tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320634142009-06-29T11:26:20.145-05:00Lakeview Middle School ScienceMr. Grantnoreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32063414.post-51181626253506915702008-09-16T18:19:00.002-05:002008-09-16T18:44:32.216-05:00

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As you can see we now have near real-time weather data being displayed on the website. The information is uploaded every few minutes from our school weather station. If you click on the weather display it will take you to WeatherUnderground (wunder.com) and show you more information from our station including data history, forecasts and more.

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Atmosphere Journal (April 14, 2008) Glaciers worldwide keep shrinking at an alarming rate, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The rate of thinning doubled from 2005 to 2006. The study looked at data from 30 glaciers in nine mountain ranges around the world.On average, glaciers shrank by almost five feet (over 1.5 meters) in 2006, the latest year with available data. Some

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Atmosphere Journal (April 14, 2008) Glaciers worldwide keep shrinking at an alarming rate, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The rate of thinning doubled from 2005 to 2006. The study looked at data from 30 glaciers in nine mountain ranges around the world.On average, glaciers shrank by almost five feet (over 1.5 meters) in 2006, the latest year with available data. Some

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Atmosphere Journal (April 14, 2008) Glaciers worldwide keep shrinking at an alarming rate, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The rate of thinning doubled from 2005 to 2006. The study looked at data from 30 glaciers in nine mountain ranges around the world.On average, glaciers shrank by almost five feet (over 1.5 meters) in 2006, the latest year with available data. Some

Mr. Grantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32063414.post-51403711241938265442008-03-18T17:57:00.002-05:002008-03-18T18:00:07.480-05:00

FCAT's over! FCAT's over!! FCAT's over!!!

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This Monday you'll will be taking the science FCAT which covers material learned in 6th, 7th and 8th grades. Throughout the year you've included "connections to prior science knowledge" in your notebooks as a way to help you remember what was learned in previous years.In addition you've also been using FCAT Explorer.This is a great tool for your review. We started using this on 3/4 and then had a

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Some of you are working on planet foldables and need more information. Others may just be interested. Here's a great site about the planets. You can also use the Earth Science Textbook Online. The user id is: "lms123" without the quotes and the password is: "lakeview". The information you need is in Chapter 23.

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Near-Earth Asteroid Offers Rare Chance for a Close Look(From US News and World Report)Scientists call them "near-Earth objects"—the giant space rocks that whiz by our planet every 5 years or so. The one that passed us early this morning came within an unsettling 334,000 miles of Earth. Not to worry, experts say, the asteroid, which may be up to 2,000 feet in diameter, isn't close enough to do any

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Near-Earth Asteroid Offers Rare Chance for a Close Look(From US News and World Report)Scientists call them "near-Earth objects"—the giant space rocks that whiz by our planet every 5 years or so. The one that passed us early this morning came within an unsettling 334,000 miles of Earth. Not to worry, experts say, the asteroid, which may be up to 2,000 feet in diameter, isn't close enough to do any

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Near-Earth Asteroid Offers Rare Chance for a Close Look(From US News and World Report)Scientists call them "near-Earth objects"—the giant space rocks that whiz by our planet every 5 years or so. The one that passed us early this morning came within an unsettling 334,000 miles of Earth. Not to worry, experts say, the asteroid, which may be up to 2,000 feet in diameter, isn't close enough to do any

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How much damage might it do? Well that's your job to determine, as you create an experiment to identify the variables that most influence the impact. This activity reviews the basics of the scientific method while looking at a common Hollywood theme.Brainstorm some ideas, narrow your focus, research your topic, and then design your experiment. Be practical; this must be something you can actually

Mr. Grantnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32063414.post-12241089929930103322008-01-28T21:42:00.000-05:002008-01-28T21:58:31.598-05:00

There is an old riddle it goes something like .... If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?Well here's another. If there is no air in space does space make any sounds?Make sure your speakers are turned. Click the image and play the audio.

