D.O.S.

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D.O.S.

• Daily Oral Science Warm-ups
• Most taken from CPO Science Student TAKS Practice
  Books

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A D. O. S. of Good News!!!

• We do not have a D.O.S. to do on days we have a
  lab or test

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Thought for the Day

• Success is a Journey,
• Not a Destination

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Joke of the Day

• Where do you do your dishes?
• In the Zinc

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DOS 1

• Which of these is NOT a branch of science?
• Chemistry
• Biology
• History
• Physics

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CONGRATS VOLLEYBALL

• They beat Palacios last night
• to go 1 0 in District

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DOS 2

• Which set of elements are in the Noble Gases
  Group?
• Hydrogen, Lithium, Sodium, Potassium
• Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton
• Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
• Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine

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Joke of the Day

• Intelligent Life

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DOS 3

• Which of these are true statements about the
  importance of science?
• Science touches our lives in many ways everyday
• Girls need to know as much about science as boys
  do
• Critical thinking and problem solving lead to
  inventions that can help improve the quality of
  life
• All of the above

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Physics Joke of the Day

• Our Tax Dollars at Work

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Chemistry Joke for the Day

• What's the difference between Chemistry and
  cooking? 
• In Chemistry, you should never lick the spoon.

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Birthdays

• Erin Stryk 9/1

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Go Cobras
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DOS 4

• Regarding heating materials in the laboratory,
  which of the following statements is NOT true?
• When heating chemicals in a test tube, point the
  opening of the test tube away from yourself and
  others
• Work with chemicals that produce gases and vapors
  only in a well-ventilated room
• Use hot plates, not open flames, for heating
  materials
• Use tongs or insulated gloves when handling an
  object being heated.

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Joke of the Day in Honor of Tonights Blue
Moon(the last one until 2015)

• Did you hear about the new restaurant that just
  opened up on the moon?
• It has fabulous food, but no atmosphere

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Go Cobra Volleyball Beat Edner
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D. O. S. 5

• What is the definition of hypothesis?
• The statement of a scientific problem
• The study of cloning hippopotami
• The results obtained from conducting scientific
  experiments
• The prediction of an answer to a scientific
  problem

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Joke of the Day

• A man walks into his lab and asks Group 18,
  Where are all the other elements?
• Group 18 replies to the man, They ARGON
• (are gone)
• Contributed by Luke Smith 6th period

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D.O.S. 6

• What common lab instruments would you use to
  measure mass and volume?
• Balance and metric scale ruler
• Metric scale ruler and graduated cylinder
• Balance and graduated cylinder
• Beaker and graduated cylinder

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Joke of the Day

• What did Hurricane Isaac say to the Island?
• Ive got my EYE on you

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D.O.S. 7

• Name the 4 base SI units
• feet, inches, yards, miles
• meter, gram, liter, seconds
• feet, inches, meters, centimeters
• Celsius, Fahrenheit, seconds, hours

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Joke of the Day

• The Battle of the Lab Equipment Dads
• Mr. Graduated Cylinder
• vs
• Mr. Thermometer

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D.O.S. 8 - P

• Convert 34 inches in English units to
• metric centimeters (2.54 cm 1 inch)
• 13.4 cm
• 134 cm
• 86 cm
• 860 cm

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DOS 8 - C

• When you clean up after a laboratory exercise
• Return all unused, uncontaminated chemicals to
  their properly labeled storage area
• Dispose of all used solutions by carefully
  diluting them with water in the sink
• Dispose of unbroken glass in a special disposal
  container labeled for this purpose
• All of the above

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Joke of the Day

• Why is electricity so dangerous?
• Shocking News - It doesnt conduct itself very
  nicely

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Congrats

• Cross Country Varsity Girls 3rd, JV Girls -
  1st and Varsity Boys 3rd
• Harley Davis 1st in JV
• Will Maraggia 3rd in Varsity
• Volleyball was victorious over Bloomington
• Football had some exciting plays, but
  unfortunately Ganado prevailed
• Livestock Judging at Colorado County - ??

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D.O.S. 9

• A graduated cylinder has an initial volume of 50
  ml of water. After an irregular solid object is
  added the volume in the cylinder rises to 60 ml.
  What is the volume of the solid?
• 10 cm3
• 10 ml
• Both a and b
• Neither a or b

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Joke of the Day

• How do you write the chemical formula for the
  following?
• BaNa2
• BaNaNa

Contributed by Bubby Rowlett 6th period
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June Birthdays

• 1 Ben Rogers
• 3 Matthew Bellanger
• 5 Martha Reyna
• 6 Abbie Pooley
• 9 Kevin Holdgraf Carson Popp
• 11 Eddie Gonzalez
• 28 Leslie Smith
• 30 David Franz Melissa Harms

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July Birthdays

• 12 Jacob Novak
• 16 Courtney McGarrah
• 19 Alejandro Garza

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August Birthdays

• 5 Stephen Salazar
• 6 Tristan Garrison and Lauren Morton
• 8 Amanda Ament
• 12 Amasty Harms Courtney Sackett
• 14 Lane Peterson
• 20 A J Rosas
• 26 Brady Karl

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Sept. Birthdays

• Erin Stryk 9/1
• Jay Rubio 9/11
• Irene Reyna 9/13
• Karly Dyson 9/16
• Teton Thedford Ashton Brogger 9/19
• Mason Davis Kim Morris 9/21
• Matthew Yarborough 9/23
• Katie Grantland 9/26
• Chazidi Zambrano 9/27

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D.O.S. 10

• Imagine you are designing an experiment to
  compare the ability of a golf ball and a
  ping-pong ball to bounce on sand. Which of the
  following choices is a valid hypothesis?
• The golf ball bounces highest
• A ping-pong ball bounces highest
• Neither ball will bounce
• All of these are equally valid

