Week of 12/3/07 - 12/7/07
Make sure to check out the results of our EarthKAM Fall 2007 mission at www.mmhsearthkam.com, we have some great research, conclusions and annotated images there. All of the images were taken by students using a camera mounted in a view port of the International Space Station.
Monday 12/3/07-
Pd. 3 Read pp 640-644 in text. Write the main idea for each paragraph, using your own words. Answer #1-4 on page 644. Information on the MMHS Technology Media Festival.
Pd. 1,5,6,7 Journal: What are stars? How are stars made? How old are stars? What are stars made of?
Take the video anticipation quiz. View the video ‘A look at the stars’ correct your quiz as you view the video.
Tuesday 12/4/07
Pd. 3 quiz on main idea and reading from Monday. More on MMHS tech media festival. Photostory project. Make story board for project. Complete for homework.
Pd. 1,5,6,7 - More on MMHS Tech Media Festival, Finish Video, Take quiz on video. Categorize voc words.
Week 11/26/07 - 11/30/07
Monday 11/26/07
All classes turn in signed grade sheet.
Pd. 1 & 5 - Journal: write the 3 questions for this investigation. Complete the investigation report.
Pd 6 & 7 - Take test on Motion and Gravity. Complete the investigation report.
Pd. 3: Journal: which planet used to be considered Earth’s twin and why? Which planet has the most moons? How many?
View planets - add to your notes on planets.
Tuesday 11/27/07 Turn in signed grade sheets.
Pd. 1,5,6,7 Journal Entry: What is deforestation? Why do people cut down forests? View example of a finished product. Complete investigation report. Learn how to annotate your images.
Pd. 3 Journal Entry: What is located between Mars and Jupiter? What problems do these cause for Earth? Finish filling out charts for planets. Classify planets by different properties.
Wednesday 11/28/07 - Last day to turn in signed grade sheets.
Pd. 1,5,6,7 Journal: Name 2 affects of climate that deforestation causes. Do you think forests should be cut down? Why or why not? Review how to annotate images. Learn how to post images and reports on wiki page.
Pd. 3 Journal: Name 4 properties that the inner planets have in common. Name 4 properties that the outer planets have in common.
View example of final product with photostory. Choose 2 planets to compare. Create a storyboard of completed photostory with images, text and script.
Thursday 11/29/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 Journal: Explain 3 actions that people can take to reduce the effects of deforestation. Last day to check, correct group report and annotated images. Last day to upload group report and annotated images and save the page.
Pd. 3 Journal: what is the Oort Cloud? Where is it? What does it consist of?
Last day to complete storyboard for your planet photostory. Learn how to create a photostory.
Friday 11/30/07
Pd. 1,3,5,6,7 READ activity.
Week of 11/12/07 - 11/16/07
Monday 11/12/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 – Journal: The force of gravity on the Earth is _______. The force of gravity on the moon is__________. The force of gravity on the moon is less than Earth’s because ____________. The formula for finding the time or distance an object falls to the ground is_____________.
Complete Gravity Simulation. Use teacher simulation, or your own to answer the questions.
Pd.3 – Complete Chapter 23 preview document. Finish for homework.
Tuesday 11/13/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 – Journal: read pages 38-42, fully explain, terminal velocity, free fall, orbital motion and projectile motion. Determine times and distances of box drop on different planets.
Homework: Illustrate and explain projectile motion. Name and explain the 2 forces involved.
Pd.3 – Quiz on Chapter 23 preview. Use Chapter 23 to collect data about planets.
Homework: Fill in data from text
Wednesday 11/14/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 – Journal: What is the formula that shows the relationship between distance, gravity and time? Problem using formula. Video pretest, video on gravity, post test. Homework: 3 problems on gravity. Quiz on gravity and speed Monday.
Pd. 3 – Journal: Name the 4 inner planets and the 4 gas giants. Which planet is the largest? Which planet is closest in size to earth? Which planet is now considered too small to be a planet? Practice dropping a box off a 200m building. Complete finding data on planets.
