Good Morning, Seventh Graders! This week we continue our work with the microscope and will be diving into our books as well. By the end of the week, you should have read the first section of chapter two! I also encourage you to review the parts of the microscope on pages 828 and 829.
Below you will find the DNews for this week and some extra study materials for Friday's "quest."
Mrs. Loehe
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Showing posts with label Social Media. Show all posts
Monday, October 5, 2015
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Solar System Review for the Quiz
Hello 6th Graders,
I originally had a Google Hangout video made to help you prepare for this quiz, but, unfortunately, the audio didn't really workout. (NOOOOOOOO!) :\ So, what I recommend you do is read the Background Information page in your scale model, NEO packet, and watch the video below!
Happy Studying,
Mrs. Loehe
I originally had a Google Hangout video made to help you prepare for this quiz, but, unfortunately, the audio didn't really workout. (NOOOOOOOO!) :\ So, what I recommend you do is read the Background Information page in your scale model, NEO packet, and watch the video below!
Happy Studying,
Mrs. Loehe
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Google Hangout Review Video & Science News
Here is the review session from Sunday night (Please excuse the production value! It was my first time hosting.). Remember, the test has been been moved to Thursday, due to my absence.
AND HERE IS SCIENCE NEWS FOR THE WEEK! I chose this video due to this week's Science Fair, and WOW, these teenagers had some amazing Science Fair experiments.
AND HERE IS SCIENCE NEWS FOR THE WEEK! I chose this video due to this week's Science Fair, and WOW, these teenagers had some amazing Science Fair experiments.
Monday, February 2, 2015
I'm baaaaaack!
Hello, Sixth Grade Scientists!
I am back, and we will start our Mondays with Science News again. Here is today's. Now that I am back, remember to check the blog regularly for resources, news, and project information!
Mrs. Loehe
I am back, and we will start our Mondays with Science News again. Here is today's. Now that I am back, remember to check the blog regularly for resources, news, and project information!
Mrs. Loehe
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
My day at NASA JPL!
Greetings and salutations from Pasadena, California, Sixth Grade Scientists!
Yesterday, I spent the day visiting NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the second time. I was able to get a special look at the facility where they test futuristic engines that run on Xenon, the Mars Rover Yard, and a very famous mission control room. Later in the day, we spent time meeting with scientists and engineers who work on a variety of comet related projects launching, landing, or taking pictures of a comet near(ish) you!
You can watch the UStream of this meeting by clicking HERE, or you can view some of my tweets and pictures from the day below. I will also be creating an Animoto of all of my JPL pictures too!
Mrs. Loehe
Yesterday, I spent the day visiting NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the second time. I was able to get a special look at the facility where they test futuristic engines that run on Xenon, the Mars Rover Yard, and a very famous mission control room. Later in the day, we spent time meeting with scientists and engineers who work on a variety of comet related projects launching, landing, or taking pictures of a comet near(ish) you!
You can watch the UStream of this meeting by clicking HERE, or you can view some of my tweets and pictures from the day below. I will also be creating an Animoto of all of my JPL pictures too!