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Joke of the Day

• What crime was the out-of-control chemist charged
  with?
• A salt and battery

Assault
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Happy Birthday

• Irene Reyna 9/13

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D.O.S. 11

• Which is NOT evidence of a chemical change
  occurring?
• Bicycle chain has rusted after being out in the
  rain
• Instant cold pack is activated once you break the
  pouch of water inside
• First step to digesting food is to chew it up
• Adding baking powder to a cake so it will rise
  when cooked

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Joke of the Day

• The Love Story of
• Ice and Bunsen Burner

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Happy Birthday

• Karly Dyson Sun., 9/16

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D.O.S. 12

• What is the correct order for the biomass Pyramid
  (from bottom to top)?
• Carnivores, herbivores, producers
• Producers, herbivores, carnivores
• Animals, vegetables, minerals
• Minerals, vegetables, animals

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Joke of the Day

• Space Monkeys

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D.O.S. 13

• What is an indication a chemical change has
  occurred?
• Bubbles from formation of a gas
• Precipitate
• Temperature of new products drops or increases
• All of the above

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Joke of the Day

• According to the mathematician who couldnt pass
  chemistry.
• If the formula for water is H2O, then the
  formula for ice should be (H2O) 3
• --- H2O cubed since ice comes in cubes

Contributed by Amasty Harms 4th period
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Happy Birthday

• Ashton Brogger
• Teton Thedford

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D.O.S. 14

• Which of the following indicates a physical
  change may have occurred?
• A substance changes color when another substance
  is added and heat is released
• A white precipitate forms when you mix two
  liquids
• A beaker of liquid bubbles when another substance
  is added
• A block of wax melts quickly when heated in a
  beaker

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Joke of the Day

• Oh no, exclaimed the chemist, He threw sodium
  chloride at me.
• Thats a salt

Assault
Contributed by Jade Trowbridge 4th period
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D.O.S. 15

• As an athlete is running a 5 K race, her cells
  need more oxygen. Which change will help her
  body meet the increased demand for oxygen?
• Her heart beats more quickly
• Her pancreas releasing more insulin
• Her breathing becoming more shallow
• Her sweat glands becoming more active

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Joke of the Day

• If H2O is water. What is H2O4 ?
• Drinking, swimming, bathing, washing
• H2O for

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D.O.S. 16

• Scientists use which of the following to conduct
  research
• Pythagorean Theorem
• Scientific Method
• Cafeteria Menu
• Law of Wisdom

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Thought for the Day

• Perseverance.
• A diamond is a chunk of coal that stuck
• to its job even when it was under a
• lot of pressure

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Homecoming Court
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Matthew Yarborough

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D.O.S. 17

• Which is a physical property of matter?
• Boiling Point
• Reactivity
• Toxicity
• Corrosivity

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Joke of the Day

• What kind of pants do biologists wear?
• Designer genes (jeans)

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Homecoming Court
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D.O.S. 18

• A block of iron has a volume of 10.0 cm3 and a
  mass of 17.0 g. What is the density of iron?
• 170.0 g/cm3
• 2.70 g/cm3
• 0.590 g/cm3
• 1.70 g/cm3

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Joke of the Day

• New Formula for Water

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Senior Homecoming Court
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Happy Birthday

• Katie Grantland

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D.O.S. 19

• What is the percent fat in a candy bar that has
  250 g of fat and weighs a total of 595 g?
• 345
• 238
• 42
• 4.2

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Joke of the Day

• If you arent part of the solution, you are part
  of the precipitate

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Happy Birthday

• Chazidi Zambrano

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D.O.S. 20

• When a gas stove is used to cook food, methane
  gas (CH4) reacts with oxygen gas (O2) and carbon
  dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) are produced.
  According to the law of conservation of mass,
  which statement is true about this reaction?
• Mass of methane gas burned must equal mass of
  carbon dioxide produced
• The combined mass of carbon dioxide and water
  produced must be equal to the combined mass of
  methane gas and oxygen burned
• Some of the carbon atoms in the methane gas will
  be converted into oxygen atoms
• If more oxygen is added to the reaction, more
  carbon dioxide and water will be produced

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Joke of the Day

• Why did the physicist think the chicken crossed
  the road?
• Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest. Chickens
  in motion tend to cross the road

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Homecoming 2012
Beat Rockport
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D.O.S. 21

• What is one reason that dehydrated patients are
  given intravenous solutions of pure water with a
  small amount of dissolved salt rather than just
  pure water?
• To help prevent cells from shriveling because of
  the pressure caused by osmosis
• So pressure caused by osmosis will cause a net
  movement of salt into cells
• So dissolved substances will be transported
  across cell membranes and out the cells
• To help keep the concentration of dissolved
  substances inside and outside the cell equal

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Homecoming Joke

• Oxygen went to homecoming with Potassium.
• When asked how the date went Oxygen replied, OK

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CONGRATSHOMECOMING ROYALTTY

• David Franz King
• Jordin Jones Grand Duchess

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D.O.S. 22

• Name a chemical property of a material
• Ductility
• Freezing Point
• Corrosivity
• Solubility

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Joke of the Day

• Did you hear about the chemist reading a book on
  helium????
• He just couldnt put it down

Twilight
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Homecoming Crowd
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D.O.S. 23

• What percentage of the calories in one serving of
  tortillas comes from fat?
• 2
• 4
• 6
• 9

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Joke of the Day

• Why are chemists great at
• solving problems?
• They have all the solutions

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Homecoming Royal Ladies
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D.O.S. 24

• How many grams are in 4.56 kilograms?
• 45.6 gram
• 456 grams
• 4560 grams
• 45600 grams

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Joke of the Day

• How did the herpetologist know he would get
  married soon?
• He caught the garter snake

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Thanks Shelby Dad
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D.O.S. 25

• If an atom has 4 protons and 5 neutrons, how many
  electrons must it have to remain neutrally
  charged?
• 1
• 4
• 5
• 9

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Joke of the Day

• Two atoms are walking down the street..

