Science Club 2007-08

Our final 2 meetings of the year are May 6 and May 20. I have some fun activities — more experiments planned — so be sure and be there!

The American Geophysical Union - INTERNATIONAL meeting is in Ft. Lauderdale during Memorial Day week.  They are sponsoring what looks like a fun, FREE, family science day on Monday, Memorial Day, May 26, from 12noon-4 PM at the Broward County Convention Center, Floridian B meeting room.  Here is what is in store for those that can make it:

Exhibitors Include:

Astronomy Music: travel the universe through music and photos…

Stanford StarLab: Come in and explore the wonders of the night sky, the stars ,and constellations.

Spectroscope Workshop: Build your own spectroscope and see sunlight in a whole new light!

Sun Light: Exploring Solar Radiation: Come play with super cool UV beads. Oh, and see the Sun likes it’s never been seen before… in 3D!

 

Thank you to all the parents and students that joined us in a very successful EARTH DAY GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP. Thank you also to Ms. Kasher-Hill and her team from Broward County Adopt-a-Street for their great presentation and superb prizes. They provided notebooks and pencils made from recycled materials for all students (great for recording all your science observations!) and reusable grocery bags for all parents (and they sent more for all the teachers too).

Thank you to all that participated in and voted on the Design a Greener Future recycling bin contest. We had enough votes to be in the TOP 10. Visit our opossum at Young at Art Children’s Museum along with the other top 10 winners.

Thank you to all that participated in the tile decorating contest for the CERP: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan — Army Corps of Engineers Earth Day contest. They were displayed briefly at the movie theater at Riverwalk.

HOT off the presses news - CLICK on VIDEO PODCASTS above to see the Recycling Rocks! video made by the Science Club!

Thank you to our guest at our Feb. 26 meeting - Mr. Jim Lushine, Severe Weather Meteorologist from NBC6. Unfortunately, there was an unusual power failure and tornado watch issued right at 2:00, so Mr. Paul Deanno, Chief Meteorologist from NBC6 with the station’s “Hurricane Hummer” had to go on the air and didn’t make it. He will reschedule later this school year.

Visit Operation Monster Storms from home - remember user name is epefirstname and password is jason.

At our next meeting we will begin to prepare for schoolwide Earth Day activities - Earth Day is April 22 (a scheduled meeting day) and we plan a Green Extravaganza (maybe you can think of a better name) to celebrate our school theme and our planet!

Please let me know if you will be missing Science Club due to after school writing or reading camp.

Also, those in aftercare at school must check-in (quickly) before reporting to the Science Lab.

Congratulations to Valeria, Jimin, and Jack for their ExploraVision project. Their idea was for a ring and watch that reacted to the ultraviolet light from the sun and had features to remind you to apply sunscreen. They completed the writing in time for the January deadline. Have a look at the ExploraVision website and see previous winning ideas. Wish them luck - Regional Winners will be announced Mar. 3!

2007-08 Club NEWS:

National Chemistry Week (October 21 – 27, 2007): In celebration of National Chemistry Week (NCW 2007) the Eagle Point Science Club participated in a poster contest sponsored by the South Florida American Chemical Society (SoFLACS). We were able to submit four posters from 4th graders and four from 5th graders. We wish the best of luck to the following students as they compete in the regional level: Good Luck to 4th graders Stephanie A., Cameron G., Mariana M., and Daniella S. and 5th graders Daniel D., Jimin K., Francesco L., and Jack L. Congratulations to Stephanie and Jack - they both won the 1^st place ribbons from the South Florida section of the American Chemical Society for their posters. Thank you to all the Science Club members who submitted their posters. They were all fantastic!

At our Oct. 9^th meeting we had a visitor from the Sun-Sentinel to talk to the students about the school being named a Blue Ribbon School. Most of what we had to say was cut from the video, but have a look at what we were working on - Read the article and watch the video here.

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Science club will meet after school (2:05-3:00 PM) two Tuesdays per month on the following dates: Sept. 25, Oct. 9, Oct. 23, Nov. 6, Nov. 20, Dec. 4, Dec. 18, Jan. 15, Jan. 29, Feb. 12, Feb. 26, Mar. 11, Mar. 25, Apr. 15, Apr. 22 (Earth Day), May 6, and May 20.If you have ideas of what you would like to do in science club enter a comment on this page (scroll down)….

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OLD NEWS from 2006-07:

• Great American Cleanup - A press release from Broward Schools about the Earth Day 2007 event: http://www.browardschools.com/press/release.asp?press_id=391
• We are listed on the Broward Schools website for the Nov. 20 visit by Mr. Mango at NASA. There is a photo in the Broward Snapshots section of Mr. Mango meeting with the Science Club at www.browardschools.com.Read the press release here: http://www.browardschools.com/press/release.asp?press_id=266.
• THE VIDEO FROM THE VISIT WITH MR. MANGO is available at http://www.browardschools.com/nettv/programs/06_07/nasa_large.htm! You all look FANTASTIC!
  Have a look at the Moon Base Eagle page here and the links there to the photos at the NASA Quest Lunar Outpost Challenge site. You all did a GREAT job! Look at what others have submitted too.

Please enter comments here if you have ideas or questions. Let me know that you’ve visited this website!!!!!