Let's Explore Our Solar System!

Virtual Universe 
National Geographic's Version
Create Your Own Game
NASA 

This week at school....

Reading Group: Reading about Food Chains & Web of Life through Reader's Theater.
A food web shows who eats whom within a habitat. Every animal needs food to live, whether it eats plants, other animals, or both. All plants and animals depend on one another to survive.
There are food webs in every ecosystem in the world, including the ocean.
Vocabulary: Microscopic, Organisms, Diatoms, Krill, Zoo-plankton  Algae, Nutrients, Herring, Codfish, Seal, Orca
Bear Essential News 

Has it fallen yet?

Web Cam-NYC Building
Question: With 90 mph wind speeds, will the crain stay in tact or fall? If it falls what direction will it fall and why? What devestating effects might it have on the surrounding area?
Post your hypothesis/thoughts in comment form below:
What do you think and why?

The Return of the Dragon & Hurricane Sandy

SPACE X Video Updates NASA According to the National Hurricane Center, Sandy remains a Category 1 which doesn't seem that terrible, but because Sandy has also drawn energy from a cold front, she has become a HUGE storm which will hit many eastern states. This is why she is also referred to as, "Frankenstorm".

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Frankenstorm

Hurricane Sandy

What are your thoughts? Today's Meet Kid Blog-email me at kesmith@amphi.com to get your password! :-)

Captain Mark Kelly

Zak, you lucky guy you. I had loads of papers to grade with me today, just in case I had time to get to them at some point...I had the opportunity to get Kelly's autograph and it just so happened to be your paper. Wasn't it you who mentioned someday you would go to Mars? Dreams+Action=Reality

Exciting!

We'll have to get solar glasses soon!

TONIGHT!

Tonight (if you are awake and have seen this post), go outside around mid-night and look at the sky! You will see a beautiful meteor shower! Why?

 What is a meteor shower?

SCIENCE FAIR!

On Friday we had the wonderful opportunity to meet and listen to Dr. Bethel, director of Southern Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (SARSEF). Many of you are already excited to begin your projects, SO, our focus this week will include a REASONABLE jump start to planning YOUR project.
Remember two important factors for science fair preparation:
1. Is it reasonable?
2. Is it affordable? :-) 
Objectives:
1. Continuous space exploration related to current events
2. Science pep-rally planning/ideas?
3. Write a list of 10 things you are curious about, discuss with peers, parents & teachers
4. Begin recording scientific thoughts, discoveries, planning, etc. into science notebook/journal
5. A peek at the judging format-notice. Notice where the highest points are awarded...
Doing your project......
Suggested steps to the process.

• Many of you expressed interest in using live subjects (people, pets, etc.) as part of your project. In order to do so, first you will need teacher/parent approval and second, it must follow SARSEF guidelines.   
• In addition, some of you were thoroughly excited to work with partners, but..the answer to whether you can is, yes and no. YES if AFTER you complete your own individual science fair project, and NO if you haven't.

  What makes winning projects so great? What's next?

Scientek12.org

Google Science Fair (middle/high school-ages 13-17)

Intel Science & Engineering Fair (must be 18) 

What do YOU think makes a winning project? Comment:

Yay!

Great job girls!

Bear Essential Young Reporters Program

Lots of Walker students here today learning how to be a journalist. This is David Fitzsimmons, the cartoonist for the AZ Daily Stat. He's hilarious!