Monday 2/23

Today, we are talking about extremophiles and where they might exist within our solar system and beyond! We will be doing an activity about light intensity and how it might affect life.

Wednesday, 5/18

Check out the link below. Click on the planet. They have discovered a "rogue planet" flying through space, seemingly without a star! Cool!

Tuesday, 5/17

We're going to finish our posters for our extremophiles and will be looking for just where in our Solar System and beyond life like this might survive.

Sunday, 5/1

Tomorrow, we will do Galileo's pendulum experiment. Students are working on their symposium projects. They have wonderful projects and I can't wait to see them!

Saturday, 4/23

Hope you all had a wonderful vacation! On Monday, we will be continuing our work with Galileo and his pendulum! You will also choose your final project of the year...the 3rd Annual Symposium! Remember, your choices are in Chapter 16 of the textbook entitled "The End is the Beginning." In brief, they are a research project (continuation of your long-term observations would qualify,) science fiction art, a science fiction story, or designing an astrobiology mission (say to Europa!). You will be signing a form of commitment like you did for the long-term observation, also to be signed by parent/guardian and me! See you Monday!

Wednesday, 3/30

Our long-term observation presentations will be Friday, April 8th. One of the authors of our textbook, Dr. Jeff Lockwood, will be on hand to hear about their projects. One member of each team will take notes that can be used from the final 3rd Annual Astrobiology Symposium!

Tuesday, 3/8

Today, students presented their 3-D cell models (mostly edible!) via Photo Booth. Tomorrow, we place them into our NoteShare journals. If you look in your students' journal, you should see both their executive summary and the movie of their presentation.

We wil then switch gears and will be working on the long-term observation project. They will present their projects at an event later this month. Hopefully, one of the authors of our book will be lending his commentary to their project.