Thursday, January 30, 2014

Roanoke

http://www.history.com/videos/mystery-roanoke#mystery-roanoke

http://theshadowlands.net/roanoke.htm

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/07/new-clue-to-mystery-lost-roanoke-colony/

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Quotations

Comment below with your powerful quote. It should be a fact that is surprising, shocking, or a life lesson. Be sure it relates to one of your reasons. Include the source of your quote in your comment.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Weather Science Study Guide

Here are the items that are on the assessment:


Vocabulary
Anemometer
Thermometer
Barometer
Rain Gauge
Satellite Image
Wind Vane
Atmosphere
What is it?
Water Cycle
Know the following Terms:
1.       Evaporation
2.       Run off
3.       Condensation
4.       Precipitation
5.       Collection
6.       transpiration

Monday, October 21, 2013

Early Explorers Links

If you find a really good website about Early Explorers that you would like to share with the class post the link and website title in the comments. Please be sure you are only sharing really good, reliable information - no Ask.com or Wikipedia!

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Absolute and Relative Location

Choose 1 place using http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html. Post the following information as a comment.

1. The name of your place (Kansas City, my house, English Landing, etc.)
2. The Latitude and Longitude
3. The relative location of your place

EXAMPLE -
1. Vancouver
2. 49 degrees North, 123 degrees West
3. Vancouver is west of Calgary

Monday, September 23, 2013

Relative Location

Give an example of Relative Location using North, South, East, or West.

Reminder: To post, click "comments" (it may be no comments or have a number of comments) and type your answer in the box that appears at the bottom of the page - you may have to scroll! When you are finished click the pull down menu titled "Comment as..." and select "Name/URL." Type your name in, leaving URL blank. Click Publish after that to post your comment!

Friday, September 6, 2013

Writing Prompt

Post your response in the comments. Be sure you are using correct capitalization and punctuation! 

September 7, 1927 was the day the first all-electronic television image was transmitted. Philo T. Farnsworth’s invention made it possible to build televisions with no moving parts. What type of an influence do you think television has had on our world? What have been some of the advantages? Have there also been some disadvantages?