Mrs. Loehe
Art Chmieiewski shows where the Rosetta lander will touchdown on #67P @esa_rosetta @NASASocial @NASAJPL pic.twitter.com/8j5cHrxTmA
— KC Grim (@CitizenKace) October 13, 2014
This is how I picture @esa_rosetta's aperture consuming the comet's dust. #nasasocial http://t.co/6BHmtgTcNl
— Shannon Gallagher (@ShannonKarleen) October 13, 2014
Lander weighs less than a penny on the comet! WHOA! #67p #NASASocial
— Loehe Science (@BaysideScience6) October 13, 2014
#67P, the comet, is going forty times the speed of a bullet. Definitely makes it difficult for scientists on the @ESA_Rosetta. #NASASocial
— Loehe Science (@BaysideScience6) October 13, 2014
Comets: space's "icy dirtballs." #marscomet #NASASocial
— Loehe Science (@BaysideScience6) October 13, 2014
Sixth Grade Scientists, can you spot the parts of the comet? #marscomet pic.twitter.com/OqMJNuecXa
— Loehe Science (@BaysideScience6) October 13, 2014
Comet Siding Spring Mars Exploration Program: learn more, Sixth Graders! #NASASocial #MarsComet http://t.co/gqux8r7HTz via @sharethis
— Loehe Science (@BaysideScience6) October 13, 2014
How smappy is that?! It's SMAP @NASAJPL! Set to launch and circle an Earth near you! #nasasocial pic.twitter.com/NdpYEBxfr1
— Loehe Science (@BaysideScience6) October 13, 2014
Lool at the damage to @MarsCuriosity rover's wheels. Don't remember seeing that shredding last year! Rough journeys! pic.twitter.com/3cCP5YQfKT
— Loehe Science (@BaysideScience6) October 13, 2014
If I only had a brain...#scarecrow rover @NASAJPL Mars Yards pic.twitter.com/bkQutePmpR
— Loehe Science (@BaysideScience6) October 13, 2014
Xenon power! I feel like I just saw some crazy #starwars technology @NASAJPL pic.twitter.com/ZgEghQ4Dlr
— Loehe Science (@BaysideScience6) October 13, 2014
Monday, October 13, 2014
The Rosetta Mission Asks: What Can We Learn from Comets?
It's your Science News Monday Special: Speaking with Rosetta Mission Scientists about comets and their importance!
Watch the video below and visit NASA JPL's Rosetta Page (click here).
Click here for even MORE pictures, videos, and news on the Rosetta Mission via the European Space Agency's Rosetta blog.
Watch the video below and visit NASA JPL's Rosetta Page (click here).
Click here for even MORE pictures, videos, and news on the Rosetta Mission via the European Space Agency's Rosetta blog.
Friday, September 19, 2014
Test Moved to Tuesday & Ask a Curator Day
Dearest Sixth Grade Scientists,
As discussed yesterday, that the test in science is being move to Tuesday, 9/23. Please review the copy of the test in your Google Classroom account and feel free to ask me any questions you have about the test before TUESDAY! I can't give you answers, but I am more than happy to clarify. We will play review Jeopardy on Monday to help further cement what you have learned in class the last three weeks and better prepare you for the test.
Also, many of your questions have been answered, via Twitter, from Ask a Curator Day! You can check out our classroom Twitter @BaysideScience6, or look at some of the questions and answers below!
Mrs. Loehe
As discussed yesterday, that the test in science is being move to Tuesday, 9/23. Please review the copy of the test in your Google Classroom account and feel free to ask me any questions you have about the test before TUESDAY! I can't give you answers, but I am more than happy to clarify. We will play review Jeopardy on Monday to help further cement what you have learned in class the last three weeks and better prepare you for the test.
Also, many of your questions have been answered, via Twitter, from Ask a Curator Day! You can check out our classroom Twitter @BaysideScience6, or look at some of the questions and answers below!
Mrs. Loehe
(cont) Also we have ethical duty to maintain artifact collection in trust for the public good. @BaysideScience6
— National Museum USAF (@AFmuseum) September 18, 2014@BaysideScience6 curator David DeVorkin says helping keep astronomy & its history alive thru preserving its material heritage. #AskACurator
— SmithsonianAirSpace (@airandspace) September 17, 2014@BaysideScience6 geologist Bob Craddock says that that's like asking him who is his favorite child. Too many to name.#AskACurator
— SmithsonianAirSpace (@airandspace) September 17, 2014@BaysideScience6 We have a few Black Brant rockets used for studying the upper atmosphere @SciTechMuseum @S_Tudor #AskACurator
— David Pantalony (@SciTechCurator) September 17, 2014@BaysideScience6 Almost our entire collection come from CO's Western Slope. Most dinosaur fossils were found within 20 miles of the museum.
— Dinosaur Journey (@DinosaurJourney) September 17, 2014@BaysideScience6 Cases help reduce dust. Once a year we give skeletons a thorough & gentle cleaning. #AskACurator pic.twitter.com/Ya2FUz7Dql
— Dinosaur Journey (@DinosaurJourney) September 17, 2014@BaysideScience6 carefully collect on research trips (ex #plants #insects) but only get #tetrapods by donation #Itscomplicated #AskACurator
— Beaty Museum (@beatymuseum) September 17, 2014@BaysideScience6 @FieldMuseum Yeah; I can't stand the maceration smells. Kudos to @AnnaMammalBee for her iron stomach.
