Welcome to the Synergy School Middle School Science blog!
On this blog, you will be able to:
- Check for weekly homework assignments.
- Download homework sheets.
- Find interesting links to help you learn more about the units we’re studying.
- Read about current science news.
- Smile at pictures and video posted from class.
- Send comments, questions, and links to Tiff.
*Please note that there are links to blogs from previous school years. Feel free to check them out.
*On the Musical notes: All of the homework is named after song/album titles, or band names. Geeky, I know. In any case, I’ve added Musical Notes in case anybody is interested in learning more about music. It doesn’t all have to be about science… 🙂
*If you are outside of the Synergy school community, please use the resources here and I welcome any feedback.
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Middle School Science at Synergy School 
hey tiff can you post the readings please i cant do homework while i’m sick if there is no reading link
hey koby
sorry to hear that you’re sick. i can’t post the readings because i need to scan them and there are copyright issues. see if you can ask a parent to stop by to pick them up.
hope you feel better soon!
hey tiff this is ele I have a science test tomarow and i was wondering if i had to be able to know how to do the chemical reaction thing (H2O + CO2 ect..) or can i just memorize it?
You just need to able to recognize the molecules and what they mean. You don’t need to be able to balance the chemical equation. Good luck!
hello tiff!
I like this blog! its very….. shiny
i would like to request that we turn the science fair into one big (birthday) party (for me)
if that doesnt work out i completely understand! (kinda)
anyways i just came to check out the blog. if you find this post worthless and a waste of your time im truly very sorry
Love,
Sofia
Love the blog. Very informative! Just decided explore the internet(I’m incredibly bored).
Love, Allison
thanks, allison! come to visit again!
hey tiff- i got a 4.9 on the carbon calculator!
I can tell I’m not the first person to say, “Hey Tiff!” or “Hi Tiff!” (literally). The blog is pretty TIGHT. I still think you should post the readings (following up on Koby’s post). The blog is FANTASMIC (even though I don not think it is a word).
TIGHT BOARD TIFF!
Really Gabriel? FANTASMIC??? Tiff putting the readings on the blog would be helpful but people should have them. SCIENCE IS FUN! TIFF ROCKS!
-KK 🙂
Hey Tiff.
You should make the *RESOURCE PAGE* the Science Fair page.
Good job keeping up the site. 🙂 😛
How many Hypothesis’s do we have to have for the mystery tube project???
you need to have a least one. if you have more than one, make sure you test all of them and make observations.
Hey Tiff. the blog said that I have a homework due on Tuesday, “fluids and pressure”??? I don’t remember getting that homework, but I do remember getting the newtons law book homework…
Please help me
Tiff I don’t know when the second glog is due. Please help me.
Tiff I could not complete all of the purple homework sheet because I was not there in class for the chart.
Hi,
Not a problem. I forgot to give it to you before you left. Hope you had a nice trip! See you tomorrow!
hi tiff so for the project “An element research project” on the index cards on the back for the information do we write horizontal | or vertical – i put the this thing – and this thing | because i wanted to make sure i got them right:). Oh also do we write in full paragraphs or or do we write the question and than the facts/ answers?
good questions. you can either write horizontally or vertically. whatever is neater for you. either write in full paragraphs or make headings for the facts. it needs to make sense to someone who just flips the card over and looks at it.
Hi Tiff! So I am doing the purell vs soap and water project. On my plan, it said that I would use the same doorknob for all of the trials. But I think that if I do that, the doorknob will get cleaner and cleaner each trial because I’m rubbing off the bacteria in the previous trials. So I was wondering if, instead of doing all 4 trials on the same door, I could use 4 different doors and each sanitizer would have one trial per door. This way, each sanitizer has 4 trials, one on each door. Also, I would rotate the order in which the sanitizers are used so that one sanitizer doesn’t always get more bacteria to clean than the other sanitizer. And one last question- I am doing a trial where there is no sanitizer being used. I think that that trial should always go first or last. Which do you think I should do?
-Maya
sounds like a good plan. when you are swabbing for the no-sanitizer trials, do it at the same time as the other two. hope that helps to answer your question. have a nice weekend!
