221’s Secret Lab

It’s been a great school year! This site will stay up as a record of what we’ve done together.
Have a great summer!

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Not only did the shuttle deliver a new lab and some personnel to the space station, it also had a replacement part that the astronauts used to fix the space station’s bathroom.

First, a food chain game: Complete the food chains!

Producer, consumer or decomposer? Try this game to find out!

Here’s the clip from Planet Earth that shows the decomposers at work (it starts about 5 minutes into this youtube video).

Mark is so curious! He loves to write his questions on Post-It notes during class. Asking questions is the most important skill you can have as a scientist!

Space Shuttle Launch – May 31st, 2008

The shuttle will arrive at the International Space Station tomorrow, to deliver equipment and people.

What (Not) To Wear in Antarctica Game

We played this in class today but did not get to finish the game.

Enjoy!

Last night, we landed on Mars! The Phoenix robot landed near its North Pole. It will dig into the soil and learn about the water ice.

We have been talking about what can live in space or on other planets. Think about what lives on our own planet, deep underground and in the ocean. In some ways, going to the North Pole of Mars is like going to Antarctica. What could we find there?

Why is it so hard to land on Mars? This video explains: