Sam Harrelson

Chapter 5 Vocab Quiz is tomorrow.  This will be worth 20 points, so please make sure to look over your notes!  The quiz will be a mix of matching, fill in the blank and multiple choice.
Here are the words which will be on the quiz…
-energy: ability to cause change-heat: transfer of energy from warmer to [...]

Do you still need a calendar for 2006.  Well, you’re in luck!  Get 1 point extra credit for making one of these by Wednesday and bringing it to class to show me!
Beyond cool…
Link: simplehuman | blog: 3-D Calendar.
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Tomorrow we start Chapter 5, which is all about energy.
Don’t worry, it’s not as boring as it sounds!  In fact, it’s really fun stuff if you ask me.  PLUS, we get to do another "Unit" full of posters, models and gobs of fun stuff. 
Here is the unit sheet you’ll receive in class tomorrow:http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=bcdqfjjks4qh
(or, download [...]

Happy Chinese New Year!
January 29, 2006 is the first day of the Chinese new year. This year is known as
the Year of the Dog. It is Year 4703 by the Chinese calendar.
The following is from a site called ChinaPage.  Enjoy!
Chinese calendar
 

Chinese calendar has been in continuous use for centuries, which predates the
International Calendar (based [...]

And you thought it was a long plane trip to Colorado to ski?  How about skiing on the moon?
In the past
year, the US, India, China, Japan and the European Space Agency have all made
plans to head to the moon sometime in the next two decades. An recent NASA
article has valuable tips from Apollo astronauts on [...]

I was in the 2nd Grade when the Space Shuttle Challenger launched and ended in tragedy, killing all seven heroes on board.  We watched the launch from our classroom.  That moment in Mrs. Roark’s class changed my life and I still get goosebumps when I think back to that startling image on the TV of [...]

This is quite possibly one of the top 4 coolest things I’ve ever seen (and very appropriate for our class studies at the moment!)
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/26jan_suitsat.htm
http://suitsat.org/
One of the strangest satellites in the history of the space age is about to go into orbit. Launch date: Feb. 3rd. That’s when astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) will [...]

Today is Mozart’s birthday.  If you’ve never listened to any Mozart in your life, you’ve really missed out.  There are tons of free web sites that offer you a chance to hear his sound out there, and I’ll post a few over the weekend.
He was an incredibly interesting guy who really was a "rock [...]

Huge amounts of extra credit to anyone who makes one of these…http://www.lhvcc.com/egiftshop/satv20/
Saturn V was a multistage rocket system (remember your notes!) that helped to get astronauts onto the Moon.
Put one of these together and loads of extra credit await you!
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Scroll down if you need any of the notesheets or the review questions for the Chapter 4 Test tomorrow.
The test should not be too difficult, but you should definitely study and know the formulas for Newton’s 2nd and 3rd laws.
1st Law:  Inertia
2nd Law:  F=MA (kg*m/s2)
3rd Law:  P=MV (kg*m/s)
BRING A CALCULATOR!
**I’ll be on AIM (sbharelson22) around [...]