Hey tiff,
I’m feeling pretty special right now seeing that im commenting on the one and only tif’s blog.. I’m wondering if there is gonna be any block changes since half days on the week of the 28-4. I would like to know as soon as possible because i have a ton of tests next week (5) please respond as soon as you can.
-Sincerely,
Everybody who wants you to postpone this test till the end of the year
🙂
You are very special!
no block changes. you will have both Monday blocks, no 50 min classes in the morn
so…does everybody want to change this to a final exam where I test you on three units instead of one?
uhh im gonna change my ind about that one… 🙂
Thanks:)!
Hey Tiff,
Ummmm I kind of can’t find the reading called Elements. Can I get one on monday from you?
Oh and for my science fair project, do I have to measure the runners foot/ Or can I just write their shoe size?????
yes, just remind me to copy it for you. i think you should actually measure their foot length, not their shoe size. especially at your age, you guys tend to have shoe sizes slightly bigger than your foot.
Hi tiff so i was wondering of I could stay in on Tuesday lunch, so I could do my science experiment. If I can stay in and do that, that would be really helpful. :).
Tuesday is a half day so you’ll have to wait until the week after. We can check my calendar at school tomorrow.
I have another question, for the website tracking is Youtube one? I’m asking that because all of the music that i am using for my experiment is from Youtube. Or is the website tracking thing about your project and research behind your project?
yes, you should include the youtube websites. the title of the site will be “youtube” with the title of the video.
so for each video from youtube have its own title?
yes, because they are each different videos and they have their own URLs.
I have one more question, for my experiment can i just do 5 girls and 5 boys, or do i have to do 5 7th graders and 5 8th graders? for the girls and boys it is going to be 7th graders, if i can do that.
are you comparing boys and girls? 7th or 8th graders? i can’t remember.
well right now its 7th and 8th graders, but could I just have it boys and girls in 7th grade?
sure. no problem
Okay this is probally the last question, we can name our experiment different than our question right? I forgot.
the title can be different than the scientific question, but the question needs to clearly stated on your board.
Hey tiff I have one more question. What classes am I going to have on Monday?
you have both of your block classes tomorrow. no 50 minute morning class. we’re just bumping everything up.
hi Tiff,
For the test am i supposed to memorize the groups 1, 2,17 and 18, like what they are… meaning group 1 alkali metals, 2- Alkali earth metals, 17- Halogens and 18- The noble gases?
Yes. And you should know a few properties for each group
okay. The properties are like the malubility, and solubility and other things?
yes, like that. for example…alkali metals are soft, shiny and high reactive; alkaline metals are too. alkali metals all have one valence electron, alkaline metals have two. halogens are non-metals so they are not malleable or ductile. halogens are reactive and they have 7 valence electrons. noble gases are not reactive and have a full set of valence electrons. they are all colorless odorless gases.
Thanks! Ah so much to remember.
you’ll be fine!! 🙂
hi Tiff,
So if I didn’t finish my Science experiment, that means I can turn in the Results and Observations. I understand that it’s not required but if I finish my experiment soon, can I turn it into you kind of after tomorrow, and have you check it? In case I did anything wrong.
oh wait I just checked I ment I know that the Results and Conclusion.
Hi tiff,
So wait if I didn’t finish my experiment than I just fill out the observations on what I have so far?
Just write down what you have so far. You can always turn in the results and conclusion after. I just need a few days to correct it.
okay sounds good. Thanks.
Oh wait do you think for my experiment that I should use any graph thing or should I write it because, I think a graph is good but there would have to be 10 1 for each person. Nooo actually never mind I will write it as notes, and maybe put it all together for the Results.
do you have measurements? if so, a graph might be useful to summarize the results. but for the observations, you can just write it out. I’ll help you if you’re not sure how to do the graph.
Okay thanks, yeah I probally might need help on the graph for the resutls if I come to school a little early could that work? by the way I know this online free website that has a lot of different graph’s to help you make them. But I still need you help…this is the website incase you were wondering what is was…http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
TIFF, i really messed up. So for the science cartoon for the bibliography i wrote down the image URL when I made the image bigger! And i just read the bibliography format thing because i’m doing it now, and it says cite the image in its original context. do not provide the URL of the enlarged image. I didn’t do that so what do I do now?