Thursday 11/15/07
Pd.1,5,6,7 –Start EarthKAM project
Pd 3 – Start project on planets
Friday 11/16/07
Pd 1,5,6,7 Review for quiz on Monday on speed and gravity including problems.
Pd 3 Use videos to gather more data about planets.
Week of 11/5/07-11/9/07
Monday 11/5/07Pd 1,5,6,7 Collect paper drop lab and discuss. Go over class rules and procedures. Set goal for 2nd marking term. Review terminology, gravity and mass. Begin Global Sun Temperature project.Pd 3: Set goal for 2nd marking term. Go over class rules and procedures. Review parts of sun and definitions.
Tuesday 11/6/07Pd. 1,5,6,7 Turn in signed goal sheet, turn in Paper drop lab from weekend, complete and turn in Toy Speed lab for grade. Record data for Global Sun Temperature Project. Perform the Toy Speed Lab. Complete for homework.Pd. 3 Practice matching parts of sun and definitions with diagram. Test on part of sun and definition. Homework. Draw 5 constellations, name them and write a story about one of them.
Wednesday 11/7/07Pd 1 ,5,6,7 Turn in signed goal sheet, turn in Paper drop lab from weekend, complete and turn in Toy Speed lab for grade. Record data for Global Sun Temperature Project. Begin Gravity SimulationPd. 3 Turn in signed goal sheet. Collect 5 constellations paper and story. Pass out quizzes. Read pages 672-675, on your own paper, write the main idea for each paragraph. Complete for homework. View video on constellations and stars.
Thursday 11/8/07Pd. 3 Quiz on notes from Wednesday. Complete video on stars. Start constellation lab. Pd. 1,5,6,7 Journal : What is speed? What 2 measurements do you need to determine speed? What is the formula for speed? Zach rides his bike for ½ hour (.5) over a distance of 2 ½ (2.5) miles. What is zach’s speed? Show all 3 steps. Quiz on Speed Friday. Complete Gravity Simulation
Friday 11/9/07Pd. 1,5,6,7 Worksheet on speed. Quiz on speed. Enhance Gravity Simulation.Pd. 3 Journal: Begin Planets.
Week of 10/29/07 - 11/2/07
Monday 10/29/07
Pd 1,5,6,7 Post assessment on Newton’s 3 laws
Pd 3: Journal: ½ worksheet on Spectra: lab on viewing spectra and identifying elements with spectroscopes.
Tuesday 10/30/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 Lab assigned on Falling Bodies due next Monday. Read pages 36-42 on gravity. Complete answers to questions. Pd. 3 Journal: What are sunspots: How are they related to solar flares? How do solar flares affect the Earth: Active book on graphing and analyzing solar flares.
Wednesday 10/31/07
Pd1 Complete Destination Mars project
Pd 5,6,7 Spiders, bats and snakes video Pd. 3 ½ sheet warm-up. Complete worksheets on Life cycle of stars and xword puzzle.
Thursday 11/1/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 Journal: What is the force that causes objects to fall to the ground? Where does this force come from? In the Myth busters video, what force slowed down the penny as it fell?
Pd. 3 Use the HR diagram to complete chart on stars and their class and magnitude
Friday 11/2/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 Review the lab, discuss results. Draw a diagram of what happened. Draw a diagram on the back. Complete the paragraph. Turn in Yeah cards. Paper lab due Monday. Next week Determining speed and velocity.
Pd. 3 Journal: How and when did the sun form? What is the sun made of? How is the sun able to generate so much energy? View part 1 of the Savage Sun and answer questions. Next week SOHO.
Week of 10/15/07 - 10/18/07
Monday 10/15/07Pd. 1,5,6,7 – Journal: Day’s objective: Be able to evaluate your product using a rubric. Post a ppt to the class wiki.Pd.3 - Journal: Day’s objective: Create a learning object (KWL) to organize your knowledge of stars. Create a KWL chart about stars, using the laptops and the Word template. Print it out.
