Category: DI sc8

Bamboo Bike Meeting

Mr.King and I had an awesome meeting with Al and Josh of GrassFrames Bamboo bikes. They are no longer making bikes but have moved on to other projects. Al is making props for the movie industry. Cool. They showed us…

DiSc8 Final Exam

Body Systems Water cycle Forces Immunity Safety Experiments Light – Waves 67 Multiple choice questions – photocopied and ready to go. Harleen, don’t be late. From reviewing my own blog posting, I am expecting to read about these things on…

Evaluation – Tomorrow! Disc8

I know, it’s rare. A paper test. Yikes. Changes of state pressure-force-area calculations All of the presentation topics and the notes you took.

Solid, Liquid, Gas, Pressure, Fluids

Choose a topic. http://www.bcscience8.com/pgs/links_u3.html Research with the intent to present to the class. 1-2 min. Cool and interesting topic answer “How does this relate to fluids and pressure?” Show a mathematical calculation related to your topic. Pictures? Videos? Hands-on demo?

City Water Systems Around the World

After watching the magic school bus and travelling with my family around the world, I find the differences in water systems interesting. What is an overview (diagram?) of how water flows for cities? Consider where it comes from, how it…

DiSc8 – Water and Weather

Here are 2 articles from the vancouver sun today: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Global+warming+here+stay+says+NASA+scientist/10978871/story.html http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/Tired+bizarre+weather+Blame+North+Pacific+Mode/10979048/story.html Draw a cause and effect diagram to show you understand the process described by the “North Pacific Mode”. Find a model of the earth, and in specific, Vancouver, to…

DiSc8 – Oil Spill

Who is wrecking our water? http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Effects+Vancouver+spill+known+some+time+city+manager/10971253/story.html History Impact Cleanup Prevention Water Assignment: On your blog, include the presentation on Google Slides. Show a comparison graphic to help us understand how much is 80million gallons Find a video of how to…

DiSc8 – Debate posting assignment

So, we have done a debate. Well Done! It was fun to watch you all argue in a structured environment. Please write a summary of how it went. Choose a topic (probably YOUR topic) and: Write your position statement Write…