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Wayne Baldwin
NIPHER MIDDLE
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7 WESTERS... WE BELONG @ NIPHER... U BELONG @ NIPHER!
Are you working hard to be an "A" person? Consider this... I do not think that I know what I do not know. Socrates WASH YOUR HANDS, COVER YOUR COUGHS & AVOID INFLUENZA NOTE to all PARENTS: Progress Report grades are tentative due to the DUE date of LTOP 1 and JQ2 being due @ the end of Q2... Por favor... monitor the status of these projects and their evaluations! Q2/Week 14 HAVE YOU ORDERED A TEAM T-SHIRT?LTOP I Q2... Due date = On-time 23-24 Nov by block16Nov - 20Nov... E3 VOCABULARY... due 16-17 NovemberExciting Expeditions in ECOLOGY (E3)... we begin our investigation of our relationship to the BLUE - GREEN planet... The Window H2O Cycle...Days 6 & LAST... Mr. Scimone PHOTOSYNTHESIS... QUIZ MONDAY (23Nov)6 H2O + 6 CO2--chlorophyll/sun--> C6H12O6 + 6 O2Readings... in-class/@HOME = DO THESE READINGS! LS, Chapter 3 Sec 3 "Photosynthesis" Earth's Trees packet Look for possible IE ideas/W.O.Ws Mr. Scimone, our graduate intern from Mizzou, is still enjoying his opportunity @ Nipher MSStumped... confused... or, just want to talk! Call WEB @ 803-3501... or, (e-mail= web2runcc@earthlink.net or Wayne.Baldwin@kirkwoodschools.org View: The STORY of STUFF @ http://www.storyofstuff.com/ Parents... check it OUT! Check out 350.org ... Global Warming. Global Action. Global Future. Do you know your carbon FOOTPRINT? http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/ We all contribute to global warming every day. The carbon dioxide you produce by driving your car and leaving the lights on adds up quickly. You may be surprised by how much C02 you are emitting each year. Calculate your personal impact and learn how you can take action to reduce or even eliminate your emissions of carbon dioxide. God forbid that India shouldever take to industrialism after the manner of the west... keeping theworld in chains. If [our nation] took to similar economic exploitation,it would strip the world bare like locusts. ~Mahatma Gandhi READ THIS, mis amigos... this might be a THEME for the year... "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity" Martin Luther KING 1963 What do you think MLKing was saying with this statement? 7Westers are going to AVOID "...sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity" We PRACTICE good CHARACTER @ NIPHER... TEN Things we want our students to KNOW: 1.TREAT OTHER PEOPLE AS YOU EXPECT TO BE TREATED... 2.ATTITUDE is a choice... our most important CHOICE... A. C. E. 3.HONESTY is still the BEST policy... even in the 21st century... 4.There is no substitute for HARD WORK... 5.KIND WORDS cost little, but earn much... 6.Good people build their lives on a foundation of RESPECT... 7.Life is HARD... and, not always FAIR... 8.Success is more than making MONEY... 9.Your body needs good NUTRITION AND EXERCISE... 10.In life, you have to GIVE SOMETHING TO GET SOMETHING! . Be sure to check your log-in status for on-line access to the textbook... server site is listed in the Favorite Links JQ 2 Running Table o' Contents JE1 View: Animal Life Cycles 12 x info point JE2 TFTT-on-Tuesday(6Oct) Lured? ... or, classified? JE3 Banana WEEK Classification pyramid for a banana... D-K-P-C-O-F-G-s plus a 3 x3 on the amazing banana JE4 TFTT Banana Float JE5 TFTT Stringin' a Liquid JE6 Window Water Cycle set-up Day1 Day2 (4Nov) What evidence of evaporation do you see in the bag? What color is the water vapor/condensation? diagram 2 Day3 (6Nov) What evidence for condensation of water vapor exists in the bag? Day4 (9Nov) Why is the condensation on the window-side of the bag? Day5 (11Nov) What evidence for precipitation do you see in the bag? JE7 Great Smoky Mtn Nat'l Park EFT 10x info point or 4 x 3 http://www.smokymountainseft.org/ Bill Nye "The Water Cycle" 10 x info point or 4x3 JE8 Science World 5Oct "Disease Detectives" pp12-15 10x info point + It's Your Choice p15 JE9 R-T-W LS Chap22, Sec2 Cycles of Matter List the THREE cycles in words + simple diagrams JE10 TFTT Cloud-in-a-BOTTLE Reflection + diagram H2O cycle vocab = evaporation, condensation JE11 7Wester FALL Field Frenzy @ Melvin Price Locks and Dam/L&C Historic Site/Camp River DuBois... 