Talk about it Tuesday- Volcanoes

This week we'll be investigating volcanoes. We'll be visiting a virtual volcano, and investigating what's up in our own backyard in Yellowstone National Park.   

How many of you parents can remember this?  I hear that ash fell in western Montana for days.

 

Talk about it Tuesday- Plate Tectonics

This week we're discussing how science has gotten from Jules Verne's idea of what Earth was like inside and out to what we know and theorize today.  Students are learning that science is dynamic and everchanging.  The more we know the more we realize what we don't know.  Check out the new technology being used to learn about plate tectonics.A closer look at plate tectonics with computers? 

Check out the cool interactive below from NASA  Images:

Discovery News

Nano-diamonds?  Check out this news story.

Welcome to Science and the Who's the Scientist? Project

Welcome to Science and our class blog.  Each week (except this one) I will be posting on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Tuesday will be devoted to a suggested dinner table discussion topic- Tuesday Table Talk.  My hope is that Friday's post will evolve into a student generated post called 5 for Friday- five things we learned about each week.  Hope to see you here.  Please feel free to comment! 

Today's activity was loosely based on this project.  Check it out and feel free to discuss it with your child. 

• Who can be a scientist?  
• What do they look like?  
• Where do they work?  
• What characteristics does a scientist have?
• How does the media's portrayal of scientists cause stereotypes?