(MMHS username is "mrsmcderm", 

and password is "welovelabs" for FOSS)

Watch for the International Space Station!

Weather Bug has come to Madawaska!!

Your Gross and Cool Body

Innerbody.com

The Arthropod Story

Planet Diary

Who Wants To Win a Million (Fake) Dollars?

Teachers Domain

Study hall expectations and procedures

Science 7 syllabus

Science 8 syllabus

SCI 7	SCI 8	T3 Math
Study Guide DOL Quiz 1 Study Guide DOL Quiz 2 Study Guide DOL Quiz 3	Study Guide PE Quiz 1 Study Guide QUIZ 2 Adaptation Study Guide	IXL Madawaska
1. Nikon MicroscopyU 2. Key to Zooplankton of the Northeast 3. Insect Mouthparts	1. Leaf Project 2. VTree ID	1. NLVM 2. NYT Set 3. AAA Math

                      
                       Xylem tubes in celery leaf dyed red.  Photo by Abigail G.
                      
 

Daphnia - zooplankton from Long Lake






 

Here is a lovely example of S-curves produced by acceleration as a dot car rolls down a slope.  The speed is less at the start reulting in flatter graph section and as the car rolls along it speeds up, making the line become more and more steep.  Then after the car hits the horizontal floor, the line flattens out again because the car is slowing down.  The different lines are made by cars traveling down boards with different starting elevation. 

We placed 30 M&M candies in a plastic cup.  We shook them and then dumped them out. We counted how many landed with the M&M label showing.  We graphed the frequency of M&M candies landing with the "M&M" label showing, if we removed the candies with no label showing on each throw (representing a half-life).  We did this activity to help us understand one way that geologists can find the approximate age of rocks. 

Linda McDermott

E-Mail: lindamcd@madawaskaschools.org