Class and Homework for 11/6/09

Classwork

Students are continuing to  work on the engineering design project I assigned.   In today’s class, began building the assistive devices they designed to solve to the design problem.

Homework

Students should work on completing the questions in the project packet, focusing on step 7 – presentation.

Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my Wednesday help sessions.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

Students are currently working on a mostly in class project called Celestial Support. During the course of this project students, working in groups of 2 or 3, will research the problem of bone loss in space and then design and build an assistive device that could be used to support the skeletal system of astronauts returning from extended missions in space. Completed projects will be presented in class on either 11/10 or 11/12.

Class and Homework for 11/5/09

Classwork

Students are continuing to  work on the engineering design project I assigned.   In today’s class, students come up with several proposed solutions to the design problem  and then, by completing step four of the design process, make a final decision as to how their assistive device will look and function.

Homework

Students should decide on a final solution to the design problem and completing step 4 of the design process.

Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my Wednesday help sessions.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

Students are currently working on a mostly in class project called Celestial Support. During the course of this project students, working in groups of 2 or 3, will research the problem of bone loss in space and then design and build an assistive device that could be used to support the skeletal system of astronauts returning from extended missions in space. Completed projects will be presented in class on either 11/10 or 11/12.

Class and Homework for 11/4/09

Classwork

Students are continuing to  work on the engineering design project I assigned.   In today’s class, continued looking for background information and then began coming up with proposed solutions to the design problem.

Homework

Students should work on developing solutions to the design problem.

Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my Wednesday help sessions.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

Students are currently working on a mostly in class project called Celestial Support. During the course of this project students, working in groups of 2 or 3, will research the problem of bone loss in space and then design and build an assistive device that could be used to support the skeletal system of astronauts returning from extended missions in space. Completed projects will be presented in class on either 11/10 or 11/12.

Class and Homework for 11/3/09

Classwork

As I am not in the building today, students will continue to view the movie “Contact”.  Again, it is my hope that students will come away from this movie with ideas that will help them in a future Astronomy project.

Homework

No homework was assigned

Class and Homework for 11/2/09

Classwork

Students have begun working on a mostly in class engineering design project.  In today’s class, students were given additional directions on conducting their background research and then were taken to the computer room to look for information.

Homework

No homework was assigned

Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my Wednesday help sessions.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

Students are currently working on a mostly in class project called Celestial Support.  During the course of this project students, working in groups of 2 or 3, will research the problem of bone loss in space and then design and build an assistive device that could be used to support the skeletal system of astronauts returning from extended missions in space.  Completed projects will be presented in class on either 11/10 or 11/12.

Class and Homework for 10/29/09

Classwork

Today in class students continued watching the Moving “Contact”.  It is my hope that this movie will give students ideas for a future project.

Homework

None assigned

Help Session

Help are held on Wednesday afternoons.  Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Notes for the Astronomy Unit

The notes for have been posted on the student shared drive of the school’s computer network.

Class and Homework for 10/28/09

Classwork

Today in class students began watching the Moving “Contact”.  It is my hope that this movie will give students ideas for a future project.

Homework

Complete the questions for the lab ”Investigating Bone Loss in Space”

Help Session

Help are held on Wednesday afternoons.  Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Notes for the Astronomy Unit

The notes for have been posted on the student shared drive of the school’s computer network.

Class and Homework for 10/27/09

Classwork

Today in class we continued looking at the physiological changes that occur to the human body when out in space for a period of time by working through the procedure for “Investigating Bone Loss in Space”, a lab that has the students determine the loss of bone mass experienced by an astronaut who had been in space for certain period of time.

Homework

Complete the questions for the lab ”Investigating Bone Loss in Space”

Help Session

Help are held on Wednesday afternoons.  Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Notes for the Astronomy Unit

The notes for have been posted on the student shared drive of the school’s computer network.

Class and Homework for 10/26/09

Classwork

Today in class we began looking at the physiological changes that occur to the human body when out in space for a period of time.  the loss of bone density that astronauts experience was emphasized by way of a power point presentation and class discussion.

Homework

Complete the worksheet “Combating Bone Loss in Space” (2 pages)

Help Session

Help are held on Wednesday afternoons.  Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Notes for the Astronomy Unit

The notes for have been posted on the student shared drive of the school’s computer network.

Class and Homework for 10/23/09

Classwork

Today in class students took the Astronomy quiz and then worked on the questions for the Rock Candy lab we’ve been working on for several weeks. 

Homework

Finish the questions for the Rock Candy lab.

Help Session

Help are held on Wednesday afternoons.  Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Notes for the Astronomy Unit

The notes for have been posted on the student shared drive of the school’s computer network.