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?...