— Emily Graslie (@Ehmee) September 17, 2014.@BaysideScience6 "It depends on the theme, and what we have in our collections related to that theme." -- Bill S. #AskACurator
— Field Museum (@FieldMuseum) September 17, 2014.@BaysideScience6 "Every collection has a lab! There are probably close to 100." -- Bill S. #AskACurator
— Field Museum (@FieldMuseum) September 17, 2014@BaysideScience6 like @FieldMuseum said, the number changes but @MKEPublicMuseum has ~24,000 species of plants in botany dept #AskACurator
— Christopher Tyrrell (@cdtyrrell) September 17, 2014.@BaysideScience6 "In every nook and cranny of the building! Seriously." -- Bill S. #AskACurator
— Field Museum (@FieldMuseum) September 17, 2014@BaysideScience6 So, new scientific paper often gets new exhibit--we want to get info out to public! #AskACurator
— The Alf Museum (@alfmuseum) September 17, 2014@BaysideScience6 We look for good stories, and follow our collection strengths. So, an exciting new fossil gets a new exhibit! #AskACurator
— The Alf Museum (@alfmuseum) September 17, 2014That they're infested with something. #pests RT @BaysideScience6 What is your biggest fear while working with artifacts/models? #askacurator
— Everhart Museum (@everhartmuseum) September 17, 2014.@BaysideScience6 Space Shuttle Discovery cost the most to design & create. It’s priceless like so many things in our collec! #AskACurator
— SmithsonianAirSpace (@airandspace) September 17, 2014@BaysideScience6 smallest is tricky...smallest whole organism is probably a #parasite - some are #microscopic pic.twitter.com/CjAspfhNRP
— Beaty Museum (@beatymuseum) September 17, 2014@BaysideScience6 "'Evolving Planet' goes all the way back to the Big Bang!" -- Bill P. :) #AskACurator
— Field Museum (@FieldMuseum) September 17, 2014@BaysideScience6 Our new exhibit under development (Dinosaur Graveyard) will have the largest # of bones on display in our galleries.
— Dinosaur Journey (@DinosaurJourney) September 17, 2014Monday, September 15, 2014
#GlobalSelfie NASA Poster
Last year, the sixth grade participated in NASA's #GlobalSelfie for Earth Day. This is the 3.2 GIGAPIXEL mosaic of all of the pictures, including ours, from that day. Can you find the Baysiders? (<---Click the link!) If you can, show me where and receive a prize! :D
Mrs. Loehe
Mrs. Loehe
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Student Aurora Questions and Answers
Today, some students asked questions about auroras to NASA scientist Jim Spann during a NASA chat. Here are a few of the questions and answers shared by the chat moderator:
jim_spann: The colors of the aurora range from deep reds to greens and occasionally blues. The colors depend on which atmospheric constituent was excited. The red ones are dominated by oxygen and the green ones by molecular nitrogen.
jim_spann: This is a great question. There are two points I would make with regard to the impact of auroras on technology. I want to introduce the concept of space weather. The aurora is our most obvious manifestation of space weather. Space weather is the dynamic aspect of the plasma that occupies space above our atmosphere. The aurora results from space weather that is driven by the variability of our star, called the Sun. Space weather can cause spacecraft to malfunction or become disabled. This impacts a lot of technology, in particular communications. So that is the first point I would make about the aurora or space weather impacting technology on Earth. The second point is that when there are large space weather events called magnetic storms, the aurora kicks up and becomes very active and very bright. Another consequence of a magnetic storm is that the currents that are created by the charged particles that cause the aurora induce other currents along our power lines and pipelines. These currents in the powerlines can cause failures to power transformers on the power grid. An example occurred in 1986 in Quebec that took out the power to millions of people in the Northeast. If we were to have a huge magnetic storm, much larger than we've experienced recently, significant damage to society's infrastructure could occur.
