Science 8 and 9 @ MMHS

Monday 11/5/07Pd 1,5,6,7 Collect paper drop lab and discuss.  Go over class rules and procedures.  Set goal for 2^nd marking term.  Review terminology, gravity and mass.  Begin Global Sun Temperature project.Pd 3:  Set goal for 2^nd 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Monday 9/10/07

Pd. 1. Journal: How do boats float on water? Write what you think is the reason. Challenge Lab: Float the Titanic.

Pd. 3,5,6,7 Journal: What Safety rules do we need to follow in Science Lab? What steps do scientists follow when doing science?

No Homework

Tuesday 9/11/07

Pd.1 - Complete the Float the Titanic Challenge

Pd. 3 - Complete the Iceman video, re. scientific method

Pd. 5,6,7 - read chapter 1.2 and 1.3 of the Purple Physical Science book re. Scientific method and measurement.

Wednesday 9/12/07

Pd. 1,3,5,6,7 - Journal: Is their really enough suction from a large ship sinking to suck under people and boats close to it in the water?

View Mythbusters to find out. Record which steps of the scientific method they used to support or bust the myth!

Thursday 9/13/07

Pd.1,5,6,7 - Journal: How do police use science in their investigations?

Read “LOOK SHARP”, use a T chart notetaking strategy to write one important idea and explanatory detail for each Q&A. Finish for homework.

Pd 3 - Journal: write a summary of what you read in your novel or magazine. Read pages 6-12 of text and answer questions - finish for homework.

Friday 9/14/07

Pd 1,5,6,7 - Collect Homework (6-14 on Sharp Look paper). Make chart for Observation lab. Complete observation lab - turn lab in. Receive field trip form for Assateague National Park field trip on 10/5/07. Money ($10) must be turned in by 10/1/07. See form for eligibility rules. Receive grade sheet, must be signed and turned in by 9/19/07. Look for quiz by Thursday. Journals due on Friday9/21/07.

Pd 3. - Journal: How are humans able to smell. Is the human sense of smell a well developed sense?

Collect Homework (1-9) pages 6-12 in text. Read article on smell, prepare for lab on Monday. Receive grade sheet - must be signed and turned in by 9/19/07.

Wednesday 9/5/2007

All classes: Journal Entry: List the steps of the Scientific Method

Compete with your group in the annual Cruise Ship design challenge. Create 3 designs, choose the best to compete in the final challenge.

Homework: Write a paragraph explaining how how your group incorporated the scientific method into your Cruise Ship design challenge.

Thursday 9/6/07

Pd 1 - Complete writing or drawing your illustration of the Challenges of exploring the wreck of the Titanic.

Pd 3,5,6,7 - Publish your writing or drawing your illustration of the Challenges of exploring the wreck of the Titanic.

Homework: All classes - Journal due Friday

Friday 9/7/07

Pd.1 Publish your writing or your illustration of the Challenges of exploring the wreck of the Titanic. Turn in Journal

Pd. 3,5,6,7 Turn in Journal. Challenge Lab - Float the Titanic.

Have a great weekend.

What a useful and meaningful conference. It was uplifting to see acquaintances
from last year and meet new friends this year. Yeah to the North Dakota 4 - you guys ROCK!

Thanks to all who attended my presentations. If you need any help let me know. I will have the EFC stuff posted soon.