Cecil Teen Touching Lives of Others: O-R Article

One of the Supernova students was recently featured in an article in the Observer-Reporter due to his good deeds. Please click on the link below to view the article.

Cecil Teen Touching Lives of Others: O-R Article

Food Engineering Essay Contest - 2012

Submissions for the National Academy of Engineering’s EngineerGirl! Food Engineering Essay Contest are now being accepted. Now in its 12th year, the competition invites students in third through twelfth grade to write an essay about the role of engineering in providing safe and nutritious food . Submissions must be entered by 6:00 p.m. EST on March 1, 2012, to be considered. All winning entries will be published on the EngineerGirl! website and winners will receive cash prizes: first place winners $500, second place winners $250, third place winners $100. For more information about the contest, visit the competition website listed below.

http://www.engineergirl.org/?id=14100

Penn State Weather Camp (June 17th - June 22nd)

Click on the following link to view information about Penn State Weather Camp.

http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/weather-camp/

Advanced English 8 Author Interviews

Mrs. Porter's Advanced English 8 students recorded author interviews for novels that are currently available in the library. One student portrayed the role of the novel's author while the other student was a celebrity interviewer of his or her choice. To see the author interviews, click the SchoolTube: CMS Videos link on this blog.

English 8 and Advanced English 8: "Flowers for Algernon" Vocabulary Terms

The terms for the short story, "Flowers for Algernon" have been posted on Quizlet.
You may access the Quizlet website by clicking the link in the title of story.

Students of the Month: November

The Supernova teachers would like to congratulate the following Supernovas for earning student of the month honors for the month of November.

English: Antonia G.
Science: Katelyn S.
Social Studies: Brittany B.

Kinetic and Potential Energy Lab

Below are some images of the Supernova students conducting a lab in science class. They had to take various measurements and calculate the kinetic and gravitational potential energy of various objects.

Constitutional Convention

REMINDER: All 3 of the Tic,Tac,Toe Constitutional Convention Projects are due
November 23.

Science Class: Monday - November 14th

Please read all of the following items before beginning your assignment.

A. Complete the "Pendulum and Roller Coaster Online Lab" that was given to you on Friday. If you were absent, ask the teacher for a copy of the lab. Remember, your username and password are listed at the top of the lab. Any letter of the alphabet will work for the last part of the username/password as long as you use that same letter for both the username and password.

Note: The "Energy of a Pendulum" portion of the lab, 1st page (front and back), will be graded. The "Roller Coaster Physics" portion of the lab, 2nd page, will given bonus points if it is completed. The due date for the lab is Wednesday, November 16th.

B. Don't forget that your Rube Goldberg Project is due tomorrow, November 15th. Ask the teacher for paper if you need it for your poster. If you don't have a working video to turn in to Mr. Wolf by now, then I strongly suggest that you do a poster.

C. If you finish your online lab early, explore the "Energy Skate Park" simulation.

Energy Skate Park

Use the following simulation to help understand the relationship between kinetic and potential energy. This simulation is also a great representation of the Law of Conservation of Energy.

Click to Run

Chapter 8: Work and Machines (PowerPoint Notes)

The website that holds most of the electronic versions of our science documents has been malfunctioning on occasion the last few days. Click on the following link to view the notes from an alternate source.

Chapter 8: Work and Machines

Science Class: Friday - November 4th

Please complete the following steps in order. Please remain silent during the entire class period due to testing.

1. Complete the Chapter 8 online quiz using the Quia website. You are allowed to take the quiz up to three times. If you do not score a 30 out of 30 (100%), retake the test until you score a perfect or you have used all three attempts. Only your best score will be recorded in the gradebook. All attempts for the quiz must be completed by Monday, November 7th. Your username and password will be given to you by Mr. Wolf on a slip of paper. Write your username and password in your agenda, binder, or on something else that you will not lose.

Note: You may use your notes, book, and internet to help you with the quiz. You are not allowed to communicate the answers with other students. The school’s cheating consequences will be followed if you are caught sharing answers. See your student handbook for more information.

2. Finish any work that you currently owe. Mr. Wolf will be around to let you know if you owe any work.

3. Pick from the following options:
Option 1: Continue planning your Rube Goldberg Project. We will not be breaking into groups today due to students completing their online test. You will have time on Monday to finish planning and/or start a poster. Remember, the due date for the project is November 15th.

Option 2: Explore some of the simple machines websites on the following link for enrichment.
Simple Machines: Interactive Websites

English 8 and Advanced English 8: "The Tell-Tale Heart" Vocabulary Terms

The terms for the short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart" have been posted on Quizlet.
You may access the Quizlet website by clicking the link.

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

Students of the Month: October

The Supernova teachers would like to congratulate the following Supernovas for earning student of the month honors for the month of October.

Social Studies: T.J. V.
Science: Jordan S.
English: Matt M.

Science Class: Tuesday - November 1st

Please complete the following items in order. It would help to open the following items in a new tab or window so you can reference this list.

1. Complete the "Puzzling Pyramids" activity. Ensure you fill in your answers on the answer sheet as you work through the activity. Important: Once you complete a level, a password will be provided for the next level. Ensure you copy down the password before you continue. Turn in the activity sheet once you are finished.

2. Ensure you have completed all the steps from yesterdays assignment. Click on the following link for more details: "Science Class: Monday - October 31st"

3. Turn in the web activity from yesterday, "Webquest: Simple Machines", if you did not do so already.

4. If you finish early, click on the following link to explore some interactive websites on simple machines.

Simple Machines: Interactive Websites