Day 97

(IWB Flipchart Section 6-4 notes)

We went over worksheet 6-11 which students did at the end of class yesterday.  I used a flipchart to discuss Section 6-4 notes on terminal velocity and projectiles.  I also related how gravity effects most aspects of your most popular sports.  We then completed worksheet 6-7 together.  For worksheet 6-8, we did problem #1 together, and they were assigned #'s 2-5 to work on for the rest of class.  I reviewed the solutions before the bell rang.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 6 test is on Thursday.

Day 96

IWB FLipchart (Newton Square)

Students turned in their Week #20 science news articles.  We reviewed Newton's 3 Laws of Motion and the Law of Universal Gravitation by creating 4-square concept posters.  Students were divided into four groups and each group had to define their assigned law, simplify it for a kindergartner, describe a real-life application and illustrate the law in a drawing.  Each group had 15 minutes to work on the poster before presenting.  We then did worksheet 6-10 together in class, and used the remaining five minutes to work on worksheet 6-11.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 6 test will be on Thursday, February 2nd.

Day 95

I used an IWB flipchart to discuss section 6-5 notes on Universal Gravitation.  We completed worksheet 6-5 by calculating our weight on other planets in Newtons.  We then watched a http://www.brainpop.com/ video on Gravity and took the ensuing quiz.

News article #20 is due on Monday, and the Chapter 6 test will be on Thursday, February 2nd.

Day 94

I forgot to blog yesterday, so here's what we did.  We discussed Newton's 3 Laws of Motion (section 6-3 notes) in class using an IWB flipchart.  We watched a http://www.brainpop.com/ video on Newton's Laws of Motion.  We ended class by handing back and reviewing the online speed lab.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 6 test will be on Thursday, February 2nd.

Day 93

Students took the Force Quiz (F=ma) today.  There were eight problems worth five points each for a total of 40 points.  Afterward, students completed a survey for the National Science Teachers Association.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 6 test will be on Thursday, February 2nd.

Day 92

Today we reviewed the solutions to the word problems on worksheets 6-3 & 6-4.  I then assigned page 6-5 to be completed in class.  Today is the final preparation for tomorrow's quiz.

No homework was assigned, and the Force Quiz will be tomorrow.

Day 91

Today officially started the 3rd quarter.  I collected the online speed lab packets that students worked on last week.  Those were worth 35 points.  For extra credit this marking period, students need to summarize their news articles out loud in front of the class, as they did today for their Week #19 news articles.  After news articles were collected, students worked with their partners to complete worksheets 6-3 & 6-4.

No homework was assigned, and the Force Quiz will be on Wednesday, January 25th.

Day 90

I used an IWB flipchart to discuss section 6-2 notes on Friction and section 6-3 notes on Newton's 2nd law of motion.  We watched a http://www.brainpop.com/ video on Force and took the ensuing quiz.  We ended class by completing worksheet 6-2 and provided the solutions on the board.

News article #19 and the online lab are both due on Monday, and the Force Quiz will be on Wednesday, January 25th.

Day 89

We began Chapter 6 today on Forces.  I handed out the new packets, and we discussed section 6-1 notes on Balanced vs Unbalanced forces using an IWB flipchart.  We completed worksheet 6-1 together, and ended the period by watching a Bill Nye video on Balanced Forces.

No homework was assigned (though the online speed lab is due on Monday), and the next quiz (on Force) will be on Wednesday, January 25th.

Day 88

Students used all of today's classtime to complete the online Force & Motion lab, including worksheets 5-18 through 5-24.  The lab will be collected on Monday, January 23rd.

No homework was assigned, and the Force Quiz will be on Wednesday, January 25th.

Day 87

Mr. Girardi was in for me today, and he guided students through the beginning of Activity 2 on the online Force & Motion lab.

No homework was assigned, and the Force Quiz will be on Thursday, January 26th.

Day 86

Students gave their 18th news article summary today (their last grade of the 2nd quarter). Each pair of students then got a laptop and worked on the online Force & Motion lab, which included worksheets 5-18 to 5-24 in their chapter 5 packets. 

No homework was assigned, and the next quiz (on Force) will be on Friday, January 27th.

Day 85

We reviewed the Chapter 5 test on the big screen. Students had their Chapter 5 notebooks checked for 90 points while we watched a Mythbusters episode on a super-sized Newton's Cradle.

News article #18 is due on Monday, and the next quiz on Force will be on Friday, January 27th.

Day 78

We discussed Section 5-2 notes on slope of a distance-time and speed-time graph. I referenced the graphs at the end of their notes. I told them that 11 out of the 25 questions on the Chapter 5 test would be about these graphs. Students then worked on worksheet 5-3, #5, 6 & 7 only. We reviewed the answers before the end of class.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Thursday, January 12th.

Day 84

Students took the Chapter 5 test today on Moodle.

The notebook check will be tomorrow for 90 points.

Day 83

We played Jeopardy to review for tomorrow's Chapter 5 test.  We reviewed the following worksheets:

5-6, 5-8, 5-14, 5-15, 5-17.

The Chapter 5 test will be tomorrow and the notebook check will be on Friday, January 13th.

Day 82

Mr. Girardi was in for me today and he assigned the following pages for students to work on during class:

5-6, 5-14, 5-15 & 5-17

No homework was assigned and the Chapter 5 test will be on Thursday, January 12th.

Day 81

After reviewing our 17th week of science news articles, we discussed Section 5-4 notes on Momentum.  I took the students out in the hallway to demonstrate how momentum works using wheeled carts.  I used students of similar mass traveling different speeds, and students of different mass moving at similar speeds to demonstrate how momentum worked.  Students then returned to the classroom to work on page 5-12, and we reviewed the answers using an IWB flipchart.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Thursday, January 12th.

Day 80

Students completed their acceleration lab today by creating a speed/time graph on worksheet 5-11, and the two discussion questions on page 5-10.  Students were then asked to complete worksheet 5-7, which was filled with 10 acceleration problems.

News article #17 is due on Monday, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Thursday, January 12th.

Day 79

Students started the lab on page 5-9 & 5-10.  They were put into groups of 3 or 4 and used a marble and ramp and stopwatch to determine the time it took the marble to roll across a set of distances.  They then had to calculate speed from those numbers.  Tomorrow they will be creating a graph from their data.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Thursday, January 12th.

Day 77

Welcome back, and welcome 2012!

We learned about acceleration by using an IWB flipchart to go over section 5-3 notes.  We watched a http://www.brainpop.com/ video on acceleration and took the quiz that followed.  Students were assigned worksheet 5-4 to be done during class, and I reviewed the solutions before the bell rang.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test will be on Thursday, January 12th.