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A new panoramic image of the full night sky — with the Milky Way as its centerpiece — has been made by piecing together 3,000 individual photographs. Beautiful! via 3,000 images combine for Milky Way portrait – Space.com- msnbc.com.

The abstract for your article on the research/experiment/investigation you are doing is due Friday Oct 29 at midnight. Here are the points we agreed to in class today for the abstracts: – 3-5 sentences – No more than 150 words. No less than 75 words. – Topic sentence, 2-3 description sentences, conclusion sentence Your abstract [...]

Here is the Pop-Review Quiz we did in class today (click). Remember, our 50 POINT test on Chapter 7 is tomorrow! QUESTION 1 Which is not a type of mixture? Solution Colloid Acid Suspension QUESTION 2 Sugar water is an example of a: suspension solution solute colloid QUESTION 3 Ammonia is an example of a(n): [...]

Here are the five review podcasts to help you prepare for our TEST on chapter 7 this Wednesday… Section 7.1: Listen! Section 7.2: Listen! Section 7.3: Listen! Section 7.4: Listen! Chapter 7 Wrap-Up: Listen! Let me know if you have any questions!

Here is the note sheet covering section 7.4 from today’s class (click). 1. What is a hydrogen ion? 2. What is the key to the reaction of acids? 3. Please give another definition of acids based on what we’ve learned about hydrogen ions. 4. What are many bases made from? 5. Describe the hydroxide ion [...]

More than a couple of you have asked where you can listen to the They Might Be Giants songs we’ve listened to in class (other than buying them on iTunes or Amazon). Here’s a link to the Last.fm page for the album: Here Comes Science – They Might Be Giants – Listen free and discover [...]

Here are a couple of great videos from our Robotics activity on Friday 10/29/09…

Good question… I just made a large order for chemicals, beakers, safety equipment and all sorts of fun supplies that we just haven’t collected for our Middle School Science Lab before (made the order at Carolina Supply, which is a fun place to look around… let me know if you see something you’d like to [...]

Here is the notesheet from today’s class on section 7.3 on acids and bases (click). Remember, your homework (due Monday) is 7.3 Section Assessment #1-2 on page 241. 1. What is an acid? 2. What are some common acids? 3. Acids taste a certain way… how do they taste and should you use that property [...]

Your up-to-date grades for the 2nd quarter are posted over on http://www.mygradebook.com, so head over and see how you currently stand in the class. You may also want to look at the “Future Assignments” section as there may be a surprise very soon (as in tomorrow)…