Here’s the latest and greatest from Game of Stones.

1) Chaperones wanted.  If you are interested in joining us for geology related fieldwork on Friday, March 1st or Meteorology fieldwork on Friday, April 5th, please let me know.

2) LTP.  We’ve been modeling Cornell style notes as a research tool to gather information.  Students are continuing to fine-tune their research questions and conduct background research on their topic.  Students are planning missions all over the solar system.  We have a student going to Europa to find out what lies under the ice of Jupiter’s ocean moon.  We have a student going to Ikea to learn how they use Geothermal energy to heat their stores.  We have missions being planned to the Mariana Trench, Great Barrier Reef, the moon, and much more…

3) Atmosphere.  We are just starting our unit on meteorology.  Students are learning about the atmosphere and we’l be doing a station lab to learn about the pivotal relationship between temperature and pressure. (We are not going to study the PV=nRT equation, but we are going to talk about it in middle school terms.). There will be 7-8 stations for students to try different experiments with air.

Upcoming Due Dates:

Wednesday, February 20th:  Atmosphere Drawings and assignment due.

Tuesday, February 26th:  LTP Cornell Style notes from at least five sources.  (These can be from text, online, video, etc.)

Have a fantastic long weekend!  -JF