What are Pterosaurs?

Do you like dinosaurs?  What about the flying pterosaurs?  What do you know about them? David Attenborough has produced dozens of shows and books about how plants and animals live. But his latest, Flying Monsters 3D, takes a look at creatures that have been extinct for around 65 million years--pterosaurs, or flying reptiles--and examines why they may have evolved to fly. Listen to this article and let me know if this is a movie that you would like to see?  

David Attenborough Flies With The Pterosaurs

Chinese Enter the Space Age

China launched an experimental spacecraft from the Gobi desert this week. The unmanned Tiangong-1 (which means "Heavenly Palace-1") is expected to orbit Earth for two years. Journalist Miles O’Brien discusses planned docking missions for the craft and China’s space program.  Listen to the article and tell me what you think.  How do you feel about China becoming a space power?  Why do you think the Chinese want to accomplish with their space program?


China Launches A Space Laboratory

What will happen to space station?

The last Shuttle missions have flown.  How will Americans get up to space station now?  How will our astronauts that are currently living on Space Station get home?  What recently happened to a Russian unmanned rocket?  What do you think should be done about Space Station?  Is it time to abandon Space Station?  Would you like to go into space?  Listen to this radio article to learn about Space Station and tell me what you think           Is It Time To Leave The Space Station?

What will happen to space station?

The last Shuttle missions have flown.  How will Americans get up to space station now?  How will our astronauts that are currently living on Space Station get home?  What recently happened to a Russian unmanned rocket?  What do you think should be done about Space Station?  Is it time to abandon Space Station?  Would you like to go into space?  Listen to this radio article to learn about Space Station and tell me what you think

Is It Time To Leave The Space Station?

Final Blog

Since we are off next Monday for Memorial Day and we will be presenting our projects the rest of the week, I believe this will be our last blog.  With that being said, what did you think about blogging this year?  Did you like doing it or dislike doing it?  Do you wish we could have done it more or less?  Is there something else you wish I would have posted about?  Any recommendations on how I could do this better next year?  Finally, what was your favorite post that we did this year?
As your 7th grade year comes to a close, what have you enjoyed this year?  What was your favorite thing we did in science?  What do you wish we could have covered?  What would you do different?
Thanks for a great year!  
I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have!  Good Luck in the 8th grade!!

Create a Weather Map

Go to the following link.  Under the words weather activities, click in the green area where it says 'click here to start'.
Create a weather map based upon the forecast!


Weather Map

Tornados

We have talked quite a bit about tornadoes this year.  With all of the destruction that occurred down south a few weeks ago lets take a look at what a tornado actually is.  Check out the following link.

Tornado

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What is a tornado? How do tornadoes form?  How do tornadoes stop?  What is a supercell thunderstorm?  What is a mesocyclone?  What is a wall cloud?  What are the levels on the fujita tornado scale of intensity?  What happens at the different levels?