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Bell Work for February 23-25, 2009      posted 02-19-2009
Monday February 23rd, 2009
List 2 cellestial objects that are not planets, stars, or moons.

Tuesday February 24th, 2009
What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?

Wednesday February 25th, 2009
Explain the direction of a comet's tail.




Bell Work February 16-20, 2009      posted 02-15-2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
List two uses of constellations.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
In what part of the sky will you find Orion?

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
What two constellations can you locate if you know where Ursa Major is?

Thursday, Febraury 19, 2009
According to the myth, why is Scoerpius never in the sky at the same time as Orion?

Friday, February 20, 2009
What is the purpose of a myth?



Bell Work for February 9-13, 2009      posted 02-08-2009
Monday February 9
List the names of all the constellations you can think of. (hint: big dipper...)

Tuesday February 10
According to astronomers, what is a constellation? (refer to RFU: Constellations)

Wednesday February 11
What part of an umbrella represents Polaris?

Thursday February 12
Who can improve my Science grade and how?

Friday February 13
See Thursday




Bell Work for February 2-6, 2009      posted 02-02-2009
Monday February 2
List the names of the 4 inner planets.

Tuesday February 3
List the names of the 4 outter planets.

Wednesday February 4

Thursday February 5

Friday February 6

Bell Work for January 26-30      posted 01-27-2009
Monday January 26
Which phase of the moon begins today?

Tuesday January 27
List 2 criteria for a lunar eclipse.

Wednesday January 28
What causes seasons?

Thursday January 29
What causes tides?

Friday January 30
How would the earth change if it had no moon?

Bell Work January 20-23, 2009      posted 01-20-2009
Tuesday January 20th
What affect do politics have on scientific discovery?

Wednesday January 21st
List the items shown int he Apollo 13 space craft that are being used by regular folks today.

Thursday January 22nd
Why is the "Power up" procedure so important in teh Apollo 13 mission?

Friday January 23rd
List all the steps of the scientific method used by the Apollo flight crew.

Bell Work for January 12-16, 2009      posted 01-11-2009
Monday January 12
Why are rockets important to the success of space exploration?

Tuesday January 13
How does this principal of physics apply to rocketry: "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction"?

Wednesday January 14
Explain this statement: "Space is the last frontier."

Thursday January 15
Who was the first human to walk on the moon, when did it happen, and what craft took him there?
1.
2.
3.

Friday January 16
Why are countries interested in renewing moon exploration?





Bell Work January 5-9, 2009      posted 01-04-2009
Monday January 5
Think of the earliest people. How are some ways they studied astronomy?

Tuesday, January 6
List four steps of technology used in early astronomy.
1.
2.
3.
4.

Wednesday, January 7
Compare / contrast heliocentrism and geocentrism.

Thursday, January 7
What was a major obstacle that early astronomers faced when trying to advance scientific understanding?

Friday, January 8
Why do we know more about the earth than the moon or the sun?



Bell Work for December 1-5, 2008      posted 11-26-2008
Monday December 1st, 2008
List the first three step of a scientific inquiry.

Tuesday December 2nd, 2008
Why is this NOT a scientific question: "Which cookie has the most chocolate chips?"

Wednesday December 3rd, 2008
In the CCL are we testing cookies that are only 1 gram in size? Explain.

Thursday December 4th, 2008
If there is .28g of chocolate per cookie, what percentage of cookie is made of chocolate?

Friday December 5th, 2008
Draw a pie chart showing 25% chocolate per cookie.



Bell Work for November 24-26      posted 11-23-2008
Monday November 24th

Write a newspaper headline summarizing this football data:
Marana Falcons 21
Tortalita Tunas 7

Tuesday November 25th
What do you call the process of making "sense" of the data in a table?

Wednesday November 26th
What is the native range of the North American wild turkey?




Bell Work for November 24-26, 2008      posted 11-18-2008
Monday 11/24
What does “drawing conclusions” mean? (refer to page 19 in text)

Tuesday 11/25
List three sets of data you can refer to when drawing conclusions?

Wednesday 11/26
What is the native habitat of Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey)? (see the ECOLoGY section of the web site)

Bell Work for November 17-21      posted 11-18-2008
Monday 11/17
List 2 safety precautions for the Alka Seltzer Rocket Lab.

Tuesday 11/18
Are data tables created before or after an experiment? Why?

Wednesday 11/19
Will the order in which a boat is loaded affect it’s ability to float? Explain.