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Friday Oct. 5

• D.O.S. Checkpoint 1
• Questions 1 25
• Open Notes

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D.O.S. 26

• Which population in the food chain is most likely
  to have the greatest biomass?
• Grass ? White-tailed deer ? Mountain lions ?
  Vultures
• Grass
• White-tailed deer
• Mountain lions
• Vultures

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Joke of the Day

• A foolish gardener planted a light bulb
• He thought he would grow a Power Plant

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Congrats

• The Cobra band won
• BEST IN CLASS AA
• And
• OUTSTANDING DRUMLINE AWARD
• at the Lamar ISD
• And
• BEST SOLOISTS

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FFA News

• Industrials Junior Team placed third in team
  judging at Hempstead
• Dustin Hempels critter won best in class at the
  Heifer Show

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D.O.S. 27

• Properties of metals include
• Bitter taste and reactive with fats
• Easily form liquids or gases
• Are most often anions
• Have free flowing electrons that make them good
  conductors of electricity, shiny, ductile, and
  malleable

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Joke for the Day

• What can you make from the chemicals of
  Potassium, Nickel, and Iron?
• A KNiFe

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D.O.S. 28

• John and his partner are preparing glass tubing
  to be used in their lab investigation. As John
  pushes a glass tube through a rubber stopper the
  glass breaks and cut Johns hand. His lab
  partner should first
• Notify the teacher there is broken glassware
• Clean-up the broken glass to prevent further
  injury
• Notify the teacher immediately there has been an
  injury
• Remind John to lubricate glass tubing and use a
  turning motion when inserting glass tubing into
  stoppers to prevent breakage and injury

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Joke of the Day

• Wind power is very popular because it has lots of
  fans

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D.O.S. 29

• How many significant figures does the following
  measurement have?
• 0.00230
• 2
• 3
• 5
• 6

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Joke of the Day

• The smooth talking IHS senior guy in Miss Hunts
  science class says to the freshman girl, Baby, I
  know my chemistry, and youve got one significant
  figure.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Wayne Zbikowski

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CONGRATS

• Courtney Sackett
• won BEST in SHOW
• for her Tiger Oil Pastel
• at Jackson County Fair

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D.O.S. 30

• Which of these represents a compound?
• Silver
• Salt
• Blueberry Muffin Mix (uncooked, loose berries)
• Oil and Water

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Joke of the Day

• What do you get in black socks?
• Black holes

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We Love Our Cobras

• Band 2A division champs at Edna Marching
  Contest. Best 2A horn line. 3rd place Overall
  in field including big school bands.
• Football good game, but tough loss to Rice
• Volleyball good games, but tough loss to Rice
• Cross County Girls 2nd place team Boys - 3rd
  place team. Will Maraggia 2nd place. Chandler
  Van Horn 5th place. Colton Nagel his best race
  of the year. Crisna Baez 5th place
• Cheerleaders Nice dance moves
• High School Rodeo Success Shelby Martin 10th
  place in poles
• Jackson County Fair Participants.

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D. O. S. 31 - P

• Which statement is true about projectile motion?
• Gravity is the only force that acts upon a
  projectile, since we will assume air resistance
  is negligible
• Horizontal velocity changes since no unbalanced
  forces act in that direction
• Vertical velocity is influenced by gravity and
  range of distance is impacted by angle of the sun
• At the maximum acceleration of a projectile
  horizontal and vertical velocity are zero

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D. O. S. 31 - C

• You need to go to the lumber yard to get some
  wood for the frame of the patio deck you are
  building that has to sit at a weird angle due to
  the location of your house vs. the property line.
  You measure the following dimensions for each
  side. 8.45 m, 6.3 m, 4.33 m, and 5.2 m
• How much wood should you get at the lumber yard?
  (Remember sig figs matter)
• 24 m
• 24.2 m
• 24.3 m
• 24.28 m

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Joke of the Day

• What do you call a person who keeps on talking
  when people are no longer interested?
• A Teacher.
• Like Miss Hunt

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Opportunity for Extra Points

• Attend Victoria Colleges Information Night
  Tuesday, October 16th from 530 to 800 p.m. in
  the VC Health Sciences Center
• This event will give prospective students and
  their parents an opportunity to explore VCs
  areas of study, financial aid options,
  scholarships, admissions requirements, and
  student life activities.
• Visit with college program people and/or
  employers in attendance and complete the VC Info
  Night Interview Form from Miss Hunt
• Receive up to 10 extra points on a major grade

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Art Show Winners

• See Announcements

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D.O.S. 32 - P

• Since the 1940s chemical insecticides have been
  used to control insects that damage crops and
  spread disease. However, such control efforts
  fail when insect pests become resistant to
  insecticides as a result of --
• Natural selection
• Learned behavior
• Geographic isolation
• Asexual reproduction

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D.O.S. 32 - C

• A chemist observes a reaction that gives off an
  odor similar to ammonia and the products turn
  from blue to red and will not turn back to
  original color. This is evidence of what
• a. Inertia
• b. Physical change
• c. Chemical change
• d. Physical and chemical changes

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Joke of the Day

• What do you call a joke that is based on cobalt,
  radon, and yttrium?
• CoRnY

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Dylan Koehl

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Daniel Santillan
• Justin (JET) Thompson
• Sat. - Oct. 20

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GO COBRAS

• Good Try JV
• GO FOOTBALL and VOLLEYBALL.. Beat the Cowboys
• Good Luck at Regional Band Contest
• Go FFA Judging Team at Calhoun County Fair

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D.O.S. 33

• Which state change occurs when a solid goes
  directly to a gas?
• Melting
• Sublimation
• Condensation
• Freezing

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Joke of the Day

• How can you save someone with carbon and
  praseodymium?
• Give them CPr
• Created by Cade Peterek

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D.O.S. 34

• If a person is 6-3 tall, how tall are they in
  meters? (1 inch 2.54 cm)
• a. 191 m
• b. 1.91 m
• c. 16.0 m
• d. 1.60 m

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Joke of the Day

• What do you call a power failure?
• A current event

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D.O.S. 35

• If the atomic mass of Phosphorous is 30.973761
  and the atomic number is 15. How many neutrons
  does it have?
• 15
• 2
• 30
• 16

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Joke of the Day

• A neutron bought a Dr. Pepper at the concession
  stand..