4Ws or 4 x 3 or 10x info point JE12 TFTT H2O, H2O EVERYwhere? ... a simulation! JE13 JE14 JE15 Daily entries with starters... entries should be numbered & dated. Be prepared to think-on-paper and expand the depth & details of your responses. Independent entries + W.O.W.s During Q2, you must include a minimum of 7 IEs + 7 W.O.W.s of your own choice & design. Diagrams & illustrations... all types of entries should be considered for the use of diagrams & illustrations. You are expected to include these extensions as frequently as possible; labels, color codes & explanations are expected on all diagrams. Use your right brain... Create ORIGINAL drawings! Bibliography... During Q2, your journal must include @ least FIVE different references/resources from outside of class. Some of the possibilities are as follows: books, newspapers, magazines, personal interviews, media, computer/web sites. Use these resources to expand your journal entries/independent entries. You are REQUIRED to include at least five different types of resources; i.e. book, magazine, newspaper, media, web sites Personal Reflection... The final section of your JQ2 must be a personal reflection. The Q2 reflection should include a discussion of the journal entries, your thoughts about the Q2; write thoughtful, detailed and in-depth reflections using complete sentences! NOTE: To achieve level 4, you must write a thoughtful, in-depth reflection with connections to your learning and the BG planet... N - O - P ... Neatness - Organization - Presentation You are expected to recopy (ink, cursive) or word process the final copy of your journal. Tables of Contents aid organization, however are not required for a completed JQ. Use of recycled materials is ALWAYS encouraged! JQ1 Due DATES = TBA LOOK HERE for IE/W.O.W ideas... IE(Independent Entry) Ideas... Investigate the Chesapeake Bay @ http://www.savethebay.org/ 9Nov 2009... 40th anniversary of the fall of the BERLIN WALL... Create a 4Ws... What, When, Where, Why? LS, Chap 22, Sec2 Cycle Comic Strip p751 What is Indian Summer? String a liquid @ home... change the variables... various strings/wires?... various liquids? Record your results in a data table... get a family member involved in the activity Research BANANAS... 4x3? 12 x info point Gandhi ji 4 Oct 1869 TSUNAMI in the Pacific...American Samoa/Samoa... Investigate Geochelone sulcata "Rocco"... Mr. Bielik's tortoise Do a T-chart comparing a tortoise to a turtle Investigate the studying of scat... animal droppings! Create drawings of Deferons/Gyronetics... be sure to list the characteristics of these organisms Investigatethe Autumnal Equinox... 21-22Sept... expand your knowledge to includethe other seasonal astronomical events... the Vernal Equinox and bothSolstices... Get a copy of the bar graph of the Is it Living? survey results... write a more detailed personal response about the results... see WEB or Mr. scimone Create a MNEMONIC... for K-P-C-O-F-G-s ... for the characteristics of life? ...for the Needs of Life? Read Science World... article about bedbugs! Check a magazine out from WEB or Mr. scimone StL P-D 8 Sept, Front page section "The ash borer may be contain in Missouri"... Edward M. "Ted" KENNEDY 1932-2009 R.I.P Check out his life... How did he change the face of America? StL P-D 27August, Health section Mosquito bites... LIVE GREEN... begin to seek ways you and your family can LIVE GREEN NOVA CARBON Footprint... Have you stated/started your ACTION plan to reduce your Cfootprint? Check out your Cfootprint packet Check out npr.org... a cool interactive Sounds Wild segment... navigate to the Health & Science area Earth's Trees reading background/information resource/IE resource distributed in class... use as a resource for IEs Stringin' a LIQUID... change the variable... different liquids... different "strings" Do a BANANA FLOAT with @ least FIVE different kinds of FRUIT/veggies Investigate Solstices(x2) and the Vernal Equinox... use stardate in favorites or eSky Check out "Windows to the Universe"...http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Life/classification_intro.html Investigate Carolus LINNAEUS... the father of binomial nomenclature... taxonomy @ home DNA