A petroleum engineer could...

Make a computer simulation to predict the amount and flow of petroleum and natural gas through an oil field.

Determine what type of drilling fluid will prevent drilling tool damage and prevent	Examine the quality of recovered oil and gas before separating the different components.
Create the designs for drill string piping that will carry drilling fluid into a well as efficiently as possible.

Electrical Engineering

An electrical and electronics engineer could...

Develop construction plans for a skyscraper's electrical lighting system.

Devise a reliable radio collar so that researchers can track and study wild animals.

 

Design a remote-controlled toy race car.

Design the electrical system for a factory robot that can weld a car.                                                                                                      Eran Egozy

Architectural/Civil Engineering

 

 

A civil engineer could...

Design a building that can survive a major earthquake without damage.
Design water-treatment facilities to reduce water pollution and provide clean drinking water. Design a bridge that is as beautiful to look at as it is essential for moving people and goods.

 

Design water-treatment facilities to reduce water pollution and provide clean drinking water.

 

 

 

 

 

An architect could...

Create innovative designs for college dorms, like this one built from used shipping containers.
Shape the skyline of a city by creating plans for an iconic building. Design and draw up blueprints for a family's dream house. Collaborate with engineers to create modern skyscrapers, like London's Gherkin.			Emily Whiting

Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering

An aerospace engineer could...

Work on the team planning a shuttle trip to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

Design airplane wings that change shape to enhance maneuverability.

Design satellite phone technology so that data can be sent and received from remote areas.




Build satellites that help us monitor global climate changes from space.


Dava Newman

Biomedical Engineering

A biomedical engineer could...

Create a flexible artificial disc to replace a damaged cervical disc, relieving chronic neck pain.
 
Invent a better aortic valve replacement so that heart patients can return to active lifestyles sooner.


Help a child with cerebral palsy walk by creating an internal medication pump for anti-muscle-spasm drugs.

Develop safe and accurate ultrasound technology to help doctors monitor babies in utero.

Michelle Khine

Biomedical Video

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

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 

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.

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.

Yvette

Sosa

Jaymus

Michelle

Jazleen

Brown

Cory

Grace

Gisselle

Extra 1

Extra 2

Extra 3

Extra 4

Extra 5

Do not stress yourself just answer each question and you will be fine.  I will check what you have completed!

If for some reason you finish (and you should NOT) then log onto Gut Instincts and click people you know.  League name: red (all lower case).

5th Grade Review 11/7/12

1. Engaging Science
  Its Just a Phase/What a Mouthful/This is Your Live/Currant Affairs/Make a Note

2.Bitesize
Then click on Physical Processes:

Then go to each of the sections below:

• changing circuits 
• changing sounds 
• circuits and conductors friction 

Make sure that you do the activity--revision bite--- quiz in order.

Studyjams
(watch video then take test) search for:
• Mixtures 5.5D
• Electricity 5.6D
• Weather & Climate

STAAR Review

1. http://www.engagingscience.org/games/onlinegames/games.html <-- Its Just a Phase/What a Mouthful/This is Your Live/Currant Affairs/Make a Note

2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/
Click on  -Living Science:

Then go to each of the sections below:

food chains

helping plants grow well

life cycles

moving and growing

plants and animals in the local environment

variation

Then click on Materials:

changing states

gases, liquids, and solids

reversible and irreversible changes

Then click on Physical Processes:

changing circuits

changing sounds

circuits and conductors

earth, sun, and moon

how we see things

forces in auction

friction

light and dark

light and shadows

magnet and springs

Make sure that you do the activity--revision bite--- quiz in order.

If you have access to the internet then go on the following websites and play, watch, or read the material that is relevant to the above topics for extra support:

Do not do this in Mrs. Foreman classroom because of the noise.  Go ahead and go to Busy Bee Boot Camp!
studyjams.com (watch video then take test) search for:

• Mixtures 5.5D

• Electricity 5.6D

• Sedimentary Rocks 5.7A

• Landforms 5.7 B

• Weather & Climate

• A Day on Earth

• Air Pressure & Wind

• Ecosystems

• Food Webs

• Food Chains

• Heredity 5.10

Busy Bee Boot Camp

1. http://education.jlab.org/vocabhangman
Click on:
5th Grade Science (150)*
5th Grade Science #2 (175)*
Then click on "I'm ready! Let's Start!"

Read the clues/hints and spell the word correctly. Write down any words that you could not answer on the sheet your paper. You will have 30 minutes to play hangman.

2. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/mixture/mixture.html
Complete the mixture and solution activity. After you finish define what a mixture and a solution is on your handout.

3. http://twenth.edu.glogster.com/mixtures-and-solutions
Click on each number and follow the directions.
          -To login: ldplatt
          - Password: redpassword

4.  http://quizlet.com/10267891/earths-changing-surface-flash-cards/
Click on the speaker and listen to each flash card.

