So how do you all like the Science Centers? For those of you who haven’t gotten to all of them yet here is what you have to look forward to:
Interacting with the ActivBoard/completing guided questions-without Mrs. Alvey
Play-Doh Art-making an example of conduction, convection, and radiation-then use the digital camera or your phone to take a picture of your groups materpiece
iPod video-This video discussed the Coriolis Effect-which we will get into next week
Computer Center-defining your last four vocab words and adding illustrations if wanted and locating a current event. Your event must include one of the following topics:
Ocean Currents
Weather
Technology
Science
Engineering
Math
And last but not least small group with Mrs. Alvey-here we will be discussing more in depth how to go about annotating the text.
Now that you have finished 2 of the 5 centers what do you think so far? Would you want to do something like this again? What other activities could we include in our centers?
Entries (RSS)
i fount out that math is very important in science with out math we would not know how much air pressure is coming.
I LOVE THE CENTERS MRS.ALVEY HAS MADE! they are so fun!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : )
i love the centers they are fun. i gets my grade up i hope
I like the centers and i think you should lets us do something else like this agin sometime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like to do mine on OCEAN CURRENTS. An ocean current is continuous movement of ocean water generated by the forces acing upon this mean flow. Such as: breaking waves, wind,Coriolis force, tempurture, salinity.
the centers are fun and i would def. like too do something like this again
The large Multi-Touch screen on iPad lets you see web pages as they were meant to be seen — one page at a time. With vibrant color and sharp text. So whether you’re looking at a page in portrait or landscape, you can see everything at a size that’s actually readable. And with iPad, navigatinghttp://images.apple.com/ipad/features/images/safari_20100127.jpg the web has never been easier or more intuitive. Because you use the most natural pointing device there is: your finger. Scroll through a page just by flicking your finger up or down on the screen. Or pinch to zoom in or out on a photo. There’s also a thumbnail view that shows all your open pages in a grid, to let you quickly move from one page to the next.
Global
Global winds are the types of wind that appear all over the world because of the following reasons:
– The earths rotation
– The earths movement around the sun
– Because of the round shape of the world
Global winds are the large movements between the six parts of the world. They really differ from eachother. Besides the three types of movements you can see on the image there are also wind phenomena, such as jet streams.
Local
Local winds are dependant on the scenery. A good example are mountain areas. Wind blows against the mountain and is forced to go up. Because wind is usually going into one direction, the other side of the mountain almost doesn’t have any wind.
Besides the most important local winds listed on the right side of your screen there is also a large list of local winds. These don’t differ very much from normal local winds, but are differently named by local inhabitants.
Wind energy is converted to water movements called “currents” by friction between the wind and the water surface. The surface currents resemble the surface winds. Once these surface currents are set in motion they are influenced by three other factors: Coriolis effect, presence of coasts, and horizontal pressure gradients.
Earth’s rotation produces a force on winds and currents. The force is perpendicular to the wind and current. It acts to the right of the flow looking downstream in the northern hemisphere. This effect is referred to as the CORIOLIS EFFECT.
/Users/student/Desktop/coriolis_1A.jpg
• Earthquake Devastates Port-au-Prince, Haiti in January 2010: The beleaguered country of Haiti is dealt a catastrophic blow when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital. It is the region’s worst earthquake in 200 years. The quake levels many sections of the city, destroying government buildings, foreign aid offices, and countless slums. (Jan. 13): Assessing the scope of the devastation, Prime Minister Préval said, “Parliament has collapsed. The tax office has collapsed. Schools have collapsed. Hospitals have collapsed.” He calls the death toll “unimaginable,” and expects fatalities to near 100,000. The United Nations mission in Haiti is destroyed, 16 members of the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti are killed, and hundreds of UN employees are missing. (Jan. 14): International aid begins pouring in, and the scope of the damage caused by the quake highlights the urgent need to improve Haiti’s crumbling infrastructure and lift it out of endemic poverty—the country is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. (Jan. 19): Though the dead are going uncounted and unidentified in Haiti while authorities attempt to bury those killed during the earthquake and its aftermath, experts estimate a staggering 200,000
i think you should get iPod touches. they are so fun. you watch videos, play games, and lots more! you should also get an active board and active expressions. we have lots of fun on the active board, also the active expressions are super fun.