Did You Know Wednesday: Gravity

Another Not-So-Practical Solution:

An Actual Practical Example:

Tutorial Tuesday: Centrifugal Force

Comic Monday: Gravity

gravity: the natural force of attraction between any two massive bodies.

Word of the Day

gravity: the natural force of attraction between any two massive bodies

matter: something that occupies space

Test Your Knowledge Friday: Water

Answers to last week's test:

Thursday Study Guide: Water Cycle Cube Game

Here's a dice game you can make and play to help remember the parts of the water cycle!

To download the image:

-Right click on image

-Select "Save Image As"

-Save to Desktop (or your favorite folder)

-Print it out!

Also, this video could help too in your studies:

Did You Know Wednesday: Wasted Water

Here are some infographics you should check out:

http://www.good.is/post/transparency-how-much-water-do-you-use/

http://www.good.is/post/infographic-10-ways-to-stop-wasting-water/

http://www.good.is/post/infographic-lack-of-clean-water-access-worldwide/

Activity:
Try to figure out how much water you use in a day, or week. Make a drawing showing what you discover. Are there ways you think you could cut back?

Tutorial Tuesday: Cloud-Making

WHY THIS WORKS:

Water vapor, water in its invisible gaseous state, can be made to condense into the form of small cloud droplets. By adding particles such as the smoke enhances the process of water condensation and by squeezing the bottle causes the air pressure to drop. This creates a cloud!

Comic Monday: Water

Word of the Day

Water cycle – the continuous process by which water moves through the living and nonliving parts of the environment

Evaporation- the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to the gaseous state

Condensation- the process by which a gas changes to a liquid

Precipitation- water that falls to earth as rain snow sleet, or hail

Test Your Knowledge Friday: Energy

Thursday Study Guide: Energy

Here are some flash cards you can download and print out:

Key Terms:

Answers: 

Did You Know Wednesday: Wind Energy

The turbines at Flying Cloud Wind Plant in northwest Iowa are about 240 feet tall. The largest wind turbine in the world, located in Hawaii, stands 20 stories tall and has blades the length of a football field!

Cleveland Pride: the turbine outside of the Great Lakes Science Center




Here's a Pinwheel Activity

Tutorial Tuesday: Bottle Rockets

To download the lesson plan:

-Right-click on the image

-Select "Save image as"

-Select your Desktop (or wherever you like to save things)

-Click Save

Rocket Lesson Plan:

Preparing Rocket Fuel:

Comic Monday: Energy

Word of the Day

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