Super important: Don’t panic! It’s okay. I’ll show you what meant but don’t worry about it. Hi five for reading directions!
Hi Tiff,
So I didn’t turn in my Results and my Conclusion in the rough draft. So do you think that if you can I could turn it into you on Monday if you have time to correct it? Or do you think that I will be fine with no corrections? Or maybe I could just show you them on Monday and you could tell me what I should do better and stuff. Instead of correcting it? Well whatever works for you will be cool with me. Thanks.
Hey Tiff,
I am looking through the final checklist for my invention and one of the things I have to write about is “Product testing.” That’s fine except I’m not sure what to write for this if my invention does not really work very well at all..
What should I do?
I also need help on the Results. Im not sure how I should do it with a graph or sumarize with a few sentences.
Nevermind I think I got it
Hey tiff, um I found some stuff about runners and why they started kneeling down, should I put that in my research, or should i put it in a thing called “other facts”?
Please help
WOW…… Mariel i saw like 14 different questions from you…. stalker? loloolololololzzzzzzzzzz……… tehe
i know thats what i do noah.
Tiff, how do i vote for you for the stemposium thing?
Go to the website http://WWW.Stemposium.org
Rsvp for the event. You can just put Synergy as the organization. I’m not sure what its going to look like, but check back tomorrow evening. Thanks!
Anything for you tiff 🙂
TIFF EVERYBODY WAS WATCHING YOU WERE AMAZING! LOVE YOU!
THANK YOU! You guys are the best! I heard the chat room was busy and you were all showing the love. Thank you so much! I couldn’t have done it without you!
Hi Tiff,
So for the hw “Shake Your Rump” for question 1. where it says other earthquake characteristics. What do you mean? Like just other things about the earthquake?
Oh never mind I got it now:).
hello!!!! TIFFF!!!!!!!
I BEET YOU IN HORSE BUT YOU ALMOST BEET ME!:)
Well what I really came here for was to ask for one of the questions on the study guide was “How do seismologists locate the starting point of an earthquake” Well my answer was (They use seismographs to find a earthquakes epicenter. Also they figure out the lag time between the S-wave and P-waves.) Im not sure if that is right so can you help. and also what are other possible answers for that question?
Thankkssss!
hey tiff
i lost the 5″ by 8″ card with all my notes on it for the upcoming test. So I don’t have the card you gave out in class; is it okay if I use my own?
uhg now I have to take all the notes over again..
yes, just use your own. sorry you have to write it out again. maybe since you’ve done it once, you won’t have to write as much! see you tomorrow!
Hi Tiff,
Do you have a bibliography format sheet? Because I need one for the Histroy Fair. And I kinda threw mine away:).
Hi! Just look on the Resources page at the top.
hola tiff,
so I feel like my science journal is at school in my lubby, but I was wondering if you took any home cause if you could check if my was there that would be great, because I look in my back pack and my room and house and its not here…AND IM FREAKING OUT!
don’t freak out! i have it!!!!
Hey tiff,
I think im still your nummber one blog fan. But I waswondering if on monday morning you could help me with a question on the hw cause its like really confusing me.
Hey tiff!!! i left my homework folder at school, do you know when people would be there and i could go and get it?? is there going to be someone there tonight or tomarrow??
Hi Bella!
Lucky you, I’ll be there tomorrow (Monday). I’ll be there from 11am-4pm. The gate will be open and I think since it’s a Monday, your door code will work. I’ll be in the science room. Just stop in to say hi!
hey tiff tiff tiff
are there any block changes for next week beacuse i think there is no school on thurday or friday nd half of wednesday….. so hopefully nope.
Ele, Ele, Ele!
No block changes. We don’t have school WED(the whole day!) thru Friday. Who’s excited?!
Heeeeeey Tiff,
Do could you get the botany study guide on the blog as fast as you can? I don’t have mine and the document isn’t attached.
Yes, it’s attached. You need to check the “Homework for the Week of Oct. 31st” post
TIFF hi.
okay so tomarrow this doesnt have to do with science but its a question.. so!