Thursday 11/20
Where is the manipulated variable represented on a data table? The responding variable?

Friday 11/21
What do you refer to in order to draw conclusions?




Bell Work for November 10-14th, 2008      posted 11-09-2008
Monday, November 10th
How is a hypothesis tested?

Tuesday, November 11th
NO SCHOOL - HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY

Wednesday, November 12th
Which is YOUR preferred instructional method when you want to learn something new?

Thursday, November 13th
Why are carefully written procedures important?

Friday, November 14th
What are the two parts of the written instructions for an experiment?




Bell Work November 3-7, 2008      posted 11-02-2008
Monday, 11/3
how many sides does a piece of paper have? (don't think too hard on this one...)

Tuesday 11/4
What are the two parts of a hypothesis?

Wednesday 11/5
In what order will you find the variables in a hypothesis?

Thursday 11/6
"Chocolate causes pimples." Create a hypothesis for this statement.

Friday 11/7
How is a hypothesis different than a guess? Give at least 2 reasons.




Bell Work for October 27-31, 2008      posted 10-26-2008
Monday, October 27

Tuesday, October 28

Wednesday, October 29

Thursday, October 30

Friday, October 31
List the 3 ingredients for fire.



Bell Work for October 20-24, 2008      posted 10-19-2008

Monday October 20, 2008
What do you call the amount of space something takes up?

Tuesday October 21, 2008
Why is the the tool called a "triple beam balance"?


Wednesday October 22, 2008
What is the formula for finding density?


Thursday October 23, 2008
Which is more dense, a marshmellow or a marble? Explain.


Friday, October 24, 2008
How can you figure out your average density and how does this relate to your percentage body fat?





Bell Work for September 30 - October 3, 2008      posted 09-30-2008
Tuesday September 30th
Fill in the following sentence with the appropriate TYPEs of measurement.

"We buy soda by _________ and potato chips by _________."


Wednesday October 1st
List 3 reasons why chips are sold by MASS, not VOLUME.

Thursday October 2nd
I have just opened a 1 liter soda and a small bag of chips. I want to know the volume of the chips. How can I find out?

Friday October 3rd
Joe Schmoe gets ready to take a bath. When he gets into the tub the level of the water rises and spills over. What has Joe done to the water in the tub?

Bell Work for September 15-19, 2008      posted 09-16-2008
Monday September 15
What metrics units would you use for the following measurements?
A. the distance down the N wing hallway
B. the length of a pin
C. the height of a blue class chair seat

Tuesday September 16
What is ACCURACY?

Wednesday September 17
Define "Variable". (Use the text book glossary.)

Thursday September 18
When is a "manipulated variable" determined?

Friday September 19
When is a "responding variable" determined?

Bell Work 9/8-12, 2008      posted 09-08-2008
Monday 9/8
What is the basic unit of distance measurement for the SI system? (Refer to page 46)

Tuesday 9/9
What are the 3 most commonly used prefixes for metric units? (refer to page 45 in text)

Wednesday 9/10
State the rule for changing mm to cm. (see mm and cm worksheet)

Thursday 9/11
What common multiple is the metric system based on? (refer to page 45)

Friday 9/12
List the three basic units for distance, volume and mass for the metric system. (refer to your science journal)

Bell Work 8/11-15, 2008      posted 08-10-2008
Monday 8/11
List three requirements for well completed Bell Work.

Tuesday 8/12
What is the grading criteria for Bell Work?

Wednesday 8/13
List the two types of observation.

Thursday 8/14
State a quantitative observation of the classroom.

Friday 8/15
State a qualitative observation of the classroom.



Bell Work for 8/4-8, 2008      posted 08-04-2008
Monday 8/4
None

Tuesday 8/5
What is the room number that Wildfire Science is taught in? (Complete sentence, please!)

Wednesday 8/6
What is the name of your 7th grade Science teacher? (Remember, to write a complete sentence, restate the question.)

Thursday 8/7
List your teachers for math, english and social studies. (This is a list; no sentences required.Order you answers with 1, 2, and 3.)

Friday 8/8
Why do we call this FUNKY FRIDAY? (Complete sentence and legible writing, please!)





Bell Work for October 1- 5      posted 10-03-2007
Monday 10/1/07


Tuesday 10/2/07
What are two words that all hypotheses include?

Wednesday 10/3/07
Which are scientists "the boss of": the independent variable or the dependent variable?

Thursday 10/4/07
What is a good tool for measuring mass?

