Geography skills

Why is it important to have geography skills?

Newton's Second Law

You notice that if you push a empty shopping cart and a full shopping cart with equal force, the empty shopping cart has a greater acceleration. Use Newton's second law to explain why the empty shopping cart has a greater acceleration than the full shopping cart.

Newton's First Law

Explain Newton's first law of motion in your own words. Provide two examples illustarting Newton's first law.

Velocity vs. Speed

How can two objects have the same speed but different velocities? Explain how this is possible and provide an example of your own. Check your spelling and grammar.

Egypt in the news

We are beginning our study of North Africa with Egypt. Egypt has been a focus in the world news this week. Explain what is happening in Egypt. What do you think of this situation? What would you do if you were an Egyptian living in Egypt today?

Christmas around the world

Choose a country in Europe and research their Christmas traditions. You may use the website on my blog to do this. Write a five to seven sentence paragraph sharing what you found about your chosen country. Spelling and grammar counts, your post will not be published until all spelling and grammar are correct.

Earthquakes

Having just begun our study of earthquakes what interesting facts have you learned about earthquakes so far? What do you what to still learn about earthquakes? Why do you think it is important for scientists to study earthquakes?