Before my time (yes, really), Mount St Helen's erupted:

Ash can cover and solidify organic material and create fossils, like the remains found in the lost city of Pompeii.

Welcome back, all!

We've been discussing evolution, natural selection, and mutation in our latest science classes.  What perfect timing for the world to reveal a rare anomaly through natural mutation in the form of the 'spotted' zebra foal!

​https://globalnews.ca/news/5928350/rare-spotted-zebra-foal/

s and gymnasticsGravity is always 'on'...you don't need to check.  :D

We have been talking about the various forces and Newton's Three Laws:

1. Every object in a state of uniform motion will remain in that state of motion unless an external force acts on it.
   
   
2. Force equals mass times acceleration [  ].
   
   
3. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
   
   

Some of these laws can be explained in the following videos where ballet, gymnastics, and roller coasters are closely examined through a lens of science and forces.

We were talking about gravity today in class and how it's a force that pulls together any two objects that have mass.  

Some students brought up the connection of bubbles of balloons floating - they are still affected by gravity, it's just that the substance inside them (helium, for example) is less dense than air and will, therefore, allow the container that houses the gases to float.  

The discussion on gravity reminded me of a few videos I've seen in the past which I enjoyed and did an excellent job at explaining the concept of gravity and how it is relative to different objects, including our planet.



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Students will be working in groups to present information from Chapter 8 (Earth's Crust is Made Up of Moving Plates) and Chapter 9 (Plate Movement Cause Both Sudden and Gradual Changes to Earth's Crust).

Each group will be using PowerPoint on their One Drive (see previous post on how to log on to One Drive) and will be collaborating to share information with the rest of the class on their chosen topic.

8.1 A Layered Planet
8.2 Putting Together the Pieces of the Puzzle
8.4 Evidence for a New Theory
9.1 Plates on the Move
9.3 Earthquakes
9.5 Volcanoes

Overview:

• have the most important facts written in point form and be ready to explain in more detail in your presentation.  
  • You might want to have notes written for yourself
• have vocabulary words and their definitions in your slides
  • near the beginning is better so it gives us common language to refer back to while you teach us about each topic
• Images/diagrams with captions
  • slide presentations should have image to 'break up' the text and give your audience a chance to 'rest' their eyes while you explain images and their importance
• Answer the Check Your Understanding questions throughout your presentation

Each slide should have:

• title - what information is that slide going to be about
• point form information - please do not have a 'wall of text' for your audience to read
• information put into your own words
• sources of information - please provide us a source for where you found the information you're sharing with us.

At the end of the presentation:

• Bibliography - a list of the sources you got your information from should be on the last slide 

Here are our district online resources you are welcome to use.

Please remember to copy down the source link to the end of your presentation (bibliography) and give the source on the slide you have used it.

BCERAC websites to use are HERE.

portal.office.com 
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User login information: First initial of first name + last name + last four digits of his/her student number + @LangleySchools.ca
Password: regular login password used for computers

Harry Potter 123456 would be:
hpotter3456@langleyschools.ca

Once on the portal, you have access to: OneDrive, Word, OneNote, PowerPoint, Excel, Forms, Video.

I stumbled across this gem of a website from TED where it has videos to show, explain, and demonstrate with the different elements from the periodic table.  Fantastic!

There's also this dynamic periodic table you can interact with to learn more about the elements.