Monday December 15, 2008

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events.....good work people! Is your turn on WEDNESDAY? BE READY.
• Started our Stress our Marshmellow Lab. If you were away, you will need to get caught up!
• Got a new vocabulary today - #20.
• Bring your marshmellow handout to class on WEDNESDAY.
• Did an EGG Experiement. What was our hypothesis? Based on what previous knowledge? What were our results? Did our results support our hypothesis?
• Watched Planet Earth Caves. If you had to sell a structure, how would you do that? What kinds of features would you look for? How could you MARKET them, or make them appealing for a potential buyer? Make a list, then come up with a strategy.
• Do a rough draft of a COMIC STRIP that could help you sell these structures.
• Structural shapes, components, stress, failure & fatigue. What do they mean?
• How do we build a structure for stability?
• What are some PROPERTIES of building materials? What is a property?
• 7B, it is cold out there, please remember to dress WARMLY!!