Tomarrow do we have block class if not what are we doing? Cause I have to plan out my hw!
Hi,
No block class tomorrow. If you’re not caroling, we’ll make those orange clove ornaments in the morning and then, I’ll bet you have some combination of math, PE and study hall, and probably some Spanish- Sog, Nate, and Mel are staying behind.
Hi tiff,
Im sick and having a lot of trouble with the invention plan because of the extra issues of scaling measurements and deciding on proper materials for the scale model… can we talk in hw club tomorrow?
Hi Izzy,
Sorry to hear that you’re sick. Yes, we can talk about it tomorrow. HOpe you feel better soon!
Hi Tiff,
I had an extremely busy weekend and early week, what with the CAT-6 test, my lick interview, an unexpected art class, orthodontist visits and violin. Could I possibly turn in the third chapter of the light book on Friday? I will try my hardest to finish all three chapters, but I may not be able to…
You are not turning it in until the final book is due next week. So just come with whatever you have.
Thanks!
Hollaaaa
okay so like for the light activity book if i wasnt here for a class work thing should I just like get help from a friend or wait till Tuesday??
Which class work did you miss?
Invisible light detector centers.
Ok, so just write about the introduction but skip the activities
Okay thanks.
Hey Tiff, I can’t find my light book worksheets. I was wondering if I can get an extension to Friday. Sorry for the inconvenience.
At this point, no extension. If you need the directions, you can download it from the blog. I will send blank worksheets home with your mom. For the big picture, you’ll get 1 point off for lateness, but as long as the content is complete, you’ll have no problem.
Ok thanks! What do you mean as long as the content is complete?
I just mean that if you answered all the required questions completely and accurately, then 1 point off for lateness won’t hurt much.
Oh ok, I’ll try my best to finish up. Thanks.
Hi tiff. I was working on my light book title. I know it needs to be named after a band or song. When researching possible names I found that the “Double rainbow” video had been remixed, turned into a song and that it was on I Tunes. Does it qualify?
Not the autotune! Well…okay. I let John do it. And there are about a dozen songs titled “Double Rainbow” on iTunes.
Scratch that first comment. Could I use the word sunset in my title instead? Please respond I NEED to finish my cover!
No….come on…hit up the challenge! You’re lucky I gave you more than one word. Last time I did this, they could only use the word “light”
hi tiff i like science
hi Tiffffff
Okay so I dont know what I should reasarch for my invention. I need help!
I think I scribbled some suggestions on your Design Plan. Hmm… maybe other closet organizer products/inventions? You should definitely look up the invention of the clothes hanger.
okay thanks!
Oh opps didnt see that.. okay thank youuuu
hey tiff, whats up? i really don’t have any questions so….yeah bye tiff 🙂
What’s up, Roland?! I love your email address… Swag!
heeeyy Tiff,
Hows your weekened?! OKayyy so like im doing my Invention Final draft and I came across reseacrch! So i know what im researching (History of the Hanger, Different kinds of hangers) So for that part im not sure what I should do?
Try to research those topics and provide a research section to teach others what you found.
Okay thanks!
Tiff what does ATP mean?
ATP stands for “Adenosine Triphosphate” but you just have to know that ATP is ENERGY for the cells.
Alright, thanks!!
hey tiff i forgot homework 25 can i work in or something to comeplete it because it did not get it
You can download it, just scroll down to last week. If you don’t have the reading, you’ll have to get it in the morning and stay in at snack.
ok thanks
hey tiff,
okay so i put a pill in my cold glass of water and its pushing out why is that????????
btw SCIENCE ROCKS!!!!! =)
The pill is dissolving. The water molecules are breaking up the molecules from the pill.
Hey Tiff!!!! I just wanted to let you know I got a 31/35 on my first quiz in anatomy and physiology!!!! And Liana says hi!!!!!!! We miss you!!!!!!
Hey Tiff!!!! I just wanted to let you know I got a 31/35 on my first quiz in anatomy and physiology!!!! And Liana says hi!!!!!!! We miss you!!!!!!!
awesome! congrats! and i miss you two too! and vivian really misses you, isa. i asked her about it the other day. visit soon!