Last Update: Friday September 19, 2008 08:14 AM
Today's Laptop Lesson!
Friday, International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Arrrrgh Maties!
Printing in .PDF and saving in your SCIENCE FOLDER
Searching NEWS websites for CURRENT SCIENCE news articles and using the FIND feature
Thursday September18, 2008
Careers in Science
Assignment to be sent by upload: eMail
Make a Chart
Use WORDART to add color and graphic work to make your chart appealing to the eye as well as informative.
Use 5 Columns
Use 11 Rows
Make a Title Bar
Use WorldBook and search GOOGLE
Be sure your name, date and group are at the top right hand corner of your document.
Save it as a .PDF file in your science folder (These will be uploaded by website email next week)
EXAMPLE:
Tim Horton
Friday, September 19, 2008
The Crazy Chemists
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Career |
Job Description (what do they do?) |
Schooling (what education is required?) |
Pay/Salary per
year (How much do they get paid?) |
Picture relating to the career |
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Pharmacist
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Geologist
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Research the following careers in science:
Pharmacist, Veterinarian
Doctor, Nurse, Geologist, Oceanographer, Anthropologist,
Astronomer, Horticulturist, Nutritionist
You may also research 5 more science-related careers for extra credit:
Example: Dentist
Wednesday September17, 2008
REMINDER!
is the only
acceptable browser on your laptop.
Please know that when you work on your laptop, the screen will need to be in view.
Please know that your laptop is not private and can be seen with spyware.
Do NOT keep changing your password.
Please remember these laptops do not belong to you. They belong to the State of Maine and they are LOANED to you.
Remember your laptop is not a toy.
Please know that Mrs. Barter and Mz. Marcotte will be checking your laptops.
NEVER take your laptop to your locker! Most of the damage happens there!
AMS Laptop Policy can be found in your assignment notebook pages 9-10.
Bookmark www.mzmarcotte.com
Setting up a NOTESHARE notebook for The Nature of Matter
When you finish, you may finish your CONCEPT Map
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Use Inspiration 8 software to make a concept map for your lab safety Rules |
When you have completed your concept maps for science Lab Safety and your Table of Contents for your NOTESHARE, you may play
Exploring www.mzmarcotte.com !
Using your Science TEXTBOOK online!
Monday September 15, 2008
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Use Inspiration 8 software to make a concept map for your lab safety Rules |
Save it as a .PDF file in your science folder (These will be sent by email when you have your email)
When you have completed your concept maps for science Lab Safety, you may play
Wednesday April 11, 2007
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/hangman.htm
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/memory.htm
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/impact/home.html
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/mastermind/home.html
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/ghunter/home.html
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/comets/lesson/lab.html
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/cometmyth/home.html
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes/lesson/index.html
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/trading/
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/light/
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/games/wordsearch/wordsearch.html
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/games/slidepuzzle/game.htm
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/quiz.htm
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/crossword.htm
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/spacelibs.htm
Wednesday January 9, 2007
Chemical Compounds
Assignment due by email on FRIDAY 1/18/08
Chemical Compound Chart
Pick from your FREE BEE of Chemical compounds that you used to play the Chemical Compound Game
10 Compounds of your choice for 100%
15 Compounds of your choice for 105%
Make a Chart
Add the name of the Compound using its CHEMICAL Symbol, it's chemical name and its common name to your chart and add a picture.
Use WORDART to add color and graphic work to make your chart appealing to the eye as well as informative.
Use 5 Columns
Use 11 Rows
Make a Title Bar
Turn your page set up to landscape
Be sure your name, date and group are at the top right hand corner of your document.
Save it as a .PDF file in your science folder (These will be sent by email next week)
EXAMPLE:
Ari Postle
Friday, September 19, 2008
The Crazy Chemists
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Compound |
Chemical Name |
Common Name |
Information/FACT |
Picture |
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BaCO3 (Can't use this one!)