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• D J Hart

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GOLDEN COBRA BAND

• Division 1 Superior Rating
• in Region 13 Competition

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Celebrate Mole Day 2012 on Tuesday, Oct. 23
(10/23) from 602 am to 602 pm Activity Period
Miss Hunts Room
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D.O.S. 36

• In a previous D.O.S., a solid placed in a
  graduated cylinder had a volume of 10 cm3. If
  its mass is 50 g., what is the density?
• 2 g/cm3
• 0.2 g/cm3
• 5 g/cm3
• 60 g/ cm3

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Joke of the Day

• My friends son dropped out of chemistry class at
  college
• After the third week he realized he was out of
  his element

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Kenneth (Bubby) Rowlett

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Good Luck at District Cross Country
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• Happy Mole Day 2 U

The mole is a unit of measurement for the amount
of substance or chemical amount. 6.02 x
1023 atoms per mole The atomic mass unit 1
mole of an element
Q What is Avogadros favorite kind of music?
A Rock N Mole
Celebrate Mole Day 2012 on Tuesday, Oct. 23 from
602 am to 602 pm
Mole Day Song
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D.O.S. 37

• What is a mole?
• a. A lightly furry, little, burrowing critter
• b. A small, dark spot on skin
• c. A unit of measurement for the
• amount of substance
• 6.02 x 1023 atoms
• d. All of the above

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Mole Day Activities for Science Club

• Remember Its Avogadro like avocado
• Which makes Guacamole
• Lets Explore More about the Mole through a Lab
  Activity
• More Mole Day Jokes

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D.O.S. 38

• Which are the smallest parts of an atom?
• Neutrons
• Nucleus
• Protons
• Electrons

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Joke of the Day

• What are the favorite elements of doctors?
• Helium and
• Curium

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District Cross Country Results

• Varsity Girls took 1st
• Varsity Boys took 3rd
• Both will advance to Regionals!

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GO GIRLS
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GO GUYS
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D.O.S. 39

• An ecosystem is
• Interactive system that includes all parts of the
  physical environment
• The only place life can exist
• The entire community of organisms that live there
  plants, animals, fungi, bacteria
• All of the above

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Joke of the Day

• What do the doctors in yesterdays joke do if
  they cant helium or curium sick people?
• They barium
• Which is also what you do to dead chemistry
  teachers

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D.O.S. 40 - P

• The three factors that actually do affect motion
  are
• Velocity, acceleration, momentum
• Distance, time, speed
• Friction, gravity, air resistance
• Reactions, actions, net force

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D.O.S. 40 - C

• Results of a scientific investigation are
  communicated in which step?
• Hypothesis
• Research
• Data collection and analysis
• None of the above

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Joke of the Day

• A mushroom walks into a bar and announces, A
  round of drinks for everyone!
• Another customer remarks, Well, he seems like a
  fun guy.
• (fungi)

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D.O.S. 41

• What do you call a reaction that produces heat?
• Exothermic
• Endothermic
• Enthalpic
• Intrinsic

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Joke of the Day

• My doctor doesnt believe in anesthesia
• Hes propane
• (pro-pain)

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D.O.S. 42 - P

• What is the centripetal acceleration of a bucket
  moving in a 5 m circular path with a velocity of
  10 m/s? Where ac v2
• r
• 0.5 m/s2
• 2 m/s2
• 20 m/s2
• 50 m/s2

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D.O.S. 42 - C

• If there are 12 dozen pencils in a gross how many
  individual pencils are there in 1 gross?
• 1
• 12
• 13
• 144

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Joke of the Day

• Gravity is a Law..
• . Law Breakers will be brought down

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D.O.S. 43

• Products of photosynthesis are
• Glucose and oxygen
• Water and carbon dioxide
• Oxygen and nitrogen
• Glucose and nitrogen

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Halloween Joke

• Why didnt the skeleton go skydiving?
• He didnt have the guts to do it

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D.O.S. 44

• Plants and animals are dependent on some bacteria
  because these bacteria
• Help recycle simple nutrients to the soil
• Get energy from fermentation rather than
  respiration
• Are able to make their own food by using energy
  from sunlight
• Are engineered to remove hazardous wastes from
  the environment

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Joke of the Day

• Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got
  married. The ceremony wasnt much, but the
  reception was excellent.

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• Congrats JV Football
• Go Varsity
• BEAT the BOBCATS

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Good Luck at Regional Cross Country
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Kori Hessler
• (Saturday)

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D.O.S. 45

• Which atomic structures have the same number of
  protons, but a different number of neutrons?
• a. ions
• b. isotopes
• c. molecules
• d. none of the above

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Joke of the Day

• What are the dullest elements?
• Bohrium and Boron

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Way to Go Cross Country

• Cobra Girls Cross Country placed 4th as a team
• Cobra Boys Cross Country placed 11th as a team.
• Will Maraggia placed 14th with a time of 1712
  and Katlyn Strauss placed 11th with a time of
  1242.
• Congrats to Courtney High who placed 3rd with a
  time of 1154 and Cassidy High who placed 10th
  with a time of 1238. Both girls will be
  advancing to State!

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D.O.S. 46 - C

• TEA STARR / EOC Release Question 1
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?Li
  nkIdentifieridItemID2147503467libID2147503461
  .

