Thursday, September 17, 2015

Water - Liquid Awesome: Crash Course Biology #2


Just watch this and find one key fact that got your attention. Post as a comment

Blind Men and Elephant

Read and Interpret

Read this poem. Post a comment which interprets the poem and how this relates to science. Write healthy paragraph or more to support your interpretation.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Paper Clip Float Lab at home

Float Lab Website

Conduct this experiment at home. How many clips did you get to float on plain water? Try adding soap to the water. What happened? Try a different liquid or warm water. Explain what happened. Have the results  written up and ready to share on Thursday 9-17

inFact: 5 Ways to Tell Science from Pseudoscience

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Welcome

Glad you are taking Science 8 at Homeconnection. This blog will be used to post articles, videos and activities that I'll ask you to complete.

To begin, add a comment to this post that explains your interest and experience with science.

Enjoy your school year!
Mr. Ross

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Ice Core Sampling

Ice Core Sampling Watch this video and learn about collecting evidence from the past!

Why Metric

Navigate to this website http://www.themetricsystem.info/. View the different links on the website

Read this article.

View this video

Respond to this post: What are 3 benefits of moving to the metric system? What are 3 problems? What do you think we should do? Explain why.