Monday, December 17, 2018

Science Article "Volume"



1.  Brace Yourselves, Winter Is About To Begin!
https://www.dogonews.com/2018/12/17/brace-yourselves-winter-is-about-to-begin
2. Ever wondered why days get shorter in winter?
https://newsela.com/read/winter-shorter-days/id/48115/



3. How wombats make their unique cube-shaped poop


https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/how-wombats-make-their-unique-cube-shaped-poop 

4. Giant Prehistoric Penguins Once Swam Off The Coast Of New Zealand

5. This human-sized penguin isn't even the largest ancient penguin we know about

6.  Maple syrup industry losing gallons due to trend of warmer temperatures

7. Recycling space pee and other waste is getting some serious studying


8. Brain size isn’t all that matters in animals
9. Carbon dioxide emissions will hit a record high globally in 2018


https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/carbon-dioxide-emissions-will-hit-record-high-globally-2018


10. Global warming is shrinking river vital to 40,000,000 people
https://www.tweentribune.com/article/tween56/global-warming-shrinking-river-vital-40000000-people/



Read a science based article.  Learn how Science is happening in our daily lives and how it relates to you. You can get your information from a newspaper, magazine or from the internet.  
It should be handwritten NEATLY or typed and shared with my pconsidine@pershing220.org account.  

 Follow these simple steps to make an A!
1) Summarize the article in 5-7 sentences (i.e. What is the article about?)
2) How does this affect us? (1 sentence min.)
3) Why is this important? (1 sentence min.)
4) How is this science related? (1 sentence min.)
5) Pick a science word and write its definition.  Use a dictionary or www.dictionary.com 
6) Draw a picture!
7) Make sure to include your source.  i.e. Where did you get your information from?  website url, magazine title and date, newspaper title and date

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