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Astronomy Journal EntryMysterious Hot Spot at Saturn's Pole (January 21, 2008)Thanks to new pictures from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, astronomers spotted a mysterious hot spot at Saturn's chilly north pole. The spot is a spinning vortex of gases much hotter than its surroundings.A similar spot was found earlier on Saturn's south pole, currently bathed in sunlight. But astronomers were shocked to

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Astronomy Journal EntryMysterious Hot Spot at Saturn's Pole (January 21, 2008)Thanks to new pictures from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, astronomers spotted a mysterious hot spot at Saturn's chilly north pole. The spot is a spinning vortex of gases much hotter than its surroundings.A similar spot was found earlier on Saturn's south pole, currently bathed in sunlight. But astronomers were shocked to

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Astronomy Journal EntryMysterious Hot Spot at Saturn's Pole (January 21, 2008)Thanks to new pictures from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, astronomers spotted a mysterious hot spot at Saturn's chilly north pole. The spot is a spinning vortex of gases much hotter than its surroundings.A similar spot was found earlier on Saturn's south pole, currently bathed in sunlight. But astronomers were shocked to

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By Phil BerardelliScienceNOW Daily News4 January 2008Gridlock. Movement of the plates that made up thesupercontinent Pangaea could have stoppedtemporarily and decreased Earth's volcanic activity.Credit: Nicolle Rager, National Science Foundation,based on Pangaea map data, Paleogeographic AtlasProject, University of ChicagoTime and tide may wait for no man, but continents occasionally do. That's

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By Phil BerardelliScienceNOW Daily News4 January 2008Gridlock. Movement of the plates that made up thesupercontinent Pangaea could have stoppedtemporarily and decreased Earth's volcanic activity.Credit: Nicolle Rager, National Science Foundation,based on Pangaea map data, Paleogeographic AtlasProject, University of ChicagoTime and tide may wait for no man, but continents occasionally do. That's

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By Phil BerardelliScienceNOW Daily News4 January 2008Gridlock. Movement of the plates that made up thesupercontinent Pangaea could have stoppedtemporarily and decreased Earth's volcanic activity.Credit: Nicolle Rager, National Science Foundation,based on Pangaea map data, Paleogeographic AtlasProject, University of ChicagoTime and tide may wait for no man, but continents occasionally do. That's

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(View of Tungurahua volcano courtesy Ecuador Geophysical Institute.) Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano is getting feisty again. In recent weeks, the volcano belched clouds of dark ash and streams of lava. Lahars or mudslides rumbled down its slopes while the ground around the summit shook from swarms of small quakes. People in villages surrounding the volcano are nervously watching the new activity.

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(View of Tungurahua volcano courtesy Ecuador Geophysical Institute.) Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano is getting feisty again. In recent weeks, the volcano belched clouds of dark ash and streams of lava. Lahars or mudslides rumbled down its slopes while the ground around the summit shook from swarms of small quakes. People in villages surrounding the volcano are nervously watching the new activity.

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(View of Tungurahua volcano courtesy Ecuador Geophysical Institute.) Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano is getting feisty again. In recent weeks, the volcano belched clouds of dark ash and streams of lava. Lahars or mudslides rumbled down its slopes while the ground around the summit shook from swarms of small quakes. People in villages surrounding the volcano are nervously watching the new activity.

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Well, in this picture, it looks like they hang out in a room with a bunch of equipment, drink coffee and talk. But on closer investigation students are getting an introduction to the Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network, an earthquake monitoring facility at the University of Washington. Click on the picture to take a tour of the facility and learn more about earthquakes.Earthquakes happen all

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EurekAlert!Contact: Beverly Law:bev.law@oregonstate.eduOregon State UniversityImagine you are walking in a forest and can actually feel or hear trees, shrubs, and even soil breathing. As the sun shines in the daytime, you sense a huge whoosh as plants breathe in and a long sigh as they exhale carbon dioxide. Just like the in-and-out movement of air in a human lung, the living parts of the forest

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