CALLING ALL BIRD NERDS!!!

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Rise and shine!  Have you ever wanted to get outside at sunrise and walk around in the morning chill with Mr. Moore while he freaks out over every bird he sees?  Well your chance has arrived.  Early morning bird walks will be starting soon.  With our late spring this year, there aren't a whole lot of migrants back yet, but they'll be coming soon.  So get your binoculars polished up and the coffee brewing.  We will meet at the Sheboygan Marsh Tower on designated days around 6:00am.  All transportation is on your own, this is not an official school field trip, so get your rides figured out ahead of time.

Lake Sturgeon Spawning in the Wolf River

It's that  time of year again when the Lake Sturgeon start their upstream trek to the Shiocton and Shawno areas to spawn. As of today it doesn't seem there is a lot of activity, but based on the forecasted warmup and historical behavior, they should be congregating by mid to late next week (April 27 - 30).  If it stays cool, that will be pushed back a little into early May.  Check the DNR website below for more information.

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/fish/sturgeon/sturgeon_spawning.html

Last Call For Missing Work

The third quarter ends on Wednesday March 30th.  Any late work not turned in by 3:00pm on Wednesday will be a zero.

Enthalpy Lab

ATTENTION CHEMISTRY STUDENTS

ΔH_met = ΔH_cal + ΔH_wat

All trials for the enthalpy lab need to be completed by the end of the day on Friday 2/11.  You can come in before school, after school or during study halls (if OK'd by me) to complete your trials if you aren't able to get 3 different metals within 10% error during class.  Keep careful track of all your data as your lab reports will be due on Monday 2/21.

Open House - Thursday Feb. 3rd (5:00pm - 7:00pm)

Come check out my room during the ELGHS Open House and see a demonstration of some Vernier lab technology being used with a Promethean board.

Marsh Tower Physics

On Friday, the Physics class took a field trip to the Sheboygan Marsh to take measurements of objects dropped from the top of the Marsh Tower.  It was chilly and windy, but well worth the temporary numbness. 

Dropping a baseball

Calculating the height of the tower

Photos courtesy of Mr. McGill.

Cool story about gamma ray emissions from the center of our galaxy!

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