Mrs. Blue's Science Lab--S.C. Red Elementary: 2013

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineers are part of your everyday life, designing the spoon you used to eat your breakfast, your breakfast's packaging, the flip-top cap on your toothpaste tube, the zipper on your jacket, the car, bike, or bus you took to school, the chair you sat in, the door handle you grasped and the hinges it opened on, and the ballpoint pen you used to take your test (sciencebuddies.org, 2013).

So what does a Mechanical Engineer do?
Nate Ball

Week 1

Bill Nye Science Guy Simple Machines

Activity: Catapult

Grab a spoon and place one marshmallow on the handle. Take aim and launch your marshmallow at the target (large beaker).

Lesson: Simple Kitchen Machines

Work in teams to determine if the items are simple machines. Complete worksheet and glue in your science journals.

Exit Ticket- Simple Machines

Week 2 & 4
Pre-K - 1st
Read How Things Move and Push It or Pull It

2nd-5th
Read
IPad- Magic Pen 2

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

SeaPerch Website & Info

Check out the SeaPerch website for helpful information to build your ROV unit. Review all of the videos under SeaPerch Basic before our next meeting on the 30th of October.

SeaPerch

Red Elementary is excited to announce a new addition to the STEM family, SeaPerch.

What is SeaPerch?

SeaPerch is an innovative underwater robotics program that equips teachers and students with the resources they need to build an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) in an in-school or out-of-school setting. The SeaPerch Program provides students with the opportunity to learn about robotics, engineering, science, and mathematics (STEM) while building an underwater ROV as part of a science and engineering technology curriculum. Throughout the project, students will learn engineering concepts, problem solving, teamwork, and technical applications.

SeaPerch is...

A hands-on educational tool
Fun and challenging
A curriculum that meets national learning standards
Integrates Naval STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
Teaches the teachers
Builds teamwork and inspires young minds

Meetings will be held every Wednesday (until competition) during Robotics.

Competition

Where: Attucks Middle School

When: November 23^rd

Time: TBA

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me at lplatt@houstonisd.org.

Mrs. Blue

Monday, April 8, 2013

Changes to Land

Arch

Canyon

Flood Plains

Alluvial Fan

Volcano

Mountain Range

Butte

Mesa

U-Shape Valley

Directions: Pick a landscape and decide what kind of force (constructive or destructive) created it. Explain your answer.

Friday, March 1, 2013

Boot Camp 3/2/13

READ ALL DIRECTIONS BEFORE YOU START. YOU WILL NEED SCRATCH PAPER OR YOU MAY USE WORD TO DOCUMENT YOUR FINDINGS.

Today you will be researching and creating your very own glog. Yes glog not blog! I have attached a link of one that I have done so you can see what it looks like.

Click to see my glog!

You will be covering Weather and Erosion in your glog. Below you will see the outline of what I expect to be included in your blog.

1. Title
2.Definition (only one per box)
     A. Weathering
     B. Erosion
     C. Conservation
     D. Deposition
3. Examples (picture with descriptions) of the following:
     A. Deltas
     B. Canyons
     C. Sand Dunes
4. Explanation of how each one of them are formed.
5. You are also responsible for coming up with two( one erosion and the other weathering) multiple choice or open-ended questions.
Example:
   What type of erosion MOST LIKELY caused this to happpen?

A. Water
B. Wind
C. Thunder
  D. Waves

6. Make sure that you document the website that you obtain your information from on your last textbox.

**Bonus- If time permits see if you can attach a video on one of the landforms that you discussed. Or add an additional landforms of your choice.

The following links are (ONLY) to be used to complete your research.
1.Videos
2. Use the search engine to find articles and other information.
3. Sand Dunes
4.Dictionary
5. River Deposition
6.Exploring Earth
   - Click on chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 only!
7. Pictures and articles of subject. - Just search for what you are looking for.


The point of this activity is reinforce the weathering and erosion concept.

Video to help you set-up your glog.

Below are log ins that you HAVE TO use to go to the correct glogster site. Just click on one website link (make sure no one else is using that link). After you click on the link select the project tab and start working. If you do not see a project in the tab then exit out and select another link.