Solar Energy

go to http://www.erpsk12.org/

go to greyhound spotlight.  go to solar panel array.

How much energy was produced in March?  How many trees saved?  How many batteries?

How much energy was produced in April?  How many trees saved?  How many batteries?

Find today.  How much energy today?

What do you think about our solar panels?  How do you think kids should learn about them in school?

Footprint Blog

Google Carbon Footprint Quiz
Choose a quiz to take.
Examples http://footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/
or http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/
if these sites are busy search for a different one.

Blog the following:
1. The url of your site as a link.
2. Is it a good site for you? Younger kids?
3. What is your footprint?
4. What are 3 ways (9total) to reduce your footprint in each of the following
               a) Yourself
               b) The School
               c) The Community

5. A paragraph about connections to the National Geographic Video.

Red Planet Posting

1.  Watch the movie Red Planet in class and take 15 notes down on paper about science related happenings in the movie.

2.  Go to :
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/movies/redplanet2.html

3.  On a blog posting discuss 5 things you noticed in the movie that he talks about here.
       For each of the 5 discuss
                                            1. What you saw in the movie.
                                            2.  What you thought.
                                            3.  What Dr. Platt says about the science.

4.  Hand in notes to the in box.

5.  Go to: http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/index.html
      Read and write about 3 different misconceptions.
                1.  What you thought before. 2. What you learned.

First Posting

1. Write me a good 5-8 sentence paragraph about what you want you know about the internet and technology.

2.  Write another paragraph about what you would like to learn about in Global Science. 

3. Go to design. Click on add a gadget. Choose blog list.
Copy and paste my blog url into the blog list.

Then Check out:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance