Assignment One

Here's your first assignment.

Answer the following questions and turn them in at the beginning of class on Friday morning.

1.  Was it pretty easy to find this blog?

2. Tell me the difference between a theory and a law. (A complete sentence apiece will suffice.)

3.  What is your honest opinion about science class? Choose from the following answers the one that is the best fit:
a. I LOVE IT!        b. IT"S HARD!       c.  I DON"T LIKE IT!     d. I  LIKE IT!

 4.  Explain why you picked what you did in two sentences.

5.  Look at the list for our concepts spring and fall and tell me which ones you like.  (The answer "none" will get you that many points for this question.  So will the answer "all of them.")

6.  Look at it again.  Is there any expert in any of these areas that you know who would like to come play with us?

7.  Do you understand the difference between exploring and goofing off?  Explain in one good sentence.

8.  What's your favorite candy bar?

9.  When is your birthday?

10.  How many chromosomes do people normally have in their cells? Dig a little. 

welcome to science 78

'78...I was 7 years old.
The moon landing wasn't even 10 years old in history.
DNA had been discovered, kind of.
There were still elements to be added to the periodic table.
No internet.
NO email.
Definitely no text messages. (notes on paper and left in lockers, cars, notebooks, shoes, lunchboxes-- all the time. )
Mount St. Helens had NOT erupted.
What will the world look like for you in 34 years?