Include information about the food you would eat, the clothes you would wear, the way you would sleep, how you would use the bathroom, and what you might do for fun.

Complete the Google Form on the Right Side of this homepage under Links.

Click on the link  "Astronauts in Space Google Form Homework"

Name______________________                                                                         SOCSD Space Program Project

Go to the following website:

http://zeespaceflight.com/

1. Define the word Microgravity:

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Scroll Down on the Page and Read “Let the Experiments Begin”

2. What will students in grades 5-12 be doing this year as part of the Space Program Project? Please provide a 3 sentence summary.

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Go to the following website:

http://ssep.ncesse.org/communities/experiments-selected-for-flight/selected-experiments-on-ssep-mission-4-to-iss/

Please review any 3 experiments on this website.  These experiments were the finalists from last year’s competition.

3. Experiment 1

What is the Problem?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What was the Procedure?

What were the results?

Experiment 2

4. What is the Problem?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What was the Procedure?

What were the results?

Experiment 3

5. What is the Problem?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What was the Procedure?

What were the results?

Solving a Scientific Problem: Zebra Mussels in the Hudson River
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/riverecology/

How does science impact the decisions we make as consumers?

Why is it important for us to be informed about the fish we eat?

Welcome to Active Science!  This is our class blog.  We will communicate with each other using this blog.  This will also be a website that will direct you where to go for our learning units.  Highlights of our class will be posted on this site. 

Our year will be filled with an exploration in themes that scientists in the field explore in Biology.  We will begin our year with a study of the scientific method followed by beginning our unit of Marine Biology.  We will explore the diversity of fish in the ocean and discover how these fish effect our lives.  Our units will begin with a problem and we will develop the problem solving and critical thinking skills to be scientific decision makers.  Another element of our class will be through learning how to be good scientists through conducting labs.