EARN A REWARD !!

Do some quick research and receive a reward in class on Friday!

IDENTIFY THIS ALABAMA SCIENTIST
- born to slave parents in 1864, sickly child at birth and most of his life
- developed method for rotating crops to increase yield
- discovered more than 300 products from peanuts
- discovered more than 170 products from sweet potatoes
- appointed to head of Agriculture Dept at Tuskeegee University

To get your reward, you must:
(1) find out WHO this is
(2) tell HOW MANY PATENTS he was awarded and
(3) tell WHERE/HOW YOU FOUND THE INFORMATION !

Energy: Can't Create It - Can't Destroy It !

The Law of Conservation of Energy

Energy may take on various forms (e.g. kinetic, potential, heat, light). The law of conservation of energy states that energy may neither be created nor destroyed but you can trade one form of energy for another  The biker is making energy trades (chemical to kinetic to potential to kinetic to heat) as he bikes up and down the hill.  ENERGY will be the topic for our class on Friday !

Hey what is that yellow stuff? AAACHOOOO !!

Have you noticed the dusting of yellow on all the cars, on everything?  Are you congested and perhaps sneezing more than normal?  It's probably pollen, a sign that Spring is here.  Check this out from Answers.com.

What is pollen? 
Plants produce microscopic round or oval pollen grains to reproduce. In some species, the plant uses the pollen from its own flowers to fertilize itself. Other types must be cross-pollinated; that is, in order for fertilization to take place and seeds to form, pollen must be transferred from the flower of one plant to that of another plant of the same species. Insects do this job for certain flowering plants, while other plants rely on wind transport; agents that effect pollination are also known as vectors.