Challenge 1-How difficult is it to be a vegan? Now that you're Vegucated, try out a healthy, vegan diet for one full day, based on veggies, fruit, whole grains, and legumes. Comment on your experience, noting what you ate and how you felt.
Monday, May 12, 2014
can you go strictly vegan for one full day?
Challenge 1-How difficult is it to be a vegan? Now that you're Vegucated, try out a healthy, vegan diet for one full day, based on veggies, fruit, whole grains, and legumes. Comment on your experience, noting what you ate and how you felt.
can you create a meal based only on local, fresh ingredients?
Challenge 2- Shop at a local farmers market this saturday and find ingredients needed to create a complete, fresh, organic, free-range meal for your friends or family. Comment on the foods you chose, what you made, and the feedback you received for your efforts. Attach the recipe you used.
Coppell Farmers Market
how much do you rely on carbon-producing transportation?
Challenge 3- For one full day (from the time you wake up until you go back to sleep), free yourself completely from carbon-producing transportation, such as cars, motorcycles, and elevators. For this challenge you may not carpool with anyone. Comment on your experience walking, biking, skating, etc., all day without the use of fossil fuels.
how much trash do you produce each day?
Challenge 4- For one full day (from the time you wake up until you go to sleep again), carry with you all the trash you produce in one day. Comment below about your experience and describe how much, and what, you ended up with at the end of the day.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
OPTION #1-World Science U
Sign up for the World Science U courses guided by Brian Green of The Elegant Universe! Quick answers to science questions, short courses, and university courses are available! Comment below on how you have chosen to use this relevant and engaging way to learn more about the subject we love most, science!
Monday, March 17, 2014
OPTION #3- UTA Planetarium
Sign-up to join ESS learners at the Planetarium at UT Arlington on April 5th at noon to see the Texas night sky (as it should be seen) and the show, We Are Astronomers! Cost to get in will be $4-7. The price goes down as more students sign-up.
After attending, comment about your experience below to receive credit.
After attending, comment about your experience below to receive credit.
OPTION #4- Cosmos- The NEW Series
Watch an episode of 'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey' with Neil DeGrasse Tyson and comment below about what you learned, noting the title of the episode. If you watch the first episode of the series, discuss what you could use from the program, specifically, in your "Evolution of Life During the Phanerozoic" iBook pages.
OPTION #5- Direct Evidence of the Big Bang
Read the following article about a brand new discovery that is astounding the world of astrophysics!
Comment below with your thoughts about how the nature of science is affected by the accumulation of new evidence. How did this discovery support the current working theory of the Universe's beginning, the Big Bang Theory?
Monday, December 2, 2013
Driving Question #1
How does the core allow life to survive on the surface? How would the earth be different if the core was a different size or temperature than it is now?
Driving Quiestion #2
What qualities does planet Earth have that make it unique for supporting complex, multicellular life in the Solar System?
Driving Question #3
When did the Achaean Eon occur?
How did the fluid part of Earth, the atmosphere and the global ocean, form during the Achaean Eon?
Driving Question #4
What is the difference between rocks and minerals?
If you were to purchase a very special piece of jewelry for a loved one, which rock or mineral would you choose for it, and why?
Friday, October 18, 2013
veggie fair- october 20th!
find ms. b and the CHETA club at the dallas veggie fair sunday, october 20th! believe it or not, going veggie, even part of the time, can help not only the animals, but your health and earth's environment, too!
Tweet ambarnes8 from the fair with a pic of yourself there and tell me what your favorite food was! remember to hashtag esslove!
After the event, comment below about your experience. Discuss how buying vegan helps the environment! :)
Monday, October 7, 2013
star party- wednesday, october 16th, 8pm.
If you attended the ESS star party, comment below with your thoughts on the event by answering the following questions:
What did you like most about it?
What did you learn about our telescope from the ESS Club?
What was your favorite observation using the telescope?
Would you want to do this again?
What can we do to make the next one even better?
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
was the universe created by a collapsing four-dimensional star?
Read the article using the link below.
From what you now understand about the Big Bang Theory and black holes, discuss your thoughts about the formation of our universe.
What is the likelihood that our universe is part of a brane at the event horizon of a collapsed four-dimensional star? Explain your reasoning to receive credit.
Collapsing 4D Star Could Have Spawned Universe
Sunday, September 8, 2013
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