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Selena Capak
• Caitlin Ressman

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• Congrats Girls
• Basketball
• Victory over Schulenberg
• last night

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Announcements

• TUESDAY. FFA Meetings Activity Period 7 pm
  IHS Auditorium

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D.O.S. 46 - P

• TEA STARR / EOC Release Question 1
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?Li
  nkIdentifieridItemID2147503466libID2147503460
  

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D.O.S. 47

• 2 or more substances that can be separated by
  physical means is called
• Pure substance
• Mixture
• Colloid
• Compound

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Joke of the Day

• What is the Friendliest Element?
• Hydrogen
• (hi drogen)

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Physics Assignment

• Read Sections 4.1 thru 4.7 (pages 43 top of 53)
• Answer the questions along the way.
• Yes you need to write question and be sure
  answer is a complete sentence using good spelling
  and grammar

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D.O.S. 48

• When diluting hydrochloric acid for a lab
  simulating the stomachs digestive system you
  should pour
• Acid into the water
• Water into the acid
• Pour both simultaneously
• Both a. and b.

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Joke of the Day

• The Electrician Said..
• You can kill a mosquito, but you cant Kill a
  watt
• (kilowatt)

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Thanks Veterans
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CONGRATS

• 2nd Team ALL DISTRICT Volleyball Team Darcie
  Moreno
• 1st Team District 30AA Co-MV Setter Makayla
  Lenamon
• McKenna Zacek - 1st Team All District 30AA
• Courtney High 5th place at State Cross Country.
  Cassidy High 35th place
• Football way to end the season with a win
  against the Sharks

160
DOS 49

• Which scientist discovered the antibiotic
  penicillin?
• Einstein
• Goodall
• Fleming
• Newton

161
Joke of the Day

• Why did the chicken cross the road?Isaac
  Newtons First Law Chickens at rest tend to stay
  at rest. Chickens in motion tend to cross the
  road.Isaac Newtons Second Law It was pushed
  on the road with a force equal to its mass times
  acceleration.Isaac Newtons Third Law It was
  pushed on the road by another chicken, which then
  went the opposite direction from the
  road.Isaac Newtons Fourth Law It was
  attracted to a chicken on the other side of the
  road.

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D.O.S. 50 - P

• The formula for speed (velocity) is?
• d x t
• d / t
• F x d
• F / d

163
D.O.S. 50 - C

• Chicken noodle soup is an example of
• An element
• A heterogeneous mixture
• A homogenous mixture
• A compound

164
D. O. S. Checkpoint 2 Questions 26 -
50 TOMORROW Wednesday 10/27
165
Thought for the Day

• The difference between try and triumph is a
  little umph.

166
Your Attitude is a Little Thing That Makes a BIG
DIFFERENCE
167
D.O.S. 51

• Which scientist discovered electrons using the
  Plum Pudding Model and a cathode ray tube?
• Bohr
• Thomson
• Dalton
• Schrödinger

168
Joke of the Day

• What did the barrel racer do with her horse?
• Rhodium

169
D.O.S. 52

• This scientist devised the Atomic Theory
• J. Dalton
• D. Pavlov
• S. Lothman
• A. Einstein

170
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Oscar Garcia (Sunday)

171
JUNIORS

• Bring your non-perishable food items
• to my room
• Between Nov. 19 Dec. 7
• Class with the most goods collected receives an
  Ice Cream Party
• Courtesy of Student Council

172
D.O.S. 53 - P

• A student throws a tennis ball with a mass of 5.7
  x 10-2 kg into the air. What is the downward
  force on the ball due to gravity? (where F ma
  and ag 9.8 m/s2)
• 9.8 N
• 0.56 N
• 0.17 N
• 0.057 N

173
D.O.S. 53

• Which scientists used cathode ray tubes to prove
  the presence of protons and electrons,
  respectively?
• Bohr and Rutherford
• Goldstein and Thomson
• Bohr and Thomson
• Schroedinger and Goldstein

174
Joke of the Day

• What do you get when you cross a snake with a
  physicist?
• A Bohr (Boa) Constrictor

175

• GO BASKETBALL
• Girls at East Bernard
• Boys at Boling

176
D.O.S. 54 - P

• What organelle does bacteria lack that is the
  housing unit for DNA?
• Flagella
• Golgi Apparatus
• Nucleus
• Lysosome

177
D.O.S. 54 - C

• Mosely improved upon the original arrangement of
  the periodic table as developed by Mendeleev.
  How did Mosely construct his version?
• Alphabetically
• By atomic mass
• By atomic number
• By year of discovery

178
Joke of the Day

• What did the scientist say when he found two new
  isotopes of helium????
• HeHe

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Amaze Your Family Friends with Thanksgiving
Science

• http//www.scienceoffcenter.org/science/202-fork-b
  alancing-an-avoid-on-thanksgiving-science-experime
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D.O.S. 55

• What are the charges of an oxygen atom and its
  nucleus, respectively?
• 0, 8
• -2, 8
• 8, 0
• 16, -2

182
Joke of the Day

• How would Sherlock Holmes have organized the
  Periodic Table?
• Element TREE (elementary),
• my Dear Watson

183
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Luke Smith

184
Go Basketball

• Boys Varsity vs. Waelder at home
• Girls at Shiner St. Paul

185
Canned Food Drive

• Help the needy
• Items critically needed at this time include
  canned goods, boxed dinners, pasta, pasta sauce,
  baby cereal, and baby food
• Help your class win an ice cream party
• Deliver cans by Fri., Dec. 7
• Ms. Rockstrom - sophomores
• Ms. Hunt juniors (rock) We are currently 2nd
• Mrs. Griffith - seniors

186
D.O.S. 56 - Chem

• Which of these is the naturally occurring isotope
  of Uranium?
• U 234
• U 236
• U 238
• U 239

187
D.O.S. 56-P

• If Santa and his reindeer travel from the North
  Pole to Vanderbilt (a distance of 5,000 miles) in
  10 hours. What is their velocity? (v d/t)
• 50,000 mph
• 50,000 mph south
• 500 mph
• 500 mph south

188
Joke of the Day

• What do you call a swim team made up of all girls
  named Jennifer?
• Hydro-Jens
• (hydrogens)

189
D.O.S. 57

• Define precipitate (from a chemistry perspective)
  
• a. Insoluble product or by-product of a
• chemical reaction
• b. A solvent/solute mixture
• c. Rain
• d. None of the above

190
Joke of the Day

• What is a thespians favorite element?
• Actinium

191
D.O.S. 58

• Which branch of science combines chemistry and
  biology?
• Scientology
• Physiology
• Medicine
• Biochemistry

192
Joke of the Day

• Hydrogen and Oxygen are in a restaurant having
  supper when Gold walks in.
• Hydrogen yells out Au, Get Out of Here!