Friday 10/5/07



Bell Work for August 27-31, 2007      posted 08-27-2007
Monday
How is reading a science textbook different thatn reading a novel?

Tuesday
List three skills scientists use to learn about the world.

Wednesday
Review this statement and name the quantitative and qualitative portions.

"The classroom has five black bulletin boards."

Thursday
Write a statement that includes both quantitative and qualitative information.

Friday
There are two kinds of errors that appear on grade reports. What are they?

Bell Work for 8/20-24, 2007      posted 08-20-2007
Monday 8/20
List three characteristics of a scientist.

Tuesday 8/21
List three characteristics of a scientist that YOU possess.

Wednesday 8/22
Does the world need scientists? Explain your answer.

Thursday 8/23
Name a scientist you are familiar with and two accomplishments. Write a complete sentence.

Friday 8/24
Make a list of the types of scientists and how they affect your life.

Bell Work 2/19-21      posted 02-19-2007
Monday 2/19
When magma and lava cool they become rock. What catagory of rock forms?

Tuesday 2/20
Define "Igneous".

Wednesday 2/21
List two processes that change rock from one form to another.

Bell Work for 2/5-9      posted 02-05-2007
Monday 2/5
What is the difference between magma and lava

Tuesday 2/6
Draw a sketch of a shield volcano and a composite volcano.

Wednesday 2/7
Composite volcanoes have layers. Why?

Thursday 2/8
Use your pop-up diagram to help you list three dangers of a composite volcano.

Friday 2/9
Repeat Thursday (conference day schedule)

Bell Work for 1/22-2/2      posted 01-29-2007
Monday 1/29
List the names of all the tectonic plates you can remember.

Tuesday 1/30
What causes the earth's magnetic field?

Wednesday 1/31
List all the volcanoes you know of - either the name or the location.

Thursday 2/1
What is special about the Hawaiian Island volcanoes?

Friday 2/2
The geysers of Yellowstone are like which volcanoes? Why?

Bell Work for 1/22-26      posted 01-22-2007
Monday 1/22
The crust of the earth is broken into pieces. What are the pieces called?

Tuesday 1/23
Explain how the Himalya Mountains were formed.

Wednesday 1/24
There are three ways plate boundaries move in relation to each other. List them.
Thursday 1/25
Which type of plate boundary makes the San Andreas Fault in California?

Friday 1/26
Where is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

Bell Work for 1/15-19      posted 01-15-2007
Monday 1/15
No Bell Work MLK Day

Tuesday 1/16
Do the layers of the earth move? Explain.

Wednesday 1/17
Which two layers of the earth contribute to the lithosphere?

Thursday 1/18
Define asthenosphere.

Friday 1/19
Explain the word "consistency" as it applies to the layers of the earth.

Bell Work for 1/8-12      posted 01-08-2007
Monday 1/8
What does the "GEO-" in geology mean?

Tuesday 1/9
List the three "-spheres" that influence the geosphere.

Wednesday 1/10
Which two "-spheres" are responsible for the erosion in the Grand Canyon?

Thursday 1/11
List the four layers of the earth.

Friday 1/12
Which is the thinnest layer of the earth?

Bell Work for November 13-17, 2006      posted 11-12-2006
Monday 11/13
True or False? The sky seems to turn because the Earth stays still. (Explain your answer)

Tuesday 11/14
True or False? Mass is what keeps a satelite revolving around the Earth. (Explain your answer)

Wednesday 11/15
Describe the difference between "rotate" and "revolve".

Thursday 11/16
Explain the relationship between the imaginary axis of the Earth and seasons.

Friday 11/17
Describe the difference between a solstice and an equinox.

Bell Work 10/23-27 2006      posted 10-19-2006
Monday October 23

Tuesday October 24

Wednesday October 25

Thursday October 26

Friday October 27

Bell Work for 10/16-20 2006      posted 10-17-2006
Monday October 16
How do you know how to do something? Anything?! Explain.

Tuesday October 17
List three features of well-written procedures.

Wednesday October 18
What are two things that all procedures should AVOID?

Thursday October 19
What are two items all procedures should include?

Friday October 20
What must all procedures focus on?



Bell Work for September 18-22      posted 09-17-2006
Monday September 18
List four metric units of mass.

Tuesday September 19
What is the smallest unit of measurement on the front-most beam of the balance?

Wednesday September 20
What is the smallest unit of measurement on the rear beam of the balance?

Thursday September 21 and Friday September 22
What is the basic unit of measurement for temperature in metric?



