Lab - 4-19-12 - Soils

Soil


Different kinds of soil can be found in various places on Earth. Each kind had properties making it better for certain uses than others.

We had four types of soil today. Pick one and answer the questions.

1. Write about what soil looks like.......


2. How it feels?


3. How it holds water?


4. What types of soil hold more water?


5. What kind of soil is better for plants that don’t need lots of water?

Lab - 4-17-12 - Resources

1. What resources do we use most of each day? Why do you think so? How can we conserve those resources?



2. Choose two natural resources you have learned about. Are they renewable or nonrenewable? How do you know?



3. Identify three renewable and three nonrenewable resources you have used today so far. Which do you think are most important? Why?

Lab - 3-12-12 - Uses of Energy

Uses of Energy:





1. When a computer is in use, which different types of energy can you observe are in use?

2. If the power goes out where you live, what are some alternative things you could do or use to replace the electrical energy you do not have?

3. We keep our houses clean in many different ways. Write about how you might use thermal, electrical, mechanical, light, and sound energy to keep your home clean. You can use any examples you wishes long as you use supportive reasoning in your response and cover all of the forms of energy listed above.






Mrs. Rollins