193
More News

• Boys. 1st in Bloomington Tourney
• Will Maraggia. MVP
• Jay Rubio. All-Tournament Team
• Evan Gregg All-Tournament Statician
• Girls 5th in Cobra Tourney

194
D.O.S. 59 - P

• A person taking antibiotics benefits from eating
  yogurt that contains live and active bacterial
  cultures because the bacteria
• Release enzymes that prevent the reproduction of
  viruses
• May aid antibiotics by eating harmful bacteria in
  the human digestive tract
• May restore the normal community of bacteria
  living in human digestive track
• Are a major source of dietary fiber, which helps
  provide energy needed to fight infection

195
D.O.S. 59 - C

• Thanks to the work of Marie and Pierre Curie and
  their associates, radioactive materials have
  found a place in life saving treatments. Which
  isotope is used to destroy cancer cells?
• Americium 231
• Carbon 14
• Xenon 133
• Cobalt 60

196
Joke of the Day

• What did Godzilla say when he ate the nuclear
  power plant?
• EXPLOSIVE FLAVOR

197
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Marco Chavarria

198
Great Job Theatre and Art

• Theatre
• Matthew Bellanger - director, Chazidi Zambrano
  stage manager and techie, Tristan Garrison
  techie
• Alejandro Garza the phantom techie
• Artists
• Shelby Martin, D J Hart

199
D.O.S. 60

• Rank the following radioactive rays from
  strongest to weakest
• alpha, beta, gamma
• gamma, beta, alpha
• beta, gamma, alpha
• beta, alpha, gamma

200
Joke of the Day

• Old musicians never die, they just de-compose

201
D.O.S. 61 - P

• When a rock is suspended in air, it weighs 2.25
  N. In water it weighs 1.8 N. When the rock is
  suspended in glycerin it weighs 1.72 N. Which
  statement is true?
• Water exerts a greater buoyant force on the rock
  than glycerin
• Glycerin exerts a greater buoyant force on the
  rock than water
• The buoyant force exerted on the rock in water
  and glycerin and water are the same
• None of the above are correct

202
D.O.S. 61 Chem

• What is a helium nuclei called in nuclear
  chemistry?
• Beta particle
• Positron
• Gamma ray
• Alpha particle

203
Thought for the Day

• Success Comes in Cans.
• I Can
• You Can
• We Can
• Everybody Can

204
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Celia Grymes

205
D.O.S. 62 - P
Sample pH
A 2.4
B 11.9
C 5.6
D

• If sample D is more basic than sample A, but
  less basic than sample C which is a valid
  conclusion about the pH of sample D?
• pH is less than 2.4
• pH is greater than 5.6
• pH is between 2.4 and 11.9
• pH is between 2.4 and 5.6

206
D.O.S. 62 - C

• What type of energy is stored in a candy bar?
• Radiant Energy
• Chemical Energy
• Kinetic Energy
• Mechanical Energy

207
Joke of the Day

• A horse can be ___________ to water,
• but you cannot make him drink
• Lead (Pb)

208
WELCOME

• Mr. Mark Baker
• Donor Recruiter Consultant
• South Texas Blood Tissue Center

209
Final Results

• Student Council Can Drive
• FRESHMEN  1,584
• SOPHOMORES   640
• JUNIORS 579
• SENIORS 244        
•   
• doing good for needy families in Jackson County
• with 3,047 total cans 
•  

210
Bully Plays Cast Crew
211
Follow up on STBTC Visit

• Red Cord Program for high school seniors
• Volunteer opportunities resume support
• Chemistry blood tissue typing, checking for
  diseases, mini-physical tests,
• Physics centrifuge for separating 3 components
  of whole blood, bloodmobile in motion,
  refrigeration
• Mrs. Drstata

212
D.O.S. 63

• Donating blood provides which of the following
  life saving components of whole blood and their
  purpose
• Red blood cells to carry oxygen to tissues and
  organs
• Platelets that provide for clotting to control
  bleeding
• Plasma helps sustain blood pressure, deliver
  proteins enzymes
• All of the above

213
Joke of the Day

• What is Santas favorite element?
• HoHoHo
• (Holmium)
• (submitted by Ben Rogers 4th and Ashton Brogger
  1st)

214
Canned Food Delivery
215
Outstanding Band Students

• All Region Band
• Chazidy Zambrano
• Marco Chavarria
• Advanced from Regionals to Area in ATSSB
  all-state band auditions
• Marco Chavarria

216
D.O.S. 64

• South Texas Nuclear is an example of producing
  energy from nuclear _______
• Fusion
• Fission
• Confusion
• None of the above

217
Joke of the Day

• Did you hear about the nuclear physicist who went
  fission?
• He caught 4 red fish and a flounder
• (fishin)

218
D.O.S. 65 - C

• The time it takes for half the amount of a
  radioactive material to undergo decay
• Millennium
• Half-life
• Millisecond
• Half-years

219
D.O.S. 65 - P

• During a test of vehicle safety standards, four
  different vehicles were driven at a test wall at
  a velocity of 35 km/h. Which one most likely hit
  the wall with the greatest force?
• A bicycle
• A motorcycle
• A two-door sports car
• A four-door SUV

220
Joke of the Day

• I'd like to make a chemistry joke right about
  now...
• ..but all the good ones Argon )

