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May 17, 2005
Monday night was great fun. Congratulations to all participants and winners!
The winners of the events were:
Best Scientific Thought- "Wild Dogs of Africa"
Best Theme and Best Picture- "Small Mammals of Panama, Curious Coastal Critters"
Best Technical Achievement - "Interdependence in Nature"
Best Artistic Achievement - "Marine Biome: Interdependence and Adaptations"
The student emcees did a great job last night and deserve a congratulations too!
Posted by Carroll at 03:51 PM | Comments (0)
May 16, 2005
Remember that your reading log of 15 science articles is due Monday, 5/16. I hope that you enjoyed your reading.
Plan to have some fun at the Wild Dog Film Festival on Monday, May 16th from 6:30 - 8:00. We will begin and end on time so you can get back to your end of school studies. Dress safari or coastal or whatever your group decides to do to fit their movie theme. School clothes are fine too. You may even choose to dress up- just come and join the fun. Good luck to our nominated films!
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May 13, 2005
Monday is the big show. Plan to be there. May the best dog win!
Monday from 6:30 until 8:00 in the Mabry theater the Wild Dog Film Festival will showcase some of our student created films this year. Students and their families will want to come for the film competition and also the showing of the Jekyll movie. Come join the celebration of our great year in science class.
Posted by Carroll at 06:30 AM | Comments (0)
What a lovely class!
Top row left to right: Squidward, Funky Monkey, Mini Mouse, Clarice. Middle Row: McGee, Fattima, Fabio, Harry, Yolanda. Front row: Mr. Headphones, Baby, Quisha, Cutie, Scary Spice.
Posted by Carroll at 06:20 AM | Comments (0)
May 12, 2005
For homework, you should be working to complete your reading log of 15 science articles. You may select any articles of interest that are science related. One of the sites on an earlier post had some good article links relating to environmental issues. Go there if you are having trouble finding good reading material. Remember to record the bibliographic information and write a few sentence or paragraph summary. This is due on Monday.
Posted by Carroll at 05:54 AM | Comments (0)
The final exam for science was given on Wednesday and should be posted soon. We are continuing our observations of the life cycle the Fast Plants for another week. They were pollinated by students using dried bees glued to toothpicks early this week or last Friday. Many of the plants are showing evidence of developing seeds in elongated pods where the pistil once was located. Of course there are some casualities, but it has been fun observing the variation within the classroom plant population and the various stages in the life cycle. No, you will not fail if your plant dies but, why do some plants fare better than others? Here are a few pictures of our plants and our grass head project.
As you can see, the grass heads are looking great. We have had fun creating them and watching them grow.
Posted by Carroll at 05:46 AM | Comments (0)
May 04, 2005
What is biodiversity? What are some of the environmental issues facing our society today? Be prepared to discuss these topics during class as we conclude our year. You should have already read pages 756-766 in Chapter 24 and you should read pages768-776 by Friday.
Here are a few links to information about environmental issues. Check them out.
environmental protection agency
Fill out your science article reading log as you read interesting articles from these links and others that you find. Remember that you should have 15 science articles summarized and bibliographic info. by Monday, 5/16.
Posted by Carroll at 06:43 AM | Comments (0)
