Electronic Chalkboard - Make sure that you read everything each morning to find out procedures, assignments and announcements for the day. Every day we will have morning activities/bell ringers like we did in TangiTech #1 and #2. Click on the morning activity to go to the explanation in the list below.

Journal | Email Assignment | Experiment of the Day | What is it? |
Early Finisher | Dueling Computer Study Guide

Journal - Locate the Journal Template in your folder. You may use either one for your journal response each morning. The Journal Question for today is dealing with the article you read for homework last night, "If I Teach This Way, Am I Doing My Job?"  "The article states that in a constructivist classroom, students are more actively involved than a traditional classroom.  Do you feel like your classroom is student centered with an engaged learning environment that integrates technology?  If so, explain what you are doing or how you could move towards actively involving your students in the learning process." Save in your folder as "Day Two Journal" and print two copies, file one in the project box on the back table.

E-Mail Assignment - Use your "Reply" button to respond to the e-mail assignment for Day 2.  Tell how you could use Ask An Expert Sites (Science) in your classroom to enhance your Science curriculum.

Science in a Nutshell
Round and Round We Go - In this activity you will investigate the effect of centripetal force as it acts on spinning or orbiting objects.
One Bright Face - In this activity you will observe how the rotation of the moon affects which part of it is facing the Earth.

Delta Education - Science in a Nutshell Activity Packs

What is it? Examine an "Alien Fingerprint" under the microscope. Look for special markings that make your fingerprint unique.

Early Finisher Activities - During your free time don't forget to visit the list of "Super Science Sites" attached to your tower.  Remember to write a short summary for each site you visit using the "Super Science Sites" template.  You will need to save your "Super Science Sites" in your folder as "SuperSciencSites.Day2" and print a hard copy for you to keep.

Dueling Computers - Throughout the day when you hear the "Light Saber" sound, it will be time to work on your Solar System Study Guide Day 2. You will need to review your study guides tonight (Day 1 & 2).

Digital Pet - Don't forget to check on our Webkinz digital pet, Galaxy,
 and help us keep him healthy, happy, and fed.

Avatar Astronomers - Attention Astronomers! Keep moving in and out of the Avatar station preparing your vocabulary avatar.

Planet Persuasion - Create your own advertisement about an assigned planet persuading others to visit.
Planet Persuasion TLC     
Recording Voice Comments Directions
Fact Gathering Circle Map
Rubric

Planet Discovery with Kid Pix Deluxe - Use two of your saved pictures from the Digital Blue activity from Day 1 along with Kid Pix Deluxe and the Solar System Graphic List to design aspects of your "fictitious" planet.

Excel with the Planets - Use Microsoft Excel to create a spreadsheet and pictograph using data collected on planets in the Solar System.
Excel with the Planets TCL
Data Forms
What's My Size? Template (Excel)
What's My Distance? Template (Excel)
How Many Moons? Template (Excel)

EBSCO - "Beep Sweep" - Create a one, two, or three syllable riddle using information from EBSCO Database and illustrate it in Kid Pix Deluxe .
Beep Sweep TCL
Beep Sweep Riddle Example (ppt)
Beep Sweep Worksheet
How to make a Beepy Sweepy (directions)

Classroom Planetarium Part 2 - Groups will work together to create physical features of an assigned planet along with a completed fact card.
Planet Fact Card Template (ppt)

Web Poster Wizard - (4teachers.org)
Learn how to create and publish online lessons, worksheets, and class project pages.
Web Poster Wizard Home
Web Poster Wizard Worksheet

Above and Beyond
 

3, 2, 1 Blast Off! TCL            In this activity you will see how pressure reacts in a closed container.           3, 2, 1 Pressure and Motion (ppt)      Distance Recording Sheet

Solar System Trading Cards

Books for Teaching About the Solar System

Introduction to Excel in the Classroom

Active Excel: Fun Projects & Games

Homework
 - Read the article, "Too Few Computers and Too Many Kids, What Can I Do?"
 - Review Dueling Computer Study Guide Day 2
 - Write two paragraphs telling about different aspects of the new planet you've    discovered in a distant galaxy. (Suggestions: interviews with "beings", location of the planet, or animal and plant life on the planet).