Hello 2018-2019 students and parents! My name is Mr. Thielen (sounds like Tea-lynn) and I will be your new science teacher for the upcoming school year. A little bit about myself, I was born in Iowa and lived there for 10 years. Because of this, I am a huge Iowa Hawkeye fan! After living in Iowa, I moved to Wisconsin and completed my high school and college career. I graduated with a B.S. degree in Biology education from the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire. After college, I started my teaching career by teaching at Springfield High School and Osseo Senior High School. Finally, this past summer I got married to my best friend!
I am looking forward to meeting everyone and having a fantastic school year. If you ever have any questions throughout the year, please don't hesitate to contact me (lthielen@seas-school.org).
6th Grade Physical Science: With this crazy snow storm and winter we've been having, there are a lot of accidents. Explain why cars slide on the road when there is snow/ice using the SPECIFIC type of friction we talked about in class (also think of Newton's first law. That should be part of your explanation). Also, explain why it's harder to drive when it is so windy using the specific type of friction as well. These explanations should be about a paragraph in length and can be handwritten or typed. I will be collecting these tomorrow.
7th Grade Life Science: Write a paragraph explaining the evolutionary characteristics of animals (geese, bears, pine trees, humans) and how these characteristics help them survive winter. Also, during this cold day, explain why we get goosebumps and why that is a vestigial feature. Your answers can be handwritten or typed. I will be collecting these tomorrow.
8th Grade Earth Science: Write a paragraph explaining the weather. You should be using correct vocabulary that we learned from class (cold and warm fronts, low and high pressure, cloud formation, amount of water in the air). You should also explain what type of front and pressure system we will be getting next week and explain how that will change the weather back. Lastly, explain why we have been getting extreme temperature changes, while places like San Diego (which is very close to the ocean) has a pretty consistent temperature all year round? Your answers can be handwritten or typed. I will be collecting these tomorrow.