Bell Work for 9/11-15      posted 09-07-2006
Monday September 11
What is the basic metric unit of measurement for linear distance?

Tuesday September 12
What is the basic metric unit of measurement for volume of a solid?

Wednesday September 13
What is the basic metric unit of measurement for volume of a liquid ?

Thursday September 14
What is the basic metric unit of measurement for mass?

Friday September 15
Explain why the metric system is simpler to use than the English system of measurement.




Bell Work for September 5-8      posted 09-04-2006

Monday September 4
NO SCHOOL!!

Tuesday September 5
"Students are happy this is a 4 day week." Is this a subjective or an objective observation? Why?

Wednesday September 6
List three differences between a guess, an inference, and a prediction.

Thursday September 7
Why must we be careful of what we claim we "know"?

Friday September 8
"All scientists are know-it-alls." Explain why this is a correct or incorrect statement.





     posted 08-27-2006
Monday August 28
List each of the five senses.

Tuesday August 29
Write an example of a qualitative observation. Use complete sentences.

Wednesday August 30
Observe the class. List two quantitative observations.

Thursday August 31
Look at the image of the dog on the overhead. Make one qualitative observation of the dog and one quantitative observation.

Friday September 1
When did you begin observing things? Explain your answer.

Bell Work 8/21-8/25/06      posted 08-22-2006
Monday 8/21
Which is the hardest rule for you to follow consistently? Explain.

Tuesday 8/22
Which rule is most important to you? Why?

Wednesday 8/23
List three characteristics of a scientist.

Thursday 8/24
List three characteristics of a scientist that YOU possess.

Friday 8/25
Why does the world need scientists?

Bell Work 1/31-2/4      posted 01-31-2005
Monday 1/31
Describe the niche of a hawk in the desert ecosystem.

Tuesday 2/1
List four things that define an organisms niche.

Wednesday 2/2
Draw a food chain using the following organisms: hawk, mouse, snake, grass

Thursday 2/3
Define "Ecology".

Friday 2/4
List the three types of consumers in the ecological pyramid.

Bell Work 1/31-2/4      posted 01-31-2005
Monday 1/31
Describe the niche of a hawk in the desert ecosystem.

Tuesday 2/1
List four things that define an organisms niche.

Wednesday 2/2
Draw a food chain using the following organisms: hawk, mouse, snake, grass

Thursday 2/3
Define "Ecology".

Friday 2/4
List the three types of consumers in the ecological pyramid.

Bell Work 11/29-12/3      posted 12-01-2004
Monday 11/29


Tuesday 11/30
What are some ways volcanoes change the shape of the serface of the Earth?

Wednesday 12/1
List three ways that volcanoes can cause harm to life.

Thursday 12/2
What is the difference between lahar and a landside?

Friday 12/3

Bell Work 11/15-19      posted 11-15-2004
Monday 11/15
What feature of the Earth allows continents to move?

Tuesday 11/16
List two continent-continent boundaries. (Hint - refer to "Crustal Plate Boundaries" Map)

Wednesday 11/17
List two continent-ocean boundaries. (Hint - refer to "Crustal Plate Boundaries" Map)

Thursday 11/18
List two ocean-ocean boundaries. (Hint - refer to "Crustal Plate Boundaries" Map)

Friday 11/19
Name three causes of volcanism and an example of each.

Bell Work 11/15-19      posted 11-15-2004
Monday 11/15
What feature of the Earth allows continents to move?

Tuesday 11/16
List two continent-continent boundaries. (Hint - refer to "Crustal Plate Boundaries" Map)

Wednesday 11/17
List two continent-ocean boundaries. (Hint - refer to "Crustal Plate Boundaries" Map)

Thursday 11/18
List two ocean-ocean boundaries. (Hint - refer to "Crustal Plate Boundaries" Map)

Friday 11/19
Name three causes of volcanism and an example of each.

Bell Work 10/12-15      posted 10-12-2004
Tuesday 10/12
List three things that all scientists do.

Wednesday 10/13
List three alternative terms for "Hypothesis".

Thursday 10/14
List the seven steps of the Scientific Method "in your own words".

Friday 10/15



Bell Work 9/20-24      posted 09-20-2004
Monday 9/20
Are planets part of constellations?

Tuesday 9/21
List three constellation names.

Wednesday 9/22
What is the relationship between constellations and history?

Thursday 9/23 and Friday 9/24
What is the difference between astronomy and astrology?

Bell Work 9/13 -9/17      posted 09-13-2004
Great Info on Planets!
Monday 9/13
List the planets largest to smallest.