Tuesday 10/16/07Pd. 1,5,6,7 – Journal: Day’s objective: Use
Newton’s laws of motion to successfully complete a
MISSION to MARS. Homework: voc and definition matchPd.3 – Journal: Day’s objective: Explain how scientist determine the the makeup of stars. Start Spectra lab.Homework: finish HR diagram for homework.
Wednesday 10/17/07Pd. 1,5,6,7 – Journal: Day’s objective: Define terms associated with
Newton’s 3 laws. Check voc. Complete Mars
Mission. Ppt of Teacher space camp.Pd. 3 – Journal day’s objective: Determine how bright line spectra are observed and measured. Turn in HR diagram Continue with Spectra labHomework: Star voc.
Thursday 10/18/07Pd.1,5,6,7 –Journal: Day’s objective: READ article – Space
Camp
View parts of Space Camp video. Pd 4 – Journal: Day’s objective: How does a star’s mass affect its life cycle?Complete Discovery Science Star Activity. Video on stars
Week of 10/08/07 - 10/12/07
Monday 10/8/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 - Journal: What is dissolved oxygen? What factors affect dissolved oxygen? Brainstorm with partner using palms the vocabulary, facts and big ideas you have learned in the unit on wetlands and water quality. Start Wetland and Water Quality Assessment. Homework: pd 1,6,7 complete brainstorm activity, pd 5: complete diagram of 4 slides for ppt Project Pd.3 – What is light? Name 3 sources of light. Video on light – take notes. Homework: write 5 questions for the test on the Universe, Galaxies and the Electromagnetic Spectrum. Homework from Friday is due by Wednesday 10/10/07 .Tuesday 10/9/07 Pd. 1,5,6,7 – Create the powerpoint for Wetlands and Water Quality Project Pd.3 - Review for test using palms. Test on Galaxies and the Electromagnetic Spectrum Wednesday.
Wednesday 10/3/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 –Pd. 3 – Test on Galaxies and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Week of 10/1/07 - 10/5/07
Monday 10/1/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 - Journal: 8 voc words and sentences about wetlands, Complete assateague powerpoint, discuss water quality studies.PD 7 complete notes on chapter 2 section 1 for homework.Pd.3 - Journal: 3 questions about milky way galaxy, complete part one of Hubble DeepField
Tuesday 10/2/07 Pd. 1,5,6,7 – Journal: 8 voc words and sentences about wetlands. Video segments on wetlands and water quality. Video and quiz on wetlands. Pd.3 - Miniquiz – 4 questions: Complete activity 1,2 of Hubble Deep Field Homework: Reread pages 694-695 in text Answer the following questions using complex sentences: Why are dark lines in a spectrum shifted toward the red end when an object is moving away form you?Why do we not observe a red shift in the light of the galaxies of the Local Group?
Wednesday 10/3/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 – JOURNAL: Name 3 factors that we could measure to help us determine the quality of a body of water. Water quality studies practice.
Homework: Voc. fill-in
Pd. 3 – Turn in Homework - Hubble Deep Field Act 1&2 and 2 Questions about Electromagnetic Spectrum. Journal: Draw label and color the kinds of radiation in the Electromagnetic Spectrum. Which wavelength is the shortest, which wavelength is the longest? Video and questions on Light.
Thursday 10/4/07
Pd.1,5,6,7 – Journal: Name 3 other factors that we could measure to help determine the quality of a body of water. Water quality studies practice.
Pd. 3 – Journal: Explain Doppler Shift, what is it caused by? Explain red shift and blue shift. What information can be determined by red shift and blue shift? Computer explorations on galaxies and Electromagnetic Spectrum. Read assignment - Electromagnetic spectrum.
Friday 10/5/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 Field Trip to Assateague
Pd. 3 Quiz on Galaxies and Electromagnetic spectrum. Diagram the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram.
Week of 9/24/07 - 9/28/07
Monday 9/24/07Pd. 1,5,6,7: On your own paper, list 10 pieces of information you know about oceans and ocean water. Read pages 407-412 in the Holt Earth Science text. Write the most important information from each paragraph – 25 notes.Pd. 3: On your own paper, list 10 pieces of information you know about galaxies and the universe. Read section 24.4 in your text, answer the questions on the worksheet.Finish for homework.