221

• FAREWELL
• BEN
• We will miss you!
• Good Luck

222
Christmas Cheer for Needy Families
223
D.O.S. 66 - P

• A 144 gram baseball traveling with a velocity of
  45 m/sec has the same momentum as a 675 gram
  football traveling at a velocity of
• 9.6 m/sec
• 43.7 m/sec
• 65 m/sec
• 45 m/sec
• Momentum m x v

224
D.O.S. 66 - C

• Element X has two known naturally occurring
  isotopes. The mass and relative abundance of each
  isotope are shown below
• What is the average atomic mass of Element X to
  the nearest hundredth of an atomic mass unit?
• Record your answer 79.91

Relative Abundance Mass (amu)
50.57 78.92
49.43 80.92
225
Joke of the Day

• My date last night was boron me.
• so iodine alone tonight
• (contributed by Hannah Gabrysch and Vina Nguyen)

226
D.O.S. 67

• Which liquid has the highest viscosity?
• Substance

Flow Rate (cm/sec)
a. Vegetable Oil 15.0 cm/sec
b. Isopropyl Alcohol 32.4 cm/sec
c. Corn Syrup 0.73 cm/sec
d. Mineral Oil 1.19 cm/sec
227
Joke of the Day

• SCIENCE in the NEWS
• Astronomers were excited this week at having
  isolated a brief soundwhich occurred immediately
  before the Big Bang.
• Apparently, that sound was "uh oh."

228
Moment of Silence

• Let us remember the students, teachers,
  counselor, and principal of Sandy Hook Elementary

229
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Raven Gulledge

230
D.O.S. 68 - P

• DNA carries instructions for making
• Photosynthesis
• Proteins
• Replicated cells
• Offspring

231
D.O.S. 68 - C

• Which balanced nuclear equation represents the
  neutron bombardment of Plutonium to create
  Lanthium and Rubidium?
• a. 10n 239 94Pu ? 145 57La 92 37Rb 10n
• b. 10n 239 94Pu ? 145 57La 92 37Rb 210n
• c. 10n 239 94Pu ? 145 57La 92 37Rb 310n
• d. 10n 239 94Pu ? 145 57La 92 37Rb 410n

232
Thought for the Day

• Lets have a positive week and not have any
  electron clouds hanging over our heads

233
D.O.S. 69 - P

• What would be the pressure exerted by a 55. kg
  woman standing on one foot in stiletto heels with
  diameter of 0.75 cm?
• 1200 N
• 225 N
• 73 N
• 41 N
• w mg P F g 9.8 m/s2
• A

234
D.O.S. 69 - PoT

• What would be the volume fluid rate of a storm
  water drainage ditch flowing at 2.0 m/s through a
  0.91 m diameter culvert pipe?
• 1.3 m3 / s
• 1.8 m3 / s
• 2.2 m3 / s
• 5.7 m3 / s
• (Where V Av)

235
D.O.S. 69 - C

• Transition metals, noble gases, metalloids, and
  non-metals are examples of
• Periods of Elements
• States of Matter
• Element Families
• None of the Above

236
Joke of the Day

• What should a chemist do who has become flabby?
• Fermium Up

237
DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

• 4 - Marco Chavarria
• 6 - Celia Grymes
• 17 - Raven Gulledge
• 23 - Colton Nagel and Devin Osburn
• 26 - Cade Peterek
• 30 - Jeffrey Koch

238
Test Taking Reminder

1. Take a deep breath and exhale
2. Push the frontal lobes of your brain together to
   engage thinking
3. In case of panic or brain freeze, repeat steps 1
   and 2.

239
D.O.S. 70

• Refer to the periodic table for the following
• Elements in which group on the periodic table are
  least likely to form chemical bonds?
• Noble Gases - Group 18 (far right)
• Alkali Metals - Group 1 (far left)
• Transition Metals Groups 3 -12 (middle)
• Halogens Group 17 (right)

240
Joke of the Day

• Who has chlorine, gold, and sulfur?
• Santa ClAuS

241
Happy HolidaysandBlessings to All of Your
242
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Holly Pavlicek - 4
• Jade Trowbridge - Today

243
Joke of the Day
The Element of Surprise!

• 120
• Ah
• (230)

Contributed by Josiah Williams
244
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Madison Garza
• Evan Gregg

245
Joke of the Day

• What is the dieters element?
• Nobellium (no belly)

246

• D. O. S. Checkpoint 3
• TODAY
• Questions 51 70
• Physics Principles of Tech - Ignore Question
  10
• Chemistry Ignore Question 9

247
Joke of the Day

• Did you hear about the microbiologist that was
  not a good swimmer?
• His DNA was messed up and he almost drowned in
  his own gene pool

248
Joke of the Day

• Why does hamburger have lower energy than steak?
• Because it is in ground state

249
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

• Holly Pavlicek 4
• Jade Trowbridge 7
• Madison Garza Evan Gregg 8
• Logan Robinson 13
• Miguel Ramirez 17
• Alex Biggs 18
• Randy Bitterly 21
• Savannah Cisneros 23
• Leah Bullock Jordan Branum 24
• Shelby Martin - 29

250
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Randy Bitterly Monday

251
D.O.S. 71

• If Baby New Year weighs 8 pounds and 6 ounces on
  earth, how much will he weigh on the Moon?
• 8 pounds and 6 ounces
• Less than 8 pounds and 6 ounces
• More than 8 pounds and 6 ounces
• 16 pounds and 12 ounces

252
Joke of the Day

• What is a music lovers favorite element?
• Cd
• (Cadmium)

253
D.O.S. 72 - P

• The following are examples of abiotic factors in
  an ecosystem except for
• temperature
• weather
• bacteria
• soil

254
D.O.S. 72 - C

• Nickel is one of the transition metals. Because
  of its ability to lose electrons it is very
  conductive. If a nickel atom loses 2 electrons
  its charge will be
• a. 1
• b. 2
• c. 1-
• d. 2-

255
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Savannah Cisneros

256
Joke of the Day

• I was going to make a joke about sodium and
  hydrogen..
• . But NaH
• From Holly Pavlicek, A J Rojas, and ????

