We have a few different things going on this week. We are still trying to figure out and explain fully why the fountain worked the way it did. At the same time we are exploring the ISS07 site and trying to get up to speed on the happenings there. The main push [...]

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On Friday, November 2, Diane Hammond and Susan Stiff, Curriculum Consultants from the YES I Can! Science program will be joining us. Ms. Hammond and Ms. Stiff run the ISS07 website which all of you have begun working on. Through their efforts we are able to see what the astronauts are up to [...]

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Joining our classes through until December break is Mr. Cawley. Mr Cawley will be working in each of our science classes over the coming weeks as we explore the ISS07 and other upcoming science topics. After speaking with Mr. Cawley the first time last spring, I found him to be an enthusiastic learner [...]

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It all sounded so simple at first, just build a fountain. Of course the main rule of the activity was that I could change the rules as we went along. I am so pleased at how you all embraced each challenge. Now we are left with a fountain, and an interesting one [...]

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As we begin to write our first blog posts it is important to understand the difference between a blog post and a comment. Here is a short table showing what are often the differences:

Comments
Blog Posts

Posted on someone else’s site
Directly related to the Post the comment is for.
You are writing as a viewer
Usually shorter, one [...]

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Greetings and welcome back!
This week we will dig deeper into the ISS07 project, with students posting their first blog posts on that site. We will also get back into doing some lab activities, the topic of which are currently top secret.
Assignments due this week.
Minimum one blog post by Friday (see the rubric).
Place comments on [...]

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Diane Hammond, a Curriculum Consultant for YES I Can! Science at McMaster University left a wonderful comment on the Blogging is out of the World post so many of you were interested in. The comments compliment all of you on the work you have done.
There’s LOTS going on and we’d love to have your [...]

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It is testing week and I know we don’t have any classes but maybe you are stopping by to check out the site. What have you read or seen this week. Is there any good science news you know about? Try to include links in any comments for news events.

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Welcome Back. It looks like fall finally settled in on us over the weekend. I hope you all had a chance to enjoy the fantastic display of colors in the trees over the weekend. If you haven’t spent a great deal of time in other places you may not realize just how [...]

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So what do you think about this?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/12/nobel.gore/

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