Warm-up, 10.19.2009Do you think life exists anywhere else in the universe? If you think it does, what do you think it might look like? Draw a picture, and describe the conditions in which this life evolved.

Pensez-vous la vie existe-t-vous n'importe où ailleurs dans l'univers ? Si vous pensez il fait-vous, à quoi le pensez-vous pourriez-vous ressembler ? Dessinez une image, et décrivez les conditions en lesquelles cette vie a évolué.

¿Usted piensa vida existe en cualquier otro lugar en el universo? ¿Si usted piensa él hace, qué usted lo piensa puede ser que parezca? Dibuje un cuadro, y describa las condiciones en las cuales esta vida se desarrolló.

Announcements

• Today is make-up day. Any missed assignments must be made up by TOMORROW at the latest.

• Laptops are for missed current events. No, you can’t print.

Make-up Day

GO HERE FOR MAKE UP:

• http://www.slideshare.net/bensonteaching/10192009

• Find a relevant, funny clip dealing with something we have dealt with in class (5 points added to lowest grade).

• Find a relevant song/make a list of songs that could potentially be played as part of a warm-up (5 grades).

• Make a poster that demonstrates and explains one of Newton’s laws, in full color (only 3 per class) (2 grades).

• FCAT Science prep workbook (1 grade per page)– Pages 5, 13, 14,16, 37,

• Observe planetary size differences and write a lab report (1 grade dropped):– http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/messenger/

psc/PlanetSize.html

• Play the gravity launch game & write a lab report (1 grade dropped):– http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/

• Make a comic illustrating a concept we’ve learned about in class (2 lowest dropped):– http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/

• Take the constellation quiz with a passing grade (1 grade dropped):– http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/science.cgi?A1=s&A13=(../c

onstellation/)(constellation)&A15=2&A3=1&A2=1&INSTRUCTS=1

• Present a current event article (1 grade dropped)

• Turn in an extra current event article (1 grade dropped)

• Register for a free email account (5 points):– Hotmail.com– mail.google.com– Mail.yahoo.com

• Read about explosions & pyrotechnics, answer the questions and complete the online activity (2 grades dropped):– http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3885/

Plate Tectonics Mini-lab (2 grades)

• Get with a partner and take out a sheet of paper and a book.

• Fold, cut, and tape your sheet of paper to model each of the different kinds of plate boundaries.

• Label each geological feature.• Color the paper to illustrate different levels of

elevation. Red = high elevation. Yellow = medium elevation. Blue = low elevation.

• Look at a map of the world and note the position of mountains. What explains the location of mountain ranges?

Wrap-up• You have $10,000 for science. What are you

going to spend it on?