5.http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/animalneeds
6.  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/315/deploy/interface.html
7. Minimize the screen and go to edusmart 4th grade. Go to objective 4.7A once you complete the activity click on sas and take the test and print out your results.
8. Repeat step 7 but go to edusmart 3rd grade objective 3.7B.


9. If you are done google "Gut Instint" and join the (red) group.

Landform Project Due 12/15

Landform Project
Due Date: December 15, 2011
Landform Project

Directions: Each individual/team (maximum of 4 people) will be responsible for making five 5 different 3-D landform models. Materials should be varied (clay, mud, rock, play-doh,etc...) use your imagination. All models should be able to fit together into a box lid. You are also required to write a paragraph about each of your landforms. Your paragraph should be a description of a famous landform.
Example: Mountain:
Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the highest mountain on Earth. As measured by the height of its summit above sea level, which is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China. The highest mountain in the world attracts climbers of all levels, from well experienced mountaineers to novice climbers. Climbers are a significant source of tourist revenue for Nepal, whose government also requires all prospective climbers to obtain an expensive permit, costing up to $25,000 per person.

All work must be typed or neatly printed. All students are expected to be active, contributing team members.





Rating Scale: Landform Project (Group/Individual Performance)

1. Is based on scientific principles and good science. (5) _____
2. Met all the criteria on the check-list. (3) _____
3. Uses materials appropriately, carefully, and creatively. (3) _____
4. Landforms are realistic looking (no pink mountains). (2) _____
5. Is completed on time. (1) _____
Group/Individual Oral Presentation
6. Stayed on topic during presentation. (6) _____
7. Shows knowledge of the landform that they are presenting. (5) _____
8. Displayed cooperative spirit, treated teammates with respect. (5) _____

Total Points Grading Rubric

26 - 30
Excellent work throughout, exceeding all requirements. Project clearly demonstrates understanding of scientific principles; shows extra effort and originality. Student is enthusiastic team player; shows leadership and respect for others; facilitates group interaction; contributes fair share of workload.

21- 25
Project meets or exceeds minimum requirements; accurately represents scientific principles; may show extra effort or creativity. Student is cooperative team member; contributes fair share of workload.

16 - 20
Project meets minimum requirements with few errors, but shows no special effort or creativity. Student is generally cooperative team member; contributes fair share of workload.


11 - 15
Work unacceptable; does not achieve minimum standards, contains significant errors, and/or is incomplete. Student is sometimes uncooperative; contributes less than fair share of workload; does not use time wisely.

0 - 10
Project not submitted or shows no honest effort to meet requirements. Student is disruptive or uncooperative.

Check-List for Landforms Project:
o Who: You or up to 4 teammates for this project with whom you have not worked with before. Discuss the various landforms together. Who will do what, how will the work be divided?
o Making Decisions: Choose the landforms that you will be responsible for creating.
o Materials: Discuss what materials you/ your group will use.
o Pictures: Find several pictures of your landforms and bring into class, when presenting project.
o Landform Work: Design and create landforms.
o Written Work: Type or print a one-paragraph description of each landform.
-You may write NEATLY on an index card or create a portfolio.
o Team Work: Communicate well with teammates. Are you doing your fair share? YOU CAN NOT CHANGE OR REORGANIZE YOUR GROUPS!!!!!
o Presentation: Practice presentation strategies with teammates. Make us want to learn more about your landform models! As a team be ready to present your work before your classmates (so practice, practice, practice).




Extra Resources
Types of Landforms
*Mountains *Volcanoes * Sea * Desert * Plain *Lake /River * Island * Valley/ Canyon *Plateau * Butte

Materials Suggested: • Flour *Salt * Paint * Paint brushes *Tooth picks *Sand *Rocks Paint.
Buy the correct color paint or use food coloring in the dough.
• Blue, for rivers and sea
• Brown, for top of mountains
• Green, for land
• White, if you want snow capped mountains
• Red for lava. Also use red seed beads or red glitter glue.
Salt Dough Recipe
2 cups white flour 1 cup salt 1 cup boiling water 3 teaspoons of vegetable oil
Mix flour and salt Add boiling water and oil. Stir with a spoon. Knead (mold) when it is cool. Store unused dough in a sealed plastic bag in the refrigerator, when not in use. Let it warm to room temperature before using it. Take only what you need and leave it in a sealed container when you are making your project. If mixture is not sticky like play-doh you may need to add more flour.
You need to have an adult present, when making the dough.

No Toy Story pg 2 & 15 12/14-12/16

Does including toys with fast-food meals tempt kids to eat unhealthy foods? Explain your answer in 2-3 complete sentences.