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Barium Carbonate |
Rat Poison |
Rat poison can obtained in most hardware stores, grocery stores, and even for free from city agencies in some areas. |
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H2O (Can't use this one!) |
Dihydrogen Monoxide |
Water |
Pure water is colorless, odorless, and tasteless. But it's not at all simple and plain and it is vital for all life on Earth. |
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Chemical Compound Concept Maps
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Use Inspiration 8 software to make concept maps for each of your compounds and its information |
Be sure your name, date and group are at the top right hand corner of your document.
Save it as a .PDF file in your science folder
Thursday December 6, 2007
Element Chart
Pick from page 109 of your assignment notebook's Periodic Table of Elements
2 Metals
2 Nonmetals
2 Transition Metals
2 Noble Gases
2 Metalloids
Use page 24 of your classwork for 6 of the 8 characteristics and Add the Element Symbol to your chart and add a picture.
Use WORDART to add color and graphic work to make your chart appealing to the eye as well as informative.
Use 8 Columns
Use 11 Rows
Make a Title Bar
Turn your page set up to landscape
Be sure your name, date and group are at the top right hand corner of your document.
Save it as a .PDF file in your science folder
Monday October 29, 2007
Science Links: Studying The Periodic Table
Using your Science TEXTBOOK online!
Introduction to Virtual Lab
Monday and Tuesday, October 1-2, 2007
Making a
Graph with
and saving it as a .PDF file
(We will be using data from a SCIENCE WORLD magazine)
and
Making a CHART using WORD
Monday and Tuesday, September 17-18 2007
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Using Inspiration 8 software to make concept maps |
Using WORD to create a data table
Creating a .PDF file
Tuesday, September 2007
Friendly Reminders:
ALWAYS carry your laptop by the handle!
ALWAYS place your laptop on a FLAT surface!
ALWAYS put your laptop in its case before traveling on and off the team!
NEVER take your laptop to your locker....EVER!
ALWAYS close your laptop before moving around a room!
NEVER eat, drink or SING around your laptop! (That's just ANNOYING!)
ALWAYS take your laptop out of its case and PLUG it in when not in use!
ALWAYS shut down your laptop at night and PLUG it in !
NEVER put your laptop on the floor....EVER!!
ALWAYS use your laptop to improve your schoolwork!
NEVER pile books or binders on top of your laptop!
ALWAYS remember that your laptop is a delicate and expensive machine!
ALWAYS have a pass to go to the Team 6 Printer!
NEVER call your laptop a bad name!!! You will hurt its feelings!
Bottom Line:
It's a privilege to have a laptop and not a right! Misuse of your laptop or irresponsibility with your laptop will have quick and painful consequences such as loss of your laptop, detentions, cell phone calls home, loss of your Internet and many other nasty, bad, rotten, terrible, stinky things!
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Making 5 REQUIRED Folders
on your DESKTOP!
Math Science LA History UA
Making a
Password!
1.Write your first and last name on your note card or scrap paper
2. Write your Homeroom Teacher's name on your note card or scrap paper
3. Create your password by following Mz. Marcotte's verbal directions.
4. Write your password on your note card or scrap paper and be SURE you write it someplace safe if you have a very touchy memory! (Assignment Notebook)
Give your note card or scrap paper to Mz. Marcotte and she will return it to your homeroom teacher!
Do NOT keep changing your password!
Tips and Tricks and FAQs!
How do I know if I
need my laptop for a class?
WHEN can I use my
laptop in a class?
Why can't I have all
my stickies open w/pictures on them?
Can I change my Desktop
background?
Can I use a
SCREENSAVER?
Can I bring a CD and
download?
Can
I listen to music with my headphones?
What are the lights on
the bottom of my laptop?
Can I bring a
DVD and watch it if I use my headphones?
What if I don't have
headphones?
Can I go on the
Internet to play GAMES?
Can I download games?
How come my WORD won't
open? Ever seen this little
thingy? ▲
Why do I have to use
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Mine won't PRINT Mz.
Marcotte! I hate this stupid computer!
Please
Note: It is not the computer! It is the computer operator 99.9% of the time!
Print Center and checking your jobs to see if
you.....
STOPPED JOBS
Exploring www.mzmarcotte.com !
Using your Science TEXTBOOK online!