Tuesday 9/14
What does "terrestrial" mean?

Wednesday 9/15
Do all planets have the same amount of days in a year? Explain your answer.

Thursday 9/16
Is the day length on Jupiter longer or shorter than that on earth? Explain.

Friday 9/17
Why do some scientists tink that Pluto is not a planet?



Bell Work 9/7 - 9/10      posted 09-07-2004
See a Meteor Shower from Space!
Tuesday 9/7
What is the difference between the tails of comets and meteors?

Wednesday 9/8
What is a major difference between the "inner" and "outer" planets?

Thursday 9/9
What are two factors that make planets other than Earth inhabitable?

Friday 9/10
Is there "life out there"? Explain your answer.



Bell Work for 8/23-27      posted 08-23-2004
All About Comets
Monday 8/23


Tuesday 8/24
What is the name of a graph that uses wide cilored columns to represent data?

Wednesday 8/25
List five things you might find in "outer space".

Thursday 8/26
If a comet is traveling away from the sun will it's tail be in front of it's nucleus or behind? Why?

Friday 8/27
List the three parts of a comet.





Bell Work for 8/16-20      posted 08-16-2004
Solve the metric puzzle!
Monday 8/16:
What are three things that all scientists do?

Tuesday 8/17:
How do scientific observations differ fromother observations?

Wednesday 8/18:
What are two RFU strategies that you can use to better understand science text?

Thursday 8/19:
What are three types of measurement?

Friday 8/20:
What is the basic metric unit for length?



Bell Work 8/10-13      posted 08-10-2004
Tuesday 8/10
What does the prefix "geo-" mean?

Wednesday 8/11
Define the suffix "-ology".

Thursday 8/12
What does "Astronomy" mean?

Friday 8/13
Why study the Earth?




Bell Work for 3/22-26      posted 03-21-2004
Monday 3/22
Ecology is the study of the relationship between what two things?

Tuesday 3/23
What is the difference between a population and a community?

Wednesday 3/24
List the trophic levels of the ecological pyramid from the most numerous to the least numerous.

Thursday 3/25
Explain the importance of producers to ecological balance.

Friday 3/26
What is it that changes when Ecological Succession occurs?




Bell Work March 15-19      posted 03-15-2004
Monday 3/15
List two ways that plants reproduce.

Tuesday 3/16
Define "biome"; list two examples.

Wednesday 3/17
Define "ecosystem"; name an example and the biome in which it exists.

Thursday 3/18
What are the two reproductive flower cells called and where is each located?

Friday 3/19
List three ways that pollination occurs.



Bell Work 3/8 - 12      posted 03-08-2004
Monday 3/8


Tuesday 3/9
List two differences between a fern and a pine tree.

Wednesday 3/10
In what two catagories do scientists usually classify seed plants?

Thursday 3/11
Anotehr name for cotyledon is "seed leaf"; what is the difference between a seed leaf and a true leaf?

Friday 3/12
What characteristics do plants have that make them indispensible to humans?



Bell Work 2/23-25      posted 02-23-2004
Monday:
List all the plants you ate over the weekend.

Tuesday:
List 3 foods that come directly from plants and the part of the plant you eat. (example: artichoke - flower petals)

Wednesday:
List five plant characteristics discussed in class.



Bell Work 02/16 - 20      posted 02-15-2004
Monday 2/16
List the kingdoms of life.

Tuesday 2/17
What is the purpose of a dichotomous key?

Wednesday 2/18
List everything you know about this term: "Homo sapiens"

Thursday 2/19
List the three purposes of scientific names.

Friday 2/20
The Latin prefix for wing is "ptera". Make up a scientific name for a spotted animal with three different wings.



Bell Work for 02/9-13      posted 02-09-2004
Monday 2/9
What kingdom evolved after Protista?

Tuesday 2/10
What are the defining characteristics of Animals?

Wednesday 2/11
Name the KEY used to find the name of an organism.

Thursday 2/12 and Friday 2/13
List two purposes of "scientific names".

Bell Work for 01/12-16      posted 01-13-2004
Monday 01/12: What percent of the offspring of a homozygous dominant tongue roller and a heterozygous tongue roller will Be tongue rollers?

Tuesday 01/13: What is the genotype for heterozygous brown eyes?

Wednesday 01/14: Define "incomplete dominance".

Thursday 01/15: What is Gregor Mendel famous for?

Friday 01/16: How is blood type inherited?