Urbas - Science Week of April 28 - May 2

Students are working in Astronomy in order to understand stars and the sun. Featured this week will be Constellations, star positions and movement during the night and year.

Check out below for a nice space ride done by Eric Idle.
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> > The Ride> > We are all on quite a ride.... > > Turn up the sound. This clever piece originated in Australia. > > It is so very well done most folks don't realize how much info he is sharing! > > The jingle is sung by Eric Idle (former member of Monty Python).> > Just click once on the link below or copy & paste it. > > Speakers on. Photos by NASA. > > Enjoy Your Journey...!!!> >


http://dingo.care-mail.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf

Urbas - Science Week of April 21 - 24

Students have finished up their investigations of Color & Light and now are going to move into the stars using much of what they just learned. Astronomy is the next unit of study and students will be enbarking on a trip across the universe, stay tuned.


For those of you who like a challenge, try this site.


The site below is used to test reaction time of fighter pilots. If you get to 20 seconds, you might be good enough.


<http://members.iinet.net.au/~pontipak/redsquare.html>

Urbas - Science Week of April 14 - 18

Next week in Science, students will be finishing up their investigations of Light and Color by working with Prisms, observing color presentation through filters, and changes in light.


In science this week students were treated to a presentation during 4th period of Friday covering Global Warming by Tricia Avanzado, a senior in college. Tricia gave a talk that featured a great deal of information of the Global Warming crisis and how we as ordinary citizens can help. The talk was a part of a class she is taking in college. The students saw a Powerpoint presentation and were encourged to suggest solutions and hypothesize on future problems. It was an excellent presentation. The website below is for a short on the problem. Watch it.

www.climateprotect.org/ah12

Urbas - Science Week of April 7 - 11

Students in 6th grade will be finishing their investigations of Light and Color in the next two weeks and will be observing color mixing, color display, looking at the causes of season change, and examing microscopes in the upcoming week.

Here is a website for those of you who love dogs and it will help if you are interested in adopting a pet.

http://www.dogsindanger.com