The Winter Olympics are Almost Here!

Since we have been discussing Evolution and Natural Selection, it only makes sense to compare that to the Winter Olympics. The Olympics have evolved from one event back about 2790 years ago to what they are today.

The interesting thing however, is that the records keep breaking. People are faster, stronger, and more skilled than ever before. Why is that? Is it technology, genetics or something else?

Dissection and Investigation

When I vomit I prefer not to pick through the vomitus, unless I see something spectacular. This last week in January will involve such a fantastic activity, only we'll be picking through something an owl threw up! (Notice the words 'through' and 'threw' used in the same sentence) We call this owl expulsion......, a pellet.

The idea is to put whatever came out of the owl back together and then identify what it may have been before its untimely death

   We are now investigating the Big Bang Theory and it's dispersal of the four Fundamental Forces of Nature. It's hard to imagine a time without time, 13.7 billion years ago. We plan to find key points in history and place them on a super huge timeline outside in the snow, starting from 14 billion years to present day.

    At the same time we are discovering how our cells work together to form body systems that work together to form us. And to think, it all started with the Big Bang!

We're Back!!! 2014

    As we enter the new year, students will focus on understanding the function of their body systems. We'll be identifying organs and creating artificial working systems that may someday replace ...............well maybe they'll work.
   Also on the Universe front, we'll be measuring time in the snow. Sounds crazy, but I'm looking forward to being outside in the cold winter wonderland we call........ the playground.