Announcements!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Monday, May 30, 2011

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Waves and Cliffs!




What did you think about this messy experiment?

















How did this help?

Mr. F :-)


Remember Mr. Forde's three sand castles? Why did we create them? What did they prove? What variables were controlled well and what were not?

Mr. F :-)

Levees and Flood Control article



Click here for the article.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Why was the tsunami so bad?

Find out about the unique fault issue in Japan.

Click Here

Mr. F :-)

Kids for reducing plastic pollution!

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Soil Erosion Experiment







What did we learn from this experiment?

Mr. F :-)

The Agastya Crew!


Thanks to Scofield (and my wonderful advisory) for helping to raise over $100 to help kids in rural India learn from the Agastya Foundation science vans!! You all rock.

Mr. Forde :-)

PS- we know the van is pretty beat...but it has a lot of mileage on it!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Yucca Mtn in the News!


Do you think what we are learning is not related to the real world? Check out this article from TODAY in Scientific American magazine!

Click here to read about Yucca Mtn debate!

Mr. F :-)

ps- extra credit opportunity for anyone who briefly summarizes the article

Topographic Map Making

Here we are in action! (Lesson 35)





Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Water Quality Interactives!




Learn about the water cycle! click Here

Raindrop Road Trip click here

Friday, May 6, 2011