Tuesday 9/25/07Pd. 1,5,6,7: No Journal: View video Understanding the Oceans and complete worksheet.Pd. 3: No Journal: View video on Understanding the Universe Part I and complete the worksheet.
Wednesday 9/26/07Pd. 1,5,6,7: Complete objectives for Unit 2. Complete the video, Understanding the Oceans. Pd. 3: Journal: What are the 3 types of galaxies? What galaxy do we live in ? What kind of galaxy is it? Check worksheet from 24.4. Homework – review of 24.4
Thursday 9/27/07Pd. 1,5,6,7 Journal: Write 3 questions that you think might be answered in the Article ‘Real Life CSI’. Read the article and answer the questions. Then fill in the QAR.Real-Life CSI. Monday is the last day for field trip money.Pd.3: Journal: Look on pages 691-697 of you text. Find and list 11-12 terms that you think are important to know/define for this unit ( Galaxies). Working with a partner. Fill in the voc Illus. Paper for 6 of your terms. Finish for HW – 6 terms. Friday 9/28/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7: Journal: What is a
barrier
Island? Why are barrier islands important? Name a barrier island. View Assateague ppt. Do voc. Fill in. Monday is the last day for field trip money.
Grade sheets given out - due by 10/3/07
Pd. 3 Journal: Describe the 3 types of galaxies, how are they different?, Hubble Deep Space Galaxy lab. Check homework. Finish voc. Start Hubble LAb
Grade sheets given out - due by 10/3/07
Week of 9/17/07 - 9/21/07
Monday 9/17/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 - Journal: write 5 safety rules for our science lab. Finish observation lab. (6). Ppt on safety rules. Take safety contract home and get it signed. Worksheet on safety.Pd.3 - Journal: write 5 safety rules for our science lab. Book check - must be covered. Finish the Nose Knows lab. Write conclusion for lab. Ppt on safety rules. Take safety contract home and get it signed.
Tuesday 9/18/07
Pd. 1,5,6,7 - SAFETY CONTRACT DUE!!! Collect signed grade sheets. Journal: 1______________ is about equal to 1 yard.1 ____________ is equal to about the thickness of your fingernail1 ____________ is equal to about the width of your pinkie nail1 ____________ is equal to about the mass of 1 m&m1 ____________ is equal to about a quart1______________is equal to about 1/2 mile ( really 6/10 of a mile) Measuring in Metric - make a meter. Homework - worksheet on measuring -finish for homework.Pd.3 - Journal same as Pd 1,5,6,7. Collect Science safety contract. Bubble gum lab. Graph lab data for homework. Measuring in Metric - worksheet on measuring and metric prefixes- finish for homework.
Wednesday 9/19/07
Last day to turn in grade sheet – all classes.Pd. 1,5,6,7 – JOURNAL: Look around the room, tell the location of each the following Safety Items:1. Fire extinquisher – 2. Phone to call office –3. Eyewash station – 4. Fire exit – 5. Goggles for experiments - 6. Sink with water for washing off chemicals Practice converting from one unit to another using the stairstep method. Finish for homework.Pd. 3 – Journal same as pd 1,5,6,7 Practice converting from one unit to another using the stair step method. Do front of worksheet for homework.
Thursday 9/20/07
Journal: 1 meter= ________ cm; 1cm = ___________mm____________cm = 1 meter _____________ = 1 km 1kg = __________ g 1 hour = _____________min1min= ____________ sec 1 hour = __________sec 1 cm3 = __________ ml 1 L = __________mL1000 L = __________ kLPd.1,3,5,6,7 – Check homework. Practice converting. Homework: all classes: finish back of worksheet on conversion. Study for safety, conversion and metric quiz on Friday. Journals due Friday.
Friday 9/21/07
Journals due – all classes. Last day to turn in safety contract.Quiz all classes: topic: lab safety, measuring in metric, scientific method.
