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Click here for the Shorewood Science Olympiad Page

If you missed the meeting- here's the PowerPoint of events

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Mrs. Steiner's Book Blog

Science of Food- Links

Game: Go, Slow, and Whoa foods game

Articles and Info: Botulism , E-Coli , Caffeine , Eating for Sports , Food Poisoning , School Lunches , The Five Second Rule , Why to drink water

Other info on staying healthy at: http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy

Announcements:
Teacher’s wish list:
Families- if you have any of the following at home and would be willing to donate them to science class I would be very grateful. I will only post a few things at a time (when at all possible) and will take items off if we get enough. Thank you!!!
     • Clean, empty soup cans (with safe to touch tops)
     • Old science text books from high school or college level courses
     • Balsa wood 
Thanks to Drew Antle for the lego donation!
Many thanks to Kayleigh Kavanagh for the donation of many years worth of packing peanuts!
Thanks to Zach Reihbein-Jones for his Lincoln Log donation.
Thanks to Drew Antle and family for the legos.

7th Grade Life Science
Current Plan 
Year-long curriculum map
Assignment Resources:
Current packet (notes, etc.)
Science in the News rubric
Science in the News- How to
Science Fair Calendar

7th Grade Homework website

 

8th Grade Physical Science
Current Lesson Plans
Energy, work and Power Plans
Year-long curriculum map
Assignment Resources:
Current Packet
Energy, Work and Power Packet

Forces Study Guide
Forces Game
Forces Test Study Guide
Energy, Work and Power PowerPoint

8th Grade Homework website

For Parents
Teen Brain Research Summary
Family Forum Blog (NEW!)

References

Check out this cool page about Tesla

Cool game: Famous Scientist Hangman

Need a challenge?  Try this brain teaser or propose a Stretch project.  Or you can choose a project by going to www.gifted.uconn.edu look under "SEM resources" and the enrichment clusters database. Sample stretch project.

A bit of humor.


Citation Guide

Fun website that allows you to track your energy use.

Search the school library resources.

Check out this great site with lab simulations.  Especially look at John Travoltage- a humorous take on what we'll study in electricity (8th grade).

Here's a cool site where you can go through the steps of Mitosis.

Here is an interesting blog by Cheryl Rofer about Polonium (the radioactive material that poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko).  

Curious about nuclear weapons?  Here is a website put up by The Los Alamos Committee on Arms
Control and International Security.  Check it out, and send in any questions that you have.

Please e-mail Mrs. Steiner with other ideas or links.

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