Integrated Science
A 1:10 Project: Reactors
This is a tough assignment. If you wish, you may instead write 600 words comparing some of the ways we produce electricity (coal, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, solar, osmotic, tidal etc.). Explain 2 advantages of at least 3 of these methods over the others. Conclude by saying which one you think we should use most. You could start by reading this.
This is a tough assignment. If you wish, you may instead write 600 words comparing some of the ways we produce electricity (coal, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, solar, osmotic, tidal etc.). Explain 2 advantages of at least 3 of these methods over the others. Conclude by saying which one you think we should use most. You could start by reading this.
A 2:2 Experiment: Determining Volume
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This shouldn't be too difficult. Just remember what volume is: the amount of space something takes up. You need to determine the volume of two objects: a rectangular solid (like a shoebox or a piece of finished lumber) and an irregularly shaped object (like a rock). The volume of a rectangular solid is just length X width X depth. Measure the three dimensions and multiply them together. To measure the rocks you need to be more creative. If you drop them into a container that allows you to read the water level (pyrex measuring bowl, water bottle, even many blenders) then you can just determine the change in the water level after you drop each one in. You may have to remember that 1 milliliter = 1 cubic centimeter (or if you are in the English system 28.875 cubic inches = 1 pint) |
A 2:5 Experiment: Mass of Gas
Does air have mass? Everything that has mass is attracted to everything else that has mass by the mysterious force of gravity. You and your computer have a small amount of gravitational attraction for each other right now. However, we are most attracted to the earth because it is the thing near us with the most mass. That's why you and your computer aren't floating off into space right now. This experiment will help us to see if air has mass by comparing two different amounts of air to see if one has more attraction to the earth than the other. The more the mass the greater the attraction. To watch me do this experiment click here.
Does air have mass? Everything that has mass is attracted to everything else that has mass by the mysterious force of gravity. You and your computer have a small amount of gravitational attraction for each other right now. However, we are most attracted to the earth because it is the thing near us with the most mass. That's why you and your computer aren't floating off into space right now. This experiment will help us to see if air has mass by comparing two different amounts of air to see if one has more attraction to the earth than the other. The more the mass the greater the attraction. To watch me do this experiment click here.
A 3:13 Experiment: Gravity
Watch me do this experiment. Use the numbers I give you in the video and follow the example given in the text to find out how much force my magnet exerts on the skateboard bearing and how much change there is in potential energy.
Watch me do this experiment. Use the numbers I give you in the video and follow the example given in the text to find out how much force my magnet exerts on the skateboard bearing and how much change there is in potential energy.
B 1:9 Project: Telescopes
This topic can be a tough one, but the report doesn’t have to be too long. We are only asking for 200 words. This article is a good place to start. Here are links that can help you understand a little bit about two key advances that it mentions. For optical interferometry watch this video. For adaptive optics read this article or if you are really daring listen to this long podcast. Also, just for fun you can stare at the center of this video for 15 or 20 seconds and then look away. Did your eyes adapt to the movement? |
B 2:4 Project: Medical Science
This is the major project for Integrated Science. Pick one topic in the areas suggested (or any other medical science topic if you get prior teacher approval). Follow the format given in OdysseyWare and produce a research paper of at least 900 words (about 3 pages double-spaced, 12 point font) using at least four sources, which you will list in your Bibliography at the end. Sources may be newspapers, magazines, academic journals, books, or trustworthy online sources. Do not type your work into the OdysseyWare text box. Instead write your paper in OpenOffice or Microsoft Word and upload it to OdysseyWare using the upload tab below the text box.
Here are some places you can get ideas and information, but please use a local library too if at all possible:
http://www.knowitall.org/kidswork/hospital/history/index.html
http://www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/kids/news/features/fantasy_fun/history-of-medicine.html
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/science/medicine/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_medicine
This is the major project for Integrated Science. Pick one topic in the areas suggested (or any other medical science topic if you get prior teacher approval). Follow the format given in OdysseyWare and produce a research paper of at least 900 words (about 3 pages double-spaced, 12 point font) using at least four sources, which you will list in your Bibliography at the end. Sources may be newspapers, magazines, academic journals, books, or trustworthy online sources. Do not type your work into the OdysseyWare text box. Instead write your paper in OpenOffice or Microsoft Word and upload it to OdysseyWare using the upload tab below the text box.
Here are some places you can get ideas and information, but please use a local library too if at all possible:
http://www.knowitall.org/kidswork/hospital/history/index.html
http://www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/kids/news/features/fantasy_fun/history-of-medicine.html
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/science/medicine/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_medicine