Alyce Gambrall - Science Blog

  What are your best understandings about? 1.)  How the phase of the moon occur? Continually changing views of the sunlit part of the Moon are the Moon's phases. 2.) What causes the seasons? When the earth's axis is tilted. When the earth's axis points towards the sun, its summer, and when the earth's axis points away, its winter. 3.) What causes a lunar eclipse? When the sun casts earths shadow on the moon. 

   1- Meter Egg Drop 2- Meter Egg Drop 1.) The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. We discussed how can we design a playground surface? In our table groups we were given the task of seeing how to protect an egg if it were falling, like kids on a playground surface. We had a bowl full of things like sand, straw, etc, to help break the fall of the egg. 2.) A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. Thursday's lecture was Exam #1. Throughout the week was just preparing and studying the material from class for it.

  Swing Swing Graph 1.) The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. How is a rider’s speed affected by the following? • Height • Steepness • Surface/clothing • Rider weight. In class, with our table groups we chose a question to conduct about a swing, and put it through various tests to see the outcome. (We also made the swings to do so.) 2.) A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. I was absent from Thursday's lecture. 3.) Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading:                           1.) What did you learn? I learned that at the starting point of a swing, the pendulum has potential energy. As the pendulum swings downward, its potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.                          2.) What was most helpful? Being able to watch a little clip abo...

Car Data 1.) The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. We talked a lot about how can we support play that is exciting but not dangerous for kids. We were given the task as a group with our tables to specify a question to investigate then identify our independent & dependent variables, take accurate measurements, decide how to organize and present your data/findings, and then to finally make a claim about how our variables are related, and support it with evidence. Which we did with racing cars on two different types of ramps, each time with a different type of car. 2.) A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. It was interesting to talk about the different types of things that may affect the speed/acceleration of what we were tasked with doing on the day of lab. 3.) Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading:                           1.) What di...