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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

COW # 28 and Angles and Lines

COW #28

Geometry Project- Lines and Angles
Don't forget about your IXL! 

After spring break, rockets and Pythagoras! 

Monday, March 21, 2011

On to Bottle Rockets- or back to Heavy Lifting

As the last official portfolio eligible projects were turned in today, all students will now move forward to either work to revise their Rocket Racer or Heavy Lifting project OR move on to create experiments involving bottle rockets.

Each student will design his/her own bottle rocket to launch.
Prior to launching rockets, each student should complete
NASA Rocket Education 101-103
Projectile Motion Phet

Comparison of a NASA Rocket to a Bottle Rocket
For those students who are ready to move on, please take a look at the following:
Bottle Rocket Design Options:
The MR. Hayhurst
The NASA Rocket

Monday, March 14, 2011

Heavy Lifting Project and COW #26

This week is an important one in MST for many of you, as the heavy lifting project is the second to last portfolio eligible project for the year.  The Heavy Lifting Project is due on Monday the 21st.  Please use the rubric below to help you to meet the standard. 

Heavy Lifting Rubric- Project DUE Monday, March 21, 2011

COW #26- DUE Friday, March 18, 2011

Monday, March 7, 2011

Cow 25- Bringing it all together.

In COW 25 , you will demonstrate your ability to set up and solve a system of equations using all three methods: graphing, algebraic-elimination, and algebraic-substitution.
Make sure to see me in the mornings this week if you need help with this work.

You MUST understand these three procedures in order to be successful as we move on into systems of inequalities.