Are there auroras on Mars?
jim_spann: There are two things that are required for auroras. One is a magnetic field and the other is an atmosphere. Mars has an atmosphere, but a very, very weak, disorganized magnetic field. Therefore, you would not see an aurora at Mars. But you would see the atmosphere glow if you had good enough sensitivity. In fact, a NASA mission called MAVEN is arriving at Mars and will observe the Mars air glow. *
(*It should be noted that Jim Spann brought up auroras have been captured by the Hubble telescope and Cassini mission elsewhere in the Solar System! However, a planet without an atmosphere will not have auroras.)
What colors can auroras be? What causes the color change?
jim_spann: The colors of the aurora range from deep reds to greens and occasionally blues. The colors depend on which atmospheric constituent was excited. The red ones are dominated by oxygen and the green ones by molecular nitrogen.
How can auroras impact technology here on Earth? Do they have any impact on living things?
jim_spann: This is a great question. There are two points I would make with regard to the impact of auroras on technology. I want to introduce the concept of space weather. The aurora is our most obvious manifestation of space weather. Space weather is the dynamic aspect of the plasma that occupies space above our atmosphere. The aurora results from space weather that is driven by the variability of our star, called the Sun. Space weather can cause spacecraft to malfunction or become disabled. This impacts a lot of technology, in particular communications. So that is the first point I would make about the aurora or space weather impacting technology on Earth. The second point is that when there are large space weather events called magnetic storms, the aurora kicks up and becomes very active and very bright. Another consequence of a magnetic storm is that the currents that are created by the charged particles that cause the aurora induce other currents along our power lines and pipelines. These currents in the powerlines can cause failures to power transformers on the power grid. An example occurred in 1986 in Quebec that took out the power to millions of people in the Northeast. If we were to have a huge magnetic storm, much larger than we've experienced recently, significant damage to society's infrastructure could occur.
Are there auroras on Mars?
jim_spann: There are two things that are required for auroras. One is a magnetic field and the other is an atmosphere. Mars has an atmosphere, but a very, very weak, disorganized magnetic field. Therefore, you would not see an aurora at Mars. But you would see the atmosphere glow if you had good enough sensitivity. In fact, a NASA mission called MAVEN is arriving at Mars and will observe the Mars air glow. *
(*It should be noted that Jim Spann brought up auroras have been captured by the Hubble telescope and Cassini mission elsewhere in the Solar System! However, a planet without an atmosphere will not have auroras.)
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Year in Review
Dearest Sixth Grade Scientists,
Enjoy this video highlighting all of the fun we had in sixth grade science this year!
Mrs. Loehe
Thursday, October 17, 2013
You asked, NASA responds!
Score an ASTRONOMICAL UNIT FOR BAYSIDE STUDENTS! These are responses to questions about black holes, where to go in space, cognition stress during training, and how to train for zero gravity!
We've got some pretty smart kids over at Bayside Middle School! @BaysideScience6 #AskTweeps pic.twitter.com/AkK69UR5YF
— NASA Shutdown (@NASAShutdown) October 18, 2013
.@PlanetDr @BaysideScience6 So the next closest black hole to Cyg X-1 might be V404 Cygnus. Not confident tho! #AskTweeps (cc @DrMRFrancis)
— Erin Ryan (@erinleeryan) October 18, 2013
.@DrMRFrancis @PlanetDr @BaysideScience6 I win with my still random black hole knowledge from my old research, whoo! #AskTweeps
— Erin Ryan (@erinleeryan) October 18, 2013
@serenity_astra @erinleeryan @BaysideScience6 Wow @NASA's Pool! Here's a video of Astro training at NBL http://t.co/Cwu5KYtlRE #AskTweeps
— Angela Gibson (@AgilistaAG) October 17, 2013
@serenity_astra @erinleeryan @BaysideScience6 And here's a video of @Astro_Ron training in a T-38 http://t.co/5ZcIVIESAH #AskTweeps
— Angela Gibson (@AgilistaAG) October 17, 2013
Q23 RT @BaysideScience6: Fave space place? #Asktweeps: http://t.co/45EJ3Ag4k8 via @YouTube
— Sarah Hörst (@PlanetDr) October 18, 2013
A23: If I could *personally* go anywhere, I'd say Mars b/c that is somewhat realistic goal. Less realistically, Titan #asktweeps
— Sarah Hörst (@PlanetDr) October 18, 2013
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