Secrets of the Sea pg 4-5 Vol. 79 # 10 & 11 12/14-12/16

Read the story on pages 4 & 5 and summarize it in two sentences using the 5W's and 1 H ( who, what, when, where, why, and how)method.

Landform Project

Landform Project
Due Date: December 14, 2010
Landform Project

Directions: Each individual/team will be responsible for making five 5 different 3-D landform models. Materials should be varied (clay, mud, rock, play-doh,etc...). All models should be able to fit together into a box lid. You are also required to write a paragraph about each of your landforms. Your paragraph should be a description of a famous landform.
Example: Mountain:
Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the highest mountain on Earth. As measured by the height of its summit above sea level, which is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China. The highest mountain in the world attracts climbers of all levels, from well experienced mountaineers to novice climbers. Climbers are a significant source of tourist revenue for Nepal, whose government also requires all prospective climbers to obtain an expensive permit, costing up to $25,000 per person.

All work must be typed or neatly printed. All students are expected to be active, contributing team members.





Rating Scale: The number in ( ) is the maximum number of extra credit points possible.
Landform Project (Group/Individual Performance)

1. Is based on scientific principles and good science. (5) _____
2. Met all the criteria on the check-list. (3) _____
3. Uses materials appropriately, carefully, and creatively. (3) _____
4. Landforms are realistic looking (no pink mountains). (2) _____
5. Is completed on time. (1) _____
Individual Oral Presentation
6. Stayed on topic during presentation. (6) _____
7. Shows knowledge of the landform that they are presenting. (5) _____
8. Displayed cooperative spirit, treated teammates with respect. (5) _____

Total Points Grading Rubric

26 - 30
Excellent work throughout, exceeding all requirements. Project clearly demonstrates understanding of scientific principles; shows extra effort and originality. Student is enthusiastic team player; shows leadership and respect for others; facilitates group interaction; contributes fair share of workload.

21- 25
Project meets or exceeds minimum requirements; accurately represents scientific principles; may show extra effort or creativity. Student is cooperative team member; contributes fair share of workload.

16 - 20
Project meets minimum requirements with few errors, but shows no special effort or creativity. Student is generally cooperative team member; contributes fair share of workload.


11 - 15
Work unacceptable; does not achieve minimum standards, contains significant errors, and/or is incomplete. Student is sometimes uncooperative; contributes less than fair share of workload; does not use time wisely.

0 - 10
Project not submitted or shows no honest effort to meet requirements. Student is disruptive or uncooperative.

Check-List for Landforms Project:
o Who: You or up to 3 teammates for this project with whom you have not worked with before. Discuss the various landforms together. Who will do what, how will the work be divided?
o Making Decisions: Choose the landforms that you will be responsible for creating.
o Materials: Discuss what materials you/ your group will use.
o Pictures: Find several pictures of your landforms and bring into class, when presenting project.
o Landform Work: Design and create landforms.
o Written Work: Type or print a one-paragraph description of each landform.
-You may write NEATLY on an index card.
o Team Work: Communicate well with teammates. Are you doing your fair share? YOU CAN NOT CHANGE OR REORGANIZE YOUR GROUPS!!!!!
o Presentation: Practice presentation strategies with teammates. Make us want to learn more about your landform models! As a team ready to present your work before your classmates

Extra Resources
Types of Landforms
*Mountains *Volcanoes * Sea * Desert * Plain *Lake /River * Island * Valley/ Canyon *Plateau * Butte

Materials Suggested: • Flour *Salt * Paint * Paint brushes *Tooth picks *Sand *RocksPaint.
Buy the correct color paint or use food coloring in the dough.
• Blue, for rivers and sea
• Brown, for top of mountains
• Green, for land
• White, if you want snow capped mountains
• Red for lava. Also use red seed beads or red glitter glue.
Salt Dough Recipe
2 cups white flour
1 cup salt
1 cup boiling water
3 teaspoons of vegetable oil
Mix flour and salt Add boiling water and oil. Stir with a spoon. Knead (mold) when it is cool. Store unused dough in a sealed plastic bag in the refrigerator, when not in use. Let it warm to room temperature before using it. Take only what you need and leave it in a sealed container when you are making your project. If mixture is not sticky like play-doh you may need to add more flour.
You need to have an adult present, when making the dough.

Free Choice v.79 # 4 10/6-10/11

Pick a story that interest you in the magazine and read it. Write a brief 3-4 sentence summary about the story and why you picked it.

Amazon Adventure Pg 4-5 vol. 79 #3 10/6-10/11

1. What do you think can be done to save th Amazon rain forest?
2. Why do you think it is important for people like Ed Stafford to blog about this issue?

Your responses must be at least 2-3 sentences long.


You must get a copy of this journal out of the extra worksheet bin!!!