Study of organism to compare to other organisms such as zebra mussels, algae, plants, etc. Apply the knowledge of the physiological needs of duckweed to other plants or algae. Swimming pool maintenance. Then they tag the adults and release. Monarchs travel to Mexico and are sited and counted and recorded for census.
Students construct a series of graphs of temperature, dew point, and air pressure over time.
Students analyze graphs to determine trends and patterns that can be used to predict weather. Weather forecasting for local area. An Inquiry Approach Using materials such as string, washers, sinkers, etc, students will discover the conditions that need to be created to have the period of a pendulum comes out to be 60 swings per sec. Time, clocks, metronome, gravity, speed, direction, mass. Students experiment with chromatography, crystallography, fabric testing, and other scientific processes.