Class Presentation of Science Fair Project

Our in-class science fair presentation will start on Wednesday March 3, 2010.  The rubric that you will be graded on is:

Presentation of Science Fair Project Rubric

Criteria Excellent Needs improvement

A.  Content (30 points)

1.  Thoroughness*     10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1 

2.  Accuracy*           10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1

3.  Clarity*              10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1

B.  Voice Modulation (10 points)

Varies voice in an  interesting manner  10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1

C.  Posterboard (30 points)

1.  Contains all required information   10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1

2.  Execution                            10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1

3.  Creativity                            10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1

Points for Presentation:      ______/40  = _______

Points for Posterboard:        ______/50 = _______

* Presentation included the following (20 points):

•Background Information About Your Research

•Purpose of Research

•Hypothesis Stated

•Description of Experimental Design

•Results and Conclusions

•Discuss any problems you encountered

•Ideas for further study

An example Powerpoint template will be posted on Snapgrades.

2010 Carver Fair Participants

Congratulations to the following students who were invited to present their science fair projects at the Philadelphia George Washington Carver Science Fair on March 9th, 2010:

7th Grade

Amani Bey
Huidan Mei
Jieying Chen
Wayne Lee
Jacky Li
Timmothy Mak
Sandy Yu
Yingci Chen
Aaron Zheng
Sandy Tang
Talia Smith

8th Grade

Sydney Marchiano
Zhewei Wu
Lihang Lin
Cindy Li
Sierra Hall
Nicholas Collis
Xin Lin
Joseph Szarak
Weilin Li
Yiaming Liu

Assignments for Classwork 2/2/10 and 2/2/10

Classwork (Due at the end of class tomorrow)

Chapter Review Page 53 #'s 18 to 25. (hand draw your circle for 25)

In groups complete the new Study Island Assignment to prepare for the PSSA science test. Let me know who is in each group and

which login you used for each group so I can put your groups score into snapgrades.

Do the Framiliarize Learn and then Test sections on the website: http://quizlet.com/17094/pssa-prep-science-8th-gr-flash-cards/

THEN play the "Space Race" and "Scatter" and show me your best time.

Engineering Club Wins Award at the Future City Competition

The McCall Engineering Club won a special award for "Outstanding Engineering Performance Award", sponsored by Shell.  Mr. Knoflicek, Robbie P. (8th Grade), Amani B. (7th Grade), and Sandy T. (7th Grade).   Congratulations to all students you participated in making this year's entry a success!

Annie C., Ms. Amal, Mr. Knoflicek, Amani B., Robbie P., Sandy T., and Julie Z. with their model of "Emerald Island Coast"

8th Grade Mineral Identification

Use this website to follow the dichotomous key for identifying minerals.  Start with the lowest number mineral that you have and follow the key for each mineral characteristic.  If you are unfamiliar with a characteristic, look in your textbook on pages 8 through 11.

Mineral ID Website

Help Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide!

Check your Grades Online

Use this button to go directly to Snapgrades to check your grades and see if you are missing any assignments.

Donors Choose Funding Project

Attached is a link to a project that I am trying to fund in the next few months so that I can add a light emitting microscope with good working optics and a USB camera to show the class what is being looked at through the lens.  This allows the whole class to see the same image at the same time -- this is one of the most effective ways to introduce a class to the world of microscopy.

With your help our class can narrow their view of the world and at the same time open up new discoveries. 

Which Branch of Science is 7th and 8th Grade Most Interested in?

These are the areas of science that 7th and 8th grade students selected as being areas of interest.  I will be posting some ideas of project topics for each area soon.  If you would like to change the area (branch) of science that you would like to focus on, let me know so that I can help you in your new area.

Forencics
Archeology
Astronomy
Nuclear Physics
Biology
Geology
Zoology
Medicine
Marine Biology
Civil Engineering
Cardiology
Astrophysics
Electrical Engineering
Bacteriology
Cryptozoology
Botony
Opthamology
Microbiology
Musicology
Physics
Structural Engineering
Oceanography
Chemistry
Sociology
Computer Science
Paleontology
Food Science
Aerodynamics
Cosmetic Chemistry
Numerology
Entomology
Meterology
Hydrology
Mycology
Fluid Dynamics

Science Fair Resources

We are now starting to define the branch of science you are most interested in and the general field within that branch that you might want to pick your science fair topic about.  Here are a list of online resources that can help you.

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/category0.html