Coastside Science: 2024

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Week #8 Quiz Answer Key

Thursday's note home (10.10.2024)

Hi Scientists;

Attached are board pics showing today's notes - which give examples from "The Martian" of Newton's Three Laws in action.
The other white board notes are the things to study for tomorrow's open-note science quiz.
All the things we've studied that meet in "The Martian," with the overall theme being how, and why, Earth is an oasis of life while Mars (while it may have, once, had life) is, essentially, a cold and lifeless planet.
'gives a great image of why we study biology and, moving forward with our study of life, why we need to take care of our unique biosphere.

Have a nice Thursday everyone!

Scott Forbes
www.pacificascience.org

PS: There is a look at the extra credit opportunity (an assignment on Radioactive Decay) that will be discussed tomorrow and due next Friday.

October 10th - Science notes - Study Guide for tomorrow's quiz - Extra Credit assignment. The extra credit is due by Friday (October 18th)

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

October 2nd - Science Notes

Hi Scientists;
Attached are board pics with today's notes. The hand-written page is just a recap of some of the things we talked about. We're learning about all the ways radiation, and radioactive decay, pops up in our studies of biology. From Carbon dating to the fusion reactions in our sun which lend energy for almost all life on Earth!
We caught a bit more of "Twisting the Dragon's Tail" and touched on the history of splitting the atom.
Have a good Wednesday everyone!

S. Forbes - IBL Science
www.pacificascience.org

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Note home on October 1st ...

Hi Scientists;

Attached are today's (and yesterday's) notes. We're watching a bit of "Twisting the Dragon's Tail." It's a background on radioactive material - especially Uranium.
We're focusing on chapter three and cells but we do a bit on radiation - early in the trimester - because it comes up repeatedly throughout the school year. The book doesn't cover radioactive decay until chapter twelve but it is important for Earth's internal heat (plate tectonics,) medicine (PET scans, x-rays, and cancer treatments,) engineering (fossil fuel alternatives and batteries that can last decades for space exploration,) environmental pollutants (radon, and radioactive particles in the environment,) etc.
We're also learning a bit of the background of why there was a leap forward in our understanding of the atom, spurred by world events, in the 1930's - when Einstein, Szilard, Bohr, Curie, and other scientists were developing our modern ideas about the atom.
Notes are posted at www.pacificascience.org and in the student's Google Classroom.

Have a good Tuesday everyone ...

S. Forbes - www.pacificascience.org