Thursday, April 22, 2010

unit 7 HW 3


book report project help part 2

here are some articles on what we call the "nature of science" that may help you define what science is.



and then this is just a fun quiz to see how much science you really know.

Monday, March 22, 2010

book report project help

here are some book suggestions for your project...remember these are not all your options by any means, just a start of a list.

  1. T. Rex and the Crater of Doom - Walter Alvarez
  2. The beak of the finch
  3. the periodic kingdom - P. W. Atkins
  4. A silent spring - Rachel Carson
  5. Big Bang: the origin of the universe
  6. Water, Ice & Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes - Bill Green
  7. Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood - Oliver Sacks
  8. My Stroke of Insight - Ph.D., Jill Bolte Taylor
  9. Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love - Dava Sobel
  10. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA - Dave Watson
  11. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry

  12. Kitchen Mysteries: Revealing the Science of Cooking by Herve This
  13. Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body - Neil Shubin
  14. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America - Thomas Friedman
  15. The Footprints of God by Greg Iles

there are MANY MANY more. let me know if you are still looking....


Monday, March 8, 2010