.

earthquakes

mr.p — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:42:21 +0000

I want you to write me a paragraph telling me how earthquakes affect people around the world. Tell me where you got your sources (wikipedia doens’t count). You only get bonus this week if you write a post, and then respond to someone else’s post telling them what you learned from their paragraph.

Hurricanes

mr.p — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:37:01 +0000

This week I want you to look information about a hurricane that has hit the U.S. Tell me how big it got, what the effects were on people who lived at the area it it. You cannot use Hurricane Katrina, or Hurricane Andrew.

Wind

mr.p — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:45:18 +0000

This week we learned about how wind is formed, and how it moves. Let’s say you were going to break the record for longest time a kite is in the air. Where would you choose to fly your kite? Explain your answer.