extraction... search strawberries + DNA extraction... http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/activities/extraction/ Visit http://www.stlouisgreen.com/ ...a local website for living and building a green lifestyle Investigate the Mississippi FLYWAY bird migration route...http://earthday.wilderness.org/backyard/flyways/mississippiroutemap.htm POLYMERS... where are polymers found in your daily life? Create a chart of polymers, uses Investigate the super absorbent polymer... where in REAL life is a super absorbent polymer used! Check out these websites... http://www.freerice.com/ or http://sustainability.publicradio.org/consumerconsequences/ Participate in the games...get your family involved... write a response to the activities... What part do you play in the changes we need to make on the planet? Investigate the peanut plant...http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph8b.htm Goto www.marketplace.org access the link labeled Consumer Consequences Take the challenge! Write a response... Check out www.cleanair-stlouis.com What can you do to help "clean" the air? Check out www.birdday.org www.urbanbirds.org/ Check out www.planetgreengame.org Play the game... write a response... Check out... www.stepitup07.org Global warming/Earth Day or www.kidsfootprint.org info on your Earth "footprint" Check out... www.bigpicturesmallworld.com Wow! Powerful videos about "10seconds" on the globe... in the environment! Access www.loe.org LISTEN to an mp3 download about LOE Investigate the EarthWays House @ www.earthwayscenter.org 314-577-0220 W.O.W.(Wonderful Outdoor Wandering) ideas... Observe a local tree... do a bark rubbing... ID the tree... How is the tree prepared for winter? Locate a THREE or FOUR color tree... leaf color... Make night sky observations... check stardate.org Try the early morning... view the MORNING STAR View and observe a MOONshadow :-) see me for details Visit Emmenegger Park... across 270 from Powder Valley... accessible via the outer road bridge over 270 directly across from Powder Valley... check out the Meramec River Visit the Meramec Highlands Quarry... W on Marshall Rd from Big Bend, just across the RR bridge... check out the info area and the rock slabs... Take a walk in the rain and make general observations of your surroundings, backyard, neighborhood... Use the 10x info point format Participate in the e-BIRD...access the Cornell Lab of Ornithology website... www.birdsource.org GO OUTSIDE and observe/COUNT the birds in your backyard/neighborhood! Find a FUNGI... in your backyard... in the park... ID... illustrate... respond... investigate a spore print Observe the current MOON phase... respond... the moon looks great in the night sky If you do NOT like my ideas, you are welcome to find and use your OWN ideas... REMEMBER... Outstanding Journals exhibit "depth and detail" in all areas... explanations, descriptions, illustrations, IEs, personal reflection, bibliography... SEND AN E-MAIL with any questions, positive comments, thoughts... click through on this site or web2runcc@earthlink.net PHONE contact @ 909-4917 or 803-3501... we screen all calls, however we will return your call ASAP ;-) 7 WESTERS... ROCK... 7 WESTERS... WE ROCK! say... Oh, YEAH! |
Favorite Links
- SETI@home... be a citizen-scientist We are NOT alone in the universe?
- Insect ID USE this site... great INFO!
- Rockets Away Great rocket simulator
- StarDate Online... your guide to the universe! Great W.O.W./IE opportunities
- Monthly SKY activities ... mas IE possibilities
- Tree of LIFE... great living organisms site Class INSECTA... and, beyond ;-)
- EcoKIDS Cool E-cubed(E3)-site
- UW-Madison Insect ID Nice Insect ID site w/pix
- Small Planet Institute Food democracy? Sustainable consumption?
- GREENTips/UCS Environmental
- The Buzz about Bugs MO Dept of Conservation ROCKS with Insects!
- Univ of Kentucky Entomology site Great INSECT + site...
- Kids Do Ecology E-cubed/Do this site!
- BirdSource/eBird Cornell Lab of Ornithology...Celebrate Birds!
- Pearson Successnet/phschool ...login to your science textbook!
- 350...Global Warming. Global Action. Global Future. ... great INFO/IE site about Global warming
- iKeepBookmarks/NipherMS ...the 7Wester SCIENCE link to the web ;-)