The Science Fair final reports you submitted before were good first drafts. The final drafts are graded in the fourth term and are due on Tuesday, June 22 in class.

See the attachment for the requirements.

Open the attached Excel file and enter your data.

Your research project will focus on one of the following two topics. Under each is a list of topics to report on.

===  Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill  ===

Download the Sophomore GPA Calculator (SophomoreGPA.xls) below.

(1) Enter your name and date

(2) Enter the classes from your unofficial transcript

(3) Enter the grades for each class

(4) Enter the weight for each grade

(5) Enter the points for each class

(6) The "Total Value" is equal to the weight times the points for each class

(7) Calculate the GPA by adding the Total Value and dividing by the Total Points

Omega 11 --- Monday, May 10, 2010

Can we modify the weather to make it do what we want? Should we be able to?

What weather can be modified? For starters, Google "weather modification".

Research the technologies.

Research the issues for and against.

Today... Email me a note sharing the side you would take and a brief explanation to support it. gpapayannis@boston.k12.ma.us

Tomorrow... We'll be in the library sharing your research, choosing sides, and researching further.

Using the "Graphing with Excel" site from LabWrite Resources

     http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/res/gt/gt-menu.html

(a) create a data table for your report and presentation, then

(b) use the data table to make graphs. Decide which graph will represent your data best, bar graphs, line graphs, or scatter graphs.