How do Planes Fly? Dynamic Pressure

Deep Sea Biology

You only have 100 minutes to gather info, so you need to work quickly!

You need to research your fish and find information about:

·        Where your fish lives/lived (what depth and zone of the ocean it is found)

·        Characteristics

o   Physical characteristics

o   Gestation

o   Other

·        Adaptations suited for survival in its environment

o   Extremely pressure

o   No sunlight

o   Survival

Make jot notes and a way to present it

·        All submitted to Mr. Catton

·        Post presentation on blog

Points will be given based on:

Appropriate classroom behavior (no games)                 ________/  10 points possible

Quality of information                                         ________/ 10 points possible

Presentation                                                          ________/  15 points possible

3 or more references                                             ________/  5 points possible

Picture of fish                                                       ________/  5 points possible

                                                                             ________/  45 Total points

Links
http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/deep-sea-menu.html
 

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/hottopics/deepsea.html

http://www.oddee.com/item_79915.aspx

A Good Example of a Student Made Commercial

January 15, 1919-Flowing Fluids Flood City: Can explain it using the kinetic molecular theory?

Advertising Strategies-Hovercraft Commerial Planning

Evaluating Commercials

Evaluating Commecials Worksheet

Hovercraft

Hovercraft from last year

Magnetic Force- Meglev Train

Meglev Train-How does it work?

Adveritsing Strategies-What strategies are they using to get your interest?

Storybird...A Cool Way To Do Some Creative Writing

To dream again. on Storybird

Some Cool Videos We Watched in Class Today Representing Forces

Time Warp - Water Balloon to the Face

Time Warp - Face Punch

Ch.8 Forces- The Segway

Forces

A force is the push or pull that acts on an object. Watch the video below on The Segway Centaur and answer the question, "How does the Segway use forces to move/turn/stop?"

Assignment

1. Find a partner who you work well with and that you haven't worked with before
2. Using the Internet as a resource and Google docs as the presentation device, answer the follwoing questions and present your findings in a interesting and effective manner.
1. What is a Segway Centaur?
2. Who invented it?
3. Explain (the best you can) how the Segaway Centaur uses forces to work
4. Compare a Segway Centaur to a car.  How is it better than a car?  How is it not as effective as a car?
3. Be sure to have a bibliography on your Google docs slide show

Some good resources are:
howstuffworks.com

Seway's homepage

Any other ones you can find