Electricity: 3D Model How Things Work

    Our hydro dam model built out of popsicle sticks:   Problem & Purpose A hydroelectric dam is a man-made structure built to keep a body of water contained. It is very large, and it regulates, controls, and measures the flow of water. The stored water on one side of the dam is called […]

Mystery Powder Lab

1. Explain the difference between a chemical and physical change. The difference between a chemical change and a physical change is that a physical change is difference in appearance but same properties. A chemical change is a change that effects the properties of the variables.   2. For unknown D, explain the results of each […]

Plant Experiment Project

Question: Does caffeine affect plant growth?   Hypothesis: My hypothesis is that the seeds that are watered with coffee will grow faster/bigger than the seeds that are watered just using tap water.   The reason why my scientific guess is the caffeine will do better than the water is because it contains a lot of […]

SMART Goals Reflection

1. What was your goal? My goal was to walk to school there and back.    2. Did you achieve it? How or how not? I did not achieve my goal because I did not wake up early enough to walk to school every day, therefore my mom drove me to school but I still […]

Aquatic Field Studies

  In the past few days in our grade 9 science class, we’ve been going out to the Coquitlam River, and the Oxbow Pond.  We explored water quality, by chemical analysis, temperature, weather, and invertebrates living in the waters from the two bodies of water. We measured the temperatures by holding thermometers. For the temperature […]