Monthly Archives: August 2013

Deepening the investigation: Choose questions/experiments that do one or more of the following: 1. Produce consistent results over multiple trials (with precisely controlled variables). 2. Search for relationship(s) between selected variables. 3. Produce evidence to support a suspected explanation. 4. … Continue reading →

Be sure to review all the information on previous blog posts: http://rfrazier.msblogs.aes.ac.in/2013/08/13/science-7-the-integrated-organism-the-architecture-of-the-human-body/ Guidelines for organization of digital notebook and for naming folders and files: http://rfrazier.msblogs.aes.ac.in/2013/08/22/22-and-23-august-science-7-integrated-organism-human-body-continued/ Information on histogram, presentation of other graphs: http://rfrazier.msblogs.aes.ac.in/2013/08/26/science-7-on-26-27-august-human-body-continued-histogram-of-heights/ For today, we will work on the … Continue reading →

15 minutes–finish examination, drawing, writing about hands. When finished, review structure and function (bones?) and growth-development-repair-regeneration (bones?). When finished, browse articles linked in previous post on human micro-biome. *************************************************************************** WHAT IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEIGHTS OF 2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR 7TH … Continue reading →

1. Make a google folder for your Digital Science Notebook. Name the folder with your name, 1314, scinotes, period. (example: jjones1314scinotes2) 2. Make a subfolder in digital science notebook. Name the subfolder with your name, chem, period. (example: jjoneschem2) 3. … Continue reading →

1. Make a google folder for your Digital Science Notebook. Name the folder with your name, 1314, scinotes, period. (example: jjones1314scienotes2) 2. Make a subfolder in digital science notebook. Name the subfolder with your name, humbody, period. (example: jjoneshumbody2) 3. … Continue reading →

  1) Read and discuss:Fundamental Questions about Matter 2) Watch and discuss:What is a flame? and Elemental Garden and Molecule Inspired Sculptures 3) Demonstration:a) Observe and describe–record in your notes b) Discuss your observations c) Ask questions d) Speculate on possible explanations … Continue reading →

Vitruvius wrote, “…in the human body the central point is naturally the navel. For if a man be placed flat on his back, with his hands and feet extended, and a pair of compasses centered at his navel, the fingers … Continue reading →

Welcome to Science 7. I hope you had a wonderful break and are ready for an exciting year learning science. Our first topic of study is the integrated organism with the human as our main example. We will be learning … Continue reading →

Hoping that all of you have had a wonderful break and are exciting about a new school year learning science. We begin our study with Chemical Interactions. Feel free to look around the blog for useful references and information. You … Continue reading →