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Friction & Normal Force

April 9

Focus on the Teacher

March 3

Thank you to my dear Andrew for this amazing photo.  In every teacher’s happy dream, this is how they imagine students see things when they say “track the speaker” – but how many of us can actually do it as adults?  Anyway, enjoy!

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Get Calculating!

February 26

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Time, Speed & Distance – Trains

February 25

I think this a a superb tutorial on calculating speed, time and distance.  I hope it helps.

Modern Marvels – Carbon

February 17

Click Here for Modern Marvels Carbon Worksheet

Carbon – Hee-larry-us!

February 10

Dress up Date

February 10

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Andrew and I made it out last night for an early Valentine’s Date.  A lovely evening with the Oakland Parents Together receiving recognition as The Parent Friendliest Teacher in Oakland.  I am well-fed, honored and humbled.

Ms. Schneider receives an award!

Vocabulary Review – From BINGO game

February 6
  1. This has a pH less than 7 and produces H+ ions: acid
  2. This has a pH more than 7 and produces OH- ions: base
  3. This has a pH of 7: neutral
  4. This is the part of a solution in the least amount: solute
  5. This is the part of a solution in the greatest amount: solvent
  6. These are substances that are combined and changed in a chemical reaction: reactants
  7. These are the new substances as a result of a chemical reaction:  products
  8. The product in the following reaction: H2 + O2  reacts to form H2O: the product is H2O
  9. Hydrogen and Oxygen are mixed to create hydrogen peroxide.  What is the product? hydrogen peroxide
  10. This is a reaction where thermal energy is absorbed: endothermic
  11. This is a reaction where thermal energy is released: exothermic
  12. Heat always travels from: hot to cold
  13. The movement of thermal energy: heat
  14. A bond where electrons are transferred: ionic bond
  15. bond where electrons are shared: covalent bond
  16. This law states that the reactants in a chemical reaction need to equal the products: Conservation of matter (mass)
  17. This is a measurement that depends on thermal energy and how fast atoms are moving: temperature
  18. In an endothermic reaction, the temperature goes down
  19. In an exothermic reaction, the temperature goes up
  20. This is the scale that measures the acidity of a solution: pH
  21. Baking soda and vinegar react to form carbon dioxide.  What is the reactant? Baking soda and vinegar
  22. An even mixture of two or more substances: solution
  23. The amount of solute that can be dissolved in a solvent: solubility
  24. Ms. Schneider’s favorite soda: Fanta (grape)

Sculpture Project – Visual Arts

February 3

Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions

February 3

The earliest stage in the lifecycle of the Bug Lady has been traced to the Midwest in the early 1990s, where elementary students near the Illinois State University campus were presented with live insects from the ISU Entomology Lab by an inspired graduate student.

Wings unfurled, she expanded her range as Associate Director of Education for Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria. Bug Lady appeared frequently in school outreach and after school enrichment programs, summer camps, senior homes, and occasionally on the local news. In 2001, she served as President of the Peoria Academy of Sciences, reviving the Entomology section and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science.

She then migrated to the west coast, not unlike the Monarch butterfly, to bask in the California sun and tend to her newly hatched larva (baby Sophie). “In my mind and my heart, I’ve always been the Bug Lady, not so much for the knowledge I’ve acquired regarding insects, but more for the feeling that I’m in a constant state of metamorphosis – ever changing.”

Now, after a long diapause, the imago of Bug Lady has recently been sited in Alameda summer programs along with her assistant, Bug Gurl. She is taking flight in cyberspace to share her love of insects, science and life in general with enthusiasts of all ages.