Month: October 2012

Sc8 Body System Project

Create a unique and fun experiential learning opportunity for classmates to learn your topic. Maybe as simple as flashcards with cool pics or as gross as squeezing food through a tube in teams to “race of digestion”.  I know you…

Body Systems -I have so many questions !!!

What happens if I swallow a quarter? How big is a quarter? What is it made from? How big is my throat? How strong is stomach acid? Can stomach acid dissolve a quarter? Are there other spots in my digestive tract…

Major Sc8 Research Project

Have a look at the blog from last year. All gr8 and gr9 students will ask a question. Then you will develop an experiment to test for the answer Perform the experiment many times Create a 1min video to report…

Learn to program Android Apps

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/want-to-learn-how-to-program-for-android-start-here/ http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/write-google-android-application/ http://www.anddev.org/ [here are some tutorials – basic and advanced] http://developer.android.com/index.html http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html I have been waiting for 3 years to have a class smart enough to tackle this. I want to write iPad and Android apps. We are going to…

Cell Puzzle

In groups you made a cell puzzle. All the parts fit into an envelope and you will get this as a hands-on quiz later next week. Study all the parts and functions and shapes! Chapter 1 reading and workbook is…