Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Today, Mrs. Sorensen passed out an article to our table group so we could read it, find things we didn't already know, and look them up. Then the groups wrote down facts about the articles and any additional information that we wanted to share in front of the class. We were graded on what we learned and everyone must speak about something whether it was facts or just your opinion about the article. She said make sure you know what you are talking about because, she will ask follow up questions to make sure you fully understand. The groups who didn't present their article today must go tomorrow.

Class, October 24, 2011

Today, we talked about pollution and the different types of it. We learned that toxic pollutants are like paint and battery acid that aren't properly disposed of. We learned about sediment and how if too much is in the water, that the water becomes turbid and the light can't reach the plants at the bottom of the water, causing algae to form and vegetation to die. We also learned about natural pollutants like manure and excessive nitrogen. A big part this pollution is golf courses. They use all the chemicals they can to keep their greens green. The last one is bacterial pollution. The main cause of this is farming. Manure runs off of fields and out of coops and such and can run into rivers and streams.

Having class with Mrs. Sorensen has given us the opportunity to think outside the normal classroom project cliche of powerpoints or research papers, and create more extravagant projects. We have been given the chance to make; videos, newscasts, cartoons, comic strips, etc. Anything we can think up (that she approves) is within the guidelines of this project. The project is on water quality in Iowa, and its a great project to do because its fun to make, fun to present, and i have learned a lot from it.

Wednesday, October 19th

Today we went over the assignment from out of the book. It was a short day today, so that's all we did.

Wednesday October 12, 2011

Today was the big Science test over metric system, scientific method, states of matter, change of states, water cycle and water quality measurements. Mrs. Sorensen was gone the past two days and Mama Lester was our substitute (Mr. Lester's Mom). She handed out all different tests to everyone. If you were gone today, i think it is best to go to quia.com and study the study guide that Mrs. Sorensen has provided for you. It will tell you the ones you got wrong, how many, overall view, and percentage. You then can apply that to the test and it will help you!

Tuesday, October 11th

Today in science we went over a paper version of the science quiz that we are going to take tomorrow. It was a little confusing because a lot of the pages were in the wrong place. The quiz was stapled in a jumbled fashion. There were some spelling errors but not enough to distract you from the questions.
The review was over the scientific method, phase changes, the water cycle, acids/bases, and the metric system. The substitute teacher gave us all the right answers at the end of class so that we could have a study for the test tomorrow. I figure that if you study the review for a little while tonight you're going to do very well on the quiz.

In case you forget the study review quiz is at http://www.quia.com/.

Trying to log on to the Computers

Today in Science class the Science Masters went to the library, and it was full of course. We're supose to take some tests on computers, but it took forever just to log on. So long that most of us couldn't even start the test. The test was covering: the metric system, scientific method, states of matter, change of states, water cycle, and water quality measurements. And that is what happend today in science class.