Wednesday, December 12, 2012

12 - 12 - 2012

My Toy Company - in class or homework.  Work is done in Manufacturing and Design Journal
page 5 - Description
page 6 - Resources Used
page 8-9 Your Choice on materials used in Surfboard
page 10 Map view
page 11 Profile view
page 12 Raw Materials
page 14 transportation of materials

Skills Worksheets to go with Earth Science Text Book
Chapter 4, Section 1 = Due 12/12 (done in class)
Chapter 4, Section 2 = Due 12/14
Chapter 4, Section 3 = Due 12/14


Friday, December 7, 2012

Worked on where Materials come from for our "Design a Toy" Project
Many of the Eco homes were brought in and we had an open house tour of these great examples of sustainability.
Assigned the blue print drawing in the packet to be completed. This involves drawing a map view and a portrait view.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Made From Earth - Toy Project

Today we started a unit on How Natural Resources Become the Things We Use.
We went over where resources come from, the science and vocabulary behind them.
We viewed a video put out of the resources from the California Department of Education at
http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-stuff/

Students will start the Manufacturing  and Design Journal

Friday, December 30

Read Pages 156-164 and do section review 1-10
Eco Home due on this Friday