257
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Leah Bullock
• Jordan Branum

258
Congrats, Shelby. Good Luck at Houston Livestock
Show
259
Football ALL-DISTRICT
260
Boys Basketball - Varsity
261
Girls Varsity Basketball
262
Houston Art Show Advancers

• Shelby Martin in Painting
• Lauren Ramon in Sculpture

263
UIL Results - Shiner

• Shiner UIL Invitational Meet last Thursday
  evening
• Accounting Courtney High 6th
• Calculator Applications McKenna Zacek 5th in
  12th grade, Jordon Nagel 1st in 10th grade, 2nd
  overall, Audrey Cate 2nd in 10th grade, 6th
  overall, the three of them along with Kayla
  Weixelman were 2nd place team
• Computer Applications Kayley Smith 1st,
  Brittany Berger 6th
• Current Issues and Events Austin Sappington 6th
• Feature Writing Lauren Ramon 3rd
• News Writing Dianna Charron 4th
• Mathematics Audrey Cate 3rd in 10th grade,
  James Adams 2nd in 9th grade, Cassidy High 3rd in
  9th grade, Kate Crawford 4th in 9th grade

264
UIL Results Shiner (cont.)

• Number Sense Colleen Fellers 3rd in 10th grade,
  Ashley Pattillo 6th in 10th grade
• Prose Interpretation Ethan Smith 4th
• Extemporaneous Persuasive Speaking Ethan Smith
  4th
• Ready Writing Jessie Peterson 1st
• Science James Adams 1st in 9th grade, Maritsa
  Chavarria 2nd in 9th grade, Jessie Peterson 3rd
  in 10th grade, Travis Alexander 5th in 10th grade
• Social Studies Austin Sappington, Sydney
  Pattillo, April Jungbauer and Colleen Fellers
  were 2nd place team
• Spelling Vocabulary Jordan Williams 1st,
  Landry Mikulec 5th, the two of them along with
  Matthew Bellanger and Chazidi Zambrano were 1st
  place team

265
UIL Results - Calhoun

• Congratulations to the CX Debate team of Holly
  Pavlicek and Ethan Smith for placing 2nd in the
  Calhoun Debate Tournament last Saturday.  They
  were undefeated in all 4 rounds of the debate.
• Leah Bullock and her partner Sara Adams won 2 of
  their 4 rounds. Kim Morris and partner Austin
  Sappington scored a win as well.
• Thanks to Kevin Holdgraf for pinch-hitting on a
  CX Debate team at the last minute, and never
  participating before and also doing poetry
  rounds. He and Brittany Gregg won 2 out of their
  4 rounds, one of those against last years state
  champion school of Boling.

266
D.O.S. 73

• Except for helium, a full orbital of valence
  electrons equals
• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

267
Joke of the Day

• Are you made of copper and tellerium?
• Because you are very CuTe
• Contributed by Caitlin Ressman, Melissa Harms,
  Amasty Harms, and David Franz

268
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Shelby Martin

269
D.O.S. 74

• The elements that make the best semiconductors
  for computers, phones, etc. are the -
• Metals
• Metalloids
• Non-metals
• Rare earth metals

270
Joke of the Day

• Dont listen to an atom.
• they make up everything
• Contributed by Adam (Atom) J Rosas

271
D.O.S. 75

• Which element has the greater atomic (molar)
  mass?
• Tin
• Xenon
• Mendelevium
• Osmium

272
Joke of the Day

• The Cation Exclaimed Im positive that a free
  electron was stripped off a me. Youve gotta
  keep your ion em.

273
Houston Livestock Show Winners

• Gold Lauren Ramon
• Red Jordin Jones, Halley Longstreet, Shelby
  Martin
• White Randy Bitterly, Selena Capak, Madison
  Gloyna, Katie Grantland

274
SENIORS

• Scholarship and Financial Aid Meeting TONIGHT
  at 600 pm in Library

275
D.O.S. 76

• Calculate the dissolving rate of 5 grams of sugar
  in 300 ml of water in grams per second if it
  takes 2 minutes to dissolve
• 0.04 g/sec
• 2.5 g/sec
• 0.016 g/sec
• 60 g/sec

276
Joke of the Day

• Famous physicist Werner Heisenberg was pulled
  over by a policeman..
• The officer asked him if he knew how fast he was
  going. Heisenberg replied, No - I dont know
  how fast I was going, but I am pretty sure I know
  where I am.

277
All District Volleyball
278
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Hunter Foreman (on Sunday)

279
D.O.S. 77 - P

• Parthenogenesis a type of asexual reproduction
  in which an organism is produced from an
  unfertilized egg
• A female spring peeper frog produces 200 eggs
  through parthenogenesis. If all the eggs hatch,
  they will produce
• a. 50 females and 150 males
• b. 100 females and 100 males
• c. 150 females and 50 males
• d. 200 females and 0 males

280
D.O.S. 77 - C

• What is the electron configuration for sulfur?
• 1s22s22p63s23p4
• 1s22s22p23s23p8
• 1s22s22p43s23p6
• 1s22s23s22p63p4

281
Joke of the Day

• What did the maitre d' say when oxygen, hydrogen,
  sulfur, sodium, and phosphorous walked into his
  restaurant?
• OH SNaP!

282
Yoakum Powerlifting Meet

• Boys Powerlifting Team Placed first
• 114s
• Jesus Rios 1st place
• Bradley McGill 3rd place
• 123s
• Kayden Kurtz 6th place
• 132s
• Teton Thedford 2nd place
• Rhett Musser 5th  place

283
Boys Powerlifting - Yoakum

• 148s
• Daniel Santillan 9th place
• 165s
• Marco Chavarria 3rd place
• Kevin Holdgraf 10th place
• 181s
• Eli Milner 2nd place
• Jesse Chavarria 6th place

284

• 198s