5.25.17 (218)

https://www.dogonews.com/2017/5/25/can-these-plastic-eating-wax-worms-help-reduce-our-trash

https://www.dogonews.com/2017/5/23/japans-spectacular-train-suite-shiki-shima-is-like-none-other

Pick one article and write a one page article, at least 12 sentences summarizing the key points of the article.

214, 218 Assignment for 5.24.17

https://www.dogonews.com/2017/5/15/germany-unveils-the-worlds-largest-artificial-sun

1. 1.    Why is it difficult for scientists to find new ways to harness the sun’s energy?
2. 2.    What have the scientists and engineers at the German Space Center (DLR) built to help researchers overcome the problem?
3. 3.    How do solar panels work?
4. 4.    Describe Synlight in 3-5 sentences.
5. 5.    What is a xenon lamp?
6. 6.    What is solar radiation?
7. 7.    What is electrolysis?

Hexadecimal Pixelation

https://www.mathsisfun.com/hexadecimal-decimal-colors.html

Punett square practice

Punnet Square

1			One cat carries heterozygous, long-haired traits (Ss), and its mate carries homozygous short-haired traits (ss). Use a Punnett square to determine the probability of one of their offspring having long hair.
			A)	100%
			B)	25%
			C)	75%
			D)	50%
2			One cat carries heterozygous, long-haired traits (Ss), and its mate carries homozygous short-haired traits (ss). Use a Punnett square to determine the probability of one of their offspring having short hair.
			A)	25%
			B)	50%
			C)	75%
			D)	100%
3			One flower is heterozygous red (Rr) and it is crossed with a homozygous white (rr) plant. Use a Punnett square to determine the probability of one of their offspring having a red color.
			A)	75%
			B)	25%
			C)	50%
			D)	100%
4			One flower is heterozygous red (Rr) and it is crossed with a homozygous white (rr) plant. Use a Punnett square to determine the probability of one of their offspring having a white color.
			A)	100%
			B)	25%
			C)	75%
			D)	50%

5.18.17 Thursday

Today's Assignments:


1. Read article and answer questions inside notebook.

2. When finished, your options are:

www.code.org/learn

Pixelation Drawings (see links below)

Click me FIRST!


https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/139193539/

https://codeclubprojects.org/en-GB/webdev/pixel-art/

ARTICLE:

https://www.dogonews.com/2017/5/16/california-based-perfect-day-makes-cow-milk-without-the-cow

Questions: Please make sure you answer in full sentences. You need to copy the question down as well.

1.. What are plant-based milk alternatives?

2. What are 2 benefits and 2 drawbacks of plant-based milk alternatives?

3. What was the name of the yeast strain scientists extracted?

4. What was the purpose of the 3-D printer for? What did this allow the yeast to do?

5. Why are lab-grown products a benefit to us?

6. Why might we shift to lab-grown food and products in the future?

Pixel Art Maker

Click me FIRST!


https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/139193539/

https://codeclubprojects.org/en-GB/webdev/pixel-art/

Use these links to complete the worksheet for High schools:

https://hsbound.org/

http://cps.edu/Schools/High_schools/Pages/HighschoolsIndex.aspx?Type=1&Filter=CPSSchoolGrade=High%20school

Click this Link to complete your states of matter simulatio:



https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/states-of-matter/latest/states-of-matter_en.html

5.5.17

All classes,

Today you will be participating in LIVE, REAL-TIME RESEARCH.

Visit the following link:

https://www.zooniverse.org/projects?status=live

Click the project that you are going to help conduct research under. At some point today, you will need to see me and tell me the 3 projects that you contributed LIVE RESEARCH to.

Mrs. Marquez

5.4.17

https://www.dogonews.com/2017/5/3/your-next-smartphone-may-have-a-self-healing-screen

What is the problem with current smartphone screens?

How will the new material help solve it?

What did scietists select for the self-healing material?

What is a polymer and how far can the polymer be stretched?

What is conductivity?

Why do we need to test the material's conductivity?

5.1.17

https://www.dogonews.com/2017/3/11/flying-cars-edge-closer-to-reality

Read this article. Questions will be up at 10:15 AM.


Who created the first flying car?
Why does the author believe flying cars may finally become a reality?
What is an aeronautical engineer?
What are the forces involved in a flying vehicle?
What is the Kitty-Hawk and why did it make headlines?
How fast does the hybrid plane-car go?

Do you believe flying cars will ever become as common as road vehicles?...