STEM 1
Zoology is where we will be starting. Your goal when we get through the dissections will be to create a presentation that shows the similarities and differneces between the phyla. All of the things we are going to be looking at are animals, but they are very different. It will be your job to explain and show why they are all animals.
I will not spend huge amounts of time telling you what you should know. I am here to point you in the direction and give you some background information.
I will not spend huge amounts of time telling you what you should know. I am here to point you in the direction and give you some background information.
You will observe and dissect a grantia sponge.
You will observe a preserved hydra under the microscope.
Diagram the life of a flat worm or a round worm. Due Friday 29.
I only ordered preserved species this year so here is the video of the planaria. Planaria are studied because of their regenerative properties. This video shows you why.
As you start your first true dissection on the clam you will need this vocabulary to help orient where you are working on your specimen. |
Below are the links to directions for each dissection.
Final Project:
For the final project you and your group need to create a presentation, of some sort. The presentation need to have a central theme that explains why we dissected/viewed/discussed all of the animals we did. You will get more points the more animals you include.
Please upload your files here. When you are done.
For the final project you and your group need to create a presentation, of some sort. The presentation need to have a central theme that explains why we dissected/viewed/discussed all of the animals we did. You will get more points the more animals you include.
Please upload your files here. When you are done.
Urban Wind Farms
The next section of STEM 1 will focus on energy and
renewable sources. We will do this first by exploring what energy is and how we
harness it and then by making a prototype and business plan for your urban wind
farm.
I have chosen a few of the lessons from a much larger pool of lessons possible so they numbers below aren’t always going to line up with the number on the download. It will be your responsibility to do the readings and homework outside of class so that our time in class can be focused on working through the activities.
I have chosen a few of the lessons from a much larger pool of lessons possible so they numbers below aren’t always going to line up with the number on the download. It will be your responsibility to do the readings and homework outside of class so that our time in class can be focused on working through the activities.
Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3
Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6
Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9
Business Plan
For the business plan above the sections that I want your group to complete have been highlighted in Red.
Space Race
In this unit we will look out into our stars. The main project that you will be doing will look at the future of space travel and make you design what it might look like if we were to leave our planet and our star.
But first we must look closer to home. We will be making a replica of our star system. Your groups will be given a location and what needs to be included in your replica.
We will be using two different scales to make this possible. For drawing the planets them selves we will be using a scale of 0.290m = 143 Mm. If you are given the diameter of planets below: If you were asked to do more than the planets below you will need to search for their mean radius and double it.
Mercury 4.9 Mm
Venus 12.1 Mm
Earth 12.7 Mm
Mars 6.8 Mm
Jupiter 143 Mm
Saturn 120 Mm
Uranus 51 Mm
Neptune 50 Mm
Pluto 2.4 Mm
For the second scale you will need to measure the area that you have been given. The farthest body out will be set as your conversion factor. If you have a space that is 2 meters and you are showing out to pluto which is 39.44 AU away you will set up your conversation as 2.000m = 39.44 AU. For this information you need to find the average point in the orbit (Semi-Major Axis) in AU (Astronomic units, 1 AU is the distance from the sun to the earth).
But first we must look closer to home. We will be making a replica of our star system. Your groups will be given a location and what needs to be included in your replica.
We will be using two different scales to make this possible. For drawing the planets them selves we will be using a scale of 0.290m = 143 Mm. If you are given the diameter of planets below: If you were asked to do more than the planets below you will need to search for their mean radius and double it.
Mercury 4.9 Mm
Venus 12.1 Mm
Earth 12.7 Mm
Mars 6.8 Mm
Jupiter 143 Mm
Saturn 120 Mm
Uranus 51 Mm
Neptune 50 Mm
Pluto 2.4 Mm
For the second scale you will need to measure the area that you have been given. The farthest body out will be set as your conversion factor. If you have a space that is 2 meters and you are showing out to pluto which is 39.44 AU away you will set up your conversation as 2.000m = 39.44 AU. For this information you need to find the average point in the orbit (Semi-Major Axis) in AU (Astronomic units, 1 AU is the distance from the sun to the earth).
Individual Space exploration
Your next project in Space Race will be individual. You need to select a Celestial Body to research. This can be a type of star (blue giant, yellow dwarf, brown dwarf), a constellation, a planet, or smaller body than that (Comet, or Astroid strike). You can use any type of presentation format, if it is audio/visual you need to have it run 5-7 minutes. If it is a slide show it needs to be 12-20 slides (That does include one title slide). You will need to site your sources in MLA formatting.
You will turn in your Presentation by going to the Padlet page. You will find more instructions there. If you used Google presentation you will need to make sure it is 'shared' as public which means that I can click on the link and go to your presentation. Keynote will need to be saved as a pdf.
You will turn in your Presentation by going to the Padlet page. You will find more instructions there. If you used Google presentation you will need to make sure it is 'shared' as public which means that I can click on the link and go to your presentation. Keynote will need to be saved as a pdf.
The Final Frontier (project)
A massive asteroid named Vulcan's Hammer is detected to be on a collision course with Earth, and all attempts to divert it from this path have failed. The last attempt, firing a large nuclear warhead at the asteroid, actually ended up splitting it not into five chunks (which would have averted disaster) as humanity hoped, but rather two asteroids. Now, instead of destroying the earth, it will simply wipe out nearly all life on Earth's surface. Extinction is not an option, and so a mission is organized to create a colony on a world elsewhere in the galaxy as the last hope for mankind's survival.
You are the planning group to facilitate this new colonization.
Click HERE for your group assignments
Help for Sketch up Drawing, adding Detail, Presenting,
You are the planning group to facilitate this new colonization.
Click HERE for your group assignments
Help for Sketch up Drawing, adding Detail, Presenting,
Crime Scene Investigations
We are going to start this unit by getting you to look in depth at the processes that would be followed by a Forensic team.
The crime scene search procedures By the FBI will give you the first look at what you would be searching for at a new crime scene.
Day 1: You will get together in groups of 4 and decide on a role for each person: Person in charge (team leader), photographer, sketch preparer, evidence recorder.
Individually you will write up a few paragraphs on what you will do at the scene based on your role.
Day 2: You will turn in your paragraphs. You will work together with your group on the list of specialists that can be found in the forensic department. Make sure to use multiple sources for your information.
Day 3: Crash scene investigation: Your team will work through the flash game on edheads.org to find out how to go backwards and figure out what happened at a crash scene. Worksheet provided to help you focus your information.
Week 2: Break in investigation: You have to figure out who broke into the room based on the hair sample found at the scene and finger prints found next to the stolen item. You will also decide what tool was used. You will be given these things in sections you can work through them on your own time, but you need to have a suspect by the end of the week.
Week 3: Murder in the classroom:
The crime scene search procedures By the FBI will give you the first look at what you would be searching for at a new crime scene.
Day 1: You will get together in groups of 4 and decide on a role for each person: Person in charge (team leader), photographer, sketch preparer, evidence recorder.
Individually you will write up a few paragraphs on what you will do at the scene based on your role.
Day 2: You will turn in your paragraphs. You will work together with your group on the list of specialists that can be found in the forensic department. Make sure to use multiple sources for your information.
Day 3: Crash scene investigation: Your team will work through the flash game on edheads.org to find out how to go backwards and figure out what happened at a crash scene. Worksheet provided to help you focus your information.
Week 2: Break in investigation: You have to figure out who broke into the room based on the hair sample found at the scene and finger prints found next to the stolen item. You will also decide what tool was used. You will be given these things in sections you can work through them on your own time, but you need to have a suspect by the end of the week.
Week 3: Murder in the classroom: